Luke 17 Cross References - Haweis

¹ THEN he said to his disciples, It is impossible that offences should not come; but wo to him through whom they come! ² It would be advantageous for him, if a milstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea, rather than offend one of these little ones. ³ Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin against thee, reprove him; and if he repent, forgive him. ⁴ And if seven times in the day he sin against thee, and seven times in the day return to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. ⁵ And the disciples said unto the Lord, increase our faith. ⁶ And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye might say to that sycamore-tree, Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you. ⁷ But which of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, when he cometh from the field, will say immediately, Come, sit down at table? ⁸ And will he not rather say, Prepare for me to sup, and gird thyself, and wait upon me, till I eat and drink; and after that, thou shalt eat and drink thyself? ⁹ Doth he hold it as a favour from that servant, that he did the things which were ordered him? I think not. ¹⁰ So also ye, when ye have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: for we have but done what was our duty to do. ¹¹ And it came to pass, as he was going towards Jerusalem, he passed also through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And as he was entering a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance: ¹³ and they lift up their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us! ¹⁴ And looking towards them, he said, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that as they were on the road, they were made clean. ¹⁵ Then one of them, seeing that he was cured, returned, and with a loud voice gave glory to God, ¹⁶ and fell prostrate at his feet giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Then Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? ¹⁸ There are none found returning to give glory to God, but this alien. ¹⁹ And he said to him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath saved thee. ²⁰ And being asked by one of the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: ²¹ neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. ²² Then said he to the disciples, The days will come when ye shall eagerly desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it. ²³ And they will say to you, Lo here! and lo there! go not after them, nor follow them. ²⁴ For as the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven, shineth to another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also be at his day. ²⁵ But he must first suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. ²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man. ²⁷ They did eat, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Even so, likewise, it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹ but the day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Just so will it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. ³¹ In that day, let not the man who is upon the roof, and his goods in the house, go down to carry them away: and he that is in the field, in like manner, let him not return for any things behind him. ³² Remember Lot's wife. ³³ Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it. ³⁴ I tell you, in that night two shall be in the same bed; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. ³⁵ Two shall be in the field; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. ^{36 37} And they answering, said to him, Where, Lord? And he said, Wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

²³ Then turning from him, he said unto Peter, Get thee behind me Satan! thou art an offence to me: for thou dost not relish the things of God, but those of men.

⁷ Wo to the world because of offences! for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to that man by whom the offence cometh!

¹³ Let us therefore no more judge one another; but judge this rather, that no one put a stumbling-block or offence before his brother.

²⁰ For the sake of meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but it is an evil thing for a man to eat, giving offence. ²¹ It is laudable not to eat flesh, or to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother is stumbled, or scandalized, or weakened.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, keep a sharp eye over those who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine ye have learned, and turn away from them.

¹³ Wherefore if meat give occasion of offence to my brother, I will in no wise eat meat for ever, that I give no cause of offence to my brother.

³² Give no occasion of stumbling either to the Jews or the Gentiles, or the church of God:

¹⁹ For there must be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, may be made manifest among you.

¹⁰ and in every unrighteous delusion among those who perish: in consequence of which things they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this cause God shall send unto them the energy of delusion, that they should believe a lie: ¹² that they all might be damned who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.

¹⁴ Yet I have a few things against thee, that thou hast there some who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to lay a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat of idol sacrifices, and to commit whoredom.

²⁰ Yet I have a few things against thee, because thou hast suffered that woman Jezabel, calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead my servants into error, to commit whoredom, and eat the idol sacrifices.

¹⁴ and deceiveth the inhabitants of the earth by the signs, which he is enabled to perform before the beast, saying to the dwellers upon the earth, that they should make an image for the beast who had the stroke of the sword, and survived. ¹⁵ And he is enabled to impart life to the image of the beast that even the image of the beast should speak, and cause as many as will not worship the image of the beast to be put to death. ¹⁶ And he causeth all the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the freemen and the slaves, to receive a brand upon their right hand, and upon their foreheads: ¹⁷ and that no man may buy or sell, but he that hath the mark impressed, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. ¹⁸ Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding calculate the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred sixty-six.

³ and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be changed and be as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself, as this little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. ⁶ And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones, who believe in me, to stumble, it were better for him that a millstone was hung at his neck, and that he was sunk in the depth of the sea.

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, That their angels in heaven continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

²⁴ The Son of man indeed is departing, as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed! well had it been for that man if he had never had a being.

⁴² And whosoever shall give occasion of offence to one of these little ones who believe in me, it were desirable for him rather that a milestone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea.

¹⁵ When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.

¹¹ And the weak brother will be destroyed by thy knowledge, for whom Christ died. ¹² But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

¹⁵ But I have used nothing of these things, nor have I written indeed these things, that it should be so done respecting me; for it would become me to die rather than that any man should make my glorying void.

²² I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every means I might save some.

¹ BUT there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you, who wickedly introduce damnable heresies, and deny the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. ² And many will go out of the way after their fatal errors; by means of whom the way of truth will be injuriously reviled. ³ And with plausible speeches will they avariciously make gain of you whose condemnation from of old lingereth not, and their perdition doth not slumber.

¹⁵ Now if thy brother sin against thee, go and reprove him between thyself and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed. ¹⁷ But if he disregard them, inform the church: and if he disregard the church, let him be to thee as a heathen, or a publican.

²¹ Then Peter coming to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should come upon you unawares.

¹¹ But when Peter came to Antioch I withstood him to his face, because he was blameable. ¹² For before certain persons came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision. ¹³ And the other Jews were guilty of the same dissimulation with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they walked not directly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to judaize?

¹⁵ Take heed, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

¹⁵ carefully observing lest any of you fail of attaining the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and by it many be defiled;

¹⁹ Brethren, if any man among you should have erred from the truth, and one convert him;

⁸ Take heed to yourselves that we lose not the things which we have wrought, but receive a full reward.

⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who treat you insolently, and persecute you;

¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: ¹⁵ but if ye forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

¹⁶ But if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed.

²¹ Then Peter coming to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? ²² Jesus saith to him, I tell thee not until seven times, but unto seventy times seven.

³⁵ Even so also will my heavenly Father do to you, except ye forgive every one of you his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

²⁰ If therefore thine enemy hunger, give him food; if he thirst, give him drink: for so doing, thou shalt heap up coals of fire on his head.

⁴ Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated [with pride], ⁵ doth not act unseemly, seeketh not her own advantage, is not passionate, thinketh no evil; ⁶ rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷ beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and scandal, be removed from you, with all malice: ³² but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering; ¹³ forbearing one another, and freely forgiving one another, if any man hath a complaint against another: even as Christ hath freely forgiven you, so also do ye.

¹³ But ye, brethren, be not weary of well doing. ¹⁴ And if any man obey not our word by letter, mark that man, and maintain no society with him, that he may be ashamed.

³⁰ And the disciples came together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

²⁴ And immediately the father of the child said with tears, I believe, Lord! help my unbelief!

¹³ And when Jesus saw her, he was moved with compassion for her, and said unto her, Weep not.

⁸ For this thrice I besought the Lord, that he might depart from me. ⁹ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may fix its residence in me. ¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹³ I am enabled for all things by Christ who strengtheneth me.

³ We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth:

² earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

²² Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto fraternal affection undissembled, love each other intensely out of a pure heart: ²³ born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the quickening word of God, and which abideth for ever.

³¹ Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field: ³² which indeed is among the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is among the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make their nests in the branches of it.

²⁰ Then said Jesus unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence, thither, and it will remove; and nothing will be impossible for you.

²¹ But Jesus addressing them, said, Verily I tell you, if ye have faith, and entertain no doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but if ye should even say to this mountain, Be lifted up, and be cast into the sea, it be done.

²³ Then said Jesus unto him, This [is the point]: if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

²² And Jesus answering said to them, Have faith in God. ²³ For verily I say to you, That whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou lifted up, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall harbour no doubt in his heart, but believe that what he saith shall come to pass; whatsoever he may speak shall be done for him.

¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged on its branches.

⁴ So running before, he climbed up a sycamore-tree, in order to get a sight of him: for he was about to pass that way.

² And though I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and all manner of science; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

¹¹ Then he said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, and lift him out?

¹⁵ Then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him to water?

⁵ and addressing them, said, Whose ass or ox is fallen into a pit, and doth he not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?

³⁷ Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, when he cometh, shall find watchful: verily I say unto you, that he will gird up himself, and make them sit down at table, and come and wait upon them.

³⁰ And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ When indeed saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ When indeed saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰ And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me.

¹² All are turned aside together, they are become worthless; there is none that doeth good, there is not even one.

³⁵ Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be repaid him again?

¹⁶ For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me if I preach not the gospel. ¹⁷ For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation [of it].

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, who am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

⁸ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the transcendently excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as offals of ordure, that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is by the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

¹¹ who in time past hath been an unprofitable servant to thee, but now very profitable to thee and to me:

⁵ In like manner, ye who are younger persons, be in subjection to your elders: but all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed from head to foot with humility: for God sets himself in opposition to the proud, but he giveth grace to the lowly. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season:

⁵¹ And it came to pass, as the days hastened to their period when he should be received up [to glory], that he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem; ⁵² and sent messengers before his face; and they advancing entered into a Samaritan village, to make preparation for him.

³ he left Judea, and went again into Galilee. ⁴ Now he must necessarily pass through Samaria.

¹² And it came to pass as he was just at one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy! and seeing Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

¹³ And the tax-gatherer standing at a distance, would not even so much as lift his eyes heaven-ward, but smote on his breast, saying, May God accept the atonement for me a sinner!

²⁷ And as Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, son of David!

²² And lo! a woman of Canaan coming out of these coasts, cried aloud, saying to him, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David: my daughter is a grievous demoniac.

³⁰ And, behold, two blind men sat by the road side, who hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, son of David! ³¹ And the multitude checked them, that they should be silent; but they cried out the more, Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.

²² And often it hath cast him into the fire, and into water, to destroy him: but if thou art able, have compassion upon us, and help us.

⁵ And Simon answering, said unto him, Sir, we have been toiling all night, and have taken nothing: but at thy command I will shoot the net.

³⁸ And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me! ³⁹ And they who were going before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me!

¹⁵ But Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted him.

³ And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly the leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus said to him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.

¹⁴ And he commanded him to tell no man: but go shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, as Moses enjoined, for a testimony unto them.

⁵ His mother saith to the waiters, Whatsoever he orders you, do it.

⁵⁰ Jesus saith to him, Go home; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus had spoken, and went home. ⁵¹ And as he was now going down home, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son is recovered! ⁵² Then inquired he of them the hour at which he began to amend? and they told him, It was yesterday, at the seventh hour, when the fever left him. ⁵³ Then the father knew that it was the very hour when Jesus said, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole family.

⁷ and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which signifies, Sent.) Then he went and washed, and came seeing.

¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him.

⁸ But when the multitude saw it, they were astonished, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

¹⁷ Then Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? ¹⁸ There are none found returning to give glory to God, but this alien.

¹⁴ After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee.

³⁸ Then he said, Lord, I believe: and worshipped him.

¹¹ And coming into the house, they found the infant with Mary his mother, and falling prostrate, they paid their homage to him. And opening their treasures, they made their offerings to him, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

⁵ These twelve did Jesus send forth, commanding them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter not:

³³ Then the woman, fearful and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

⁸ Then Simon Peter seeing it, fell down on his knees before Jesus, saying, Go from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord!

⁵² and sent messengers before his face; and they advancing entered into a Samaritan village, to make preparation for him. ⁵³ And they would not admit him, because his face was directed to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, just as Elias did? ⁵⁵ And turning to them, he reproved them, and said, Ye know not what spirit ye are of: ⁵⁶ for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to preserve them. And he proceeded to another village.

³² And a Levite also, in the same way, being near the place, came, and seeing him, kept the opposite side of the road. ³³ But a certain Samaritan travelling, came by him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion, ³⁴ and coming up to him, bound up his wounds, after pouring on them oil and wine; then setting him on his own beast, he led him to an inn, and took particular care of him. ³⁵ And on the morrow, as he was departing, he took out of his purse two denarii, and gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take great care of him; and whatever farther expence may be incurred, when I return, I will repay thee.

⁹ The Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.

²¹ Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour approaches, when ye shall worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem. ²² Ye worship ye know not what: we worship what we do know: for salvation cometh from the Jews.

³⁹ Now many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, on the report of the woman, who said, That he told me all things I ever had done. ⁴⁰ So on this the Samaritans came to him, and besought him to abide with them: and he tarried there two days. ⁴¹ And many more believed because of his own word; ⁴² and said to the woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.

²³ in order that all may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

⁴⁸ Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Do we not rightly affirm, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

⁸ But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.

⁵ But Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them. ⁶ And the multitudes with united minds were very attentive to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard him, and saw the miracles which he did. ⁷ For the unclean spirits, roaring with great cries, came forth out of many who were possessed: and many who were paralytic and lame were healed. ⁸ And there was great joy in that city. ⁹ But a certain man, named Simon, lived previously in that city, who practised magic, and astonished the nation of Samaria, giving out himself as an extraordinary great personage: ¹⁰ to whom all gave heed from the small to the great, saying, This man is the great power of God. ¹¹ And to him they attended, because he had of a considerable time astonished them by his magical tricks. ¹² But when they believed Philip, who preached the glad tidings of the things which related to the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised both men and women. ¹³ Then Simon also himself believed: and being baptised, he attached himself to Philip, and beholding the signs and great miracles which were performed, he was astonished. ¹⁴ But when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: ¹⁵ who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: ¹⁶ for as yet he had not fallen on any one of them: only they had been baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost. ¹⁸ Now when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the apostles' hands, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, Confer on me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, they may receive the Holy Ghost. ²⁰ But Peter said unto him, May thy silver with thyself go into perdition, because thou hast imagined that the gift of God can be purchased with money. ²¹ There is for thee neither part nor lot in this word: for thy heart is not right before God. ²² Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray to God, if haply this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. ²³ For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity. ²⁴ Then Simon answering said, Pray ye for me unto the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken may come upon me. ²⁵ Then they, after bearing their testimony, and speaking the word of the Lord, returned towards Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁵ And as Peter was entering, Cornelius met him, and falling at his feet, paid him homage. ²⁶ But Peter raised him up, saying, Arise; I also myself am a man.

¹⁰ the four and twenty presbyters prostrate themselves before him who is Seated on the throne, and worship him who liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹⁴ And the four living beings said, Amen. And the four and twenty presbyters prostrated themselves, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

⁴ And the four and twenty presbyters fell prostrate, and the four living beings, and they worshipped God who was seated on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah. ⁵ And there came a voice out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye servants of his, and all that fear him, both the small and the great.

¹⁰ And I fell down before his feet to worship him: and he said unto me, See thou dost not so: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

⁷ Now when they continued questioning him, raising himself up, he said to them, Let the person who is sinless among you, first cast a stone at her. ⁸ And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. ⁹ But when they heard him, and felt the conviction of their conscience, they slunk away one by one, beginning from the elders to the last: so Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰ Then Jesus raising himself up, and seeing no person but the woman, said unto her, Woman, where are these thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

²¹ because though they knew [there was] a God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave him thanks, but became triflers in their disputations, and their stupid heart was darkened.

¹⁰ And Jesus hearing him, marvelled, and said to those who were following, Verily I say unto you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

¹² But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

²⁴ But he said in reply, I am not sent, save only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ Then she came, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me! ²⁶ But he answering said, It is not proper to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. ²⁷ And she said, True, Lord: yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. ²⁸ Then Jesus answering said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith! be it unto thee even as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that hour.

³⁰ But many, now first, will be the last; and last, who will be the first.

¹⁶ Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but the elect are few.

⁷ saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

²² Then Jesus, turning about and beholding her, said, Be encouraged, daughter; thy faith hath saved thee. And the woman was cured from that hour.

³⁴ And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace, and be whole from thy distressing disease.

⁵² Then said Jesus unto him, Go thy way: thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received sight, and followed Jesus in the road.

⁵⁰ But he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

⁴⁸ Then he said unto her, Be of good cheer, daughter, thy faith hath made thee well; go in peace.

⁴² And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

¹¹ Even the dust of your city, which sticks to us, we shake off against you: nevertheless this know, that the kingdom of God is come near to you.

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John: since that the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

²³ And they will say to you, Lo here! and lo there! go not after them, nor follow them. ²⁴ For as the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven, shineth to another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also be at his day.

¹¹ And as they were hearkening to these things, he proceeded on, and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and they supposed that immediately the kingdom of God would openly appear.

³⁶ Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

⁶ They then accordingly assembling together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time reestablish the kingdom of Israel? ⁷ But he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times and the seasons, which the Father hath reserved under his own authority.

²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the devils, then truly the kingdom of God is come unto you.

²³ Then if any man say unto you, Lo! here is the Messiah, or there; believe it not: ²⁴ for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and give out great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect. ²⁵ Behold, I have forewarned you. ²⁶ Therefore if they say to you, He is in the wilderness; go not out: lo! he is in the secret closets; believe it not. ²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out from the east, and flashes to the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. ²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

²¹ And then, if any man say to you, Lo, here is the Messiah! or, lo there! believe it not.

⁹ and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. ¹⁰ And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets of it, and say, ¹¹ Even the dust of your city, which sticks to us, we shake off against you: nevertheless this know, that the kingdom of God is come near to you.

²³ And they will say to you, Lo here! and lo there! go not after them, nor follow them.

⁸ Then he said, Take heed that ye be not deluded: for many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and the period approaches: go not therefore after them.

²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptise with water: but in the midst of you hath stood a person, whom ye have not known;

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

²⁷ to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

¹⁵ And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber weep, whilst the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

²⁰ But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

³⁵ But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days.

³⁵ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: verily I say unto you, That ye shall see me no more, till the day come when ye shall say, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.

³³ Then said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that sent me. ³⁴ Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come. ³⁵ Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What is this saying which he hath spoken, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?

²¹ Then spake Jesus again to them, I am going away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I am going ye cannot come. ²² The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, ye cannot come. ²³ And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴ I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins.

³⁵ Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going.

³³ My dear children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: as I said to the Jews, Whither I am going, ye cannot come; so say I now to you.

⁵ But now I am going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going? ⁶ But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart. ⁷ Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

¹⁶ A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father. ¹⁷ Then said some of the disciples unto each other, What is this which he saith to us, A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and this, because I am going to the Father? ¹⁸ They said therefore, What is this which he saith, This little while? we know not what he means. ¹⁹ Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Are ye questioning among yourselves concerning this declaration, which I spake, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me? ²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. ²¹ A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when the little son is born, she no more remembers the anguish, for joy that a man is brought into the world. ²² And ye therefore have indeed at present sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made glad, and your joy no man taketh from you.

¹¹ And now no longer am I in this world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father! preserve them for thy name's sake whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. ¹² When I was with them in the world, I preserved them by thy name: those whom thou hast given me have I guarded, and not one of them is perished, except the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to thee; and I am speaking these things in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

²³ Then if any man say unto you, Lo! here is the Messiah, or there; believe it not: ²⁴ for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and give out great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect. ²⁵ Behold, I have forewarned you. ²⁶ Therefore if they say to you, He is in the wilderness; go not out: lo! he is in the secret closets; believe it not.

²¹ And then, if any man say to you, Lo, here is the Messiah! or, lo there! believe it not. ²² For many false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and shall propose signs and wonders to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect. ²³ But be ye on your guard: lo! I have told you all things:

²¹ neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out from the east, and flashes to the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

³⁰ And then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in the heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³¹ But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him, Thou hast spoken [the fact]. Moreover I tell you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

² for yourselves know precisely that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

² that ye be not hastily agitated with apprehension, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by discourse, nor by letter, as coming from us, as though the day of the Lord was instantly approaching.

⁸ And then that lawless person will appear, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming;

⁸ Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all the works upon it be burnt up.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to shew his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and of the chief-priests, and of the scribes, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

²² And as they were returning into Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of men: ²³ and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were grieved exceedingly.

¹⁸ Lo! we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, ¹⁹ and shall deliver him to the Gentiles, to insult, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall rise again.

⁴² Jesus saith unto them, Have ye not read in the Scriptures, "The stone, which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner; this is done by the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes."

³¹ And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be slain, and after three days rise again.

³¹ For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him: and after being killed, the third day he shall rise again.

³³ For, lo! said he, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles:

¹⁰ Have ye never read this scripture? "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:

²² saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day rise again.

³¹ Then taking aside the twelve, he said to them, Lo, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of man will be fulfilled.

³³ and after scourging, shall slay him: and the third day he shall rise again.

²⁵ And he said unto them, O ye void of understanding, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Ought not the Messiah to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

⁴⁶ and said to them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day

¹¹ He came unto his peculiar people, and his peculiar people did not receive him.

³⁸ that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as they were in the days preceding the deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, ³⁹ and they knew it not till the deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

²² Then said he to the disciples, The days will come when ye shall eagerly desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.

²⁴ For as the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven, shineth to another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also be at his day.

⁸ Yes, I tell you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, ah! shall he find faith on the earth?

⁷ By faith Noah, being divinely warned respecting things not yet seen, filled with reverential awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

¹⁹ by which also he went and preached to those spirits imprisoned; ²⁰ who in time of old were disobedient, when the long suffering of God in the days of Noe waited, while the ark was preparing, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were preserved through the water.

⁵ and spared not the old world, but guarded safely Noah the eighth person, the preacher of righteousness, when he brought a deluge on the world of the ungodly:

⁶ whence the world then existing, being deluged by water, was destroyed;

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast a multitude of good things in store for many years, be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry! ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou fool! this night shall they demand thy life from thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

¹⁹ Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making splendid entertainments every day: ²⁰ and there was a certain pauper, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate covered with ulcers, ²¹ and importunately desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: yea even the dogs came and licked his ulcers. ²² Now it came to pass that the poor man died, and was carried up by angels into the bosom of Abraham. Then the rich man also died, and was buried: ²³ and in hell, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham at a vast distance, and Lazarus in his bosom.

¹ NOW concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I should write to you: ² for yourselves know precisely that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. ³ For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction rusheth upon them, as travail on a woman with child, and they shall in no wise escape.

¹ COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your wealth is corrupted, and your robes are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver is cankered with rust; and the rust upon them is a testimony against you, and shall eat into your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasures in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the workmen who have mowed down your fields, which is kept back by you from them, crieth out: and the loud moans of the reapers are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ Ye have gormandized upon the earth, and lived in every luxury: ye have pampered your hearts, as in a day of feasting on the victim slain.

²³ And thou, Capernaum, who hast been exalted unto heaven, shalt be cast down to hell: for if the miracles which have been wrought in thee had been done in Sodom, it had remained unto this day. ²⁴ Wherefore I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.

⁶ and reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemned them to final destruction, making them an example for all who in future should live ungodly;

⁷ As Sodom and Gomorrha and the surrounding cities, in like manner with them abandoned to whoredom, and going after other flesh, are set forth an example, suffering the judicial punishment of eternal fire.

⁸ And their corpses shall be exposed in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

²⁷ For the Son of man shall hereafter come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he recompense every man according to his practice.

³ Then as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall there things be? and what is the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the age?

²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out from the east, and flashes to the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. ²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ²⁹ Then, immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. ³⁰ And then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in the heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And he shall send forth his angels with a trumpet, and a great shout, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities of the same.

³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

³⁹ and they knew it not till the deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

²⁶ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with vast power and glory.

²² For these are the days of vengeance, when all things which are written shall be fulfilled.

²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should come upon you unawares. ³⁵ For as a snare shall it come upon all that are settled on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶ Watch therefore, praying at every proper opportunity, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are ready to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

⁷ so that ye have not been deficient in any gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

⁷ and to you who are troubled, rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with his mighty angels,

⁷ that the test of your faith (much more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

¹³ Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹³ but as ye share in the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory also ye may hail him with exultations.

⁷ Behold! he is coming with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall lament bitterly, smiting their bosoms, because of him: even so! Amen.

²⁵ For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment?

²⁶ For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?

¹⁷ Let not him who is upon the roof go down to take any thing out of his house. ¹⁸ And he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his garment. ¹⁹ But wo to those who are with child, and have an infant at their breasts in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor on the sabbath. ²¹ For then the tribulation will be great, such as never was from the beginning of the world, and never more shall be.

¹⁴ But when ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing where it ought not (let him that readeth observe), then let those who are in Judea fly to the mountains: ¹⁵ and let not him who is on the roof go down into the house, nor enter into it, to carry away any thing out of the house: ¹⁶ and he that is in the field, let him not return back to take his garment.

²¹ Then let those who are in Judea fly unto the mountains; and let those who are in the midst of her get far away: and they who are in the countries, let them not enter into her.

⁷ But what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. ⁸ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the transcendently excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as offals of ordure, that I may gain Christ,

⁶ Now these things were examples for us, that we might not be coveters of evil things, as they also coveted. ⁷ Neither be ye idolaters as some of them; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport themselves." ⁸ Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them also committed, and in one day fell twenty-three thousand. ⁹ Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents. ¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and perished by the destroyer. ¹¹ Now all these things happened unto them as examples, but they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are come. ¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.

³⁸ "The just man then will live by faith;" and if he draw back, my soul shall have no delight in him. ³⁹ But we are not of those who turn back unto perdition; but of those who believe to the salvation of the soul.

¹⁸ Uttering pompous discourses of inanity, ensnaring by the lusts of the flesh, by lascivious impurities, those who had truly escaped from such as live in a course of delusion. ¹⁹ Preaching liberty to them, while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for by whatever a man is overcome, by that also he is enslaved. ²⁰ For if having escaped from the defilements of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again enveloped by them and overcome, their last deeds are worse than the first. ²¹ For it had been better for them never to have been acquainted with the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to have turned aside from the holy commandment delivered unto them. ²² But the true proverb is verified in them, The dog hath returned to his own vomit; and the sow which was washed to its wallowing in the mire.

³⁹ He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

²⁵ For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

³⁵ For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake and the Gospel, he shall preserve it. ³⁶ For what would it profit a man, though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss of his own soul? ³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall preserve it. ²⁵ For what advantage hath a man in gaining all the would, if he destroy himself, or be punished with the loss of life?

²⁵ He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal.

¹⁰ Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

²⁵ Behold, I have forewarned you.

⁴⁰ Then two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other dismissed. ⁴¹ Two women grinding at the mill; the one taken, the other dismissed.

²³ But be ye on your guard: lo! I have told you all things:

²⁹ Then said Peter unto him, Though all should be offended, yet will not I.

³ I tell you, No: for except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

⁵ I tell you, No: but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

²⁴ Exert all your powers to enter through the strait gate: for many, I tell you, will seek to enter, but will not be able.

⁴ But what saith the oracle of God to him? "I have left to myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." ⁵ So then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ But if by grace, it is no more by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if by works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. ⁷ What then is the result? Israel hath not obtained that which it seeketh; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

¹⁶ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: ¹⁷ then we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them into the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, but to reserve the wicked unto the day of judgment to be punished:

⁴¹ Two women grinding at the mill; the one taken, the other dismissed.

²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their iniquities always: but wrath is coming upon them to the extremity.

¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls which fly in the midst of heaven, Come hither and flock together unto the supper of the great God: ¹⁸ that ye may eat the carcasses of kings, and the carcasses of military commanders, and the carcasses of mighty men, and the carcasses of horses, and of those who ride upon them, and the carcasses of all, freemen and slaves, both small and great.