M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

2 And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.

² And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.

³ And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid [it] in the sedge on the bank of the river.

⁴ And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.

⁵ And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.

⁶ And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.

⁷ And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a wet-nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

⁸ And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.

⁹ And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.

¹⁰ And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

¹¹ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

¹² And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

¹³ And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour?

¹⁴ And he said, Who made thee ruler and judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared, and said, Surely the matter is known.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.

¹⁶ And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

¹⁷ And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.

¹⁸ And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?

¹⁹ And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] abundantly for us, and watered the flock.

²⁰ And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.

²¹ And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

²² And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

²³ And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;

²⁴ and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;

²⁵ and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].

5 And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

² and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.

³ And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.

⁴ But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into the deep [water] and let down your nets for a haul.

⁵ And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.

⁶ And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes. And their net broke.

⁷ And they beckoned to their partners who were in the other ship to come and help them, and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were sinking.

⁸ But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

⁹ For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;

¹⁰ and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.

¹¹ And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.

¹² And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

¹³ And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed from him.

¹⁴ And he enjoined him to tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.

¹⁵ But the report concerning him was spread abroad still more, and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed from their infirmities.

¹⁶ And *he* withdrew himself, and was about in the desert [places] and praying.

¹⁷ And it came to pass on one of the days, that *he* was teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and [out of] Jerusalem; and [the] Lord's power was [there] to heal them.

¹⁸ And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put [him] before him.

¹⁹ And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.

²⁰ And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason [in their minds], saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone?

²² But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts?

²³ which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

²⁴ But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.

²⁵ And immediately standing up before them, having taken up that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying God.

²⁶ And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

²⁷ And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.

²⁸ And having left all, rising up, he followed him.

²⁹ And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.

³⁰ And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?

³¹ And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

³² I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful [ones] to repentance.

³³ And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

³⁴ And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

³⁵ But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

³⁶ And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with the old.

³⁷ And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

³⁸ but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.

³⁹ And no one having drunk old wine [straightway] wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.

19 And Job answered and said,

² How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

³ These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.

⁴ And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

⁵ If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

⁶ Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

⁷ Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

⁸ He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

⁹ He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

¹⁰ He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

¹¹ And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

¹² His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

¹³ He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

¹⁴ My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

¹⁵ The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

¹⁶ I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

¹⁷ My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.

¹⁸ Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

¹⁹ All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.

²⁰ My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

²¹ Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.

²² Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

²³ Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!

²⁴ That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

²⁵ And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;

²⁶ And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;

²⁷ Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another:—my reins are consumed within me.

²⁸ If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

²⁹ Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

6 Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?

² Do ye not then know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of [the] smallest judgments?

³ Do ye not know that we shall judge angels? and not then matters of this life?

⁴ If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.

⁵ I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

⁶ But brother prosecutes his suit with brother, and that before unbelievers.

⁷ Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded?

⁸ But *ye* do wrong, and defraud, and this [your] brethren.

⁹ Do ye not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor [the] rapacious, shall inherit [the] kingdom of God.

¹¹ And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

¹² All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but *I* will not be brought under the power of any.

¹³ Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

¹⁴ And God has both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up from among [the dead] by his power.

¹⁵ Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make [them] members of a harlot? Far be the thought.

¹⁶ Do ye not know that he [that is] joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.

¹⁷ But he that [is] joined to the Lord is one Spirit.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.

¹⁹ Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?

²⁰ for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body.