Luke 1 Cross References - ACV

¹ Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to arrange in order a narration about the deeds that have been brought to fullness among us, ² just as they delivered them to us, who became from the beginning eyewitnesses and servants of the word, ³ it occurred to me also, having followed closely from the beginning all things accurately, to write to thee in order, eminent Theophilus, ⁴ so that thou might know the certainty of the declarations about which thou were instructed. ⁵ It came to pass in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, from the division of Abijah, and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶ And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless. ⁷ And there was no child to them because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days. ⁸ But it came to pass during his service as a priest in the course of his division in the presence of God, ⁹ that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰ And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. ¹¹ And an agent of the Lord became visible to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹² And Zacharias having seen, was shaken, and fear fell upon him. ¹³ But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John. ¹⁴ And there will be joy and exultation for thee, and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly. ¹⁶ And he will turn back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go ahead, in front of him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward children, and the disobedient in a mentality of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. ¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the agent, How will I know this? For I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days. ¹⁹ And having answered, the agent said to him, I am Gabriel who stand in the presence of God. And I was sent to speak to thee, and to announce these good news to thee. ²⁰ And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time. ²¹ And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they wondered during his delay in the temple. ²² And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was beckoning to them, and remained speechless. ²³ And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. ²⁴ And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she concealed herself five months, saying, ²⁵ Thus the Lord has done to me during the days in which he looked, to take away my shame among men. ²⁶ Now in the sixth month the agent Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. ²⁸ And the agent having come in near her, he said, Hail, thou who are highly favored. The Lord is with thee, thou who are blessed among women. ²⁹ But having seen, she was perplexed at his saying, and was pondering what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰ And the agent said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou have found favor with God. ³¹ And behold, thou will conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son. And thou shall call his name JESUS. ³² This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David. ³³ And he will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages. And of his kingdom there will be no end. ³⁴ And Mary said to the agent, How will this be, since I know not a man? ³⁵ And having answered, the agent said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And behold, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. ³⁷ For no word from God will be impossible. ³⁸ And Mary said, Behold the maid-servant of the Lord. May it happen to me according to thy word. And the agent departed from her. ³⁹ And having risen in these days, Mary went with haste into the hill country, into a city of Judah, ⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled of the Holy Spirit, ⁴² and she exclaimed in a great voice, and said, Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy belly. ⁴³ And why is this to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? ⁴⁴ For lo, when the voice of thy greeting happened in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my belly. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she who believed, because there will be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord. ⁴⁶ And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, ⁴⁸ because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed, ⁴⁹ because the Mighty has done great things to me. And his name is holy. ⁵⁰ And his mercy is for generations of generations to those who fear him. ⁵¹ He did a mighty work by his arm. He scattered the proud in the mentality of their heart. ⁵² He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men. ⁵³ He filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy, ⁵⁵ just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and his seed into the age. ⁵⁶ And Mary dwelt with her about three months, and returned to her house. ⁵⁷ Now the time for Elizabeth was fulfilled for her to give birth, and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbors and her kinfolk heard that the Lord magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias. ⁶⁰ And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her, There is no man among thy relatives who is called by this name. ⁶² And they made signs to his father, whatever he wanted to call him. ⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled. ⁶⁴ And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spoke, praising God. ⁶⁵ And fear developed in all who dwell around them. And all these sayings were talked about in the entire hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶ And all who heard stored up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And his father Zacharias was filled of the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he came to help, and made ransom for his people. ⁶⁹ And he raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his boy David, ⁷⁰ just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷² to do mercy with our fathers, and his holy covenant to be remembered, ⁷³ the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to give to us, ⁷⁴ without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him ⁷⁵ in piety and righteousness before him all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways, ⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ because of the bowels of mercy of our God, by which the dayspring from on high came to help us, ⁷⁹ to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace. ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and became strong in spirit. And he was in the desolate regions until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

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.

¹ I indeed made the former treatise, O Theophilus, about all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, ² until a day in which he was taken up, having commanded, through the Holy Spirit, the apostles whom he chose, ³ to whom he also presented himself living, after his suffering, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.

¹⁶ And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁶ For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man. ¹⁷ For having received from God the Father honor and glory from a voice of such kind brought to him from the Majestic Glory, This is my Son, the beloved in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸ And we heard this voice, which was brought out of heaven, being with him on the holy mountain. ¹⁹ And we have the prophetic word sure, to which ye do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar arises in your hearts.

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

¹⁴ The man who sows sows the word.

⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these things.

²⁷ And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

³ to whom he also presented himself living, after his suffering, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.

⁸ But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.

²¹ It is necessary therefore, of the men who accompanied us during all the time during which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, ²² having begun from the immersion of John to the day that he was taken up from us, for one of these to become a witness with us of his resurrection.

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

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, whom also they killed, having hung on a tree. ⁴⁰ This man God raised up the third day, and granted him to become manifest, ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses who were previously chosen by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he arose from the dead.

¹⁶ But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,

¹⁶ for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

¹ Thus let a man regard us as of helpers of Christ, and managers of mysteries of God.

⁷ Of which I became a helper according to the gift of that grace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his power. ⁸ To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

¹¹ And indeed he gave the apostles, and the prophets, and the evangelists, and the shepherds and teachers ¹² for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.

²³ If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper. ²⁴ I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church. ²⁵ Of which I became a helper according to the administration of God, which was given to me for you to fulfill the word of God,

³ how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard;

¹ I, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory going be revealed, exhort the elders among you:

¹⁶ For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.

¹ What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life ² (and the life was made known, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father, and was made known to us), ³ what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that ye also may have fellowship with us. Even also our fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁵ Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

²¹ These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

¹ Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to arrange in order a narration about the deeds that have been brought to fullness among us,

¹ I indeed made the former treatise, O Theophilus, about all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

⁴ But when Peter began, he expounded to them in order, saying,

¹⁹ Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,

²⁵ it was decided by us, having become unanimous, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁸ For it was decided by the Holy Spirit, and by us, to lay upon you not one greater burden than these necessary things:

²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the eminent governor Felix, greeting.

³ we welcome, both always and everywhere, eminent Felix, with all thankfulness.

²⁵ But Paul says, I am not mad, eminent Festus, but I speak forth sayings of truth and soberness.

⁴⁰ But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have Spirit of God.

¹² And about Apollos the brother, I urged him much that he would come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all his will that he should come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.

²⁵ This was a man who was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in the Spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about the Lord, knowing only the immersion of John.

¹⁸ and know his will, and approve the things that are significant, being instructed out of the law.

¹⁹ Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue.

⁶ But let him who is taught in the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

¹⁵ And also I will endeavor for you to always have, after my departure, the memory of these things to apply. ¹⁶ For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.

¹⁰ the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

¹⁹ This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of LORD according to the ordinance given to them by Aaron their father, as LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

⁴ Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

¹⁷ of Abijah, Zichri, of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai,

¹ Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

⁹ These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

¹ And LORD said to Noah, Come, thou and all thy house into the ark, for I have seen thee righteous before me in this generation.

¹ And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

⁴ And as for thee, if thou will walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances,

³ Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.

¹ There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

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.

² Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?

⁶ Then I shall not be put to shame when I have respect for all thy commandments.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

¹ And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day.

¹⁶ And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always non-stumbling before God and men.

⁹ What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin, ¹⁰ as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one. ¹¹ There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God. ¹² All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one. ¹³ Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips, ¹⁴ whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. ¹⁵ Their feet are swift to shed blood. ¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways, ¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known. ¹⁸ There is no fear of God before their eyes. ¹⁹ Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God. ²⁰ Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. ²² And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction. ²³ For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

² Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

¹² For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

¹⁵ so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

⁶ regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness in law, having become blameless. ⁷ But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ. ⁸ But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of things surpassing, of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and be found in him, not having my righteousness, that from law, but that through Christ's faith-the righteousness from God based on faith-

²² in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.

¹³ in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.

¹¹ For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men, ¹² disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age. ¹³ Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

³ For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other. ⁴ But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which he poured out upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior. ⁷ So that, having been made righteous by the grace of that man, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.

³ And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

²⁹ If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every man doing righteousness has been begotten of him.

⁷ Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.

² And Abram said, O lord LORD, what will thou give me, since I go childless. And he who shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ³ And Abram said, Behold, thou have given no seed to me. And, lo, a man born in my house is my heir.

¹ Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no sons. And she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. ² And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, LORD has restrained me from bearing. Go in, I pray thee, to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain sons by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

¹⁷ Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age. It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

²¹ And Isaac entreated LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

¹ And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no sons, Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I die.

² And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and did not bear. ³ And the agent of LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou are barren, and do not bear, but thou shall conceive, and bear a son.

² And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

⁵ but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but LORD had shut up her womb. ⁶ And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb. ⁷ And as he did so year by year when she went up to the house of LORD, so she provoked her. Therefore she wept, and did not eat. ⁸ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do thou weep? And why do thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

¹ Now king David was old and stricken in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he did not get warm.

¹⁴ And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no son, and her husband is old.

¹⁹ And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

¹¹ By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised.

¹ And bring thou near to thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

⁴¹ And thou shall put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

¹ And this is the thing that thou shall do to them to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,

⁹ And thou shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-coverings on them. And they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. And thou shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

⁴⁴ And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar. I will also sanctify Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest's office.

³⁰ And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

⁷ And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil, and ye shall serve. I give you the priesthood as a service of gift. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no sons. Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

¹⁴ And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required, also the porters by their divisions at every gate. For so David the man of God had commanded.

¹⁴ For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem. For Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to LORD.

² And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of LORD.

¹⁹ Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

¹⁸ And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

⁵ It came to pass in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, from the division of Abijah, and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it. ⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before LORD throughout your generations.

²⁵ And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, foursquare, and two cubits was the height of it. The horns of it were of one piece with it. ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And he made to it a crown of gold round about. ²⁷ And he made for it two golden rings under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves with which to bear it. ²⁸ And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. ²⁹ And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

⁴⁰ to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before LORD, that he not be as Korah, and as his company, as LORD spoke to him by Moses.

²⁸ And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? And did I give to the house of thy father all the offerings of the sons of Israel made by fire?

⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

¹⁶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against LORD his God. For he went into the temple of LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

¹¹ My sons, be not now negligent. For LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense.

⁶ And these things thus having been prepared, the priests indeed enter into the first part of the tabernacle continually, accomplishing the services.

¹⁷ And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

¹⁴ Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of the affirmation.

²⁴ For the Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, representative of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

³ And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne.

¹ And thou shall make an altar to burn incense upon. Thou shall make it of acacia wood. ² A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it (it shall be foursquare), and two cubits shall be the height of it. The horns of it shall be of one piece with it. ³ And thou shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And thou shall make to it a crown of gold round about. ⁴ And two golden rings thou shall make for it under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it thou shall make them. And they shall be for places for staves with which to bear it. ⁵ And thou shall make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And thou shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it. ⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before LORD throughout your generations. ⁹ Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering. And ye shall pour no drink offering on it. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to LORD.

²⁶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, ²⁷ and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as LORD commanded Moses.

¹³ And he shall put the incense upon the fire before LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he not die.

³ And the agent of LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou are barren, and do not bear, but thou shall conceive, and bear a son.

⁹ And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah, and the agent of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

¹⁹ And having answered, the agent said to him, I am Gabriel who stand in the presence of God. And I was sent to speak to thee, and to announce these good news to thee.

²⁸ And the agent having come in near her, he said, Hail, thou who are highly favored. The Lord is with thee, thou who are blessed among women.

¹⁰ And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be to all the people,

¹⁹ But an agent of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and after leading them out, he said,

³ He saw plainly in a vision about the ninth hour of the day, an agent of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. ⁴ And after gazing at him, and having become afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy charities have come up for a memorial before God.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

³ And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne. ⁴ And the vapor of the incense, with the prayers of the sanctified, ascended before God out of the agent's hand.

¹³ And the sixth agent sounded, and I heard a voice, one from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

²² And Gideon saw that he was the agent of LORD. And Gideon said, Alas, O lord LORD! Inasmuch as I have seen the agent of LORD face to face.

²² And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

¹⁴ fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. ¹⁵ Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

⁷ And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great quaking fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

⁵ And having entered into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

²⁹ But having seen, she was perplexed at his saying, and was pondering what kind of greeting this might be.

⁹ And behold, an agent of the Lord stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. And they feared a great fear. ¹⁰ And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be to all the people,

⁴ And after gazing at him, and having become afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy charities have come up for a memorial before God.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last,

¹⁰ This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.

¹⁹ And God said, No, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for LORD? At the set time I will return to thee, when the season comes round, and Sarah shall have a son.

²³ And LORD said to him, Peace be to thee. Fear not; thou shall not die.

³ And the agent of LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou are barren, and do not bear, but thou shall conceive, and bear a son. ⁴ Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, ⁵ for, lo, thou shall conceive, and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

²⁰ And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of LORD. ²¹ And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. ²² But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, Not until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before LORD, and abide there forever. ²³ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to thee. Remain until thou have weaned him, only LORD establish his word. So the woman remained and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

²¹ And LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before LORD.

¹⁶ And he said, At this season, when the time comes round, thou shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid. ¹⁷ And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.

⁹ He makes the barren woman to keep house, a joyful mother of sons. Praise ye LORD.

²¹ I will give thanks to thee, for thou have answered me, and have become my salvation.

³ Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, and the fruit of the womb is a reward. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth. ⁵ Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

³ And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then LORD said to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

¹² Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that thou set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard. And I have come for thy words' sake.

⁴ And LORD said to him, Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

⁶ And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And LORD said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah, for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

⁹ And LORD said, Call his name Lo-ammi, for ye are not my people, and I will not be yours. ¹⁰ Yet the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. And it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said to them, The sons of the living God.

²¹ And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.

²⁷ But straightaway Jesus spoke to them, saying, Cheer up. It is I, fear not.

⁵ And having responded, the agent said to the women, Fear ye not, for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified.

⁶ And he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the man of Nazareth who was crucified. He was raised. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him.

³⁰ And the agent said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou have found favor with God.

⁶⁰ And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her, There is no man among thy relatives who is called by this name. ⁶² And they made signs to his father, whatever he wanted to call him. ⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.

²¹ And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise him, that his name was called JESUS, the one called by the agent before he was conceived in the belly.

³⁶ And as they spoke these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and says to them, Peace to you. ³⁷ But having been startled, and having become frightened, they presumed to see a spirit. ³⁸ And he said to them, Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? ³⁹ See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as ye see me having. ⁴⁰ And having said this, he displayed to them his hands and feet.

³¹ And he says, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy charities are remembered before God.

⁶ And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.

²⁰ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine.

²⁴ The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and her kinfolk heard that the Lord magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.

¹⁹ And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

² Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to LORD, ³ he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. ⁴ All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the kernels even to the husk.

⁷ And LORD said to Joshua, This day I will begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

¹⁴ On that day LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

⁴ Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, ⁵ for, lo, thou shall conceive, and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. ⁶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the agent of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him from where he was, neither did he tell me his name,

⁸ And I have been with thee wherever thou have gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee. And I will make thee a name like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.

¹² Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rule over all. And in thy hand is power and might. And in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.

⁹ But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.

⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. I have appointed thee a prophet to the nations.

¹⁵ LORD of hosts will defend them. And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones. And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

⁹ But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my agent before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹ Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively, and aggressors seize it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come. ¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions, ¹⁷ and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not beat the breast. ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

²⁸ For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

³³ For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.

³⁵ That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.

⁴ And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to declare.

¹⁴ But Peter having stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and spoke out to them, saying, Jewish men, and all who dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my sayings. ¹⁵ For these men are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. ¹⁶ But this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams. ¹⁸ And also on my bondmen and on my bondmaids in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's belly, and called me through his grace,

¹⁸ And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

³ The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ⁴ Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. And the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places smooth. ⁵ And the glory of LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. For the mouth of LORD has spoken it.

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.

³ And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

¹ Behold, I send my agent, and he shall prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.

¹ And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, ² Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached. ³ For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴ Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region of the Jordan went out to him, ⁶ and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

³² For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.

⁷⁶ And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,

⁵ And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to LORD.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

¹⁸ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of LORD, and thou have followed the Baalim.

²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Have thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee because thou have sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of LORD.

⁴ Now therefore thus says LORD, Thou shall not come down from the bed where thou have gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed. ⁵ And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that ye are returned? ⁶ And they said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus says LORD, Is it because there is no God in Israel that thou send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore thou shall not come down from the bed where thou have gone up, but shall surely die.

¹⁶ And he said to him, Thus says LORD, Inasmuch as thou have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore thou shall not come down from the bed where thou have gone up, but shall surely die.

¹⁸ O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart to thee.

³⁶ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.

¹⁷ LORD, thou have heard the desire of the humble. Thou will prepare their heart, thou will cause thine ear to hear,

⁸ and might not be as their fathers: a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

¹⁰ The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and all who act accordingly have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

²⁴ They also who err in spirit shall come to understanding, and those who murmur shall receive instruction.

¹² Therefore thus I will do to thee, O Israel, and because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

⁵ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and fearful day of LORD comes. ⁶ And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

⁴ Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance. ⁹ And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit. ¹² Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.

¹⁴ And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come.

⁴ For John said to him, It is not permitted for thee to have her.

¹¹ And having answered, Jesus said to them, Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all. ¹² But I say to you, that Elijah already came, and they knew him not, but did to him how many things they wanted. Likewise also the Son of man is going to suffer by them.

²⁹ And having answered, he said, I do not want to, but having repented later, he went. ³⁰ And having come to the second, he said likewise. And having answered, he said, I, sir, and did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.

¹¹ And they questioned him, saying, The scholars say that Elijah must first come. ¹² And having answered, he said to them, Elijah indeed comes first and restores all. And how it is written for the Son of man, that he would suffer many things and be rejected. ¹³ But I say to you, that Elijah has also come, and they did to him as much as they wanted, just as it is written for him.

¹⁶ And he will turn back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

⁷ He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire. ¹⁰ And the crowds questioned him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise. ¹² And tax collectors also came to be immersed, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do? ¹³ And he said to them, Collect not one thing more than from what has been appointed for you. ¹⁴ And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.

¹³ who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God.

²¹ And they asked him, What therefore, are thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are thou the prophet? And he answered, No. ²² They said therefore to him, Who are thou, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do thou say about thyself? ²³ He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said. ²⁴ And those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but amidst you stands him whom ye know not. ²⁷ He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe. ²⁸ These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan where John was immersing. ²⁹ On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is he about whom I said, After me comes a man who has become before me, because he was before me.

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

²⁸ Ye yourselves testify that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent ahead of that man.

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.

²³ even that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And some of you were these things, but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were made righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

¹² Giving thanks to the Father who made us qualified for the share of the portion of the sanctified in light.

²¹ If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

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 Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties, ¹² anticipating and hastening the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens, being made fiery hot, will be disintegrated, and the elements dissolve, being intensely hot? ¹³ But we anticipate a new heavens and a new earth according to his promise, in which righteousness dwells. ¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is made known, we may have confidence, and not be shamed by him at his coming.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them and the souls of those who were beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they lived, and reigned with the Christ the thousand years.

⁸ And he said, O lord LORD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

¹² And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old?

²¹ And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen, and thou have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. ²² Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? ²³ And LORD said to Moses, Is LORD's hand grown short? Now thou shall see whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

³⁶ And Gideon said to God, If thou will save Israel by my hand, as thou have spoken, ³⁷ behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor. If there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then I shall know that thou will save Israel by my hand as thou have spoken. ³⁸ And it was so, for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. ³⁹ And Gideon said to God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. ⁴⁰ And God did so that night, for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

² Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shall see it with thine eyes, but shall not eat of it.

²² Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of LORD?

⁷ And there was no child to them because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.

³⁴ And Mary said to the agent, How will this be, since I know not a man?

¹⁶ And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

²¹ yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. ²² And he instructed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I have now come forth to give thee wisdom and understanding. ²³ At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell thee, for thou are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

¹⁰ See that ye not disparage one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in the heavens their agents do always behold the face of my Father in the heavens.

²⁶ Now in the sixth month the agent Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return to thee when the season comes round, and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. ¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age. It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. ¹² And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old? ¹³ And LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I who am old certainly bear a child? ¹⁴ Is anything too hard for LORD? At the set time I will return to thee, when the season comes round, and Sarah shall have a son. ¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said, No, but thou did laugh.

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?

¹² And LORD said to Moses and Aaron, Because ye did not believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.

¹⁹ And that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shall see it with thine eyes, but shall not eat of it.

⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

²⁶ And I will make thy tongue cling to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shall be mute, and shall not be a reprover to them, for they are a rebellious house.

²⁷ In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him who is escaped, and thou shall speak, and no more be mute. So thou shall be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am LORD.

¹⁹ And having answered him, he says, O faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him to me.

¹⁴ Afterward he became visible to them, to the eleven, who were relaxing. And he upbraided their unbelief and hard heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he was raised.

²² And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was beckoning to them, and remained speechless.

⁴⁵ And blessed is she who believed, because there will be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord.

³ For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective?

¹³ If we are unfaithful, that man remains faithful. He cannot renounce himself.

² in hope of eternal life, which the non-lying God promised before times eternal,

¹⁸ So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

²³ Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This way ye shall bless the sons of Israel: Ye shall say to them, ²⁴ LORD bless thee, and keep thee. ²⁵ LORD make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee. ²⁶ LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. ²⁷ So shall they put my name upon the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, whatever he wanted to call him.

²⁴ Simon Peter therefore gestured to this man to inquire whoever he may be about whom he speaks.

¹⁷ But after motioning to them with the hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he said, Report these things to James, and to the brothers. And having departed, he went to a different place.

³³ And they urged forward Alexander out of the multitude, having put him forward from the Jews. And Alexander having waved his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.

⁴⁰ And having permitted him, Paul, having stood on the steps, motioned his hand to the people. And when a great hush developed, he called out in the Hebrew language, saying,

⁵ And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house; ⁶ and a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard. So shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. ⁷ And the two companies of you, even all who go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of LORD around the king.

²⁵ And their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

¹ And LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. ² And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

²² And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.

⁶ And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb.

¹⁹ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and LORD remembered her. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of LORD.

²¹ And LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before LORD. ²² Now Eli was very old. And he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.

¹ And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel. Only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

¹ Sing, O barren, thou who did not bear. Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou who did not travail with child. For more are the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married woman, says LORD. ² Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations. Spare not. Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. ³ For thou shall spread abroad on the right hand and on the left. And thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. ⁴ Fear not, for thou shall not be ashamed. Neither be thou confounded, for thou shall not be put to shame. For thou shall forget the shame of thy youth. And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shall remember no more.

¹³ But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John.

²³ And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and patriarchy of David,

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

⁴¹ Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, For does the Christ come out of Galilee?

¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

²² How long will thou go here and there, O thou backsliding daughter? For LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

¹⁶ and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.

²³ Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and patriarchy of David, ⁵ to enroll himself with Mary, the woman who was betrothed to him, being pregnant.

²⁴ Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

¹² And the agent of LORD appeared to him, and said to him, LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

²⁹ Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excel them all. ³⁰ Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears LORD, she shall be praised. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.

⁵ Fear not, for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.

¹⁸ For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the rulers of it, against the priests of it, and against the people of the land. ¹⁹ And they shall fight against thee. But they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, says LORD, to deliver thee.

¹⁹ And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not. Peace be to thee. Be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak, for thou have strengthened me.

² Take with you words, and return to LORD. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

⁴⁸ But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?

⁴² and she exclaimed in a great voice, and said, Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy belly.

²⁷ And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled. ²⁸ But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.

¹⁰ because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.

⁶ for appreciation of the glory of his grace, by which he blessed us in him who is beloved.

¹³ And Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if LORD is with us, then why has all this befallen us? And where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. ¹⁴ And LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent thee? ¹⁵ And he said to him, Oh, Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

²⁰ And as for thy donkeys that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them, for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house? ²¹ And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then speak thou to me according to this manner?

⁴⁹ But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed it to be a ghost, and cried out. ⁵⁰ For they all saw him, and were troubled. And straightaway he spoke with them, and says to them, Cheer up. It is I, fear not.

⁵ And having entered into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ⁶ And he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the man of Nazareth who was crucified. He was raised. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him.

¹² And Zacharias having seen, was shaken, and fear fell upon him.

⁶⁶ And all who heard stored up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

¹⁹ But Mary kept all these proclamations, pondering in her heart.

⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

¹⁷ Now while Peter was bewildered in himself whatever the vision which he saw might be, that lo, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having inquired the house of Simon, stood at the gate.

¹⁰ Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹⁴ Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says LORD, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

¹ But now thus says LORD who created thee, O Jacob, and he who formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, Thou are mine. ² When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee. ³ For I am LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. ⁴ Since thou have been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee, therefore I will give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

² Thus says LORD who made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

³² Fear not, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

⁹ And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent, ¹⁰ because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.

²⁴ saying, Fear not, Paul. Thou must stand before Caesar, and lo, God has granted thee all those sailing with thee.

³¹ What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

⁶ So then we have confidence to say, The Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?

²⁵ and knew her not until she brought forth her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

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

¹¹ and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover LORD tells thee that LORD will make thee a house. ¹² When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shall sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure forever before thee; thy throne shall be established forever.

¹¹ LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: From the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.

⁶ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. ⁷ Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of LORD of hosts will perform this.

⁵ And a throne shall be established in loving kindness, and he shall sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

⁵ Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: LORD our righteousness.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶ In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name whereby she shall be called: LORD our righteousness. ¹⁷ For thus says LORD: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel,

²² Thus says the lord LORD: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it. I will crop off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain. ²³ I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel, and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar. And all birds of every wing shall dwell under it; they shall dwell in the shade of the branches thereof. ²⁴ And all the trees of the field shall know that I, LORD, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, LORD, have spoken and have done it.

²³ And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. ²⁴ And I, LORD, will be their God, and my servant David ruler among them. I, LORD, have spoken it.

²⁴ And my servant David shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them. ²⁵ And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers dwelt. And they shall dwell therein, they, and their sons, and their son's sons, forever. And David my servant shall be their ruler forever.

¹¹ In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old, ¹² that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says LORD who does this.

¹ A book of a genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

¹¹ I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

⁴² The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me.

⁷ And having cried out in a great voice, he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me.

⁶¹ But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest demanded him, and says to him, Are thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.

³⁵ And having answered, the agent said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God.

¹⁶ John responded, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water, but a man mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to unloose the strap of his shoes. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 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.

²¹ For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will. 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. ²⁸ Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice, ²⁹ and will come forth, those who have done right to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced wrong to a resurrection of judgment.

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

³⁴ The multitude answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ remains into the age. And how can thou say, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

³⁰ Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, to raise the Christ from the fruit of his loins according to flesh to sit upon his throne.

³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

⁴⁸ However the Most High does not dwell in man-made temples, just as the prophet says,

¹⁷ This woman having followed Paul and us was crying out, saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

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 which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things, ²¹ far above every principle office, and position of authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is coming. ²² And he subordinated all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fulfillment of him who fills all in all.

⁹ Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly, ¹¹ and that every tongue should acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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.

⁷ And to the agent of the congregation in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, who opens, and none will shut it except he who opens, and none will open:

⁶ Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of straightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

³⁵ I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David. ³⁶ His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. ³⁷ It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

¹³ I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven someone like a son of man. And he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ¹⁴ And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

¹⁸ But the sanctified of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.

²⁷ And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the sanctified of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

²¹ And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be LORD's.

⁷ And I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation. And LORD will reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth even forever.

⁶ But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,

²⁴ Afterwards the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will abolish all rule, and all authority and power. ²⁵ For he must reign until he will put all his enemies under his feet.

²⁹ And if ye are Christ's, then ye are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

¹⁶ And as many as will march by this standard, peace upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

³ For we are the circumcision, men who worship in spirit to God, and who boast in Christ Jesus, and not being confident in flesh.

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.

¹⁵ And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them and the souls of those who were beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they lived, and reigned with the Christ the thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will reign with him a thousand years.

³ And there will be no curse there. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his bondmen will serve him. ⁴ And they will see his face, and his name is on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp and the light of sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them. And they will reign into the ages of the ages.

⁸ Then Manoah entreated LORD, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou sent come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born. ⁹ And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah, and the agent of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her. ¹⁰ And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the other day. ¹¹ And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are thou the man who spoke to the woman? And he said, I am. ¹² And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. What shall be the ordering of the child, and what shall we do to him?

⁶ But arise, and enter into the city, and it will be told thee what thou must do.

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

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?

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

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

²⁰ But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from the Holy Spirit.

³ And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread.

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

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. And having responded, the high priest said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou are the Christ, the Son of God. ⁶⁴ Jesus says to him, Thou have said. Nevertheless I say to you, Henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of the sky.

⁵⁴ Now the centurion, and those with him watching over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that happened, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

²⁴ saying, Oh no! What is with us and with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Did thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou are, the Holy man of God.

³¹ And behold, thou will conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son. And thou shall call his name JESUS. ³² This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, and says to him, Rabbi, thou are the Son of God. Thou are the king of Israel.

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 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

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.

¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.

²⁶ For such a high priest is fitting for us, devout, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens. ²⁷ Who has no need to offer up sacrifices each day, as those high priests, first for his own sins, then for those of the people, for this he did, once, when he offered up himself. ²⁸ For the law appoints men high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath after the law, a Son who has been fully perfected into the age.

²³ And LORD said to Moses, Is LORD's hand grown short? Now thou shall see whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

² What ye know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

¹⁷ Ah lord LORD! Behold, thou have made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for thee,

²⁷ Behold, I am LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

⁶ Thus says LORD of hosts: If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes? says LORD of hosts.

²⁶ And having looked, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

²⁷ And having looked at them, Jesus says, With men, impossible, but not with God. For with God all things are possible.

²⁷ And he said, The things impossible with men are possible with God.

²¹ who will transform the body of our lowliness, in order for it to become similar in form to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power even to subject all things to himself.

²⁵ And now, O LORD God, the word that thou have spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as thou have spoken. ²⁶ And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is God over Israel, and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee. ²⁷ For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house. Therefore thy servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee. ²⁸ And now, O lord LORD, thou are God, and thy words are truth, and thou have promised this good thing to thy servant. ²⁹ Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee, for thou, O lord LORD, have spoken it. And with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever.

¹⁶ O LORD, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou have loosed my bonds.

³⁸ Confirm to thy servant thy word, which is for the fear of thee.

²⁰ And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully assured that what he promised, he was able also to perform.

⁴⁰ So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.

⁴⁸ And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, ⁴⁹ and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir), ⁵⁰ and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, ⁵¹ and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. ⁵² Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, ⁵³ and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, ⁵⁴ and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages. ⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, ⁵⁶ and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, ⁵⁷ Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. ⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, ⁵⁹ and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.

⁷ And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

⁹ And they gave out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, ¹⁰ and they were for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi, for theirs was the first lot. ¹¹ And they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs of it round about it.

⁶⁵ And fear developed in all who dwell around them. And all these sayings were talked about in the entire hill country of Judea.

²² And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, why do I live? And she went to inquire of LORD.

¹⁰ I was cast upon thee from the womb. Thou are my God since my mother bore me.

⁴⁴ For lo, when the voice of thy greeting happened in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my belly.

⁶⁷ And his father Zacharias was filled of the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

⁸ Then Peter being filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

³ Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need.

⁵⁵ But being full of the Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

¹⁰ I became in spirit on the Lord's day and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet

¹⁸ and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou have obeyed my voice.

⁶ For thou make him most blessed forever. Thou make him glad with joy in thy presence.

² Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.

¹⁷ His name shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in him. All nations shall call him blessed. ¹⁸ Blessed be LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name forever. And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Truly, and Truly.

⁴⁸ because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed,

³⁸ Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!

²⁶ Because of this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad. And moreover my flesh will also rest in hope. ²⁷ Because thou will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will thou give thy Holy man to see decay. ²⁸ Thou made known to me the paths of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance.

⁵ of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly.

² Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁰ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in thy sight that thou should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

⁴¹ And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

¹ LORD says to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

¹⁴ But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and thou come to me?

¹¹ because to you was born today in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ Lord.

⁷ Therefore neither did I consider myself worthy to come to thee, but speak by word, and my boy will be healed.

⁴² Even David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, ⁴³ until I will place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet. ⁴⁴ David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?

⁵ Then he pours water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. ⁶ So he comes to Simon Peter, and that man says to him, Lord, do thou wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou do not know now, but thou will understand after these things. ⁸ Peter says to him, Thou may, no, not wash my feet into the age. Jesus answered him, If I may not wash thee, thou have no part with me.

¹³ Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord. And ye say well, for I am.

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

³ in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.

⁸ But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of things surpassing, of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain Christ,

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in LORD your God, so shall ye be established. Believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

²⁰ And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.

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

²⁹ Jesus says to him, Because thou have seen me, thou have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.

¹ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exults in LORD. My horn is exalted in LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation. ² There is none holy as LORD, for there is none besides thee, neither is there any rock like our God. ³ Talk no more so very proudly. Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth, for LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. ⁴ The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength. ⁵ Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. Yea, the barren has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes. ⁶ LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. ⁷ LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. 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. ⁹ He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail. ¹⁰ Those who strive with LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in heaven. LORD will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

² My soul shall make its boast in LORD. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad. ³ O magnify LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹ Bless LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ² Bless LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

¹⁵ Therefore glorify ye LORD in the east, even the name of LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea. ¹⁶ From the outermost part of the earth we have heard songs. Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

²⁵ In LORD all the seed of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.

¹⁰ I will greatly rejoice in LORD. My soul shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

¹⁷ For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; ¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in LORD. I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹¹ And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

³¹ so that, just as it is written, He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

¹⁴ And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.

⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

² Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid, for LORD, even LORD, is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. ³ Therefore with joy ye shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.

²¹ Declare ye, and bring it forth. Yea, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Have not I, LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is none besides me. ²² Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.

¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in LORD. I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁴ Sing, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O Israel. Be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ LORD has taken away thy judgments. He has cast out thine enemy. The King of Israel, even LORD, is in the midst of thee. Thou shall not fear evil any more. ¹⁶ In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not, O Zion. Let not thy hands be slack. ¹⁷ LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king comes to thee. He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to a commandment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

³ but in his own times he made known his word by preaching, which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

¹⁰ not pilfering, but demonstrating all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

¹³ Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

⁴ But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which he poured out upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior.

²⁵ to the only wise God our Savior, is glory, majesty, dominion and power, both now and into all the ages. Truly.

¹³ And Leah said, Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy. And she called his name Asher.

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou will indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but will give to thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

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.

⁸ Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel.

¹⁸ Then David the king went in, and sat before LORD. And he said, Who am I, O lord LORD, and what is my house, that thou have brought me thus far? ¹⁹ And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O lord LORD, but thou have spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and this too according to the manner of men, O lord LORD!

¹⁷ He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

⁷ He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill, ⁸ that he may set him with rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

²³ who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness is forever,

⁶ For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.

² For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

¹² And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightful land, says LORD of hosts.

²⁷ And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled.

²⁶ For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent. ²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful. ²⁸ And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? ⁶ But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

¹¹ Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

² There is none holy as LORD, for there is none besides thee, neither is there any rock like our God.

⁸ Who is the King of glory? LORD strong and mighty, LORD mighty in battle.

¹⁹ Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, thou who have done great things. O God, who is like thee? ²⁰ Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. ²¹ Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.

³ Let them praise thy great and awesome name. Holy is he.

⁹ Exalt ye LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill. For LORD our God is holy.

⁹ He has sent redemption to his people. He has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and reverend is his name.

² Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, LORD has done great things for them. ³ LORD has done great things for us. We are glad.

²⁴ Therefore says the Lord, LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies.

³ And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is LORD of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory.

¹⁵ For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

¹ Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this who is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

⁶ There is none like thee, O LORD. Thou are great, and thy name is great in might.

¹¹ But LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

¹³ And straightaway, Jesus allowed them. And the unclean spirits having come out, entered into the swine. And the herd stampeded down the slope into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. And there were about two thousand.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do above extraordinary-above all things that we ask or think-according to the power that works in us,

⁸ And the four living creatures, one by one, each having six wings, are full of eyes around and inside. And they have no cessation day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord, the Almighty God, he was, and who is, and who is coming.

⁴ Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.

⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.

⁶ and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

⁶ And LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, LORD, LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, ⁷ keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, and upon the sons's sons, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

¹⁹ O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

⁹ Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

¹⁷ But the loving kindness of LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to son's sons, ¹⁸ to such as keep his covenant, and to those who remember his precepts to do them.

¹³ He will bless those who fear LORD, both small and great.

⁴ Let those now who fear LORD say that his loving kindness is forever.

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

¹¹ LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

¹⁶ Then those who feared LORD spoke one with another, and LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared LORD, and who thought upon his name. ¹⁷ And they shall be mine, says LORD of hosts, my own possession, in the day that I make. And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. ¹⁸ Then ye shall return and discern between the righteous man and the wicked man, between him who serves God and him who does not serve him.

⁵ And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise ye our God, all his bondmen and those who fear him, the small and the great.

⁵ And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

²¹ And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything living, as I have done.

⁶ Thy right hand, O LORD, is glorious in power. Thy right hand, O LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces. ⁷ And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrow those who rise up against thee. Thou send forth thy wrath, it consumes them as stubble.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. ¹⁰ Thou did blow with thy wind, the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters. ¹¹ Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? ¹² Thou stretched out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. ¹³ Thou in thy loving kindness have led the people that thou have redeemed. Thou have guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.

¹¹ Now I know that LORD is greater than all gods, yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

³⁴ Or has God assayed to go and take for him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

¹⁹ and it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. ²⁰ LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.

³ Talk no more so very proudly. Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth, for LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. ⁴ The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

⁹ Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him? ¹⁰ Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty. ¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him. ¹² Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹ Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things? ² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, saying, ³ Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us. ⁴ He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. ⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his great displeasure. ⁶ Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

¹⁰ LORD brings the counsel of the nations to naught. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

⁹ I will give thee thanks forever, because thou have done it. And I will hope in thy name in the presence of thy sanctified, for it is good.

⁵ My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips

¹⁰ Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

¹³ Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹ O sing to LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand, and his holy arm, has wrought salvation for him.

¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. The right hand of LORD does valiantly.

¹² Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. ¹³ For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. And I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. And like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit on thrones. ¹⁴ And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples. And like a gathering of eggs that are forsaken, I have gathered all the earth. And there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped. ¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him who is not wood. ¹⁶ Therefore will the Lord, LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness, and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire. ¹⁷ And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day. ¹⁸ And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. And it shall be as when a standard-bearer faints. ¹⁹ And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.

¹⁰ Behold, the lord LORD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of LORD. Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

¹⁰ LORD has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

¹² who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,

²⁹ We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud, his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. ³⁰ I know his wrath, says LORD, that it is nothing. His boastings have wrought nothing.

³⁷ Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.

²⁵ And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. ²⁶ This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God has numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end. ²⁷ TEKEL, thou are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. ²⁸ PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. ²⁹ Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. ³⁰ In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. ³¹ And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

²¹ Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.

⁵ casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,

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.

⁸ Because of this her plagues will come in one day, death, and grief, and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, because strong is the Lord, the God who judged her.

⁴ The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

⁶ LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. ⁷ LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. 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 so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety. ¹² He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. ¹³ He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

²⁴ He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their stead. ²⁵ Therefore he takes knowledge of their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. ²⁶ He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others ²⁷ because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard in any of his ways, ²⁸ so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.

⁴⁰ He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. ⁴¹ Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

⁶ and yet looks upon the low things in heaven and in the earth.

¹⁴ For he came forth out of prison to be king, yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

²⁴ And all the trees of the field shall know that I, LORD, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, LORD, have spoken and have done it.

¹¹ In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,

³ Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him.

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.

⁹ Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, ¹⁰ but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.

¹⁰ Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

⁵ Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. Yea, the barren has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes.

¹⁰ The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek LORD shall not want any good thing.

⁸ O that men would praise LORD for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men! ⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,

⁷ who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. LORD releases the prisoners.

²⁹ And I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall no more be consumed with famine in the land, nor bear the shame of the nations any more.

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

²¹ Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

²⁴ However, woe to you the rich, because ye have received your consolation.

¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. ¹⁷ And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily. 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. ²³ And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom. ²⁴ And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

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.

²⁴ And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to enter in through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves, and having expressed thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fishes as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, so that not anything may be lost. ¹³ So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over from those who have eaten.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will, no, not hunger, and he who believes in me will, no, not ever thirst.

²⁶ For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

⁸ Already ye are filled. Already ye have become rich. Ye reigned without us, and O that ye did indeed reign, so that we also might reign with you.

¹ Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. ² Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.

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. 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.

¹⁶ They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat. ¹⁷ Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

³ He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

²¹ Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou are my servant. I have formed thee. Thou are my servant, O Israel, thou shall not be forgotten by me.

³ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from their birth, who have been carried from the womb. ⁴ And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

¹⁴ But Zion said, LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me. ¹⁵ Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet I will not forget thee. ¹⁶ Behold, I have engraved thee upon the palms of my hands. Thy walls are continually before me.

⁶ For LORD has called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth when she is cast off, says thy God. ⁷ For a small moment I have forsaken thee, but with great mercies I will gather thee. ⁸ In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on thee, says LORD thy Redeemer. ⁹ For this is as the waters of Noah to me. For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee. ¹⁰ For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness shall not depart from thee, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says LORD who has mercy on thee.

⁷ I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of LORD, and the praises of LORD, according to all that LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. ⁸ For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely. So he was their Savior. ⁹ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the agent of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. And he bore them, and carried them all the days of old. ¹⁰ But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit. Therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them. ¹¹ Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them, ¹² who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name, ¹³ who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not? ¹⁴ As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of LORD caused them to rest. So thou led thy people to make thyself a glorious name. ¹⁵ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me. ¹⁶ For thou are our Father, though Abraham knows us not, and Israel does not acknowledge us, thou, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.

³ LORD appeared of old to me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn thee.

²⁰ Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says LORD.

²⁴ Consider thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which LORD chose, he has cast them off? Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. ²⁵ Thus says LORD: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, ²⁶ then I will also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

²⁰ Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, and the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

¹⁴ Sing, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O Israel. Be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ LORD has taken away thy judgments. He has cast out thine enemy. The King of Israel, even LORD, is in the midst of thee. Thou shall not fear evil any more. ¹⁶ In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not, O Zion. Let not thy hands be slack. ¹⁷ LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing. ¹⁸ I will gather those who sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee, to whom the burden upon her was a reproach. ¹⁹ Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict thee. And I will save that which is lame, and gather that which was driven away, and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame has been in all the earth. ²⁰ At that time I will bring you in, and at that time I will gather you. For I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, says LORD.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king comes to thee. He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey. ¹⁰ And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace to the nations. And his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. ¹¹ As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

⁷⁰ just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷² to do mercy with our fathers, and his holy covenant to be remembered, ⁷³ the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to give to us, ⁷⁴ without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him ⁷⁵ in piety and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

³ And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

⁴ And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these lands, and in thy seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen. ⁷ He is LORD our God. His judgments are in all the earth. ⁸ He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ⁹ which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac, ¹⁰ and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹ LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: From the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne. ¹² If thy sons will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore. ¹³ For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴ This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. ¹⁵ I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶ I will also clothe her priests with salvation, and her sanctified shall shout aloud for joy. ¹⁷ There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

²⁸ They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. ²⁹ For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, And to the seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, who is Christ. ¹⁷ And I say this, a covenant previously confirmed by God in Christ, the law, which happened four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul in order to make the promise useless.

² And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. ³ And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

⁶ And it came to pass while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to bring forth. ⁷ And she brought forth her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the feed trough, because there was no place for them in the inn.

¹⁹ Behold now, thy servant has found favor in thy sight, and thou have magnified thy loving kindness, which thou have shown to me in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

¹⁴ And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be LORD, who has not left thee this day without a near kinsman. And let his name be famous in Israel. ¹⁵ And he shall be to thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has borne him. ¹⁶ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. ¹⁷ And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

⁹ Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says LORD. Shall I who cause to bring forth shut the womb? says thy God. ¹⁰ Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all ye who mourn over her,

¹⁴ And there will be joy and exultation for thee, and many will rejoice at his birth.

²⁵ Thus the Lord has done to me during the days in which he looked, to take away my shame among men.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,

²⁶ And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.

¹² And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations: he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

³ And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. ⁴ And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

³ And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

⁸ And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

⁵ in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; regarding law, a Pharisee;

²⁵ and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet. And he called his name Jedidiah, for LORD's sake.

⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.

³ Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart,

⁸ Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

¹ The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars,

² And LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run who reads it.

⁶⁰ And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John.

¹⁵ And thou shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do, ¹⁶ and he shall be thy spokesman to the people. And it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shall be to him as God.

⁷ Thou, LORD, of thy favor had made my mountain to stand strong. Thou hid thy face; I was troubled. ⁸ I cried to thee, O LORD, and to LORD I made supplication. ⁹ What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? ¹⁰ Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me. LORD, be thou my helper. ¹¹ Thou have turned for me my mourning into dancing. Thou have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness, ¹² to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.

¹⁵ O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

¹⁸ LORD has chastened me greatly, but he has not given me over to death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to LORD.

¹ And in that day thou shall say, I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, for though thou were angry with me. Thine anger is turned away and thou comfort me.

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.

²⁷ But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shall say to them, Thus says the lord LORD. He who hears, let him hear, and he who forbears, let him forbear, for they are a rebellious house.

²¹ In that day I will cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them. And they shall know that I am LORD.

²² Now the hand of LORD had been upon me in the evening, before he who escaped came. And he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning. And my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.

³⁴ And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me. And I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever. For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. ³⁵ And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. And none can stay his hand, or say to him, What are thou doing? ³⁶ At the same time my understanding returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me, and my counselors and my lords sought to me. And I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me. ³⁷ Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.

³³ And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

³² And they bring a deaf, tongue-tied man to him, and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him. ³³ And having taken him from the multitude in private, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spat, he touched his tongue. ³⁴ And having looked up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. ³⁵ And straightaway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶ And he commanded them that they should tell no man, but as much as he commanded them, so much the more abundantly they proclaimed it. ³⁷ And they were exceedingly astonished, saying, He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.

⁶ And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants. Come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.

³⁹ And having risen in these days, Mary went with haste into the hill country, into a city of Judah,

¹⁶ And fear seized all. And they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised among us, and, God came to help his people.

⁴³ And fear developed in every soul. And many wonders and signs occurred through the apostles.

⁵ And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things.

¹¹ And great fear developed in the whole church, and in all who heard these things.

¹⁷ And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, to those who dwell at Ephesus. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹¹ And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those who watched them.

¹¹ And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

² And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

²⁴ And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and LORD blessed him. ²⁵ And the Spirit of LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

¹⁸ Then one of the young men answered, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely man, and LORD is with him.

⁴⁶ And the hand of LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

¹⁷ Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou made strong for thyself,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him.

¹¹ I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.

⁸⁰ And the child grew, and became strong in spirit. And he was in the desolate regions until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

⁴⁰ And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was upon it.

⁴⁴ Place ye these sayings into your ears, for the Son of man is going to be delivered up into the hands of men.

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

²⁵ And LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders. And it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

² The Spirit of LORD spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.

²⁸ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see visions.

⁴¹ And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled of the Holy Spirit,

²¹ For no prophecy was ever brought by a will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being led by the Holy Spirit.

²⁶ And he said, Blessed be LORD, the God of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.

²⁰ And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And Abram gave him a tenth of all.

¹⁶ Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷ And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

³¹ And the people believed. And when they heard that LORD had visited the sons of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

⁴⁸ And also thus said the king, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one of my seed to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.

¹⁰ Therefore David praised LORD before all the assembly. And David said, Blessed be thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

²⁰ And David said to all the assembly, Now praise LORD your God. And all the assembly praised LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and did obeisance to LORD, and the king.

¹³ Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Truly, and Truly.

⁴⁸ Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Truly. Praise ye LORD.

³⁸ And having stood near at that same hour, she acknowledged the Lord, and spoke about him to all those who were awaiting redemption in Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ And they will raze thee and thy children within thee. And they will not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou knew not the time of thy visitation.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly things in Christ.

⁷ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exults in LORD. My horn is exalted in LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation.

¹⁰ Those who strive with LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in heaven. LORD will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

²⁶ And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is God over Israel, and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.

³ God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.

¹³ However I will not rend away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

² LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

³ I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:

¹⁷ For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

²⁰ I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him, ²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him. ²² The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ²³ And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him, ²⁴ but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. ²⁵ I will also set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶ He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ²⁷ I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him. ²⁹ I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances, ³¹ if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, ³² then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes, ³³ but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

¹⁷ There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. ¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but upon himself his crown shall flourish.

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse. And a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. ² And the Spirit of LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of LORD. ³ And his delight shall be in the fear of LORD. And he shall not judge according to the sight of his eyes, nor decide according to the hearing of his ears, ⁴ but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. ⁵ And righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. ⁶ And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. ⁷ And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together. And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. ⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. ⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of LORD as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶ In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name whereby she shall be called: LORD our righteousness. ¹⁷ For thus says LORD: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel, ¹⁸ neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. ¹⁹ And the word of LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁰ Thus says LORD: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season, ²¹ then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. ²² As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me. ²³ And the word of LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

¹⁰ Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

² (which he fore-promised through his prophets in the holy scriptures) ³ concerning his Son who was made from the seed of David according to flesh.

¹⁶ I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

⁵ Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

¹⁰ Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, says LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel. For, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. ²⁵ Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the anointed one, the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublesome times. ²⁶ And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end of it shall be with a flood. And even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined. ²⁷ And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. And upon the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate. And even to the full end, and that determined, wrath shall be poured out upon the desolate.

³⁶ For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The Lord says to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I may place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet.

²⁶ Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷ And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things about himself.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfilled.

²¹ whom heaven must indeed receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of all his holy prophets from the age. 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 And being discord among each other, they departed after Paul spoke one thing, saying, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

² (which he fore-promised through his prophets in the holy scriptures)

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice,

¹² To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good news to you in the Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things agents longed to stoop to see.

¹⁰ And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, See thou not. I am a fellow bondman of thee and thy brothers, those who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

²⁹ Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.

¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

¹ For LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. And the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cling to the house of Jacob. ² And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place. And the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of LORD for servants and for handmaids. And they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors. ³ And it shall come to pass in the day that LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service in which thou were made to serve,

²⁴ Thus says LORD, thy Redeemer, and he who formed thee from the womb: I am LORD, who makes all things, who stretches forth the heavens alone, who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?), ²⁵ who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad, who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish, ²⁶ who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it,

⁷ For a small moment I have forsaken thee, but with great mercies I will gather thee. ⁸ In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on thee, says LORD thy Redeemer. ⁹ For this is as the waters of Noah to me. For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee. ¹⁰ For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness shall not depart from thee, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says LORD who has mercy on thee. ¹¹ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. ¹² And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones. ¹³ And all thy sons shall be taught of LORD, and great shall be the peace of thy sons. ¹⁴ Thou shall be established in righteousness. Thou shall be far from oppression, for thou shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near thee. ¹⁵ Behold, they may gather together, but not by me. Whoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee. ¹⁶ Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work. And I have created the waster to destroy. ¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, says LORD.

⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: LORD our righteousness.

⁹ but they shall serve LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them. ¹⁰ Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, says LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel. For, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. ¹¹ For I am with thee, says LORD, to save thee. For I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee. But I will correct thee in measure, and will in no way leave thee unpunished.

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation. And I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

²⁶ And they shall dwell securely therein. Yea, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those who do them spite round about them. And they shall know that I am LORD their God.

²⁵ And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

²⁸ And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the earth devour them, but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

⁸ After many days thou shall be visited. In the latter years thou shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste, but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king comes to thee. He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey. ¹⁰ And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace to the nations. And his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁷⁴ without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him

⁸ He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁴ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shall be the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵ Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham, for I have made thee the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶ And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful. And I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. ⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. ⁹ And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shall keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

⁴² then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember, and I will remember the land.

⁴⁵ And he remembered his covenant for them, and relented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

⁵ He has given food to those who fear him. He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

⁸ Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love. And I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness. Yea, I swore to thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, says the lord LORD, and thou became mine.

⁶⁰ Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish to thee an everlasting covenant.

⁵⁴ He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy, ⁵⁵ just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and his seed into the age.

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.

²⁸ They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

¹⁵ Brothers (I speak according to a man), in the same way of a man, no man annuls or adds to a contract that has been ratified.

¹³ For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵ And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷ By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath. ¹⁸ So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

¹⁶ and said, By myself I have sworn, says LORD, because thou have done this thing, and have not withheld thy son, thine only son, ¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, ¹⁸ and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou have obeyed my voice.

⁷ LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, he will send his agent before thee, and thou shall take a wife for my son from there.

³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. For to thee, and to thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham thy father.

⁸ but because LORD loves you. And because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

¹² And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that LORD thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to thy fathers.

⁹ which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac,

⁵ that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then I answered, and said, Truly, O LORD.

¹³ For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself,

¹⁶ For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷ By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath.

⁹ No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up in it. They shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. ¹⁰ And the ransomed of LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion. And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

¹⁷ But Israel shall be saved by LORD with an everlasting salvation. Ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.

¹³ And all thy sons shall be taught of LORD, and great shall be the peace of thy sons. ¹⁴ Thou shall be established in righteousness. Thou shall be far from oppression, for thou shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

²¹ And they shall build houses, and inhabit them. And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. ²² They shall not build, and another inhabit. They shall not plant, and another eat. For as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. ²³ They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity. For they are the seed of the blessed of LORD, and their offspring with them. ²⁴ And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. ²⁵ The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says LORD.

²⁵ And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. ²⁶ And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing, and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. ²⁷ And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am LORD when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made bondmen of them. ²⁸ And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the earth devour them, but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

²⁸ And they shall know that I am LORD their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land. And I will leave none of them any more there, ²⁹ nor will I hide my face any more from them. For I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the lord LORD.

⁸ And I will encamp the army around my house, that none pass through or return, and no oppressor shall pass through them any more. For now I have seen with my eyes.

⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us,

²² But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

¹⁵ For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.

¹⁵ And he might liberate these, as many as throughout all their lifetime were deserving of bondage, with a specter of death.

¹⁴ how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God?

¹⁰ Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

² that thou might fear LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life, and that thy days may be prolonged.

⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labor of the peoples in possession, ⁴⁵ that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye LORD.

³³ But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says LORD: I will give my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ³⁴ And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know LORD, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their sons after them. ⁴⁰ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. And I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

²⁴ For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. ²⁵ And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols. ²⁶ I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my ordinances, and do them.

⁴ Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.

²⁴ and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.

¹ Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you, and summon in the Lord Jesus, that just as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye may abound more.

⁷ For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

¹³ But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,

⁹ Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.

¹⁴ As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance, ¹⁵ but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, ¹⁶ because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.

⁴ Because of which, the precious and greatest promises have been given to us, so that through these ye might become companions of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in lust. ⁵ Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety, ⁷ and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love. ⁸ For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ Yea, of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.

⁵ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and fearful day of LORD comes.

³ For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

⁹ But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my agent before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee.

⁵ And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.

²⁶ But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.

² As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my agent before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ³ The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

³² But should we say, From men? (They feared the people, for all held John that he was indeed a prophet.)

¹⁶ And he will turn back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go ahead, in front of him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward children, and the disobedient in a mentality of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

³² This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁵ Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked things will be into straight and the rough into smooth ways. ⁶ And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

²⁷ This is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my agent before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸ For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²³ He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said.

²⁷ He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe.

²⁴ John having earlier proclaimed, before his coming presence, the immersion of repentance to Israel. ²⁵ And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not, but behold, he comes after me of whom I am not worthy to loose the shoes of his feet.

³⁴ And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know LORD, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

³ The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴ It came to pass, that John was immersing in the wilderness and preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins.

³ And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,

⁶ And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

⁴⁷ For this reason I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, loves little. ⁴⁸ And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹ And those who sat together began to say within themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins? ⁵⁰ And he said to the woman, Thy faith has saved thee. Go in peace.

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.

¹⁵ John testified about him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me came to be before me, because he was before me. ¹⁶ And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace. ¹⁷ Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.

²⁹ On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves testify that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent ahead of that man. ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled. ³⁰ It is necessary for that man to increase, but me to decrease. ³¹ He who comes from above is above all things. He who is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all things. ³² And what he has seen and heard, of this he testifies, and no man receives his testimony. ³³ He who has received his testimony has set a seal that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

³⁸ And Peter said to them, Repent ye, and be immersed each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

³¹ God exalted this man with his right hand, a Pathfinder and a Savior to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.

⁴³ To this man all the prophets testify, that every man who believes in him, to receive remission of sins through his name.

³⁸ Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹ And from all things of which ye could not be make righteous by the law of Moses, in this man every man who believes is made righteous.

⁴ And Paul said, John indeed immersed an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus, the Christ.

²⁵ whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

⁶ Just as David also tells the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness independent of works, ⁷ saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ⁸ Blessed is a man to whom the Lord does, no, not impute sin.

¹⁷ I see him, but not now. I behold him, but not near. There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of tumult.

⁶ Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness. For they have been ever of old.

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse. And a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

⁷ I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of LORD, and the praises of LORD, according to all that LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

¹⁵ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

⁸ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows who sit before thee, for they are men who are a sign. For, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

¹² And speak to him, saying, Thus speaks LORD of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch. And he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of LORD,

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 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.

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us, ⁵ even us being dead in the transgressions, he made alive together with the Christ (ye are saved by grace),

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

⁸ For God is my witness, how I long for you all in bowels of Jesus Christ.

¹ If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹² Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering,

¹⁹ And we have the prophetic word sure, to which ye do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar arises in your hearts.

¹⁷ But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

⁹ By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins.

⁵ Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell upon it. Let blackness come upon it.

²² the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.

⁴ Yea, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou are with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

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. ¹⁰ All the paths of LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹² What man is he who fears LORD? Him he shall instruct in the way that he shall choose.

¹⁹ that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. ¹¹ Truth springs out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven. ¹² Yea, LORD will give that which is good, and our land shall yield its increase. ¹³ Righteousness shall go before him, and shall make his footsteps a path.

¹⁰ even those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.

¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice,

² The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shone.

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 Thus says LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am LORD thy God, who teaches thee to profit, who leads thee by the way that thou should go.

²² There is no peace, says LORD, to the wicked.

⁹ saying to those who are bound, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare heights.

¹⁹ I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says LORD, and I will heal him. ²⁰ But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. ²¹ There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.

⁸ They do not know the way of peace, and there is no justice in their goings. They have made them crooked paths. Whoever goes in it does not know peace.

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.

⁶ Nor did they say, Where is LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?

¹⁶ Thus says LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see. And ask for the old paths where is the good way. And walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk.

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.

²⁸ Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.

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

⁹ He was the true light coming into the world that enlightens every man.

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.

⁵ When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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

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.

¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known.

⁸ For ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

⁴ But ye, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day would seize you as a thief. ⁵ Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

⁵ And this is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from every sin.

¹⁹ And Samuel grew, and LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground. ²⁰ And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of LORD.

¹ And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,

⁷ And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.

³¹ And I had not known him, but that he would be made known to Israel. Because of this I came immersing in water.