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 12; Genesis 47; Hebrews 13; 1 John 4; Ecclesiastes 6; Psalms 84; Proverbs 17; Nehemiah 8; Zechariah 2; Acts 10.

Luke 12

1	In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2	For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3	Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4	And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5	But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6	Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7	But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8	Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9	But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10	And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11	And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12	For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13	And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14	And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15	And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16	And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17	And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18	And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19	And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20	But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21	So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22	And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23	The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24	Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
25	And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26	If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27	Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28	If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29	And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30	For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31	But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32	Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33	Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34	For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35	Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36	And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37	Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38	And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39	And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40	Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41	Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42	And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43	Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44	Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45	But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46	The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47	And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48	But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49	I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50	But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51	Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52	For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53	The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54	And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55	And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56	Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57	Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58	When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59	I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Genesis 47

1	Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2	And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3	And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
4	They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5	And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6	The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7	And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8	And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9	And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10	And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11	And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12	And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
13	And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14	And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15	And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
16	And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17	And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18	When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19	Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
20	And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21	And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22	Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
23	Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
24	And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
25	And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
26	And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27	And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28	And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years.
29	And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30	But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31	And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Hebrews 13

1	Let brotherly love continue.
2	Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3	Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4	Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5	Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6	So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7	Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8	Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
9	Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10	We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11	For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12	Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13	Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14	For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15	By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16	But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17	Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18	Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
19	But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20	Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21	Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22	And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
23	Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
24	Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
25	Grace be with you all. Amen.

1 John 4

1	Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2	Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3	And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4	Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5	They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6	We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7	Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8	He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9	In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10	Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11	Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12	No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13	Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14	And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
15	Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16	And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17	Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18	There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19	We love him, because he first loved us.
20	If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21	And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Ecclesiastes 6

1	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2	A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3	If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
4	For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5	Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6	Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7	All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8	For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9	Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10	That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11	Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12	For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Psalms 84

1	To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2	My soul longeth, yea even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3	Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4	Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5	Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6	Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7	They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8	O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9	Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10	For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11	For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12	O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Proverbs 17

1	Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
2	A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3	The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4	A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5	Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6	Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7	Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8	A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9	He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10	A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11	An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12	Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13	Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14	The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15	He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16	Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17	A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18	A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19	He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20	He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21	He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22	A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23	A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24	Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25	A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
26	Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27	He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28	Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Nehemiah 8

1	And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2	And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3	And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
4	And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5	And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6	And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7	Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8	So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9	And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10	Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
11	So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12	And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
13	And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
14	And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
15	And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
16	So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17	And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18	Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

Zechariah 2

1	I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2	Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3	And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4	And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5	For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6	Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
7	Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8	For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9	For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
10	Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
11	And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12	And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13	Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Acts 10

1	There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
2	A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
3	He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4	And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
5	And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6	He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
7	And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
8	And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
9	On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10	And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11	And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12	Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13	And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14	But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15	And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16	This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
17	Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
18	And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19	While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20	Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21	Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
22	And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
23	Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
24	And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
25	And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
26	But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27	And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
28	And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
29	Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
30	And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
31	And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
32	Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33	Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
34	Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35	But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
36	The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all: )
37	That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
38	How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
39	And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40	Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;
41	Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42	And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43	To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44	While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
45	And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46	For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47	Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48	And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

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