M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Jesus heals the paralytic, calls Matthew from receipt of custom, answers for his disciples, heals the woman with the issue of blood, helps Jairas’ daughter, gives two blind men their sight, and by driving out a devil makes a dumb man to speak.

9 Then Jesus entered into a boat, and passed over and went into his own city. ² And lo, they brought to him a paralyzed man lying in his bed. And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you. ³ And certain of the scribes said in themselves, This man blasphemes.

⁴ When Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵ Which is easier to say: Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk? ⁶ But so that you may know that the Son of man has power to forgive sins in earth–

Then he said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed, and go home to your house. ⁷ And the man arose and departed to his own house. ⁸ And when the people saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God who had given such power to men.

⁹ And as Jesus passed onwards from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as he sat at food in Matthew’s house, that many publicans and sinners came and sat down also with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

¹² When Jesus heard this, he said to them, The whole do not need the physician, but they that are sick. ¹³ Go and learn what this means: I have pleasure in mercy, and not in offering. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came to him, asking, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast? ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, Can the wedding children mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ No one patches an old garment with a piece of new cloth. For then the new piece pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made greater. ¹⁷ Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins, for then the skins burst, the wine runs out, and the vessels are destroyed. But they pour new wine into new wineskins, and so both are preserved together.

¹⁸ While he was thus speaking to them, a certain leader came and did reverence to him, saying, My daughter is even now deceased. But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live. ¹⁹ And Jesus arose and followed him with his disciples.

²⁰ And behold, a woman who had been diseased for 12 years with an issue of blood came up behind him and touched the hem of his vesture. ²¹ For she said in herself, If I may touch but even his vesture only, I will be healed. ²² Then Jesus, turning about and seeing her, said, Daughter, be of good comfort; your faith has made you whole. And she was healed even that same hour.

²³ And when Jesus came into the leader’s house and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise ²⁴ he said to them, All of you, go away, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵ But as soon as the people were put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ²⁶ And news of this spread throughout all that land.

²⁷ And as Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, O Son of David, have mercy on us! ²⁸ And when he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him. And Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? And they said to him, Yes, Lord. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you. ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them, saying, See that no one knows of this. ³¹ But they, as soon as they had left, spread abroad his name throughout all the land.

³² As they went out, behold, people brought to him a dumb man, possessed by a devil. ³³ And as soon as the devil was cast out, the mute spoke. And the people marvelled, saying, Never have such things been seen in Israel! ³⁴ But the Pharisees said, He casts out devils by the power of the chief devil.

³⁵ And Jesus went about all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and disease among the people.

³⁶ But when he saw the people, he had compassion on them, because they were worn and weak and scattered abroad, even as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is great, but the labourers are few. ³⁸ Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers into his harvest.

Paul is converted & confounds the Jews. Peter raises Tabitha.

9 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest ² and desired of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of this Way, whether they were men or women, he could bring them bound to Jerusalem. ³ But as he journeyed and came near to Damascus, suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven. ⁴ And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? ⁵ And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the prick. And he, both trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what will you have me to do? And the Lord said to him, ⁶ Arise and go into the city, and it will be told you what you must do.

⁷ The men who journeyed with him stood amazed, for they heard a voice, but saw no one. ⁸ And Saul arose from the ground and opened his eyes, but saw no one. Then they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

¹⁰ And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street that is called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For he is praying, ¹² and has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in to him and putting his hands on him, so that he may receive his sight.

¹³ Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and here he has authority from the high priests to arrest all who call on your name.

¹⁵ The Lord said to him, Go your way. For he is a chosen vessel of mine, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. ¹⁶ For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

¹⁷ Ananias went his way and entered into the house, and put his hands on him and said, Brother Saul, the Lord who appeared to you on the road as you came has sent me, so that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received sight and arose, and was baptized, ¹⁹ and took food, and was comforted.

Then Saul spent some days with the disciples who were at Damascus. ²⁰ And straightaway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he was the Son of God. ²¹ All who heard him were amazed and said, Is this not the man that ravaged those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and came here intending to bring them as prisoners to the high priests?

  ²² But Saul increased in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, affirming that Jesus was the very Christ.

²³ And after a good while the Jews took counsel together, to kill him. ²⁴ But Paul knew they were laying in wait. And they watched at the gates day and night, to kill him. ²⁵ Then the disciples took him by night, and put him through the wall and let him down in a basket.

²⁶ And when Saul got to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself with the disciples. But they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple. ²⁷ But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and explained to them how he had seen the Lord on the road and had spoken with him, and how bold he had been at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

²⁸ And Saul had his intercourse with them at Jerusalem, ²⁹ and acquitted himself boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. And he spoke and disputed with the Greeks, and they went about to kill him. ³⁰ But when the brethren knew of this, they brought him to Caesarea and sent him forth to Tarsus.

³¹ Then the congregations had rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were strengthened, and walked in the fear of the Lord, and multiplied by the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

³² And it chanced that, as Peter walked throughout all the country, he came to the saints who dwelt at Lydda. ³³ And there he found a certain man named Eneas, who had been confined to his bed sick for eight years, paralyzed. ³⁴ Then Peter said to him, Eneas, may Jesus Christ make you whole! Arise, and make your bed. And he arose immediately. ³⁵ And all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord.

³⁶ There was at Joppa a certain woman, a disciple named Tabitha (which, translated, is Dorcas). She was full of good works and alms-deeds that she did. ³⁷ And it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a chamber. ³⁸ Because Lydda was near Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent to him, imploring him not to be grieved to come to them.

³⁹ Peter arose and went with them. And when he arrived, they brought him into the chamber. And all the widows stood round about him, weeping and showing the coats and the garments that Dorcas had made while she was with them. ⁴⁰ And Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed, and turned to the body and said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, sat up. ⁴¹ And he gave her his hand and lifted her up, and called the saints and widows, and showed her alive.

⁴² And this was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. ⁴³ And it came about that Peter stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner.