Luke 21 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Looking up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, ² and noticed a poor widow putting two little coins in. ³ He said, "I tell you plainly, this poor widow has put in more than them all; ⁴ for these people all contributed out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all her living." ⁵ Some were speaking of the temple with its ornamentation of splendid stones and votive gifts, but he said, ⁶ "As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down." ⁷ So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?" ⁸ He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' — do not go after them. ⁹ And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once." ¹⁰ Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm, ¹¹ there will be great earthquakes with famine and pestilence here and there, there will be awful portents and great signs from heaven. ¹² But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name. ¹³ That will turn out an opportunity for you to bear witness. ¹⁴ So resolve to yourselves that you will not rehearse your defence beforehand, ¹⁵ for I will give you words and wisdom that not one of your opponents will be able to meet or refute. ¹⁶ You will be betrayed by your very parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death. ¹⁷ You will be hated by all on account of my name; ¹⁸ but not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ Hold out stedfast and you win your souls. ²⁰ But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city; ²² for these are the days of the divine Vengeance, in fulfilment of all that is written in scripture. ²³ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people; ²⁴ they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires. ²⁵ And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, while on earth the nations will be in dismay with bewilderment at the roar of sea and waves, ²⁶ men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken, ²⁷ and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant." ²⁹ And he told them a parable. "Look at the fig tree and indeed all the trees; ³⁰ as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand. ³¹ So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand. ³² I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never. ³⁴ Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come upon all dwellers on the face of all the earth. ³⁶ From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man." ³⁷ By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard. ³⁸ And all the people used to come early in the morning to listen to him in the temple.

²² All this happened for the fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

¹⁷ From that day Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

¹¹ Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

¹⁸ (I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

¹⁶ I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men, they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues, ¹⁸ and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake — it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

¹⁹ Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment, ²⁰ for you are not the speakers, it is the Spirit of your Father that is speaking through you.

²⁰ for you are not the speakers, it is the Spirit of your Father that is speaking through you. ²¹ Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,

²¹ Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death, ²² and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

²² and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end. ²³ When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives. ²⁴ A scholar is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord; ²⁵ enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

³⁰ The very hairs on your head are all numbered;

²² As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

¹ Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven. ² He replied, ³ — - ⁴ "It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, and no Sign shall be given to it except the Sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

²⁷ For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done. ²⁸ I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

²⁸ I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

¹⁷ Then he left them and went outside the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

⁴¹ They replied, "He will utterly destroy the wretches and lease the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their season."

⁴⁴ [Everyone who falls on this stone will be shattered, and whoever it falls upon will be crushed.]"

⁶ while the rest seized his servants and ill-treated them and killed them.

³⁴ This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town; ³⁵ it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ I tell you truly, it will all come upon this generation.

³⁶ I tell you truly, it will all come upon this generation.

¹ So Jesus left the temple and went on his way. His disciples came forward to point out to him the temple-buildings, ² but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

² but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down." ³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?" ⁴ Jesus replied, "Take care that no one misleads you;

⁴ Jesus replied, "Take care that no one misleads you; ⁵ for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

⁵ for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet.

⁶ You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there. ⁸ All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

⁸ All that is but the beginning of the trouble. ⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.

⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.

⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name. ¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹ Many false prophets will rise and mislead many.

¹¹ Many false prophets will rise and mislead many. ¹² And in most of you love will grow cold by the increase of iniquity; ¹³ but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

¹³ but he will be saved who holds out to the very end. ¹⁴ This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come. ¹⁵ So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this),

¹⁵ So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this),

¹⁵ So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this), ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills; ¹⁷ a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house, ¹⁸ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat. ¹⁹ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

¹⁹ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days! ²⁰ Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath, ²¹ for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now — no and never shall be. ²² Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. ²³ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it;

²³ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it; ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.

²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible. ²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.)

²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.) ²⁶ If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it. ²⁷ For like lightning that shoots from east to west, so will be the arrival of the Son of man. ²⁸ Wherever the body lies, there will the vultures gather. ²⁹ Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁹ Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁹ Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

³⁰ Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

³⁰ Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. ³¹ He will despatch his angels with a loud trumpet call to muster his elect from the four winds, from the verge of heaven to the verge of earth. ³² Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

³² Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand; ³³ so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

³³ so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door. ³⁴ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

³⁴ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

³⁴ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ³⁶ Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father. ³⁷ As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

³⁹ and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then there will be two men in the field, one will be taken and one will be left;

⁴⁰ Then there will be two men in the field, one will be taken and one will be left; ⁴¹ two women will be grinding at the millstone, one will be taken and one will be left.

⁴¹ two women will be grinding at the millstone, one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. ⁴⁵ Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time?

⁴⁵ Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives! ⁴⁷ I tell you truly, he will set him over all his property.

⁴⁷ I tell you truly, he will set him over all his property. ⁴⁸ But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,'

⁴⁸ But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,' ⁴⁹ and if he starts to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards,

⁴⁹ and if he starts to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards, ⁵⁰ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know;

⁵⁰ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; ⁵¹ he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

¹³ Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,

³⁰ After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

⁵⁵ At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

⁶ The high priests took the money and said, "It would be wrong to put this into the treasury, for it is the price of blood."

⁴⁵ Now from twelve o'clock to three o'clock darkness covered all the land,

¹⁹ but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

¹¹ But you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service, but it is Korban' (that is, dedicated to God), ¹² he is exempt, so you hold, from doing anything for his father or mother. ¹³ That is repealing the word of God in the interests of the tradition which you keep up. And you do many things like that."

¹² Next day, when they had left Bethany, he felt hungry,

¹⁹ And when evening came he went outside the city.

⁴¹ Sitting down opposite the treasury, he watched the people putting their money into the treasury. A number of the rich were putting in large sums, ⁴² but a poor widow came up and put in two little coins amounting to a halfpenny.

⁴² but a poor widow came up and put in two little coins amounting to a halfpenny. ⁴³ And he called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their money into the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

¹ As he went out of the temple one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what a size these stones and buildings are!" ² Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down."

² Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down." ³ And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private,

³ And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private, ⁴ "Tell us, when is this to happen? What will be the sign for all this to be accomplished?"

⁴ "Tell us, when is this to happen? What will be the sign for all this to be accomplished?" ⁵ So Jesus began: "Take care that no one misleads you: —

⁵ So Jesus began: "Take care that no one misleads you: — ⁶ many will come in my name saying, 'I am he,' and mislead many.

⁶ many will come in my name saying, 'I am he,' and mislead many. ⁷ And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet.

⁷ And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet. ⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble. ⁹ Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

⁹ Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

⁹ Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them. ¹⁰ (Ere the end, the gospel must be preached to all nations.)

¹⁰ (Ere the end, the gospel must be preached to all nations.) ¹¹ Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

¹¹ Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

¹¹ Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit. ¹² Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and kill them,

¹² Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and kill them,

¹² Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and kill them, ¹³ and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

¹³ and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

¹³ and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end. ¹⁴ But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

¹⁴ But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills; ¹⁵ a man on the housetop must not go down into the house or go inside to fetch anything out of his house,

¹⁵ a man on the housetop must not go down into the house or go inside to fetch anything out of his house, ¹⁶ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat. ¹⁷ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

¹⁷ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days! ¹⁸ Pray it may not be winter when it comes, ¹⁹ for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now — no and never shall be.

¹⁹ for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now — no and never shall be. ²⁰ Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

²⁰ Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen. ²¹ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;

²¹ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it; ²² for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can.

²² for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can. ²³ Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand.

²³ Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand. ²⁴ But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light,

²⁴ But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light, ²⁵ the stars will drop from heaven, and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁵ the stars will drop from heaven, and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

²⁶ Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ Then he will despatch his angels and muster the elect from the four winds, from the verge of earth to the verge of heaven. ²⁸ Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

²⁸ Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand; ²⁹ so, whenever you see this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

²⁹ so, whenever you see this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door. ³⁰ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

³⁰ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

³⁰ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never.

³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never. ³² Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father. ³³ Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.

³³ Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time. ³⁴ It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch. ³⁵ Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning. ³⁶ Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep. ³⁷ Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

³⁷ Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

⁸ She has done all she could — she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial. ⁹ I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

³³ When twelve o'clock came, darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

²⁵ I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:

²² Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

¹⁴ As for the seed that fell among thorns, that means people who hear but who go and get choked with worries and money and the pleasures of life, so that they never ripen. ¹⁵ As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.

⁴³ and a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years which no one could cure,

²⁷ I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God."

⁴¹ The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha,

⁴⁹ This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some they will kill and some they will persecute'; ⁵⁰ it was that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world might be charged upon this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who was slain between the altar and the House of God — yes, I tell you, it will all be charged upon this generation.

⁷ But the very hairs on your head are all numbered; fear not, you are worth far more than sparrows.

¹¹ When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say, ¹² for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

¹² for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them. ³⁸ Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they! ³⁹ Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

⁴⁰ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

⁴⁴ I tell you plainly, he will set him over all his property. ⁴⁵ But if that servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of arriving,' and if he starts to beat the menservants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, ⁴⁶ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.

⁵¹ You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension. ⁵² After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three, ⁵³ father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

⁵³ father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." ⁵⁴ And to the crowds he said, "When you see a cloud rise in the west, you say, 'There is a shower coming,' and so it is: ⁵⁵ when you feel the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be heat,' and so it is. ⁵⁶ You hypocrites, you know how to decipher the look of earth and sky; how is it you cannot decipher the meaning of this era? ⁵⁷ And why do you not yourselves settle what is right?

⁵⁷ And why do you not yourselves settle what is right?

¹² and the younger said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.' So he divided his means among them.

³ Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins, check him, and if he repents forgive him.

²³ Men will say, 'See, here he is!' 'See, there he is!' but do not go out or run after them,

³¹ On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside the house, he must not go down to fetch them out; nor must a man in the field turn back ³² (remember Lot's wife). ³³ Whoever tries to secure his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it.

³⁷ They asked him, "Where, Lord?" And he said to them, "Where the body is lying, there the vultures will gather."

¹ He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

⁷ And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

²⁷ And now for these enemies of mine who objected to me reigning over them — bring them here and slay them in my presence.' "

³⁷ and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen,

⁴³ A time is coming for you when your enemies will throw up ramparts round you and encircle you and besiege you on every side ⁴⁴ and raze you and your children within you to the ground, leaving not one stone upon another within you — and all because you would not understand when God was visiting you." ⁴⁵ Then he went into the temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling. ⁴⁶ "It is written," he told them, "my house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers." ⁴⁷ Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people, ⁴⁸ but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

³⁵ but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

⁷ So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?" ⁸ He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' — do not go after them.

¹⁸ but not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ Hold out stedfast and you win your souls. ²⁰ But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city;

²⁵ And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, while on earth the nations will be in dismay with bewilderment at the roar of sea and waves, ²⁶ men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken, ²⁷ and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²⁷ and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant."

²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant."

³² I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

³⁹ Then he went outside and made his way to the Hill of Olives, as he was accustomed. The disciples followed him,

²⁹ For there are days coming when the cry will be, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never have borne and the breasts that never have suckled!'

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

²⁰ "This sanctuary took forty-six years to build," the Jews retorted, "and you are going to raise it up in three days!"

⁴³ here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!

⁷ the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.

¹ but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives. ² Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

²⁰ These words he spoke in the treasury, as he was teaching in the temple, but no one arrested him, because his time had not come yet.

²⁴ So I told you, you would die in your sins; for unless you believe who I am, you will die in your sins."

¹ Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead).

¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours. ²¹ They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.

² They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God. ³ This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me.

¹⁴ I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?" ²² Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself."

⁶ Now when they met, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you are going to restore the Realm to Israel?" ⁷ But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight. ¹⁰ As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white, ¹¹ who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven." ¹² Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit — they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

¹⁹ And I will display wonders in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and vapour of smoke:

¹⁹ And I will display wonders in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and vapour of smoke: ²⁰ the sun shall be changed into darkness and the moon into blood, ere the great, open Day of the Lord arrives.

⁴⁴ The believers all kept together; they shared all they had with one another, ⁴⁵ they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds among all, as anyone might be in need.

³ They laid hands on them and, as it was now evening, put them in custody till next morning. ⁴ (A number of those who heard them speak believed, bringing up their numbers to [about] five thousand.) ⁵ Next morning a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their rulers, elders and scribes, ⁶ which was attended by the high priest Annas, by Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high priest's family. ⁷ They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?" ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹ if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead. ¹¹ He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. ¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation." ¹³ They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus,

²⁷ In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate — Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

³¹ At their prayer the place of meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, speaking God's word fearlessly; ³² [Relocated to before vs 34] Now there was but one heart and soul among the multitude of the believers; not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another. ³³ the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great grace was upon them all. ³⁴ There was not a needy person among them, for those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sale,

¹⁷ This filled the high priest Annas and his allies, the Sadducean party, with bitter jealousy; ¹⁸ they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison, ¹⁹ but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

³⁶ In days gone by Theudas started up, claiming to be a person of importance; a number of men, about four hundred of them, rallied to him, but he was slain, and all his followers were dispersed and wiped out. ³⁷ After him Judas the Galilean started up at the time of the census, and got people to desert to him; but he perished too, and all his followers were scattered.

⁴⁰ They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

¹⁰ but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

¹² In this way they excited the people, the elders, and the scribes, who rushed on him, dragged him away, and took him before the Sanhedrin. ¹³ They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law!

¹³ They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law! ¹⁴ Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!"

¹⁴ Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!" ¹⁵ Then all who were seated in the Sanhedrin fixed their eyes on him, and saw that his face shone like the face of an angel.

⁵⁷ With a loud shriek they shut their ears and rushed at him like one man. ⁵⁸ Putting him outside the city, they proceeded to stone him (the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a youth called Saul). ⁵⁹ So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

⁵⁹ So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" ⁶⁰ Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.

³ but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

⁹ Now for some time previous a man called Simon had been practising magic arts in the town, to the utter astonishment of the Samaritan nation; he made himself out to be a great person, ¹⁰ and all sorts and conditions of people attached themselves to him, declaring he was that Power of God which is known as 'the Great Power.'

⁴ he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

¹⁶ I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

² a religious man, who reverenced God with all his household, who was liberal in his alms to the People, and who constantly prayed to God.

³⁴ Then Peter opened his lips and said, "I see quite plainly that God has no favourites,

²⁸ one of whom, named Agabus, showed by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to visit the whole world (the famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius).

¹ It was about that time that king Herod laid hands of violence on some members of the church. ² James the brother of John he slew with the sword,

² James the brother of John he slew with the sword, ³ and when he saw this pleased the Jews, he went on to seize Peter. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.) ⁴ After arresting him he put him in prison, handing him over to a guard of sixteen soldiers, with the intention of producing him to the People after the passover.

²² The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods, ²³ had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened, ²⁶ all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened.

²⁶ All nations he has created from a common origin, to dwell all over the earth, fixing their allotted periods and the boundaries of their abodes,

³⁰ The whole city was thrown into turmoil. The people rushed together, seized Paul and dragged him outside the temple; whereupon the doors were immediately shut. ³¹ They were attempting to kill him, when word reached the commander of the garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in confusion.

³⁰ Next day, as he was anxious to find out the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, ordered the high priests and all the Sanhedrin to meet, and brought Paul down, placing him in front of them.

¹ Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul. ² So Paul was summoned, and then Tertullus proceeded to accuse him. "Your excellency," he said to Felix, "as it is owing to you that we enjoy unbroken peace, and as it is owing to your wise care that the state of this nation has been improved in every way and everywhere, ³ we acknowledge all this with profound gratitude. ⁴ I have no wish to weary you, but I beg of you to grant us in your courtesy a brief hearing. ⁵ The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect. ⁶ He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him. ⁷ -- ⁸ Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him." ⁹ The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.

²⁵ but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

¹ Three days after Festus entered his province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² The high priests and the Jewish leaders laid information before him against Paul, and begged him,

¹¹ If I am a criminal, if I have done anything that deserves death, I do not object to die; but if there is nothing in any of their charges against me, then no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!" ¹² Then, after conferring with the council, Festus answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? Very well, you must go to Caesar! "

²² "I should like to hear the man myself," said Agrippa to Festus. "You shall hear him to-morrow," said Festus. ²³ So next day Agrippa and Bernice proceeded with great pomp to the hall of audience, accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent civilians of the town. Festus then ordered Paul to be brought in. ²⁴ "King Agrippa and all here present," said Festus, "you see before you a man of whom the entire body of the Jews at Jerusalem and also here have complained to me. They loudly insist he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵ I could not find he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor.

² "I consider myself fortunate, king Agrippa, in being able to defend myself to-day before you against all that the Jews charge me with; ³ for you are well acquainted with all Jewish customs and questions. Pray listen to me then with patience. ⁴ How I lived from my youth up among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all that early career of mine, is known to all the Jews. ⁵ They know me of old. They know, if they chose to admit it, that as a Pharisee I lived by the principles of the strictest party in our religion. ⁶ To-day I am standing my trial for hoping in the promise made by God to our fathers, ⁷ a promise which our twelve tribes hope to gain by serving God earnestly both night and day. And I am actually impeached by Jews for this hope, O king! ⁸ [Move to the beginning of vs 23] Why should you consider it incredible that God raises the dead, ⁹ I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene. ¹⁰ I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them; ¹¹ there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

²⁸ "At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"

³⁴ Take some food then, I beg of you; it will keep you alive. You are going to be saved! Not a hair of your heads will perish."

⁵ In your stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are simply storing up anger for yourself on the Day of anger, when the just doom of God is revealed.

⁷ eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

³ Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,

¹⁹ Even the creation waits with eager longing for the sons of God to be revealed.

²³ and not only so, but even we ourselves, who have the Spirit as a foretaste of the future, even we sigh to ourselves as we wait for the redemption of the body that means our full sonship.

²⁵ But if we hope for something that we do not see, we wait for it patiently.

²⁵ To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.

¹¹ And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹² It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light; ¹³ let us live decorously as in the open light of day — no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.

⁴ All such words were written of old for our instruction, that by remaining stedfast and drawing encouragement from the scriptures we may cherish hope.

¹¹ What I now write is that you are not to associate with any so-called brother who is immoral or lustful or idolatrous or given to abuse or drink or robbery. Associate with him! Do not even eat with him!

¹⁰ nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God.

¹³ Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

⁵ (It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

¹¹ every day of my life I am being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may come out within my mortal flesh.

² Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity; ³ I can testify that up to their means, aye and beyond their means, they have given —

¹² If only one is ready to give, according to his means, it is acceptable; he is not asked to give what he has not got.

⁶ Mark this: he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and he who sows generously will reap a generous harvest. ⁷ Everyone is to give what he has made up his mind to give; there is to be no grudging or compulsion about it, for God loves the giver who gives cheerfully.

¹³ 'Apostles'? They are spurious apostles, false workmen — they are masquerading as 'apostles of Christ.' ¹⁴ No wonder they do, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is no surprise if his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their doom will answer to their deeds.

¹⁰ It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

²⁰ idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit,

¹⁴ which is the pledge and instalment of our common heritage, that we may obtain our divine possession and so redound to the praise of his glory.

³⁰ And do not vex God's holy Spirit, by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience.

¹³ So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe. ¹⁴ Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,

¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints ¹⁹ and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel

¹⁹ and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel

¹² I would have you understand, my brothers, that my affairs have really tended to advance the gospel;

²⁸ Never be scared for a second by your opponents; your fearlessness is a clear omen of ruin for them and of your own salvation — at the hands of God. ²⁹ For on behalf of Christ you have the favour of suffering no less than of believing in him,

⁶ Never be anxious, but always make your requests known to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving;

² Attend to your prayers, maintain your zest for prayer by thanksgiving; ³ and pray for me as well, that God may give me an opening for the word, to speak of the open secret of Christ for which I am in custody. ⁴ Pray that I may unfold it as I should.

³ as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

¹⁵ who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who harassed ourselves, who offend God and oppose all men ¹⁶ by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!

¹⁶ by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!

³ to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well; ⁴ for we told you beforehand, when we were with you, that "we Christians are to have trouble" — and, as you know, it has been so.)

² You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night; ³ when 'all's well' and 'all is safe' are on the lips of men, then all of a sudden Destruction is upon them, like pangs on a pregnant woman — escape there is none. ⁴ But, brothers, you are not in the darkness for the Day to surprise you like thieves; ⁵ you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness. ⁶ Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober; ⁷ for sleepers sleep by night and drunkards are drunk by night, ⁸ but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

¹⁷ never give up prayer,

⁵ They are proof positive of God's equity; you are suffering for the realm of God, and he means to make you worthy of it —

⁵ They are proof positive of God's equity; you are suffering for the realm of God, and he means to make you worthy of it — ⁶ since God considers it but just to repay with trouble those who trouble you,

³ Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,

⁹ that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood, ¹⁰ and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them. ¹¹ Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood,

⁵ May the Lord direct your hearts towards God's love and towards Christ's patience!

¹³ Bad characters and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves;

⁵ Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.

¹⁶ The first time I had to defend myself, I had no supporters; everyone deserted me. God grant it may not be brought up against them! ¹⁷ But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

¹¹ It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end,

¹⁵ Thus it was that Abraham by his stedfastness obtained what he had been promised.

¹² not taking any blood of goats and oxen but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy place. He secured an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on defiled persons, give them a holiness that bears on bodily purity, ¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who in the spirit of the eternal offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? ¹⁵ He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant. ¹⁶ Thus, in the case of a will, the death of the testator must be announced. ¹⁷ A will only holds in cases of death; it is never valid so long as the testator is alive.

²⁶ For if we sin deliberately, after receiving the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left,

²⁶ For if we sin deliberately, after receiving the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, ²⁷ nothing but an awful outlook of doom, of that burning Wrath which will consume the foes of God.

²⁷ nothing but an awful outlook of doom, of that burning Wrath which will consume the foes of God. ²⁸ Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy, on the evidence of two or of three witnesses. ²⁹ How much heavier, do you suppose, will be the punishment assigned to him who has spurned the Son of God, who has profaned the covenant-blood with which he was sanctified, who has insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ We know who said, Vengeance is mine, I will exact a requital: and again, The Lord will pass sentence on his people. ³¹ It is an awful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³⁶ Steady patience is what you need, so that after doing the will of God you may get what you have been promised. ³⁷ For in a little, a very little now, The Coming One will arrive without delay.

¹⁵ see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;

²⁷ That phrase, once again, denotes the removal of what is shaken (as no more than created), to leave only what stands unshaken.

¹⁶ Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.

³ sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance;

⁵ Whoever of you is defective in wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men without question or reproach, and the gift will be his.

¹ Come now, you rich men, weep and shriek over your impending miseries!

⁷ Be patient, then, brothers, till the arrival of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop of the land, biding his time patiently till he gets the autumn and the spring rains; ⁸ have patience yourselves, strengthen your hearts, for the arrival of the Lord is at hand. ⁹ Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you are judged; look, the Judge is standing at the very door!

⁹ Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you are judged; look, the Judge is standing at the very door! ¹⁰ As an example of fortitude and endurance, brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ See, we call the stedfast happy; you have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen that the Lord is very compassionate and pitiful.

²⁵ but the word of the Lord lasts for ever — and that is the word of the gospel for you.

¹³ Submit for the Lord's sake to any human authority; submit to the emperor as supreme,

³ It is quite enough to have done as pagans choose to do, during the time gone by! You used to lead lives of sensuality, lust, carousing, revelry, dissipation and illicit idolatry, ⁴ and it astonishes them that you will not plunge with them still into the same flood of profligacy. They abuse you, ⁵ but they will have to answer for that to Him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead ⁶ (for this was why the gospel was preached to the dead as well, that while they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live as God lives in the spirit). ⁷ Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

⁷ Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at the ordeal that has come to test you, as though some foreign experience befell you. ¹³ You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed. ¹⁴ If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

¹⁴ If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

¹⁷ It is time for the Judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the fate of those who refuse obedience to God's gospel?

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

⁹ then be sure the Lord knows how to rescue pious folk from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment till the day of doom,

⁷ but the present heavens and earth are treasured up by the same word for fire, reserved for the day when the impious are doomed and destroyed.

⁷ but the present heavens and earth are treasured up by the same word for fire, reserved for the day when the impious are doomed and destroyed. ⁸ Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day. ⁹ The Lord is not slow with what he promises, according to certain people's idea of slowness; no, he is longsuffering for your sake, he does not wish any to perish but all to betake them to repentance. ¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear.

¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear.

¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear. ¹¹ Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour,

¹¹ Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour, ¹² you who expect and hasten the advent of the Day of God, which dissolves the heavens in fire and makes the stars blaze and melt!

¹² you who expect and hasten the advent of the Day of God, which dissolves the heavens in fire and makes the stars blaze and melt! ¹³ It is new heavens and a new earth that we expect, as He has promised, and in them dwells righteousness. ¹⁴ Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.

¹⁴ Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.

²⁸ Remain within him now, my dear children, so that when he appears we may have confidence, instead of shrinking from him in shame at his arrival.

¹ Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world.

⁷ I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.'

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand unblemished and exultant before his glory —

³ Blessed is he who reads aloud, blessed they who hear the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time is near.

⁷ Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

⁹ I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

² I know your doings, your hard work and your patient endurance; I know that you cannot bear wicked men, and that you have tested those who style themselves apostles (no apostles they!) and detected them to be liars; ³ I know that you are enduring patiently and have borne up for my sake and have not wearied.

³ I know that you are enduring patiently and have borne up for my sake and have not wearied.

¹⁰ Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

¹³ I know where you dwell, where Satan sits enthroned, and yet you adhere to my Name, you have not renounced your faith in me even during the days when my witness, my faithful Antipas, was martyred in your midst — where Satan dwells.

³ Now remember what you received and heard, hold to it and repent. If you will not wake up, I shall come like a thief; you will not know at what hour I come upon you.

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I will keep you safe through the hour of trial which is coming upon the whole world to test the dwellers on earth.

² So I looked, and there was a white horse, its rider holding a bow; he was given a crown, and away he rode conquering and to conquer. ³ And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living Creature calling, "Come." ⁴ And away went another red horse; its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other; he was given a huge sword. ⁵ And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living Creature calling, "Come." So I looked and there was a black horse; its rider held a pair of scales in his hand, ⁶ and I heard like a voice in the midst of the four living Creatures saying, "A shilling for a quart of wheat, a shilling for three quarts of barley; but harm not oil and wine!" ⁷ And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living Creature calling, "Come." ⁸ So I looked, and there was a livid horse; its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill men with sword and famine and plague and by the wild beasts of the earth. ⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore;

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore; ¹⁰ and they cried aloud, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long wilt thou refrain from charging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on earth?" ¹¹ But they were each given a white robe, and told to remain quiet for a little longer, until their number was completed by their fellow-servants and their brothers who were to be killed like themselves. ¹² And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked; and a great earthquake took place, the sun turned black as sackcloth, the full moon turned like blood,

¹² And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked; and a great earthquake took place, the sun turned black as sackcloth, the full moon turned like blood, ¹³ the stars of the sky dropped to earth as a fig tree shaken by a gale sheds her unripe figs, ¹⁴ the sky was swept aside like a scroll being folded up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

² but omit the court outside the temple, do not measure that, for it has been given over to the Gentiles; and the city will be under their heel for two and forty months.

⁹ So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.

¹¹ But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

¹⁰ Whoever is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes: whoever kills with the sword, by the sword must he be killed. This is what shows the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹² This is what shows the patience of the saints — they who keep God's commands and the faith of Jesus.

¹⁴ Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud One resembling a human being, a golden crown upon his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

¹⁵ (Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven crying, "Come out of her, O my people, that you share not her sins, that you partake not of her plagues:

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found.