The Bible Reading Plan

Genesis Chapter 3

¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You mustn't eat from any tree of the garden'?"

²The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden, ³but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, 'Don't eat of it or touch it, otherwise you'll die.'"

⁴The serpent said to the woman, "You won't really die, ⁵for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

⁶When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit. She ate and gave some to her husband with her; and he ate it, too. ⁷Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves. ⁸They heard Yahweh God's voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from Yahweh God's presence among the trees of the garden.

⁹Yahweh God called to Adam, and said to him, "Where are you?"

¹⁰Adam said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself."

¹¹He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

¹²Adam said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."

¹³Yahweh God said to the woman, "What's this that you've done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Joshua Chapter 4

¹⁵Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, ¹⁶"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan."

¹⁷Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan!" ¹⁸When the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before. ¹⁹The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

²⁰Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal. ²¹He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?' ²²Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. ²³For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over; ²⁴that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.'"

Joshua Chapter 5

¹When all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had passed over, their heart melted, neither was there any more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel. ²At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time." ³Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. ⁴This is the reason Joshua circumcised: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt. ⁵For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. ⁶For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. ⁷Their children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way. ⁸When they were done circumcising all the nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.

⁹Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you." Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day. ¹⁰The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. ¹¹They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, on the same day. ¹²The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn't have manna any more; but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

¹³When Joshua was by Jericho he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"

¹⁴He said, "No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army." Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"

¹⁵The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your sandals off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.

Ruth Chapter 3

¹⁰He said, "Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich. ¹¹Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do for you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman. ¹²Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I. ¹³Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you, then I will do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives. Lie down until the morning."

¹⁴She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor." ¹⁵He said, "Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it." She held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

¹⁶When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" She told her all that the man had done to her. ¹⁷She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"

¹⁸Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing today."

Ruth Chapter 4

¹Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down!" He turned aside, and sat down. ²He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here." They sat down. ³He said to the near kinsman, "Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's. ⁴I thought to disclose it to you, saying, 'Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you." He said, "I will redeem it."

Matthew Chapter 4

¹Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. ³The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

⁴But he answered, "It is written, 'People shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from God's mouth.'"

⁵Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
'He will command his angels concerning you,' and,
'On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

⁷Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test ForeverOne, your God.'"

⁸Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

¹⁰Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship ForeverOne your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

¹¹Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

¹²Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. ¹³Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
¹⁵"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
¹⁶the people who sat in darkness saw a great light;
to those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
to them light has dawned."

¹⁷From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

¹⁸Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you-all fishers for people."

²⁰They immediately left their nets and followed him. ²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. ²²They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.