Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

¹On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

²and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

³When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.”

⁴And Jesus *said to her, “What business do you have with Me, woman? My hour has not yet come.”

⁵His mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you, do it.”

⁶Now there were six stone waterpots standing there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing two or three measures each.

⁷Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

⁸And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to theheadwaiter.” And they took it to him.

⁹Now when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the groom,

¹⁰and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the guests are drunk, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

¹¹This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

¹²After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother, and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

¹³The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁴And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

¹⁵And He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;

¹⁶and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house aplace of business!”

¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written: “ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.”

¹⁸The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?”

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

²⁰The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and yet You will 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 said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name as they observed His signs which He was doing.

²⁴But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people,

²⁵and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in mankind.

¹These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out of the land of Egypt by their armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

²Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.

³Now they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,

⁴while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the LORD had fatally struck among them. The LORD had also executed judgments against their gods.

⁵Then the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses and camped in Succoth.

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

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

⁸They journeyed from Pi-hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea to the wilderness; and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

⁹They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

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

¹¹And they journeyed from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

¹²They journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

¹³They journeyed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴And they journeyed from Alush and camped at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink.

¹⁵And they journeyed from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

¹⁶They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

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

¹⁸They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

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

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

²¹They journeyed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They journeyed from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah.

²³They journeyed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They journeyed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They journeyed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They journeyed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They journeyed from Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They journeyed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They journeyed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They journeyed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

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

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

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

³⁴They journeyed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

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

³⁶They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.

³⁷They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

³⁸Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month.

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

⁴⁰Now the Canaanite, the king of Arad who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard about the coming of the sons of Israel.

⁴¹Then they journeyed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They journeyed from Punon and camped at Oboth.

⁴⁴They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab.

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

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

⁴⁷They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

⁴⁸They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

⁴⁹They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.

⁵⁰Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

⁵¹“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

⁵²you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from you, and destroy all their idolatrous sculptures, destroy all their cast metal images, and eliminate all their high places;

⁵³and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

⁵⁴You shall maintain the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass on land as an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

⁵⁵But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from you, then it will come about that those whom you let remain of them will be like thorns in your eyes and like pricks in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.

⁵⁶And just as I plan 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; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

³My defense to those who examine me is this:

⁴Do we not have a right to eat and drink?

⁵Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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

⁷Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not consume some of the milk of the flock?

⁸I am not just asserting these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well?

⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: “YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE IT IS THRESHING.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He?

¹⁰Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops.

¹¹If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

¹²If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

¹³Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?

¹⁴So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.

¹⁵But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make my boast an empty one!

¹⁶For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.

¹⁷For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless.

¹⁸What, then, is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

¹⁹For though I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may gain more.

²⁰To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law;

²¹to those who are without the Law, I became as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law.

²²To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.

²³I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

²⁴Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

²⁵Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

²⁶Therefore I run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as to avoid hitting air;

²⁷but I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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

²by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,

³who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in 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 gratitude;

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

⁶In pointing out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have been following.

⁷But stay away from worthless stories that are typical of old women. Rather, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness;

⁸for bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

⁹It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance.

¹⁰For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all mankind, especially of believers.

¹¹Prescribe and teach these things.

¹²Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.

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

¹⁴Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was granted to you through words of prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

¹⁵Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

¹⁶Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

¹Job again took up his discourse and said,

²“As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

³For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils,

⁴My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.

⁵Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Until I die, I will not give up my integrity.

⁶I have kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not rebuke any of my days.

⁷“May my enemy be as the wicked, And my opponent as the criminal.

⁸For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life?

⁹Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?

¹⁰Or will he take pleasure in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

¹¹I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you talk of nothing?

¹³“This is the portion of a wicked person from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty:

¹⁴Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.

¹⁶Though he piles up silver like dust, And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

¹⁷He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

¹⁸He has built his house like the spider’s web, Or a hut which the watchman has made.

¹⁹He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it no longer exists.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like a flood; A storm steals him away in the night.

²¹The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; For it sweeps him away from his place.

²²For it will hurl at him without mercy; He will certainly try to flee from its power.

²³People will clap their hands at him, And will whistle at him from their places.

¹Do not get upset because of evildoers, Do not be envious of wrongdoers.

²For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.

³Trust in the LORD and do good; Live in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

⁴Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

⁶He will bring out your righteousness as the light, And your judgment as the noonday.

⁷Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not get upset because of one who is successful in his way, Because of the person who carries out wicked schemes.

⁸Cease from anger and abandon wrath; Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

⁹For evildoers will be eliminated, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

¹⁰Yet a little while and the wicked person will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

¹¹But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

¹²The wicked plots against the righteous, And gnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To take down the afflicted and the needy, To kill off those who are upright in conduct.

¹⁵Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.

¹⁶Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD sustains the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD knows the days of the blameless, And their inheritance will be forever.

¹⁹They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And in the days of famine they will have plenty.

²⁰But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

²¹The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives.

²²For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be eliminated.

²³The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way.

²⁴When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand.

²⁵I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging for bread.

²⁶All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.

²⁷Turn from evil and do good, So that you will dwell forever.

²⁸For the LORD loves justice And does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated.

²⁹The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.

³¹The Law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.

³²The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

³³The LORD will not leave him in his hand Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

³⁴Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are eliminated, you will see it.

³⁵I have seen a wicked, violent person Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

³⁶Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I searched for him, but he could not be found.

³⁷Observe the blameless person, and look at the upright; For the person of peace will have a future.

³⁸But wrongdoers will altogether be destroyed; The future of the wicked will be eliminated.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in time of trouble.

⁴⁰The LORD helps them and rescues them; He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, Because they take refuge in Him.

¹Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.

²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

³A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

⁴Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?

⁵Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

⁷A satisfied person despises honey, But to a hungry person any bitter thing is sweet.

⁸Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home.

⁹Oil and perfume make the heart glad, And a person’s advice is sweet to his friend.

¹⁰Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

¹¹Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, So that I may reply to one who taunts me.

¹²A prudent person sees evil and hides himself; But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.

¹³Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.

¹⁴One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be considered a curse to him.

¹⁵A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;

¹⁶He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.

¹⁷As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.

¹⁸One who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And one who cares for his master will be honored.

¹⁹As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person.

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of a person ever satisfied.

²¹The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

²²Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.

²³Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;

²⁴For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

²⁵When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

²⁶The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,

²⁷And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your attendants.

¹Now it happened afterward that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

²And He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and a full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

³Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the Euphrates River.

⁴And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.

⁵When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans.

⁶Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.

⁷David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

⁸And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

⁹Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,

¹⁰Toi sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze.

¹¹King David also consecrated these gifts to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued:

¹²from Aram, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹³So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.

¹⁴He also put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.

¹⁵So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.

¹⁶Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.

¹⁷Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.

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

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,

²“Please inquire of the LORD in our behalf, because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us in accordance with all His wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.”

³But Jeremiah said to them, “You shall say to Zedekiah as follows:

⁴‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you are making war against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.

⁵And I Myself will make war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, and in anger, wrath, and great indignation.

⁶I will also strike the inhabitants of this city, both the people and the animals; they will die of a great plague.

⁷Then afterward,” declares the LORD, “I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, that is, those who survive in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to their enemies, and to those who seek their lives; and he will strike and kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.” ’

⁸“You shall also say to this people, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

⁹Anyone who stays in this city will die by the sword, by famine, or by plague; but anyone who leaves and goes over to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as plunder.

¹⁰For I have set My face against this city for harm and not for good,” declares the LORD. “It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.” ’

¹¹“Then say to the household of the king of Judah, ‘Hear the word of the LORD,

¹²house of David, this is what the LORD says: “Administer justice every morning; And save the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor, So that My wrath will not spread like fire And burn, with no one to extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds.

¹³“Behold, I am against you, you inhabitant of the valley, You rocky plain,” declares the LORD, “You who say, ‘Who will come down against us? Or who will enter our dwellings?’

¹⁴But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds,” declares the LORD, “And I will kindle a fire in its forest So that it may devour all its surroundings.” ’ ”

¹The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach,

²until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.

³To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God.

⁴Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

⁵for John baptizedwith water, but you will be baptizedwith the Holy Spiritnot many days from now.”

⁶So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority;

⁸but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.”

⁹And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.

¹⁰And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,

¹¹and they said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

¹³When they had entered the city, they went up to the upstairs room where they were staying, that is, Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

¹⁴All these were continually devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

¹⁵At this time Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 people was there together), and said,

¹⁶“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁷For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.”

¹⁸(Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

¹⁹And it became known to all the residents of Jerusalem; as a result that field was called Hakeldama in their own language, that is, Field of Blood.)

²⁰“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘MAY HIS RESIDENCE BE MADE DESOLATE, AND MAY THERE BE NONE LIVING IN IT’; and, ‘MAY ANOTHER TAKE HIS OFFICE.’

²¹Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

²²beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

²³So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias.

²⁴And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all people, show which one of these two You have chosen

²⁵to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

²⁶And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.