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 Luke 14; Numbers 30; Hebrews 4; 2 Timothy 3; Job 23; Psalms 147; Proverbs 23; 2 Kings 21; Ezekiel 24; Acts 7.

Luke 14

1	And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
2	And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
3	And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4	And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
5	And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
6	And they could not answer him again to these things.
7	And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
8	When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him;
9	And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10	But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
11	For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
12	Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
13	But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14	And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15	And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16	Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17	And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18	And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19	And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20	And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21	So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22	And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23	And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24	For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
25	And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
26	If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27	And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28	For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29	Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30	Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31	Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32	Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth ambassadors, and desireth conditions of peace.
33	So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34	Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35	It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Numbers 30

1	And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
2	If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3	If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
4	And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
5	But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
6	And if she had at all a husband, when she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
7	And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
8	But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
9	But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
10	And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
11	And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
12	But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
13	Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
14	But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
15	But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
16	These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.

Hebrews 4

1	Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2	For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3	For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4	For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5	And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6	Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7	Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8	For if Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9	There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10	For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11	Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12	For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13	Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14	Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15	For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16	Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

2 Timothy 3

1	This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2	For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3	Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4	Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5	Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6	For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7	Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8	Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9	But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10	But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11	Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12	Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13	But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14	But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15	And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16	All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17	That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Job 23

1	Then Job answered and said,
2	Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3	Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4	I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5	I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6	Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7	There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.
8	Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9	On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10	But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11	My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12	Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13	But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14	For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15	Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16	For God maketh my heart soft and the Almighty troubleth me:
17	Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Psalms 147

1	Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2	The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3	He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4	He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5	Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6	The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7	Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8	Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9	He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10	He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11	The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12	Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13	For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14	He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15	He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16	He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17	He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18	He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19	He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20	He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

Proverbs 23

1	When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2	And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3	Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4	Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5	Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6	Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7	For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8	The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9	Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10	Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11	For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12	Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13	Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14	Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15	My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16	Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17	Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18	For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19	Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20	Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21	For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22	Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23	Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24	The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25	Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
26	My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27	For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28	She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29	Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30	They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31	Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32	At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33	Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34	Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35	They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

2 Kings 21

1	Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
2	And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
3	For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4	And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5	And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
6	And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
7	And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
8	Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
9	But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
10	And the LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
11	Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
12	Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
13	And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
14	And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
15	Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
16	Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
17	Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18	And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19	Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20	And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
21	And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
22	And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
23	And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
24	And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
25	Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26	And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

Ezekiel 24

1	Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2	Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
3	And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
4	Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
5	Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
6	Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
7	For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8	That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
9	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
10	Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
11	Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
12	She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
13	In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
14	I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
15	Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
16	Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
17	Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
18	So I spoke unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19	And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
20	Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
21	Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
22	And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
23	And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
24	Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
25	Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
26	That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
27	In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Acts 7

1	Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2	And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3	And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4	Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5	And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6	And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7	And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8	And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9	And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10	And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11	Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12	But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13	And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14	Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15	So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16	And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.
17	But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18	Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19	The same dealt subtlely with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20	In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
21	And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22	And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23	And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24	And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25	For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26	And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
27	But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28	Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
29	Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
30	And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31	When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32	Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33	Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34	I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35	This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36	He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37	This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38	This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39	To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40	Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41	And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42	Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43	Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44	Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45	Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46	Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47	But Solomon built him a house.
48	Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49	Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50	Hath not my hand made all these things?
51	Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52	Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53	Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54	When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55	But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56	And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57	Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58	And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59	And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60	And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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