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 3; Genesis 38; Hebrews 4; 1 Peter 3; Job 39; Psalms 75; Proverbs 8; Ezra 9; Habakkuk 1; Acts 1.

Luke 3

1	Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2	Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3	And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4	As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5	Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6	And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7	Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8	Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9	And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10	And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
11	He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
12	Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
13	And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14	And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
15	And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
16	John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17	Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18	And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19	But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20	Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21	Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22	And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23	And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24	Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25	Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26	Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Judah,
27	Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Shealtiel, which was the son of Neri,
28	Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29	Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30	Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Judah, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31	Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32	Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Boaz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33	Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Judah,
34	Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Terah, which was the son of Nahor,
35	Which was the son of Serug, which was the son of Reu, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
36	Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Shem, which was the son of Noah, which was the son of Lamech,
37	Which was the son of Methuselah, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
38	Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Genesis 38

1	And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2	And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
3	And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.
4	And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan.
5	And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
6	And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7	And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8	And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9	And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10	And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11	Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12	And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13	And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14	And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15	When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.
16	And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17	And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
18	And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19	And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20	And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21	Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22	And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
23	And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24	And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25	When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26	And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27	And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28	And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29	And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
30	And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

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.

1 Peter 3

1	Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2	While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3	Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4	But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5	For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6	Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7	Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
8	Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9	Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10	For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11	Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12	For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
13	And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14	But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15	But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16	Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17	For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18	For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19	By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20	Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21	The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22	Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Job 39

1	Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2	Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3	They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4	Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5	Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6	Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7	He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8	The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9	Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10	Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11	Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
12	Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13	Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14	Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15	And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16	She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
17	Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18	What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19	Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20	Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21	He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22	He mocketh at fear, and is not frightened; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23	The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24	He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25	He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26	Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27	Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28	She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29	From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30	Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

Psalms 75

1	To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2	When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3	The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4	I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5	Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6	For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7	But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8	For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9	But I will declare forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10	All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Proverbs 8

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

Ezra 9

1	Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2	For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
3	And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.
4	Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.
5	And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
6	And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7	Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
8	And now for a little space grace hath been showed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
9	For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
10	And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
11	Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
12	Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
13	And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
14	Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
15	O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Habakkuk 1

1	The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2	O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
3	Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4	Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5	Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6	For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs.
7	They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8	Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
9	They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10	And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every stronghold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11	Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
12	Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
13	Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
14	And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15	They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16	Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
17	Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Acts 1

1	The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2	Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3	To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4	And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5	For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6	When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7	And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8	But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9	And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10	And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11	Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
12	Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13	And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14	These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15	And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about a hundred and twenty,)
16	Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17	For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18	Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19	And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
20	For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishopric let another take.
21	Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22	Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
23	And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24	And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25	That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26	And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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