M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Jehoshaphat Reigns over Judah

17 ^(A)Jehoshaphat his son then became king in his place, and strengthened himself over Israel. ² And he put military forces in all ^(B)the fortified cities of Judah, and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim ^(C)which Asa his father had captured.

Jehoshaphat’s Kingdom Established

³ And Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the ways of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals, ⁴ but sought the God of his father, walked in His commandments, ^(D)and did not act as Israel did. ⁵ So Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat, and ^(E)he had great riches and honor. ⁶ And ^[a]his heart took great pride in the ways of Yahweh, and again he ^(F)took away the high places and the ^[b]Asherim from Judah.

⁷ Then in the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah, ^(G)to teach in the cities of Judah; ⁸ and with them ^(H)the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. ⁹ And they taught in Judah, having ^(I)the book of the law of Yahweh with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

¹⁰ Now ^(J)the dread of Yahweh was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. ¹¹ Indeed, some of the Philistines ^(K)brought presents and silver as their tax burden to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats. ¹² So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah. ¹³ And he had large supplies in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ This was their muster according to their fathers’ households:

¹⁹ These are they who attended on the king, apart from ^(M)those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah.

The Seven Seals

6 Then I looked when the ^(A)Lamb opened one of the ^(B)seven seals, and I heard one of the ^(C)four living creatures saying as with a ^(D)voice of thunder, “^[a]Come.” ² Then I looked, and behold, a ^(E)white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and ^(F)a crown was given to him, and he went out ^(G)overcoming and to overcome.

³ And when He opened the second seal, I heard the ^(H)second living creature saying, “Come.” ⁴ And another, ^(I)a red horse, went out; and to him who sits on it, it was given to him to ^(J)take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

⁵ And when He opened the third seal, I heard the ^(K)third living creature saying, “Come.” Then I looked, and behold, a ^(L)black horse; and he who sits on it had a ^(M)pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^(N)four living creatures saying, “One ^[b]choinix of wheat for one ^[c]denarius, and three ^[d]choinix of barley for one ^[e]denarius, and ^(O)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

⁷ And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^(P)fourth living creature saying, “Come.” ⁸ Then I looked, and behold, a ^(Q)pale horse; and he who sits on it had the name ^(R)Death, and ^(S)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(T)to kill with sword and with famine and with ^[f]pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹ And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw ^(U)underneath the ^(V)altar the ^(W)souls of those who had been slain ^(X)because of the word of God, and because of the ^(Y)witness which they had maintained; ¹⁰ and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(Z)How long, O ^(AA)Master, ^(AB)holy and true? ^[g]Will You not ^(AC)judge and avenge our blood on ^(AD)those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹ And ^(AE)a white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should ^(AF)rest for a little while longer, ^(AG)until the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^(AH)completed also.

¹² Then I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great ^(AI)earthquake; and the ^(AJ)sun became black as ^(AK)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; ¹³ and ^(AL)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^(AM)as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. ^14 (AN)And the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^(AO)every mountain and island were moved out of their places. ¹⁵ Then ^(AP)the kings of the earth and the great men and the ^[h]commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man ^(AQ)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they *^(AR)said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ^[i]presence of Him ^(AS)who sits on the throne, and from the ^[j](AT)wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷ for ^(AU)the great ^(AV)day of their ^[k]wrath has come, and ^(AW)who is able to stand?”

A Man with a Measuring Cord

2 ^[a]Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there was a man with a ^(A)measuring cord in his hand. ² So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To ^(B)measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.” ³ And behold, the ^(C)angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him ⁴ and said to him, “Run, speak to that ^(D)young man, saying, ‘^(E)Jerusalem will be inhabited ^[b](F)without walls because of the ^(G)multitude of men and cattle within it. ⁵ Indeed I,’ declares Yahweh, ‘will be a ^(H)wall of fire ^[c]around her, and I will be the ^(I)glory in her midst.’”

⁶ “^[d]Ho there! ^(J)Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have ^(K)dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh. ⁷ “Woe, Zion! ^(L)Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” ⁸ For thus says Yahweh of hosts, “After ^[e](M)glory He has sent Me against the nations which have taken you as spoil, for he who touches you, touches the ^[f](N)apple of His eye. ⁹ For behold, I will ^(O)wave My hand over them so that they will be ^(P)spoil for their slaves. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me. ^10 (Q)Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming and I will ^(R)dwell in your midst,” declares Yahweh. ¹¹ “^(S)And many nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day and will become My people. Then I will ^(T)dwell in your midst, and you will ^(U)know that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me to you. ¹² Then Yahweh will ^(V)inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again ^(W)choose Jerusalem.

¹³ “^[g](X)Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for He is ^(Y)aroused from His holy habitation.”

The Healing at Bethesda

5 After these things there was ^(A)a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

² Now there is in Jerusalem by ^(B)the sheep gate a pool, which is called ^(C)in ^[a]Hebrew ^[b]Bethesda, having five porticoes. ³ In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, ^[c][waiting for the moving of the waters; ⁴ for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever sickness with which he was afflicted.] ⁵ And a man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been sick a long time, He *said to him, “Do you wish to get well?” ⁷ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when ^(D)the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” ⁸ Jesus *said to him, “^(E)Get up, pick up your mat and walk.” ⁹ And immediately the man became well, and picked up his mat and began to walk.

^(F)Now it was the Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So ^(G)the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and ^(H)it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” ¹¹ But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” ¹² They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” ¹³ But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. ¹⁴ Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not ^(I)sin anymore, ^(J)so that nothing worse happens to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away, and disclosed to ^(K)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ And for this reason ^(L)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with the Father

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(M)the Jews ^(N)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(O)making Himself equal with God.

¹⁹ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(P)the Son can do nothing from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever ^[d]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same manner. ^20 (Q)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him ^(R)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and ^(S)gives them life, even so ^(T)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^(U)He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. ^(V)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²⁴ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and ^(W)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^(X)does not come into judgment, but has ^(Y)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(Z)an hour is coming and now is, when ^(AA)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^(AB)hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He ^(AC)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to ^(AD)execute judgment, because He is ^[e]the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for ^(AE)an hour is coming, in which ^(AF)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come forth; ^(AG)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “^(AH)I can do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and ^(AI)My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but ^(AJ)the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “^(AK)If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not ^[f]true. ³² There is ^(AL)another who bears witness about Me, and I know that the witness which He gives about Me is true.

Witnesses to Jesus: The Father and the Scriptures

³³ You have sent to John, and he ^(AM)has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴ But ^(AN)the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was ^(AO)the lamp that was burning and shining and you ^(AP)were willing to rejoice for ^[g]a while in his light. ³⁶ But the witness I have is greater than the witness of John; for ^(AQ)the works which the Father has given Me ^(AR)to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness about Me, that the Father ^(AS)has sent Me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(AT)He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. ³⁸ And you do not have ^(AU)His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He ^(AV)sent. ^39 [h](AW)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is ^(AX)these that bear witness about Me; ⁴⁰ and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ^41 (AY)I do not receive glory from men; ⁴² but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; ^(AZ)if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you ^(BA)receive ^[i]glory from one another and you do not seek ^(BB)the ^[j]glory that is from ^(BC)the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; the one who accuses you is ^(BD)Moses, in whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for ^(BE)he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But ^(BF)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”