M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
12 And the king stood before the Altar of the LORD, in the presence of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his hands.
13 For Solomon had made a bronze scaffold and set it in the midst of the court, five cubits long and five cubits broad and three cubits of height. And he stood upon it and kneeled down upon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel and stretched out his hands toward Heaven.
14 And he said, “O LORD God of Israel! There is no God like You in Heaven or on Earth, Who keeps Covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.
15 “You have kept what You have promised Your servant David, my father. For You spoke with Your Mouth and have fulfilled it with Your Hand, as it is this day.
16 “Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep what You have promised Your servant David, my father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man in My sight who shall sit upon the throne of Israel, so that Your sons consider their ways, to walk in My Law, as You have walked before Me.’
17 “And now, O LORD God of Israel, let Your Word be verified which You spoke to Your servant David.
18 “Is it indeed true that God would dwell with man on Earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heavens of heavens are not able to contain You. How much more so is this House which I have built?
19 “But do You have respect for the prayer of Your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hear the cry and prayer which Your servant prays before You,
20 “so that Your Eyes may be open toward this House, day and night toward the place which You have said that You would put Your Name, so that You may listen to the prayer which Your servant prays in this place.
21 “Hear, therefore, the supplication of Your servant, and of Your people Israel, which they pray in this place. And hear in the place of Your habitation, in Heaven. And when You hear, be merciful.
22 “When a man shall sin against his neighbor. And he lays an oath upon him, to cause him to swear. And the swearer shall come before Your Altar in this House,
23 “then hear in Heaven. And do, and judge Your servants, by recompensing the wicked in bringing his way upon his head, and by justifying the righteous in giving to him according to his righteousness.
24 “And when Your people Israel shall be overthrown before the enemy, because they have sinned against You, and turn again and confess Your Name, and pray, and make supplication before You in this House,
25 “then hear in Heaven and be merciful to the sin of Your people Israel. And bring them back to the land which You gave to them and to their fathers.
26 “When heaven shall be shut up, and there shall be no rain, because they have sinned against You, and shall pray in this place and confess Your Name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
27 “then hear in Heaven. And pardon the sin of Your servants, and of Your people Israel (after You have taught them the good way in which they may walk) and give rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
28 “When there shall be famine in the land, when there shall be pestilence, blasting, or mildew, when there shall be grasshopper, or caterpillar, when their enemy shall besiege them in the cities of their land, or any plague or any sickness,
29 “whatever prayer and supplication shall be made by any man, or by all Your people Israel, when everyone shall know his own plague, and his own disease, and shall stretch forth his hands toward this House,
30 “then hear in Heaven, Your dwelling place, and be merciful. And give every man according to all his ways, as You know his heart (for You only know the hearts of the children of men),
31 “so that they may fear You, and walk in Your ways, as long as they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.
32 “Moreover, as touching the stranger who is not of Your people Israel, who shall come out of a far country for Your great Name’s sake, and Your mighty Hand, and Your stretched out Arm, when they shall come and pray in this House,
33 “hear in Heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calls for to You, so that all the people of the Earth may know Your Name and fear You like Your people Israel, and that they may know that Your Name is called upon in this House which I have built.
34 “When your people shall go out to battle against their enemies, by the way that You shall send them, and they pray to You on the way toward this city, which You have chosen, toward the House which I have built to Your Name,
35 “then hear their prayer and their supplication in Heaven. And judge their cause.
36 If they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin). And You are angry with them and deliver them to the enemies. And they take them and carry them away captive to a land far or near,
37 “if they turn back to their heart in the land where they have been carried as captives and turn and pray to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned. We have transgressed and have done wickedly,’
38 “if they turn back to You with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity where they have been carried captives, and pray toward their land which You gave to their fathers, and toward the city which You have chosen, and toward the House which I have built for Your Name,
39 “then hear in Heaven, in the place of Your habitation. Hear their prayer and their supplication and judge their cause and be merciful to Your people who have sinned against You.
40 “Now, my God, I pray. Let Your Eyes be open and Your Ears attentive to the prayer in this place.
41 “Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, into Your rest, You and the Ark of Your strength! O LORD God, let Your Priests be clothed with salvation! And let Your saints rejoice in goodness!
42 “O LORD God, do not refuse the face of Your anointed. Remember the mercies promised to David, Your servant.
5 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves Him Who begat, also loves him who is begotten of Him.
2 In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His Commandments.
3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His Commandments. And His Commandments are not burdensome.
4 For all that is born of God overcomes this world. And this is that victory that has overcome this world: our faith.
5 Who is it that overcomes this world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is that Jesus Christ Who came by water and blood - not by water only, but by water and blood - and it is that Spirit that bears witness. For that Spirit is Truth.
7 For there are Three Who bear record in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these Three are One.
8 And there are Three Who bear record on the Earth: the Spirit and the Water and the Blood. And these Three agree in One.
9 If we receive the witness of man, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which He testified about His Son:
10 The one who believes in that Son of God, has the witness in himself. The one who does not believe God, has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the record that God witnessed of His Son.
11 And this is that record: that God has given us eternal life. And this life is in His Son.
12 The one who has that Son, has that life. And the one who does not have that Son of God, does not have that life.
13 These things I have written to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life (and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God).
14 And this is that assurance that we have in Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have the petitions that we have desired from Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother sin a sin that does not lead to death, let him ask, and He shall give him life for those whose sin does not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death. I do not say that you should pray for that.
17 All unrighteousness is sin. But there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin. But the one who is begotten of God guards himself. And the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and this whole world lies in wickedness.
20 But we know that the Son of God has come and has given us a mind to know Him Who is true. And we are in Him Who is true; in His Son Jesus Christ. The same is that very God and that Eternal Life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
1 The burden which Habakkuk the Prophet saw:
2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear, cry out to You for violence, and You will not help?
3 Why do You show me iniquity and cause me to behold sorrow? For plundering and violence are before me. And there are those who raise strife and contention.
4 Therefore, the Law is dissolved, and judgment never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous. Therefore, wrong judgment proceeds.
5 “Behold among the heathen, and watch, and wonder, and marvel. For I will work a work in your days. You will not believe it, though it is told to you.
6 “For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and furious nation, who shall go upon the breadth of the land to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs.
7 “They are terrible and fearful. Their judgment and their dignity shall proceed themselves.
8 “Also, their horses are swifter than leopards, and fiercer than wolves in the evening. And their horsemen are numerous. And their horsemen shall come from afar. They shall fly as the eagle diving toward prey.
9 “They all come to plunder. For their faces shall be an East wind. And they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10 “And they shall mock the kings. And the princes shall be a scorn to them. They shall deride every stronghold. For they shall gather dust and take it.
11 “Then they shall take courage and transgress and do wickedly, imputing their power to their god.”
12 Are not You of old, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have ordained them for judgment! And, O God, You have established them for correction.
13 You are of pure Eyes and cannot consider evil. You cannot regard wickedness. Why do You look upon the transgressors and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours the man who is more righteous than he?
14 And men who have no ruler over them You make as the fish of the sea and as the creeping things.
15 They take up all with the hook. They catch it in their net and gather it in their fishing net, over which they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore, they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their fishing net, because by them their portion is fat and their food plentiful.
17 Shall they, therefore, stretch out their net while continuing to slay the nations without pity?
20 And it happened that on one of those days, as He taught the people in the Temple, and preached the Gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon Him, with the elders,
2 and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us by what authority You do these things? Or, who is he who has given You this authority?”
3 And He answered, and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing. Therefore, tell me.
4 “The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or of man?
5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we shall say, ‘From Heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
6 “But if we shall say, ‘Of man,’ all the people will stone us. For they are persuaded that John was a Prophet.”
7 Therefore they answered that they could not tell from where it was.
8 Then Jesus said to them, “Nor shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9 Then He began to speak this parable to the people, “A certain man planted a vineyard, hired farmers, and went into a strange country for a long time.
10 “And at the proper time, he sent a servant to the farmers to have them give him of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
11 “Again, he sent yet another servant. And they beat him, and treated him badly, and sent him away empty.
12 “Moreover he sent the third. And they wounded him and cast him out.
13 “Then the Lord said of the vineyard, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that they will respect him.’
14 “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned with themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’
15 “So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, what shall the Lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 “He will come and destroy these farmers and will give his vineyard to others.” But when they heard it, they said, “May it never be!”
17 And He looked at them, and said, “What, then, is the meaning of that which is written, ‘The stone that the builders refused, is made the head cornerstone?’
18 “Whoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken. And whomever it shall fall upon will be ground into powder.”
19 Then that same hour, the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people. For they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.
20 And they watched Him and sent forth spies to act like righteous men and take Him in His talk (and deliver Him to the power and authority of the governor).
21 And they asked Him, saying, “Master, we know that You say and teach right, without partiality. And You teach the way of God truly.
22 “Is it lawful for us to give Caesar tribute or not?”
23 But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you tempt Me?
24 “Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription does it have?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
25 Then He said to them, “Then, give to Caesar those things which are Caesar’s, and to God those which are God’s.”
26 And they could not catch Him in His words before the people. But they marveled at His answer and were silent.
27 Then some of the Sadducees came to Him (who deny that there is any resurrection). And they asked Him,
28 “Master, Moses wrote to us: ‘If anyone’s brother dies having a wife (and he dies without children), that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.’
29 “Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without children.
30 “And the second took the wife, and he died childless.
31 “Then the third took her. And so likewise did all seven die and leave no children.
32 “And last of all, the woman also died.
33 “Therefore, at the resurrection, whose wife shall she be? For seven had her as wife.”
34 Then Jesus answered, and said to them, “The sons of this world marry wives, and are married.
35 “But those who shall be counted worthy to enjoy that World, (and the resurrection from the dead) neither marry wives nor are married.
36 “For they can die no more, because they are equal to the angels and are the sons of God (since they are sons of the resurrection).
37 “And even Moses showed that the dead shall rise again when, beside the bush, he said, ‘The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 “For He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all live for Him.”
39 Then some of the scribes answered, and said, “Master, You have spoken well.”
40 And after that, they did not ask Him anything at all.
41 Then He said to them, “How can they say that Christ is David’s son?
42 “And David himself says in the Book of the Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand,
43 “Till I shall make your enemies your footstool.?”’
44 “Seeing David called Him Lord, how then is He his son?
45 Then He said to His disciples (in front of all the people),
46 “Beware of the scribes who willingly walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets and the highest seats in the assemblies and the chief places at feasts!
47 “They devour widows’ houses and make long prayers for show! These shall receive greater damnation!”
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