M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
18 And Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance. And he became the son-in-law of Ahab.
2 And after some years, he went down to Ahab, to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and bulls for him in great number, and for the people that he had with him, and enticed him to go up to Ramoth Gilead.
3 And Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?” And he answered him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people. And we will join with you in the war.”
4 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please ask counsel from the Word of the LORD this day.”
5 Therefore, the king of Israel gathered four hundred men of Prophets, and said to them, “Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I cease?” And they said, “Go up! For God shall deliver it into the king’s hand.”
6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not one more Prophet of the LORD here, that we might inquire of him?”
7 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD. But I hate him. For he does not Prophesy good to me, but always misery. It is Michaiah, the son of Imla.” Then Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
8 And the king of Israel called a eunuch, and said, “Call Michaiah, the son of Imla, quickly.”
9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, each sat on his throne clothed in their apparel. They sat in the threshing floor at the entering in of the gate of Samaria. And all the Prophets prophesied before them.
10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘With these you shall push the Aramites until you have consumed them.”
11 And all the Prophets prophesied the same, saying, “Go up in Ramoth Gilead, and prosper. For the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”
12 And the messenger who went to call Michaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the Words of the Prophets declare good to the king in agreement. Therefore, let your word be like one of theirs, please, and speak good.
13 And Michaiah said, “As the LORD lives, whatever my God says, that will I speak.”
14 So, he came to the king. And the king said to him, “Michaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he said, “Go up, and prosper. And they shall be delivered into your hand.”
15 And the king said to him, “How often shall I charge you to tell me nothing but the truth in the Name of the LORD?”
16 Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered in the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let every man return to his house in peace.’”
17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not Prophesy good to me, but misery?”
18 Again he said, “Therefore, hear the Word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sit upon His throne, and all the host of Heaven standing at His right Hand, and at His left.
19 “And the LORD said: ‘Who shall persuade Ahab, king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And one spoke and said this, and another said that.
20 “Then there came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ And the LORD said to him, ‘How?’
21 “And he said, ‘I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets.’ And He said, ‘You shall persuade, and shall also prevail. Go forth and do so.’
22 “Now, therefore, behold. The LORD has put a false spirit in the mouth of these your Prophets. And the LORD has determined misery against you.”
23 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and struck Michaiah upon the cheek, and said, “By what way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak with you?”
24 And Michaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go from chamber to chamber to hide yourself.”
25 And the king of Israel said, “Take Michaiah and carry him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,
26 and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in the prison house and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”’”
27 And Michaiah said, “If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you people!”
28 So, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead.
29 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and enter into the battle. But you put on your garments.” So, the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.
30 And the king of Aram had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, “Do not fight with small nor great, but against the king of Israel only.”
31 And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel!” And they surrounded him to fight. But Jehoshaphat cried. And the LORD helped him and moved them to depart from him.
32 For when the captains of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from him.
33 Then, a certain man drew a bow mightily and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. Therefore, he said to his chariotman, “Turn your hand and carry me out of the camp; for I am hurt.”
34 And the battle increased that day. And the king of Israel stood still in his chariot against the Aramites until evening and died at the time of the Sun going down.
7 And after that, I saw four angels stand on the four corners of the Earth, holding the four winds of the Earth, so that the winds would not blow on the Earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel come up from the east, who had the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom power was given to hurt the Earth and the sea, saying,
3 “Do not hurt the Earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed. And there were sealed 144 thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Out 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. Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After these things I looked. And lo, a great multitude (which no man could number) of all nations and tribes and people and tongues stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands.
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation comes from our God Who sits upon the throne, and from the Lamb.”
11 And all the angels stood around the throne, and around the elders, and the four beasts. And they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and might be to our God for evermore! Amen!”
13 And one of the elders spoke, saying to me, “Who are these who are clothed in long white robes? And from where have they come?”
14 And I said to him, “Lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are those who came out of great tribulation and have washed their long robes and have made their long robes white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore, they are in the presence of the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His Temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, nor thirst anymore, nor shall the Sun fall upon them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb, Who is in the midst of the throne, shall govern them and shall lead them to the lively 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 stood at his right hand to resist him.
2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD reproves you, O Satan! The LORD, Who has chosen Jerusalem, reproves you! Is not this a brand taken out of the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before the Angel.
4 And He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “Behold, I have caused your iniquity to depart from you. And I will clothe you with a change of raiment.”
5 And I said, “Let them set a clean turban upon his head.” So, they set a clean turban upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.
6 And the Angel of the LORD testified to Joshua, saying,
7 “Thus says the LORD of Hosts: ‘If you will walk in My ways, and keep My watch, you shall also judge My House, and shall also keep My courts. And I will give you a place to walk among those who stand by.
8 ‘Hear now, O Joshua the High Priest, you and your friends who sit before you! For they are monstrous people. But behold, I will bring forth the Branch, My Servant.
9 ‘For lo, the stone that I have laid before Joshua, upon one stone shall be seven eyes. Behold, I will carve out its engraving,’ says the LORD of Hosts, ‘and I will take away the iniquity of this land in one day.
10 ‘On that day,’ says the LORD of Hosts, ‘each man shall call his neighbor under his vine, and under his fig tree.’”
6 After these things, Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles which He did on those who were diseased.
3 Then Jesus went up onto a mountain. And there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
5 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes. And seeing that a great multitude came to Him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, so that these might eat?”
6 (He said this to test him. For He knew what he would do.)
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denari worth of bread is not sufficient for them, if every one of them takes a little.”
8 Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, one of His disciples, said to Him,
9 “There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves, and two fishes. But what are they among so many?”
10 And Jesus said, “Make the men sit down. (Now there was much grass in that place.) Then the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
11 And Jesus took the bread, and gave thanks, and gave it to the disciples. And the disciples gave to those who were sitting down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they wanted.
12 And when they were satisfied, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which remain, so that nothing is lost.”
13 Then they gathered it up and filled twelve baskets with the broken pieces of the five barley loaves, which remained from those who had eaten.
14 Then the men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet Who is to come into the world.”
15 Therefore, when Jesus perceived that they would come and take Him to make him a king, He departed again into a mountain by Himself.
16 When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,
17 and entered into a ship and went over the sea towards Capernaum. And now it was dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
18 And the sea arose with a great wind that blew.
19 And when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus, walking on the sea and drawing near to the ship. So, they were afraid.
20 But He said to them, “It is Me! Do not be afraid!”
21 Then, willingly, they received Him into the ship. And immediately the ship arrived at the land where they were going.
22 The following day, the people who stood on the other side of the sea, saw that there was no other ship there except the one His disciples had entered. And they saw that Jesus had not gone into the ship with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone alone,
23 and that other ships had come from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 Now when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also took ships and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 And when they had found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”
26 Jesus answered them, and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
27 “Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food that endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you. For God the Father has sealed Him.”
28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do so that we might work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered, and said to them, “This is the work of God: that you believe in Him Whom He has sent.”
30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign do you show us, then, so that we may see it and believe You? What work do You 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 to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from Heaven. But My Father gives you the true bread from Heaven.
33 “For the bread of God is He who comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread at all times.”
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. The one who comes to Me shall not hunger, and the one who believes in Me shall never thirst.
36 “But I said to you that you have also seen Me, and do not believe.
37 “All that the Father gives Me, shall come to Me. And the one who comes to Me, I shall not cast away.
38 “For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will, but His will Who has sent Me.
39 “And this is the Father’s will (Who has sent Me): that of all which He has given Me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 “And this is the will of Him Who sent Me: that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in Him, should have everlasting life. And I will raise him up at the last day.”
41 The Jews then grumbled at Him because He said, ‘I am the bread which has come 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 says, “I came down from Heaven?”
43 Then Jesus answered, and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.
44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father, Who has sent Me, draws 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’. Therefore, everyone who has heard, and has learned from the Father, comes to Me.
46 “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He Who is from God; He has seen the Father.
47 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me has everlasting life.
48 “I am the bread of life.
49 “Your fathers ate Manna in the wilderness and are dead.
50 “This is the bread which comes down from Heaven, so that anyone who eats of it should not die.
51 “I am the living bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever. And the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52 Then the Jews argued among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
54 “Whoever eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has eternal life. And I will raise him up at the last day.
55 “For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
56 “the one who eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, dwells in Me, and I in him.
57 “As the living Father has sent Me, so I live by the Father. And the one who feeds on Me, shall also live because of Me.
58 “This is the bread which came down from Heaven; not as your fathers have eaten Manna and are dead. The one who eats of this bread, shall live forever.”
59 These things He spoke in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
60 Therefore, many of His disciples (when they heard this) said, “This is a hard saying. Who can hear it?”
61 But Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this offend you?
62 “What if, then, you should see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before?
63 “It is the Spirit that quickens. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are Spirit and life.
64 “But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him).
65 And He said, “Therefore I said to you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to him by My Father.”
66 From that time, many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.
67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Will you also go away?”
68 Then Simon Peter answered Him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 “And we believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
70 Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a demon?”
71 Now He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. For it was he who would betray Him, though he was one of the twelve.
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