Formation Journal Reading Plan

13:1 If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,

13:2 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

13:3 thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

13:4 Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

13:7 of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

13:8 thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

13:9 but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

13:10 And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

13:12 If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying,

13:13 Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

13:14 then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,

13:15 thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto Jehovah thy God: and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

13:18 when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

105:1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.

105:2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works.

105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

105:4 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

105:7 He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.

105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

105:9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

105:12 When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

105:13 And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

105:16 And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

105:17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

105:18 His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in chains of iron,

105:19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him.

105:20 The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

105:21 He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance;

105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.

8:1 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve,

8:2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

8:3 and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of their substance.

8:4 And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

8:5 The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

8:6 And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

8:7 And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

8:8 And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

8:9 And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

8:12 And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

8:13 And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

8:14 And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

8:15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.