M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
17 There was a man of Mount Ephraim whose name was Micah.
2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you (on which you spoke a curse within my hearing), behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven and molten image. Now, therefore, I will give it to you again.”
4 And when he had restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the founder, who made a graven and molten image from it. And it was in the house of Micah.
5 And this man, Micah, had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who was his priest.
6 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was good in his own eyes.
7 There was also a young man from Bethlehem, Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite and had sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem, Judah, to dwell wherever he could find. And as he journeyed, he came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
9 And Micah said to him, “Where have you come from?” And the Levite answered him, “I came from Bethlehem, Judah, and go to dwell wherever I may find.”
10 Then Micah said to him, “Dwell with me; and be to me a father and a priest. And I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, and a suit of clothes, and your food and drink.” So, the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man. And the young man was to him as one of his own sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite. And the young man was his priest and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.”
21 And as we launched forth, and had left them, we set a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 And we found a ship that went over to Phoenicia, and went aboard, and set forth.
3 And when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left side, and sailed toward Syria, and arrived at Tyre. For there the ship unloaded its cargo.
4 And when we had found disciples, we remained there for seven days. And through the Spirit, they told Paul that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
5 But when those days had ended, we departed and went our way. And they all, with their wives and children, accompanied us until we were out of the city. And we kneeled down on the shore and prayed.
6 Then, after we had embraced one another, we boarded the ship. And they returned home.
7 And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and greeted the brothers, and stayed with them for one day.
8 And the next day, Paul (and we who were with him) left and came to Caesarea. And we entered into the house of Philip the Evangelist (who was one of the seven) and stayed with him.
9 Now he had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
10 And as we remained there many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came from Judea.
11 And when he had come to us, he took Paul’s belt, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Holy Ghost, ‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
12 And when we had heard these things, both we and the residents there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, and said, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus.”
14 So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”
15 And after those days, we made ourselves ready and went up to Jerusalem.
16 Some of the disciples of Caesarea also went with us, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple with whom we were to lodge.
17 And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
18 And the next day Paul went in with us to James. And all the elders were assembled there.
19 And after he had embraced them, he told in order all things that God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 So when they heard it, they glorified God, and said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousand Jews there are who believe. And they are all zealous for the Law.
21 “Now they are informed that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their sons, nor to live after the customs.
22 What then? The multitude must certainly come together. For they shall hear that you have come.
23 Therefore, do what we tell you. We have four men who have made a vow.
24 Take them. And purify yourself with them. And contribute with them, so that they may shave their heads. And all shall know that those things about which they have been informed concerning you, are nothing. And that you yourself also walk and keep the Law.
25 As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written and determined that they should observe no such thing, except that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from that which is strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then the next day Paul took the men, and having been purified with them, entered into the Temple and declared the completion of the days of the purification and that an offering would be offered for each one of them.
27 And when the seven days had almost ended, the Asian Jews (when they saw him in the Temple) incited all the people, and laid hands on him,
28 crying, “Men of Israel! Help! This is the man who teaches against the people, and the Law, and this place - to everyone, everywhere! Moreover, he has brought Greeks into the Temple, and has polluted this holy place!”
29 For they had seen Trophimus (an Ephesian) with him in the city before, whom they assumed that Paul had brought into the Temple.
30 Then all the city was moved, and the people ran together. And they took Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
31 But as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar;
32 who immediately took soldiers and Centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 Then the chief captain came near and took him, and commanded that he be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.
34 And one cried this, and another that, among the people. So, when he could not discern the veracity because of the uproar, he commanded him to be led into the castle.
35 And when he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the people.
36 For the multitude of the people followed them, crying, “Away with him!”
37 And as Paul was being been led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, “May I speak to you?” Who said, “Can you speak Greek?
38 “Are you not the Egyptian who previously led a revolt, and led four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”
39 Then Paul said, “Doubtless, I am a Jew, and a citizen of Tarsus, (a famous city of Cilicia). And I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
40 And when he had let him, Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with the hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
30 The Word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying, ‘Write all the Words that I have spoken to you in a Book.
3 ‘For lo, the days come,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will bring back the captivity of My people, Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘For I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers. And they shall possess it.’”
4 Again, these are the Words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5 “For thus says the LORD: ‘We have heard a terrible voice, of fear and not of peace.
6 ‘Demand now and behold if a man can labor with child. Why do I behold every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor, and all faces are turned pale?
7 ‘Alas, for this day is great. None like it. It is the time of Jacob’s trouble, yet shall he be delivered from it.
8 ‘For on that day,’ says the LORD of Hosts, ‘I will break his yoke from off your neck and break your bonds. And strangers shall no longer enslave them.
9 ‘But they shall serve the LORD their God and David, their king, whom I will raise up to them.
10 ‘Therefore, do not fear, O My servant, Jacob,’ says the LORD, ‘or be afraid, O Israel. For lo, I will deliver you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall turn back, and shall be in rest and peace. And no one shall make him afraid.
11 ‘For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to save you. Though I utterly destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, still I will not utterly destroy you. But I will correct you by judgment, not utterly cut you off.’
12 “For thus says the LORD: ‘Your bruising is incurable. Your wound is grievous.
13 ‘There is no one to judge your cause or bind your wounds. There are neither medicines nor help for you.
14 ‘All your lovers have forgotten you. They do not seek you. For I have stricken you with the wound of an enemy, with a sharp chastisement for the multitude of your iniquities. Your sins have increased.
15 ‘Why do you cry for your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable. Because of the multitude of your iniquities, the increase of your sins, I have done these things to you.
16 ‘Therefore, all those who devour you shall be devoured. And all your enemies, everyone, shall go into captivity. And those who plunder you shall be plundered. And all those who rob you, I will give to be robbed.
17 ‘For I will restore health to you and I will heal you of your wounds,’ says the LORD, ‘because they called you, “The Castaway,” saying, “This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.”
18 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. And the city shall be built upon her own heap. And the palace shall remain in its rightful place.
19 ‘And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of those who are joyous. And I will multiply them. And they shall not be few. I will also glorify them, and they shall not be diminished.
20 ‘Their children, also, shall be as before. And their congregation shall be established before Me. And I will reckon with all who trouble them.
21 ‘And their nobles shall be from among themselves. And their governor shall proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause him to draw near and approach Me. For who is this who directs his heart to come to Me,’ says the LORD?
22 ‘And you shall be My people, and I will be your God.’”
23 Behold, the tempest of the LORD goes forth with wrath! The whirlwind that hangs over shall light upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce wrath of the LORD shall not return until He is done, and until He has performed the intent of His Heart. In the latter days you shall understand it.
31 “At the same time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel. And they shall be My people.”
2 Thus says the LORD: “The people who escaped the sword found grace in the wilderness.” He walks before Israel to cause it to rest.
3 The LORD has appeared to me from afar, saying: “Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore, with mercy I have drawn you.
4 “I will build you again. And you shall be built, O virgin Israel. You shall still be adorned with your tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of those who are joyful.
5 “You shall still plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria. And the planters who plant them shall make them common.
6 “For the days shall come that the watchmen upon the mount of Ephraim shall cry, ‘Arise! And let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’
7 For thus says the LORD: “Rejoice with gladness for Jacob, and shout for joy among the chief of the Gentiles! Publish praise, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
8 “Behold, I will bring them from the North country and gather them from the coasts of the world, the blind and the lame among them, the woman with child as well as she who has delivered. A great company shall return here.
9 “They shall come, weeping. And with mercy will I bring them back. I will lead them by the rivers of water, on a straight path on which they shall not stumble. For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
10 “Hear the Word of the LORD, O you Gentiles! And declare in the far away isles, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather it, and will keep it, as a Shepherd does His flock!
11 ‘For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he!’
12 “Therefore, they shall come and rejoice in the height of Zion, and shall run to the bountifulness of the LORD, for the wheat and for the wine, and for the oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd. And their soul shall be as a watered garden. And they shall have no more sorrow.
13 “Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old men, together. For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrows.
14 “And I will replenish the soul of the priests with fatness. And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,” says the LORD.
15 Thus says the LORD: “A voice was heard on high — a mourning and bitter weeping. Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
16 Thus says the LORD: “Restrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded,” says the LORD, “and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 “And there is hope in your future,” says the LORD, “that your children shall come back to their own borders.
18 “I have heard Ephraim lamenting, ‘You have corrected me,’ and ‘I was chastised as an untamed calf. Convert me, and I shall be converted. For You are the LORD my God.
19 ‘Surely, after I was converted, I repented. And after I was instructed, I struck my thigh. I was ashamed — yea, even humiliated — because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20 “Is Ephraim My dear son or pleasant child? Yet, though I spoke against him, I still remembered him. Therefore, My Core is troubled for him. I will surely have compassion upon him,” says the LORD.
21 “Set up signs for yourselves. Make yourselves heaps. Set your heart toward the path and way that you have walked. Turn back, O virgin of Israel! Turn back to these, your cities!
22 “How long will you go astray, O you rebellious daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the Earth: A woman shall turn around a man.”
23 Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall still say this thing in the land of Judah, and in its cities, when I shall bring back their captivity, ‘The LORD bless you, O habitation of justice, Holy Mountain.’
24 “And Judah shall dwell in it, and all its cities, together, the farmers and those who go forth with the flock.
25 “For I have satiated the weary soul. And I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
26 Therefore, I awoke and beheld. And my sleep was sweet to me.
27 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will sow the House of Israel, and the House of Judah, with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
28 “And just as I have watched against them to pluck up and to root out and to throw down and to destroy and to plague, so will I watch over them to build and to plant,” says the LORD.
29 “In those days, they shall no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 “But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will make a new Covenant with the House of Israel, and with the House of Judah —
32 “not according to the Covenant that I made with their Fathers, when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My Covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the LORD.
33 “But this shall be the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel: After those days, says the LORD, I will put My Law in their core, and write it on their hearts, and will be their God. And they shall be My people.
34 “And they shall no longer teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” says the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer remember their sins.”
35 Thus says the LORD, Who gives the Sun for a light to the day, the courses of the Moon and of the stars for a light to the night, Who breaks the sea when its waves roar. His Name is The LORD of Hosts:
36 “If these ordinances depart out of My sight,” says the LORD, “then shall the seed of Israel cease from being a nation before Me, forever.”
37 Thus says the LORD: “If the heavens can be measured, or the foundations of the Earth be searched out beneath, then will I cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,” says the LORD.
38 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the city shall be built to the LORD, from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
39 “And the line of the measure shall go straight forward over the hill Gareb and shall turn to Goath.
40 “And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD. It shall neither be plucked up nor destroyed anymore, forever.”
16 And when the Sabbath day had passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought sweet ointments so that they might come and anoint Jesus.
2 Therefore, early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher, when the Sun was now risen.
3 And they said to each other, “Who shall we have roll away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?”
4 But when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one).
5 So they went into the sepulcher and saw a young man sitting at the right side, clothed in a long white robe. And they were awestruck.
6 But he said to them, “Do not be so troubled. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they put Him.
7 “But go your way, and tell His disciples, and Peter, that He will go before you into Galilee. There you shall see Him, as He said to you.”
8 And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulcher. For they trembled and were amazed. Nor did they say anything to anyone, for they were afraid.
9 And when Jesus was risen again, early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene (out of whom He had cast seven demons).
10 And she went and told those who had been with Him, who mourned and wept.
11 And when they heard that He was alive, and had appeared to her, they did not believe it.
12 After that, He appeared to two of them in another form (as they walked and went into the country).
13 And they went and told it to the remnant. And they did not believe them.
14 Finally, He appeared to the eleven, as they sat together, and reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart; because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.
16 “The one who shall believe, and be baptized, shall be saved. But the one who will not believe, shall be damned.
17 “And these signs shall follow those who believe: In My Name, they shall cast out demons, and shall speak with new tongues,
18 “and shall take away serpents. And if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
19 So, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth and preached everywhere. And the Lord worked with them and confirmed the Word with signs that followed. Amen.
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