M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, “Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
2 “Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there take a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
3 “And God All Sufficient bless you and make you increase and multiply you, so that you may be a multitude of people,
4 “and give you the blessing of Abraham—to you and to your seed with you—so that you may inherit the land wherein you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”
5 Thus, Isaac sent forth Jacob; and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
6 Now, Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Padan Aram to fetch a wife from there, and given him a charge when he blessed him, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”
7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram.
8 Also, Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac, his father,
9 then went to Ishmael and added to the wives which he had Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 Now Jacob departed from Beersheba and went to Haran,
11 And he came to a place and stayed there all night because the Sun was down. And he took from the stones of the place and laid them under his head and slept in the same place.
12 Then he dreamed; and behold, there stood a ladder upon the Earth. And the top of it reached up to Heaven. And lo, the angels of God went up and down by it.
13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, “I am the LORD God of Abraham, your father, and the God of Isaac. The land upon the which you sleep I will give you and your seed.
14 “And your seed shall be as the dust of the Earth; and you shall spread out to the west and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in you and in your seed shall all the families of the Earth be blessed.
15 “And lo, I am with you and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you back into this land. For I will not forsake you until I have performed that which I have promised you.”
16 Then Jacob awoke out of his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place; and I was not aware.”
17 And he was afraid, and said, “How fearful is this place! This is none other but the House of God; and this is the Gate of Heaven.”
18 Then Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the stone that he had laid under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place “Bethel”. But the name of that city was at the first called “Luz”.
20 Then Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey which I go and will give me bread to eat and clothes to put on,
21 “so that I come back to my father’s house in safety, then shall the LORD be my God.”
22 “And this stone which I have set up as a pillar shall be God’s House. And of all that You shall give me, I will give a tenth to You.”
27 When the morning had come, all the chief priests, and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put Him to death.
2 And they led Him away, bound, and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
3 Then, when Judas (who betrayed Him) saw that He was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 saying, “I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
5 And after he had thrown down the silver in the Temple, he departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver, and said, “It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
7 And they took counsel, and bought a potter’s field with it, for the burial of strangers.
8 Therefore that field is called, ‘The Field of Blood’, to this day.
9 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the Prophet was fulfilled, which says, “And they took thirty silver pieces, the price of the One who was valued, Whom the children of Israel valued,
10 and they gave it for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”
11 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “You say it.”
12 And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they lay against You?”
14 But He did not answer him, even one word; so much so that the governor marveled greatly.
15 Now at the feast, the governor would deliver a prisoner to the people, whomever they desired.
16 And there was at that time a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
17 And gathering them together, Pilate said to them, “Which do you desire me to release - Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”
18 (For he knew well that they had delivered Him out of envy.
19 Also, when he was sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man. For I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him.”)
20 But the chief priests and the elders had persuaded the people that they should ask for Barabbas and should destroy Jesus.
21 Then the governor answered, and said to them, “Which of the two shall I release to you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”
22 Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
23 Then the governor said, “But what evil has he done?” Then they cried all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
24 When Pilate saw that it was no use, and that it was becoming a riot, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Man. You see to it.”
25 Then all the people answered, and said, “May His blood be upon us, and upon our children!”
26 Thus, he released Barabbas to them. And he scourged Jesus and delivered Him to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered the whole band around Him.
28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
29 And they weaved together a crown of thorns, and put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed their knees before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
30 And they spat on Him; and took a reed and struck Him on the head.
31 Thus, after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, and put His own clothes back on Him. And they led Him away to crucify Him.
32 And as they came out, they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon. They compelled him to bear His cross.
33 And when they came to the place called Golgotha (that is to say, ‘Place of a Skull’)
34 They gave Him vinegar to drink, mixed with bitter herbs. And when He had tasted of it, He would not drink.
35 And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, and cast lots, so that which was spoken by the Prophet might be fulfilled, “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.”
36 And they sat and watched Him there.
37 They also wrote His charge over His head, ‘THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.’
38 And there were two thieves crucified with Him - one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39 And those who passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads,
40 and saying, “You who destroy the Temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
41 Likewise also the chief priests, mocking Him with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, said,
42 “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him!
43 He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him! For He said, I am the Son of God!”
44 The thieves who were crucified with Him also reviled Him.
45 Now there was darkness over all the land, from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani!?”, which means, “My God, my God. Why have You forsaken Me?”
47 And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This Man calls Elijah!”
48 And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to Him to drink.
49 Others said, “Let Him be! Let us see if Elijah will come and save Him!”
50 Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice; and gave up the ghost.
51 And behold, the veil of the Temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom. And the Earth quaked. And the stones were split.
52 And the graves opened themselves. And many bodies of the saints, who slept, arose,
53 and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the Holy City, and appeared to many.
54 When the centurion (and those who were watching Jesus with him) saw the earthquake, and the things which were done, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly, this was the Son of God!”
55 And many women were there (observing from far away) who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him.
56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
57 And when evening had come, a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph came. He had also himself been Jesus’ disciple.
58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59 So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 and put it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting before the sepulcher.
62 Now the next day (which followed the Preparation) the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate,
63 and said, “Sir, we remember that that Deceiver said while he was still alive, ‘Within three days I will rise.’
64 “Command, therefore, that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, or else his disciples may come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He is risen from the dead!’ So the last deception shall be worse than the first.”
65 Then Pilate said to them, “You have a watch. Go and make it as secure as you can.”
66 And they went, and made the sepulcher secure with the watch, and sealed the stone.
4 Now when Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city and cried with a great and bitter cry.
2 And he came as far as the king’s gate; but he could not enter, being clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in every province and place where the king’s charge and his commission came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and mourning. And many lay in sackcloth and in ashes.
4 Then, Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told it to her. Therefore, the queen was very troubled; and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so he could remove his sackcloth. But he refused it.
5 Then Esther called Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs whom he had appointed to serve her and gave him a commandment to go and ask Mordecai what this was and why it was.
6 So, Hathach went out to Mordecai, into the street which was before the king’s gate.
7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of the silver that Haman had promised to pay into the King’s treasuries, to destroy the Jews.
8 Also, he gave him the copy of the edict that was given at Shushan (to destroy them), so that he might show it to Esther and inform her, and to charge her that she should go and petition the king and make supplication for her people before him.
9 So, when Hathach came, he told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10 Then, Esther said to Hathach, and commanded him to say to Mordecai,
11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know of the king’s law stating that whoever, man or woman, comes to the king (into the inner court) who has not been called there, shall die. The only exception is him to whom the king holds out the golden rod. He may live. Now I have not been called to come to the king in the last thirty days.”
12 And they told Mordecai of Esther’s words.
13 And Mordecai sent word to Esther, saying, “Don’t think you shall escape any more than the rest of the Jews just because you live in the king’s house.
14 For if you remain silent at this time, comfort and deliverance shall appear to the Jews out of another place. And you and your father’s house shall perish. And who knows whether you have come to power for such a time as this?”
15 Then, Esther commanded an answer to Mordecai,
16 “Go and assemble all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me. And do not eat or drink for three days and nights. I and my maids will also fast. Then I will go in to the King, which is not according to the law. And if I die, I die.”
17 So, Mordecai went his way and did everything that Esther had commanded him.
27 Now when it was decided that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a Centurion from the band of Augustus named Julius.
2 And we boarded a ship of Adramyttium, intending to sail along the coasts of Asia, and launched forth, and had Aristarchus of Macedonia (a Thessalonian) with us.
3 And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him liberty to go to his friends, so that they might refresh him.
4 And from there we launched, and sailed to the leeward side of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 Then we sailed over the sea, by Cilicia and Pamphilia, and came to Myra, in Lycia.
6 And the Centurion found a ship of Alexandria there, sailing into Italy. And he put us in it.
7 And when we had sailed slowly for many days, and had arrived off Cnidus with difficulty (because the wind did not allow it), we sailed to the leeward side of Crete, near Salmone,
8 And with much difficulty, we sailed beyond it and came to a place called the Fair Havens (near the city, Lasea).
9 So, after much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous (and also because the Fast had now passed), Paul admonished them,
10 saying, “Sirs! I perceive that this voyage will cause injury, and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
11 But the Centurion believed the governor and the master of the ship rather than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12 And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, many advised to depart from there, if by some means they might reach Phoenix to winter, which is a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest.
13 And when the southern wind blew softly, they determined conditions were right, weighed anchor, and sailed close by Crete.
14 But soon thereafter a stormy wind arose, called Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the wind, we let her go, and were carried away.
16 And we ran under the shelter of a little isle named Clauda, and had much difficulty securing the skiff,
17 which they took up with everyone’s help. And undergirding the ship (fearing they might have fallen into Syrtis), they set sail and so were carried.
18 The next day, when we were tossed with a strong storm, they lightened the ship.
19 And the third day, we cast out the tackling of the ship with our own hands.
20 And then, when neither Sun nor stars appeared for many days (and no small storm was upon us), all hope that we would be saved was taken away.
21 But after a long abstinence from food, Paul stood in the midst of them, and said, “Sirs! You should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, incurring this hurt and loss.
22 “But now, I admonish you to be of good courage! For there among you shall be no loss of anyone’s life, only of the ship.
23 “For the Angel of God (Whose I am, and Whom I serve) stood by me this night,
24 Saying, ‘Fear not, Paul! For you must be brought before Caesar! And lo, all who sail with you God has given to you freely.’
25 “Therefore, sirs, be of good courage! For I believe God, that it shall be as it has been told to me.
26 “However, we must be cast ashore on a certain island.”
27 And when the fourteenth night had come, as we were carried to and fro in the Adriatic (about midnight), the shipmen suspected that some country approached.
28 And they sounded and found it to be twenty fathoms. And when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
29 Then, fearing they would have fallen into some rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day to come.
30 Now as the sailors were about to escape the ship, and had let down the skiff into the sea, under a pretense of casting anchors from the bow,
31 Paul said to the Centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot be safe!”
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the skiff, and let it fall away.
33 And as the day dawned, Paul encouraged them all to eat, saying, “This is the fourteenth day that you have expectantly waited, and continued fasting, receiving nothing.
34 “Therefore I encourage you to eat! For this is for your safety. For not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you!”
35 And when he had said this, he took bread (and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all), and broke it, and began to eat.
36 Then they were all encouraged. And they also ate.
37 Now there were altogether two hundred seventy-six souls onboard the ship.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they did not recognize the country. But they spied a certain creek with a bank, into which they intended (if possible) to thrust in the ship.
40 So when they had taken up the anchors, they committed to the sea, and released the rudder ropes, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and drew to the shore.
41 And having fallen into a place where two seas met, they thrust in the ship. And the bow stuck fast, and could not be moved. But the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 Then the soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, so that none of them could swim away and escape.
43 But the Centurion (wanting to save Paul) stopped them from carrying out this plan, and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves into the sea first, and get to land
44 (as well as the others - some on boards, and some on certain pieces of the ship). And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.
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