John 9 Cross References - ACV

¹ And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth. ² And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind? ³ Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him. ⁴ I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work. ⁵ When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ⁶ Having said these things, he spat toward the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man. ⁷ And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing. ⁸ The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is this not he who sits and begs? ⁹ Others said, He is this man, but others said, He is like him. That man said, I am. ¹⁰ They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened? ¹¹ That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight. ¹² Therefore they said to him, Where is that man? He says, I do not know. ¹³ They brought him to the Pharisees-the former blind man. ¹⁴ Now it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see. ¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them. ¹⁷ They say again to the blind man, What do thou say about him, that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. ¹⁸ The Jews therefore did not believe about him, that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received sight. ¹⁹ And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom ye say that he was born blind? How then does he now see? ²⁰ And his parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind, ²¹ but how he now sees, we know not. Or who opened his eyes, we know not. He has maturity, ask him. He will speak for himself. ²² His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him as Christ, he should become excommunicated from the synagogue. ²³ Because of this his parents said, He has maturity, ask him. ²⁴ So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful. ²⁵ That man therefore answered and said, If he is sinful, I know not. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see. ²⁶ But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes? ²⁷ He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples? ²⁸ They reviled him, and said, Thou are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from. ³⁰ The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man. ³² From the age, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. ³⁴ They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us? And they cast him outside. ³⁵ Jesus heard that they cast him outside. And having found him, he said to him, Do thou believe in the Son of God? ³⁶ That man answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him? ³⁷ And Jesus said to him, Thou have both seen him, and he is that man who speaks with thee. ³⁸ And he affirmed, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him. ³⁹ And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind. ⁴⁰ And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.

⁵ Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,

¹⁴ And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

⁷ and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be designated by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

² And having answered, Jesus said to them, Do ye suppose that these Galileans became sinful above all the Galileans because they have suffered such things?

³⁴ They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us? And they cast him outside.

⁴ And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, Justice did not allow to live.

⁸ And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. ⁹ Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing? ¹⁰ Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. ¹¹ But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face. ¹² And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

³ And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou moved me against him, to destroy him without cause. ⁴ And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life. ⁵ But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. ⁶ And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

²⁷ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.

⁵ Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. ⁶ For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. ⁷ Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry. ⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. ⁹ Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. ¹⁰ Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee, ¹¹ or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee. ¹² Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! ¹³ And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven. ¹⁵ Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden? ¹⁶ Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream, ¹⁷ who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us? ¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. ¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn, ²⁰ Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed. ²¹ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee. ²² Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. ²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. ²⁴ Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. ²⁵ Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee. ²⁶ For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God. ²⁷ Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows. ²⁸ Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways. ²⁹ When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man. ³⁰ He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

³ His anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

⁷ And it was so, that, after LORD had spoken these words to Job, LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. For ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

¹ For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them. ² All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man, and to the clean man, and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man, so is the sinner, and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.

⁵ the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good news.

² And having answered, Jesus said to them, Do ye suppose that these Galileans became sinful above all the Galileans because they have suffered such things? ³ I tell you, no, but if ye do not repent, ye will all perish similarly. ⁴ Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them. Do ye think that these became debtors above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, no, but if ye do not repent, ye will all likewise perish.

⁴ But when Jesus heard, he said, This sickness is not about death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

⁴⁰ Jesus says to her, Did I not to say thee, that if thou believed, thou will see the glory of God?

¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves. ¹² Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, that man will also do. And he will do greater than these, because I go to the Father. ¹³ And anything whatever ye may ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

²¹ And they, having further threatened, released them, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people. Since all glorified God for that which happened.

¹⁰ Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

¹⁸ For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. ¹⁹ The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

³² And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected. ³³ Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. ³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather thy children together as a hen does her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

³⁴ Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

¹⁹ Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever he may do, the Son also does these things in like manner.

³⁶ But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me.

³² Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me?

³⁷ If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me.

⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if any man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

³⁵ Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.

⁴ I glorified thee on the earth. I finished the work which thou have given me that I should do.

²⁰ For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard.

¹⁰ So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time,

⁶ I, LORD, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, ⁷ to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

⁶ yea, he says, It is too light a thing that thou should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

¹ Arise, shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of LORD has risen upon thee. ² For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples. But LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. ³ And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

² But to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings, and ye shall go forth, and frolic as calves of the stall.

¹⁶ the people who dwell in darkness saw a great light, and to those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, light sprang up to them.

³² a light for enlightenment of Gentiles, and glory of thy people Israel.

⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ⁶ A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John. ⁷ This man came for testimony so that he might testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. ⁸ That man was not the light, but that he might testify about the light. ⁹ He was the true light coming into the world that enlightens every man.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed. ²¹ But he who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

¹² Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows me would, no, not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.

³⁵ Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going. ³⁶ While ye have the light, believe in the light, so that ye may become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, he was hid from them.

⁴⁶ I have come a light into the world, so that every man who believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth.

¹⁸ to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.

²³ that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations.

¹⁴ Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

²³ And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

³³ And having taken him from the multitude in private, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spat, he touched his tongue.

²³ And having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him outside of the village. And having spat on his eyes, having laid his hands upon him, he questioned him if he sees anything?

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy from me gold refined from fire, so that thou may become wealthy, and white garments, so that thou may clothe thyself, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be made known, and eye-salve, so that thou may anoint thine eyes, so that thou may see.

¹¹ And LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, LORD?

¹⁰ And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shall be clean. ¹¹ But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper. ¹² Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. ¹³ And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, would thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash, and be clean? ¹⁴ Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

¹⁵ And Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the fountain gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.

⁸ LORD opens the eyes of the blind. LORD raises up those who are bowed down. LORD loves the righteous.

⁶ Inasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son,

¹⁸ And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness. ¹⁹ The meek also shall increase their joy in LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

³ And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall hearken.

⁵ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

⁷ to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

¹⁶ And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not. I will lead them in paths that they know not. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do, and I will not forsake them. ¹⁷ They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, Ye are our gods. ¹⁸ Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

⁸ Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

⁴ Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them. Do ye think that these became debtors above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

¹¹ That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight.

³⁹ And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.

³⁶ whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, do ye say, Thou blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?

³⁷ But some of them said, This man who opened the eyes of the blind man, was he not also able to cause that this man also would not die?

³ For the impotence of the law, in that it was weak because of the flesh, God, having sent his own Son in a form of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

⁴ But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law,

¹⁹ So those two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?

⁸ He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

¹¹ And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho. And as he went out from Jericho, and his disciples and a considerable crowd, Bartimaeus, the blind son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road begging.

²⁰ But there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who had been placed near his gate, covered with sores, ²¹ and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs that came licked his sores. ²² And it came to pass for the poor man to die and be carried by the agents to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried.

³⁵ And it came to pass as he approached Jericho, a certain blind man sat beside the road begging.

² And a certain man, being lame from his mother's belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple, ³ who, having seen Peter and John intending to go into the temple, asked charity. ⁴ And Peter, having gazed intently at him, with John, said, Look at us. ⁵ And he gave attention to them expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ But Peter said, No silver and gold exists to me, but what I have, this I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk. ⁷ And after taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. ⁸ And leaping up, he stood and walked. And he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. ⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ and they recognized him, that this was the man who sat for charity at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled of astonishment and amazement at that which happened to him. ¹¹ And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, amazed.

⁵ As thou know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, even so thou know not the work of God who does all.

²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and lengthen, he knows not how.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things happen?

¹⁵ Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.

²¹ but how he now sees, we know not. Or who opened his eyes, we know not. He has maturity, ask him. He will speak for himself.

²⁶ But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?

³⁵ But some man will say, How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body do they come?

¹⁷ And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did thou write all these words at his mouth?

⁶ Having said these things, he spat toward the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man. ⁷ And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.

²⁷ He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples?

¹⁸ And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye have come so soon today? ¹⁹ And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. ²⁰ And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.

¹¹ He answered them, The man who made me well, that man said to me, Take up thy bed and walk. ¹² Therefore they asked him, Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk? ¹³ But the man who was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus withdrew, a multitude being in the place.

¹¹ The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?

³ And the scholars and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery. And having stood her in the midst, ⁴ tempting, they say to him, Teacher, we found this woman committing adultery, in the act. ⁵ Now in the law, Moses commanded us such women are to be stoned. What therefore do thou say about her? ⁶ But they said this, trying him, so that they might have an accusation against him. But Jesus having stooped down, wrote on the ground with his finger, not pretending. ⁷ And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her. ⁸ And again having stooped down, he wrote on the ground.

⁴⁶ But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus did. ⁴⁷ Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.

⁵⁷ Now also the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that if any man knew where he is, he should disclose it, so that they might take him.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye see that ye accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.

⁴² Yet, nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess, so that they would not become excommunicated from the synagogue,

¹ At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears, and to eat. ² But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the sabbath. ³ But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him, ⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, except only for the priests? ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? ⁶ But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here. ⁷ But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. ⁹ And having departed from there, he went into their synagogue. ¹⁰ And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they interrogated him, asking if it is permitted to heal on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ¹¹ And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out? ¹² How much therefore a man is superior to a sheep. So then it is permitted to do good on the sabbath. ¹³ Then he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole, as the other. ¹⁴ But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

²³ And it came to pass, that he was passing through the grain fields on the sabbath day, and his disciples began to make a path while plucking the ears.

¹ Now it came to pass for him to be going through the grain fields on a particular sabbath, and his disciples were plucking the ears and were eating, rubbing them in their hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not permitted to do on the sabbath day? ³ And having answered them, Jesus said, Have ye not read even this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him, ⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the loaves of the presentation, and also gave to those who were with him, which is not permitted to eat, except the priests alone? ⁵ And he said to them, The Son of man is lord also of the sabbath. ⁶ And it also came to pass on another sabbath for him to enter into the synagogue and teach. And a man was there, and his right hand was withered. ⁷ And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸ But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And having risen, he stood up. ⁹ Then Jesus said to them, I will question you. What? Is it permitted on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm, to save life, or to kill? ¹⁰ And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did, and his hand was restored whole as the other. ¹¹ But they were filled with fury, and deliberated with each other what they might do to Jesus.

¹⁰ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. ¹¹ And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. And she was bent over, and not being able to straighten up completely. ¹² And when Jesus saw her, he called out, and said to her, Woman, thou are loosed from thine infirmity. ¹³ And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. ¹⁴ And having responded, the synagogue-ruler, being indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which he ought to work. Therefore coming in these, be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath. ¹⁵ But the Lord therefore answered him and said, Ye hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and after leading away, give to drink? ¹⁶ And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath? ¹⁷ And as he said these things all those opposing him were shamed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

¹ And it came to pass, when he went into the house of a certain man of the chiefs of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

⁹ And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was sabbath on that day.

¹⁶ And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on a sabbath.

²¹ Jesus answered and said to them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because of this. ²² Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on a sabbath. ²³ If a man receives circumcision on a sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be loosed, are ye angry with me because I made a man entirely well on a sabbath?

¹⁰ They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened? ¹¹ That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight.

²⁶ But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes? ²⁷ He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples?

² But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the sabbath.

³¹ In the same day some Pharisees came, saying to him, Get thee out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill thee. ³² And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected. ³³ Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

² This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou have come a teacher from God, for no man can do these signs that thou do if God is not with him.

⁵² The Jews therefore contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

¹² And there was much murmuring among the multitudes about him. Some said, He is a good man, others said, No, but he leads the multitude astray.

⁴³ So there became a division among the multitude because of him.

²⁴ So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful.

³⁰ The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man. ³² From the age, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

¹⁹ Therefore again there became a division among the Jews because of these words.

¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves.

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

⁴ But the majority of the city was divided, and verily there were those with the Jews, and those with the apostles.

¹¹ And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹⁹ And he said to them, What? And they said to him, The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who became a prophet, a mighty man in work and word before God and all the people,

¹⁹ The woman says to him, Sir, I perceive that thou are a prophet.

¹⁴ When therefore the men saw what sign Jesus did, they said, This really is the prophet who comes into the world.

²² Men, Israelites, hear ye these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man shown by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,

²² For Moses indeed said to the fathers, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you. ²³ And every soul, whichever it will be, if it will not hear that prophet will be utterly destroyed from the people. ²⁴ And also all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession, as many as spoke, also proclaimed these days. ²⁵ Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed. ²⁶ To you first, having raised up his Boy Jesus, God sent him blessing you, in turning away each man from your evils.

³⁸ Jesus of Nazareth-how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who passed through doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

¹⁴ And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place, for LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as a man jesting.

¹¹ LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they do not see. But they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame. Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

¹ Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed?

³¹ And he said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if some man would rise from the dead.

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou?

⁴⁴ How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?

²² His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him as Christ, he should become excommunicated from the synagogue.

³⁷ But although having done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, ³⁸ so that the word of Isaiah the prophet that he spoke might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ Because of this they could not believe. Because Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I would heal them.

¹⁵ while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. ¹⁶ For some who heard rebelled, but not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses. ¹⁷ But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did he swear were not going to enter into his rest, if not to those who were disobedient? ¹⁹ And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

¹¹ Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.

⁸ The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is this not he who sits and begs? ⁹ Others said, He is this man, but others said, He is like him. That man said, I am.

¹⁰ and they recognized him, that this was the man who sat for charity at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled of astonishment and amazement at that which happened to him.

¹⁴ And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they had nothing to contradict.

¹ LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

²⁵ The fear of man brings a snare, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be safe.

⁷ Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings.

¹² I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are thou, that thou are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,

¹¹ And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me?

²² Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man.

⁴ And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after these things not having anything more severe to do. ⁵ But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him. ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God. ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows. ⁸ And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God, ⁹ but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.

⁵⁶ But a certain servant girl having seen him sitting near the light, and having looked intently upon him, she said, This man was also with him. ⁵⁷ But he denied him, saying, Woman, I do not know him. ⁵⁸ And after a little while, another man having see him, said, Thou also are from them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. ⁵⁹ And about one hour having passed, some other man insisted, saying, In truth this man was also with him, for he is also a Galilean. ⁶⁰ And Peter said, Man, I do not know what thou are saying. And immediately, while he still spoke, a cock sounded. ⁶¹ And having turned, the Lord looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before a cock sounds thou will deny me thrice.

¹³ Yet no man spoke openly about him because of fear of the Jews.

⁴⁵ The subordinates therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And those men said to them, Why did ye not bring him? ⁴⁶ The subordinates answered, A man never so spoke like this man. ⁴⁷ The Pharisees therefore answered them, Have ye not also been led astray? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But this multitude that does not know the law are accursed. ⁵⁰ Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one of them), ⁵¹ Does our law judge a man, unless it first may hear from himself and know what he does? ⁵² They answered and said to him, Are thou also from Galilee? Search and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet.

⁴² Yet, nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess, so that they would not become excommunicated from the synagogue, ⁴³ for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

² They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God.

³⁸ And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate allowed him. Therefore he came and removed the body of Jesus.

¹⁹ Therefore being evening that day, the first day of the week, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were who assembled because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace to you.

¹⁸ And having called them, they commanded them entirely, not to utter nor to teach in the name of Jesus.

¹³ But of the rest no man dared join them, but the people magnified them.

⁴⁰ And they were persuaded by him. And after summoning the apostles, having beat them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

¹¹ But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to the face, because he was blameworthy. ¹² For before certain men came from James he ate together with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing men of circumcision. ¹³ And the other Jews also joined in hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas went along with their hypocrisy.

⁸ But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

¹⁹ And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to LORD, the God of Israel, and make confession to him, and tell me now what thou have done. Hide it not from me.

⁵ Therefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land. And ye shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. ⁶ Why then do ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? ⁷ Now therefore take and prepare for you a new cart, and two milk cows on which there has come no yoke. And tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them. ⁸ And take the ark of LORD, and lay it upon the cart. And put the jewels of gold, which ye return to him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side of it, and send it away, that it may go. ⁹ And watch. If it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done to us this great evil, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

¹⁴ Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the Most High. ¹⁵ And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me.

⁵ Hear the word of LORD, ye who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy. But it is those who shall be put to shame.

²⁷ And they crucify two robbers with him, one at his right hand, and one at his left.

³⁹ But when the Pharisee who invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind the woman is who touches him, that she is sinful.

² And the Pharisees and the scholars murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

⁷ And all who saw murmured, saying, He went in to relax with a sinful man.

²³ so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

⁴⁶ Which of you convicts me about sin? And if I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?

⁴⁹ Jesus answered, I have no demon, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them.

³⁰ I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world comes. And he has nothing on me,

³⁰ They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to thee.

⁶ When therefore the chief priests and the subordinates saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Ye take him and crucify, for I find no cause in him.

² For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. ³ For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God. ⁴ For Christ is the end of law for righteousness, to every man who believes.

²¹ For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

¹¹ He answered them, The man who made me well, that man said to me, Take up thy bed and walk.

³⁰ The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.

¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.

⁶⁷ If thou are the Christ, tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not believe,

¹⁰ They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened? ¹¹ That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight. ¹² Therefore they said to him, Where is that man? He says, I do not know. ¹³ They brought him to the Pharisees-the former blind man. ¹⁴ Now it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.

¹¹ Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

³⁹ And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,

⁴⁵ Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped. ⁴⁶ For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for that man wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But if ye believe not the writings of that man, how will ye believe my sayings?

¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law, and none of you does the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

¹¹ Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God. ¹² And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council. ¹³ And they put forward false witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law. ¹⁴ For we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.

¹⁷ Behold, thou are called a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast in God,

¹² And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

¹⁰ nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

²³ Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

² And they said, Has LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Has he not spoken also with us? And LORD heard it. ³ Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth. ⁴ And LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out ye three to the tent of meeting. And the three came out. ⁵ And LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both came forth. ⁶ And he said, Hear now my words. If there be a prophet among you, I LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream. ⁷ My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

²⁸ And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that LORD has sent me to do all these works, for it is not of my own mind.

¹⁰ And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom LORD knew face to face,

²⁷ and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I come in peace.

¹¹ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.

⁶ But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, his doings to the sons of Israel.

²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.

¹⁶ They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the sanctified of LORD.

² For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ³ He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

⁴ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.

⁶¹ But finally two false witnesses having come, they said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it by three days.

² And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.

¹⁷ Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.

²⁷ However we know this man, where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no man knows where he is from.

⁴¹ Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, For does the Christ come out of Galilee? ⁴² Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I might testify about myself, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I go, but ye do not know where I come from and where I go.

³⁵ This Moses whom they refused, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge? This man God sent, a ruler and a liberator by the hand of the agent who appeared to him in the bush.

²² And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.

²² Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen,

² who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. ³ For this man was considered worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he who built it has more esteem than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by some man, but he who built all things is God. ⁵ And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things that were going to be spoken,

¹⁸ Open thou my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁴ Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder. I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

¹⁸ And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

⁶ And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.

²² And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor are preached good news.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, Thou are the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?

³⁷ But although having done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him,

⁶ Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.

²³ And Abraham drew near, and said, Will thou consume righteous men with wicked men? ²⁴ Perhaps there are fifty righteous men within the city. Will thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous men that are in it? ²⁵ That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? ²⁶ And LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous men within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. ²⁷ And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. ²⁸ Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous men. Will thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty-five. ²⁹ And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Perhaps there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake. ³⁰ And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps there shall be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. ³¹ And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord. Perhaps there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. ³² And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Perhaps ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. ³³ And LORD went his way as soon as he had left off conversing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

⁷ Now therefore restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shall live. And if thou do not restore her, know thou that thou shall surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

²⁰ And he cried to LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn by slaying her son? ²¹ And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. ²² And LORD hearkened to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

³⁶ And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou are God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. ³⁷ Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou, LORD, are God, and that thou have turned their heart back again. ³⁸ Then the fire of LORD fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

²⁰ And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried out to heaven. ²¹ And LORD sent an agent who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.

⁸ For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul? ⁹ Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

¹² There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

⁸ Now therefore, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams. And go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for him I will accept, that I not deal with you after your folly. For ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.

¹⁵ The eyes of LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. ¹⁶ (The face of LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.)

⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. ¹⁹ But truly God has heard. He has attended to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

⁶ Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name, they called upon LORD, and he answered them.

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy.

¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will, for thou are my God. Thy Spirit is good, lead me in the land of uprightness.

¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them.

²⁸ Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, ²⁹ because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.

²⁹ LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

¹³ He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

⁹ He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

⁹ Then thou shall call, and LORD will answer, thou shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take the yoke away from the midst of thee, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly,

¹¹ Therefore thus says LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape. And they shall cry to me, but I will not hearken to them.

¹² When they fast, I will not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

¹ Then LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

¹⁸ Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.

⁴ Then they shall cry to LORD, but he will not answer them. Yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

¹³ And it has come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said LORD of hosts.

¹⁷ If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.

⁴¹ So they took away the stone where the man who died was laying. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heard me. ⁴² And I had known that thou always hear me, but because of the multitude that stands by I spoke, so that they may believe that thou sent me.

¹⁶ Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

⁷ Then I said, Lo, I come (in the volume of a book it is written about me) to do thy will, O God,

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. ¹⁸ And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God, ²² and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight.

⁴ Know thou this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,

⁴ For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he has prepared for him who waits for him.

⁷⁰ just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

¹⁸ And there occurred lightnings, and thunders, and voices. And a great earthquake occurred, such as did not happen from that time men came to be upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, so great.

³⁸ And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them go, because if the project or this work is from men, it will be overthrown, ³⁹ but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.

⁹ And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will be a judge. Now we will deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

¹⁴ And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Do thou think to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou have done this, and have not hearkened to my counsel.

⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? ¹⁵ Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. ¹⁶ How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

⁴ How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?

⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

⁷ He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a bruise. ⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁰ Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.

¹² See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

¹ He who, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

⁵ who say, Stand by thyself, do not come near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.

¹⁷ And if he is heedless of them, speak to the church. But if he is also heedless of the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the tax collector. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, however many things ye may bind on the earth will be things that are bound in heaven, and however many things ye may loose on the earth will be things that that are loosed in heaven.

⁴⁵ And having answered, a certain man of the lawyers says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou rebuke us also.

¹¹ Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice of the week. I tithe all things, as many as I acquire. ¹³ But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man. ¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

¹⁷ Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, will, no, not enter into it.

³⁷ All that the Father gives me will come to me, and he who comes to me I will, no, not cast out.

⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But this multitude that does not know the law are accursed.

⁴¹ Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.

² And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?

³⁵ Jesus heard that they cast him outside. And having found him, he said to him, Do thou believe in the Son of God?

⁴⁰ And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind?

⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹³ But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.

¹⁵ We are Jews by nature and not sinful men of the Gentiles,

³ Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.

⁵ Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.

⁹ I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us.

¹⁷ And so that not any man can buy or sell unless having the mark-the name of the beast or the number of its name.

⁷ I will tell of the decree. LORD said to me, Thou are my Son, this day I have begotten thee.

¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

¹⁰ When my father and my mother forsake me, then LORD will take me up.

³³ And those who came in the boat worshiped him, saying, Thou really are the Son of God.

¹⁶ And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹ The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

¹⁸ No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.

³⁴ And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, and says to him, Rabbi, thou are the Son of God. Thou are the king of Israel. ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, thou believe? Thou will see greater than these things.

¹⁵ so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. ¹⁸ He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

¹⁴ After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.

⁶⁹ And we have believed and know that thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

²⁷ She says to him, Yes, Lord, I have believed that thou are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world.

²⁸ Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God.

³¹ But these are written, so that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.

³⁶ And as they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch says, Look, water! What prevents me to be immersed?

²⁰ And straightaway he proclaimed the Christ in the synagogues, that this man is the Son of God.

⁴ He who was designated Son of God in power, according to a spirit of holiness, from a resurrection of the dead-Jesus Christ our Lord-

²⁰ And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those not seeking me. I became manifest to those not asking for me.

² whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the ages. ³ Who, being the radiance of his glory, and the exact image of his essence, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of our sins through himself, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the heights. ⁴ Having become so much better than the agents, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they. ⁵ For to which of the agents did he ever say, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee? And again, I will be to him for a Father, and he will be to me for a Son? ⁶ And again when he brings the firstborn into the world he says, And let all the agents of God worship him. ⁷ And indeed toward the agents he says, He who makes his agents spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. ⁸ But toward the Son, Thy throne, O God, is into the age of the age. The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of straightness. ⁹ Thou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

¹⁵ Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

⁵ And who is he who overcomes the world, if not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

¹³ I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life.

³ and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy. ⁴ Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou know?

⁹ What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou do so adjure us?

³ he said to him, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

³⁸ And Jesus having turned, and having seen them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which says, being interpreted, Teacher), where do thou dwell?

¹⁴ How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching?

⁸ Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. ⁹ The meek he will guide in justice, and the meek he will teach his way.

¹⁴ The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

²⁵ Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.

¹¹ And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given. ¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

²⁶ Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am the man.

²¹ He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²² Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, Lord, and what has happened that thou are going to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him.

³¹ And he says, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy charities are remembered before God. ³² Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. This man lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea, who, after coming, will speak to thee. ³³ Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou did well having come. Now therefore we are all present in the sight of God, to hear all the things commanded thee by God.

¹¹ So will the king desire thy beauty, for he is thy lord, and reverence thou him.

⁹ And as they were going to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail. And having come, they held his feet and worshiped him.

¹⁷ And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but men doubted.

⁵² And having worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

⁹ And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. ¹⁰ And thou made them kings and priests to our God, and they will reign over the earth. ¹¹ And I looked, and I heard as a voice of many agents all around the throne and the living creatures and the elders. And the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been killed to receive the power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing! ¹³ And every creature that is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and is in the sea, and things in them all, I heard saying, The blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion is to him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, into the ages of the ages. Truly! ¹⁴ And the four living creatures were saying the Truly. And the elders fell down and worshiped.

⁹ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive.

¹⁰ For LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.

¹⁸ Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see. ¹⁹ Who is blind, but my servant, or deaf, as my messenger that I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace with me, and blind as LORD's servant? ²⁰ Thou see many things, but thou do not observe. His ears are open, but he does not hear.

¹⁸ They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

⁹ Then LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. ¹⁰ See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

²³ But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!

¹³ Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive. ¹⁵ For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.

⁷⁹ to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace.

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliverance those who have been broken,

²¹ And in the same hour he healed many from diseases and plagues and evil spirits. And he granted sight to many blind men.

³⁴ The lamp of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is sound, thy whole body is also bright, but when it is bad, thy body is also dark. ³⁵ Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness.

³⁰ And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

¹⁷ For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.

²² For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. ²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷ And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man.

¹⁵ Ye judge according to the flesh. I judge no man.

²⁵ That man therefore answered and said, If he is sinful, I know not. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see.

³⁶ That man answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him? ³⁷ And Jesus said to him, Thou have both seen him, and he is that man who speaks with thee. ³⁸ And he affirmed, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.

⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I would heal them. ⁴¹ Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke about him.

⁷ What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened, ⁸ just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day. ⁹ And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.

¹⁶ to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

⁴ in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them. ⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus. ⁶ Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ and in all deception of unrighteousness in those who are perishing, in return for which, they did not accept the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.

⁹ But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

¹¹ But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹² Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying? ¹³ But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted. ¹⁴ Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.

¹⁶ Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated. ¹⁷ Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸ And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated. ¹⁹ Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it. ²¹ And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it. ²² And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it. ²³ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law-justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting those things. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. ²⁵ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean. ²⁷ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

³⁹ And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Ye foolish men, did not he who made the outside also make the inside? ⁴¹ But give compassion, things that are inside, and behold, all things are clean to you. ⁴² But woe to you Pharisees! Because ye tithe mint and rue and every plant, and pass by justice and the love of God. It is necessary to do these things, and not to neglect those things. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! Because ye love the place of honor in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴ Woe to you scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers, and the men who walk over them do not know. ⁴⁵ And having answered, a certain man of the lawyers says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou rebuke us also. ⁴⁶ And he said, Woe also to you lawyers! Because ye load men with burdens difficult to bear, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Woe to you! Because ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, but your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Consequently, ye testify and approve the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. ⁴⁹ Because of this also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles. And some of them they will kill and persecute, ⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets that was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it will be required of this generation. ⁵² Woe to you lawyers! Because ye took away the key of knowledge. Ye did not enter in yourselves, and ye hindered those who were entering in. ⁵³ And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things, ⁵⁴ waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.

¹⁹ And thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, ²⁰ a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth, ²¹ thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal? ²² Thou who say not to commit adultery, do thou commit adultery? Thou who abhor idols, do thou rob temples?

¹⁷ Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

³⁵ Yet thou said, I am innocent. Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou say, I have not sinned.

⁴⁷ And that bondman who knew his lord's will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much,

¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

²⁶ For when we sin willfully after taking the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we lead ourselves astray, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.