M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

5 After these things Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharao: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go that they may sacrifice to me in the desert.

² But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

³ And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days' journey into the wilderness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us.

⁴ The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.

⁵ And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?

⁶ Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:

⁷ You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.

⁸ And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before, neither shall you diminish any thing thereof: for they are idle, and therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

⁹ Let them be oppressed, with works, and let them fulfill them: that they may not regard lying words.

¹⁰ And the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao, I allow you no straw:

¹¹ Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.

¹² And the people was scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather straw.

¹³ And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you.

¹⁴ And they that were over the works of the children of Israel were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks both yesterday and to day as before?

¹⁵ And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

¹⁶ Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before: behold we thy servants are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.

¹⁷ And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

¹⁸ Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.

¹⁹ And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day.

²⁰ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood over against them as they came out from Pharao:

²¹ And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword to kill us.

²² And Moses returned to the Lord, and said: Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou sent me?

²³ For since the time that I went in to Pharao to speak in thy name, he hath afflicted thy people: and thou hast not delivered them.

8 And it came to pass afterwards, that he travelled through the cities and towns, preaching and evangelizing the kingdom of God; and the twelve with him:

² And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth,

³ And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.

⁴ And when a very great multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude.

⁵ The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

⁶ And other some fell upon a rock: and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

⁷ And other some fell among thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it.

⁸ And other some fell upon good ground; and being sprung up, yielded fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁹ And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

¹⁰ To whom he said: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing may not understand.

¹¹ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

¹² And they by the way side are they that hear; then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved.

¹³ Now they upon the rock, are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy: and these have no roots; for they believe for a while, and in time of temptation, they fall away.

¹⁴ And that which fell among thorns, are they who have heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and yield no fruit.

¹⁵ But that on the good ground, are they who in a good and perfect heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit in patience.

¹⁶ Now no man lighting a candle covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it upon a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

¹⁷ For there is not any thing secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.

¹⁸ Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath, shall be taken away from him.

¹⁹ And his mother and brethren came unto him; and they could not come at him for the crowd.

²⁰ And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

²¹ Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God, and do it.

²² And it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a little ship with his disciples, and he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

²³ And when they were sailing, he slept; and there came down a storm of wind upon the lake, and they were filled, and were in danger.

²⁴ And they came and awaked him, saying: Master, we perish. But he arising, rebuked the wind and the rage of the water; and it ceased, and there was a calm.

²⁵ And he said to them: Where is your faith? Who being afraid, wondered, saying one to another: Who is this, (think you), that he commandeth both the winds and the sea, and they obey him?

²⁶ And they sailed to the country of the Gerasens, which is over against Galilee.

²⁷ And when he was come forth to the land, there met him a certain man who had a devil now a very long time, and he wore no clothes, neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres.

²⁸ And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him; and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.

²⁹ For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him, and he was bound with chains, and kept in fetters; and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.

³⁰ And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion; because many devils were entered into him.

³¹ And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

³² And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain; and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

³³ The devils therefore went out of the man, and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were stifled.

³⁴ Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled away, and told it in the city and in the villages.

³⁵ And they went out to see what was done; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at his feet, clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

³⁶ And they also that had seen, told them how he had been healed from the legion.

³⁷ And all the multitude of the country of the Gerasens besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear. And he, going up into the ship, returned back again.

³⁸ Now the man, out of whom the devils were departed, besought him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying:

³⁹ Return to thy house, and tell how great things God hath done to thee. And he went through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done to him.

⁴⁰ And it came to pass, that when Jesus was returned, the multitude received him: for they were all waiting for him.

⁴¹ And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at the feet of Jesus, beseeching him that he would come into his house:

⁴² For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened as he went, that he was thronged by the multitudes.

⁴³ And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians, and could not be healed by any.

⁴⁴ She came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment; and immediately the issue of her blood stopped.

⁴⁵ And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me? And all denying, Peter and they that were with him said: Master, the multitudes throng and press thee, and dost thou say, Who touched me?

⁴⁶ And Jesus said: Somebody hath touched me; for I know that virtue is gone out from me.

⁴⁷ And the woman seeing that she was not hid, came trembling, and fell down before his feet, and declared before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately healed.

⁴⁸ But he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go thy way in peace.

⁴⁹ As he was yet speaking, there cometh one to the ruler of the synagogue, saying to him: Thy daughter is dead, trouble him not.

⁵⁰ And Jesus hearing this word, answered the father of the maid: Fear not; believe only, and she shall be safe.

⁵¹ And when he was come to the house, he suffered not any man to go in with him, but Peter and James and John, and the father and mother of the maiden.

⁵² And all wept and mourned for her. But he said: Weep not; the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.

⁵³ And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

⁵⁴ But he taking her by the hand, cried out, saying: Maid, arise.

⁵⁵ And her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And he bid them give her to eat.

⁵⁶ And her parents were astonished, whom he charged to tell no man what was done.

22 Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

² Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

³ What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

⁴ Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:

⁵ And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities?

⁶ For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

⁷ Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

⁸ In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

¹⁰ Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

¹¹ And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

¹² Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

¹³ And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

¹⁴ The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

¹⁵ Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶ Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

¹⁷ Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

¹⁸ Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

¹⁹ The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

²⁰ Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?

²¹ Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

²² Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

²³ If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

²⁴ He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

²⁵ And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

²⁶ Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

²⁷ Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

²⁸ Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

²⁹ For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

³⁰ The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.

9 Am not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?

² And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

³ My defence with them that do examine me is this.

⁴ Have not we power to eat and to drink?

⁵ Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁶ Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?

⁷ Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

⁸ Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?

⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

¹⁰ Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth, should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit.

¹¹ If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things?

¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

¹³ Know you not, that they who work in the holy place, eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar, partake with the altar?

¹⁴ So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel.

¹⁵ But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die, rather than that any man should make my glory void.

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:

¹⁸ What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

¹⁹ For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.

²⁰ And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:

²¹ To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law,) that I might gain them that were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was in the law of Christ,) that I might gain them that were without the law.

²² To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.

²³ And I do all things for the gospel's sake: that I may be made partaker thereof.

²⁴ Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain.

²⁵ And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one.

²⁶ I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air:

²⁷ But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.