Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

¹On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’s mother was there, and

²Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

³When the wine ran out, Jesus’s mother told him, “They don’t have any wine.”

⁴“What does that have to do with you and me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.”

⁵“Do whatever he tells you,” his mother told the servants.

⁶Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained twenty or thirty gallons.

⁷“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.

⁸Then he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the headwaiter.” And they did.

⁹When the headwaiter tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from — though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom

¹⁰and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people are drunk, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

¹¹Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

¹²After this, he went down to Capernaum, together with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

¹³The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁴In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there.

¹⁵After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables.

¹⁶He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”

¹⁷And his disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for your house will consume me.

¹⁸So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”

¹⁹Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.”

²⁰Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and will you raise it up in three days?”

²¹But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

²²So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

²³While he was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many believed in his name when they saw the signs he was doing.

²⁴Jesus, however, would not entrust himself to them, since he knew them all

²⁵and because he did not need anyone to testify about man; for he himself knew what was in man.

¹These were the stages of the Israelites’ journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

²At the LORD’s command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points:

³They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in the sight of all the Egyptians.

⁴Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the LORD had struck down among them, for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

⁵The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

⁶They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

⁷They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

⁸They traveled from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

⁹They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

¹⁰They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

¹¹They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

¹²They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.

¹³They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

¹⁵They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

¹⁶They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

¹⁷They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

¹⁸They traveled from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

¹⁹They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

²⁰They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

²¹They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They traveled from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

²³They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They traveled from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They traveled from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They traveled from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They traveled from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

³¹They traveled from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

³²They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

³³They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

³⁴They traveled from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

³⁵They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

³⁶They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).

³⁷They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the edge of the land of Edom.

³⁸At the LORD’s command, the priest Aaron climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the Israelites went out of the land of Egypt.

³⁹Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

⁴⁰At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard the Israelites were coming.

⁴¹They traveled from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They traveled from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They traveled from Punon and camped at Oboth.

⁴⁴They traveled from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

⁴⁵They traveled from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

⁴⁶They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

⁴⁷They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim range facing Nebo.

⁴⁸They traveled from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

⁴⁹They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to the Acacia Meadow on the plains of Moab.

⁵⁰The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,

⁵¹“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

⁵²you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.

⁵³You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.

⁵⁴You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

⁵⁵But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs for your eyes and thorns for your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.

⁵⁶And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”

¹Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

²If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, because you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

³My defense to those who examine me is this:

⁴Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

⁵Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

⁶Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?

⁷Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

⁸Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned about oxen?

¹⁰Isn’t he really saying it for our sake? Yes, this is written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing the crop.

¹¹If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

¹²If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right; instead, we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.

¹³Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?

¹⁴In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.

¹⁵For my part I have used none of these rights, nor have I written these things that they may be applied in my case. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!

¹⁶For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach  — and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

¹⁷For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a commission.

¹⁸What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

¹⁹Although I am free from all and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

²⁰To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law — though I myself am not under the law  — to win those under the law.

²¹To those who are without the law, like one without the law — though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ — to win those without the law.

²²To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

²³Now I do all this because of the gospel, so that I may share in the blessings.

²⁴Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.

²⁵Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable crown.

²⁶So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.

²⁷Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

¹Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

²through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

³They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

⁴For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

⁵since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

⁶If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

⁷But have nothing to do with pointless and silly myths. Rather, train yourself in godliness.

⁸For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

⁹This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.

¹⁰For this reason we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

¹¹Command and teach these things.

¹²Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.

¹³Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching.

¹⁴Don’t neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

¹⁵Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

¹⁶Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

¹Job continued his discourse, saying:

²As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

³as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

⁴my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

⁵I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die.

⁶I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!

⁷May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

⁸For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

⁹Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?

¹⁰Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

¹¹I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.

¹²All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?

¹³This is a wicked man’s lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

¹⁴Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

¹⁵Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them.

¹⁶Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like clay —

¹⁷he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.

¹⁸The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon or a shelter set up by a watchman.

¹⁹He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

²¹An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.

²²It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its force.

²³It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place.

¹Of David. [1] Do not be agitated by evildoers; do not envy those who do wrong.

²For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.

³Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely.

⁴Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act,

⁶making your righteousness shine like the dawn, your justice like the noonday.

⁷Be silent before the LORD and wait expectantly for him; do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way, by the person who carries out evil plans.

⁸Refrain from anger and give up your rage; do not be agitated — it can only bring harm.

⁹For evildoers will be destroyed, but those who put their hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

¹⁰A little while, and the wicked person will be no more; though you look for him, he will not be there.

¹¹But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

¹²The wicked person schemes against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

¹³The Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow to bring down the poor and needy and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

¹⁵Their swords will enter their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶The little that the righteous person has is better than the abundance of many wicked people.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD watches over the blameless all their days, and their inheritance will last forever.

¹⁹They will not be disgraced in times of adversity; they will be satisfied in days of hunger.

²⁰But the wicked will perish; the LORD’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures, will fade away — they will fade away like smoke.

²¹The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

²²Those who are blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will be destroyed.

²³A person’s steps are established by the LORD, and he takes pleasure in his way.

²⁴Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, because the LORD supports him with his hand.

²⁵I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned or his children begging for bread.

²⁶He is always generous, always lending, and his children are a blessing.

²⁷Turn away from evil, do what is good, and settle permanently.

²⁸For the LORD loves justice and will not abandon his faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

²⁹The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it permanently.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom; his tongue speaks what is just.

³¹The instruction of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

³²The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous and intends to kill him;

³³the LORD will not leave him in the power of the wicked one or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.

³⁴Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

³⁵I have seen a wicked, violent person well-rooted, like a flourishing native tree.

³⁶Then I passed by and noticed he was gone; I searched for him, but he could not be found.

³⁷Watch the blameless and observe the upright, for the person of peace will have a future.

³⁸But transgressors will all be eliminated; the future of the wicked will be destroyed.

³⁹The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD, their refuge in a time of distress.

⁴⁰The LORD helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked and will save them because they take refuge in him.

¹Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day might bring.

²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth — a stranger, and not your own lips.

³A stone is heavy and sand, a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

⁴Fury is cruel, and anger a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

⁵Better an open reprimand than concealed love.

⁶The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

⁷A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

⁸Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.

⁹Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

¹⁰Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

¹¹Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.

¹²A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

¹³Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

¹⁴If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

¹⁵An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike;

¹⁶the one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another.

¹⁸Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.

¹⁹As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹A crucible refines silver, a smelter refines gold, and a person refines his praise.

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.

²³Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds,

²⁴for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time.

²⁵When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered in,

²⁶lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field;

²⁷there will be enough goat’s milk for your food — food for your household and nourishment for your female servants.

¹After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control.

²He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

³David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.

⁴David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.

⁵When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

⁶Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

⁷David took the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.

⁸King David also took huge quantities of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.

⁹When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

¹⁰he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Toi and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Joram had items of silver, gold, and bronze with him.

¹¹King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued  —

¹²from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹³David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.

¹⁴He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

¹⁵So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

¹⁶Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

¹⁷Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary;

¹⁸Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials.

¹This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah, asking,

²“Inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all his past wondrous works so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”

³But Jeremiah answered, “This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:

⁴‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am about to repel the weapons of war in your hands, those you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall, and I will bring them into the center of this city.

⁵I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, with anger, rage, and intense wrath.

⁶I will strike the residents of this city, both people and animals. They will die in a severe plague.

⁷Afterward — this is the LORD’s declaration — King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people — those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine — I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.’

⁸“But tell this people, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

⁹Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live and will retain his life like the spoils of war.

¹⁰For I have set my face against this city to bring disaster and not good  — this is the LORD’s declaration. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will burn it.’

¹¹“And to the house of the king of Judah say this: ‘Hear the word of the LORD!

¹²House of David, this is what the LORD says: Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor, or my anger will flare up like fire and burn unquenchably because of your evil deeds.

¹³Beware! I am against you, you who sit above the valley, you atop the rocky plateau — this is the LORD’s declaration — you who say, “Who can come down against us? Who can enter our hiding places?”

¹⁴I will punish you according to what you have done  — this is the LORD’s declaration. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around it.’”

¹I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

²until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

³After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

⁴While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about;

⁵for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

⁶So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

⁷He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

⁸But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

⁹After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

¹⁰While he was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them.

¹¹They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen him going into heaven.”

¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem — a Sabbath day’s journey away.

¹³When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

¹⁴They all were continually united in prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

¹⁵In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters  — the number of people who were together was about a hundred and twenty — and said:

¹⁶“Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David foretold about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁷For he was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

¹⁸Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst, his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.

¹⁹This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, Field of Blood).

²⁰“For it is written in the Book of Psalms: Let his dwelling become desolate; let no one live in it; and Let someone else take his position.

²¹“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us —

²²beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us — from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

²³So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.

²⁴Then they prayed, “You, Lord, know everyone’s hearts; show which of these two you have chosen

²⁵to take the place in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.”

²⁶Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.