John 7 Cross References - Lamsa

¹ AFTER these things Jesus travelled in Galilee; for he did not wish to travel in Judaea, because the Jews wanted to kill him. ² Now the Jewish feast of the tabernacles was at hand. ³ And his brothers said to Jesus, Depart from here and go to Judaea, so that your disciples may see the works that you do. ⁴ For there is no man, who does anything in secret and yet wants it to become known. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the people. ⁵ For not even his own brothers believed in Jesus. ⁶ Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come; but your time is always ready. ⁷ The world cannot hate you; but it hates me, because I testify against it, that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to this feast; I am not going just now to this feast, for my time is not yet come. ⁹ He said these things, and remained in Galilee. ¹⁰ But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹ The Jews were looking for him at the feast and said, Where is he? ¹² And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him; for some said, He is good; and others said, No, but he just deceives the people. ¹³ But no man spoke openly about him, because of the fear of the Jews. ¹⁴ Now about the middle period of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple and taught. ¹⁵ And the Jews marvelled, saying, How does this man know reading, when he has not been instructed? ¹⁶ Jesus answered and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ He who wills to do his will, he will understand if my teaching is from God, or if I am just speaking of my own accord. ¹⁸ He who speaks of his own accord seeks glory for himself; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, he is true, and there is no deception in his heart. ¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law? and yet no one of you obeys the law. Why do you want to kill me? ²⁰ The people answered, saying, You are crazy; who wants to kill you? ²¹ Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and all of you marvel. ²² Moses gave you circumcision, not because it is from Moses, but because it is from the forefathers; and yet you circumcise a man on the sabbath. ²³ So if a man is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; yet you murmur at me, because I healed a whole man * on the sabbath day? ²⁴ Do not judge by partiality, but judge a just judgment. ²⁵ Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying, Is not this the man whom they want to kill? ²⁶ And yet he speaks openly, but they say nothing to him. Perhaps our elders have found out that he is the Christ? ²⁷ Howbeit we know whence he comes; but when the Christ comes, no man will know whence he comes. ²⁸ Jesus then lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, You know me, and you know whence I come; and yet I have not come of my own accord, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know. ²⁹ But I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. ³⁰ So they wanted to seize him; and no man laid hands on him, because his time had not yet come. ³¹ But a great many of the people believed in him and said, When the Christ comes, why, will he do greater wonders than this man does? ³² The Pharisees heard the people talking about him; so they and the high priests sent soldiers to arrest him. ³³ And Jesus said, I am with you just a short while, and I am going to him who sent me. ³⁴ You will seek me, but you will not find me; and where I am you cannot come. ³⁵ Then the Jews said among themselves, Where is he going, that we cannot find him? why, is he planning to go to the countries of the Gentiles, to teach the pagans? ³⁶ What does this word mean which he said, You will seek me and you will not find me; and where I am you cannot come? ³⁷ Now on the greatest day, which is the last day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out and said, If any man is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in me, just as the scriptures have said, the rivers of living water shall flow from within him. ³⁹ He said this concerning the Spirit, which they who believe in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. ⁴⁰ Many of the people who heard his words were saying, This man truly is a prophet. ⁴¹ Others were saying, He is the Christ; but others said, Is it possible that Christ should come from Galilee? ⁴² Does not the scripture say that Christ will come from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town of David? ⁴³ So the people were divided because of him. ⁴⁴ And there were some men among them, who wanted to seize him; but no man laid hands on him. ⁴⁵ And the soldiers returned to the high priests and the Pharisees; and the priests said to them, Why did you not bring him? ⁴⁶ The soldiers said to them, Never a man has spoken as this man speaks. ⁴⁷ The Pharisees said to them, Why, have you also been deceived? ⁴⁸ Why, have any of the leaders or of the Pharisees believed in him, ⁴⁹ Except this cursed people, who do not know the law? ⁵⁰ Nicodemus, one of them, who had come to Jesus at night, said to them, ⁵¹ Does our law convict a man, unless it first hears from him, and knows what he has done? ⁵² They answered and said to him, Why, are you also from Galilee? * Search and see that no prophet will rise up from Galilee. ⁵³ So everyone went to his own house.

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

⁵ They said, In Bethlehem of Judah, for thus it is written in the book of the prophet:

⁵ They said, In Bethlehem of Judah, for thus it is written in the book of the prophet: ⁶ Even you, Bethlehem of Judah, you are not insignificant in the eyes of the kings of Judah, for from you shall come out a king, who will shepherd my people Israel.

²³ And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was said by the prophet, might be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazarene.

³ For it was he of whom it was said by the prophet Isaiah, The voice which cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, and straighten his highways.

¹⁵ But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit now, for this is necessary for us so that all righteousness may be fulfilled; and then he permitted him.

⁶ And he said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, that he will command his angels concerning you, and they will bear you up on their hands, so that even your foot may not strike a stone.

¹⁵ O land of Zabulon, O land of Napthali, the way to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles! ¹⁶ The people who dwelt in darkness saw a great light, and those who settled in the country and in the midst of the shadows of death, light shone on them.

¹ BE careful concerning your alms, not to do them in the presence of men, merely that they may see them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven. ² Therefore when you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the market places, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

⁵ And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who like to pray, standing in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

⁹ Therefore pray in this manner: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

¹⁶ When you fast, do not look sad like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear to men that they are fasting. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

²² The eye is the lamp of the body; if therefore your eye be clear, your whole body is also lighted.

²⁸ And it happened when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were stunned at his teaching. ²⁹ For he taught them as one who had the power, and not like their own scribes and Pharisees.

¹⁶ Behold, I am sending you like lambs among the wolves; therefore be wise as serpents, and pure as doves.

²³ When they persecute you in this city, escape to another; for truly I say to you, that you shall not finish converting all the cities of the house of Israel, until the Son of man returns.

²⁵ It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and for a servant to be like his master. If then, they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

³⁵ For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³ And said to him, Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect another? ⁴ Jesus answered and said, Go and describe to John the things which you see and hear. ⁵ The blind see, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead rise up, and the poor are given hope. ⁶ And blessed is he who does not stumble on account of me.

¹⁸ For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they said he is crazy. ¹⁹ The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and they said, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners. And yet wisdom is justified by its works.

²⁵ At that time, Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the men of understanding, and you have revealed them to children.

²⁷ Everything has been delivered to me by my Father, and no man knows the Son except the Father, nor does any man know the Father but the Son, and he to whomever the Son wishes to reveal. ²⁸ Come to me, all you who are tired out and carrying burdens, and I will give you rest.

² But when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him, Behold, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.

⁵ Or, have you not read in the book of law, that the priests in the temple disregard the sabbath, and yet are blameless?

¹⁴ And the Pharisees went out, and they took counsel concerning him, so as to do away with him.

²¹ And in his name will the peoples find hope.

²³ All the people were amazed and said, Perhaps this man is the son of David?

²³ All the people were amazed and said, Perhaps this man is the son of David? ²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard of it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub, the prince of demons.

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard of it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub, the prince of demons.

⁴⁶ While he was speaking to the people, his mother and his brothers came and stood outside, and wanted to speak with him.

⁵⁴ And he came to his own city; and he taught them in their synagogues, in such a way, that they were amazed and said, Where did he get this wisdom and these wonders?

⁵⁴ And he came to his own city; and he taught them in their synagogues, in such a way, that they were amazed and said, Where did he get this wisdom and these wonders? ⁵⁵ Is he not the carpenterÆs son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judah? ⁵⁶ Are not all his sisters with us? Where did he get all these things? ⁵⁷ And they were perplexed about him. But Jesus said to them, No prophet is insulted, except in his own city and in his own house.

¹³ When Jesus came to the country of Caesarea of Philippi, he asked his disciples saying, What do the men say concerning me, that I am merely a son of man? ¹⁴ They said, There are some who say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets:

¹⁴ They said, There are some who say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets: ¹⁵ He said to them, Who do you say that I am? ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹¹ And the people were saying. This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee. ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and put out all who were buying and selling in the temple, and he overturned the trays of the money-changers and the stands of those who sold doves.

³⁸ But when the laborers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and retain his inheritance.

⁴⁶ So they wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

¹⁶ So they sent to him their disciples together with the Herodians, and they said to him, Teacher, we know that you are true, and you teach the way of God justly; and you do not favor any man, for you do not discriminate between men.

¹⁶ So they sent to him their disciples together with the Herodians, and they said to him, Teacher, we know that you are true, and you teach the way of God justly; and you do not favor any man, for you do not discriminate between men. ¹⁷ Tell us, therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay head-tax to Caesar, or not?

²² And when they heard it, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

³³ And when the people heard it, they were amazed at his teaching.

² And he said to them, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the chair of Moses. ³ Therefore whatever they tell you to obey, obey and do it, but do not do according to their works; for they say and do not. ⁴ And they bind heavy burdens, and put them on menÆs shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to touch them, even with their finger. ⁵ And all their works they do, just to be seen by men; for they widen the fringes of their garments, and they lengthen the ends of their robes,

¹³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you embezzle the property of widows, with the pretense that you make long prayers; because of this you shall receive a greater judgment.*

³⁹ For I say to you, from now you will not see me until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

¹⁸ And he said to them, Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, Our Master says, My time has come, I will observe the passover with my disciples at your house.

⁵⁵ At that very hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out with swords and staves to arrest me like a bandit? I sat with you every day, teaching in the temple, and you did not arrest me.

⁶³ And they said to him, Our lord, we have just remembered that that deceiver used to say when he was alive, After three days I will rise again.

⁴ Then he said to them also, Is it lawful to do good or evil on the sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it? But they were silent.

⁶ And the Pharisees immediately went out with the Herodians, and they took counsel concerning him how to do away with him.

²¹ And his relatives heard it, and went out to arrest him, for they said, He has lost his mind.

²¹ And his relatives heard it, and went out to arrest him, for they said, He has lost his mind. ²² And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, Beelzebub is with him, and, By the prince of demons he is casting out demons.

³⁰ Because they had said, He has an unclean spirit. ³¹ Then there came his mother and his brothers, and stood outside, and they sent in to call him.

² When the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were surprised, and said, Whence did he receive all this? and what wisdom is this which is given to him, that wonders like these are wrought by his hands? ³ Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and behold, are not his sisters here with us? And they denounced him.

³ Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and behold, are not his sisters here with us? And they denounced him.

¹⁸ And the high priests and the scribes heard it, and they sought how to do away with him; for they were afraid of him, because all the people were amazed at his teaching.

¹⁹ Then our Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, ascended to heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

⁴ Joseph also went up from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, to Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David;

¹¹ For today is born to you in the city of David, a Saviour, who is the Lord Christ.

³² A light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and a glory to your people Israel.

³⁹ And when they had done everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

⁴⁷ And all those who heard him were amazed at his wisdom and his answers.

⁵¹ So he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them. And his mother treasured all these words in her heart.

¹⁶ John answered and said to them, Behold, I baptize you with water; but one is coming after me, who is greater than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

²² And all testified to him, and were amazed by the words of grace which came out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this man the son of Joseph?

²⁶ Woe to you when men speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

⁴⁵ A good man brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart; and a bad man from the bad treasure of his heart brings out bad things; for from the abundance of the heart the lips speak.

¹⁶ And all men were seized with fear; and they praised God, saying, A great prophet is risen among us; and, God has visited his people.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and the scribes suppressed the will of God in themselves, because they were not baptized by him.

¹³ Those on the rock are those who when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and yet they have no root, but their belief is for a while, and in time of trial they stumble.

¹⁵ But that in good soil, these are those who hear the word with pure and good heart, and keep it, and bear fruit with patience.

¹⁹ And there came to him his mother and his brothers, and they were not able to speak to him because of the crowd.

²² And he turned to his disciples and said to them, Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no man knows who is the Son, except the Father; and who is the Father except the Son, and to whomever the Son wishes to reveal him.

³⁹ And Jesus said to him, Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish; but within you are full of extortion and iniquity. ⁴⁰ O you shortsighted, did not he who made the outside also make the inside? ⁴¹ But give alms of what you have; and, behold, everything will be clean to you. ⁴² But woe to you Pharisees! who take tithes of mint and dill and every kind of vegetable, but overlook justice and the love of God. These were necessary for you to have done, and the same by no means to have left undone. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! for you love chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the streets. ⁴⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves that cannot be recognized, and men walk over them and know it not. ⁴⁵ One of the scribes answered and said to him, Teacher, when you say these things, you reproach us also. ⁴⁶ But he said, Woe also to you, scribes! for you lay heavy burdens on men, and you yourselves do not touch these burdens even with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Woe to you! for you build the tombs of prophets, whom your fathers killed. ⁴⁸ Therefore you are witnesses, and you approve the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and yet you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ For this reason, the wisdom of God also said, Behold, I will send them prophets and apostles, some of them they will persecute and kill; ⁵⁰ That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed since the creation of the world, may be avenged on this generation; ⁵¹ From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who was killed between the temple and the altar; yes, I say to you, it will be avenged on this generation. ⁵² Woe to you, scribes! for you have taken away the keys of knowledge; you did not enter, and those who were entering you hindered. ⁵³ When he had said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees were displeased, and they were enraged and criticized his words. ⁵⁴ And they plotted against him in many ways, seeking to catch something from his mouth, so that they might be able to accuse him.

⁵¹ Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? I say to you, No, but divisions;

²⁴ Strive to enter in through the narrow door; for I say to you, that many will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵ From the hour when the master of the house rises up and locks the door, you will be standing outside and knocking at the door, and you will begin to say, Our Lord, our Lord, open for us; and he will answer and say, I say to you, I do not know you where you come from.

³¹ In that very day, some of the men of the Pharisees drew near and said to him, Get out and go away from here; because Herod wants to kill you. ³² Jesus said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and I heal today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will be through. ³³ But I must do my work today and tomorrow, and I will leave the next day; because it is impossible that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. ³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murderess of prophets, and stoner of those who are sent to her! how many times I longed to gather your children together, as a hen which gathers her chickens under her wings, but you were not willing! ³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, that you will not see me until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

²² And he said to his disciples, The days will come when you will covet to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it. ²³ And if they should say to you, Behold, he is here! and behold, he is there! do not go.

¹⁹ Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? there is no one good, except one, that is God.

⁴⁷ And he taught every day in the temple. But the high priests and the scribes and the elders of the people sought to get rid of him;

⁴⁷ And he taught every day in the temple. But the high priests and the scribes and the elders of the people sought to get rid of him; ⁴⁸ But they were not able to find what to do to him; for all the people hung around him to hear him.

¹⁹ The high priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

⁵² And Jesus said to the high priests and the elders and the officers of the temple, who had come against him, Have you come out against me to arrest me with swords and staves, as if you were against a bandit? ⁵³ I was with you every day in the temple, and you did not even point your hands at me; but this is your turn, and the power of darkness.

⁵³ I was with you every day in the temple, and you did not even point your hands at me; but this is your turn, and the power of darkness.

⁴⁷ When the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, Truly this was a righteous man.

⁵⁰ There was a man named Joseph the counsellor of Arimathaea, a city of Judaea, a good and righteous man.

⁴⁹ And I will send upon you the promise of my Father; but you remain in the city of Jerusalem, until you are clothed with power from on high.

¹¹ He came to his own, and his own did not receive him. ¹² But those who received him, to them he gave power to become sons of God, especially to those who believed in his name; ¹³ Those who are not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but born of God.

¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses; but truth and grace came into being by Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No man has ever seen God; but the firstborn of God, who is in the bosom of his Father, he has declared him. ¹⁹ This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?

²¹ Then they asked him again, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you a prophet? And he said, No.

²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Straighten the highway of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.

²⁵ And they asked him and said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor a prophet?

³³ And yet I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water, said to me, The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and resting, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.

⁴¹ He saw his brother Simon first, and said to him, We have found the Christ.

⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and you will see.

⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and you will see. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he said of him, Behold truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile! ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus said to him. Even before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you. ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, saying to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, saying to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.

⁴ Jesus said to her, What is it to me and to you, woman? my turn has not yet come.

¹¹ This is the first miracle which Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and he showed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

²³ Now when Jesus was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, a great many believed in him, because they saw the miracles which he did. ²⁴ But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because he understood every man.

¹ THERE was there a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews; ² He came at night to Jesus and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these miracles that you are doing, except God is with him.

² He came at night to Jesus and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these miracles that you are doing, except God is with him.

⁴ Nicodemus said to him, How can an old man be born again? can he enter again a second time into his motherÆs womb, and be born?

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak only what we know, and we testify only to what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our testimony.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he even gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world should be saved by him.

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and yet men have loved darkness more than light, because their works were evil.

²⁶ So they came to John and told him, Teacher, he who was with you at the Jordan crossing, concerning whom you testified, behold, he also is baptizing and a great many are coming to him. ²⁷ John answered and said to them, No man can receive anything of his own will, except it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but only a messenger to go before him. ²⁹ He who has a bride is the bridegroom; and the best man of the bridegroom is he who stands up and listens to him, and rejoices greatly because of the bridegroomÆs voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled. ³⁰ He must become greater and I lesser. ³¹ For he who has come from above is above all; and he who is of the earth is of the earth, and he speaks of earthly things; but he who has come from heaven is above all.

³³ He who accepts his testimony, has set his seal that God is true.

³ He left Judaea and came again to Galilee.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, If you only knew the gift of God, and who is the man who said to you, Give me a drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.

¹⁴ But whoever drinks of the water which I give him, shall never thirst; but the same water which I give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to life everlasting.

²⁵ The woman said to him, I know that the Messiah (Christ) is coming; when he is come, he will teach us everything.

²⁹ Come and see a man who told me everything which I have done; why, is he the Christ?

³⁹ A great many Samaritans of that city believed in him, because of the word of that woman, who testified, He told me everything which I have done.

⁴² And they were saying to the woman, Henceforth it is not because of your word that we believe him; for we ourselves have heard and know, that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

⁵⁴ This is again the second miracle which Jesus did, after he came from Judaea to Galilee.

² Now there was at Jerusalem a baptismal pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five entrances. ³ And at these entrances a great many sick people were lying, the blind, the lame, and the crippled; and they were waiting for the water to be stirred up; ⁴ For an angel of God went down at a certain time to the baptismal pool and stirred up the water; and whoever went in first after the stirring of the water was healed of any disease he had. ⁵ A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus saw this man lying down, and he knew that he had been waiting for a long time; so he said to him, Do you wish to be healed? ⁷ The sick man answered and said, Yes, my Lord; but I have no man, when the water is stirred up, to put me into the baptismal pool; but while I am coming, another one goes in before me. ⁸ Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your quiltbed, and walk.

⁸ Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your quiltbed, and walk. ⁹ And the man was healed immediately, and he got up and took his quilt-bed and walked. And that day was the sabbath.

⁹ And the man was healed immediately, and he got up and took his quilt-bed and walked. And that day was the sabbath. ¹⁰ So the Jews said to him who was healed, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your quilt-bed. ¹¹ He answered and said to them, He who had healed me, he told me, Take up your quilt-bed, and walk.

¹⁴ After a while, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, Behold, you are healed; do not sin again, for something worse might happen to you than the first.

¹⁴ After a while, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, Behold, you are healed; do not sin again, for something worse might happen to you than the first. ¹⁵ And the man went away and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had healed him. ¹⁶ And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him, because he was doing these things on the sabbath.

¹⁶ And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him, because he was doing these things on the sabbath.

¹⁶ And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him, because he was doing these things on the sabbath. ¹⁷ But Jesus said to them, My Father works even until now, so I also work. ¹⁸ And for this the Jews wanted the more to kill him, not only because he was weakening the sabbath, but also because he said concerning God that he is his Father, and was making himself equal with God.

¹⁸ And for this the Jews wanted the more to kill him, not only because he was weakening the sabbath, but also because he said concerning God that he is his Father, and was making himself equal with God.

²³ So that every man should honor the Son, just as he honors the Father. He who does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears my word, and believes him who has sent me, has everlasting life; and he does not come before the judgment, but he passes from death to life.

³⁰ I can do nothing of myself; but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just; for I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

³² It is another one who testifies concerning me; and I know that the testimony which he testifies concerning me is true.

⁴⁰ Yet you will not come to me, that you might have life everlasting. ⁴¹ I do not receive any praise from men.

⁴³ I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not receive me; if another should come in his own name, you will receive him.

⁴⁵ Why, do you think that I will accuse you before the Father; there is one who will accuse you, even Moses, in whom you trust.

² And a great many people followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on sick people.

¹⁴ Then the men who saw the miracle which Jesus performed said, Truly this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

¹⁴ Then the men who saw the miracle which Jesus performed said, Truly this is the prophet who is to come into the world. ¹⁵ But Jesus knew that they were ready to come and seize him to make him a king, so he departed to the mountain alone.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

³⁷ Everyone whom my Father has given me shall come to me; and he who comes to me, I will not cast him out. ³⁸ For I came down from heaven, not merely to do my own will, but to do the will of him who sent me. ³⁹ This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that whoever sees the Son and believes in him, shall have life everlasting; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴¹ Now the Jews murmured against him, for he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. ⁴² And they said, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how can he say, I have come down from heaven?

⁴⁴ No man can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴⁶ No man can see the Father, except he who is from God, he can see the Father.

⁵² The Jews argued one with another, saying, How can this man give us his body to eat?

⁵⁵ For my body truly is the food, and my blood truly is the drink.

⁶⁰ Many of his disciples who heard it said, This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?

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

¹ AFTER these things Jesus travelled in Galilee; for he did not wish to travel in Judaea, because the Jews wanted to kill him. ² Now the Jewish feast of the tabernacles was at hand. ³ And his brothers said to Jesus, Depart from here and go to Judaea, so that your disciples may see the works that you do.

⁵ For not even his own brothers believed in Jesus. ⁶ Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come; but your time is always ready.

⁸ You go up to this feast; I am not going just now to this feast, for my time is not yet come.

¹⁰ But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.

¹⁰ But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹ The Jews were looking for him at the feast and said, Where is he? ¹² And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him; for some said, He is good; and others said, No, but he just deceives the people.

¹⁴ Now about the middle period of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple and taught. ¹⁵ And the Jews marvelled, saying, How does this man know reading, when he has not been instructed?

¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law? and yet no one of you obeys the law. Why do you want to kill me?

²³ So if a man is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; yet you murmur at me, because I healed a whole man * on the sabbath day?

²⁵ Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying, Is not this the man whom they want to kill?

²⁵ Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying, Is not this the man whom they want to kill? ²⁶ And yet he speaks openly, but they say nothing to him. Perhaps our elders have found out that he is the Christ?

²⁶ And yet he speaks openly, but they say nothing to him. Perhaps our elders have found out that he is the Christ? ²⁷ Howbeit we know whence he comes; but when the Christ comes, no man will know whence he comes.

²⁷ Howbeit we know whence he comes; but when the Christ comes, no man will know whence he comes. ²⁸ Jesus then lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, You know me, and you know whence I come; and yet I have not come of my own accord, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

³⁰ So they wanted to seize him; and no man laid hands on him, because his time had not yet come. ³¹ But a great many of the people believed in him and said, When the Christ comes, why, will he do greater wonders than this man does? ³² The Pharisees heard the people talking about him; so they and the high priests sent soldiers to arrest him.

³⁴ You will seek me, but you will not find me; and where I am you cannot come.

³⁷ Now on the greatest day, which is the last day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out and said, If any man is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

⁴⁰ Many of the people who heard his words were saying, This man truly is a prophet. ⁴¹ Others were saying, He is the Christ; but others said, Is it possible that Christ should come from Galilee?

⁴¹ Others were saying, He is the Christ; but others said, Is it possible that Christ should come from Galilee?

⁴¹ Others were saying, He is the Christ; but others said, Is it possible that Christ should come from Galilee? ⁴² Does not the scripture say that Christ will come from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town of David?

⁴² Does not the scripture say that Christ will come from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town of David? ⁴³ So the people were divided because of him. ⁴⁴ And there were some men among them, who wanted to seize him; but no man laid hands on him. ⁴⁵ And the soldiers returned to the high priests and the Pharisees; and the priests said to them, Why did you not bring him?

⁴⁵ And the soldiers returned to the high priests and the Pharisees; and the priests said to them, Why did you not bring him? ⁴⁶ The soldiers said to them, Never a man has spoken as this man speaks.

⁴⁶ The soldiers said to them, Never a man has spoken as this man speaks.

⁴⁶ The soldiers said to them, Never a man has spoken as this man speaks. ⁴⁷ The Pharisees said to them, Why, have you also been deceived?

⁴⁷ The Pharisees said to them, Why, have you also been deceived? ⁴⁸ Why, have any of the leaders or of the Pharisees believed in him,

⁴⁸ Why, have any of the leaders or of the Pharisees believed in him, ⁴⁹ Except this cursed people, who do not know the law? ⁵⁰ Nicodemus, one of them, who had come to Jesus at night, said to them,

⁵⁰ Nicodemus, one of them, who had come to Jesus at night, said to them, ⁵¹ Does our law convict a man, unless it first hears from him, and knows what he has done? ⁵² They answered and said to him, Why, are you also from Galilee? * Search and see that no prophet will rise up from Galilee.

⁵² They answered and said to him, Why, are you also from Galilee? * Search and see that no prophet will rise up from Galilee. ⁵³ So everyone went to his own house.

² And in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him; and he sat down and taught them.

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, Even though I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go; but you do not know whence I came, or whither I go. ¹⁵ You judge according to the flesh; but I judge no man. ¹⁶ And if I should judge, my judgment is true; because I am not doing it alone, but I and my Father who sent me.

¹⁹ They said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered and said to them, You know neither me, nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also. ²⁰ These words he spoke in the treasury, while he taught in the temple; and no man arrested him, for his time had not yet come. ²¹ Jesus again said to them, I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins; and where I am going you cannot come. ²² The Jews said, Why, will he kill himself? for he says, Where I am going, you cannot come.

²² The Jews said, Why, will he kill himself? for he says, Where I am going, you cannot come. ²³ And he said to them, You are from be- low, and I am from above; you are of this world, but I am not of this world. ²⁴ I told you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.

²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge concerning you; but he who sent me is true; and I speak in the world only those things which I have heard from him.

²⁸ Again Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will understand that I am he, and I do nothing of my own accord; but as my Father has taught me, so I speak just like him.

³⁰ While he was speaking these words, a great many believed in him.

³⁰ While he was speaking these words, a great many believed in him. ³¹ Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, If you abide by my word, you are truly my disciples. ³² And you will know the truth, and that very truth will make you free.

³⁷ I know you are the seed of Abraham; but still you want to kill me, because you have no room in you for my word.

⁴⁰ But behold, now you want to kill me, even a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

⁴² Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came from God; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me. ⁴³ Why therefore do you not understand my word? Because you cannot obey my word?

⁴⁷ He who is of God, hears GodÆs words; for this reason you do not hear, because you are not of God. ⁴⁸ The Jews answered and said to him, Did we not say well, that you are a Samaritan, and that you are crazy? ⁴⁹ Jesus said to them, I am not crazy; but I honor my Father, and you curse me. ⁵⁰ I do not seek my glory; there is one who seeks and judges.

⁵² The Jews said to him, Now we are sure that you are insane. Abraham and the prophets have died; and yet you say, Whoever obeys my word, shall never taste death.

⁵⁴ Jesus said to them, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; but it is my Father who honors me, the one of whom you say, He is our God.

⁵⁴ Jesus said to them, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; but it is my Father who honors me, the one of whom you say, He is our God. ⁵⁵ Yet you have not known him, but I do know him; and if I should say, I do not know him, I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him, and I obey his word.

⁵⁵ Yet you have not known him, but I do know him; and if I should say, I do not know him, I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him, and I obey his word.

⁵⁹ So they took up stones, to stone him; and Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, and he passed through the midst of them, and went away.

⁴ I must do the works of him who sent me, while it is day; the night comes when no man can work.

¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not observe the sabbath; others said, How can a man who is a sinner do these miracles? And there was a division among them.

²² His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had decided already, that if any man should confess that he is the Christ, they would put him out of the synagogue.

²⁷ He said to them, I have already told you, and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? why, do you also want to become his disciples? ²⁸ Then they cursed him, and said to him, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

²⁸ Then they cursed him, and said to him, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ And we know that God spoke with Moses; but as for this man, we do not know whence he is.

²⁹ And we know that God spoke with Moses; but as for this man, we do not know whence he is.

²⁹ And we know that God spoke with Moses; but as for this man, we do not know whence he is. ³⁰ The man answered and said to them, This is surprising, that you do not know whence he is, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not hear the voice of sinners; but he hears the one who fears him and does his will. ³² From ages it has never been heard that a man opened the eyes of one who was born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could not have done this. ³⁴ They answered and said to him, You were wholly born in sins, and yet do you teach us? And they cast him out.

³⁴ They answered and said to him, You were wholly born in sins, and yet do you teach us? And they cast him out.

⁴⁰ When some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, they said to him, Why, are we also blind?

¹⁵ Just as my Father knows me, I also know my Father; and I lay down my life for the sake of the sheep.

¹⁹ There was again a division among the Jews because of these sayings.

¹⁹ There was again a division among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰ And many of them said, He is insane and rambles; why do you listen to him?

²⁰ And many of them said, He is insane and rambles; why do you listen to him? ²¹ Others said, These are not the words of a crazy man. Why, can a crazy man open the eyes of the blind?

³¹ Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him.

³¹ Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him. ³² Jesus said to them, I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which one of them do you stone me?

³⁶ Yet to the one whom the Father sanctified and sent to the world, you say, You blaspheme, just because I said to you, I am the Son of God.

³⁹ And they wanted again to seize him; but he escaped from their hands.

³⁹ And they wanted again to seize him; but he escaped from their hands. ⁴⁰ And he went away to the Jordan crossing, to the place where John was, where he first baptized; and he remained there. ⁴¹ And many men came to him and said, John did not perform a single miracle; but everything which John said concerning this man is true. ⁴² And many believed in him.

⁴ Jesus said, This is not a sickness of death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified on his account.

⁶ When he heard he was sick, he remained two days in the place where he was. ⁷ After that he said to his disciples, Come, let us go again to Judaea.

⁹ Jesus said to them, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks by day time, he will not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if a man travels at night time, he will stumble, because there is no light in it.

⁴⁵ Many of the Jews who had come to Mary, when they saw what Jesus had done, believed in him.

⁴⁷ So the high priests and the Pharisees gathered together and said, What shall we do? for this man does many miracles?

⁴⁷ So the high priests and the Pharisees gathered together and said, What shall we do? for this man does many miracles? ⁴⁸ If we allow him to continue like this, all men will believe in him; and the Romans will come and take over both our country and our people.

⁴⁸ If we allow him to continue like this, all men will believe in him; and the Romans will come and take over both our country and our people. ⁴⁹ But one of them, called Caiaphas, who was the high priest for that year, said to them, You know nothing; ⁵⁰ Nor do you reason that it is much better for us that one man should die instead of the people, and not all the people perish. ⁵¹ He did not say this of himself; but because he was the high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus had to die for the sake of the people; ⁵² And not only for the sake of the people, but also to gather together the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ And from that very day, they decided to kill him.

⁵³ And from that very day, they decided to kill him.

⁵³ And from that very day, they decided to kill him. ⁵⁴ Jesus therefore did not walk openly among the Jews, but went away thence to a place which is close to the wilderness, in the province of Ephraim; and he remained there with his disciples.

⁵⁴ Jesus therefore did not walk openly among the Jews, but went away thence to a place which is close to the wilderness, in the province of Ephraim; and he remained there with his disciples.

⁵⁶ And they were looking for Jesus, and at the temple they kept saying to one another, What do you think, will he not come to the feast? ⁵⁷ But the high priests and the Pharisees had already commanded, that if any man should know where he is, to let them know, so that they might seize him.

¹¹ Because on his account a great many Jews were leaving and believing in Jesus.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at that time; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written concerning him, and that they had done these things to him.

¹⁹ The Pharisees said one to another, Do you see that you have not been able to gain anything? Behold, all the people have gone after him. ²⁰ Now there were some Gentiles * among them who had come up to worship at the feast.

²³ Jesus answered and said to them, The hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified.

²⁸ O Father, glorify your name. Then a voice was heard from heaven, I am glorified, and I shall again be glorified.

³⁴ The people said to him, We have heard from the law that the Christ shall remain forever; how do you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? ³⁵ Jesus said to them, The light is with you for a little while; walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overcome you; and he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. ³⁶ While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become the sons of the light. Jesus spoke these things, and went away and hid himself from them.

⁴² Many of the leading men also believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they might not be cast out of the synagogue.

⁴² Many of the leading men also believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they might not be cast out of the synagogue. ⁴³ For they loved the honor of men more than the glory of God.

⁴⁹ For I did not speak of myself; but the Father who sent me, he commanded me what to say and what to speak.

⁴⁹ For I did not speak of myself; but the Father who sent me, he commanded me what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; these things therefore which I speak, just as my Father told me, so I speak.

¹ NOW before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew the hour had come to depart from this world to his Father. And he loved his own who were in this world, and he loved them unto the end.

³ But Jesus, because he knew that the Father had given everything into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,

³¹ Jesus then said, Now the Son of man is glorified, and God is glorified by him. ³² If God is glorified by him, God will also glorify him by himself, and he will glorify him at once. ³³ My sons, I am with you yet a little while, and you will want me. And just as I said to the Jews, Where I go you cannot come; so now I tell you also.

³³ My sons, I am with you yet a little while, and you will want me. And just as I said to the Jews, Where I go you cannot come; so now I tell you also. ³⁴ A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵ By this every man shall know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. ³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, Our Lord, where are you going? Jesus answered and said to him, Where I go, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and take you to me, so that where I am, you may be also.

⁶ Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man comes to my Father except by me.

¹⁰ Do you not believe that I am with my Father and my Father is with me? * the words that I speak, I do not speak of myself; but my Father who abides with me, he does these works.

¹³ And whatever you ask in my name, I will do it for you, so that the Father may be glorified through his Son.

¹⁶ And I will ask of my Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you for ever; ¹⁷ Even the Spirit of the truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it has not seen him, and does not know him; but you know him because he abides with you, and is in you.

¹⁹ And the world will not see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also shall live.

²⁴ But he who does not love me, does not keep my word; and this word which you hear, is not mine own, but the FatherÆs who sent me.

²⁶ But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, he will teach you everything, and remind you of everything which I tell you.

³¹ But that the world may know that I love my Father, and as my Father has commanded me, so I do. Arise, let us go away from here.

¹⁸ If the world hate you, know well that it has hated me before you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; this is why the world hates you.

²³ He who hates me, hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done works before their eyes, such as no other man has ever done, they would be without sin; but now they have seen and hated me and also my Father, ²⁵ So that the word which is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me for no reason.

³ And these things they will do, because they have not known my Father, nor me.

⁵ But now I am going to him who sent me, and yet no one of you asks me, Where are you going?

⁷ But I tell you the truth, It is better for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I should go, I will send him to you.

¹⁰ Concerning righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you will not see me again;

¹⁶ A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father. ¹⁷ Then his disciples said to one another, What is this that he said to us, A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me; and, because I am going to my Father?

¹⁷ Then his disciples said to one another, What is this that he said to us, A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me; and, because I am going to my Father? ¹⁸ And they said, What is this that he said, A little while? We cannot understand what he talks about.

¹⁸ And they said, What is this that he said, A little while? We cannot understand what he talks about. ¹⁹ Jesus knew that they desired to ask him, and he said to them, Are you inquiring among yourselves concerning this, that I told you, A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me? ²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and wail, and yet the world will rejoice; and you will be sad, but your sadness will be changed into gladness. ²¹ When a woman is in travail, she is depressed, because her day has arrived; but when she has given birth to a son, she no longer remembers her troubles, because of the joy that a male child * is born into the world. ²² So you also are depressed; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no man will take away from you.

²⁷ For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. ²⁸ I came forth from the Father, and I came into the world; again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father.

²⁸ I came forth from the Father, and I came into the world; again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father.

¹ JESUS spoke these things, and then he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, O my Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you.

³ And this is life eternal, that they might know you, that you are the only true God, even the one who sent Jesus Christ. ⁴ I have already glorified you on the earth; for the work which you had given to me to do, I have finished it. ⁵ So now, O my Father, glorify me with you, with the same glory which I had with you before the world was made.

⁵ So now, O my Father, glorify me with you, with the same glory which I had with you before the world was made.

⁸ For the words which you gave me I gave them; and they accepted them, and have known truly that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

¹¹ Hereafter I am not in the world, but these are in the world; and I am coming to you. O holy Father, protect them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

¹³ Now I am coming to you; and these things I speak while I am in the world, that my joy may be complete in them. ¹⁴ I have given them your word; and the world hated them, because they were not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

¹⁸ Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

²⁴ O Father, I wish that those whom you have given me, may also be with me where I am; so that they may see my glory which you have given me; for you have loved me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O my righteous Father, the world did not know you, but I have known you; and these have known that you have sent me.

²⁵ O my righteous Father, the world did not know you, but I have known you; and these have known that you have sent me. ²⁶ And I have made your name known to them, and I am still making it known; so that the love with which you loved me may be among them, and I be with them.

³ Judas, therefore, took a company of soldiers, and also guards from the high priests and the Pharisees, and he came there with torches and lamps and weapons.

⁵ They said to him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said to them, I am he. Judas the traitor was also standing with them. ⁶ When Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground.

²⁰ Jesus said to him, I have spoken openly to the people, and I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all Jews assemble; and I have spoken nothing secretly.

³⁸ After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away the body of Jesus. ³⁹ And there came also Nicodemus, who at first had come to Jesus by night; and he brought with him a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pints.

¹⁹ When it was evening on that first day of the week, and the doors were shut where the disciples were staying for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, Peace be with you.

²² And when he had said these things, he gave them courage and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.

⁴ And as he ate bread with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, the one of whom you have heard from me. ⁵ For John baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence. ⁶ While they were assembled, they asked him, saying, Our LORD, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? ⁷ He said to them, It is not for you to know the time or times, which the Father has put under his own authority.

⁷ He said to them, It is not for you to know the time or times, which the Father has put under his own authority. ⁸ But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you shall receive power and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea also in the province of Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in various languages, according to whatever the Spirit gave them to speak.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in various languages, according to whatever the Spirit gave them to speak. ⁵ Now there were resident at Jerusalem, devout men and Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And as the sound took place, all the people gathered together, and they were confused because every man heard them speak in his own language. ⁷ And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Gal-i-lµÆans?

⁷ And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Gal-i-lµÆans? ⁸ How is it that we hear every man in our own native language?

⁸ How is it that we hear every man in our own native language? ⁹ ParÆthi-ans and Medes and EÆlam-ites and those who dwell in Mes-o-po-taÆmi-a, Jews and Cap-pa-doÆci-ans and those from Pontus and Asia Minor,

⁹ ParÆthi-ans and Medes and EÆlam-ites and those who dwell in Mes-o-po-taÆmi-a, Jews and Cap-pa-doÆci-ans and those from Pontus and Asia Minor, ¹⁰ And those from the region of PhrygÆi-a and of Pam-phylÆi-a and of Egypt, and of the regions of LibÆy-a near Cy-reÆne, and those who have come from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

¹⁰ And those from the region of PhrygÆi-a and of Pam-phylÆi-a and of Egypt, and of the regions of LibÆy-a near Cy-reÆne, and those who have come from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ And those from Crete, and Arabians, behold we hear them speak in our own tongues of the wonderful works of God.

¹¹ And those from Crete, and Arabians, behold we hear them speak in our own tongues of the wonderful works of God. ¹² And they were all amazed and stunned, saying one to another, what does this mean?

¹² And they were all amazed and stunned, saying one to another, what does this mean? ¹³ Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. ¹⁴ And afterwards Simon Peter stood up together with the eleven disciples, and lifted up his voice and said to them, Men of Jewish race, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and harken to my words:

¹⁷ It shall come to pass in the last days, said God, I will pour my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams:

³³ It is he who is exalted by the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, and has poured out gifts which you now see and hear.

³⁸ Then Simon said to them, Repent and be baptized, every one of you in the name of the LORD Jesus for the remission of sins, so that you may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹³ The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our Fathers has glorified his Son Jesus whom you delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate when he was determined to let him go.

²² For Moses said, The LORD shall raise up a prophet like me for you from among your brethren; listen to him in all that he shall say to you. ²³ And it shall come to pass that every soul which will not listen to that prophet, shall be lost from her people.

¹¹ This is the stone which you builders have rejected, which is become the head of the corner. ¹² There is no salvation by any other man; for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. ¹³ Now when they had heard the speech of Simon Peter and John, which they had spoken boldly, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they recognized them that they had been with Jesus.

³¹ And when they had petitioned and made their supplications, the place in which they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke the word of God boldly.

²¹ Accordingly they went out early in morning and entered into the temple and taught the people. But the high priest and those who were with him called their associates and the elders of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring the apostles. ²² And when those who were sent by them, went, and did not find them in the prison, they returned, ²³ Saying, We found the prison carefully locked and also the guards standing at the doors; and we opened them but found no man there. ²⁴ When the high priest and the leaders of the temple heard these words, they were astonished at them and they were reasoning how it could happen, ²⁵ When a man came and informed them, Behold! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people. ²⁶ Then the leaders went with the soldiers to bring them, not by force, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

²⁶ Then the leaders went with the soldiers to bring them, not by force, for they were afraid that the people might stone them. ²⁷ And when they had brought them, they made them stand before the whole council, and the high priest proceeded, ²⁸ Saying, Did we not strictly command you not to teach any man in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine; and intend to bring the blood of this man upon us. ²⁹ Then Simon Peter with the rest of the apostles answered and said to them, We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus whom you murdered when you crucified him on the cross. ³¹ This very one God has appointed a Prince and a Saviour, and has lifted him up by his right hand so that he may grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. ³² And we are the witnesses of these words; so is also the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who believe in him. ³³ When they heard these words, they were enraged and thought to murder the apostles.

⁷ And the word of God spread; and the number of the converts in Jerusalem increased greatly; and many people of Jewish faith became converts.

³⁸ It was he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him and to our fathers in Mount Sinai: He is the one who received the living words to give to us.

⁵¹ O you stubborn and insincere in heart and hearing, you always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you. ⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and murdered? Especially have they slain those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One whom you betrayed and murdered. ⁵³ You received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. ⁵⁴ When they heard these things, they were enraged, and gnashed their teeth at him.

¹³ Semon himself also believed and was baptized and attached himself to Philip, and as he saw the miracles and great signs performed by his hand, he marvelled greatly.

³³ In his humiliation, he suffered imprisonment and judgment: none can tell his struggle, for even his life is taken away from the earth.

¹ THERE was in Cµs-a-reÆa a man called Cornelius, a centurion of the regiment which is called the Italian, ² A righteous and God-fearing man as were all his household; which gave much alms to the people, and always sought after God. ³ Very openly in a vision about three oÆclock in the afternoon he saw an angel of God who came in to him, and said to him, Cornelius. ⁴ And he looked at the angel and was afraid, and he said, What is it, my LORD? And the angel said to him, Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God. ⁵ And now send men to the city of Joppa, and bring here Simon who is called Peter: ⁶ Behold he is staying with Simon Bur-saya, the tanner, whose house is by the seaside.

³⁸ Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, and who, because God was with him, went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil.

¹³ And he related to us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, Send to the city of Joppa, and bring Simon who is called Peter; ¹⁴ And he shall speak to you words by which you and all of your household shall be saved.

¹⁸ When they heard these words, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Perhaps God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.

²⁴ For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and many people were added to our LORD.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and BarÆna-bas said to them boldly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but because you reject it, you have decided against yourselves and you are unworthy of everlasting life, so behold, we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so has our Lord commanded us, as it is written, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. ⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified God; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

⁴ But the people of the city were divided: part held with the Jews, and part followed the apostles.

¹¹ For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews who were in Thes-sa-lo-niÆca, in that they gladly heard the word daily, and searched the scriptures to find out if these things were so.

²³ For as I walked about, and viewed the house of your idols, I found an altar with this inscription, THIS IS THE ALTAR OF THE UNKNOWN GOD, whom therefore, while you know him not but yet worship, is the very one I am preaching to you.

¹⁰ For I am with you, and no man can harm you: and I have many people in this city.

²¹ But they have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake the law of Moses, stating that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to follow after the customs of the law.

²¹ Then he said to me, Depart: for I will send you afar to preach to the Gentiles.

³ Then Paul said to him, God shall smite you, O you hypocrite: for you sit to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself transgress the law, when you command that I be smitten.

⁷ And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the PharÆi-sees and the SadÆdu-cees: and the people were divided. ⁸ For the SadÆdu-cees say there is no resurrection, neither angels nor soul: but the PharÆi-sees believe in them. ⁹ Then there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the party of the PharÆi-sees rose up, and argued, saying, We find no fault with this man: and if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, there is nothing wrong in that. ¹⁰ And because there was a great disturbance among them, the chief captain, fearing that they might tear Paul to pieces, sent Roman soldiers to go and seize him from among them and bring him into the castle. ¹¹ During the night, our LORD appeared to Paul and said, Be strong, for as you have testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so also you are to testify at Rome.

²⁴ And while Paul was pleading in this manner, Festus cried with a loud voice: Paul, you are overwrought. Much study has made you mad.

²³ For there has appeared to me this night the angel of God to whom I belong and whom I serve, ²⁴ And he said to me, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Cµsar: and behold, God has given to you all of them who sail with you. ²⁵ Therefore, men, be of good cheer: for I have confidence in God, that it shall be just as it was told me.

²⁸ And as they did not consent in themselves to know God, God has given them over to a weak mind, to do the things which should not be done; as,

¹² For those who have sinned without law, shall also perish without law: and those who have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law, ¹³ For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

¹⁷ Now if you who are called a Jew, trust on the law and are proud of God, ¹⁸ And because you know his will, and know the things which must be observed, which you have learned from the law, ¹⁹ And you have confidence in yourself that you are a guide of the blind and a light to them who are in darkness, ²⁰ An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, you are the semblance of knowledge and of truth as embodied in the law. ²¹ Now, therefore, you teach others but fail to teach yourself. You preach that men should not steal, yet you steal. ²² You say, Men must not commit adultery, yet you commit adultery. You despise idols, yet you rob the sanctuary. ²³ You are proud of the law but you dishonor God by breaking the law. ²⁴ For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. ²⁵ For circumcision is profitable only if you keep the law: but if you break the law, then circumcision becomes uncircumcision. ²⁶ Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the statutes of the law, behold would not the uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ²⁷ And the uncircumcision which fulfills the law naturally, will condemn you, who, while in possession of the scripture and circumcision, transgress the law. ²⁸ For it is not the one who is outwardly a Jew, who is the real Jew; neither is circumcision that which is seen in the flesh. ²⁹ But a real Jew is one who is inwardly so, and circumcision is of the heart, spiritually and not literally; whose praise is not from men but from God.

⁴ Far be it: only God is true and no man is wholly perfect; as it is written, That you may be justified by your words, and triumph when you are judged.

¹⁰ As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: ¹¹ There are none who understand, there are none who seek after God. ¹² They are all gone astray and they have been rejected: there are none who do good, no, not one. ¹³ Their throats are like open sepulchres; their tongues are deceitful; the venom of asps is under their lips. ¹⁴ Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. ¹⁵ They are over-quick to shed blood. ¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways. ¹⁷ They have not known the way of peace. ¹⁸ There is no fear of God before their eyes. ¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it is said to those who are under the law: so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may become guilty before God. ²⁰ For by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified before his presence: for by means of the law, sin is known. ²¹ But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, and the very law and prophets testify to it; ²² But the righteousness of God is by the faith of Jesus Christ to every one, also to every man who believes in him, for there is no discrimination: ²³ For all have sinned and are short of the glory of God:

⁹ Now, therefore, is this blessedness on account of circumcision, or on account of uncircumcision? for we say that AbrahamÆs faith was accounted to him for righteousness. ¹⁰ How then was it given to him? by means of circumcision, or in uncircumcision? It was not given in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. ¹¹ For he received circumcision as a sign and a seal of the righteousness of his faith while he was uncircumcised: that he might become the father of all them who believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be given to them also;

⁷ Hardly would any man die for the sake of the wicked: * but for the sake of the good, one might be willing to die.

⁷ Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, because it cannot be.

⁹ But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit if the Spirit of God truly dwells within you. Now if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.

²⁰ Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the learned of this world? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²⁰ Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the learned of this world? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ Because all the wisdom which God had given was not sufficient for the world to know God, it pleased God to save those who believe by the simple gospel. ²² For the Jews demand signs, and the Syrians seek after wisdom: ²³ But we preach Christ crucified, which is a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Syrians. * ²⁴ But for those who are called, both Jews and Syrians, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ For consider also your own calling, my brethren, not many among you are wise in terms of worldly things, and not many among you are mighty, and not many among you belong to the nobility. ²⁷ But God has chosen the foolish ones of the world to put the wise to shame; and God has chosen the weak ones of the world to embarrass the mighty; ²⁸ And he has chosen those of humble families in the world, and the lowly, and those who are insignificant, in order to belittle those who consider themselves important,

⁸ Which none of the rulers of the world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the LORD of glory.

¹⁴ For the material man rejects spiritual things, for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ But the spiritual man discerns every thing, and yet no man can discern him. ¹⁶ For who knows the mind of the LORD, that he may teach it? But we have the perception of Christ.

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. Whoever among you thinks he is wise in this world, let him consider himself a fool so that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. ²⁰ And again, The LORD knows that the thoughts of the wise are vain.

⁴ And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

²¹ You cannot drink the cup of our LORD, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of our LORD and of the table of devils.

³¹ Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Give no offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Syrians, nor to the church of God; ³³ Just as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

²⁵ Likewise after supper, he gave also the cup, and said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

¹³ For all of us are baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and we have all received through the one Spirit.

¹⁸ But as God is true, our word to you was not yes and no.

⁸ Why then shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?

⁶ For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, so that we may be enlightened with the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Christ.

⁸ By honour and dishonour, by praise and reproach, as deceivers, and yet true;

¹² For before certain men came from James, Cephas ate with the Gentiles: but after they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he was afraid of them who belonged to the circumcision. ¹³ And all the other Jewish converts cast their lots with him on this issue, insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away by their dissimulation.

¹⁷ And this I say, that the covenant which was previously confirmed of God in Christ cannot be repudiated and the promise nullified by the law which came four hundred and thirty years later.

¹⁹ Then what is the use of the law? It was added because of transgression, till the coming of the heir to whom the promise was made; and the law was given by angels by the hand of a mediator;

⁴ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son who, born of a woman, became subject to the law,

¹⁶ Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³ Meekness, self-control: there is no law against these.

¹² Those who desire to boast in the things of the flesh, are the ones who compel you to be circumcised only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. ¹³ For not even they who are circumcised obey the law; but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast over your flesh.

¹³ For not even they who are circumcised obey the law; but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast over your flesh. ¹⁴ But as for me, I have nothing on which to boast, except the cross of our LORD Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and I am crucified unto the world.

¹³ In whom, you also have heard the word of truth, which is the gospel for your salvation: in him you have believed, so you are sealed with the Holy Spirit that was promised, ¹⁴ Which is the pledge of our inheritance, for the salvation of those who are saved, and for the glory of his honour.

⁸ Even to me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:

³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed unto the day of salvation.

⁹ For the fruits of light are found in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth;

¹⁸ And do not become drunk with wine, wherein is intemperance; but be filled with the Spirit,

¹⁹ And for me also, that words may be given to me as soon as I open my mouth, so that I may boldly preach the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ For which I am a messenger in chains: that I may speak openly about it, as I ought to speak.

¹⁴ And many of the brethren in our LORD have grown confident by my imprisonment and, with increasing boldness, speak the word of God without fear.

³ Do nothing through strife or vain glory; but in humility let each regard his neighbor better than himself. ⁴ Let no one be mindful only of his own things, but let every one be mindful of the things of his neighbor also. ⁵ Reason this within you which Jesus Christ also reasoned,

¹⁴ Do all things without disputing, and doubting:

¹⁵ Therefore let those of you who are perfect think these things over; and if you reason in any other way, God will reveal even that to you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same path and with one accord.

²⁷ To whom God wanted to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ among you, the hope of our glory;

⁶ And we have not sought support from men, neither from you, nor from others, when we could have been burdensome on you for our maintenance, as the apostles of Christ should be. ⁷ For that testimony I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I tell the truth and I lie not; and I became the teacher of the Gentiles in a true faith.

⁷ For God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of good discipline. ⁸ Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our LORD, nor of me his prisoner; but bear the hardships that go along with the preaching of the gospel through the power of God;

¹¹ To which I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

⁹ Because of him I suffer hardship, even to bonds like a malefactor; but the word of God is not restricted. ¹⁰ Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, with eternal glory. ¹¹ This is a true saying: For if we die with him, we shall also live with him: ¹² If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: ¹³ But if we believe not in him, yet he will still remain faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

² In the hope of eternal life, which the true God promised ages ago;

³ The glory of Jesus is much greater than that of Moses, just as the honor of the builder of the house is greater than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by some man; but he who builds all things is God. ⁵ And Moses, as a servant, was faithful to all his house, and was a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

¹⁸ Thus, by the promise and by the oath which are unchangeable, and in neither of which could God lie, we find courage to hold fast to the hope that has been promised by him in whom we have taken refuge.

¹ JAMES, a servant of God and of our LORD Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered among the Gentiles, greeting.

¹ MY brethren, do not, with hypocrisy, uphold the glorious faith of our LORD Jesus Christ.

⁴ Are you not then showing partiality, and thereby give preference to evil thoughts?

⁹ But if you discriminate among men, you commit sin and you will be condemned by the law as transgressors of the law.

²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

¹³ Who is wise among you and has training? let him prove his words by his good deeds, in the humbleness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter envying among you, or strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom does not come from above, but it is earthly, sensual, devilish. ¹⁶ For wherever envy and strife are, there is confusion and every sort of evil. ¹⁷ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then full of peace, and gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by the peacemakers.

⁴ O you adulterers! Do you not know that the love for worldly things is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, esteems worldly things is the enemy of God.

¹ PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones and pilgrims, scattered throughout Pontus, Ga-laÆtia, Cap-padoÆcia, Asia Minor and Bi-thynÆi-a,

¹¹ If any man preach, let him preach the word of God; and if any man minister, let him do it according to the ability which God has given him: so that in everything you do, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs glory and honour for ever and ever. Amen.

² For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness to it, and preach to you eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;

³ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

¹² Not as Cain, who belonged to the wicked one and slew his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother were righteous. ¹³ So be not surprised, my brethren, if the world hates you.

⁵ They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

⁹ By this was the love of God toward us made known, for God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

¹⁴ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

¹⁰ He who believes on the Son of God has this testimony in himself: he who does not believe God, has made him a liar; because he does not believe the record that God gave of his Son.

¹ THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show unto his servants those things which must soon come to pass, he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:

¹³ I know your works and where you dwell even where SatanÆs seat is: And you uphold my name, and you did not deny my faith, even in those days when that witness of mine appeared, that faithful one of mine who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

⁵ And if any man desires to harm them, fire will come out of their mouths and will consume their enemies: and if any man desires to harm them, he must in this manner be killed. ⁶ These have power to control the sky, so that it will not rain in those days: and have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. ⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, the wild beast which ascends out of the bottomless pit, shall make war against them and shall overcome them. ⁸ And their dead bodies shall be upon the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their LORD was crucified. ⁹ And their dead bodies will be seen by the peoples and kindred and nations and tongues for three days and a half, and it will not be permitted to bury their dead bodies in graves. ¹⁰ And those who dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented those who dwelt on the earth. ¹¹ And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell on those who saw them.

⁶ And he said to me, I am Aleph and Tau, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give of the fountain of living water to him who is thirsty.

¹ AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, gushing out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say Come. And let him who hears, say Come. And he who is thirsty, let him come. And whosoever will, let him take of the living water freely.