M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
18 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and allied himself through marriage ties with Ahab.
2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance and for the people whom he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead?” And he answered him, “I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.”
4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, “Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord today.”
5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, “Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” And they said, “Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.”
6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides these, that we might inquire of him?”
7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil. The same is Micaiah the son of Imla.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so!”
8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers and said, “Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.”
9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, “Thus saith the Lord: ‘With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.’”
11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramothgilead and prosper, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”
12 And the messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent. Let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.”
13 And Micaiah said, “As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.”
14 And when he had come to the king, the king said unto him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” And he said, “Go ye up and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.”
15 And the king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?”
16 Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.’”
17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?”
18 Again Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting upon His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and on His left.
19 And the Lord said, ‘Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?’ And one spoke saying in this manner, and another saying in that manner.
20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said unto him, ‘How?’
21 And he said, ‘I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, ‘Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail. Go out, and do even so.’
22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.”
23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek and said, “Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?”
24 And Micaiah said, “Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.”
25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
26 and say, ‘Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I return in peace.’”
27 And Micaiah said, “If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me.” And he said, “Hearken, all ye people.”
28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went to the battle.
30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, “Fight ye not with small or great, but only with the king of Israel.”
31 And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat that they said, “It is the king of Israel.” Therefore they compassed about him to fight. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
32 For it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
33 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to his chariot man, “Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host, for I am wounded.”
34 And the battle increased that day. Nonetheless the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening. And about the time of the sun going down he died.
7 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 saying, “Hurt not the earth, neither the sea nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of them that were sealed: there were sealed a hundred and fortyfour thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand;
6 of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand;
7 of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand;
8 of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes and with palms in their hands.
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation to our God who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb!”
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living beings, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
12 saying, “Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, “Who are these that are arrayed in white robes, and from whence have they come?”
14 And I said unto him, “Sir, thou knowest.” And he said to me, “These are they that came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore, “they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
3 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2 And the Lord said unto Satan, “The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord who hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee! Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And He answered and spoke unto those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And unto him He said, “Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”
5 And I said, “Let them set a clean miter upon his head.” So they set a clean miter upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
6 And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
7 “Thus saith the Lord of hosts: ‘If thou wilt walk in My ways, and if thou wilt keep My ordinance, then thou shalt also judge My house, and shalt also keep My courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these who stand by.
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows who sit before thee; for they are men wondered at. For behold, I will bring forth My Servant the Branch.
9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon one stone shall be seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave the engraving thereof,’ saith the Lord of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 In that day,’ saith the Lord of hosts, ‘shall ye call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”
6 After these things Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee which is the Sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles which He did on those who were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up onto a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 And when Jesus lifted up His eyes and saw a great company coming unto Him, He said unto Philip, “Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
6 And this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said unto Him,
9 “There is a lad here who hath five barley loaves and two small fishes, but what are they among so many?”
10 And Jesus said, “Make the men sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they wanted.
12 When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above, unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus had done, said, “This is in truth that Prophet who is coming into the world!”
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force to make Him a king, He departed again onto a mountain alone.
16 And as evening had now come, His disciples went down unto the sea,
17 and entered into a boat and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing nigh unto the boat; and they were afraid.
20 But He said unto them, “It is I; be not afraid.”
21 Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.
22 The day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save the one into which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not gone with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone
23 (however there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord had given thanks)”
24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither His disciples, they also took boats and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25 And when they had found Him on the other side of the sea, they said unto Him, “Rabbi, when camest thou hither?”
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Verily, verily I say unto you, ye seek Me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.
27 Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you; for on Him hath God the Father set His seal.”
28 Then said they unto Him, “What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, “This is the work of God: that ye believe in Him whom He hath sent.”
30 They said therefore unto Him, “What sign showest thou then, that we may see and believe thee? What works dost thou do?
31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Then Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven, but My Father giveth you the true bread from Heaven.
33 For the bread of God is He that cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”
34 Then they said unto Him, “Lord, evermore give us this bread.”
35 And Jesus said unto them, “I am the Bread of Life. He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he that believeth in Me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you that ye also have seen Me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me, and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.
39 And this is the Father’s will who hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the Last Day.
40 And this is the will of Him that sent Me: that every one who seeth the Son and believeth in Him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day.”
41 The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, “I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.”
42 And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he saith, ‘I came down from Heaven’?”
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, “Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to Me unless the Father who hath sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.
45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned from the Father cometh unto Me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save He that is of God; He hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth in Me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that Bread of Life.
49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.
51 I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever; and the Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day.
55 For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me.
58 This is that Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever.”
59 These things said He in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
60 Many of His disciples therefore, when they had heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can hear it?”
61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, “Doth this offend you?
62 What if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before?
63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who believed not and who should betray Him.
65 And He said, “Therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto Me, unless it were given unto him by My Father.”
66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him.
67 Then Jesus said unto the twelve, “Will ye also go away?”
68 Then Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life,
69 and we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70 Jesus answered them, “Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he it was who should betray Him, being one of the twelve.
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