Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Mark 3; Numbers 3; 2 Corinthians 10; Revelation 12; Song of Solomon 4; Psalms 120; Proverbs 27; 1 Kings 16; Lam 2; Acts 8.

Mark 3

1	And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
2	And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3	And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4	And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5	And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
6	And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7	But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
8	And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
9	And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10	For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
11	And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12	And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13	And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
14	And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15	And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16	And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17	And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18	And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19	And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into a house.
20	And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21	And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22	And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23	And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24	And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25	And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26	And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27	No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28	Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29	But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
30	Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31	There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32	And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33	And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34	And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35	For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Numbers 3

1	These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.
2	And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3	These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4	And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
6	Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7	And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8	And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9	And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10	And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
12	And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13	Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
14	And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15	Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16	And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
17	And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18	And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19	And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20	And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21	Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22	Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23	The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24	And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25	And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26	And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27	And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28	In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29	The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30	And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31	And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32	And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33	Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34	And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
35	And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36	And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
37	And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38	But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39	All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40	And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41	And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42	And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43	And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
45	Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
46	And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
47	Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs: )
48	And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49	And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50	Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51	And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Corinthians 10

1	Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2	But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3	For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4	(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
5	Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6	And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
7	Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
8	For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
9	That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10	For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11	Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
12	For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themseves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
13	But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
14	For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
15	Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
16	To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
17	But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18	For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Revelation 12

1	And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2	And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3	And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4	And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5	And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6	And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7	And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8	And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9	And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10	And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11	And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12	Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13	And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14	And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15	And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16	And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17	And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Song of Solomon 4

1	Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
2	Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
3	Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
4	Thy neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
5	Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
6	Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
7	Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
8	Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
9	Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
10	How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
11	Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12	A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13	Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14	Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15	A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16	Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

Psalms 120

1	A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2	Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3	What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4	Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5	Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6	My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7	I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Proverbs 27

1	Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2	Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3	A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
4	Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
5	Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6	Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7	The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8	As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9	Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10	Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
11	My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12	A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13	Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14	He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15	A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16	Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrayeth itself.
17	Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18	Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
19	As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20	Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21	As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22	Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23	Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24	For riches are not forever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
25	The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26	The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27	And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

1 Kings 16

1	Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
2	Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
3	Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
4	Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
5	Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6	So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
7	And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
8	In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
9	And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
10	And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11	And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, nor of his friends.
12	Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
13	For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
14	Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15	In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16	And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17	And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18	And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
19	For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
20	Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
21	Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
22	But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
23	In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
24	And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
25	But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
26	For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
27	Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28	So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29	And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
30	And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
31	And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
32	And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33	And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
34	In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

Lamentations 2

1	How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2	The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3	He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4	He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5	The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6	And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7	The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8	The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9	Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
10	The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11	Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12	They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13	What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14	Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
15	All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16	All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17	The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18	Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19	Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20	Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21	The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22	Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

Acts 8

1	And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2	And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3	As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4	Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5	Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6	And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7	For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8	And there was great joy in that city.
9	But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10	To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11	And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12	But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13	Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14	Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15	Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16	(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17	Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18	And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19	saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20	But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21	Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22	Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23	For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24	Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25	And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26	And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27	And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28	Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet.
29	Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30	And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31	And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32	The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33	In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34	And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35	Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36	And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37	And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38	And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39	And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40	But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

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