Mark 4 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹ Again, he was teaching by the sea side, when so great a multitude gathered about him, that he was obliged to go aboard a bark, and sit there, while all the people remained on shore. ² Then he taught them many things by parables. ³ In teaching, he said to them, Attend, behold the sower went out to sow. ⁴ And as he sowed, part of the seed fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked it up. ⁵ Part fell upon rocky ground, where it had little mold. This sprang sooner, because there was no depth of soil. ⁶ But after the sun had beaten upon it, it was scorched, and having no root, it withered away. ⁷ Part fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and stifled it, so that it yielded nothing. ⁸ Part fell into good ground, and sprang up, and became so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred. ⁹ He added. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ When he was in private, those who were about him with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable. ¹¹ He said to them, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, but to those without everything is veiled in parables; ¹² that they may not perceive what they look at, or understand what they hear; lest they should be reclaimed, and obtain the forgiveness of their sins. ¹³ He said also to them, Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? ¹⁴ The sower is he who disperses the word. ¹⁵ The wayside on which some of the grain fell, denotes those who have no sooner heard the word, than Satan comes, and takes away that which was sown in their hearts. ¹⁶ The rocky ground denotes those, who, hearing the word, receive it first with pleasure; ¹⁷ yet not having it rooted in their minds, retain it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they instantly relapse. ¹⁸ The ground overrun with thorns, denotes those hearers ¹⁹ in whom worldly cares, and delusive riches, and the inordinate desire of other things, stifle the word, and render it unfruitful. ²⁰ The good soil on which some grains yielded thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred, denotes those who hear the word, and retain it, and produce the fruits thereof. ²¹ He said further, Is a lamp brought to be put under a vessel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a stand? ²² For there is no secret, that is not discovered; nor has anything been concealed, which is not to be divulged. ²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ He said, moreover, Consider what you hear: with the measure with which you give, you shall receive. ²⁵ For to him who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken. ²⁶ He said also, The kingdom of God is like seed, which a man sowed in his field. ²⁷ While he slept by night, and waked by day, the seed shot up, and grew without his minding it. ²⁸ For the earth produces of itself first the blade, then the ear; afterward the full corn. ²⁹ But as soon as the grain was ripe, he applied the sickle, because it was time to reap it. ³⁰ He said also, To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or by what similitude shall we represent it? ³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds that are there. ³² But after it is sown, it springs up, and becomes greater than any herb, and shoots out branches so large, that under their shades, the birds of the air may find shelter. ³³ And in many such similitudes, he conveyed instruction to the people, as he found them disposed to hear: ³⁴ and without a similitude he told them nothing; but he solved all to his disciples in private. ³⁵ That day, in the evening, he said to them, Let us pass to the other side. ³⁶ And they, leaving the people, but having him in the bark, set sail in company with other small barks. ³⁷ Then there arose a great storm of wind which drove the billows into the bark, which was now full. ³⁸ Jesus being in the stern, asleep on a pillow, they awake him, saying, Rabbi, do you not care that we perish? ³⁹ And he arose, and commanded the wind, saying to the sea, Peace! be still! Immediately the wind ceased, and great calm ensued. ⁴⁰ And he said to them, Why are you so timorous? How is it that you have no faith? ⁴¹ And they were exceedingly terrified, and said one to another, Who is this, whom even the wind and the sea obey?

² Reform, for the Reign of Heaven approaches.

¹⁰ And even now the ax lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which produces not good fruit, is cut down, and turned into fuel.

¹⁰ Jesus answered, Satan, begone; for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord they God, and shall serve him only."

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to proclaim, saying, Reform, for the Reign of Heaven approaches.

¹⁵ A lamp is lighted to be put, not under a vessel, but on a stand, that it may shine to all the family.

³⁰ If, then, God so array the herbage, which today is in the field, and to-morrow will be cast into the oven, will he not much more array you, O you distrustful!

² for as you judge, you shall be judged; and the measure which you give, the same you shall receive.

²⁸ When Jesus had ended this discourse, the people were struck with awe at his manner of teaching;

¹⁸ Jesus seeing himself crowded on all sides, gave orders to pass to the opposite shore. ¹⁹ Meantime, a scribe accosted him, saying, Rabbi, I will follow you whithersoever you go. ²⁰ Jesus answered, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have places of shelter, but the Son of Man has not where to repose his head.

²³ Then entering the bark, his disciples followed him.

²³ Then entering the bark, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ Soon after there arose in the sea so great a tempest, that the bark was covered with billows. But he being asleep,

²⁴ Soon after there arose in the sea so great a tempest, that the bark was covered with billows. But he being asleep, ²⁵ the disciples came and waked him, saying, Save us, Master, we perish.

²⁵ the disciples came and waked him, saying, Save us, Master, we perish. ²⁶ He answered, Why are you so timorous, O you distrustful? Then he arose, and having commanded the winds and the sea, a great calm ensued;

²⁶ He answered, Why are you so timorous, O you distrustful? Then he arose, and having commanded the winds and the sea, a great calm ensued; ²⁷ insomuch that every one exclaimed with admiration, What personage is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey.

²⁷ insomuch that every one exclaimed with admiration, What personage is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey.

²⁶ Therefore, fear them not; for there is nothing hid that shall not be detected; nothing secret that shall not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, publish in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the house tops.

⁶ and happy is he, to whom I shall not prove a stumbling block.

¹⁵ Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like boys in the market places, to whom their playfellows complain,

²⁵ On that occasion Jesus said, I adore thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because, having concealed these things from sages and the learned, thou hast revealed them to babes:

³¹ Wherefore I say to you, though every other sin and detraction in men is pardonable, their detraction from the Spirit is unpardonable:

¹ The same day, Jesus having gone out of the house, sat by the sea-side; ² but so great a multitude flocked about him, that he went into a bark, and sat down there, while all the people stood on the shore. ³ Then he discoursed to them of many things in parables.

³ Then he discoursed to them of many things in parables. ⁴ The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked them up:

⁴ The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked them up: ⁵ some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth:

⁵ some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth: ⁶ but after the sun had beat upon them, they were scorched, and having no root, withered away.

⁶ but after the sun had beat upon them, they were scorched, and having no root, withered away. ⁷ Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked them.

⁷ Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked them. ⁸ Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold.

⁸ Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold. ⁹ Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁹ Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables?

¹⁰ Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables?

¹⁰ Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.

¹¹ He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.

¹¹ He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.

¹¹ He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven. ¹² For to him that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.

¹² For to him that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.

¹² For to him that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.

¹² For to him that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken. ¹³ For this reason I speak to them in parables; because they seeing, see not; and hearing, hear not, nor regard;

¹³ For this reason I speak to them in parables; because they seeing, see not; and hearing, hear not, nor regard;

¹³ For this reason I speak to them in parables; because they seeing, see not; and hearing, hear not, nor regard; ¹⁴ insomuch that this prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, "You will indeed hear, but will not understand; you will look, but will not perceive.

¹⁴ insomuch that this prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, "You will indeed hear, but will not understand; you will look, but will not perceive. ¹⁵ For this people's understanding is stupefied, their ears are deafened, and their eyes they have closed; lest seeing with their eyes, hearing with their ears, and apprehending with their understanding, they should reform, and I should reclaim them."

¹⁵ For this people's understanding is stupefied, their ears are deafened, and their eyes they have closed; lest seeing with their eyes, hearing with their ears, and apprehending with their understanding, they should reform, and I should reclaim them." ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ For, indeed, I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which you see, but have not seen them; and to hear the things which you hear, but have not heard them. ¹⁸ Understand you, therefore, the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ When one hears the doctrine of the Reign, but considers it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. This explains what fell by the way-side.

¹⁹ When one hears the doctrine of the Reign, but considers it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. This explains what fell by the way-side. ²⁰ That which fell on rocky ground, denotes him who, hearing the word, receives it at first with pleasure;

²⁰ That which fell on rocky ground, denotes him who, hearing the word, receives it at first with pleasure;

²⁰ That which fell on rocky ground, denotes him who, hearing the word, receives it at first with pleasure; ²¹ yet, not having it rooted in his mind, retains it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes, because of the word, instantly he relapses.

²¹ yet, not having it rooted in his mind, retains it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes, because of the word, instantly he relapses.

²¹ yet, not having it rooted in his mind, retains it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes, because of the word, instantly he relapses. ²² That which fell among thorns, denotes that hearer in whom worldly cares, and deceitful riches, choke the word, and render it unfruitful.

²² That which fell among thorns, denotes that hearer in whom worldly cares, and deceitful riches, choke the word, and render it unfruitful. ²³ But that which fell into good soil, and bore fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold, denotes him, who not only hears and considers, but obeys the word.

²³ But that which fell into good soil, and bore fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold, denotes him, who not only hears and considers, but obeys the word. ²⁴ Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a field, in which the proprietor has sown good grain:

²⁶ When the blade was up, and putting forth the ear, then appeared also the darnel.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, first gather the darnel, and make them into bundles for burning; then carry the wheat into my barn. ³¹ Another similitude he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man planted in his field;

³¹ Another similitude he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man planted in his field;

³¹ Another similitude he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man planted in his field; ³² for though it is the smallest of seeds, when grown, larger than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air take the shelter in its branches.

³² for though it is the smallest of seeds, when grown, larger than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air take the shelter in its branches. ³³ Another similitude he gave them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman mingled in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

³³ Another similitude he gave them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman mingled in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. ³⁴ All these similitudes Jesus spoke to the people; for he taught them only by similitudes; ³⁵ in this verifying the word of the Prophet, "I will discourse in parables; I will utter things concerning which, all antiquity has been silent." ³⁶ Then Jesus, leaving the multitude, retired to the house, where his disciples accosted him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.

³⁶ Then Jesus, leaving the multitude, retired to the house, where his disciples accosted him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field. ³⁷ Jesus answering, said to them, He who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

³⁷ Jesus answering, said to them, He who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸ The field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one; ³⁹ the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the conclusion of this state; and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ As, therefore, the darnel is gathered and burnt, so shall it be at the conclusion of this state. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send his angels who shall gather out of his kingdom all seducers and iniquitous persons, ⁴² and throw them into the burning furnace: weeping and gnashing of teeth shall be there. ⁴³ Then shall the righteous shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear let him hear.

⁵¹ Jesus said, Do you understand all these things? They answered, Yes, Master. ⁵² He added, Every scribe, therefore, instructed for the Reign of Heaven, is like a householder, who brings out of his storehouse new things and old.

²² Immediately he obliged the disciples to embark and pass over before him, while he dismissed the multitude.

³¹ Jesus instantly stretching out his hand, caught him; and said to him, Distrustful man, wherefore did you doubt? ³² When they had gone aboard, the wind ceased.

¹⁰ Then, having called the multitude, he said to them, Hear, and be instructed.

¹⁵ Then Peter addressing him, said, Explain to us that parable.

¹⁵ Then Peter addressing him, said, Explain to us that parable. ¹⁶ Jesus answered, Are you also void of understanding?

¹⁶ Jesus answered, Are you also void of understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not apprehend, that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach, and is thrown out into the sink.

¹⁷ Do you not apprehend, that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach, and is thrown out into the sink. ¹⁸ But that which proceeds out of the mouth, issues from the heart, and so pollutes the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed malicious contrivances, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies. ²⁰ These are the things which pollute the man; but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not the man.

⁸ Jesus perceiving it, said, What do you reason amongst yourselves, O you distrustful! that I speak thus, because you have brought no loaves.

⁸ Jesus perceiving it, said, What do you reason amongst yourselves, O you distrustful! that I speak thus, because you have brought no loaves. ⁹ Have you no reflection? or do you not remember the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many baskets you filled with the fragments:

¹⁷ Jesus replying, said to him, Happy are you, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

²³ Then Jesus said to his disciples, Indeed, I say to you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven:

⁵ But they turned away with indifference, one to his farm, another to his merchandize.

⁹ For they will deliver you to torments and to death, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account. ¹⁰ Then many will be ensnared, and will betray their fellows, and hate them.

²⁸ Take from him, therefore, the talent, and give it to him who has ten: ²⁹ for to every one that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.

² such a multitude flocked thither, that there was no room for them, not even near the door, and he taught them the word.

² For there is nothing covered that shall not be detected: nothing secret that shall not be made known. ³ What you have spoken in the dark, shall be reported in the light; what you have whispered in the closet, shall be proclaimed from the housetop.

¹⁰ And whosoever shall inveigh against the Son of Man, may obtain remission; but to him who detracts from the Holy Spirit, there is no remission.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Be upon your guard against covetousness; for in whatever affluence a man be, his life depends not on his possessions.

¹⁷ And he reasoned thus with himself, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crop. ¹⁸ I will do this, added he; I will pull down my storehouses, and build larger, and there I will store all my produce, and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast plenty of goods laid up for many years; take thin ease, eat, drink, enjoy thyself. ²⁰ But God said to him, Fool! this very night your soul is required of you. Whose, then, shall those things be, which you have provided? ²¹ So it fares with him who amasses treasure for himself, but is not rich toward God.

²⁹ Do not ask, therefore, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; live not in anxious suspense. ³⁰ For all these things the Pagans seeks; whereas, your Father knows that you need them.

¹⁹ Then the high priest interrogated Jesus concerning his disciples and his doctrine.

³⁷ And as to what you sow, you do not show the body which shall be produced, but the naked grain; it may be of wheat, or of any other kind: ³⁸ but God gives it a body, as it has pleased him; and to each of the seeds, its proper body.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, fidelity, ²³ meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law.

¹² As many as wish to appear fair by the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

⁹ having made known to us the secret of his will according to his benevolent purpose, which he had purposed in himself,

² so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. ³ For the time which has passed of life, is sufficient to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, having walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excesses in wine, revellings, carousals, and abominable idolatries.

⁷ Cast all your anxious care on him, because he cares for you. ⁸ Be sober, be vigilant: your adversary, the devil, is walking about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour:

¹³ Again, he went out toward the sea, and all the multitude repaired to him, and he taught them.

⁷ But Jesus withdrew with his disciples toward the sea, whither a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,

⁹ Then he ordered his disciples to get a boat to attend him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him:

²³ Jesus having called them, said to them by similitudes, How can Satan expel Satan?

¹ Again, he was teaching by the sea side, when so great a multitude gathered about him, that he was obliged to go aboard a bark, and sit there, while all the people remained on shore.

³ In teaching, he said to them, Attend, behold the sower went out to sow.

³ In teaching, he said to them, Attend, behold the sower went out to sow. ⁴ And as he sowed, part of the seed fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked it up.

⁴ And as he sowed, part of the seed fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked it up. ⁵ Part fell upon rocky ground, where it had little mold. This sprang sooner, because there was no depth of soil. ⁶ But after the sun had beaten upon it, it was scorched, and having no root, it withered away. ⁷ Part fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and stifled it, so that it yielded nothing. ⁸ Part fell into good ground, and sprang up, and became so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred. ⁹ He added. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ When he was in private, those who were about him with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable. ¹¹ He said to them, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, but to those without everything is veiled in parables;

¹⁴ The sower is he who disperses the word.

¹⁴ The sower is he who disperses the word. ¹⁵ The wayside on which some of the grain fell, denotes those who have no sooner heard the word, than Satan comes, and takes away that which was sown in their hearts.

¹⁵ The wayside on which some of the grain fell, denotes those who have no sooner heard the word, than Satan comes, and takes away that which was sown in their hearts. ¹⁶ The rocky ground denotes those, who, hearing the word, receive it first with pleasure;

¹⁶ The rocky ground denotes those, who, hearing the word, receive it first with pleasure; ¹⁷ yet not having it rooted in their minds, retain it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they instantly relapse.

¹⁷ yet not having it rooted in their minds, retain it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they instantly relapse. ¹⁸ The ground overrun with thorns, denotes those hearers

¹⁸ The ground overrun with thorns, denotes those hearers ¹⁹ in whom worldly cares, and delusive riches, and the inordinate desire of other things, stifle the word, and render it unfruitful.

¹⁹ in whom worldly cares, and delusive riches, and the inordinate desire of other things, stifle the word, and render it unfruitful. ²⁰ The good soil on which some grains yielded thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred, denotes those who hear the word, and retain it, and produce the fruits thereof.

²⁰ The good soil on which some grains yielded thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred, denotes those who hear the word, and retain it, and produce the fruits thereof.

²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ He said, moreover, Consider what you hear: with the measure with which you give, you shall receive.

²⁶ He said also, The kingdom of God is like seed, which a man sowed in his field. ²⁷ While he slept by night, and waked by day, the seed shot up, and grew without his minding it. ²⁸ For the earth produces of itself first the blade, then the ear; afterward the full corn. ²⁹ But as soon as the grain was ripe, he applied the sickle, because it was time to reap it.

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds that are there. ³² But after it is sown, it springs up, and becomes greater than any herb, and shoots out branches so large, that under their shades, the birds of the air may find shelter. ³³ And in many such similitudes, he conveyed instruction to the people, as he found them disposed to hear: ³⁴ and without a similitude he told them nothing; but he solved all to his disciples in private.

³⁴ and without a similitude he told them nothing; but he solved all to his disciples in private.

² He was no sooner gone ashore, than there met him a man coming from the monuments, possessed of an unclean spirit,

²¹ Jesus having repassed in the bark, a great crowd gathered round him, while he was on the shore.

³³ Then the woman, knowing the change wrought upon her, came trembling with fear, threw herself prostrate before him, and confessed the whole truth.

²⁰ because Herod respected him, and knowing him to be a just and holy man, protected him; and did many things recommended by him, and heard him with pleasure.

⁴⁵ And immediately he obliged his disciples to embark, and pass over before, toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the people.

¹⁴ Then having called the whole multitude, he said to them, Hearken to me all of you, and be instructed. ¹⁵ There is nothing from without, which entering into the man, can pollute him; but the things which proceed from within the man, are the things that pollute him.

¹⁷ When he had withdrawn from the people into a house, his disciples asked him the meaning of that sentence.

¹⁷ When he had withdrawn from the people into a house, his disciples asked him the meaning of that sentence.

¹⁷ When he had withdrawn from the people into a house, his disciples asked him the meaning of that sentence. ¹⁸ He answered, Are you also void of understanding? Do you not perceive, that whatsoever from without enters into the man, can not pollute him;

¹⁸ He answered, Are you also void of understanding? Do you not perceive, that whatsoever from without enters into the man, can not pollute him; ¹⁹ because it enters not into his heart, but into his stomach, whence all impurities in the victuals pass into the sink. ²⁰ But, added he, that which proceeds out of the man, is what pollutes the man: ²¹ for from within the human heart proceed vicious machinations, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, ²² insatiable desires, malevolence, fraud, immodesty, envy, calumny, arrogance, levity. ²³ All these evils issue from within, and pollute the man.

³⁷ saying with inexpressible amazement, He does everything well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

¹³ After that, leaving them, he re-embarked and returned.

⁷ And there came a cloud which covered them; and out of the cloud issued a voice, which said, This is my Son, the beloved: hear him.

²⁵ When Jesus saw that the people came crowding upon him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Dumb and deaf spirit, come out of him, I command you, and enter no more into him.

¹⁷ As he went out into the road, one came running to him, who, kneeling, asked him, Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ¹⁸ Jesus answered, Why do you call me good? God alone is good. ¹⁹ Do you know the commandments? Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not give false testimony; do no injury; honor your father and mother. ²⁰ The other replied, Rabbi, I have observed all these from my childhood. ²¹ Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and said to him, In one thing, nevertheless, you are deficient. Go, sell all that you have, and give the price to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come, and follow me, carrying the cross. ²² But he was troubled at this answer, and went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

³⁸ Further, in teaching, he said to them, Beware of the scribes, who affect to walk in robes; who love salutations in public places,

² as they, who were from the beginning, eye-witnesses, and afterwards ministers of the word, delivered them to us;

³⁶ And they were all in amazement, and said one to another, What does this mean, that with authority and power he command the unclean spirits, and they come out?

³⁹ Jesus, standing near her, rebuked the fever, and it left her, and she instantly arose, and served them.

¹ Now it happened, as he stood by the lake Gennesaret, the multitude pressing upon him to hear the word of God; ² that seeing two barks aground, near the shore, the fishermen having landed to wash their nets, ³ he went aboard one of them, which was Simon's; and desiring him to put off a little from the land, sat down, and taught the people out of the bark.

³⁷ Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release, and you shall be released; ³⁸ give, and you shall get: good measure, pressed down and shaken, and heaped, shall be poured into your lap; for the very measure you give to others you yourself shall receive.

⁴ Now, when a great multitude was assembled, and the people were flocking to him, out of the cities, he spoke by a parable. ⁵ The sower went out to sow his grain: and in sowing, part fell by the way-side, and was crushed under foot, or picked up by the birds;

⁵ The sower went out to sow his grain: and in sowing, part fell by the way-side, and was crushed under foot, or picked up by the birds;

⁵ The sower went out to sow his grain: and in sowing, part fell by the way-side, and was crushed under foot, or picked up by the birds; ⁶ part fell upon a rock, and when it was sprung up, withered away for want to moisture;

⁶ part fell upon a rock, and when it was sprung up, withered away for want to moisture;

⁶ part fell upon a rock, and when it was sprung up, withered away for want to moisture; ⁷ part of it also fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it;

⁷ part of it also fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it;

⁷ part of it also fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it; ⁸ and part fell into good soil, and sprung up, and yielded increase, a hundred fold. Having said this, he cried, Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁸ and part fell into good soil, and sprung up, and yielded increase, a hundred fold. Having said this, he cried, Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁸ and part fell into good soil, and sprung up, and yielded increase, a hundred fold. Having said this, he cried, Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹ And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

⁹ And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean? ¹⁰ He answered, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, which, to others, are couched in parables; that, though they look, they may not perceive; that though they hear, they may not understand.

¹⁰ He answered, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, which, to others, are couched in parables; that, though they look, they may not perceive; that though they hear, they may not understand.

¹⁰ He answered, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, which, to others, are couched in parables; that, though they look, they may not perceive; that though they hear, they may not understand. ¹¹ Now, this is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.

¹¹ Now, this is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God. ¹² By the wayside are meant those hearers out of whose hearts the devil coming, takes away the word, these they should believe, and be saved.

¹² By the wayside are meant those hearers out of whose hearts the devil coming, takes away the word, these they should believe, and be saved. ¹³ By the rock are meant those, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; yet not having it rooted in them, are but temporary believers; for in the time of trial they fall off.

¹³ By the rock are meant those, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; yet not having it rooted in them, are but temporary believers; for in the time of trial they fall off. ¹⁴ By the ground encumbered with thorns, are meant those hearers who are entangled in the business, and pursuits, and pleasures of life; which stifle the word, so that it brings no fruit to maturity.

¹⁴ By the ground encumbered with thorns, are meant those hearers who are entangled in the business, and pursuits, and pleasures of life; which stifle the word, so that it brings no fruit to maturity. ¹⁵ But by the good soil are meant those, who, having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and persevere in bringing forth fruit.

¹⁵ But by the good soil are meant those, who, having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and persevere in bringing forth fruit. ¹⁶ A lamp is never lighted to be covered with a vessel, or put under a bed; but to be set on a stand, that they who enter may see the light. ¹⁷ For there is no secret which shall not be discovered; nor anything concealed which shall not be known, and become public. ¹⁸ Take heard, therefore, how you hear; for to him who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, shall be taken even that which he seems to have.

²² One day, Jesus having gone into a bark with his disciples, said to them, Let us cross the lake. Accordingly they set sail.

²² One day, Jesus having gone into a bark with his disciples, said to them, Let us cross the lake. Accordingly they set sail. ²³ But while they sailed, he fell asleep; and there blew such a storm upon the lake, as filled the bark with water, and endangered lives. ²⁴ And they came to him, and awakened him, saying, Master, Master, we perish! Then he arose and rebuked the wind, and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. ²⁵ And Jesus said to them, Where is your faith? But they said one to another, with fear and admiration, Who is this that commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

²¹ At that time, Jesus was joyful in spirit, and said, I adore thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth; because, having hid these things from sages, and the learned, thou hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, because such is thy pleasure. ²² My Father has imparted everything to me; and none knows who the Son is, but the Father; nor who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. ²³ Then, turning apart, he said to his disciples: Blessed are the eyes which see what you see. ²⁴ For I assure you, that many prophets and kings have wished to see the things which you see; but have not seen them: and to hear the things which you hear; but have not heard them.

⁴¹ Jesus answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious, and trouble yourself about many things.

³³ A lamp is lighted, not to be concealed, or put under a vessel, but on a stand; that they who enter may have light.

¹⁸ He said, moreover, What does the kingdom of God resemble? To what shall I compare it?

¹⁸ He said, moreover, What does the kingdom of God resemble? To what shall I compare it?

¹⁸ He said, moreover, What does the kingdom of God resemble? To what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It resembles a grain of mustard seed, which a man threw into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air took shelter in its branches.

¹⁹ It resembles a grain of mustard seed, which a man threw into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air took shelter in its branches. ²⁰ Again, he said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? ²¹ It resembles leaven, which a woman mingled in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

¹⁸ But they all, without exception, made excuses. One said, I have purchased a field, which I must go and see; I pray you have me excused.

¹⁸ But they all, without exception, made excuses. One said, I have purchased a field, which I must go and see; I pray you have me excused. ¹⁹ Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused.

¹⁹ Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused. ²⁰ A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not go.

⁹ Therefore, I say to you, with the deceitful riches procure to yourself friends, who, after your discharge, may receive you into the eternal mansion. ¹⁰ Whoso is faithful in little is faithful also in much: and whoso is unjust in little, is unjust also in much. ¹¹ If, therefore, you have not been honest in the deceitful, who will entrust you with the true riches? ¹² And if you have been unfaithful managers for another, who will give you anything to manage for yourselves?

²⁴ Then he said to his attendants, Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has ten pounds. ²⁵ They answered, My Lord, he has ten pounds. ²⁶ He replied, I tell you, that to every one who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken.

³⁴ Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares: for, as a net,

²⁵ Then he said to them, O thoughtless men, and backward to believe things which have been all predicted by the prophets!

²⁷ Then beginning with Moses, and proceeding through all the prophets, he explained to them all the passages relating to himself.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, This is what I told you while I remained with you, that all the things which are written of me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, must be accomplished. ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the scriptures; ⁴⁶ and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved the Messiah to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day;

¹² but to as many as received him, believing in his name, he granted the privilege of being children of God; ¹³ who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.

⁷ Wonder not, then, that I have said to you, You must be born again. ⁸ The Spirit breathes where he pleases, and you hear the report of him, but know not whence he comes, or whither he goes; so is every one who is born of the spirit.

¹⁹ Now this is the ground of condemnation; that light has come into the world, and men have preferred the darkness to the light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For whosoever does evil, hates the light, and shuns it, lest his deeds should be detected. ²¹ But he who obeys the truth, comes to the light, that it may be manifest that his actions are agreeable to God.

⁶ Now Jacob's well was there. And Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat down by the well, it being about the sixth hour.

³⁵ Do you not say, After four months comes harvest? But I say, Lift up your eyes, and survey the fields; for they are already white enough for harvest. ³⁶ The reaper receives wages, and gathers the fruits of eternal life, that both the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. ³⁷ For in this, the proverb is verified, One sows, and another reaps. ³⁸ I sent you to reap that on which you have bestowed no labor: others labored, and you get possession of their labors.

²⁵ Most assuredly, I say to you, the time comes; or, rather, is come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and hearing, they shall live.

³⁵ He was the blazing and shining lamp; and for awhile, you were glad to enjoy his light.

¹ Afterward, Jesus crossed the sea of Galilee, also called of Tiberias;

¹⁷ and having embarked, were passing by sea to Capernaum. It was now dark; and Jesus had not come to them.

¹⁹ When they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they observed Jesus walking on the sea, very near the bark, and were afraid. ²⁰ But he said to them, It is I, be not afraid.

²⁵ Having found him on the opposite shore, they said to him, Rabbi, when did you come hither?

¹⁶ Jesus made answer, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ If any one will do his will, he shall discern whether my doctrine proceeds from God, or from myself.

¹⁷ If any one will do his will, he shall discern whether my doctrine proceeds from God, or from myself.

³¹ Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who believed on him, If you persevere in my doctrine, you are my disciples indeed.

¹⁶ I have other sheep, besides, which are not of this fold. Them I must also bring; and they will obey my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

²⁷ My sheep, as I told you, obey my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

²⁴ Most assuredly, I say to you, when a grain of wheat is thrown into the ground, unless it die, it remains single; but if it die, it becomes very fruitful.

³⁷ But, though he had performed so many miracles before them, they believed not on him; ³⁸ so that the word of the Prophet Isaiah was verified, "Lord, who has believed out report?" and, "To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" ³⁹ For this reason they could not believe; Isaiah having said, also, ⁴⁰ "He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their understanding, that they might not see with their eyes, comprehend with their understanding, and be converted, that I might heal them." ⁴¹ These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke concerning him.

² Every barren branch in me, he lops off; every fruitful branch he cleans by pruning, to render it more fruitful.

² Every barren branch in me, he lops off; every fruitful branch he cleans by pruning, to render it more fruitful. ³ As for you, you are already clean, through the instructions I have given you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I will abide in you; as the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

⁴ Abide in me, and I will abide in you; as the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in me, and in whom I abide, produces much fruit; for, severed from me, you can do nothing.

⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in me, and in whom I abide, produces much fruit; for, severed from me, you can do nothing.

⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in me, and in whom I abide, produces much fruit; for, severed from me, you can do nothing. ⁶ If any man abide not in me, he is cast forth like withered branches, which are gathered for fuel, and burnt. ⁷ If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you may ask what you will, and it shall be granted you.

¹⁶ It is not you who have chosen me; but it is I who have chosen you, and ordained you to go and bear fruit: fruit which will prove permanent, that the Father may give you whatsoever you shall ask him in my name.

¹² I have many things still to tell you, but you can not yet bear them.

²⁵ These things I have spoken to you in figures: the time approaches when I shall no more discourse to you in figures, but instruct you plainly concerning the Father.

¹⁴ But, Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice, and said to them-Jews, and all you that sojourn in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and attend to my words;

⁴¹ They, therefore, who received his word with readiness, were immersed: and there were added to the disciples that very day, about three thousand souls.

¹⁹ Reform, therefore, and return to God, that so your sins may be blotted out; that seasons of refreshment may come from the presence of the Lord,

⁴ But many of those who had heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand.

²⁰ for we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

³ But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart, that you should attempt to impose on the Holy Spirit, and to secrete a part of the price of the land?

¹⁴ and believers were more and more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women:)

⁴ Nevertheless, they who were dispersed, went about declaring the glad tidings of the word.

¹³ And Simon himself also believed; and being immersed, he kept near to Philip, beholding with amazement, the great and powerful miracles which were done.

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the Apostles' hands, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ But Peter said to him, Let your money go with you to destruction, since you have thought that the free gift of God might be purchased with money. ²¹ You have no part nor lot in this matter; for your heart is not upright in the sight of God.

¹¹ Now these were of a more noble disposition that those of Thessalonica: for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily examining the scriptures, whether those things were so.

¹⁸ Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers opposed him. Others said, What would this babbler say? And others, he seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities; because he declared to them the good news concerning Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And they took him and conducted him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, which is spoken by you? ²⁰ for you bring some strange things to our ears; we would, therefore, know what these things mean.

³² And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some made a jest of it, and others said, We will hear you again upon this subject.

¹⁴ And when Paul would have opened his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were an act of injustice, or mischievous licentiousness, O Jews! it were reasonable I should bear with you. ¹⁵ But if it be a question concerning words, and names, and the law which is among you, you see to it yourselves; for I will be no judge of these matters. ¹⁶ And he drove them away from the tribunal. ¹⁷ And all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the tribunal; but Gallio did not concern himself at all about the matter.

²⁰ so powerfully did the word of the Lord grow, and prevail.

²⁷ For I have not declined to declare to you all the counsel of God.

²⁰ And when they heard it, they glorified God, and said to him, Brother, you see how many myriads of believing Jews there are: and they are all zealous for the law.

²⁵ And he reasoned concerning righteousness and temperance, and judgment to come, Felix, trembling, answered, Go your way for this time, and I will take some future opportunity to call for you. ²⁶ And he hoped, also, that money would be given him by Paul, that he might be set at liberty: and, therefore, he sent the more frequently for him, and discoursed with him.

¹⁹ but had certain questions against him, relating to their own religion, and about one Jesus, that was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. ²⁰ But as I was dubious of the question relating to him, I said, that if he were willing, he should go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things.

²⁸ Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.

³¹ And when they had retired, they spoke one with another, saying, This man has done nothing worthy of death, or of bonds. ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cesar.

¹⁴ But not long after, there arose against her a tempestuous wind, which is called Euroclydon. ¹⁵ And as the ship was violently hurried away, and was not able to bear up against the wind, we gave her up, and were driven. ¹⁶ An running under a certain island, called Clauda, we were hardly able to get masters of the boat: ¹⁷ which, when they had hoisted up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing, lest they should fall upon the quicksands, they struck sail, and so were driven. ¹⁸ And we were exceedingly tossed by the storm, the next day they lightened the ship: ¹⁹ and the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the tackling of the ship. ²⁰ Now, as neither sun nor stars appeared for several days, and no small tempest pressed upon us, all remainder of hope that we might be delivered, was taken away.

⁴¹ But falling on a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground, and the fore part stuck fast, and remained immovable, while the hinder part was broken by the force of the waves.

²⁵ And disagreeing with each other, they broke up the assembly: Paul saying this one word, Surely, well did the Holy Spirit speak, by Isaiah the prophet, to our fathers, ²⁶ when he said, "Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and will not understand; and seeing you will see, and will not perceive: ²⁷ for the heart of this people is become gross, and with their ears they hear heavily; and they have drawn their eyes together, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

⁴ Thus, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law, by the body of Christ, that you may be married to another, who rose from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.

⁸ As it is written, "God has given them a spirit of deep sleep; eyes not seeing, and ears not hearing, until this present day." ⁹ And David says, "Let their table be for a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense to them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, so as not to see; and let them bow down their back continually.

¹ Now, I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly men, even as to babes in Christ. ² Milk I gave you-not meat; for you were not then able to receive it: nay, neither yet now are you able, because you are still fleshly.

⁶ I have planted, Apollos has watered; but God has made to grow. ⁷ So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God, who makes to grow. ⁸ However, the planter and the waterer are one, and each shall receive his proper reward, according to his proper labor. ⁹ Wherefore, we are joint laborers, employed by God. You are God's field; you are God's building.

⁵ Wherefore, do not, before the time, pass any judgment, till the Lord come; who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and lay open the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to every one from God.

⁷ Besides, who makes you to differ? For what have you which you did not receive? And now, if you did receive it, why do you boast as not receiving it?

¹² For what have I to do to pronounce sentence on them also who are without? Do not you judge them who are within? ¹³ But them are without, God judges. Therefore, put away from among yourselves the wicked person.

¹² Wherefore, let him who thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall. ¹³ No trial has come upon you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried above what you are able, but will, with the trial, also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear.

⁷ And to each is given this manifestation of the Spirit, for the advantage of all.

¹¹ that we may not be overreached by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

³ If then, indeed, our gospel be veiled, it is veiled among the destroyed; ⁴ among whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might shine into them.

⁶ For God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, has shined into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁶ Now this I say, he who sows sparingly, shall reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully, shall reap bountifully.

²⁵ thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stone, thrice I was ship-wrecked: I have spent a night and a day in the deep.

⁴ But God being rich in mercy, through his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even us, who were dead in trespasses, he has made alive together with Christ; (by favor you are saved;) ⁶ and has raised us up together, and has set us down together in heavenly places with Christ Jesus; ⁷ that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his favor in his kindness toward us by Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by favor you are saved through faith; and this salvation not by yourselves; it is the gift of God- ⁹ not by works, that no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, for which God before prepared us, that we should walk in them.

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that, being rooted and founded in love, you

³ But whoredom, and all uncleanness, and inordinate desire- let them not even be named among you; (as it becomes saints;) ⁴ nor obscenity, nor foolish talking, nor double meanings, nor things uncomely; but rather thanksgiving. ⁵ For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor lascivious man, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain speeches; for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience. ⁷ Be not, therefore, participants with them. ⁸ For you were formerly darkness; but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light. ⁹ (Now, the fruit of life consists in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.) ¹⁰ Approve what is well pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. ¹² For the things which are secretly done by them, it is base even to mention. ¹³ But all these reprehensible things are made manifest by the light; for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴ Wherefore, it says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you. ¹⁵ See, then, that you walk accurately: not as fools, but as wise men;

⁶ having this very confidence, that he who has begun a good work among you, will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may yet abound more and more, with knowledge and with all discretion; ¹⁰ that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and inoffensive till the day of Christ; ¹¹ filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹¹ filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹⁵ that you may be blameless and harmless, the children of God, unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverse race; among whom shine as lights in the world, ¹⁶ holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor have labored in vain.

⁶ Be anxious about nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

⁵ for the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you have formerly heard in the word of truth of the gospel, ⁶ which is present among you, as it is also in the world, and is bringing forth fruit and prevailing, even as among you, from that day you heard and knew the favor of God in truth-

⁶ which is present among you, as it is also in the world, and is bringing forth fruit and prevailing, even as among you, from that day you heard and knew the favor of God in truth-

¹⁰ that you may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, bringing forth fruit by every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

⁷ rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward them who are without, gaining time.

³ that no one should be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that we are appointed to them. ⁴ For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we were to be afflicted; which also happened as you know. ⁵ For this reason also, no longer concealing my anxiety, I sent to know your faith; lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labor have become in vain.

¹² And may the Lord fill you, and make you overflow with love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you; ¹³ that he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness, before God, even our Father, at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.

¹ As to what remains, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and please God, you would more abound in it.

¹² that you may walk decently toward them who are without, and may have need of nothing.

³ We are bound to thank God always, concerning you, brethren, as it is fit, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;

⁹ he will, indeed, utterly destroy him, whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, with all the power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood; ¹⁰ and with all the deceit of unrighteousness among the destroyed; because they did not embrace the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

⁷ Moreover, he must even have a good report from those without, that he may not fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil.

⁹ But they who will be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evil, which some, eagerly desiring, have wholly erred from the faith, and pierced themselves all around with many sorrows.

¹⁷ Charge the rich in the present world not to be elated in mind, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who confers on us richly all things for enjoyment-

¹⁵ You know this, that all they who are in Asia have turned me off; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁷ And their word will eat as a gangrene: for whom are Hymeneus and Philetus; ¹⁸ who, concerning the truth, have erred, affirming that the resurrection has already happened, and do subvert the faith of some.

²⁵ in meekness instructing those who set themselves in opposition; if, by any means God will give them reformation to the acknowledgment of truth;

⁷ I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have continued faithful: ⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will deliver to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them who love his appearing.

¹⁰ for Demas, having loved the present world, has forsaken me, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens into Galatia, and Titus into Dalmatia.

¹⁶ At my first answer, no one appeared with me, but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

³ For even we ourselves were formerly foolish, disobedient, erring, slavishly serving diverse inordinate desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. ⁴ But when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Saviour shone forth, ⁵ he saved us-not on account of works of righteousness which we had done-but according to his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ that being justified by his favor, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹ (On this account, we ought to attend the more earnestly to the things which were heard; lest at any time we should left them slip.

¹ (On this account, we ought to attend the more earnestly to the things which were heard; lest at any time we should left them slip. ² For if the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received a just retribution; ³ how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? which, beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by them who heard him;

¹⁷ Hence, it was necessary for him to be made like his brethren in all things; that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest, in matters pertaining to God, in order to expiate the sins of the people;

¹ Wherefore, let us be afraid, lest a promise of entrance into the rest, being left, any of you should seem to fall short of it. ² For glad tidings have been proclaimed to us, as well as to them: but the word which they heard did not profit them; not being mixed with faith in them who heard it.

¹⁵ For we have not a High Priest who can not sympathize with our weaknesses; but one who was tried in all points, according to the likeness of his nature to our ours, without sin.

¹¹ (concerning whom we have much to say, and of difficult interpretation, since you have become dull of apprehension. ¹² For, when, by this time, you ought to be teachers, you have need of some one to teach you again the first elements of the oracles of God; and have become such as need milk, rather than solid food. ¹³ Now every one who uses milk, is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe: ¹⁴ but solid food is for those of a mature age, whose faculties have been habituated by long practice to discriminate both good and evil.

⁶ and yet have fallen away, crucifying again to themselves the Son of God and exposing him to contempt. ⁷ For the land that drinks in the rain, which often comes upon it, and brings forth herbs, fit for them by whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God: ⁸ but that which produces thorns and briers, is reprobated, and nigh to a curse; whose end is to be burned.

²⁹ Of how much sorer punishment, think you, shall he be counted worthy, who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and reckoned the blood of the institution by which he was sanctified, a common thing, and has insulted the Spirit of Favor?

¹⁶ lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who, for one meal, gave away his birthrights.

²⁸ Wherefore, we having received a kingdom not shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and religious fear.

¹¹ For the sun rises with a burning heat, and withers the herb, and its flower falls down, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also shall the rich man fade in his ways.

¹⁶ Be not deceived, my beloved brethren; ¹⁷ every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descended from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. ¹⁸ Of his own will, he begot us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of fruits of his creatures. ¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; ²⁰ for the wrath of man works not out the righteousness of God. ²¹ Wherefore, putting away all filthiness, and overflowing of maliciousness, embrace with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² And be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning.

⁵ Hearken, beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of the world-rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them who love him?

¹⁸ Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, by them who practice peace.

²³ having been regenerated, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of the living God, which remains. ²⁴ "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls down; but the word of the Lord remains forever." ²⁵ Now this is that word which has been proclaimed as glad tidings to you.

¹ Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speaking; ² as newborn babes, earnestly desire the unadulterated milk of the word, that you may grow by it.

² as newborn babes, earnestly desire the unadulterated milk of the word, that you may grow by it. ³ Because, indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is good;

⁸ for these things being in you, and abounding, make you to be neither slothful, nor unfruitful, in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you; who will privately introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their lewd practices, on account of whom, they way of truth will be evil spoken of. ³ And through covetousness, they will make merchandise of you, by fictitious tales: to whom the punishment threatened of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

¹⁸ But grow in favor, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have contemplated, and our hands have handled, concerning the living Word- ² (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and declare to you that life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;) ³ that which we have seen and heard, we declare to you; that you also may have fellowship with us: and our fellowship truly is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-is not of the Father, but is of the world.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ Now the world passes away, and the lust of it; be he who does the will of God, abides forever.

¹⁹ They went away from us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, they would have abode with us; but they went away, that they might be made manifest that they were not of us.

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they be from God; because many false prophets are gone forth into the world.

²⁰ Moreover, we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, that we might know him that is true; and we are in him that is true-in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life.

¹² These men are spots in love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. They are clouds without water, carried about of winds: withered autumnal trees without fruit; twice dead; rooted out;

⁷ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who conquers, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

¹⁰ Fear none of the things which you shall suffer; behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life. ¹¹ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. The conqueror shall not be injured by the second death.

¹³ I know your works, and where you dwell; even where the throne of Satan is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

¹⁷ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations: To the conqueror I will give of the hidden manna; and I will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except he who receives it.

²⁹ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

⁶ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

¹³ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and correct; therefore, be zealous, and reform.

²² Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst any more; nor shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat:

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

⁹ And thus the great dragon was cast out; even the old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the world, was cast out to the earth; and his angels were cast out with him.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write: Henceforth blessed are the dead that die in the Lord; yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them! ¹⁴ And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud, one sitting like a Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple of God, crying with a loud voice, to him that sat upon the cloud. Put forth your sickle, and reap; for the season of reaping is come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶ And he that sat upon the cloud put forth his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another angel came out of the temple that was in heaven; and he had a sharp sickle.

⁴ Who should not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou alone art perfect. Surely all nations shall come and worship before thee, because thy righteous judgments are made manifest.

¹ And I saw an angel descending from heaven, who had the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. ² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he cast him into the abyss, and shut him down, and set a seal upon him, that he might not deceive the nations any more, till the thousand years were accomplished; and then he must be loosed again for a little time.

³ and he cast him into the abyss, and shut him down, and set a seal upon him, that he might not deceive the nations any more, till the thousand years were accomplished; and then he must be loosed again for a little time. ⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them-even the souls of them who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads, and upon their hands; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years: ⁵ but the rest of the dead revived not till the thousand years were accomplished: this is the first resurrection. ⁶ Happy and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection! on such, the second death shall have no power; but they shall be the priests of God, and of Christ: and they shall reign with him a thousand years. ⁷ And when the thousand years shall be accomplished, Satan shall be loosed from his confinement;

¹⁰ And the devil, who had deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were: and they shall be tormented day and night for ages and ages.