M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
The Materials for the Tabernacle
25 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to take[b] an offering[c] for me; from every person motivated by a willing[d] heart you[e] are to receive my offering. 3 This is the offering you[f] are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze, 4 blue,[g] purple,[h] scarlet,[i] fine linen,[j] goats’ hair,[k] 5 ram skins dyed red,[l] fine leather,[m] acacia[n] wood, 6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece. 8 Let them make[o] for me a sanctuary,[p] so that I may live among them. 9 According to all that I am showing you[q]—the pattern of the tabernacle[r] and the pattern of all its furnishings—you[s] must make it exactly so.[t]
The Ark of the Testimony
10 [u] “They are to make an ark[v] of acacia wood—its length is to be 45 inches, its width 27 inches, and its height 27 inches.[w] 11 You are to overlay[x] it with pure gold—both inside and outside you must overlay it,[y] and you are to make a surrounding border[z] of gold over it. 12 You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. 13 You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold, 14 and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. 15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it. 16 You are to put into the ark the testimony[aa] that I will give to you.
17 “You are to make an atonement lid[ab] of pure gold;[ac] its length is to be 45 inches, and its width is to be 27 inches. 18 You are to make two cherubim[ad] of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid. 19 Make[ae] one cherub on one end[af] and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid[ag] you are to make the cherubim on the two ends. 20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing[ah] the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other,[ai] looking[aj] toward the atonement lid. 21 You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you. 22 I will meet with you there,[ak] and[al] from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
The Table for the Bread of the Presence
23 [am] “You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be 36 inches, its width 18 inches, and its height 27 inches. 24 You are to overlay it with[an] pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it. 25 You are to make a surrounding frame[ao] for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame. 26 You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach[ap] the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.[aq] 27 The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places[ar] for the poles to carry the table. 28 You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.[as] 29 You are to make its plates,[at] its ladles,[au] its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings;[av] you are to make them of pure gold. 30 You are to set the Bread of the Presence[aw] on the table before me continually.
The Lampstand
31 [ax] “You are to make a lampstand[ay] of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups,[az] its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.[ba] 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand,[bb] three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.[bc] 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next[bd] branch, and the same[be] for the six branches extending from the lampstand. 34 On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, 35 with a bud under the first[bf] two branches from it, and a bud under the next[bg] two branches from it, and a bud under the third[bh] two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. 36 Their buds and their branches will be one piece,[bi] all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
37 “You are to make its seven lamps[bj] and then set[bk] its lamps up on it, so that it will give light[bl] to the area in front of it. 38 Its trimmers and its trays[bm] are to be[bn] of pure gold. 39 About seventy-five pounds[bo] of pure gold is to be used for it[bp] and for all these utensils. 40 Now be sure to make[bq] them according to the pattern you were shown[br] on the mountain.[bs]
Departure From Judea
4 Now when Jesus[a] knew that the Pharisees[b] had heard that he[c] was winning[d] and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),[e] 3 he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.[f]
Conversation With a Samaritan Woman
4 But he had[g] to pass through Samaria.[h] 5 Now he came to a Samaritan town[i] called Sychar,[j] near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.[k] 6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside[l] the well. It was about noon.[m]
7 A Samaritan woman[n] came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water[o] to drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.[p])[q] 9 So the Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you—a Jew[r]—ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water[s] to drink?” (For Jews use nothing in common[t] with Samaritans.)[u]
10 Jesus answered[v] her, “If you had known[w] the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water[x] to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”[y] 11 “Sir,”[z] the woman[aa] said to him, “you have no bucket and the well[ab] is deep; where then do you get this[ac] living water?[ad] 12 Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor[ae] Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”[af]
13 Jesus replied,[ag] “Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty[ah] again. 14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again,[ai] but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain[aj] of water springing up[ak] to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw[al] water.”[am] 16 He[an] said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.”[ao] 17 The woman replied,[ap] “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “Right you are when you said,[aq] ‘I have no husband,’[ar] 18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with[as] now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I see[at] that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,[au] and you people[av] say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman,[aw] a time[ax] is coming when you will worship[ay] the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You people[az] worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.[ba] 23 But a time[bb] is coming—and now is here[bc]—when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks[bd] such people to be[be] his worshipers.[bf] 24 God is spirit,[bg] and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ);[bh] “whenever he[bi] comes, he will tell[bj] us everything.”[bk] 26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”
The Disciples Return
27 Now at that very moment his disciples came back.[bl] They were shocked[bm] because he was speaking[bn] with a woman. However, no one said, “What do you want?”[bo] or “Why are you speaking with her?” 28 Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,[bp] 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah,[bq] can he?”[br] 30 So[bs] they left the town and began coming[bt] to him.
Workers for the Harvest
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,[bu] “Rabbi, eat something.”[bv] 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 So the disciples began to say[bw] to one another, “No one brought him anything[bx] to eat, did they?”[by] 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me[bz] and to complete[ca] his work.[cb] 35 Don’t you say,[cc] ‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest?’ I tell you, look up[cd] and see that the fields are already white[ce] for harvest! 36 The one who reaps receives pay[cf] and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together. 37 For in this instance the saying is true,[cg] ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
The Samaritans Respond
39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified,[ch] “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking[ci] him to stay with them.[cj] He stayed there two days, 41 and because of his word many more[ck] believed. 42 They said to the woman, “No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one[cl] really is the Savior of the world.”[cm]
Onward to Galilee
43 After the two days he departed from there to Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)[cn] 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem[co] at the feast[cp] (for they themselves had gone to the feast).[cq]
Healing the Royal Official’s Son
46 Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine.[cr] In[cs] Capernaum[ct] there was a certain royal official[cu] whose son was sick. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him[cv] to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people[cw] see signs and wonders you will never believe!”[cx] 49 “Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus told him, “Go home;[cy] your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.[cz]
51 While he was on his way down,[da] his slaves[db] met him and told him that his son was going to live. 52 So he asked them the time[dc] when his condition began to improve,[dd] and[de] they told him, “Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon[df] the fever left him.” 53 Then the father realized that it was the very time[dg] Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed along with his entire household. 54 Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign[dh] when he returned from Judea to Galilee.
Introduction to the Book
1 The proverbs[a] of Solomon,[b] son of David, king of Israel:
2 To[c] learn[d] wisdom[e] and moral instruction,[f]
to discern[g] wise counsel.[h]
3 To receive[i] moral instruction[j] in skillful living,[k]
with[l] righteousness,[m] justice,[n] and equity.[o]
4 To impart[p] shrewdness[q] to the morally naive,[r]
a discerning[s] plan[t] to the young person.[u]
5 (Let the wise also[v] hear[w] and gain[x] instruction,
and let the discerning[y] acquire guidance![z])
6 To discern[aa] the meaning of[ab] a proverb and a parable,[ac]
the sayings of the wise[ad] and their riddles.[ae]
Introduction to the Theme of the Book
7 Fearing the Lord[af] is the beginning[ag] of discernment,[ah]
but[ai] fools[aj] have despised[ak] wisdom and moral instruction.[al]
8 Listen,[am] my child,[an] to the instruction[ao] from[ap] your father,
and do not forsake the teaching[aq] from[ar] your mother.
9 For they will be like[as] an elegant[at] garland[au] on[av] your head,
and like[aw] pendants[ax] around[ay] your neck.
Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches
10 My child, if sinners[az] try to entice[ba] you,
do not consent![bb]
11 If they say, “Come with us!
We will[bc] lie in wait[bd] to shed blood;[be]
we will ambush[bf] an innocent person[bg] capriciously.[bh]
12 We will swallow them alive[bi] like Sheol,[bj]
those full of vigor[bk] like those going down to the Pit.
13 We will seize[bl] all kinds of precious wealth;[bm]
we will fill our houses with plunder.[bn]
14 Join with us![bo]
We will all share[bp] equally in what we steal.”[bq]
15 My child, do not go down[br] their way,[bs]
withhold yourself[bt] from their path;[bu]
16 for they[bv] are eager[bw] to inflict harm,[bx]
and they hasten[by] to shed blood.[bz]
17 Surely it is futile to spread[ca] a net
in plain sight of[cb] any bird,[cc]
18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood,[cd]
they ambush their own lives![ce]
19 Such[cf] are the ways[cg] of all who gain profit unjustly;[ch]
it[ci] takes away the life[cj] of those who obtain it![ck]
Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom
20 Wisdom[cl] calls out[cm] in the street,
she shouts loudly[cn] in the plazas;[co]
21 at the head of the noisy streets[cp] she calls,
in the entrances of the gates in the city[cq] she utters her words:[cr]
22 “How long will you simpletons[cs] love naiveté?[ct]
How long[cu] have mockers[cv] delighted in[cw] mockery?[cx]
And how long[cy] will fools[cz] hate knowledge?
23 You should respond to[da] my rebuke.[db]
Then[dc] I would pour out[dd] my thoughts[de] to you;
I would make[df] my words known to you.
24 However,[dg] because[dh] I called but you refused to listen,[di]
because[dj] I stretched out my hand[dk] but no one was paying attention,[dl]
25 and you neglected[dm] all my advice,
and did not comply[dn] with my rebuke,
26 so[do] I myself will laugh[dp] when disaster strikes you,[dq]
I will mock when what you dread[dr] comes,
27 when what you dread[ds] comes like a whirlwind,[dt]
and disaster strikes you[du] like a devastating storm,[dv]
when distressing trouble[dw] comes on you.
28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer;
they will diligently seek[dx] me, but they will not find me.
29 Because[dy] they hated moral knowledge,[dz]
and did not choose to fear the Lord,[ea]
30 they did not comply with my advice,
they spurned[eb] all my rebuke.
31 Therefore[ec] they will eat from the fruit[ed] of their way,[ee]
and they will be stuffed full[ef] of their own counsel.
32 For the waywardness[eg] of the
simpletons will kill[eh] them,
and the careless ease[ei] of fools will destroy them.
33 But the one who listens[ej] to me will live in security,[ek]
and will be at ease[el] from the dread of harm.”
Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth
13 This is the third time I am coming to visit[a] you. By the testimony[b] of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.[c] 2 I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,[d] 3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He[e] is not weak toward you but is powerful among you. 4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you. 5 Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless, indeed, you fail the test![f] 6 And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test![g] 7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test,[h] but so that you may do what is right[i] even if we may appear to have failed the test.[j] 8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth. 9 For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.[k] 10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive[l] I may not have to deal harshly with you[m] by using my authority—the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
Final Exhortations and Greetings
11 Finally, brothers and sisters,[n] rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. 12 [o] Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you. 13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship[p] of the Holy Spirit be with you all.[q]
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