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 15; Numbers 15; Ephesians 3; 1 Thessalonians2; Job 8; Psalms 132; Proverbs 8; 2 Kings 6; Ezekiel 9; Acts 20.

Mark 15

1	And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
2	And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
3	And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
4	And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
5	But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled.
6	Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
7	And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8	And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
9	But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
10	For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
11	But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
12	And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13	And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14	Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15	And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16	And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
17	And they clothed him with purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
18	And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19	And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped him.
20	And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
21	And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
22	And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23	And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
24	And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25	And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26	And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27	And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
28	And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
29	And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
30	Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31	Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32	Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
33	And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34	And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35	And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.
36	And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
37	And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38	And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
39	And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40	There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41	(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
42	And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
43	Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
44	And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45	And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46	And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulcher.
47	And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Numbers 15

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2	Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
3	And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
4	Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil.
5	And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
6	Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil.
7	And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet savor unto the LORD.
8	And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
9	Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half a hin of oil.
10	And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
11	Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
12	According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
13	All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
14	And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
15	One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance forever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
16	One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
18	Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
19	Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave offering unto the LORD.
20	Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for a heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
21	Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD a heave offering in your generations.
22	And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
23	Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
24	Then it shall be, if aught be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
25	And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
26	And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
27	And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
28	And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
29	Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
30	But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31	Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
32	And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33	And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34	And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35	And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36	And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
37	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
38	Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribbon of blue:
39	And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40	That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41	I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

Ephesians 3

1	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2	If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3	How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4	Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6	That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7	Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9	And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10	To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11	According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12	In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13	Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14	For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15	Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16	That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17	That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18	May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19	And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
20	Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21	Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Job 8

1	Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2	How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3	Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4	If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5	If thou wouldest seek unto God quickly, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6	If thou wast pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7	Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8	For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9	(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
10	Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11	Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12	Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13	So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14	Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15	He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16	He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17	His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18	If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19	Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20	Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evildoers:
21	Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22	They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught.

Psalms 132

1	A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
2	How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
3	Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
4	I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
5	Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
6	Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
7	We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
8	Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
9	Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
10	For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
11	The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12	If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne forevermore.
13	For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
14	This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
15	I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16	I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17	There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
18	His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Proverbs 8

1	Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2	She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3	She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4	Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5	O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6	Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7	For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8	All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9	They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10	Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11	For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12	I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
13	The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14	Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
15	By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16	By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17	I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
18	Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
19	My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
20	I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21	That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22	The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23	I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24	When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26	While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27	When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28	When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29	When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30	Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31	Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
32	Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33	Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34	Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35	For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD.
36	But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

2 Kings 6

1	And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2	Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
3	And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
4	So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
5	But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6	And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
7	Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8	Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9	And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10	And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11	Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12	And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13	And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
14	Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15	And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16	And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17	And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18	And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19	And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20	And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
21	And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22	And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23	And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24	And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25	And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
26	And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27	And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28	And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
29	So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30	And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
31	Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32	But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
33	And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

Ezekiel 9

1	He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2	And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
3	And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
4	And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5	And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6	Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7	And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
8	And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
9	Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
10	And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
11	And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Acts 20

1	And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
2	And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3	And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
4	And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5	These going before tarried for us at Troas.
6	And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
7	And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8	And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
9	And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10	And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
11	When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
12	And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
13	And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
14	And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15	And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
16	For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17	And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
18	And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
19	Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20	And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
21	Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22	And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23	Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24	But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25	And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26	Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27	For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28	Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29	For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30	Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31	Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
32	And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
33	I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34	Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
35	I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36	And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37	And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38	Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

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