Bible Reading for November 12

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CHAPTER 6
Acts 6:1-7
1 Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there
arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their
widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 And the twelve called the
multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should
forsake the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Look ye out therefore,
brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of
wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4 But we will continue
stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying
pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and
of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and
Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch; 6 whom they set before the
apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them. 7 And
the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in
Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to
the faith.
Acts 6:8-15
8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs
among the people. 9 But there arose certain of them that were of the
synagogue called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and
of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with
Stephen. 10 And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by
which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12 And they stirred up the
people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him,
and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, who said,
This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law: 14
for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this
place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. 15 And
all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it
had been the face of an angel.
CHAPTER 7
Acts 7:1-16
1 And the high priest said, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Brethren and
fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he
was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3 and said unto him, Get thee
out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall
show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this
land, wherein ye now dwell: 5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no,
not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to
him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. 6
And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land,
and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four
hundred years. 7 And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I
judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this
place. 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat
Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob
the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against
Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him, 10 and delivered him out
of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of
Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now there
came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our
fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in
Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time. 13 And at the second time
Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest
unto Pharaoh. 14 And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and
all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 15 And Jacob went down into
Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers; 16 and they were carried over
unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver
of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Acts 7:17-29
17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 till there arose
another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 19 The same dealt craftily
with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their
babes to the end they might not live. 20 At which season Moses was born, and
was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.
21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished
him for her own son. 22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works. 23 But when he was
well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the
children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him,
and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian: 25 and he supposed
that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them
deliverance; but they understood not. 26 And the day following he appeared
unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying,
Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 27 But he that did
his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
judge over us? 28 Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian
yesterday? 29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the
land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
Acts 7:30-41
30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the
wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 And when Moses
saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came
a voice of the Lord, 32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and
of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 33 And the
Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon
thou standest is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the affliction of my
people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down
to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 35 This Moses
whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God
sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that
appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them forth, having wrought
wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty
years. 37 This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A
prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that
spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living
oracles to give unto us: 39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but
thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt, 40 saying
unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who
led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 41
And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Acts 7:42-50
42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is
written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and
sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43 And ye took
up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures
which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 44
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as
he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the
figure that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought
in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God
thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 46 who
found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God
of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him a house. 48 Howbeit the Most High
dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49 The heaven
is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house
will ye build Me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of My rest? 50 Did
not my hand make all these things?
Acts 7:51-53
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist
the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets did
not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the
coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and
murderers; 53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept
it not.
Acts 7:54-60
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they
gnashed on him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit,
looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing on the right hand of God, 56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens
opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. 57 But they
cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him
with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and
the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named
Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud
voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he
fell asleep.
CHAPTER 8
Acts 8:1-3
1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a
great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were
all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except
the apostles. 2 And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation
over him. 3 But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and
dragging men and women committed them to prison.
Acts 8:4-13
4 They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
5 And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the
Christ. 6 And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that
were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. 7
For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with
a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. 8
And there was much joy in that city. 9 But there was a certain man, Simon by
name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of
Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 10 to whom they all
gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of
God which is called Great. 11 And they gave heed to him, because that of
long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. 12 But when they believed
Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of
Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 And Simon also
himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and
beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
Acts 8:14-25
14 Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 who, when
they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy
Spirit: 16 for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been
baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then laid they their hands on
them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that through
the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered
them money, 19 saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my
hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy
silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God
with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart
is not right before God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and
pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.
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For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of
iniquity. 24 And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that
none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me. 25 They therefore,
when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to
Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Acts 8:26-40
26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward
the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is
desert. 27 And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of
great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her
treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship; 28 and he was returning and
sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the
Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said,
Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some
one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him. 32
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led
as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he
openeth not his mouth: 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away:
His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. 34
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the
prophet this? of himself, or of some other? 35 And Philip opened his mouth,
and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they
went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith,
Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip
said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the
chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip
and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the
water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no
more, for he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus:
and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came
to Caesarea.
CHAPTER 9
Acts 9:1-9
1 But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of
the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus
unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men
or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, it
came to pass that he drew nigh unto Damascus: and suddenly there shone round
about him a light out of heaven: 4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a
voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said,
Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: 6 but
rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7 And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice,
but beholding no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes
were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him
into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat
nor drink.
Acts 9:10-22
10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord
said unto him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of
Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth; 12 and he hath seen a man named Ananias
coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight. 13
But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much
evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 and here he hath authority from
the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name. 15 But the Lord said
unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name
before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 for I will
show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake. 17 And Ananias
departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said,
Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which
thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled
with the Holy Spirit. 18 And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were
scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized; 19 and he
took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples
that were at Damascus. 20 And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed
Jesus, that he is the Son of God. 21 And all that heard him were amazed, and
said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on
this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them
bound before the chief priests. 22 But Saul increased the more in strength,
and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the
Christ.
Acts 9:23-31
23 And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill
him: 24 but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also
day and night that they might kill him: 25 but his disciples took him by
night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. 26 And
when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples:
and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. 27
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto
them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and
how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 And he was
with them going in and going out at Jerusalem, 29 preaching boldly in the
name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but
they were seeking to kill him. 30 And when the brethren knew it, they
brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 31 So the church
throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and,
walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was
multiplied.
Acts 9:32-35
32 And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down
also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda. 33 And there he found a certain man
named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied. 34 And
Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ healeth thee: arise and make thy
bed. And straightway he arose. 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon
saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
Acts 9:36-43
36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by
interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and
almsdeeds which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she fell
sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper
chamber. 38 And as Lydda was nigh unto Joppa, the disciples, hearing that
Peter was there, sent two men unto him, entreating him, Delay not to come on
unto us. 39 And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they
brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with
them. 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down and prayed; and
turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and
when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand, and raised her
up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it
became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord. 43 And it
came to pass, that he abode many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

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