Simon reads the Bible

Acts 5 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property.  2  He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest. 3  Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yo...

Acts 4 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees.  2  These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Jesus there is a resurrection of the dead.  3  They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them i...

Acts 3 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.  2  As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.  3  When he saw Peter and John about to ent...

Acts 2 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.  2  Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.  3  Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.  4  And everyone present was filled with the Holy Sp...

Acts 1 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach  2  until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit.  3  During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he w...

Matthew 28 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. 2  Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.  3  His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow.  4  The guards shook with fear w...

Matthew 27 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.  2  Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor. 3  When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces...

Matthew 26 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,  2  “As you know, Passover begins in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” 3  At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,  4  plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.  5...

Matthew 25 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.  2  Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.  3  The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps,  4  but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.  5  When the bridegroom was delayed, they all b...

Matthew 24 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  As Jesus was leaving the Temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings.  2  But he responded, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!” 3  Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and sa...

Matthew 23 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,  2  “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.  3  So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.  4  They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a...

Matthew 22 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Jesus also told them other parables. He said,  2  “The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son.  3  When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come! 4  “So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepar...

Matthew 21 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.  2  “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me.  3  If anyone asks what you are doing, just...

Matthew 20 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.  2  He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work. 3  “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.  4  So he hired them, telling them he wou...

Matthew 19 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River.  2  Large crowds followed him there, and he healed their sick. 3  Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?” 4  “Haven’t you read the Script...

Matthew 18 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” 2  Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them.  3  Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.  4  So anyone who becomes as hu...

Matthew 17 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.  2  As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.  3  Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus. 4  Peter exclaimed, “Lord, i...

Matthew 16 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority. 2  He replied, “You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow;  3  red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t kn...

Matthew 15 read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him,  2  “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.” 3  Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?  4  For instance, God sa...

Matthew 14 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about Jesus,  2  he said to his advisers, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he can do such miracles.” 3  For Herod had arrested and imprisoned John as a favor to his wife Herodias (the former wife of Herod’s brother Philip).  4  John had been telling Herod, “It is agains...

Matthew 13 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.  2  A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore.  3  He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds.  4  As he scattered them across his fi...

Matthew 12 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them.  2  But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, “Look, your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath.” 3  Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you read in the...

Matthew 11 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. 2  John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,  3  “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someo...

Matthew 10 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.  2  Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter), then Andrew (Peter’s brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (James’s brother), 3  Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax co...

Matthew 9 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane. 1  Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.  2  Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.” 3  But some of the teachers of religious law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?” 4  Jesus...