M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

20 `And God speaketh all these words, saying,

² I [am] Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

³ `Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

⁴ `Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.

⁵ Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

⁶ and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

⁷ `Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

⁸ `Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

⁹ six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

¹⁰ and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

¹¹ for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

¹² `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

¹³ `Thou dost not murder.

¹⁴ `Thou dost not commit adultery.

¹⁵ `Thou dost not steal.

¹⁶ `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

¹⁷ `Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which [is] thy neighbour's.'

¹⁸ And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

¹⁹ and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

²⁰ And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.'

²¹ And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].

²² And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;

²³ ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

²⁴ `An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.

²⁵ `And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

²⁶ neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

23 And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate,

² and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

³ And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say [it].'

⁴ And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;'

⁵ and they were the more urgent, saying -- `He doth stir up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea -- having begun from Galilee -- unto this place.'

⁶ And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,

⁷ and having known that he is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him back unto Herod, he being also in Jerusalem in those days.

⁸ And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long [time] to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him,

⁹ and was questioning him in many words, and he answered him nothing.

¹⁰ And the chief priests and the scribes stood vehemently accusing him,

¹¹ and Herod with his soldiers having set him at nought, and having mocked, having put around him gorgeous apparel, did send him back to Pilate,

¹² and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

¹³ And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

¹⁴ said unto them, `Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

¹⁵ no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him;

¹⁶ having chastised, therefore, I will release him,'

¹⁷ for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

¹⁸ and they cried out -- the whole multitude -- saying, `Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'

¹⁹ who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.

²⁰ Pilate again then -- wishing to release Jesus -- called to them,

²¹ but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'

²² And he a third time said unto them, `Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release [him].'

²³ And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

²⁴ and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,

²⁵ and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

²⁶ And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear [it] behind Jesus.

²⁷ And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

²⁸ and Jesus having turned unto them, said, `Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

²⁹ for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

³⁰ then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; --

³¹ for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'

³² And there were also others -- two evil-doers -- with him, to be put to death;

³³ and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

³⁴ And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

³⁵ And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, `Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'

³⁶ And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,

³⁷ and saying, `If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.'

³⁸ And there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, `This is the King of the Jews.'

³⁹ And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, `If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

⁴⁰ And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, `Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?

⁴¹ and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;'

⁴² and he said to Jesus, `Remember me, lord, when thou mayest come in thy reign;'

⁴³ and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'

⁴⁴ And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

⁴⁵ and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,

⁴⁶ and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

⁴⁷ And the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, `Really this man was righteous;'

⁴⁸ and all the multitudes who were come together to this sight, beholding the things that came to pass, smiting their breasts did turn back;

⁴⁹ and all his acquaintances stood afar off, and women who did follow him from Galilee, beholding these things.

⁵⁰ And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,

⁵¹ -- he was not consenting to their counsel and deed -- from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God,

⁵² he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,

⁵³ and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

⁵⁴ And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

⁵⁵ and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed,

⁵⁶ and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.

38 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

² Who [is] this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

³ Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

⁴ Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

⁵ Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

⁶ On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

⁷ In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

⁸ And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

⁹ In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

¹⁰ And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

¹¹ And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

¹² Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

¹³ To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

¹⁴ It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

¹⁵ And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

¹⁶ Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

¹⁷ Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

¹⁸ Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

¹⁹ Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this -- its place?

²⁰ That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

²¹ Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

²² Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

²³ That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

²⁴ Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

²⁵ Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

²⁶ To cause [it] to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

²⁷ To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

²⁸ Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹ From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

³⁰ As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

³¹ Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

³² Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

³³ Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

³⁴ Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

³⁵ Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'

³⁶ Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

³⁷ Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

³⁸ In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

³⁹ Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

⁴⁰ When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

⁴¹ Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

8 And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

² because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

³ because, according to [their] power, I testify, and above [their] power, they were willing of themselves,

⁴ with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,

⁵ and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

⁶ so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,

⁷ but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;

⁸ not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

⁹ for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

¹⁰ and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you [is] expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before -- a year ago,

¹¹ and now also finish doing [it], that even as [there is] the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,

¹² for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

¹³ for not that for others release, and ye pressured, [do I speak,]

¹⁴ but by equality, at the present time your abundance -- for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,

¹⁵ according as it hath been written, `He who [did gather] much, had nothing over; and he who [did gather] little, had no lack.'

¹⁶ And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,

¹⁷ because indeed the exhortation he accepted, and being more diligent, of his own accord he went forth unto you,

¹⁸ and we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the good news [is] through all the assemblies,

¹⁹ and not only so, but who was also appointed by vote by the assemblies, our fellow-traveller, with this favour that is ministered by us, unto the glory of the same Lord, and your willing mind;

²⁰ avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

²¹ providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

²² and we sent with them our brother, whom we proved in many things many times being diligent, and now much more diligent, by the great confidence that is toward you,

²³ whether -- about Titus -- my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether -- our brethren, apostles of assemblies -- glory of Christ;

²⁴ the shewing therefore of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf, to them shew ye, even in the face of the assemblies.