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 9; Genesis 28; Philippians 2; Titus 2; Job 29; Psalms 65; Proverbs 29; 2 Chronicles 35; Micah 1; Acts 19.

Mark 9

1	And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2	And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3	And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4	And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5	And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
6	For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7	And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8	And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9	And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10	And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11	And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
12	And he answered and told them, Elijah verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.
13	But I say unto you, That Elijah is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14	And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15	And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16	And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17	And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18	And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19	He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20	And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tore him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21	And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22	And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23	Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24	And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25	When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26	And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27	But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28	And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29	And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30	And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
31	For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32	But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33	And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
34	But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35	And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
36	And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
37	Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38	And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbade him, because he followeth not us.
39	But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40	For he that is not against us is on our part.
41	For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
42	And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43	And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45	And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47	And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49	For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50	Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Genesis 28

1	And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2	Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3	And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4	And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5	And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6	When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7	And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
8	And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9	Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10	And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11	And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12	And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13	And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14	And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15	And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16	And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17	And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18	And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19	And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
20	And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21	So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22	And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Philippians 2

1	If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2	Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3	Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4	Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5	Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6	Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7	But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8	And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9	Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10	That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11	And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12	Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13	For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14	Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15	That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16	Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
17	Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18	For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19	But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20	For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21	For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
22	But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
23	Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
24	But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25	Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26	For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27	For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28	I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29	Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
30	Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Titus 2

1	But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2	That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3	The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4	That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5	To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
6	Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7	In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
8	Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
9	Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
10	Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
11	For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12	Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13	Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;
14	Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15	These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Job 29

1	Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2	Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3	When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4	As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5	When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6	When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7	When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8	The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9	The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10	The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11	When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12	Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13	The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14	I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15	I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16	I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17	And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18	Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19	My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20	My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21	Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22	After my words they spoke not again and my speech dropped upon them.
23	And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24	If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25	I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Psalms 65

1	To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2	O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3	Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4	Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5	By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6	Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7	Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8	They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9	Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10	Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11	Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12	They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13	The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Proverbs 29

1	He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2	When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
3	Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
4	The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
5	A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
6	In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7	The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
8	Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
9	If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
10	The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
11	A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
12	If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
13	The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
14	The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
15	The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
16	When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17	Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
18	Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
19	A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20	Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21	He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
22	An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
23	A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
24	Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and betrayeth it not.
25	The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
26	Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
27	An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

2 Chronicles 35

1	Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2	And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
3	And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
4	And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
5	And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
6	So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
7	And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
8	And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
9	Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10	So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
11	And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
12	And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
13	And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
14	And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
15	And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
16	So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
17	And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18	And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
20	After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
21	But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
22	Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
23	And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
24	His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
25	And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
26	Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
27	And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Micah 1

1	The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2	Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3	For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4	And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
5	For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
6	Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
7	And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of a harlot, and they shall return to the hire of a harlot.
8	Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9	For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10	Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11	Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
12	For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13	O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14	Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15	Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
16	Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Acts 19

1	And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2	He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3	And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4	Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5	When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6	And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7	And all the men were about twelve.
8	And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9	But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10	And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11	And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12	So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13	Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14	And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15	And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16	And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17	And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18	And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.
19	Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20	So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21	After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22	So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23	And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24	For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25	Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26	Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27	So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28	And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29	And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.
30	And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
31	And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater.
32	Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33	And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense unto the people.
34	But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35	And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36	Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37	For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38	Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
39	But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40	For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41	And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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