Luke 3 Cross References - Haweis

¹ NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene: ² when Annas and Caiaphas were high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness; ³ and he came into all the country on the confines of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths strait: ⁵ every valley shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the crooked ways made strait, and the rough roads smooth: ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." ⁷ He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came out to be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to fly from the approaching wrath? ⁸ Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ And he answering said to them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner. ¹² Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do? ¹³ He said unto them, Exact nothing more than is appointed for you. ¹⁴ And the military men also asked him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay. ¹⁵ Now when the people were in expectation, and many reasoned in their hearts respecting John, whether he were the Messiah, ¹⁶ John addressed himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire; ¹⁷ whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. ¹⁸ Thus in many and various discourses exhorting them, he preached the glad tidings of the gospel to the people. ¹⁹ Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the other wicked actions which he had done, ²⁰ added this also to all the rest, and shut up John in prison. ²¹ Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened, ²² and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, like a dove, upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. ²³ And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began his ministry, being (as was supposed the son of Joseph) of Heli, ²⁴ of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, ²⁵ of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naum, of Esli, of Nagge, ²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda, ²⁷ of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri, ²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, ²⁹ of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi, ³⁰ of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim, ³¹ of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, ³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson, ³³ of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Judah, ³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor, ³⁵ of Saruch, of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala, ³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech, ³⁷ of Methusaleh, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan, ³⁸ of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, [the son] of God.

¹ AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report of Jesus,

³ For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother.

² And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent and seized upon John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

¹ NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered.

¹⁹ Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the other wicked actions which he had done,

⁷ Then Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in much distraction of mind, because it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead:

¹ AND the whole multitude of them rising up, led him to Pilate, ² and began to accuse him, saying, We have found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar; pretending that he himself is the King Messiah. ³ Then Pilate interrogated him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him, Thou sayest so. ⁴ Then said Pilate unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find nothing culpable in this man.

⁶ When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean? ⁷ And when he knew that he came out of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was himself at Jerusalem in those days. ⁸ Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was vastly delighted: for he had been long desirous to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some miracle wrought by him. ⁹ And he put a variety of questions to him; but he made him no reply. ¹⁰ And the chief priests and the scribes stood up vehemently accusing him. ¹¹ Then Herod with his guards treated him with contempt, and in derision clothed him in a splendid robe, and sent him back to Pilate.

²⁴ Then Pilate decreed that their petition should be granted.

²⁷ For they have been in truth collected together against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, even Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and the people of Israel,

²⁶ Claudius Lysias to his excellence the governor Felix, greeting.

²⁷ But when two years were ended, Felix had Portius Festus appointed for his successor: and willing to curry favour with the Jews, Felix left Paul in chains.

³⁰ So when he had thus spoken, the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who sat with him,

¹ THEN in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the desert country of Judea, ² and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is nigh. ³ For this is the person spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait." ⁴ Now this John had his garment made of camel's hair, and a girdle of leather about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the regions about Jordan, ⁶ and were baptized by him in Jordan, on making confession of their sins. ⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O ye broods of vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Produce then worthy fruits of repentance: ⁹ and think not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say unto you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore which produceth not good fruit, is hewing down, and casting into the fire.

⁷ And when they were gone, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

³ Then were the chief priests and scribes, and the elders of the people gathered together in the palace of the high-priest, called Caiaphas.

³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait." ⁴ John was baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁵ And all the country of Judea went out to him, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him after the name of his father, Zacharias. ⁶⁰ And his mother spake and said, No; but he shall be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her, There is not one among thy relations, who is called by this name. ⁶² And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called. ⁶³ And desiring a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name. And they were all surprised.

⁸⁰ And the child grew, and became mighty in spirit, and was in the deserts until the days of his public exhibition to Israel.

³ and he came into all the country on the confines of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths strait: ⁵ every valley shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the crooked ways made strait, and the rough roads smooth: ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." ⁷ He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came out to be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to fly from the approaching wrath? ⁸ Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ And he answering said to them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner. ¹² Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do? ¹³ He said unto them, Exact nothing more than is appointed for you. ¹⁴ And the military men also asked him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay. ¹⁵ Now when the people were in expectation, and many reasoned in their hearts respecting John, whether he were the Messiah, ¹⁶ John addressed himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire; ¹⁷ whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

²³ He said, I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way for the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

⁴⁹ Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing, ⁵⁰ nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not destroyed. ⁵¹ And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

¹³ and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high-priest of that year. ¹⁴ Now Caiaphas was the person who had given his advice to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should be destroyed instead of the people.

²⁴ Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high-priest.

⁶ and Annas the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were the high-priest's relations.

⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the regions about Jordan, ⁶ and were baptized by him in Jordan, on making confession of their sins.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

⁷⁷ to give the knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins,

²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptising.

³¹ And I knew him not: though that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore am I come baptising with water. ³² And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him. ³³ And I did not know him: but he that sent me baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost.

²⁶ And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, lo! this man baptiseth, and all men come to him.

²⁴ John having preached before his first coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

⁴ Then said Paul, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, That they should believe on him who was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

³ For this is the person spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait."

³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait."

¹⁶ And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord, their God. ¹⁷ And he shall go forth before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to convert the hearts of fathers with their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people ready for the Lord.

⁷⁶ And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; ⁷⁷ to give the knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the bowels of mercy of our God; with which he hath visited us, as the dawn of the morning from on high, ⁷⁹ to illumine those who sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.

⁷ He came for a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light, that all men through him might believe.

²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptise with water: but in the midst of you hath stood a person, whom ye have not known; ²⁷ it is he, though coming after me, who was before me, the thong of whole sandal I am not worthy to untie. ²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptising. ²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world, ³⁰ This is he of whom I spake, After me cometh a man who was before me: for before me he existed. ³¹ And I knew him not: though that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore am I come baptising with water. ³² And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him. ³³ And I did not know him: but he that sent me baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost. ³⁴ And I have seen it, and have borne testimony that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ On the morrow John was again standing with two of his disciples; ³⁶ and looking upon Jesus as he walked by, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but that I am sent before him. ²⁹ It is the bridegroom, who possesses the bride: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing by and hearing him, rejoiceth exceedingly at the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. ³⁰ He must grow great, but I diminutive. ³¹ He that cometh from above is above all: he whose origin is from earth is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: he who cometh from heaven is above all. ³² And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; though no man receiveth his testimony. ³³ He that receiveth his testimony hath avouched that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God hath not given the Spirit by measure unto him. ³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. ³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath life eternal: and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth upon him.

⁵¹ He hath displayed strength from his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. ⁵² He hath cast down potentates from the throne, and hath exalted the lowly. ⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

¹² Wherefore stretch out again the hands that hang down, and the paralytic knees; ¹³ and make strait paths for your feet, that what is halting may not be turned out of the way; but that it may rather be healed.

⁹ Let the brother low in station rejoice in his elevation:

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Be not affrighted: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people. ¹¹ Because this day there is born for you a Saviour, which is Messiah, the Lord, in the city of David.

³⁰ for my eyes have seen thy salvation, ³¹ which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. ³² A light to give revelation to the Gentiles, and glory to thy people Israel.

¹² For there is no difference between either Jew or Greek: for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.

¹⁸ But I say, Have they not heard? Yea verily, "the sound of their voice is gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world."

³⁴ Ye broods of vipers, how can ye speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

³³ Ye serpents, ye broods of vipers! how can ye escape from the damnation of hell?

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹⁰ said, O thou full of all guile and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the strait ways of the Lord?

¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us;

⁸ he that practises sin is of the devil; for from the beginning the devil sinneth. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

¹¹ And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁴³ Therefore I tell you, That the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and given to a nation, producing the fruits thereof.

²⁸ There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom, and yourselves cast out. ²⁹ And they shall come from the east, and west, and from north, and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

²³ and in hell, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham at a vast distance, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And crying out, he said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented with this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou hast received thy good things during thy life, and Lazarus, in like manner, what was afflictive: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ And besides all these considerations, between us and you there is a vast chasm fixed: so that they who might be willing to pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass through to us, from thence. ²⁷ And he said, I entreat thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to my paternal mansion: ²⁸ for I have five brothers: that he may testify to them, that they also come not into this place of torment. ²⁹ Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hearken to them. ³⁰ But he said, Ah no, father Abraham! but if one came to them from the dead, they will repent. ³¹ Then he said to him, If they hearken not to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.

⁴⁰ And he replying said to them. I tell you that, should these be silent, the very stones would cry out.

³³ They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and never were in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, That we shall be made free?

³⁹ They answered and said unto him, Our Father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would have done the works of Abraham.

²⁰ but preached first to those at Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, practicing works worthy of repentance.

¹⁶ Therefore it is by faith, that it might be of grace; in order that the promise might be secured to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

⁷ nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

¹⁰ For sorrow of a godly sort worketh repentance unto salvation never to be repented of, but worldly sorrow worketh death. ¹¹ For behold this very thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly manner, how great diligence did it produce in you! yea, what apologizing! yea, what indignation! yea, what fear! yea, what earnest desire! yea, what zeal! yea, what vengeance! In every step ye have approved yourselves as pure in this affair.

²⁸ There is no more Jew or Gentile, there is no more slave or freeman, there is no more male or female: but ye are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ But if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, ²³ meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. ²⁴ But they who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and irregular appetites.

¹¹ filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.

⁷ For the earth which imbibes the rain which often falls upon it, and bringeth forth herbage suitable for those by whom it is cultured, receiveth a blessing from God; ⁸ but if it produceth thorns and thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse [of barrenness], whose end will be for burning.

¹⁰ And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore which produceth not good fruit, is hewing down, and casting into the fire.

¹⁹ Every tree that beareth not good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire.

⁷ Then said he to the vine-dresser, Lo! for three years have I come, expecting fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground thus useless?

⁹ perhaps it may then produce fruit: but if it does not, afterwards thou shalt cut it down.

²⁹ For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have not borne, and the breasts which never suckled. ³⁰ Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover us! ³¹ For if they do all these things with the green wood, what will be done with the dry?

⁶ If any man abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

²⁸ Any man who treated the law of Moses with neglect, was put to death, without mercy, on the deposition of two or three witnesses:

²⁹ for our God is a devouring fire.

⁸ Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

¹² Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

¹⁴ And the military men also asked him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay.

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

⁶ And trembling and amazed he said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

³⁰ and having first brought them out, said, Sirs! what must I do to be saved?

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.

⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they bitterly murmured against her. ⁶ Then said Jesus, Let her alone; why give ye her uneasiness? she hath performed a laudable act towards me. ⁷ For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. ⁸ What was in her power she hath done; she has seized the opportunity to anoint my body beforehand for burial.

⁴¹ But give what is within them for alms; and, lo! all will be pure unto you.

²² Then Jesus hearing this, said to him, Yet one thing thou lackest: sell all whatsoever thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

⁸ Then Zaccheus standing up, said unto the Lord, Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give unto the poor; and if I have got any thing from any man, by laying false informations, I am ready to restore fourfold.

²⁹ For some supposed, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

² a man of piety, and who feared God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and praying to God continually.

⁴ Then looking stedfastly on him, and being terrified, he said, What means this, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

³¹ and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy alms are remembered before God.

³ For unto their power, I bear them witness, and above their power, they were voluntarily ready [to give]: ⁴ with much entreaty praying us that we would receive the gift, and [undertake] the communication of the contribution for the saints. ⁵ And not [merely] as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God. ⁶ So that we exhorted Titus, that as he had been active before, so also he would perfect in you this grace also. ⁷ So as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. ⁸ I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love. ⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, that ye by his poverty should be made rich. ¹⁰ And in this I give my opinion: for this is expedient for you, who have before begun not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago. ¹¹ Now then accomplish also the doing it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be also to perform out of that which ye have. ¹² For if there is first a ready mind, a man is acceptable according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not. ¹³ For I mean not that there should be ease for others and a burden on you; ¹⁴ but that according to equality, your abundance on the present occasion should afford a supply for their deficiency, that their abundance also may supply your deficiency, that there may be equality.

¹⁸ to do good, to be rich in generous actions, to take pleasure in liberality, ready to distribute;

¹⁰ For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have demonstrated in his name, having ministered assistance to the saints, and still ministering.

²⁷ Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, To pay diligent attention to the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to preserve himself spotless from the world.

¹⁵ Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail? ¹⁷ So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead itself. ¹⁸ Perhaps a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee by my works my faith. ¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble. ²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith consummated. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness;" and he was called "the friend of God." ²⁴ Observe therefore that by works a man is justified, and not by faith merely. ²⁵ But was not Rahab the harlot in like manner justified by works, when she entertained the messengers, and sent them away by a different road? ²⁶ For as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

¹⁷ But whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

²⁰ If any person say, I love God, yet hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love the God whom he hath not seen?

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say unto you, That tax-gatherers and harlots shall go before you into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the tax-gatherers and harlots believed on him. But ye, when ye saw it, repented not afterwards, that ye should believe on him.

²⁹ And all the people when they heard it, and the publicans, glorified God, being baptised with the baptism of John.

¹ THEN drew nigh unto him all the tax-farmers and the sinners to hear him. ² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man entertains sinners, and eateth with them.

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!

¹² All things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more; but rather labour hard, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that is in want.

¹¹ For the grace of God which leads to salvation hath appeared unto all men, ¹² instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day;

¹ THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,

⁵ Then as Jesus was entering into Capernaum, there met him a centurion, intreating him,

⁷ But when the angel departed who spake to Cornelius, he called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier, persons who constantly were in attendance upon him;

⁹ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ¹⁰ Love doeth no ill to a neighbour; the fulfilment therefore of the law is love.

¹⁵ that ye may be blameless and harmless, the children of God, inoffensive, in the midst of an untoward and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world;

¹¹ Not that I mention this with a view to my indigence: for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am, to be content.

⁸ Having then food and raiment, let us be therewith content. ⁹ For they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful passions, which sink men in the abyss of destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting, have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

³ That the elder women also be sacredly becoming in their behaviour, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, teachers of propriety;

⁵ Let the tenor of your life be divested of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for he hath said, "I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in any case forsake thee." ⁶ So that we may with confidence say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

¹⁰ And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they should question him, Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied it not; but acknowledged, I am not the Messiah. ²¹ And they asked him, What then? art thou Elias? and he said, I am not. Art thou that prophet? and he answered, No. ²² Then said they to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us: What description givest thou of thyself? ²³ He said, I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way for the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ And they who were sent, were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they questioned him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptise, if thou be not the Messiah, nor Elias, nor that prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptise with water: but in the midst of you hath stood a person, whom ye have not known; ²⁷ it is he, though coming after me, who was before me, the thong of whole sandal I am not worthy to untie. ²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptising.

²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but that I am sent before him. ²⁹ It is the bridegroom, who possesses the bride: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing by and hearing him, rejoiceth exceedingly at the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

²⁴ Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.

⁷ And he preached, saying, One mightier than I is coming after me, the string of whose shoes I am not worthy, stooping down, to unloose. ⁸ I indeed baptise you with water; but he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost.

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

³³ And I did not know him: but he that sent me baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost.

³⁸ He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall rivers flow of living water.

⁵ For John indeed baptised with water; but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Ghost not many days after the present.

³ And there was an appearance to them of divided tongues, as of fire, and it rested on every one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.

¹⁷ "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour our of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: ¹⁸ and upon my servants and my handmaidens in those days will I pour out of my spirit; and they shall prophesy:

³³ He therefore being exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, hath poured out this, which ye now see and hear.

⁴⁴ While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all who heard the discourse.

¹⁵ So when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, just as on us at the beginning. ¹⁶ Then I recollected the word of the Lord, how he had said, John indeed baptised with water; but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Ghost.

²⁴ John having preached before his first coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ But as John was finishing his course, he said, Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not [the Messiah]. But, behold! he is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

⁴ Then said Paul, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, That they should believe on him who was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus. ⁵ Now when they heard it, they were baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹³ For by one Spirit we all have been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free men; and we have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

¹² whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff will he burn up with fire unquenchable.

³⁰ Let them both grow together till the harvest: and at the harvest-time I will say to the reapers, Gather out first the zizane, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

⁴³ And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it were better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having both hands to go into hell, into the fire that never will be quenched: ⁴⁴ where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵ And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life halting, than having both feet to be cast into hell, into the fire which never can be quenched: ⁴⁶ where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷ And if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the fire of hell: ⁴⁸ where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹ For every one shall be salted with fire, and every victim shall be sprinkled with salt.

¹⁵ John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.

²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,

³⁴ And I have seen it, and have borne testimony that this is the Son of God.

⁴⁰ And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this untoward generation.

² Then John, having heard in prison the works of Christ, sent two of his disciples,

³ For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother. ⁴ For John said unto him, It is unlawful for thee to have her.

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent and seized upon John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her. ¹⁸ For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

¹ NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:

³⁵ And the husbandmen took his servants, one they beat, and another they killed, and a third they stoned. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they treated them in the same manner. ³⁷ Then at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. ³⁸ But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come let us kill him, and let us seize on the inheritance. ³⁹ And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the master of the vineyard cometh, what will he do with these husbandmen? ⁴¹ They say unto him, He will dreadfully destroy those wicked wretches, and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

⁶ And the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them. ⁷ Then the king, when he heard it, was incensed: and sending out his armies, destroyed these murderers, and burnt down their city.

³¹ Wherefore ye bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets. ³² Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. ³³ Ye serpents, ye broods of vipers! how can ye escape from the damnation of hell?

³¹ The same day came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Depart, and begone from hence: for Herod will kill thee. ³² And he said to them, Go tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and perform cures today and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall be perfected. ³³ But I must go on to-day and to-morrow, and the day following: for it is impossible that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. ³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

²⁴ For as yet John was not cast into prison.

¹⁵ who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind; 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.

⁶ For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

¹³ Then came Jesus from Galilee unto Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John earnestly withheld him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to 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. ¹⁶ And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming upon him: ¹⁷ and lo! a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my Son, the beloved, in whom is my delight.

²³ And when he had sent away the multitude, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when evening came, he was there alone.

⁹ And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptised of John in Jordan. ¹⁰ And immediately on going up from the water, he saw the heavens divided by a chasm, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him: ¹¹ and a voice came from heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

¹⁶ But he himself was in the desert for retirement and prayer.

¹⁸ And it came to pass, as he had been praying in retirement, his disciples were with him, and he asked them, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

²⁸ And it was about eight days after these discourses, that taking Peter, and John, and James, he went up into a mountain to pray. ²⁹ And it came to pass, as he was at prayer, that the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment white and refulgent.

³² And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him. ³³ And I did not know him: but he that sent me baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost. ³⁴ And I have seen it, and have borne testimony that this is the Son of God.

²⁷ Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

¹⁷ and lo! a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my Son, the beloved, in whom is my delight.

¹⁸ "Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen.

⁵ And while he was yet speaking, behold, a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom is my delight; hear him!

⁴³ He trusted in God; let him now deliver him, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

²¹ And he began to say to them, To day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

³⁴ And as he was thus speaking, a cloud came and overshadowed them: and they were afraid as they were entering into the cloud. ³⁵ And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; hear him.

³² And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him.

³⁸ respecting Jesus, who was of Nazareth, how God had anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were tyrannically oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

¹³ who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

⁴ Whom approaching, as the living stone, rejected indeed of men, but elect of God, and honourable,

¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when such a voice was sent forth to him from the transcendently magnificent glory, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸ And this voice we heard coming out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

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

⁶ and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias,

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

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is approaching.

⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

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

²³ And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began his ministry, being (as was supposed the son of Joseph) of Heli, ²⁴ of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, ²⁵ of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naum, of Esli, of Nagge, ²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda, ²⁷ of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,

³¹ of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,

²² And all concurred in their testimony to him, and marvelled at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

⁴² And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how then saith this man, That I came down from heaven?

¹ THE former treatise, Theophilus, I composed, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

¹² and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,

³ and Judas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram; ⁴ and Aram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias,

²² And removing him, he raised up unto them David to be king; respecting whom also he spake testifying, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall perform all my intentions." ²³ From this man's seed according to the promise hath God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren, ³ and Judas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram; ⁴ and Aram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon,

² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren,

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

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.

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.

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:

²⁶ And hath made from one man's blood all the nations of mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, fixing the predetermined periods of their existence, and the boundaries of their several abodes; ²⁷ that they should seek the Lord, if indeed they might haply grope him out, and find him, though truly he is not far from any individual of us: ²⁸ for from him we derive life, and power of motion, and existence; as also some of your own poets have said, "For we are even his offspring." ²⁹ Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divinity is like to gold, or silver, or stone sculptured by human art or contrivance.

⁴⁵ And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit.

⁴⁷ The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from heaven.