M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
17 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched camp in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Therefore the people chided Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said unto them, “Why chide ye me? Why do ye tempt the Lord?”
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, “Why is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, “What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me!”
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thine hand and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah [that is, Temptation], and Meribah [that is, Chiding], because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
8 Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, “Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.”
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat thereon. And Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And the Lord said unto Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and recount it in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi [that is, The Lord my banner];
16 for he said, “Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
20 And it came to pass 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 unto Him, saying, “Tell us by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 And He answered and said unto them, “I will also ask you one thing, and answer Me:
4 The baptism of John — was it from Heaven, or of men?”
5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we shall say ‘From Heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then have ye not believed him?’
6 But if we say, ‘Of men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
7 And they answered that they could not tell from whence it was.
8 And Jesus said unto them, “Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.”
9 Then He began to speak to the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
10 And at the season, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him when they see him.’
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen and shall give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “God forbid!”
17 And He beheld them and said, “What is this then that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner’?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”
19 And the chief priests and the scribes that same hour 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, who should feign themselves to be just men, that they might take hold of His words and so they might deliver Him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21 And they asked Him, saying, “Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly.
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar or no?”
23 But He perceived their craftiness and said unto them, “Why tempt ye Me?
24 Show Me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?” They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”
25 And He said unto them, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things which are God’s.”
26 And they could not take hold of His words before the people. And they marveled at His answer and held their peace.
27 Then came to Him certain of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked Him,
28 saying, “Master, Moses wrote unto us that if any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren, and the first took a wife and died without children.
30 And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
33 Therefore, in the resurrection whose wife is she, for seven had her as wife?”
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, “The children of this world marry and are given in marriage.
35 But they that shall be accounted worthy to obtain that World and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage,
36 neither can they die any more; for they are equal unto the angels and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’
38 For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living, for all live unto Him.”
39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, “Master, thou hast said well.”
40 And after that they dared not ask Him any question at all.
41 And He said unto them, “How say they that Christ is David’s son?
42 For David himself saith in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said unto my Lord, “Sit Thou on My right hand,
43 until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”’
44 If David therefore calleth Him ‘Lord,’ how is He then his son?”
45 Then in the audience of all the people, He said unto His disciples,
46 “Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. The same shall receive greater damnation.”
35 Elihu spoke moreover and said:
2 “Thinkest thou this to be right that thou saidst, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
3 For thou saidst, ‘What advantage will it be unto Thee?’ and, ‘What profit shall I have if I be cleansed from my sin?’
5 Look unto the heavens and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, ‘Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
11 who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?’
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see Him, yet judgment is before Him; therefore trust thou in Him.
15 But now, because it is not so, He hath visited in His anger; yet he knoweth it not in his great extremity.
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.”
5 For we know that if our earthly house, this tabernacle, were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed about with our house which is from Heaven,
3 that, being so clothed, we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not because we would be unclothed, but clothed about, that mortality might be swallowed up by life.
5 Now He that hath wrought us for this selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the pledge of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
9 Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by Him.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have something to answer those who glory in appearance and not in heart.
13 For if we be beside ourselves, it is for God; if we be soberminded, it is for your cause.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge that if One died for all, then all were dead;
15 and that He died for all, that those who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again.
16 Therefore, henceforth know we no man according to the flesh; yea, though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now henceforth we know Him so no more.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the Word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were beseeching you by us: we pray you on Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For He hath made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
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