M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

10 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have declared hard his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these My signs in their midst,

² and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.'

³ And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,

⁴ for if thou art refusing to send My people away, lo, I am bringing in to-morrow the locust into thy border,

⁵ and it hath covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it hath eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it hath eaten every tree which is springing for you out of the field;

⁶ and they have filled thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither thy fathers nor thy father's fathers have seen, since the day of their being on the ground unto this day,' -- and he turneth and goeth out from Pharaoh.

⁷ And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, `Until when doth this [one] become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'

⁸ And Moses is brought back -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and he saith unto them, `Go, serve Jehovah your God; -- who and who [are] those going?'

⁹ And Moses saith, `With our young ones, and with our aged ones, we go, with our sons, and with our daughters, with our flock, and our herd, we go, for we have a festival to Jehovah.'

¹⁰ And he saith unto them, `Be it so, Jehovah [be] with you when I send you and your infants away; see -- for evil [is] before your faces;

¹¹ not so! go now, ye who [are] men, and serve Jehovah, for that ye are seeking;' and [one] casteth them out from the presence of Pharaoh.

¹² And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left.'

¹³ And Moses stretcheth out his rod against the land of Egypt, and Jehovah hath led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning hath been, and the east wind hath lifted up the locust.

¹⁴ And the locust goeth up against all the land of Egypt, and resteth in all the border of Egypt -- very grievous: before it there hath not been such a locust as it, and after it there is none such;

¹⁵ and it covereth the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eateth every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left, and there hath not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.'

¹⁶ And Pharaoh hasteth to call for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, `I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you,

¹⁷ and now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.'

¹⁸ And he goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah,

¹⁹ and Jehovah turneth a very strong sea wind, and it lifteth up the locust, and bloweth it into the Red Sea -- there hath not been left one locust in all the border of Egypt;

²⁰ and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away.

²¹ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'

²² And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

²³ they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.'

²⁴ And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, `Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;'

²⁵ and Moses saith, `Thou also dost give in our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and we have prepared for Jehovah our God;

²⁶ and also our cattle doth go with us, there is not left a hoof, for from it we do take to serve Jehovah our God; and we -- we know not how we do serve Jehovah till our going thither.'

²⁷ And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not been willing to send them away;

²⁸ and Pharaoh saith to him, `Go from me, take heed to thyself, add not to see my face, for in the day thou seest my face thou diest;'

²⁹ and Moses saith, `Rightly hast thou spoken, I add not any more to see thy face.'

13 And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

² and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

³ No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

⁴ `Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

⁵ No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

⁶ And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

⁷ and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

⁸ `And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

⁹ and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

¹⁰ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

¹¹ and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

¹² and Jesus having seen her, did call [her] near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

¹³ and he laid on her [his] hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

¹⁴ And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, `Six days there are in which it behoveth [us] to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'

¹⁵ Then the Lord answered him and said, `Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water [it]?

¹⁶ and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?'

¹⁷ And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

¹⁸ And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

¹⁹ It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

²⁰ And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

²¹ It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

²² And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

²³ and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

²⁴ `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

²⁵ from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

²⁶ then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

²⁷ and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

²⁸ `There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

²⁹ and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

³⁰ and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

³¹ On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

³² and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected;

³³ but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

³⁴ `Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

³⁵ `Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

28 Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

² Iron from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass.

³ An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

⁴ A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

⁵ The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

⁶ A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

⁷ A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

⁸ Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.

⁹ Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

¹⁰ Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

¹¹ From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out [to] light.

¹² And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

¹³ Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

¹⁴ The deep hath said, `It [is] not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'

¹⁵ Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.

¹⁶ It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

¹⁷ Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.

¹⁸ Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.

¹⁹ Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

²⁰ And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

²¹ It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

²² Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.'

²³ God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

²⁴ For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

²⁵ To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

²⁶ In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

²⁷ Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

²⁸ And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.'

14 Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

² for he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

³ and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

⁴ he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;

⁵ and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

⁶ And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?

⁷ yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?

⁸ for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?

⁹ so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give -- how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.

¹⁰ There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,

¹¹ if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;

¹² so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

¹³ wherefore he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- let him pray that he may interpret;

¹⁴ for if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.

¹⁵ What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;

¹⁶ since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?

¹⁷ for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!

¹⁸ I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --

¹⁹ but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an [unknown] tongue.

²⁰ Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

²¹ in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'

²² so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy [is] not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,

²³ If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

²⁴ and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all,

²⁵ and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon [his] face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.

²⁶ What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;

²⁷ if an [unknown] tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;

²⁸ and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.

²⁹ And prophets -- let two or three speak, and let the others discern,

³⁰ and if to another sitting [anything] may be revealed, let the first be silent;

³¹ for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,

³² and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,

³³ for God is not [a God] of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

³⁴ Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

³⁵ and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

³⁶ From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?

³⁷ if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;

³⁸ and if any one is ignorant -- let him be ignorant;

³⁹ so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;

⁴⁰ let all things be done decently and in order.