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 2; Leviticus 20; Colossians 2; 1 John 2; Ecclesiastes 7; Psalms 147; Proverbs 18; Ruth 3; Isaiah 47; Acts 17.

Mark 2

1	And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2	And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3	And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4	And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5	When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6	But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7	Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8	And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9	Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10	But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11	I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12	And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
13	And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14	And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15	And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16	And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17	When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18	And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19	And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20	But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21	No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
22	And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23	And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24	And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25	And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
26	How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27	And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28	Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Leviticus 20

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2	Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
3	And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
4	And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
5	Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
6	And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
7	Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
8	And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
9	For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10	And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11	And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
12	And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
13	If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14	And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
15	And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
16	And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
17	And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18	And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19	And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20	And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21	And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
22	Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out.
23	And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24	But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
25	Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
26	And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
27	A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

Colossians 2

1	For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2	That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3	In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4	And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5	For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6	As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7	Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9	For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10	And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11	In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12	Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13	And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14	Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15	And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16	Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17	Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18	Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19	And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20	Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21	(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22	Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23	Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.

1 John 2

1	My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2	And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3	And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4	He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5	But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6	He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7	Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8	Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9	He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10	He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11	But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12	I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13	I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14	I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15	Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16	For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17	And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
18	Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19	They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20	But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21	I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22	Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23	Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24	Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25	And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life,
26	These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27	But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28	And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29	If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

Ecclesiastes 7

1	A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2	It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3	Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4	The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5	It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6	For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7	Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8	Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9	Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10	Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
11	Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12	For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13	Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14	In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15	All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
16	Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
17	Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
18	It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
19	Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
20	For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
21	Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22	For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
23	All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24	That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25	I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26	And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27	Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28	Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
29	Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Psalms 147

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

Proverbs 18

1	Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2	A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
3	When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
4	The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
5	It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6	A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7	A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8	The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9	He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
10	The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
11	The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.
12	Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
13	He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
14	The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
15	The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
16	A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
17	He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.
18	The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
19	A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20	A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21	Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22	Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.
23	The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24	A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Ruth 3

1	Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2	And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley tonight in the threshingfloor.
3	Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4	And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5	And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6	And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.
7	And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
8	And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9	And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
10	And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
11	And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
12	And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13	Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
14	And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
15	Also he said, Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
16	And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
17	And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.
18	Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

Isaiah 47

1	Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2	Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3	Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
4	As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5	Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6	I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7	And thou saidst, I shall be a lady forever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
8	Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9	But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10	For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
11	Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
12	Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
13	Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
14	Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15	Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast labored, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Acts 17

1	Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2	And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,
3	Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4	And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5	But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6	And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7	Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8	And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9	And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10	And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11	These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12	Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13	But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14	And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
15	And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16	Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17	Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18	Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19	And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20	For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21	(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22	Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23	For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24	God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25	Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26	And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27	That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28	For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29	Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30	And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31	Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32	And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33	So Paul departed from among them.
34	Howbeit certain men cleaved unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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