M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
14 Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 And he came up and told his father and his mother and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines. Now, therefore, give me her as a wife.”
3 Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there never a wife among the daughters of your brethren, and among all my people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Give me her, for she pleases me well.”
4 But his father and his mother did not know that it came from the LORD, that he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. For at that time, the Philistines reigned over Israel.
5 Then Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnah and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared upon him.
6 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him. And he tore him as one would have torn a kid. And he had nothing in his hand, nor did he tell his father or his mother what he had done.
7 And he went down and talked with the woman, who was beautiful in the eyes of Samson.
8 And within a few days, when he returned to marry her, he went aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees, and honey in the body of the lion.
9 And he took it in his hands and began eating and came to his father and to his mother and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
10 So, his father went down to the woman. And Samson made a feast there. For so the young men used to do.
11 And when they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 Then Samson said to them, “I will now put forth a riddle to you. And if you can declare it to me within seven days of the feast, and solve it, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of clothes.
13 “But if you cannot declare it me, then you shall give me thirty sheets and thirty changes of clothes.” And they answered him, “Put forth your riddle, so that we may hear it.”
14 And he said to them, “Out of the eater came food, and out of the strong came sweetness.” And they could not solve the riddle within three days.
15 And when the seventh day had come, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband so that he may explain the riddle to us, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to steal from us? Is it not so?”
16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “Surely you hate me and do not love me! For you have put forth a riddle to the children of my people and have not explained it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or my mother; and shall I tell it to you?”
17 Then Samson’s wife wept before him for seven days, while their feast lasted. And when the seventh day came, he explained it to her (because she pressed upon him so much). So, she explained the riddle to the children of her people.
18 And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the Sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” Then he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”
19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him. And he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men and plundered them and gave changes of clothing to those who explained the riddle. And his wrath was kindled; and he went up to his father’s house.
20 Then Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.
18 After these things, Paul left Athens and came to Corinth,
2 and found a certain Jew named Aquila (born in Pontus and of late from Italy), and his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to leave Rome). And he came to them.
3 And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked (for their trade was to make tents).
4 And he disputed in the synagogue every Sabbath and exhorted the Jews and the Greeks.
5 Now when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul, being pressed by the Spirit, testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
6 And when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook his clothes, and said to them, “Your blood is upon your own head! I am clean. From now on will I go to the Gentiles.”
7 So he left there and entered into the house of a man named Justus (a worshipper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue).
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing it, believed and were baptized.
9 Then the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not fear, but speak. And do not be silent.
10 “For I am with you, and no one shall attack you, to hurt you. For I have many people in this city.”
11 So he continued there a year and six months and taught the Word of God among them.
12 Now when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one mind against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13 saying, “This fellow persuades man to worship God differently than the Law appoints.”
14 And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrong, or an evil deed, O Jews, I would, according to reason, tolerate you.
15 “But if it is a question of words and names, and of your Law, resolve it yourselves. For I will be no judge of those things.”
16 And he drove them from the judgment seat.
17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio cared nothing about those things.
18 And after Paul had remained there a good while longer (and shaved his head in Cenchrea - for he had made a vow) he left the brothers and sailed into Syria with Priscilla and Aquila.
19 Then he came to Ephesus and left them there. And he entered into the synagogue and disputed with the Jews,
20 who asked him to stay a longer time with them. But he would not consent,
21 and bid them farewell, saying, “I must keep this feast that comes, in Jerusalem. But I will return to you again, God willing.” So, he sailed from Ephesus.
22 And when he came down to Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem. And after he had greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23 And after he had remained there a while, he left, and went through the countries of Galatia and Phrygia successively, strengthening all the disciples.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, came to Ephesus (an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures).
25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord. And, being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord but knew only of the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him aside, and explained the way of God more perfectly to him.
27 And when he intended to go into Achaia, the brothers (exhorting him) wrote to the disciples to receive him. And after he had come there, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
28 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, with great vehemence, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
27 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this Word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Thus says the LORD to me: ‘Make bonds for yourselves, and yokes, and put them upon your neck,
3 ‘and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah the king of Judah,
4 ‘and command them to say to their masters, “Thus says the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: ‘Thus shall you say to your masters:
5 “I have made the Earth, the man, and the beasts that are upon the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched Arm, and have given it to whomever is pleasing to Me.
6 “But now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babel, My servant. And I have also given him the beasts of the field to serve him.
7 “And all the nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, until the time of his land also comes. Then, many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
8 “And the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babel, with that same nation I will reckon,” says the LORD, “with the sword and with the famine and with the pestilence, until I have wholly given them into his hands.
9 “Therefore, do not hear your prophets or your soothsayers or your dreamers or your enchanters or your sorcerers who say this to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babel.’
10 “For they prophesy a lie to you, and cause you to go far from your land, so that I should cast you out, and you should perish.
11 “But the nation that puts their necks under the yoke of the king of Babel, and serve him, those I will let remain in their own land,” says the LORD, “and they shall occupy it, and dwell in it.”’”
12 I also spoke to Zedekiah, king of Judah, according to all these words, saying, “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babel, and serve him and his people, so that you may live.
13 “Why will you die — you and your people — by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babel?
14 “Therefore, do not hear the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babel.’ For they prophesy a lie to you.
15 “For I have not sent them,” says the LORD, “yet they prophesy a lie in My Name, so that I might cast you out, and that you might perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
16 Also, I spoke to the priests, and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not hear the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, “Behold, the vessels of the House of the LORD shall now shortly be brought back from Babel.” For they prophesy a lie to you.
17 ‘Do not hear them! Serve the king of Babel, so that you may live! Why should this city be desolate?
18 ‘But if they are Prophets, and if the Word of the LORD is with them, let them make intercession to the LORD of Hosts, so that the vessels which are left in the House of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go to Babel.’
19 “For thus says the LORD of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel did not take when he carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babel, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—
21 “thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the House of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:
22 ‘They shall be brought to Babel. And there they shall remain until the day that I attend to them,’ says the LORD. ‘Then will I bring them up and restore them to this place.’”
13 And as He went out of the Temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Master, see what stones and buildings are here.”
2 Then Jesus answered and said to him, “You see these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.”
3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, over near the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him secretly,
4 “Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?”
5 And Jesus answered them, and began to say,“Beware, lest anyone deceive you.
6 “For many shall come in My Name, saying, ‘I am Christ’, and shall deceive many.
7 “Furthermore, when you shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For such things must be. But the end shall not be yet.
8 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be earthquakes in diverse quarters. And there shall be famine and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.
9 “But beware. For they shall deliver you up to the councils, and to the synagogues. You shall be beaten and brought before rulers and kings for My sake; for a testimonial to them.
10 “And the Gospel must first be proclaimed among all nations.
11 “But when they deliver you up, do not be careful beforehand, nor study what you shall say. But speak what is given to you at that time. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Ghost.
12 “Indeed, and the brother shall deliver the brother to death, and the father the son. And the children shall rise against their parents and shall cause them to die.
13 “And you shall be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But whoever shall endure to the end, shall be saved.
14 “Moreover, when you shall see the Abomination of Desolation (spoken of by Daniel the Prophet) set where it ought not be, let whoever hears consider it. Then let those who are in Judea flee into the mountains.
15 “And let no one who is upon the house come down into the house, nor enter into it to fetch anything out of his house.
16 “And let no one who is in the field turn back again to take his garment.
17 “Then woe shall be to those who are with child, and to those who nurse in those days.
18 “Pray, therefore, that your flight is not in the winter.
19 “For those days shall be such tribulation as was not from the beginning of the Creation (which God created) until this time, nor shall be.
20 “And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved. But for the Elect’s sake (which He has chosen) He has shortened those days.
21 “Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Lo, here is Christ’, or ‘Look, he is there’, do not believe it.
22 “For false christs shall rise, and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders to deceive (if it were possible) the very Elect.
23 “But beware. Behold, I have shown you all things before.
24 “Moreover, in those days, after that tribulation, the Sun shall grow dark. And the Moon shall not give her light.
25 “And the stars of Heaven shall fall. And the powers which are in Heaven shall shake.
26 “And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and Glory.
27 “And then He shall send his angels and shall gather together His Elect from the four winds and from the utmost part of the Earth to the utmost part of Heaven.
28 “Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When her branch is still tender, and it brings forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
29 “So, in like manner, when you see these things happen, know that the Kingdom of God is near, even at the doors.
30 “Truly I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things are done.
31 “Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.
32 “But of that day and hour knows no one. No, not the angels who are in Heaven, nor the Son Himself, but the Father.
33 “Beware. Watch. And pray. For you do not know when the time is.
34 “For the Son of Man is as a man who goes into a strange country and leaves his house, and gives authority to his servants, and to everyone his work, and commands the doorman to watch.
35 Watch, therefore. For you do not know when the master of the house will come - at evening or at midnight, at the cock crowing or in the dawning.
36 Lest, if he comes suddenly, he should find you sleeping.
37 And these things that I say to you, I say to all. Watch.
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