Judges 19 Cross References - BBE

¹ Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah. ² And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months. ³ Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy. ⁴ And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there. ⁵ Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way. ⁶ So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad. ⁷ And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night. ⁸ Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day. ⁹ And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house. ¹⁰ But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus which is Jerusalem; and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman. ¹¹ When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there. ¹² But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah. ¹³ And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah. ¹⁴ So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin. ¹⁵ And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night. ¹⁶ Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. ¹⁷ And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from? ¹⁸ And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house. ¹⁹ But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything. ²⁰ And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street. ²¹ So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink. ²² While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him. ²³ So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong. ²⁴ See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man. ²⁵ But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go. ²⁶ Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light. ²⁷ In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step. ²⁸ And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house. ²⁹ And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel. ³⁰ And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.

¹⁹ With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

¹ And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

¹⁶ And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,

⁸ And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

² And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth; ³ And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant: ⁴ Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

⁴ Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree: ⁵ And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

⁵ And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so. ⁶ Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes. ⁷ And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready; ⁸ And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

¹² And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

² And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street. ³ But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took. ⁴ But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town; ⁵ And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them. ⁶ And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him. ⁷ And he said, My brothers, do not this evil. ⁸ See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

²⁴ And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

³¹ And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels. ³² Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet. ³³ And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

⁶ But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

¹⁷ And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

² And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her. ³ Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

⁷ Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

¹⁹ So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath which is Beth-lehem.

²³ Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them. ²⁴ And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

²⁴ And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

²¹ So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

¹⁷ Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

¹⁰ And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

⁹ And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.

²² But God was moved to wrath because he went: and the angel of the Lord took up a position in the road to keep him from his purpose. Now he was seated on his ass, and his two servants were with him.

¹³ That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

¹⁴ But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

²² If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree; ²³ Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

²¹ Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

¹⁵ Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.

⁸ Then the line goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite which is Jerusalem: then up to the top of the mountain in front of the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the farthest point of the valley of Rephaim on the north:

⁶³ And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.

¹ And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them.

²⁵ Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth ²⁶ And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah

²⁸ And Zela, Eleph and the Jebusite which is Jerusalem, Gibeath and Kiriath; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin by their families.

³⁰ And they put his body in the earth in the land of his heritage in Timnath-serah, in the hill-country of Ephraim, to the north of Mount Gaash.

³³ Then the death of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, took place; and his body was put in the earth in the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

⁸ Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

²¹ And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

²³ But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.

²⁷ And they went out into their fields and got in the fruit of their vines, and when the grapes had been crushed, they made a holy feast and went into the house of their god, and over their food and drink they were cursing Abimelech.

¹ Now a short time after, at the time of the grain-cutting, Samson, taking with him a young goat, went to see his wife; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the bride's room. But her father would not let him go in.

²⁵ Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars.

¹ Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.

⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

⁸ And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

¹ In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

³¹ And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

¹ Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

³ Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.

⁵ Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way. ⁶ So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad. ⁷ And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night. ⁸ Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day. ⁹ And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house. ¹⁰ But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus which is Jerusalem; and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

¹⁴ So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

¹⁸ And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

²¹ So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink. ²² While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

²⁷ In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step.

⁵ And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead. ⁶ So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.

⁶ So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel. ⁷ Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.

⁷ Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.

¹⁸ And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.

⁷ Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.

³ Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

⁷ And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

¹⁶ Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

¹² Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.

²⁶ And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God. ²⁷ But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

⁷ And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.

²⁷ But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright. ²⁸ Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food. ²⁹ Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.

⁶ And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

²⁵ Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

³⁶ And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

⁴¹ And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

¹² And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.

⁷ Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?

⁶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here.

¹³ And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

⁸ And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

¹² And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

²² So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.

⁵ And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

³ And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

⁶ But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand: ⁷ But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.

³ He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

⁷ And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.

²⁹ And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.

⁴ Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem which is Jebus; and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there. ⁵ And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

¹⁸ Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.

²¹ Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

¹⁰ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,

¹⁴ In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

⁹ Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

¹⁵ And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

²³ Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.

² You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

¹⁴ When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

¹⁰ The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit. ¹¹ Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

²³ In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

²² Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

¹⁸ Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

⁶ For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

²⁷ Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

¹ Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

¹³ And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

¹² The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

⁸ There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number. ⁹ My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

²⁹ They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.

¹ They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

⁷ How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women. ⁸ They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.

²⁸ And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.

³ Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.

¹⁴ For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

⁸ Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.

⁴ They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened. ⁵ On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride. ⁶ For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire. ⁷ They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.

⁹ They have gone deep in evil as in the days of Gibeah; he will keep in mind their wrongdoing, he will give them punishment for their sins.

⁹ O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.

¹⁵ (UNTRANSLATED TEXT) So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

¹⁹ And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

⁶ You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

³⁵ For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

⁴³ I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

⁴⁴ And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

⁵ And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house. ⁶ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

²⁹ But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

³⁴ Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

⁴ And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation. ⁵ Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

¹¹ And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.}

⁴ Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him. ⁵ Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

¹⁴ If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean. ¹⁵ I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

²⁷ May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

⁶ If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

¹⁹ And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

²⁶ For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural: ²⁷ And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

⁸ Let us not do evil so that good may come a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made, because such behaviour will have its right punishment.

² For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

¹³ Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

³ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

¹⁵ And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?

¹ Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

⁶ But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

¹⁹ Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

²⁸ Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

¹¹ And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders; ¹² That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

³ When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

¹⁰ And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

² Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.

¹⁵ If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, ¹⁶ And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

¹³ How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth: ¹⁴ When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

⁶ As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

⁹ Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

¹⁸ My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

⁷ Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

¹⁰ And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.

¹³ And in that hour there was a great earth-shock and a tenth part of the town came to destruction; and in the earth-shock seven thousand persons came to their end: and the rest were in fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.