Matthew 28 Cross References - BBE

¹ Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was. ² And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it. ³ His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow: ⁴ And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men. ⁵ And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross. ⁶ He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place. ⁷ And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you. ⁸ And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news. ⁹ And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship. ¹⁰ Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me. ¹¹ Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place. ¹² And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying, ¹³ Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping. ¹⁴ And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible. ¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time. ¹⁶ But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go. ¹⁷ And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt. ¹⁸ And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: ²⁰ Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

² And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.

²¹ But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

¹² And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

²⁴ May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you: ²⁵ May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace: ²⁶ May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace. ²⁷ So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.

³² Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

³² You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.

⁵ While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.

¹⁶ So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

³⁶ And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.

³⁶ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.

¹² But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy: ¹³ So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.

¹⁴ Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

¹ Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? ² The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, ³ Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us. ⁴ Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them. ⁵ Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled: ⁶ But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

⁶ But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion. ⁷ I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

⁷ I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being. ⁸ Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand. ⁹ They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

¹¹ Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour, ¹² For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. ²⁸ For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

¹¹ So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

⁷ The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah.

¹¹ The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah.

⁶ Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.

¹⁹ Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.

¹⁹ Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

²⁷ And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

² The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. ³ He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁸ The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy. ⁹ His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever. ¹⁰ He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing. ¹¹ For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us. ¹³ As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

⁴ He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.

³ Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad. ⁴ Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.

¹ A Psalm. Of David. The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet. ² The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters. ³ Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.

³ The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire? ⁴ I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

⁸ And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; (OMITTED TEXT) and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us. ⁹ Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth: ¹⁰ Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

⁶ For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. ⁷ Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

⁴ Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

¹⁰ Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

¹⁴ Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

¹ See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations. ² He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets. ³ He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples. ⁴ His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

⁸ Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?

²¹ Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.

¹⁶ Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

⁶ It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

¹⁰ The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

⁵ Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.

¹⁸ And I am coming to get together all nations and tongues: and they will come and will see my glory. ¹⁹ And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.

⁴ And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum. ⁵ And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man. ⁶ And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings. ⁷ And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass. ⁸ And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides. ⁹ They went without turning, every one went straight forward. ¹⁰ As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle. ¹¹ And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies. ¹² Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning. ¹³ And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames. ¹⁴ And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.

⁹ I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.

¹³ I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him. ¹⁴ And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.

⁵ And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best gold: ⁶ And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the sound of his voice was like the sound of an army. ⁷ And I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see it; but a great shaking came on them and they went in flight to take cover.

¹² Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.

¹⁹ And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear: peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up. And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on, for you have given me strength.

²³ See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

¹⁶ And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove; ¹⁷ And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

¹³ And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

²⁴ Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; ²⁵ And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock. ²⁶ And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand; ²⁷ And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

²⁷ All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁴⁸ But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹ And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

³⁹ And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels. ⁴⁰ As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

⁵² And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

²⁷ But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

³³ And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

²¹ From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

²⁸ Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

² And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

⁹ And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

²³ And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.

²⁰ For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

¹⁹ And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

³ And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?

²⁵ See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

⁴⁰ And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

⁴⁵ Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

³ Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. ⁴ And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.

¹⁵ What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.

³¹ Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight. ³² But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

³² But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

⁶⁴ Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

¹ Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death. ² And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

² And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

⁸ For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

⁵¹ And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken; ⁵² And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life; ⁵³ And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

⁵⁶ Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead. ⁶² Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate, ⁶³ Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

⁶³ Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead. ⁶⁴ Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first. ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able. ⁶⁶ So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

⁴ And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men. ⁵ And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.

⁷ And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.

⁹ And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship. ¹⁰ Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me. ¹¹ Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.

¹⁶ But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go. ¹⁷ And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt.

¹⁷ And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt.

³³ And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers? ³⁴ And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

³¹ And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

³ And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

²⁸ But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

¹ And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him. ² And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put. ³ And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

³ And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us? ⁴ And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

⁴ And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size. ⁵ And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.

⁵ And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.

⁵ And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder. ⁶ And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

⁶ And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him! ⁷ But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

⁷ But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you. ⁸ And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that (UNTRANSLATED TEXT)

⁸ And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that (UNTRANSLATED TEXT) ⁹ Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits. ¹⁰ She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

¹⁰ She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

¹³ And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said. ¹⁴ And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead. ¹⁵ And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone. ¹⁶ He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

²⁰ And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

¹² And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him. ¹³ But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

²⁸ And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

³⁰ And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

³² He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: ³³ He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

³⁸ And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

²² All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

⁵⁶ And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

² And they saw that the stone had been rolled away. ³ And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there. ⁴ And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them: ⁵ And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

⁵ And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying, ⁷ The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life. ⁸ And his words came back into their minds, ⁹ And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others. ¹⁰ Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James: and the other women with them said these things to the Apostles.

¹² But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

²² And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

²² And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put, ²³ And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

²³ And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living. ²⁴ And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

³⁴ And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.

³⁶ And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

³⁶ And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you! ³⁷ But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

³⁷ But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit. ³⁸ And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?

³⁸ And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt? ³⁹ See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have. ⁴⁰ And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet. ⁴¹ And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

⁴⁷ And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.

⁵² And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.

¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

³⁵ The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

²² The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son; ²³ So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

²³ So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life. ²⁵ Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life. ²⁶ For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

²⁰ But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

⁷⁰ Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?

¹⁷ For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

⁴⁷ Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

³ Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

¹⁰ Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death; ¹¹ For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

³ Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,

¹⁸ I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you. ¹⁹ A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living. ²⁰ At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you. ²¹ He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him. ²² Judas not Iscariot said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world? ²³ Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

²⁹ And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith.

⁴ I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

²⁰ Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

²² So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

² Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

¹ Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

¹ Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it. ² Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him. ³ So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead. ⁴ They went running together, and the other disciple got in front of Peter and came first to the hole in the rock;

⁴ They went running together, and the other disciple got in front of Peter and came first to the hole in the rock; ⁵ And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in,

⁵ And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in, ⁶ Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth,

⁶ Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth, ⁷ And the cloth, which had been round his head, not with the linen bands but rolled up in a place by itself.

⁷ And the cloth, which had been round his head, not with the linen bands but rolled up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him.

⁸ Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him. ⁹ For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

⁹ For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead. ¹⁰ So then the disciples went away again to their houses.

¹² She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.

¹² She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet. ¹³ They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

¹³ They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him. ¹⁴ And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus.

¹⁴ And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

¹⁵ Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away. ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! which is to say, Master. ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her. ¹⁹ At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you! ²⁰ And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.

²⁸ And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!

¹ After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way. ² Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together. ³ Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish. ⁴ Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus. ⁵ So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No. ⁶ And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish. ⁷ So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him because he was not clothed and went into the sea. ⁸ And the other disciples came in the little boat they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off pulling the net full of fish. ⁹ When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken. ¹¹ So Peter went to the boat and came back pulling the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and though there was such a number the net was not broken. ¹² Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord. ¹³ Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way. ¹⁴ Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.

⁸ But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

¹⁰ And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

¹³ And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James. ¹⁴ And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. ¹⁵ And in those days Peter got up among the brothers there were about one hundred and twenty of them, and said, ¹⁶ My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus, ¹⁷ For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work. ¹⁸ {\I Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there. ¹⁹ And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.} ²⁰ For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another. ²¹ For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death. ²³ And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴ And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you, ²⁵ To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place. ²⁶ And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

³⁶ For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

³⁸ And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you. ³⁹ For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

⁴¹ Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day. ⁴² And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

⁵ And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem; ⁶ And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest. ⁷ Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this? ⁸ Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority, ⁹ If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well, ¹⁰ Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well. ¹¹ He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building. ¹² And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation. ¹³ Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it. ¹⁵ But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves, ¹⁶ Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so. ¹⁷ But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name. ¹⁸ And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God: ²⁰ For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of. ²¹ And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place. ²² For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

³³ But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death. ³⁴ But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

⁴⁰ And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

¹² But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism. ¹³ And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise. ¹⁴ Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John; ¹⁵ Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them: ¹⁶ For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

³⁶ And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism? ³⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ³⁸ And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

³ And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him; ⁴ And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? ⁵ And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking: ⁶ But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do. ⁷ And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

¹⁸ And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

³⁶ The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ who is Lord of all--

⁴⁷ Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have? ⁴⁸ And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

¹⁹ And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

²¹ And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

¹⁵ And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come. ¹⁶ And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power. ¹⁷ She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation. ¹⁸ And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour. ¹⁹ But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers; ²⁰ And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town; ²¹ Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans. ²² And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped. ²³ And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: ²⁴ And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet. ²⁵ But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners; ²⁶ And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

²⁶ And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off. ²⁷ And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away. ²⁸ But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here. ²⁹ And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

²⁹ And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? ³¹ And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. ³² And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. ³³ And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching: ¹⁰ For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

³ And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John. ⁴ And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus. ⁵ And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

²⁰ And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately, ²¹ Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷ For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

²⁸ Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

³ Or are you without the knowledge that all we who had baptism into Christ Jesus, had baptism into his death? ⁴ We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

²⁹ Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

¹⁸ But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

⁹ And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

¹³ Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius; ¹⁵ So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name. ¹⁶ And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

² Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

²³ For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

⁴ Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

³⁷ If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

⁴ And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

⁶ Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;

¹⁵ Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

²⁷ For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.

²⁹ Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?

¹¹ Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹⁴ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

²⁷ For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.

²⁰ By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come: ²² And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

¹⁸ Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

¹¹ And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; ¹² For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: ¹³ Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: ¹⁴ So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error; ¹⁵ But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; ¹⁶ Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love. ¹⁷ This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

²⁰ For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you; ²¹ If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus: ²² That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit; ²³ And be made new in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living. ²⁵ And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another. ²⁶ Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath; ²⁷ And do not give way to the Evil One. 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. ²⁹ Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear. ³⁰ And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation. ³¹ Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts; ³² And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

⁹ For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; ¹⁰ So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, ¹¹ And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁶ For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him; ¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things have being. ¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place. ¹⁹ For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

²³ If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

²⁸ Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

¹⁰ And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

¹ And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more. ² Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

⁶ Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us. ⁷ For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order, ⁸ And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: ⁹ Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food. ¹¹ For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others. ¹² Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

¹⁶ And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

¹ Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching. ² And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things. ³ If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion, ⁴ He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

¹⁷ But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

¹ But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching: ² That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind. ³ That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good, ⁴ Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children, ⁵ To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God. ⁶ To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded: ⁷ In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour, ⁸ Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us. ⁹ Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument; ¹⁰ Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

² But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

¹⁴ Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

⁸ You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

¹¹ For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers, ¹² Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church. ¹³ And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me. ¹⁴ And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One; ¹⁵ And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free. ¹⁶ For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham. ¹⁷ Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

¹² And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

¹⁰ In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you. ¹¹ My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul; ¹² Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge. ¹³ Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all, ¹⁴ And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well. ¹⁵ Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour: ¹⁶ As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God; ¹⁷ Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king. ¹⁸ Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured. ¹⁹ For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

²¹ And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead; ²² Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.

⁵ So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, ⁶ And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, ⁷ And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. ⁸ For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. ¹⁰ For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: ¹¹ For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

² So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

³ And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws. ⁴ The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

¹⁹ In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him, ²⁰ When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. ²¹ My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him; ²² And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes. ²³ And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us. ²⁴ He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

⁷ And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat; ⁵ And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood; ⁶ And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

¹⁴ And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; ¹⁵ And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters. ¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; ¹⁸ And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

¹⁸ And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

⁴ But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me. ⁵ He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.

⁹ See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.

¹¹ And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; ¹² Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. ¹³ And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever. ¹⁴ And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.

¹ And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

¹⁵ And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

¹⁹ And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

¹⁴ These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.

¹ After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.

¹⁶ And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

¹⁴ A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

²⁰ He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus. ²¹ The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. So be it.