M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

The Birth of Moses

2 And a man from ^(A)the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as a wife. ² And the woman conceived and bore a son; and she saw ^[a]that he was ^[b](B)beautiful, so she hid him for three months. ³ But she could not hide him any longer. So she took for him ^[c]an ^(C)ark of papyrus reeds and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and put it among the ^(D)reeds by the bank of the Nile. ^4 (E)And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

⁵ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down ^(F)to bathe at the Nile, with her young women walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the ^[d]ark among the reeds and sent her maidservant, and she took it to her. ⁶ Then she opened it and ^[e]saw the child. And behold, the ^[f]boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” ⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call ^[g]a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?” ⁸ And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the ^[h]girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹ Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. ¹⁰ And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and ^(G)he became her son. And she named him ^[i]Moses and said, “Because I ^[j]drew him out of the water.”

Moses Flees to Midian

¹¹ Now it happened in those days, ^(H)that Moses had grown up. And he went out to his brothers and looked on their ^[k](I)hard labors. And ^(J)he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. ¹² So he turned this way and that, and he saw that there was no one around. So he ^(K)struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³ Then he went out ^(L)the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were struggling with each other; and he said to the ^[l]wicked one, “Why are you striking your companion?” ¹⁴ But he said, “^(M)Who made you a ^[m]ruler or a judge over us? Are you ^[n]intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.” ¹⁵ And Pharaoh heard of this matter, so he sought to kill Moses. But ^(N)Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he ^[o]sat down ^(O)by a well. ¹⁶ Now ^(P)the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and ^(Q)they came and drew water and filled the troughs to give water to their father’s flock to drink. ¹⁷ Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but ^(R)Moses rose up and saved them and gave water to their flock to drink. ¹⁸ Then they came to ^(S)Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” ¹⁹ So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he actually even drew the water for us and gave water to the flock to drink.” ²⁰ And he said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Call him so that he may eat bread.” ^21 (T)And Moses was willing to settle down with the man, and he gave his daughter ^(U)Zipporah to Moses. ²² Then she gave birth to ^(V)a son, and he named him ^[p]Gershom, for he said, “I have been ^(W)a ^[q]sojourner in a foreign land.”

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

²³ Now it happened in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel ^(X)sighed because of the slavery, and they cried out; and ^(Y)their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God. ²⁴ So ^(Z)God heard their groaning; and God remembered ^(AA)His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ^25 (AB)And God saw the sons of Israel, and God knew them.

The First Disciples

5 ^(A)Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing at the edge of ^(B)the lake of Gennesaret; ² and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake, and the fishermen, having gotten out of them, were washing their nets. ^3 (C)And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the crowds from the boat. ⁴ And when He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and ^(D)let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵ Simon answered and said, “^(E)Master, ^(F)we labored all night and caught nothing, but at Your word, I will let down the nets.” ⁶ And when they had done this, ^(G)they enclosed a great quantity of fish. And their nets began to break; ⁷ so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸ But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” ⁹ For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken, ¹⁰ and ^[a]James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon, were also likewise amazed. And Jesus said to Simon, “^(H)Do not fear, from now on you will be ^(I)catching men.” ¹¹ And when they had brought their boats to land, ^(J)they left everything and followed Him.

Jesus Heals a Leper

^12 (K)And it happened that while He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man ^[b]covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” ¹³ And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴ And He directed him to tell no one, “But go and ^(L)show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” ¹⁵ But ^(M)the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. ¹⁶ But He Himself would often slip away ^[c]to the desolate regions and ^(N)pray.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

¹⁷ And it happened that ^[d]one day He was teaching; and ^(O)there were some Pharisees and ^(P)teachers of the law sitting there, who had ^(Q)come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, and ^(R)the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. ^18 (S)And behold, some men were carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down before Him. ¹⁹ But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^(T)the roof and let him down ^(U)through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ And seeing their faith, He said, “^[e]Friend, ^(V)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ The scribes and the Pharisees ^(W)began to reason, saying, “^(X)Who is this who speaks blasphemies? ^(Y)Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ²² But Jesus, ^[f]knowing their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴ But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the ^(Z)paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and, picking up your stretcher, go home.” ²⁵ And immediately he rose up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^(AA)glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized them all and they began ^(AB)glorifying God; and they were filled ^(AC)with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

Levi and Sinners Called

^27 (AD)And after that He went out and noticed a tax collector named ^[g](AE)Levi sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” ²⁸ And he ^(AF)left everything behind, and rose up and began to follow Him.

²⁹ And ^(AG)Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of ^(AH)tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. ^30 (AI)And the Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and ^[h]sinners?” ³¹ And Jesus answered and said to them, “^(AJ)It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. ³² I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

³³ And they said to Him, “^(AK)The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do likewise, but Yours eat and drink.” ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “Can you make the ^[i]attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? ^35 (AL)But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” ³⁶ And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new and the piece from the new will not match the old. ³⁷ And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. ³⁸ But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. ³⁹ And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”

My Redeemer Lives

19 Then Job answered and said,

Lawsuits Among Believers

6 Does any one of you, when he has a ^[a]case against another, dare to be tried before the unrighteous and ^(A)not before the ^[b]saints? ² Or ^(B)do you not know that ^(C)the ^[c]saints will judge ^(D)the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not worthy to ^[d]constitute the smallest law courts? ^3 (E)Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? ⁴ So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint those who are of no account in the church as judges? ^5 (F)I say this to your shame. Is it really this way: there is not one wise man among you who will be able to pass judgment between his ^(G)brothers? ⁶ On the contrary, brother is tried with brother, and that before ^(H)unbelievers!

⁷ Actually, then, it is already a failure for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. ^(I)Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? ⁸ On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your ^(J)brothers.

⁹ Or ^(K)do you not know that the unrighteous will not ^(L)inherit the kingdom of God? ^(M)Do not be deceived; ^(N)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ^[e]effeminate, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will ^(O)inherit the kingdom of God. ^11 (P)And such were some of you; but you were ^(Q)washed, but you were ^(R)sanctified, but you were ^(S)justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

^12 (T)All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. ^13 (U)Food is for the ^[f]stomach and the ^[g]stomach is for food, but God will ^(V)do away with both ^[h]of them. Yet the body is not for sexual immorality, but ^(W)for the Lord, and ^(X)the Lord is for the body. ¹⁴ Now God has not only ^(Y)raised the Lord, but ^(Z)will also raise us up through His power. ^15 (AA)Do you not know that ^(AB)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? ^(AC)May it never be! ¹⁶ Or ^(AD)do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “^(AE)The two shall become one flesh.” ¹⁷ But the one who joins himself to the Lord is ^(AF)one spirit with Him. ^18 (AG)Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the ^[i]sexually immoral man sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or ^(AH)do you not know that ^(AI)your body is a ^[j]sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from ^[k]God, and that ^(AJ)you are not your own? ²⁰ For ^(AK)you were bought with a price: therefore glorify God in ^(AL)your body.