M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Some Wahines Go Wit Jesus

8 Afta dat Jesus wen go thru da big an da small towns, an he teach da Good Stuff bout how peopo can get God fo dea King. Da Twelve Guys wen go wit him. ² Befo time Jesus wen make some wahines come good from da bad kine spirits an all kine sick. Dey all wen go too: Mary da Magdala wahine, dat had seven bad kine spirits dat wen take ova her befo, an Jesus wen make um let her go. ³ An Joanna, Kuzaʼs wife, she wen go. (Kuza, he da guy dat stay in charge, King Herodʼs house.) An Susanna, an plenny odda wahines, dey all wen go too. Da wahines wen use dea own money fo help take care Jesus dem.

Da Story Bout Da Farma An Da Seeds

⁴ Plenny peopo stay coming by Jesus from plenny towns, an he wen teach um wit one story. ⁵ He say, “You wen hear da story bout da farma guy? He wen go plant seed. He throw da seeds all ova da groun fo plant. Some seeds fall down by da side da trail. Da peopo wen walk on top um, an da birds wen go eat um up. ⁶ Some seeds fall down on top da rocks, an grow, an den dry up, cuz no mo water inside da dirt. ⁷ Odda seeds wen fall down inside da kine bushes wit kuku. Da seeds an da bushes grow up togedda, an da bushes wit kuku choke um. ⁸ Odda seeds, dey fall down inside da good dirt, an dey wen grow good, an come up plenny, one hundred times mo den da farma wen plant.”

Afta dat Jesus say, “If you guys hear dis, den tink bout um!”

How Come Jesus Teach Wit Stories?

⁹ Da guys Jesus teach wen aks him, “Wat dis story mean?” ¹⁰ He tell, “God let you guys know all da stuff bout how he stay King. But I teach da odda peopo wit stories, so jalike da Bible say, ‘dey see, but dey no can see fo real kine. Dey hear, but dey no can hear fo real kine.’ ”

Jesus Tell Wat Da Story Mean

¹¹ Den Jesus tell, “Dis wat da story mean. Da seed, dass wat God say. ¹² Da seeds dat fall down on top da trail, dass jalike da peopo dat hear. But da Devil come take away wat God say from inside dea heart, so dey no can trus God. Dass why God no can take um outa da bad kine stuff dey do. ¹³ Da seeds on top da rocks, dass da peopo dat take wat God say, an dey stay good inside wen dey hear um. Dey trus God litto bit, but wen get hard time dey pau trus, cuz dey no mo root, jalike da seeds on top da rocks. ¹⁴ Da seeds dat fall down inside da bushes wit kuku, dass da peopo dat hear, but den dey worry plenny, an dey like come rich an get plenny stuffs, an dey like play aroun all da time. All dat stuff grab um, an choke um. Dey no rememba wat God say, jalike da seeds dat no mo wheat cuz dey stay inside da bushes wit kuku. ¹⁵ But ho! Da seeds dat fall down inside da good dirt, dass jalike da peopo dat hear an rememba wat God say. Dey get good heart, do da right ting, an no give up. Dey jalike da seeds dat give good kine wheat.”

Da Lamp Unda Da Bucket

¹⁶ “You no light one lamp an cover um wit one bucket, o put um unda da bed. No way! You goin put um on top one shelf so da guys dat come inside dea can see da light. ¹⁷ Cuz everyting dat stay hiding, bumbye God goin show um, an everyting dass hard fo undastan he goin make um clear, so da peopo can undastan. ¹⁸ Tink! You gotta listen good! Da guy dat listen good goin undastan plenny, but da guy dat no listen good, God goin take away everyting he tink he know.”

Jesus Mudda An Bruddas

¹⁹ Dat time Jesus mudda an bruddas wen come fo see him, but dey no can come near him cuz get choke plenny peopo ova dea. ²⁰ One guy tell Jesus, “Eh, yoa mudda an yoa bruddas, dey outside, an dey like talk to you.” ²¹ Jesus tell da guy, “My mudda an my bruddas? Da peopo dat hear wat God say an do um, dey da ones az my mudda an bruddas fo real.”

Jesus Make Da Storm Pau

²² One time Jesus wen tell his guys, “We go da odda side da lake.” So dey go inside da boat an wen start fo go. ²³ Wen dey stay sailing, Jesus wen sleep. One big wind storm wen come down on top da lake, an da waves was bussing ova da boat, so da boat almos wen huli. Dey was in bad shape.

²⁴ Da guys wen go wake Jesus up, an say, “Eh, Boss! We goin mahke!”

Jesus get up. He scold da wind an da big waves. Da storm wen pau, an everyting come nice. ²⁵ He tell his guys, “How come you guys no trus me?”

Dey come real scared. Dat blow dea minds. Dey tell each odda, “Eh, who dis? Even da wind an da waves do wat he tell um!”

Jesus Make One Guy Wit Bad Kine Spirits Come Good

²⁶ Dey wen sail da odda side da lake from Galilee, wea da Gerasa town peopo get dea fields. ²⁷ Jesus wen go on top da beach. One guy from dat town wen come dat get some bad kine spirits in charge a him. Long time dat guy neva wear clotheses o stay inside one house, but he stay inside da caves wea dey put da mahke guys. Plenny times befo, one bad spirit wen grab um. No matta if da guy had chains on his hands an feet, an one nodda guy wen watch um real good, he still wen broke da chains. An da bad spirit wen make da guy go odda places wea nobody stay. So wen da spirit spock Jesus, da guy yell, an fall down by Jesus feet. Jesus tell da bad spirit, “Let go da guy!”

Da spirit yell, “Eh, wat you like do to me, Jesus? Da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods, I know you his Boy! I beg you, no hurt me!”

³⁰ Jesus aks da guy, “Wat yoa name?”

He tell, “My name ‘Army.’ ” He say dat cuz uku paila bad kine spirits wen take ova him. ³¹ Da bad kine spirits, dey beg Jesus plenny times fo no make um go suffa inside da Devilʼs Deep Dark Hole.

³² Had plenny pigs dat stay grinding on top da hill. Da bad kine spirits wen beg Jesus, “If you go make us let da guy, we like go take ova da pigs, yeah?”

Jesus tell um, “Go!” ³³ So da bad kine spirits wen let go da guy, an go take ova da pigs. An den all da pigs wen run down one steep hill, an fall inside da lake, an drown.

³⁴ Wen da guys taking care da pigs wen see wat wen happen, dey wen run go tell everybody inside da town an all ova da place wat dey wen see. ³⁵ All da peopo wen come fo look. Wen dey come by Jesus, dey spock da guy, an he no mo da bad kine spirits now. He stay sitting by Jesus feet wit clotheses on, an he tink good stuff now. An all da peopo wen come real scared. ³⁶ Da guys dat wen see wat wen happen, dey tell da peopo bout da guy dat da bad kine spirits wen take ova, dat he stay good now. ³⁷ Den all da peopo from aroun Gerasa town aks Jesus fo go way from dem, cuz dey real, real scared. So he go inside da boat an go way.

³⁸ Da guy dat no mo bad kine spirits now, he wen beg Jesus if he can go wit him, but Jesus tell him, “No, brah. No can.” Jesus tell, ³⁹ “Go home. Tell how God wen help you plenny.” So da guy go way an tell all ova da town how Jesus wen help him plenny.

One Mahke Girl an One Sick Wahine

⁴⁰ Wen Jesus come back, plenny peopo feel good inside fo see um, cuz dey stay waiting fo him. ⁴¹ Had one leada guy from da Jewish church, name Jairus. Right den an dea he wen come an go down by Jesus feet. He beg Jesus fo go his house, ⁴² cuz his ony girl, bout twelve years old, litto mo mahke ova dea.

Wen Jesus stay going, get plenny peopo stay jamming him. ⁴³ Had one wahine ova dea dat stay bleeding twelve years. She wen pay everyting she get to da doctas, but nobody can make her come good. ⁴⁴ She wen come behind Jesus, touch his clotheses. Right den an dea she wen pau bleed.

⁴⁵ Jesus say, “Who wen touch me?”

Everybody tell him, “Not me!” Peter say, “Boss, get uku paila peopo aroun you, jamming agains you.”

⁴⁶ But Jesus tell, “Somebody wen touch me. I know, cuz power wen go out from inside me.”

⁴⁷ Den da wahine wen know dat dey goin find out, an she come an go down by Jesus feet, shaking real hard. In front all da peopo she wen tell how come she wen touch him, an how quick time she wen come good. ⁴⁸ Jesus tell her, “Sista, you trus me, dass why you come good awready. Go. Now yoa heart can stay rest inside.”

⁴⁹ Wen Jesus still talking, one guy come from Jairus house, an say, “Yoa girl mahke awready. No need bodda da teacha no moa.”

⁵⁰ Wen Jesus hear dat, he turn aroun an tell Jairus, “No scared, ony trus me, an she goin come good.”

⁵¹ Wen Jesus wen come Jairus house, he ony let Peter, John, an James, an da fadda an mudda go inside wit him, an no odda peopo. ⁵² Same time all da peopo wen cry an moan fo her. Jesus tell, “Stop crying! She not mahke, she ony stay sleeping.”

⁵³ An dey all wen laugh an make fun a him, cuz dey know she mahke. ⁵⁴ But Jesus take her hand an say, “Eh litto girl, get up!” ⁵⁵ Right den an dea her life wen come back, an she wen get up. Den Jesus tell um, “Give her someting fo eat.” ⁵⁶ An her fadda an mudda, wen blow dea minds. But Jesus tell um, “Eh! No tell nobody wat wen happen, aah.”

Wen God Send Guys All Ova, He Give Dem Rights

9 Tink bout dis: I can do anyting. God wen send me all ova da place fo tell peopo bout him. I wen see Jesus, our Boss. I stay tight wit da Boss, an all you guys wen trus Christ cuz a da work I wen do. ² Even if get odda peopo, God neva send me fo talk to dem. But fo shua, he wen send me fo talk to you guys. If you like proof dat God wen send me, ony gotta check out wat wen happen to you guys now, how you guys stay tight wit da Boss!

³ Fo da guys dat like poin finga me, I like tell um dis: ⁴ You no tink me an Barnabas get da right fo get stuff fo eat an drink from da peopo we teach? ⁵ You no tink we get da right fo take one Christian wife wit us wen we go some odda place? Da odda guys God send all ova da place, dey do dat, you know, an da Bossʼs brudda guys, an Peter. ⁶ O you guys tink dat ony me an Barnabas, we da ony guys dat no mo da right fo work fo make money so we can teach peopo?

⁷ Eh, look da army guys. Dey no gotta buy dea own food an clotheses. An da guys dat plant da grape, nobody goin tell dem, “No eat da grape!” Da sheep farma guy too, az okay fo him fo use da milk from da sheeps.

⁸ You guys tink I say all dis stuff, cuz I talking jalike da odda peopo? Godʼs Rules say da same ting, you know. ⁹ Inside da Bible, da Rules dat God wen tell Moses fo write, talk lidis: “Wen da cow stay working fo smash da wheat so you can take out da junks, you no go tie up his mout so he no can eat da wheat.” You tink God wen say dat ony cuz he like take care da cows so dey can eat, o wat? ¹⁰ Mo like he talking bout us guys too, fo help us! Yeah, he say dat fo us guys. He say, “Da guy dat plow da groun, an da guy dat take da junks outa da grain, wen dey work, dey gotta wait still yet fo eat. But dey know, bumbye dey goin get dea share.” ¹¹ You know, wen us guys wen teach you guys stuff from Godʼs Spirit, dass jalike wen one farma guy stay planting stuff. So az notting, wen us guys pau teach, den we get food fo eat from you guys. ¹² Get odda guys dat get da same right fo get food an stuff from you guys wen dey teach, yeah? So, wat bout us guys? We get plenny mo rights den dem.

But you know, us guys, we neva use da rights we get. Mo betta we take any kine, fo no jam up you guys. Cuz den, you like listen to da Good Kine Stuff Bout Christ dat we telling you guys. ¹³ Tink bout dis: da priest guys dat stay work inside da Jewish temple, dey get dea food from da sacrifices da peopo bring to da temple. Da guys dat stay kill da animals on top da altar fo sacrifice, dey can eat da meat dat da peopo give fo sacrifice. ¹⁴ Same ting, da Boss wen tell us guys dat da guys dat stay tell da Good Kine Stuff Bout Christ, dey suppose to get all da stuffs dey need fo live, from dea work.

¹⁵ Me, I get da rights fo get all dat, but I neva like do um lidat. I no write dis letta fo make you guys give me stuff. I figga, mo betta I mahke, den let somebody tink dat I no mo da right fo talk lidis. ¹⁶ Jus cuz I stay telling peopo da Good Kine Stuff From God, dat no mean I can talk big bout myself. I gotta tell um bout God. Auwe fo me if I no tell peopo da Good Kine Stuff From God! ¹⁷ If I wen do all dis stuff ony cuz I like, den da stuffs I get, jalike da money I get fo do one job. But if I go do um cuz I gotta do um, den, jalike God stay trus me fo take care his stuffs fo him. ¹⁸ So den, wat kine pay I goin get fo do all dat? I no need pay! I ony like tell peopo da Good Kine Stuff From God. I do um lidat an no charge notting. Dat make me feel good, jalike wen one guy get pay fo work. I do um an no need use all da rights dat I get cuz I stay telling da Good Kine Stuff From God.

¹⁹ I can do watevas how I like, an no mo nobody can tell me how I gotta ack. But you know wat? Jalike I wen go make myself jalike one slave guy, so everybody can tell me wat fo do. Wen I make lidat, I can help mo plenny peopo fo know God, az why. ²⁰ Fo da Jewish peopo, I wen make jalike I one Jewish guy, fo help da Jewish peopo fo know God. Fo da peopo dat tink dey gotta stick wit Godʼs Rules, I do wat Godʼs Rules say, so I can help dem fo know God too, no matta I know dat I no gotta do wat Godʼs Rules say fo get um right wit him. ²¹ Fo da peopo dat donno Godʼs Rules, I wen come jalike dem, fo bring to God da peopo dat donno Godʼs Rules. (Dat no mean, dat I no stay doing wat Godʼs Rules say, you know. I Christʼs guy, an dass how come I stay do wat Godʼs Rules say.) ²² Fo da peopo dat no stay strong inside, I make myself jalike I no stay strong inside too, so I can bring dem close to God. Fo everybody, I like come jalike dem, so no matta wat, I goin help some peopo fo get outa da bad kine stuff dey stay in. ²³ I stay doing all dis tings so everybody can trus da Good Kine Stuff From God, an all us guys can get all da good kine tings dat God like give us.

²⁴ You guys know wat happen wen plenny runnas run in one race, yeah? Everybody run, but ony one guy win da first place medal. So den, go fo da win, fo God! ²⁵ All da guys in da race, dey stay do ony wat da coach tell um, yeah? An dey do all dat ony fo get one head lei dat goin come mahke latas. But us guys, wat we goin get no goin come poho eva. ²⁶ Me, I like run an go strait fo da finish! Jalike wen I boxing, I no punch da air! ²⁷ Jalike I make my body tough, an I work um hard. No good, if I tell all da odda peopo bout God, an den I mess up, so God gotta throw me outa da race.