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 John 12; Deuteronomy 7; 2 Corinthians 3; Philemon 1; Job 37; Psalms 47; Proverbs 6; 2 Samuel 18; Jeremiah 31; Acts 11.

John 12

1	Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2	There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
3	Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
4	Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5	Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6	This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7	Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8	For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9	Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10	But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
11	Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
12	On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13	Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
14	And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15	Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
16	These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
17	The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
18	For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.
19	The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
20	And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
21	The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
22	Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
23	And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
24	Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25	He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26	If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.
27	Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28	Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29	The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30	Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31	Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32	And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33	This he said, signifying what death he should die.
34	The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35	Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36	While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
37	But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
38	That the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39	Therefore they could not believe, because that Isaiah said again,
40	He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
41	These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
42	Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
43	For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44	Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
45	And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
46	I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
47	And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48	He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
49	For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50	And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Deuteronomy 7

1	When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
2	And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them:
3	Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4	For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5	But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
6	For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7	The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8	But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9	Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
10	And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
11	Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
12	Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy fathers:
13	And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
14	Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
15	And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
16	And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
17	If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
18	Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
19	The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
20	Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
21	Thou shalt not be frightened at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
22	And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
23	But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
24	And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
25	The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
26	Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

2 Corinthians 3

1	Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2	Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3	Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4	And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5	Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6	Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7	But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8	How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9	For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10	For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11	For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12	Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13	And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14	But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
15	But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
16	Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17	Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18	But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Philemon 1

1	Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow laborer,
2	And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in thy house:
3	Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4	I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
5	Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
6	That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7	For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
8	Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
9	Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10	I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11	Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
12	Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13	Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14	But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
15	For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him forever;
16	Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
17	If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
18	If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put that on mine account;
19	I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
20	Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21	Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
22	But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
23	There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;
24	Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.
25	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Job 37

1	At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
2	Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
3	He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
4	After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
5	God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6	For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
7	He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8	Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
9	Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10	By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11	Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12	And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
13	He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
14	Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15	Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16	Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
17	How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
18	Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
19	Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20	Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21	And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
22	Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
23	Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
24	Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Psalms 47

1	To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2	For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
3	He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4	He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5	God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6	Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7	For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
8	God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9	The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Proverbs 6

1	My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2	Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3	Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4	Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5	Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6	Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7	Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8	Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9	How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10	Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11	So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12	A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13	He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14	Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15	Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16	These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17	A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18	A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19	A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20	My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21	Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22	When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23	For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24	To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25	Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26	For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27	Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28	Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29	So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30	Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31	But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32	But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33	A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34	For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35	He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

2 Samuel 18

1	And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2	And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
3	But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succor us out of the city.
4	And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
5	And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
6	So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7	Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8	For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9	And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
10	And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
11	And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12	And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
13	Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
14	Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
15	And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
16	And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
17	And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
18	Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
19	Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
20	And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
21	Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
22	Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
23	But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
24	And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
25	And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
26	And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
27	And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
28	And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
29	And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
30	And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
31	And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
32	And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
33	And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Jeremiah 31

1	At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2	Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
3	The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
4	Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
5	Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
6	For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
7	For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8	Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
9	They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10	Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
11	For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
12	Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
13	Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14	And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
15	Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
16	Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17	And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
18	I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
19	Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
20	Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
21	Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
22	How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
23	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
24	And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
25	For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
26	Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
27	Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
28	And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
29	In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
30	But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31	Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32	Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33	But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34	And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35	Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36	If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
37	Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38	Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39	And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40	And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.

Acts 11

1	And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2	And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
3	saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4	But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5	I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6	Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7	And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8	But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
9	But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
10	And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11	And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12	And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
13	And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14	Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
15	And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
16	Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17	Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
18	When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
19	Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
20	And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21	And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
22	Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
23	Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
24	For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
25	Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26	And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
27	And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28	And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29	Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:
30	Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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