M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

2 After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred.

² And she conceived, and bore a son; and seeing him a goodly child hid him three months.

³ And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and pitch: and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river's brink,

⁴ His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.

⁵ And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought,

⁶ She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.

⁷ And the child's sister said to her Shall I go and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse the babe?

⁸ She answered: Go. The maid went and called her mother.

⁹ And Pharao's daughter said to her. Take this child and nurse him for me: I will give thee thy wages. The woman took, and nursed the child: and when he was grown up, she delivered him to Pharao's daughter.

¹⁰ And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.

¹¹ In those days after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren: and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews his brethren.

¹² And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

¹³ And going out the next day, he saw two Hebrews quarrelling: and he said to him that did the wrong: Why strikest thou thy neighbour?

¹⁴ But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us: wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?

¹⁵ And Pharao heard of this word and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well.

¹⁶ And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

¹⁷ And the shepherds came and drove them away: and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered their sheep.

¹⁸ And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual?

¹⁹ They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds: and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink.

²⁰ But he said: Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread.

²¹ And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

²² And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.

²³ Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.

²⁴ And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

²⁵ And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.

5 And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,

² And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

³ And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting he taught the multitudes out of the ship.

⁴ Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

⁵ And Simon answering said to him: Master, we have labored all the night, and have taken nothing: but at thy word I will let down the net.

⁶ And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes, and their net broke.

⁷ And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were almost sinking.

⁸ Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

⁹ For he was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken.

¹⁰ And so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus saith to Simon: Fear not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

¹¹ And having brought their ships to land, leaving all things, they followed him.

¹² And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

¹³ And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will. Be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

¹⁴ And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

¹⁵ But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

¹⁶ And he retired into the desert, and prayed.

¹⁷ And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to heal them.

¹⁸ And behold, men brought in a bed a man, who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

¹⁹ And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof, and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus.

²⁰ Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

²¹ And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

²² And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering, he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts?

²³ Which is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

²⁴ But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say to thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

²⁵ And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay; and he went away to his own house, glorifying God.

²⁶ And all were astonished; and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to day.

²⁷ And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said to him: Follow me.

²⁸ And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him.

²⁹ And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others, that were at table with them.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

³¹ And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole, need not the physician: but they that are sick.

³² I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.

³³ And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thine eat and drink?

³⁴ To whom he said: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bridegroom is with them?

³⁵ But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days.

³⁶ And he spoke also a similitude to them: That no man putteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment; otherwise he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old.

³⁷ And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the new wine will break the bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost.

³⁸ But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

³⁹ And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.

19 Then Job answered, and said:

² How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

³ Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.

⁴ For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.

⁵ But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

⁶ At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.

⁷ Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

⁸ He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

⁹ He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.

¹⁰ He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

¹¹ His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.

¹² His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.

¹³ He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.

¹⁴ My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

¹⁵ They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

¹⁶ I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

¹⁷ My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

¹⁸ Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.

¹⁹ They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.

²⁰ The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

²¹ Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

²² Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

²³ Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

²⁴ With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.

²⁵ For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

²⁶ And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

²⁷ Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

²⁸ Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

²⁹ Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.

6 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust, and not before the saints?

² Know you not that the saints shall judge this world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

³ Know you not that we shall judge angels? how much more things of this world?

⁴ If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge, who are the most despised in the church.

⁵ I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man, that is able to judge between his brethren?

⁶ But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

⁷ Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

⁸ But you do wrong and defraud, and that to your brethren.

⁹ Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,

¹⁰ Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.

¹¹ And such some of you were; but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of our God.

¹² All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

¹³ Meat for the belly, and the belly for the meats; but God shall destroy both it and them: but the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

¹⁴ Now God hath both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up also by his power.

¹⁵ Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

¹⁶ Or know you not, that he who is joined to a harlot, is made one body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.

¹⁷ But he who is joined to the Lord, is one spirit.

¹⁸ Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

¹⁹ Or know you not, that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God; and you are not your own?

²⁰ For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your body.