M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
23 And Sarah was a hundred twenty-seven years old. So long did she live.
2 Then Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (the same is Hebron, in the land of Canaan). And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3 Then Abraham rose up from the sight of his dead and talked with the sons of Heth, saying,
4 “I am a stranger and a foreigner among you. Give me possession of a burial place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
5 Then the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the most chief of our sepulchers. None of us shall forbid you his sepulcher; but you may bury your dead therein.”
7 Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself before the people of the land of the children of Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, “If it be your mind that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron, the son of Zohar
9 that he would give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has at the end of his field. And that he would give it to me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession in which to bury among you.
10 Then Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the sons of Heth who went in at the gates of his city, saying,
11 “No, my Lord, hear me. I give the field to you. And I give the cave that is therein to you. In the presence of the sons of my people, I give it to you, to bury your dead.”
12 Then Abraham bowed himself before the people of the land,
13 and spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the country, saying, “Seeing you will give it, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Receive it from me and I will bury my dead there.”
14 Ephron then answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 “My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between me and you? Therefore, bury your dead.”
16 So Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed the silver which he had named to Ephron in the audience of the sons of Heth: four hundred silver shekels of current money among merchants.
17 So the field of Ephron (in Machpelah and over against Mamre), the field and the cave that was therein—and all the trees that were in the field which were in all the borders all around—was deeded
18 to Abraham for a possession in the sight of the sons of Heth and of all who went in at the gates of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, in the cave of the field of Machpelah over against Mamre. The same is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
20 Thus the field, and the cave that is therein, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of burial by the sons of Heth.
22 Then Jesus answered, and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who made a marriage feast for his son.
3 “And he sent forth his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they would not come.
4 “Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatted calves are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage”.’
5 “But they made light of it, and went their ways - one to his farm, and another about his business.
6 “And the rest took his servants, and treated them sharply, and killed them.
7 “But when the king heard it, he was angry, and sent forth his warriors, and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘Truly the wedding is prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.
9 “‘Therefore, go out into the streets. And as many as you find, invite them to the marriage.’
10 “So those servants went out into the streets, and gathered together everyone they found, both good and bad. So, the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 “Then the king came in to see the guests and saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
12 “And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
13 “Then the king said to the servants, “Bind him hand and foot. Take him away and cast him into the outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 “For many are called, but few chosen.”
15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might trap Him in talk.
16 And they sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, “Master, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God truly. Nor do You care for anyone. For You do not look on the appearance of man.
17 “Therefore, tell us what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, hypocrites?
19 “Show Me the money for the tribute.” And they brought Him a coin.
20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription are these?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s”. Then He said to them, “Therefore, give to Caesar those things which are Caesar’s. And give to God those things which are God’s.”
22 And when they heard it, they marveled, and left Him, and went their way.
23 The same day, the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him and asked Him,
24 saying, “Master, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother.’
25 “Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first married a wife and died. And having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.
26 “Likewise also the second, and the third, up to the seventh.
27 “And last of all, the woman died also.
28 “Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? For all had her.”
29 Then Jesus answered, and said to them, “You are deceived, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 “For in the resurrection they neither marry wives, nor are wives bestowed in marriage. But they are as the angels of God in Heaven.
31 “And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what is spoken to you from God, saying,
32 “‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33 And when the multitude heard it, they were astonished at His doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together.
35 And one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying,
36 “Master, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?
37 Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38 “This is the first and the greatest Commandment.
39 “And the second is similar. That is, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40 “On these two Commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 saying, “What do you think of Christ? Whose son is He?” They said to him, “David’s.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David, in spirit, call Him ‘Lord’, saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool?
45 If, then, David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?
46 And no one could answer Him a word. Nor did anyone ask Him any more questions from that day forth.
12 These also are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren, in the days of Jeshua.
8 And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah (who was over the thanksgivings, he and his brethren).
9 And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brethren were around them in the watches.
10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim. Joiakim also begat Eliashib. And Eliashib begat Joiada.
11 And Joiada begat Jonathan. And Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim, these were the chief fathers of the Priests: Seraiah was under Meraiah, under Jeremiah, Hananiah,
13 under Ezra, Meshullam, under Amariah, Jehohanan,
14 under Melichu, Jonathan, under Shebaniah, Joseph,
15 under Harim, Adna, under Maraioth, Helkai,
16 under Iddo, Zechariah, under Ginnethon, Meshullam,
17 under Abijah, Zichri, under Minjamin, and under Moadiah, Piltai,
18 under Bilgah, Shammua, under Shemaiah, Jehonathan,
19 under Joiarib, Mattenai, under Jedaiah, Uzzi,
20 under Sallai, Kallai, under Amok, Eber,
21 under Hilkiah, Hashabiah, under Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the chief fathers of the Levites and the priests were written.
23 The sons of Levi (the chief fathers) were written in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.
24 And the chief of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren around them, to give praise and thanks, according to the ordinances of David the man of God, guard post opposite guard post.
25 Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were porters, keeping the guard post at the thresholds of the gates.
26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the captain, and of Ezra the Priest and scribe.
27 And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication and gladness, both with thanksgivings and with songs, cymbals, viols, and with harps.
28 Then, the singers gathered themselves together, both from the plain country around Jerusalem and from the villages of Netophathi
29 and from the House of Gilgal and out of the countries of Geba and Azmaveth. For the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.
30 And the priests and Levites were purified and cleansed, the people and the gates and the wall.
31 And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall and appointed two great companies to give thanks. And one went on the right side of the wall toward the dung gate.
32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the princes of Judah
33 and Azariah, Ezra and Meshullam,
34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah and Jeremiah.
35 And of the priests’ sons with trumpets were Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur and the son of Asaph.
36 And his brethren were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.
37 And they went up to the gate of the fountain, opposite the stairs of the City of David, at the going up of the wall, beyond the house of David, to the Water Gate, eastward.
38 And the second company of those who gave thanks went on the other side, and I after them. And half of the people were upon the wall, and upon the tower of the furnaces (up to the broad wall),
39 and upon the gate of Ephraim, and upon the Old Gate, and upon the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of Meah, up to the Sheep Gate. And they stood in the gate of the guard post.
40 So stood the two companies (of those who gave thanks) and I and half of the rulers with me, in the House of God,
41 as well as the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah—with trumpets.
42 And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer and the singers sang loud, having Jezrahiah (who was the overseer).
43 And that same day, they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced; for God had given them great joy, so that both the women and the children were joyful. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard from far away.
44 Also at the same time, men were appointed over the chambers of the store for the offerings, (for the firstfruits and for the tithes) to gather the portions of the Law into them from the fields of the cities, for the priests and the Levites. For Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.
45 And both the singers and the Levites kept guard of their God, and guard of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and Solomon his son.
46 For in the days of old, of David and Asaph, were chief singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 And in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel gave portions to the singers and gatekeepers, every day its portion. And they gave the holy things to the Levites. And the Levites gave the holy things to the sons of Aaron.
22 “You men, brothers and fathers, hear now my defense towards you!”
2 And when they heard him speak in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept even more silent. And he said,
3 “I am indeed a man born Jewish in Tarsus in Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and instructed according to the perfect manner of the Law of the Fathers. And I was zealous toward God, as you all are this day.
4 “And I persecuted the Way to the death, binding and delivering both men and women into prison,
5 “to which the chief priest and all the company of the elders also testify. From them I also received letters to the brothers and went to Damascus to bind those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem, so that they might be punished.
6 “And so it was as I journeyed and had come near to Damascus (about noon) that suddenly a great light from Heaven shone all around me.
7 “So I fell to the Earth and heard a voice saying to me, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
8 “Then I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, Whom you persecute.’
9 “Moreover, those who were with me indeed saw a light and were afraid. But they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.
10 “Then I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord’? And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. And there you shall be told all things which are appointed for you to do.’
11 “So, after I could not see because of the Glory of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.
12 “And one Ananias (a godly man as pertaining to the Law, having good report of all the Jews who dwelt there)
13 “came to me and stood and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And that same hour I looked at him.
14 “And he said, ‘The God of our Fathers has appointed you, that you should know His will, and should see the Just One, and should hear the voice of His mouth.
15 ‘For you shall be His witness to all mankind of the things which you have seen and heard.
16 ‘Now therefore why do you wait? Arise, and be baptized. And wash away your sins by calling on the Name of the Lord.’
17 “And it so happened that when I had again come to Jerusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in a trance.
18 “And I saw Him, saying to me, ‘Hurry. And get out of Jerusalem quickly. For they will not receive your witness concerning Me.’
19 “Then I said, ‘Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You in every Synagogue.
20 ‘And when the blood of Your martyr, Stephen, was shed, I also stood by and consented to his death, and guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’
21 “Then He said to me, “Go. For I will send you far from here, to the Gentiles.’”
22 And they heard him until this word. Then they lifted up their voices, and said, “Away with such a fellow from the Earth! For he is not fit to live!”
23 And as they cried and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
24 the chief captain commanded him to be led into the castle, and ordered that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might know why they cried so against him.
25 And as they bound him with straps, Paul said to the Centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge one who is a Roman, and not condemned?”
26 Now when the Centurion heard that, he told the chief captain, saying, “Be careful what you do. For this man is a Roman.”
27 Then the chief captain came and said to him, “Tell me. Are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”
28 And the chief captain answered, “I obtained this freedom with a great sum.” Then Paul said, “But I was born so.”
29 Then immediately, those who should have examined him departed. And the chief captain was also afraid after he realized that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.
30 On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their Council to come together. And he brought Paul and set him before them.
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