M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
18 ¶ When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done with Moses and with Israel his people and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt,
2 then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
3 and her two sons, of which the name of the one was Gershon, for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land,
4 and the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, said he, helped me and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh;
5 and Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he was camped next to the mount of God;
6 and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee and thy wife and her two sons with her.
7 ¶ And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and did obeisance and kissed him; and they asked each other of their peace; and they came into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and all the travail that had come upon them in the way and how the LORD delivered them.
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they dealt proudly he prevailed against them.
12 And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took burnt offerings and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
13 ¶ And it came to pass another day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14 And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone and all the people stand before thee from morning unto evening?
15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God.
16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I declare unto them the statutes of God and his laws.
17 Then Moses’ father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee; for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people before God that thou may submit the causes unto God.
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws and shalt show them the way in which they must walk and the work that they must do.
21 Moreover thou shalt consider out of all the people men of virtue, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place princes over them, of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons; and it shall be that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge, so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23 If thou shalt do this thing and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
25 And Moses chose men of virtue out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, princes over thousands, over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens.
26 And they judged the people at all seasons; the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went to his own land.
21 ¶ And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting two mites in there.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you that this poor widow has cast in more than they all;
4 for all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God, but she out of her poverty has cast in all the living that she had.
5 ¶ And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come in which there shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall begin to come to pass?
8 Then he said, Take heed that ye not be deceived, for many shall come in my name, saying, I am; and the time draws near; therefore, go ye not after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass, but the end is not yet.
10 Then he said unto them, Gentiles shall rise against Gentiles, and kingdom against kingdom;
11 and there shall be great earthquakes in different places and famines and pestilences, and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
13 And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what ye shall answer;
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolk and friends, and some of you they shall cause to be put to death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
18 But not a hair of your head shall perish.
19 In your patience ye shall possess your souls.
20 ¶ And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is near.
21 Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the midst of it depart out, and let not those that are in the country enter thereinto.
22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 Then there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 men’s hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near.
29 ¶ And he spoke unto them a parable: Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
30 when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is near at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away until all is fulfilled.
33 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with excess and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare it shall come on all those that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man.
37 And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple, and at night he went out and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
38 And all the people came unto him early in the morning to hear him in the temple.
36 ¶ And Elihu added and said,
2 Wait for me a little, and I will teach thee; for I yet speak on God’s behalf.
3 I will take my knowledge from afar and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words are not lies; for I share perfect knowledge with thee.
5 ¶ Behold, God is mighty and does not despise; he is mighty in virtue of heart.
6 He shall not give life to the wicked; but to the poor he shall give their right.
7 He shall not withdraw his eyes from the righteous; but with kings he shall place them on the throne for ever, and they shall be exalted.
8 And if they were bound in fetters and captive in cords of affliction,
9 then he shall show them their work and that their rebellions prevailed.
10 He opens their ear to instruction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 If they hearken and serve him, they shall spend their days in goodness and their years in delight.
12 But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart shall irritate him more; they shall not cry out when he binds them.
14 Their soul shall die in youth, and their life is among the male pagan cult prostitutes.
15 ¶ He shall deliver the poor from his poverty, and in affliction shall open their ears.
16 Likewise, he would have removed thee out of the mouth of anguish into a broad place where there is no distress and should have set thy table full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, against the judgment and the justice that sustain everything.
18 Therefore it is to be feared that he take thee away with a stroke, which cannot be avoided even with a great ransom.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? No, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Do not desire the night, when he cuts people off in their place.
21 Take heed, do not regard iniquity, to choose it rather than poverty.
22 Behold, God is exalted by his power; what teacher is like him?
23 Who has prescribed his way unto him? Or who shall say unto him, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
24 ¶ Remember to magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 For he detains the drops of water; when the rain pours down rain out of its vapour,
28 which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
29 Shall you understand the spreadings of the clouds or the noise of his tent?
30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it and covers the roots of the sea.
31 For by them he judges the peoples; he gives food to the multitude.
32 With the clouds he covers the light and commands them to come against the light.
33 The one gives news of the other; the one acquires wrath against the one that comes.
6 ¶ We then, as workers together with him, exhort you also that ye have not received the grace of God in vain.
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in the day of saving health I have succoured thee; behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of saving health.)
3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry not be blamed,
4 But in all things showing ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,
5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
6 in chastity, in knowledge, in meekness, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned charity,
7 in the word of truth, in the power of God through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 through honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet as men of the truth;
9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, but, behold, we live; as chastened, but not killed;
10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 ¶ O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship does righteousness have with unrighteousness? and what communion does light have with darkness?
15 And what concord does Christ have with Belial? or what part do the faithful have with the unfaithful?
16 And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing; and I will receive you
18 and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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