This reading is part of a year-long journey through the Bible in chronological order, following the historical sequence of events in a harmonized format.

Job 35:1 - 36:33

- Elihu challenges Job's claim of innocence, explaining that human righteousness does not benefit God and that God is just in His dealings with people.

- He describes God's greatness in controlling weather, seasons, and natural forces, urging Job to listen and learn from the Creator who acts with perfect wisdom and power.

Matthew 4:12

- After hearing that John the Baptist had been imprisoned, Jesus withdraws from Judea and moves to Galilee to begin His public ministry.

Mark 1:14

- Following John's arrest, Jesus arrives in Galilee proclaiming the good news of God, calling people to repent and believe in the gospel.

Luke 4:14

- Jesus returns to Galilee in the power of the Spirit after His temptation, and news about Him spreads throughout the surrounding region.

John 4:1-17

- Jesus travels through Samaria, meets a woman at Jacob's well, asks her for a drink, and begins revealing her personal life while offering her living water that leads to eternal life.

- The woman questions His identity as a Jew speaking to a Samaritan, and Jesus directs the conversation to true worship and the gift of spiritual water that satisfies forever.

This reading is part of a year-long journey through the Bible in a chronological and harmonized format, arranging passages according to the historical timeline of events.

Job 31:1 - 32:22

- Job solemnly declares his moral integrity, describing a personal covenant with his eyes to avoid lust and denying sins such as deceit, adultery, mistreatment of servants or the poor, and idolatry, even inviting curses upon himself if any charge is true.

- After Job finishes speaking, young Elihu grows angry—at Job for claiming righteousness above God and at the three friends for failing to answer him—and announces he must now speak because the spirit within him compels him.

John 2:13-25

- At Passover Jesus enters the Jerusalem temple, makes a whip of cords, drives out the merchants and money-changers, overturns their tables, and declares that his Father's house must not become a marketplace.

- When the Jews demand a sign for his authority, Jesus says, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," referring to his own body and the coming resurrection; he does not entrust himself to the crowd because he knows what is truly in every person.

This is part of a year-long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.

Job 29:1 - 30:31

- Job nostalgically recalls his former prosperity, honor among men, and righteous deeds in helping the poor, needy, and oppressed.

- He now laments his current humiliation, rejection by society—even by the lowest outcasts—and describes his relentless physical and emotional suffering as God's hand against him.

John 1:35 - 2:12

- John the Baptist points two disciples to Jesus as the Lamb of God; Andrew follows, brings Peter, and Philip brings Nathanael, who confesses Jesus as the Son of God.

- At a wedding in Cana, Jesus turns water into wine at Mary's prompting, revealing His glory to the disciples, who believe in Him; afterward, He goes to Capernaum with His family and new disciples.

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Job 25:1 - 28:28

- Bildad briefly asserts God's dominion and majesty, arguing that no human can be righteous before Him.

- Job sarcastically responds to his friends, then extols God's incomparable power over creation, maintains his integrity while describing the ultimate fate of the wicked, and poetically reflects that true wisdom is found only in fearing the Lord.

Mark 1:12-13

- Immediately after His baptism, the Spirit drives Jesus into the wilderness.

- Jesus spends forty days there, tempted by Satan, living among wild animals while angels minister to Him.

Luke 4:1-13

- Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus is led into the wilderness for forty days of fasting and temptation by the devil.

- Satan tempts Him three times—to turn stones to bread, to worship for kingdoms, and to jump from the temple—but Jesus counters each with Scripture, and Satan departs until an opportune time.

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Job 22:1 - 24:25

- Eliphaz accuses Job of great wickedness and urges him to repent and return to God for restoration.

- Job longs to present his case before God, affirms his integrity, and questions why the wicked often prosper without immediate judgment.

Mark 1:9-11

- Jesus comes from Nazareth to be baptized by John in the Jordan River.

- As he emerges from the water, the heavens open, the Spirit descends like a dove, and God's voice declares him as the beloved Son.

Luke 3:21-23

- While Jesus is praying after his baptism among the people, heaven opens and the Holy Spirit descends in bodily form like a dove.

- God's voice affirms Jesus as his beloved Son, with whom he is well pleased; Jesus begins his ministry at about age thirty.

John 1:29-34

- John the Baptist identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

- John testifies that he saw the Spirit descend on Jesus like a dove, confirming him as the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit and as God's Chosen One.

Matthew 4:1-11

- Led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Jesus fasts forty days and faces temptation by the devil.

- Jesus resists each temptation by quoting Scripture, and angels minister to him after the devil departs.

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Job 20:1 - 21:34

- Zophar describes the short-lived triumph and inevitable judgment of the wicked, whose pleasure turns to poison and who face God's wrath.

- Job counters by observing that the wicked often live long, prosper, grow powerful with families, and die in peace, challenging his friends' view of immediate retribution.

John 1:26-27

- John the Baptist tells the priests and Levites that he baptizes with water.

- He declares that one greater stands among them unknowingly, whose sandal strap he is unworthy to untie.

Matthew 14:4-12

- John the Baptist rebukes Herod Antipas for unlawfully marrying Herodias, his brother's wife.

- At Herodias's prompting through her daughter's dance, Herod reluctantly orders John's beheading and presents the head on a platter.

Luke 3:19-20

- John rebukes Herod the tetrarch for marrying Herodias and for his many evils.

- Herod responds by imprisoning John, adding to his wrongdoing.

Matthew 3:13-17

- Jesus comes from Galilee to be baptized by John, who initially objects, feeling unworthy.

- Jesus insists to fulfill all righteousness; upon baptism, heavens open, the Spirit descends like a dove, and God's voice declares, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

This is part of a year long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.

Job 17:1–19:29

- Job expresses deep despair, feeling his spirit broken, mocked by others, and nearing death, while pleading for God to vindicate him against his friends' accusations.

- In response to his friends, Job laments his isolation and suffering but declares strong faith in his living Redeemer and future resurrection to see God.

Mark 1:2–8

- John the Baptist appears in the wilderness as the prophesied messenger, dressed in camel's hair, preaching a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

- John proclaims one mightier than himself coming, whose sandals he is unworthy to untie, who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 3:3–18

- John preaches repentance and baptism near the Jordan, warning crowds of coming judgment and urging genuine fruit like sharing possessions, fairness, and honesty.

- He clarifies he is not the Messiah but announces the greater one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire, separating wheat from chaff.

This is part of a year-long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.

Job 15:1 - 16:22

- Eliphaz accuses Job of impiety and empty words, arguing that no one, not even the heavens, is pure in God's sight and that the wicked suffer torment.

- Job responds by calling his friends miserable comforters, describes God's attacks on him, and pleads for a mediator while expressing despair over his suffering.

Luke 3:1-2

- In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar's reign, amid listed Roman and Jewish leaders, the word of God comes to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

- This marks the beginning of John's prophetic ministry preparing for the Lord.

John 1:19-28

- Jewish leaders question John the Baptist about his identity; he denies being the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet.

- John declares himself the voice crying in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord and points to one greater coming after him whose sandal he is unworthy to untie.

Matthew 3:2-12

- John preaches repentance because the kingdom of heaven is near, warning against relying on Abrahamic descent and urging fruit worthy of repentance.

- He describes the coming one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire, separating wheat from chaff in judgment.