M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
43 ¶ And the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass when they had eaten up the wheat which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 And Judah spoke unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.
6 And Israel said, Why did ye such evil unto me as to tell the man that ye had another brother?
7 And they said, The man asked us expressly of our state and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have ye another brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
8 Then Judah said unto Israel, his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou and also our little ones.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I do not bring him unto thee and set him before thee, then let me bear the sin for ever;
10 for if we had not lingered, surely by now we would have returned this second time.
11 ¶ Then their father Israel answered them, If it must be so now, do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and take the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, aromas, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds.
12 And take double money in your hands and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks; carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight.
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man.
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may let your other brother go, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my sons, I am bereaved.
15 ¶ Then the men took the present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home and slay an animal and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
17 And the man did as Joseph bade, and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
18 And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house, and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time we are brought in here that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for slaves and our asses.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke with him at the door of the house
20 and said, my lord, we came indeed down the first time to buy food;
21 and it came to pass when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; and we have brought it again in our hand.
22 And we brought down other money in our hands to buy food; we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their feet, and he gave their asses fodder.
25 And they made ready the present waiting until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
26 ¶ And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which they had in their hand in the house and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their welfare and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
28 And they answered, Thy slave our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads and made obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spoke unto me? And he said, God be merciful unto thee, my son.
30 Then Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep, and he entered into his chamber and wept there.
31 And he washed his face and went out and refrained himself and said, Serve bread.
32 And they served for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, who ate with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.
34 And he took and sent portions unto them from before him; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were drunk with him.
13 ¶ And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all things are to be finished?
5 ¶ And Jesus, answering them, began to say, Take heed that no one deceive you,
6 for many shall come in my name, saying, I Am Christ, and shall deceive many.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled, for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For people shall rise against people and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in each place, and there shall be famines and troubles: these shall be the beginnings of sorrows.
9 But take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up in the councils, and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be called before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimony unto them.
10 And the gospel needs to be preached unto all the Gentiles first.
11 But when they shall bring you to deliver you up, do not premeditate beforehand what ye shall speak, neither think ye regarding it, but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.
12 Now the brother shall deliver the brother unto death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents and shall kill them.
13 And ye shall be hated by everyone for my name, but he that shall persevere unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 ¶ But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation (spoken of by Daniel the prophet) standing where it ought not, he that reads, let him understand, then let those that are in Judaea flee to the mountains;
15 and let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein to take any thing out of his house;
16 and let him that is in the field not turn back again even to take up his garment.
17 But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!
18 Pray, therefore, that your flight not be in winter.
19 For those days shall be of affliction such as never was from the beginning of the creation of the things which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved, but for the elect’s sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.
21 And then if anyone should say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or, Behold, he is there, do not believe him;
22 for false Christs and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed; behold, I have told you everything beforehand.
24 ¶ But in those days after that affliction, the sun shall darken, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth unto the uttermost part of the heaven.
28 ¶ Learn the similitude from the fig tree: When her branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is near;
29 so ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is near, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you that this generation shall not pass until all these things are done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour no one knows, no, not even the angels who are in the heaven, neither the Son, but only the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time shall be.
34 As the man who, taking a far journey, left his house and gave his estate to his slaves and to each one his responsibility and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Lord of the house comes: at evening or at midnight or at the cockcrowing or in the morning,
36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all: Watch.
9 ¶ Then Job answered and said,
2 I know it is so of a truth, but how shall a man be justified with God?
3 If he desires to contend with him, he will not be able to answer him one thing of a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has hardened himself against him and remained in peace?
5 Who uproots the mountains in his anger, and they know not who overturned them.
6 Who removes the earth out of her place and causes her pillars to tremble.
7 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.
8 He alone extends the heavens and walks upon the waves of the sea.
9 He who made Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the secret places of the south.
10 He who does great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
11 Behold, he shall pass before me, and I shall not see him; and he shall pass on, and I shall not understand him.
12 Behold, he shall take away, who can cause him to restore? Who shall say unto him, What doest thou?
13 God will not withdraw his anger, and under him those who help, unto pride are bent over.
14 ¶ How much less shall I answer him and choose out my words to reason with him?
15 Who even though I am righteous, yet I would not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16 Who if I were to invoke him, and he answered me; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For he has broken me with a tempest and has multiplied my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath but has filled me with bitterness.
19 If we were to speak of his strength, he is certainly strong; and if of his judgment, who shall cause us to meet?
20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, he shall prove me perverse.
21 If I say I am imperfect, I know not my soul; I would condemn my life.
22 ¶ One thing remains, that I say, He consumes the perfect and the wicked.
23 If it is the scourge, it slays suddenly, and it does not laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he who does this then, who is it and where is he?
25 ¶ Now my days are swifter than a post; they fled away, they never saw good.
26 They are passed away as the ships of Ebeh {Heb. reed} as the eagle that throws himself on the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself;
28 I am afraid of all my troubles; I know that thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
29 If I am wicked, why then shall I toil in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so clean;
31 yet thou shalt plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together unto judgment.
33 Neither is there any arbiter between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let him take his tormentor away from me, and his terror will not perturb me.
35 Then I would speak and not fear him, because in this state I am not myself.
13 ¶ Let every soul submit itself to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God, and those that resist shall receive condemnation to themselves.
3 For the magistrates are not a terror unto those who do good, but to the doer of evil. Is thy desire therefore to not fear the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same;
4 for he is a minister of God for thy good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain, for he is a minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil.
5 Therefore it is necessary that ye be subject, not only for punishment, but also for conscience sake.
6 For this cause ye also pay them tribute, for they are God’s ministers, attending continually to this very thing.
7 ¶ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Charity works no evil to a neighbour; therefore, charity is the fulfillment of the law.
11 ¶ And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awaken ourselves out of sleep, for now is our saving health nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is past, and the day is come; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us clothe ourselves with the weapons of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not listen to the flesh, to fulfil its desires.
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