M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Jesus Peopo Suffa Moa

12 Az was bout dis time dat King Herod wen bus some a da church peopo fo make um suffa. ² He make his guys kill Johnʼs brudda James, wit one sword. ³ Wen he wen know dat wen make da Jewish peopo stay good inside, he wen bus Peter too. Dis wen happen wen da Jewish peopo was making da spesho religious time fo da Bread Dat No Mo Yeast. ⁴ Afta he bus Peter, he put um inside jail, an put sixteen security guards dea so dey can watch um. Herod wen tink fo bring Peter in front da judge an all da peopo afta da Passova. ⁵ So Peter wen stay inside da jail, but all da church peopo wen pray real hard fo him.

Peter Come Outa Jail

⁶ Da nite befo dey goin go bring Peter in front da judge, he was sleeping. He was all tie up wit two chains, an he had one guard on da left side an one guy on da right side. An odda guards, dey standing by da door. ⁷ Right den an dea one angel messenja guy from da Boss Up Dea wen show up, an one light wen shine inside da place. Da angel guy wen shake Peter on da side an wake um up. He say, “Hurry up! Stand up!” An da chains wen fall down from Peterʼs hands. ⁸ Den da angel guy wen tell um, “Put on yoa odda clotheses an yoa slippas.” An Peter wen do um. Den da angel guy say, “Put on yoa coat an come wit me.” ⁹ Peter wen go wit him outside da jail, but he neva know if was fo real wat da angel guy doing. He wen tink he stay seeing someting jalike one dream. ¹⁰ Dey wen pass by da first guard, an da nex guard, an wen come by one iron gate dat take dem outa da jail fo go inside Jerusalem. Da gate wen open all by itself fo dem, an dey wen go inside Jerusalem. Afta dey wen walk down one street, den da angel guy wen go way.

¹¹ Den Peter wen figga wat wen happen, an he tink, “Now I know I no stay dreaming! Dis fo real! Da Boss Up Dea wen send his angel guy fo take me away from King Herodʼs power, an from all da stuff da Jewish peopo wen tink fo do to me.”

¹² Wen Peter figga dis, he come by Maryʼs house. She John Markʼs mudda. Plenny peopo wen go ova dea fo pray. ¹³ Peter wen knock on da gate, an one helpa girl name Rhoda wen go fo see who stay dea. ¹⁴ Wen she hear Peterʼs voice, she wen come plenny good inside, an den she wen run back da house, but neva open da gate. She say, “Eh! Peter stay by da gate!” ¹⁵ Dey wen say, “You pupule!” But she still stay telling um, “He stay outside fo real!” Den dey say, “Nah! Must be his angel guy!”

¹⁶ But Peter still stay knocking on da gate, an wen dey wen open da gate an see um, dea jaws wen drop. ¹⁷ Peter wen wave his hand fo dem fo no talk, an he wen tell um dat da Boss Up Dea wen bring him outside da jail. He say, “Go tell da odda James an all da bruddas bout dis.” An den he wen go one nodda place.

¹⁸ In da morning, wen get one big noise wit da guards. Dey tell, “Eh, wat happen? Wea da guy Peter stay?” ¹⁹ Dey go tell King Herod, an he wen tell um fo look all ova fo him. But dey no can find um. Herod wen aks da guards dat was watching Peter wat wen happen. Den he wen tell da odda guys fo kill da guards.

Latas King Herod wen go from Judea to Cesarea, an wen stay ova dea litto wile.

King Herod Mahke

²⁰ King Herod wen stay huhu wit da peopo Tyre side an Sidon side. So dey all wen come fo talk wit Herod. Da peopo wen come friends wit Blastus, Herodʼs helpa guy, an he wen help um so dey can talk to Herod. Dey wen like make friends wit King Herod, cuz dea food stay come from him.

²¹ Da day wen come, an Herod wen wear his fancy kingʼs clotheses. He sit down on top his throne, an wen make one big talk to da peopo. ²² Da peopo wen yell, “Dis one god talking, not one guy talking!” ²³ But King Herod neva say notting. So right den an dea, cuz Herod neva talk good bout God an tank him, one angel guy from da Boss Up Dea wen wack him, an da worms wen eat um, an he wen mahke.

²⁴ Den mo an mo peopo all ova da place wen trus wat God say.

²⁵ Wen Barnabas an Saul wen do all da stuff God wen send um fo do, dey wen come back Antiok from Jerusalem. An dey wen bring John Mark wit dem.

Wat Da Peopo Teach Long Time Ago

7 Den some Pharisee guys an teacha guys dat teach Godʼs Rules wen go from Jerusalem by Jesus. ² Dey spock Jesus guys, how dey eat. Befo dey eat, dey no wash dea hands da way da Pharisee guys say dey gotta wash um.

³ You know, da Pharisee guys an all da Jewish peopo, dey no eat till dey wash dea hands. But dey suppose to wash um jalike da ancesta guys wen teach from long time ago. ⁴ Wen dey come back from da market, dey no eat till dey wash dea hands dat way. Get plenny odda stuffs dey gotta do lidat. First, dey gotta wash da cups, da pitchas, an da pots jus right, da way dea ancesta guys wen teach um, so den dey can pray.

⁵ So da Pharisee guys an da teacha guys dat teach Godʼs Rules, dey tell Jesus, “Eh, da guys you teaching, no good how dey do! How come dey no live da way da ancesta guys wen teach from long time ago? Dey no wash dea hands dat way befo dey eat!”

⁶ Jesus tell um, “Da guy Isaiah wen talk fo God long time ago, an fo shua he talking bout you guys! Cuz you guys say one ting an do anodda. Isaiah wen write dis:

⁸ Jesus say, “You guys no like do wat God stay tell you. You guys ony do wat odda peopo wen teach you.”

⁹ An he tell um, “You guys jalike da sly mongoose, yeah?! You guys know how fo dump Godʼs Rules, so you guys can stick wit wat some peopo wen teach you long time ago. ¹⁰ Moses wen tell, ‘Show respeck fo yoa fadda an mudda.’ He say dis too: ‘Whoeva swear at his fadda o mudda, gotta kill him.’

¹¹ “But you teacha guys say, ‘If one guy get someting dat he can use um fo help his fadda o mudda, he can say to dem, “I no goin use um fo help you guys, cuz bumbye I goin give um to God.” ’ ¹² Den you guys say da guy no need help his fadda o mudda. ¹³ You guys make no good wat God wen say, so you can stick wit da kine stuff yoa ancesta guys wen teach from long time ago. You guys do plenny odda tings lidat, an teach da odda peopo fo do um too.”

Wat Make You Pilau Inside, So You No Can Pray

¹⁴ Den Jesus wen tell da peopo, “Come. Listen an try undastan. ¹⁵ Wat you guys put inside yoa mout no mean you pilau inside so you no can pray, but wat come outa yoa mout, dass wat make you pilau inside so you no can pray. ¹⁶ If you wen hear dat, den listen!”

¹⁷ Latas he wen go way from da peopo, an go inside one house, an da guys he teaching come an say, “Try tell us wat da ting mean dat he wen tell um.” ¹⁸ He tell um, “Wot! You guys still yet no can undastan? You jalike da odda peopo! You gotta figga dis way: Wateva go inside da guy no can make him pilau inside so he no can pray. ¹⁹ Cuz dat ting no go inside da heart, but go inside da stomach, an bumbye come out.” (Wen Jesus say dat, he make um okay fo eat any kine stuff.)

²⁰ Den Jesus say, “Da kine stuff dat come outa one guy, dass wat make him pilau inside so he no can pray. ²¹ Get all kine bad kine stuff come out from inside da heart. Dass how everybody figga how dey can do bad kine stuff; dey not married an dey still yet go fool aroun; dey rip off da odda peopo; dey kill; dey married an still yet go fool aroun; ²² dey like corral everyting fo demself; dey feel good wen dey do bad; dey like bulai da odda guy; dey no mo shame fo any kine; bodda dem wen da odda guy get someting good; dey talk stink bout da odda peopo; dey get big head; dey ack stupid cuz dey no like tink. ²³ All dat bad kine stuff, dass wat come from inside da heart. Az why peopo stay pilau inside an dey no can pray.”

One Wahine Trus Jesus

²⁴ From dea Jesus go Tyre side. He wen go inside one house, an he no like nobody know wea he stay. But no can. Everybody wen find out. Get one wahine, from da Fonicia peopo, Syria side. She Greek, not Jewish, from da kine peopo dat da Jews call “dogs.” Her litto girl get one bad kine spirit dat wen take ova her, an make her do all kine stuff. Da mudda wen hear bout Jesus, an right den an dea she wen go by him. She wen go down by his feet, an beg him fo make da bad kine spirit let go her girl.

²⁷ Jesus say, “First, gotta feed da kids, you know. No good take da food from da kids an throw um down to da dogs.”

²⁸ She say, “Dass right, Boss. But even da dogs unda da table eat wat fall down from da table, yeah?”

²⁹ Jesus tell her, “Wow! You trus me fo real kine! You can hele on home. Da bad kine spirit gone awready from yoa girl!”

³⁰ So she go back home. Dea was da girl. She resting on top da bed, an no mo bad kine spirit.

Jesus Make One Guy Come Good

³¹ Jesus wen hele on from Tyre side, an go thru Sidon. Den he go Galilee Lake near da Ten Towns. ³² Dey bring one guy who no can hear o talk right. Dey beg Jesus fo put his hands on top da guy. ³³ Jesus take him by da side wea neva have nobody. Den he wen stick his finga inside da guyʼs ears, an spit, an touch da guyʼs tongue. ³⁴ Jesus wen look up to da sky, an moan, an say, “Efata!” Dat mean, “Open up!” ³⁵ An right den an dea da guyʼs ears an his tongue come okay, an he can talk good.

³⁶ Jesus tell dem guys, “No tell nobody bout dis!” But da mo he say dat, da mo dey was telling. ³⁷ All dis really wen blow da peopoʼs minds. Dey say, “Dis guy, he really do everyting good! He even make da peopo who no can hear, hear, an da peopo who no can talk, talk!”