M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Da Farma Plant Seed

13 Same day Jesus go outside da house, an sit down near da lake fo teach. ² Plenny peopo come aroun him, so he go inside one small boat, an sit down dea. Da peopo, dey stay standing on top da beach. ³ He use plenny stories fo teach um. Dis wat he say,

“You guys hear da story bout da farma guy? He go plant seed. ⁴ He throw da seeds fo plant. Some fall down by da side a da trail, an da birds go eat um up. ⁵ Some fall down on top da rocks wea ony had litto bit dirt. But dey grow up fast, cuz ony litto bit dirt dea. ⁶ Wen da sun come up, da plants burn, an dry up, cuz no mo root. ⁷ Odda seed, dey fall down inside da kine bushes wit kukus. Da bushes wen grow. Dat wen choke da plants. ⁸ Odda seed, dey fall down inside da good dirt, an dey grow good, an come up plenny. Some seed, dey make thirty times mo seed, some odda seed make sixty times mo seed, an odda even make hundred times mo seed.” ⁹ Jesus say, “If you guys hear dis, den tink bout um!”

How Come Jesus Teach Wit Stories

¹⁰ Da guys Jesus teaching come by him, an say, “How come you use stories fo teach da peopo lidat?”

¹¹ He say, “God let you guys know all da stuff bout how he stay King in da sky. But da odda guys, he no let dem know all dat kine stuff. ¹² If you guys undastan all dat kine stuff, den God goin let you know moa, plenny moa. But if you guys no like know all dat stuff, den even da litto bit you know, he goin take um away. ¹³ Dass why use stories fo I teach um, cuz

¹⁴ Dey ack jalike da guys Isaiah wen talk bout befo time. He say,

Dass wat God say.

¹⁶ “But you guys, you stay good inside cuz yoa eyes can see fo real an yoa ears can hear fo real. ¹⁷ Dass fo shua. An I like tell you guys dis too: Long time ago plenny guys who wen talk fo God an plenny guys who wen do da right tings like see da stuff you guys see, but neva see um. An dey like hear da stuff you guys hear, but neva hear um.

Wat Da Story Mean

¹⁸ “Listen! Dis wat da story bout da farma mean. ¹⁹ Any guy hear da stuff bout da King in da sky, an no undastan, da Bad Guy come an take away da stuff dat da guy wen hear dat stay inside him. Dass jalike da seed dat fall down by da trail. ²⁰ Da seed dat fall down on top da rocks, dass jalike one guy dat hear da good kine stuff, an he trus wat God tell him right den an dea, an he stay good inside. ²¹ But da guy, he no mo root. He stick wit um fo litto wile, but wen da odda guys make him suffa cuz he trus da stuff he wen hear, den he give up. ²² Da seed dat fall down inside da kine bushes wit kukus, dass jalike one guy dat hear wat God say, but bumbye he worry bout all da kine stuff he need hea inside da world. He like come rich, an dat throw him off da track, so all dat stuff choke da stuff God say dat was inside him. He no can do da right tings, jalike one plant inside da kine bushes wit kukus dat no can give wheat. ²³ Da seed dat fall down inside da good dirt, dass jalike one guy dat hear wat God say an undastan um. He do da right tings, jalike da good plant dat give wheat. Da good stuff dat guy do, he goin do good stuff hundred times moa, one nodda guy sixty times moa, one nodda guy thirty times moa.”

Da Story Bout Da Weeds

²⁴ Jesus teach da peopo wit anodda story. He say, “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike wen one farma plant good seed inside his field. ²⁵ But wen everybody sleeping, one guy dat stay agains him go ova dea wea da wheat seed stay planted, an plant weeds, an bag. ²⁶ Wen da plants come up an make wheat, same time da weeds come up, but den can tell da weed diffren from da wheat. ²⁷ Da guys dat work fo da owna go by him an tell, ‘Eh boss, da seeds you wen plant inside da field, was good, o wat? How come get weeds?’

²⁸ “He tell um, ‘One guy dat stay agains me wen plant um ova dea.’

“Da worka guys say, ‘You like us go pull out da weeds?’

²⁹ “He say, ‘No, I no like. If you guys do dat, you goin pull out da wheat too. ³⁰ Let um grow togedda till dey stay ready. Den pull out da weeds first, an tie um togedda fo burn. Den cut da wheat, an put um inside da storage place.’ ”

Da Mustard Seed Story

³¹ Jesus use anodda story fo teach da peopo. He say, “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike one mustard seed. Wen one guy plant da mustard seed inside his field, ³² dat kine seed da mos smalles seed, mo small den all da odda seeds. But wen dat seed grow, da plant come big, mo big den all da odda plants, an come big jalike one tree. Get birds in da sky dat come an make dea nest inside da branches.”

Da Yeast Story

³³ Jesus teach da peopo wit anodda story. He say, “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike wen one wahine take yeast an mix um wit plenny dough fo make bread. Bumbye da whole dough goin come mo big, cuz a da yeast.”

How Come Jesus Tell Stories Fo Teach

³⁴ Jesus wen teach plenny peopo plenny stuff wit ony stories. He neva teach um wit odda kine stuffs. ³⁵ He do um lidat fo make um happen jalike da guy who wen talk fo God wen say befo time,

Wat Da Story Bout Da Weeds Mean

³⁶ Jesus wen go way from da peopo, fo go inside his house. Da guys he stay teaching wen come by him, an say, “Dat story bout da weeds inside da field, wat dat mean?”

³⁷ He say, “Da farma dat plant da good seed, dass me, Da Guy Dass Fo Real. ³⁸ Da field, dass da world. Da good seed, dass da peopo who get God fo dea King. Da weeds, dass da peopo who stick wit da Bad Guy, da Devil. ³⁹ Da guy dat stay agains da farma an plant da bad seed, dass da Devil. Wen da plants stay ready, dass da time wen da world goin pau. Da worka guys, dey da angel guys from da sky. ⁴⁰ All dat mean, wen dey pull out da weeds an burn um inside da fire, dass jalike goin be wen da world goin pau. ⁴¹ I da Guy Dass Fo Real, you know, an I goin send my angel guys all ova da place wea I stay King, fo pull out all da guys dat broke Godʼs Rules an dat wen tell da odda guys fo broke da Rules too. ⁴² Den dey goin throw um inside wea ony get plenny fire. Dea dey goin cry real hard an grind dea teet cuz dey so huhu an futless. ⁴³ Den da guys dat doing da right tings goin stay wit dea Fadda da King, an be awesome an shine jalike da sun. If you hear dis, make shua you listen.

Da Rich Stuff One Guy Bury

⁴⁴ “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike had rich kine stuff dat one guy wen bury inside one field. Get one nodda guy dat find um, an den he bury um one mo time. He stay good inside. Den he sell all his stuffs, fo buy dat field.

Da Pearl Story

⁴⁵ “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike one trader guy dat looking fo good kine pearls. ⁴⁶ He find one pearl dat cost plenny money. Den he sell all his stuffs, fo buy dat pearl.

Da Net Story

⁴⁷ “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike wen dey throw one net inside da ocean, an get any kine fish. ⁴⁸ Wen da net come full, da fisha guys bring um on top da beach. Dey put da good kine fishes inside one bucket, an throw out da rubbish kine fishes. ⁴⁹ Dass how goin be wen da world goin pau. Da angel guys from da sky goin go all ova da place, an take away da bad guys from da guys dat stay do wat Godʼs Rules say. ⁵⁰ Dey goin throw da bad guys inside wea ony get fire. Dea dey goin cry real hard an grind dea teet cuz dey so huhu an futless.

Da New Kine Stuff An Da Old Kine Stuff

⁵¹ “Eh! You guys undastan all da stuff I telling you?”

Dey say, “Yeah, yeah, we undastan.”

⁵² Jesus tell um, “All da teacha guys dat teach Godʼs Rules, an den go learn how dey can get God inside da sky fo dea King, dey jalike one rich guy dat bring out from his place new kine stuff an old kine stuff too.”

Da Nazaret Peopo, Dey No Mo Respeck Fo Jesus

⁵³ Jesus pau use all dis kine story fo teach. Den he go way from dea. ⁵⁴ He wen go his own place Nazaret town, an teach inside da Jewish church ova dea. Da peopo, wen blow dea minds, an dey say, “Eh, from wea he get all dese smarts? From wea he get da power fo do all dis awesome kine stuff? ⁵⁵ Dass da carpenta boy, yeah? His mudda, Mary. An his brudda guys, James, Joseph, Simon, an Judas, yeah? ⁵⁶ His sistas, dey stay hea wit us. So, from wea he get all dis stuff?” ⁵⁷ Wen bodda dem, how he stay.

But Jesus tell um, “One guy who talk fo God get choke respeck. But he no mo respeck notting inside his own town an his own ohana.” ⁵⁸ Az why Jesus ony do litto bit awesome stuff ova dea fo show his power, cuz dey no trus him.

Jesus Guys Pick Barnabas An Saul An Send Um All Ova

13 Had guys dat wen talk fo God an guys dat wen teach wit da church guys in Antiok: Barnabas, Simeon da Black guy, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen (da guy dat wen grow up wit King Herod), an Saul. ² Wen dese guys stay tanking God, an no eating food so dey can pray, Godʼs Spesho Spirit wen say, “Pick Barnabas an Saul, an make dem spesho fo me, fo do da stuff I like um fo do.” ³ Afta dey all wen skip food an pray, dey wen put dea hands on top Barnabas an Saul, an wen send um all ova.

Inside Cyprus

⁴ So Godʼs Spesho Spirit wen send Saul an Barnabas, an dey wen go Seleucia, an sail from dea to Cyprus. ⁵ Wen dey come Salamis, dey wen tell wat God say inside da Jewish churches. John Mark wen stay wit dem, an help um wit dea work.

⁶ Dey wen go thru Cyprus Island to Pafos on da odda side. Ova dea dey wen meet one Jewish kahuna guy name Bar-Jesus. He wen say he talk fo God, but he neva. ⁷ He one helpa guy fo da governa, Sergius Paulus. Da governa, he one akamai guy. He send one guy fo tell Barnabas an Saul fo come, cuz he like hear wat God say. ⁸ But Bar-Jesus, da kahuna guy, “Elymas” his name in Greek talk, he neva like wat Saul an Barnabas say, an he wen try turn da governa away so he no trus God. ⁹ Den Saul, da guy dey wen name Paul too, Godʼs Spesho Spirit wen stay in charge a him. He wen look Elymas in da eye, an say, ¹⁰ “You one a da Devilʼs kids, an you hate all da stuff dat stay right! You bulai to da max, an fool all da peopo. Everytime you try change da true stuff from da Boss Up Dea. ¹¹ Now da Boss goin punish you an make you blind fo now, so you no can see da sun.”

Right den an dea da mist an da dark wen cover his eyes, an he wen go all ova da place, an wen try find one guy fo lead him by da hand. ¹² Wen da governa see dat, he trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus, cuz wat da guys wen teach bout da Boss Up Dea wen blow his mind.

In Antiok, Pisidia Side

¹³ Paul an da guys dat wen go wit him wen sail from Pafos to Perga, Pamfylia side. Ova dea John Mark wen go way from dem, an go back Jerusalem. ¹⁴ Paul an Barnabas, dey go from Perga to Antiok, Pisidia side. On da Rest Day dey wen go inside da Jewish church an wen sit down. ¹⁵ Da Jewish leadas wen read from Godʼs Rules, an from wat da guys dat wen talk fo God befo time wen write down inside da Bible. Den dey wen send guys fo tell Paul dem, “Bruddas, if you get someting fo say fo kokua da peopo, try tell us.” ¹⁶ Paul wen stand up an wen wave his hand, an say, “You Israel peopo an you peopo dat not Jews dat get love an respeck fo God, listen to me! ¹⁷ Da God fo da Israel peopo wen pick our ancesta guys an wen do plenny fo dem wen dey stay Egypt side. He wen lead um outa dat place wit his strong power, ¹⁸ an he wen put up wit da stuff dey wen do fo forty years inside da boonies. ¹⁹ He wipe out seven peopos Canaan side, an wen give dea land to his own peopo jalike one fadda give land to his boy. ²⁰ All dat wen happen fo bout four hundred fifty years.

“Afta dat, God wen give um local leada guys, till Samuel, da guy dat wen talk fo God, wen come. ²¹ Den da peopo wen like get one king, an God wen give um Saul, Kishʼs boy, from Benjamin ohana. An Saul wen stay king fo forty years. ²² Den God wen take Saul away, an make David dea king. God wen say bout David, ‘I wen see David, Jesseʼs boy. He da kine guy dat make me stay good inside. He do all da kine stuff I like him fo do.’

²³ “From Davidʼs ohana, God wen bring Jesus, da One dat can take da Israel peopo outa da bad kine stuff dey do, jalike he wen promise. ²⁴ Befo Jesus wen come, John Da Baptiza Guy wen teach all da Israel peopo dat dey gotta come sorry fo all da bad kine stuff dey stay do, an get baptize. ²⁵ Wen John pau do all da stuff he wen come fo do, he wen tell da peopo, ‘Who you tink me? I not Godʼs Spesho Guy. Godʼs Spesho Guy goin come afta me. I no stay good nuff fo even do manini kine stuff fo him like help him take off his slippas.’ ”

²⁶ Den Paul say, “My bruddas, you Abrahamʼs kids, an all da guys dat not Jews dat get respeck fo God, God wen send all us guys da Good Stuff dat can take us outa da bad kine stuff we do. ²⁷ Da peopo inside Jerusalem an dea leadas, dey neva know who Jesus. Dey neva undastan wat da guys dat wen talk fo God wen write down, no matta dey read um inside dea Jewish churches every Rest Day. So wat dey wen do, dey wen make all da stuff da Bible wen say come true, cuz dey wen poin finga Jesus. ²⁸ Dey neva find notting wrong dat he gotta mahke, but dey wen tell Pilate fo kill um. ²⁹ Wen dey wen kill Jesus, wen happen jalike da Bible wen say. An afta, dey wen take him down from da cross an wen put him inside one tomb. ³⁰ But God, he wen make him come back alive from mahke. ³¹ An fo plenny days da guys dat wen go wit him befo from Galilee to Jerusalem, dey wen see him. Now, dey da guys dat tell all dis stuff to da Jewish peopo.

³² “We stay tell you guys da Good Stuff From God. He wen promise our ancesta guys dat he goin do someting, ³³ an now he wen do um fo us, dea kids. Dass why he wen bring Jesus back alive from mahke, jalike dey wen write down inside da Song Fo God, Numba Two:

³⁴ God wen tell dat he goin bring Christ back alive from mahke, an Christ no goin mahke again an his body come rotten. He tell Christ,

³⁵ An David tell God dis inside one nodda place inside da Bible,

³⁶ David, he wen work fo do wat God like wen he wen stay alive, an den he wen mahke. Dey wen bury him wit his ancesta guys, an his body wen come rotten. ³⁷ But Jesus, da Guy God wen bring back from mahke, he neva mahke again an his body neva come rotten. ³⁸ My bruddas, dass why I like you guys know dis stuff. Cuz a Jesus, we tell you guys dat God can let you guys go, an hemo yoa shame fo all da bad kine stuff you wen do. ³⁹ Da Rules Moses wen write down no can take away dat bad stuff an make you guys get um right wit God. But all da peopo dat trus Jesus, dey goin get um right wit God awready. Watch out dat da bad stuff no happen to you guys dat da guys dat wen talk fo God befo time wen say,

Dass wat Paul wen tell um.

⁴² Den Paul an Barnabas wen go way from da Jewish church. Da peopo tell um fo talk mo bout dis stuff da nex Rest Day. ⁴³ Wen da peopo go way from da Jewish church, plenny Jewish guys an guys dat wen come jalike Jews wen go wit Paul an Barnabas. Dey wen talk to dose guys, an wen tell um fo stay tight wit da God dat do so plenny good tings fo dem.

⁴⁴ Da nex Rest Day almos all da peopo inside da town wen come fo hear Paul tell wat da Boss Up Dea say. ⁴⁵ Wen da Jewish guys wen see all da peopo dey wen come jealous, an wen talk any kine bout da stuff Paul wen say. ⁴⁶ But Paul an Barnabas, dey no scared. Dey tell um, “First, we gotta tell you guys wat God say. But cuz you guys no trus um, an you no tink you stay good nuff fo get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva, now we goin go by da peopo dat not Jews. ⁴⁷ Cuz dis wat da Boss wen tell us fo do,

⁴⁸ Wen da peopo dat not Jews wen hear dat, dey wen come good inside, an say good stuff bout wat da Boss wen say. An da peopo dat God wen pick fo get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva, dey wen trus him.

⁴⁹ Paul dem wen go all ova dat side an tell wat God say. ⁵⁰ Inside da town had high class wahines dat was religious, an had da leada guys fo da town. Da Jewish guys wen talk stink to dem bout Paul an Barnabas, so dose peopo wen start fo make Paul an Barnabas suffa, an den dey wen throw um outa dat place. ⁵¹ So Paul an Barnabas wen shake da dirt from dea feet, fo show da peopo dea dat dey wen had it wit dem, cuz dey no listen. Den dey wen go Iconium side. ⁵² Da guys dat wen stay tight wit Jesus wen come real good inside, an Godʼs Spesho Spirit stay in charge a dem.