M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
8 Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us in such a way that you did not call us when you went to fight with the Midianites?” And they chided with him sharply.
2 To whom he said, “Now what have I done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 “God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And what was I able to do in comparison with you?” And when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan to pass over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, weary, yet pursuing.
5 And he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give morsels of bread to the people who follow me (for they are weary), so that I may follow after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”
6 And the princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands, so that we should give bread to your army?”
7 Gideon then said, “In that case, when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
8 And he went up from there to Penuel and spoke to them likewise. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 And he also said to the men of Penuel, “When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower.”
10 Now, Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor. And their armies with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of all the armies of those of the East. For a hundred-twenty thousand men were killed who drew swords.
11 And Gideon went through those who dwelt in tabernacles on the eastern side of Nobah and Jogbehah and struck the camp. For the army was careless.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he followed after them and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army.
13 So Gideon, the son of Joash, returned from battle while the Sun was high,
14 and took a servant of the men of Succoth and inquired of him. And he wrote down the princes of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.
15 And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, “Behold, Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, so that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
16 Then he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers and tore the men of Succoth with them.
17 Also, he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What manner of men were they whom you slew at Tabor?” And they answered, “They were the same as you. One was like the children of a king.”
19 And he said, “They were my brethren, my mother’s children. As the LORD lives, if you had saved their lives, I would not kill you.”
20 Then he said to Jether, his firstborn son, “Up and kill them!” But the boy did not draw his sword. For he feared because he was still young.
21 Then, Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise and fall upon us! For as the man is, so is his strength!” And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Reign over us, you and your son and your son’s son. For you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.”
23 And Gideon said to them, “I will not reign over you. Nor shall my child reign over you. The LORD shall reign over you.”
24 Again, Gideon said to them, “I would ask a request of you: that you would give me the earrings from each man’s plunder (for they had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites).”
25 And they answered, “We will give them.” And they spread a garment and cast in the earrings from each man’s plunder.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he required was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold, besides collars and jewels and purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around the camels’ necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod out of it and put it in Ophrah, his city. And all Israel went a whoring there after it (which was the destruction of Gideon and his House).
28 Thus was Midian brought low before the children of Israel, so that they no longer lifted up their heads. And the country was quiet for forty years during the days of Gideon.
29 Then Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his body; for he had many wives.
31 And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
32 So Gideon, the son of Joash, died at a good age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash, his father, in Ophrah, of the father of the Abiezrites.
33 But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away and went a whoring after Baal and made Baal-Berith their god.
34 And the children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, Who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side.
35 Nor did they show mercy on the House of Jerubbaal (Gideon), according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
12 Now about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hand to afflict some of the church,
2 And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
3 And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further, to take Peter also (during the Days of Unleavened Bread.)
4 And when he had caught him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to be kept, intending to bring him forth to the people after the Passover.
5 So Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.
6 And the night when Herod wished to have him brought out to the people, Peter slept between two soldiers, bound with two chains. And the guards before the door kept the prison.
7 And behold, the Angel of the Lord came upon them. And a light shined in the house. And he struck Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.
8 And the Angel said to him, “Dress yourself. And put on your sandals.” And so, he did. Then he said to him, “Wrap your garment around you, and follow me.”
9 So Peter came out and followed him; and did not know that what was done by the Angel was real, but thought he had seen a vision.
10 Now, after they had passed the first and the second guards, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself. And they went out and passed through one street. And immediately the Angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his Angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectations of the Jewish people.”
12 And as he considered it, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John (whose surname was Mark), where many were gathered together and prayed.
13 And when Peter knocked at the entry door, a girl named Rhoda came forth to answer it.
14 But when she recognized Peter’s voice, she did not open the gate. But with gladness, she ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 But they said to her, “You are mad.” Still she kept affirming that it was so. Then they said, “It is his angel.”
16 But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened it, and saw him, they were astonished.
17 And with his hand he asked them to be silent. And he told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go show these things to James and to the brothers.” And he departed and went into another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 And when Herod had asked for and not found him, he examined the guards, and commanded them to be led away for punishment. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
20 Then Herod was angry with those of Tyre and Sidon. But they all came to him with one mind. And having befriended Blastus, the King’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country was nourished by the King.
21 And upon an appointed day, Herod clothed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, “The voice of God, and not of man!”
23 But immediately the Angel of the Lord struck him - so that he was eaten by worms and gave up the ghost - because he did not give glory to God.
24 And the Word of God grew and multiplied.
25 So, when they had fulfilled their ministry, Barnabas and Saul took John with them (whose surname was Mark), and returned from Jerusalem.
21 The Word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Melchiah and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the Priest, saying,
2 “Please inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, so that he may withdraw from us.”
3 Then Jeremiah said, “Thus shall you say to Zedekiah,
4 ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babel, and against the Chaldeans, who besiege you outside the walls. And I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
5 “And I, myself, will fight against you with an outstretched Hand, and with a mighty Arm, in anger and in wrath and in great indignation.
6 “And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence.
7 “And after this,” says the LORD, “I will deliver Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants and the people and such as are left in this city, from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. He shall neither spare them nor have pity nor compassion.”’
8 “And to this people you shall say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
9 ‘He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. But he who goes out and falls before the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live. And his life shall be as plunder to him.
10 ‘For I have set My Face against this city, for calamity and not for good,’ says the LORD, ‘It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babel, and he shall burn it with fire.’”
11 “And say to the House of the king of Judah, ‘Hear the Word of the LORD,
12 O House of David! Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My wrath go out like fire and burn, so that no one can quench it because of the wickedness of your works.
13 “Behold, I come against you, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain,” says the LORD, “which says, ‘Who shall come down against us?’ Or ‘Who shall enter into our habitations?’
14 “But I will visit you according to the fruit of your works,” says the LORD, “and I will kindle a fire in its forest. And it shall devour all around it.”’”
7 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came to Him from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of His disciples eat with common hands (that is to say, unwashed), they complained.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they have washed their hands, holding to the traditions of the elders.
4 And when they come from the market, they do not eat until they have washed. And there are many other things there which they have taken upon themselves to observe - such as the washing of cups and pots and of metal vessels and of meal mats).
5 Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked Jesus, “Why do not Your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
6 Then He answered and said to them, “Surely Isaiah has prophesied well of you, hypocrites. As it is written, ‘This people honors Me with lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
7 ‘But they worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 For you lay the Commandments of God aside, and observe the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots, and of cups. And there are many other such things that you do.”
9 And He said to them, “You reject the Commandment of God, that you may observe your own tradition.
10 “For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your Mother. And whoever shall speak evil of father or mother, let him die the death.’
11 “But you say, ‘If a man says to father or mother, ‘Corban’(that is, ‘By the gift that is offered by me, you may have profit), he shall be free.’
12 “So you don’t require him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13 “making the Word of God of no authority by your tradition which you have ordained. And you do many such things.”
14 Then He called the whole multitude to Him, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand!
15 “There is nothing outside of a man that can defile him when it enters into him. But the things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.
16 “If any have ears to hear, let him hear.”
17 And when He came into a house, away from the people, his disciples asked Him about the parable.
18 And He said to them, “What? Are you without understanding also? Do you not know that whatever thing enters a man from outside cannot defile him,
19 “because it did not enter into his heart, but into the belly. And it goes out into the draught, which is the purging of all food?”
20 Then He said, “That which comes out of man, that defiles man.
21 “For from within, even out of the heart of man, proceeds evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 “thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness.
23 “All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
24 And from there, He rose and went into Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house. And He would have preferred that no one should have known. But He could not be hidden.
25 For a certain woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him and came and fell at His feet
26 And the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by nationality. And she begged Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children first be fed. For it is not good to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
28 Then she answered, and said to Him, “True, Lord. Indeed, even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then He said to her, “Because you have said this, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 And when she had come home to her house, she found the demon departed, and her daughter lying on the bed.
31 And He left the coasts of Tyre and Sidon and came to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they brought to Him one who was deaf and stammered in his speech and asked him to put His hand upon Him.
33 Then He took him aside from the crowd, and put His fingers on his ears, and spat, and touched his tongue.
34 And looking up to Heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha.” That is, “Be opened.”
35 And immediately his ears were opened. And his vocal chords were released. And he spoke plainly.
36 And He commanded them that they should tell no one. But as much as He forbade them, the more they proclaimed it.
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well! He makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak!”
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