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 Matthew 22; Genesis 13; 2 Corinthians 12; 1 Thessalonians5; Job 14; Psalms 50; Proverbs 14; 2 Chronicles 20; Joel 3; Acts 4.

Matthew 22

1	And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2	The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son.
3	And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4	Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5	But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6	And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7	But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8	Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9	Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10	So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11	And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12	And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13	Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14	For many are called, but few are chosen.
15	Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16	And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17	Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18	But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19	Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20	And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21	They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22	When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.
23	The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24	saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25	Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26	Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27	And last of all the woman died also.
28	Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29	Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30	For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31	But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
32	I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33	And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
34	But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35	Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36	Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37	Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38	This is the first and great commandment.
39	And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40	On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41	While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42	saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
43	He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44	The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45	If David then call him, Lord, how is he his son?
46	And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Genesis 13

1	And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2	And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3	And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4	Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5	And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6	And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7	And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8	And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we be brethren.
9	Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10	And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11	Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12	Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13	But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
14	And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15	For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
16	And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17	Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18	Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

2 Corinthians 12

1	It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2	I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third heaven.
3	And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4	How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5	Of such a one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
6	For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7	And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8	For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9	And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10	Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11	I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
12	Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13	For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14	Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15	And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16	But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17	Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
18	I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
19	Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
20	For I fear, lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
21	And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

Job 14

1	Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2	He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3	And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4	Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5	Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6	Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7	For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8	Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9	Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10	But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11	As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12	So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13	O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14	If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15	Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16	For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17	My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18	And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19	The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20	Thou prevailest forever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21	His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22	But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Psalms 50

1	A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2	Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3	Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4	He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5	Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6	And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7	Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8	I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9	I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10	For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11	I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12	If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
13	Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14	Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15	And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16	But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17	Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18	When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19	Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20	Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21	These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22	Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23	Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.

Proverbs 14

1	Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
2	He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
3	In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4	Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5	A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6	A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7	Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8	The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9	Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
10	The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
11	The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12	There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13	Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14	The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
15	The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
16	A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17	He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18	The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19	The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20	The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich hath many friends.
21	He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22	Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23	In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24	The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25	A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
26	In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27	The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28	In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29	He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30	A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31	He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
32	The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
33	Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
34	Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
35	The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

2 Chronicles 20

1	It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2	Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
3	And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4	And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5	And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
6	And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
7	Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend forever?
8	And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
9	If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
10	And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
11	Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
12	O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
13	And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
14	Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
15	And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
16	Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17	Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
18	And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.
19	And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20	And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21	And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth forever.
22	And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23	For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24	And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25	And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26	And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
27	Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28	And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
29	And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
30	So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31	And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32	And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
33	Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
34	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
35	And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
36	And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
37	Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Joel 3

1	For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2	I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3	And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4	Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head;
5	Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
6	The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7	Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
8	And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
9	Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10	Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11	Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
12	Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13	Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14	Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15	The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16	The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17	So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
18	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19	Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20	But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21	For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

Acts 4

1	And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2	Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3	And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4	Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5	And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
6	And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7	And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8	Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9	If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10	Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11	This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12	Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13	Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14	And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15	But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16	saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17	But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18	And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19	But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20	For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
21	So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
22	For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.
23	And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
24	And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25	Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26	The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27	For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29	And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30	By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31	And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32	And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33	And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34	Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35	And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36	And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37	Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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