Luke 21 Cross References - NSB

¹ He saw rich men putting their gifts into the treasury. ² Then he saw a poor widow putting in two small coins. ³ »I tell you a truth,« he said: »This poor widow gave more than all of them. ⁴ »They all gave out of their surplus but she gave out of her poverty. She gave all that she had for living expenses.« ⁵ Some spoke of how wonderful the temple was. How it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus replied: ⁶ »Concerning these things you see, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.« ⁷ They asked him: »Teacher, when would these things take place? What will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?« ⁸ He said: »Take heed that you are not led astray. Many will come in my name, saying, I am he but the time is not at hand. Do not follow them. ⁹ »When you hear of wars and disturbances do not be terrified. These things must occur first. The end is not immediate.« ¹⁰ Then he said: »Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹ »There will be great earthquakes. There will be famines and pestilences in various places. There shall be terrors and great signs from heaven. ¹² »Even before all these things, they will capture you, and persecute you. You will be delivered to synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake. ¹³ »It will give you an opportunity to witness. ¹⁴ »Do not think about what you will say before it happens. ¹⁵ »I will give you ability to talk and words of wisdom, which your adversaries shall not be able to resist or refute. ¹⁶ »Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over and cause you to be put to death. ¹⁷ »Men will hate you because of my name. ¹⁸ »Yet not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ »You will gain your lives because of your endurance. ²⁰ »When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies you will know that desolation is near. ²¹ »Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her leave. And let no one from the country enter. ²² »These are days of vengeance! All things written will be fulfilled. ²³ »Woe to those who are pregnant and those who nurse a child in those days! There will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people. ²⁴ »They will be killed by the edge of the sword. Some will be led captive into all the nations. The people of the nations will tread down Jerusalem until the time of the Nations is fulfilled. ²⁵ »There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves. ²⁶ »Men will faint out of fear for expectation of the things coming on the world. The powers of the heavens shall be shaken. ²⁷ »Then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ »When these things begin to happen lift up your heads because your redemption draws near.« ²⁹ He told them an illustration: »Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. ³⁰ »When they produce leaves you know that summer is near. ³¹ »Even so, when you see these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near! ³² »Truly I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things are accomplished. ³³ »Heaven and earth will pass away: but my words will not pass away. ³⁴ »Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes. ³⁵ »It will come as a surprise to all who dwell on the face of the earth. ³⁶ »Be on the watch all the time. Pray for the strength to escape all these things in order to stand before the Son of man.« ³⁷ He taught in the temple every day and he stayed on the Mount of Olives at night. ³⁸ The people came early in the morning to hear him in the temple.

⁴ »Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.«

¹⁷ »Run for your lives!« The angels warned. »Do not stop and do not look behind you! Escape to the mountains, or you will die.«

²⁶ Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.

¹¹ Jehovah said to him: »Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? ¹² »Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth. I will teach you what you are to say.«

²⁰ The ones among the servants of Pharaoh who respected the word of Jehovah made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses. ²¹ He who paid no regard to the word of Jehovah left his servants and his livestock in the field.

²¹ Those who were willing and whose hearts moved them brought their contributions to Jehovah. The gifts were used to construct the tent of meeting, to pay other expenses, and to make the holy clothes. ²² All willing, men and women alike, brought all kinds of gold jewelry: pins, brooches, earrings, signet rings, and pendants. They offered these gifts of gold to Jehovah. ²³ Those who had violet, purple, or bright red yarn, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, or fine leather brought them. ²⁴ Those who could give silver or copper brought it as their contribution to Jehovah. Those who had acacia wood that could be used in the construction brought it. ²⁵ All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they made. ²⁶ They also made thread of goats’ hair. ²⁷ The leaders brought different kinds of jewels to be sewn on the special clothes and the breast piece for the high priest. ²⁸ And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy (anointing) oil and the sweet perfume (balsam oil). ²⁹ The people of Israel, every man and woman whose hearts were willing, gave their offerings freely to Jehovah. This was for the work that Jehovah gave Moses orders to have done.

⁹ »Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

¹⁴ »‘If you will not listen to me and obey all these commandments, ¹⁵ if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commandments, ¹⁶ then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them. ¹⁷ »‘I will condemn you so that you will go down in defeat in front of your enemies. Those who hate you will be your rulers. You will run away even when no one is chasing you. ¹⁸ »‘If you still will not listen to me, I will discipline you seven times for your sins. ¹⁹ »‘I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement. ²⁰ »‘Your strength will be spent uselessly. Your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit. ²¹ »‘If you act with hostility against me and are unwilling to obey me I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins. ²² »‘I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children. They will destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted. ²³ »‘If this discipline does not help and you still resist, ²⁴ »‘I will resist you. I will punish you seven times for your sins. ²⁵ »‘I will bring war on you to get revenge for my promise you rejected. When you gather in your cities, I will send plagues on you and you will fall under the control of your enemy. ²⁶ »‘I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry. ²⁷ »‘If in spite of this you do not listen to me and still resist me, ²⁸ »‘I will resist you with great fury. I will discipline you seven times for your sins. ²⁹ »‘You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters. ³⁰ »‘I will destroy your worship sites. I will cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on top of your dead idols. I will view you with disgust. ³¹ »‘I will make your cities deserted and ruin your sacred places. I will no longer accept the soothing aroma from your sacrifices. ³² »‘I will make your land so deserted that your enemies will be shocked as they settle in it. ³³ »‘I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

³⁶ »‘I will fill those who are left in the land of their enemies with despair. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.

²⁶ He said to the congregation: »Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you’ll be swept away because of all their sins.«

¹⁵ »If you do not obey Jehovah your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: ¹⁶ »Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the country. ¹⁷ »Your basket and your kneading bowl will be cursed. ¹⁸ »Cursed will be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. ¹⁹ »Jehovah will curse everything you do! ²⁰ »If you do evil and reject Jehovah, he will bring on you trouble, confusion, and rebuke in everything you do. Soon you will be quickly and completely destroyed. ²¹ »He will plague you with disease after disease on you until there is not one of you left in the land. ²² »Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die. ²³ »The sky above will look like copper and the ground below will be as hard as iron. ²⁴ Jehovah will send dust storms and sandstorms on you from the sky until you are destroyed. ²⁵ »Jehovah will cause you to be stricken before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and flee seven ways from them. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ »Your body will be food to all birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. And no man shall frighten them away. ²⁷ »Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. ²⁸ »You will become insane and go blind. Jehovah will make you so confused, ²⁹ that even in bright sunshine you will have to feel your way around like a blind person. You will tell day from night! For the rest of your life, people will beat and rob you. No one will be able to stop them. ³⁰ »A man will be engaged to a woman, but before they can get married, enemy soldiers will rape her. Some of you will build houses, but never get to live in them. If you plant a vineyard, you will not be around long enough to enjoy the first harvest. ³¹ »Your cattle will be killed while you watch. You will not get to eat any of the meat. Your donkeys and sheep will be stolen. No one will be around to force your enemies to give them back. ³² »Your sons and daughters will be dragged off to a foreign country. And you will stand there helpless. Even if you watch for them until you go blind, you will never see them again.

³² »Your sons and daughters will be dragged off to a foreign country. And you will stand there helpless. Even if you watch for them until you go blind, you will never see them again. ³³ »A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow. You will receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment.

³³ »A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow. You will receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment. ³⁴ »You will lose your mind (experience insanity) because of all the suffering.

³⁴ »You will lose your mind (experience insanity) because of all the suffering. ³⁵ »Jehovah will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils. From the sole of your foot to the crown of your head they will not heal. ³⁶ »Jehovah will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods made of wood and stone. ³⁷ »You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you. ³⁸ »You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little for locusts will destroy your crops. ³⁹ »You will plant vineyards and tend them but will not drink the wine from them. Worms will eat them. ⁴⁰ »You will have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint with the oil, for your olive shall drop off its fruit. ⁴¹ »Even your infant sons and daughters will be taken as prisoners of war. ⁴² »Locusts will take over all your trees and the fruit of your land. ⁴³ »The alien who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower. ⁴⁴ »They will be able to make loans to you, but you won't be able to make loans to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail. ⁴⁵ »All these disasters will come on you. They will be with you until you are destroyed. This is because you did not obey Jehovah your God and keep all the laws that he gave you. ⁴⁶ »Everyone will look at you and your descendants and realize that Jehovah has placed you under a curse for a very long time. ⁴⁷ »You did not serve Jehovah your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things. ⁴⁸ »You will serve your enemies whom Jehovah will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. ⁴⁹ »Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you will not understand, ⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. ⁵¹ »They will eat the offspring of your animals and the crops from your fields until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, no new wine, no olive oil, no calves from your herds, and no lambs or kids from your flocks. They will continue to do this until you are completely desolate. ⁵² »They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls you trust come down everywhere in your land. They will blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you. ⁵³ »Because of the hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade, you will eat the flesh of your own children, the sons and daughters, whom Jehovah your God has given you. ⁵⁴ »The kindest and most sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left. ⁵⁵ »He will give none of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all that he has left. These are hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade of all your cities. ⁵⁶ »The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so sensitive and tender that she would not even step on an ant, will become stingy toward the husband she loves or toward her own son or daughter.

⁵⁶ »The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so sensitive and tender that she would not even step on an ant, will become stingy toward the husband she loves or toward her own son or daughter. ⁵⁷ »She will not share with them the afterbirth from her body and the children she gives birth to. She will secretly eat them out of dire necessity. These are hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade of your cities.

⁵⁷ »She will not share with them the afterbirth from her body and the children she gives birth to. She will secretly eat them out of dire necessity. These are hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade of your cities. ⁵⁸ »You might not faithfully obey every word of the teachings that are written in this book. You might not respect this glorious and awe inspiring name: JEHOVAH your God. ⁵⁹ »If so, Jehovah will strike you and your descendants with unimaginable plagues. They will be terrible continuing plagues. They will be severe and lingering diseases. ⁶⁰ »He will bring all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded. They will cling to you. ⁶¹ »Jehovah will also bring you every kind of sickness and plague not written in this Book of the Law. They will continue until you are dead. ⁶² »You were at one time as numerous as the stars in the sky. But only a few of you will be left. This is because you did not obey Jehovah your God. ⁶³ »Jehovah was very glad to make you prosperous and numerous. Now Jehovah will be more than glad to destroy you and wipe you out. You will be torn out of the land you are about to enter and possess. ⁶⁴ »Jehovah will scatter you among all the people of the world. He will scatter you from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve gods made of wood and stone that neither you nor your ancestors ever knew. ⁶⁵ »You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.

⁶⁵ »You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair. ⁶⁶ »Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death.

⁶⁶ »Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death. ⁶⁷ »Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning.

⁶⁷ »Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning. ⁶⁸ »Jehovah will send you back to Egypt in ships, even though he said that you would never have to go there again. There you will try to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves. But no one will want to buy you.

¹⁹ »Be sure there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him. He would go stubbornly on his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.

¹⁹ »Be sure there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him. He would go stubbornly on his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike. ²⁰ Jehovah will never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of Jehovah and / His jealousy will burn against that man. Every curse which is written in this book will rest on him. Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven. ²¹ »Jehovah will destroy you by piling on you all the curses that are written in this book of Law. You will be forgotten forever. ²² »The next generation of your children and foreigners who come from distant countries will see the plagues that have happened in this land and the diseases Jehovah sent here. ²³ »All its land is brimstone and salt. It is a burning waste, unsown and unproductive. No grass grows on it. Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath. ²⁴ »All the nations will say: Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?' ²⁵ »Then men will say: ‘Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶ »‘They served other gods and worshiped them. These are gods whom they have not known and whom he had not allotted to them. ²⁷ »‘Jehovah became angry against this land and brought on it all the curses described in this book. ²⁸ »‘His fierce anger and fury caused Jehovah to uproot these people from their land and deported them to another country. This is where they still are today.’

³⁴ »Is this not laid up in store with me and sealed up among my treasures?

⁴³ »Rejoice you nations with his people. He will avenge the blood of his servants. He will render vengeance on his adversaries, and will atone for his land and his people.«

¹⁹ »All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to Jehovah. They must come into the treasury of Jehovah.«

²⁴ They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

²⁹ »Even if someone pursues you to take your life, your life is wrapped securely in the bundle (purse) (bag) of the living from Jehovah your God (God will keep you safe). He will dispose of the lives of your enemies. They will be hurled like stones from a sling.

³⁶ When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.

⁴⁵ But the people said to Saul: »Will Jonathan, who won this great victory for Israel, be put to death?« »No! We promise by the living Jehovah that he will not lose even a hair from his head. What he did today was done with God’s help.« So the people saved Jonathan from being put to death.

¹¹ She said: »Please pray to Jehovah your God, Your Majesty, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son.« »I promise by the living Jehovah,« David replied, »your son will not be harmed.«

⁷ »I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples. ⁸ This house will become a mass of broken walls. Everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds. They will say: Why has Jehovah done this to this land and to this house? ⁹ »‘The answer will be: ‘Because they turned away from Jehovah their God. The one who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt. They took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why Jehovah has sent this evil on them.’«

²⁶ He took the treasures from Jehovah’s Temple and the royal palace. He took them all. He took all the gold shields Solomon had made.

¹³ The Babylonians carried off to Babylon all the treasures in the Temple and the palace. As Jehovah foretold, Nebuchadnezzar broke up all the gold utensils King Solomon had made for use in the Temple.

²⁰ »I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world. ²¹ »Everyone passing by this impressive Temple will be appalled. They will ask: Why did Jehovah do these things to this land and to this Temple? ²² »They will answer their own question: ‘They abandoned Jehovah the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt. They adopted other gods, worshiped, and served them. That is why he brought this disaster on them.’«

⁵ »No one could come and go in peace at that time. This is because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil. ⁶ »One nation crushed another nation. One city crushed another. God tormented them with every kind of trouble.

¹⁸ He brought to Babylon each of the utensils from God’s temple, the treasures from Jehovah’s Temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.

¹³ I made controllers over the storehouses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah. They were taken to be honest men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

⁶ He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.

¹⁰ »Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand (be upright) in the judgment. The sinners will not stand (endure) in the assembly of the righteous.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the stronghold of my life. Who is there to be afraid of? ² Evildoers accosted me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell. ³ Even though an army sets up camp against me, my heart will not be afraid. Even though a war breaks out against me, I will trust in Jehovah.

¹³ I believe that I will see the goodness of Jehovah in this world of the living. ¹⁴ Hope (wait) (expect) (trust) in Jehovah and be strong. Let your heart be courageous. Yes, hope in Jehovah.

⁸ Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.

⁷ Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

¹ ([Sons of Korah]) God is our refuge and strength, a ready help in times of trouble. ² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea. ³ Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its arrogance.

²² Let their table before them become a snare. Let it become retribution and a trap. ²³ Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see. Let their backs be continually bent. ²⁴ Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be desolate and let no one live in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. ²⁷ Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

³ The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves. ⁴ Jehovah on high is mightier than the noise of many waters. Yes he is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea.

⁵ Make music to Jehovah with a lyre and with the melody of a psalm. ⁶ Make music with trumpets and the playing of a ram's horn. Shout happily in the presence of the king, Jehovah. ⁷ Let the sea and everything in it, the world and those who live in it roar like thunder. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands and the mountains sing joyfully. ⁹ This is in Jehovah’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with fairness.

²⁶ »They will perish, but you endure. All of them will wear out like a garment; like clothing you will renew them and they will be renewed.

⁷ He is not afraid of bad news. His heart remains secure, full of confidence in Jehovah.

⁶ Jehovah gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

²⁵ Do not be afraid of sudden fear or trouble from the wicked when it comes. ²⁶ Jehovah will be your confidence. He will keep your foot from stumbling.

⁷ to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world, ⁸ to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles, ⁹ to carry out the judgment that is written against them. This is an honor that belongs to all his God-like ones. Praise Jehovah!

⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart, and the arrogance and pride produced by the wicked are sin.

³ A prudent man sees evil and takes refuge. The simple (fool) (inexperienced) keep going and suffers.

¹² For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

⁵ »Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.

³⁰ In that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Thick clouds will darken even the light.

¹² »Do not say that everything these people call a conspiracy is a conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear. Do not let it terrify you!

¹ In that day you will say: »I will praise you, O Jehovah. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. ² »Truly God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid. Jehovah… Jehovah is my strength and my song! He has become my salvation.« ³ With joy (gladness) you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

¹⁰ »The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.

¹³ »Therefore I will make the heavens tremble. The earth will shake from its place at the fury of Jehovah of Hosts in the day of his burning anger. ¹⁴ »They will each turn to his own people, and each one escape to his own land just like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep without a shepherd.

² »I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian. Brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

⁴ I said: »Turn away from me. Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.« ⁵ The Lord Jehovah of Hosts has a day of tumult, trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision. It is a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.

¹ Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine. ² Behold, Jehovah has a strong and mighty one (Assyria). He will cast down to the earth with military power. It will be like a destructive thunderstorm with hail and a mighty flood of water. ³ The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.

⁷ These also stagger from wine and reel from beer. Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine. They reel from beer. They stagger when seeing visions. They stumble when rendering decisions.

¹⁷ Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth. ¹⁸ Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will step into a snare. Destruction falls on you from the heavens. The world is shaken beneath you.

²³ Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For Jehovah of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And his glory will be before his elders.

⁸ He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. He will take away the disgrace of His people from the earth. Jehovah has spoken! ⁹ On that day his people will say: »This is our God! We have waited for Him and now He will save us. This is Jehovah. We have waited for Him. Let us rejoice and be glad because He will save us.«

⁸ Jehovah will have a day of vengeance! He will have a year of retribution (recompense) in defense of Zion.

⁶ »Lift up your eyes to the heavens. Look at the earth below. The heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants die like flies (gnats). But my salvation will last forever! My righteousness will never fail.

¹² »I, even I, am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men? The sons of men are like grass! ¹³ »You forget Jehovah your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you live in constant terror of the human oppressor, who is bent on your destruction? Will you fear your enemies from morning until night?

¹⁵ »I am Jehovah your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

⁸ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.«

¹⁰ Israel’s watchmen are blind. They all lack knowledge they are all mute dogs. They cannot bark. They just lie around and dream, they love to sleep. ¹¹ They are dogs with mighty appetites. They never have enough! They are shepherds who lack understanding. They all turn to their own way and each one seeks dishonest (unjust) gain. ¹² »Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.«

¹ »Arise O woman and shine! Your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah beams on you. ² »Darkness now covers the earth! Thick darkness overwhelms the nations. But Jehovah shines for you. His glory appears to you.

¹⁰ Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland. ¹¹ Our holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined.

¹² »I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter! I called but you did not answer. I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.« ¹³ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame! ¹⁴ My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. ¹⁵ You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse. The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name. ¹⁶ Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

¹² This is what Jehovah says: »I will offer you peace like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried in Jerusalem's arms and cuddled on her knees.

¹⁹ »I will set up a sign among them and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Meshech, Rosh, Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands who have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will tell about my glory among the nations.

⁹ Then Jehovah stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Jehovah said to me: »I have put my words in your mouth.

¹⁹ O my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. My heart pounds in side of me. My heart is pounding! I cannot keep quiet because I hear a ram's horn sounding the alarm for war. ²⁰ Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed. The whole land is ruined. My tents are suddenly destroyed. Their curtains are torn in an instant.

²³ I see the earth. It is without form and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone.

¹ Flee for safety people of Benjamin. Run from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow a ram’s horn in Tekoa and raise a signal over Beth-haccerem. Evil looks down from the north. There is great destruction.

¹¹ »Has this house, called by my name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,« declares Jehovah. ¹² »But go to my place in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell from the beginning, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. ¹³ »For the reason that you did all these things,« says Jehovah, »I spoke to you. I rose up early and spoke. But you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer. ¹⁴ »Consider what I will do to the house that is called by my name. It is the house in which you trust. It is the place I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

⁴ »Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily (cunningly), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

² To proclaim the favorable Year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God. To comfort all who mourn,

⁴ »The day of vengeance was in my heart. The year for my reclaiming you has come.

¹⁸ Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.

⁶ »Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you. They join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.

⁸ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Do not let the prophets or the mediums among you trick you. Do not even listen to your own dreams.

⁶ If you continue to disobey I will do to this Temple what I did to Shiloh, and all the nations of the world will use the name of this city as a curse.’«’«

⁹ »Why have you said in Jehovah’s name that this Temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will be destroyed and no one will live in it?’« Then the people crowded around me.

¹⁸ »Years ago when Hezekiah was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth said: ‘Jehovah of Hosts says, »Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the Temple now stands.«’

¹¹ »But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded this land, we said: ‘Let's go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies. That is why we are living in Jerusalem.’«

¹² Jeremiah wanted to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of his property there among the people.

⁶ »Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylon's sin. I am now taking my revenge. I am punishing it as it deserves.

¹ How dark the gold has become! How changed is the best gold! The stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

¹⁰ The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴³ »‘Fear, deep pits, and traps wait for you people of Moab,’ says Jehovah. ⁴⁴ »‘People will run out of fear, but they will fall into the pits. Those who climb out of the pits will be caught in the traps.’ »I will bring the year of punishment to Moab,« says Jehovah.

¹⁵ »Jehovah makes fun of my men of war. He gathers men against me to send destruction on my young men. The virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of Jehovah.

⁶ He violently takes away his tent, as from a garden. And he lays waste his meeting-place. Jehovah has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion. In the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest. ⁷ Jehovah rejected his altar and disowned his holy place. He gave up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses. Their voices have been loud in the house of Jehovah as in the day of a holy meeting. ⁸ It is Jehovah’s purpose to turn the wall of the daughter of Zion into waste. His line has been stretched out. He has not kept back his hand from destruction. He has sent sorrow on tower and wall. They have become feeble together.

¹⁸ The mountain of Zion is a waste. So jackals go there.

²⁰ ‘»Once they were proud of their beautiful jewels, but they used them to make disgusting idols. That is why Jehovah has made their wealth repulsive to them. ²¹ ‘»I will hand it all over as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, and they will defile it. ²² ‘»I will turn my face away from them. They will desecrate my treasured place. Robbers will enter it and desecrate it.

⁷ »‘When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud and the moon will not give its light. ⁸ »‘All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you. And I will set darkness on your land,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah.

¹³ »I saw in the night-visions someone like a SON OF MAN came with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient of Days. They brought him near before him.

¹³ Then I heard a holy one speak and another holy one said to it: »How long will the vision be concerning the continual burnt-offering and the transgression that makes desolate to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled under foot?«

¹ »At that time Michael will stand up. He is the great prince who stands for the children of your people. There will be a time of trouble that has not happened since the beginning of nations. Then your people will be delivered, every one whos name is found written in the book.

⁶ One said to the man clothed in linen, which was above the waters of the river: »How long will it be to the end of these wonders?« ⁷ I heard the man clothed in linen, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever: »It will be for three and one half years; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.« ⁸ I heard but I did not understand. I said: »O my lord, how will this all end?«

¹¹ Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

⁷ The time for them to be punished will come. The time for them to pay for their sins will come. When this happens, Israel will know it. They think that prophets are fools and that spiritual people are crazy. They have sinned a lot, and are filled with hostility.«

³⁰ »I will show wonders in the sky and on the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. ³¹ »The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes!

⁹ »It will happen in that day,« said the Lord Jehovah, »that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. ¹⁰ »I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation (dirges). I will bring sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. I will make it as the mourning for an only son like the end of a bitter day.

²⁴ »Seventy weeks (seventy sets of seven time periods) are decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish transgression and to make an end of sin, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. ²⁵ »Know and discern, that from the utterance of the commandment to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One (Messiah), the Leader: there shall be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again with a public square and moat, even in terrible times. ²⁶ »And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one will be cut off (destroyed) (killed) and shall have nothing. The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be by the flood of war and desolations. ²⁷ »He will make a firm covenant with many for one week (time period of seven). In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offerings to cease. The one that makes desolate will come upon the wing of abominations. At the end that which is decreed will be poured out upon the one lying desolate.«

²⁷ »He will make a firm covenant with many for one week (time period of seven). In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offerings to cease. The one that makes desolate will come upon the wing of abominations. At the end that which is decreed will be poured out upon the one lying desolate.«

¹² It is your fault that Zion will be plowed like a field. Jerusalem will become heaps of ruin, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

⁴ The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge! Your watchmen’s day has come. Your visitation has come. Now you will be perplexed. ⁵ Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion). ⁶ The son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

²¹ »Say to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah: I will shake heaven and earth! ²² »I will overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.«

¹ »Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

¹ »Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. ² »Wail, You fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones are destroyed. Wail you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. ³ »Listen to the wailing of the shepherds! Their glory is destroyed! Listen to the roaring of young lions! The pride of the Jordan is laid waste.«

¹ »Behold! A Day of Jehovah comes, when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. ² »I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city.

² »I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city.

² »I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city. ³ »Then Jehovah will go forth and fight against those nations. It will be just as when he fought in the day of battle. ⁴ »His feet will stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half toward the east and toward the west. There will be a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

¹³ »It will happen! A great tumult (trouble) (disturbance) from Jehovah will fall on them. Everyone of them will lay hold on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor (neighbor will fight against neighbor).

¹¹ »Where ever the sun rises and sets my name will be great among the people of the nations. Incense will be offered to my name everywhere. It will be a pure offering! For my name will be great among the nations,« said Jehovah of Hosts.

² »Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? He is like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap (the lye of laundrymen).

¹ Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: »The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.

²² All this happened so that what God spoke through the prophet came true:

¹⁸ »I solemnly tell you, heaven and earth would pass away before one small letter (detail) will pass away from the Law. All things must be accomplished.

¹⁶ »I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. ¹⁷ »Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places. ¹⁸ »You will be taken before governors and kings for my sake. This will serve as a testimony to them and to the people of the nations. ¹⁹ »When they hand you over, do not worry about what to say and how to say it. You will be given the words to speak at that time.

¹⁹ »When they hand you over, do not worry about what to say and how to say it. You will be given the words to speak at that time. ²⁰ »You will not speak on your own. Your Father’s Spirit will speak through you.

²⁰ »You will not speak on your own. Your Father’s Spirit will speak through you. ²¹ »People will hand over their brothers to be put to death. Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents, causing them to be put to death.

²¹ »People will hand over their brothers to be put to death. Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents, causing them to be put to death. ²² »Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.

²² »Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ »When they persecute you in this city, flee to the next. I tell you; before you have gone through all the cities of Israel the Son of man will come. ²⁴ »A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a servant his master. ²⁵ »It is enough for the disciple (student) that he is like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub (Satan), others of the household could also be called the same!

³⁰ »Even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

²² »He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

² »Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.«

¹⁷ From that time on Jesus preached this message: »Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is near.«

¹¹ »Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

⁴¹ They all said: »He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.«

⁴⁴ »Any man falling on this stone will be broken. Any man having this stone fall on him will be crushed to dust.«

⁶ »The rest violently attacked his servants and put them to death.

³⁴ »Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city. ³⁵ »You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time).

³⁶ »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time).

¹ After Jesus left the temple, his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. ² He said to them: »Do you see these things? I tell you, not one stone will be left upon another. They will all be thrown down.«

² He said to them: »Do you see these things? I tell you, not one stone will be left upon another. They will all be thrown down.« ³ He sat on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to him privately, saying: »Tell us when these things will be? What will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the age?«

³ He sat on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to him privately, saying: »Tell us when these things will be? What will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the age?« ⁴ Jesus answered: »Be careful that no man misleads you.

⁴ Jesus answered: »Be careful that no man misleads you. ⁵ »Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

⁵ »Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ »You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Do not be troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

⁶ »You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Do not be troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁷ »Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many places.

⁷ »Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many places. ⁸ »These things are the beginning of birth pains (Greek: odin': in the throws of pain, such as childbirth).

⁸ »These things are the beginning of birth pains (Greek: odin': in the throws of pain, such as childbirth). ⁹ »People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name’s sake.

⁹ »People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name’s sake.

⁹ »People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name’s sake. ¹⁰ »Many will stumble and betray and hate one another.

¹⁰ »Many will stumble and betray and hate one another. ¹¹ »Many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

¹¹ »Many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. ¹² »Wickedness and lawlessness will increase. The love of many will grow cold. ¹³ »The person who endures to the end will be saved.

¹³ »The person who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ »The good news of the kingdom will be preached in the entire world for a witness to all the nations and then the end will come. ¹⁵ »When you see the disgusting abomination of desolation (unclean thing) spoken about through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads understand),

¹⁵ »When you see the disgusting abomination of desolation (unclean thing) spoken about through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads understand),

¹⁵ »When you see the disgusting abomination of desolation (unclean thing) spoken about through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads understand), ¹⁶ »you in Judea flee to the mountains;

¹⁶ »you in Judea flee to the mountains;

¹⁶ »you in Judea flee to the mountains; ¹⁷ »you on the housetop do not go down to remove the things in your house. ¹⁸ »You in the field do not return to get your clothes. ¹⁹ »You who are pregnant or nursing babies in those days will feel trouble.

¹⁹ »You who are pregnant or nursing babies in those days will feel trouble. ²⁰ »Pray that your flight not be in the winter, neither on a Sabbath. ²¹ »There will be great tribulation. It will be greater than any has ever been from the beginning of the world until now. ²² »Unless those days are shortened, no flesh will be saved. For the sake of the chosen ones (selected individuals), those days will be shortened. ²³ »If someone says, ‘Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘Over there is the Christ,’ do not believe it.

²³ »If someone says, ‘Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘Over there is the Christ,’ do not believe it. ²⁴ »There will be false Christs and false prophets. They will show great signs and wonders so that many will be misled. This includes some of the chosen ones.

²⁴ »There will be false Christs and false prophets. They will show great signs and wonders so that many will be misled. This includes some of the chosen ones. ²⁵ »Remember, I told you before it happens.

²⁵ »Remember, I told you before it happens. ²⁶ »If they say, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ or, ‘He is in the inner chambers,’ do not believe it. ²⁷ »Lightning comes from the east and is seen in the west. The coming of the Son of man is like this. ²⁸ »The eagles will gather at the place of the carcass. ²⁹ »Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁹ »Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁹ »Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ »The sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of earth will mourn. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³⁰ »The sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of earth will mourn. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³⁰ »The sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of earth will mourn. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ »He will send his angels with a great trumpet sound. They will gather together the anointed from the four winds, from one end of the sky (horizon) to the other. ³² »Learn from the illustration of the fig tree. When the branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

³² »Learn from the illustration of the fig tree. When the branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. ³³ »Therefore, when you see all these things, you will know he is near, even at the door.

³³ »Therefore, when you see all these things, you will know he is near, even at the door. ³⁴ »Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that time) will not pass away till all these things take place.

³⁴ »Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that time) will not pass away till all these things take place.

³⁴ »Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that time) will not pass away till all these things take place. ³⁵ »Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

³⁵ »Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

³⁵ »Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ³⁶ »No one knows the day and the hour (the period of time). The angels of heaven do not know. The Son does not know. Only the Father knows! ³⁷ »The presence of the Son of man will be similar to the days of Noah. ³⁸ »It will be like those days before the Flood. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. ³⁹ »They were not aware until the Flood came and took them all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like this.

³⁹ »They were not aware until the Flood came and took them all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like this. ⁴⁰ »Two will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left.

⁴⁰ »Two will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left. ⁴¹ »Two will grind at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left.

⁴¹ »Two will grind at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left. ⁴² »Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come.

⁴² »Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come.

⁴² »Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come. ⁴³ »Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized.

⁴³ »Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized. ⁴⁴ »Be prepared! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not expect it.

⁴⁴ »Be prepared! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not expect it. ⁴⁵ »Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his lord put in charge of his other servants, to give them their food at the proper time?

⁴⁵ »Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his lord put in charge of his other servants, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ »That servant is blessed when his lord comes and finds him doing his will.

⁴⁶ »That servant is blessed when his lord comes and finds him doing his will. ⁴⁷ »I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns.

⁴⁷ »I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns. ⁴⁸ »But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays,

⁴⁸ »But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays, ⁴⁹ »so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.’ And he eats and drinks with drunkards,

⁴⁹ »so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.’ And he eats and drinks with drunkards, ⁵⁰ »the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect it, an hour when he is unaware.

⁵⁰ »the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect it, an hour when he is unaware. ⁵¹ »He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.

¹³ »Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

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

⁶ The chief priests took the silver. They said: »It is not right to put it in the Temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.«

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

¹ The Pharisees and Sadducees tested Jesus by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. ² He said to them, »At nightfall you say the weather will be good, for the sky is red. ³ »And in the morning, the weather will be bad today for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the time. ⁴ »An evil and false generation is searching after a sign. However, no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.« Then he left them.

²⁷ »The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds. ²⁸ »I tell you truly, there are some that stand here who will not experience death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.«

²⁸ »I tell you truly, there are some that stand here who will not experience death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.«

¹ They were near Jerusalem at Bethphage. Jesus sent two disciples to the Mount of Olives.

¹⁷ He left them and went out of the town to Bethany where he stayed for the night.

³⁰ After they sang a song of praise to God, they went to the Mount of Olives.

⁴¹ »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!«

⁵⁵ That very hour Jesus said to the people, »Have you come out to take me with swords and sticks as if I were a thief? You did not take me when I taught in the Temple daily.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him: »You said it yourself. And I say to you, after this you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.«

¹⁹ but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful.

¹¹ »But you say: ‘If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God, ¹² he no longer has to do anything for his father or mother.’ ¹³ »You make the word of God invalid by your tradition.«

¹² The next day they left Bethany. He was hungry.

¹⁹ And every evening he left the city.

⁴¹ He sat down near the collection boxes and observed how the crowd dropped money into the boxes. Many that were rich dropped in much. ⁴² A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites.

⁴² A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites. ⁴³ He told his disciples: »Truly I tell you this poor widow gave more then all the others who gave to the collection box. ⁴⁴ »They all gave out of their surplus. She gave out of her poverty. She gave all that she owned, all her living.«

¹ As he left the temple one of his disciples said to him: »Teacher look at these stones and the great buildings!« ² Jesus said: »See these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another. They will all be thrown down.«

² Jesus said: »See these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another. They will all be thrown down.« ³ He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple. Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately:

³ He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple. Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately: ⁴ »Tell us when will these things be? What will be the sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?«

⁴ »Tell us when will these things be? What will be the sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?« ⁵ Jesus warned them: »Take heed that no man lead you astray.

⁵ Jesus warned them: »Take heed that no man lead you astray. ⁶ »Many will come in my name (Greek: onoma: claiming my authority), saying, I am he; and will lead many astray.

⁶ »Many will come in my name (Greek: onoma: claiming my authority), saying, I am he; and will lead many astray. ⁷ »When you hear of wars and rumors (reports) of wars do not be troubled. These things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

⁷ »When you hear of wars and rumors (reports) of wars do not be troubled. These things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. ⁸ »Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of pain (sorrow) (trouble).

⁸ »Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of pain (sorrow) (trouble).

⁸ »Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of pain (sorrow) (trouble). ⁹ »Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.

⁹ »Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.

⁹ »Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake. ¹⁰ »And the good news must first be preached to all the nations.

¹⁰ »And the good news must first be preached to all the nations. ¹¹ »When they deliver you up to judgment, do not worry before hand what you shall speak. Holy Spirit will give it to you at that time.

¹¹ »When they deliver you up to judgment, do not worry before hand what you shall speak. Holy Spirit will give it to you at that time.

¹¹ »When they deliver you up to judgment, do not worry before hand what you shall speak. Holy Spirit will give it to you at that time. ¹² »Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

¹² »Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

¹² »Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. ¹³ »All men will hate you because of my name. He who endures to the end will be saved.

¹³ »All men will hate you because of my name. He who endures to the end will be saved.

¹³ »All men will hate you because of my name. He who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ »When you see the unclean thing that makes desolation standing where he ought not (let the reader use discernment), then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains.

¹⁴ »When you see the unclean thing that makes desolation standing where he ought not (let the reader use discernment), then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵ »He who is on the housetop should not go down to enter and take anything out his house.

¹⁵ »He who is on the housetop should not go down to enter and take anything out his house. ¹⁶ »He who is in the field should not return to take his clothes. ¹⁷ »Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

¹⁷ »Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸ »Pray that this not be in the winter. ¹⁹ »The tribulation in these days will be greater then there has ever been from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never shall be.

¹⁹ »The tribulation in these days will be greater then there has ever been from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never shall be. ²⁰ »Unless Jehovah shortened the days no flesh would be saved. For the sake of his chosen anointed he will shorten the days.

²⁰ »Unless Jehovah shortened the days no flesh would be saved. For the sake of his chosen anointed he will shorten the days. ²¹ »If any man will say to you here is the Christ or there is the Christ do not believe it.

²¹ »If any man will say to you here is the Christ or there is the Christ do not believe it. ²² »There will arise false Christs and false prophets. They show signs and wonders that will mislead many, even the anointed.

²² »There will arise false Christs and false prophets. They show signs and wonders that will mislead many, even the anointed. ²³ »Be alert for I have told you all things beforehand.

²³ »Be alert for I have told you all things beforehand. ²⁴ »In those days after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light.

²⁴ »In those days after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light. ²⁵ »The stars will fall from heaven and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

²⁵ »The stars will fall from heaven and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ »They will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

²⁶ »They will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ »He will send the angels to gather together his anointed from the four winds, from one end of the earth to the other end of heaven. ²⁸ »Learn the illustration of the fig tree. When her branch is tender and she sprouts leaves you know summer is near.

²⁸ »Learn the illustration of the fig tree. When her branch is tender and she sprouts leaves you know summer is near. ²⁹ »So when you see these things happening you know that he is near, even at the doors.

²⁹ »So when you see these things happening you know that he is near, even at the doors. ³⁰ »Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.

³⁰ »Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.

³⁰ »Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished. ³¹ »Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.

³¹ »Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away. ³² »No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven do not know. The Son of God does not know. Only the Father knows! ³³ »Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time.

³³ »Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time. ³⁴ »It is similar to a man traveling to another country. He leaves his house and gives authority to his servants to do the work. He commands them to watch. ³⁵ »Watch therefore for you do not know when the lord of the house comes. It could be in the evening, at midnight or in the morning (when the cock crows). ³⁶ »He could come suddenly and find you sleeping. ³⁷ »What I say to you I say to all, be on the watch (be vigilant) (stay awake) (be circumspect) (attentive and ready)!«

³⁷ »What I say to you I say to all, be on the watch (be vigilant) (stay awake) (be circumspect) (attentive and ready)!«

⁸ »She did what she could! She anointed my body beforehand for burying. ⁹ »Truly I tell you everywhere the good news is preached through out the whole world, that which this woman has done will be spoken of for a memorial of her.«

³³ It was the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

²⁵ »I tell you truth. There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. There was no rain from heaven three years and six months. There came a great famine over all the land.

²² »Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

²⁷ »I tell you the truth, there are some here who shall not taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.«

⁴¹ The Lord answered: »Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.

⁴⁹ »It is for this reason the wisdom of God said, ‘I send to them prophets and apostles and they will persecute and kill some of them.’ ⁵⁰ »The blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation. ⁵¹ »This includes the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. I tell you it will be required of this generation.

⁷ »Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear. You are worth more than many sparrows.

¹¹ »When you are brought before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about what you will say to answer them. ¹² »Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you should say.«

¹² »Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you should say.«

³⁷ »Those servants are blessed, for the master will find them alert when he comes. I tell you he will tighten his belt, have them sit down at the table, and he will serve them the meal. ³⁸ »Even if he comes in the second watch or the third and he finds the same his servants are blessed. ³⁹ »Know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ »You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not think he will.«

⁴⁰ »You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not think he will.«

⁴⁴ »I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all that he has. ⁴⁵ »If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to excess, ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come when he does not expect. He will come in an hour that he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

⁵¹ »Do you think I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, No, instead division. ⁵² »From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. ⁵³ »They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.«

⁵³ »They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.« ⁵⁴ He said to the crowd: »When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say it will rain and it does. ⁵⁵ »When you see a south wind blowing, you say there will be scorching heat and there is. ⁵⁶ »You hypocrites, you know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven but how is it that you do not know how to interpret this time? ⁵⁷ »Why do you not judge what is right?

⁵⁷ »Why do you not judge what is right?

¹² »The younger one said to him, Father I want my share of the property. He divided his property between his two sons.

³ »So watch how you behave. Admonish your brother to repent when he sins. Forgive him when he repents.

²³ »They will tell you go here or go there, but do not follow them.

³¹ »A man will be on the housetop. He should not go down into the house to take his possessions. He that is in the field should likewise not return to the house. ³² »Remember Lot’s wife! ³³ »He who seeks to gain his life will lose it. He who loses his life will preserve it.

³⁷ They asked him: »Where, Lord?« And he said to them: »Where the body is the eagles will also gather.«

¹ He spoke an illustration to them emphasizing the need to pray and not become tired:

⁷ »Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

¹⁴ »The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit. ¹⁵ »The good ground represents the honest and good-hearted people. They hear the word, hold fast to it and produce forth fruit with patience.«

⁴³ There was a woman having an issue of blood twelve years. She spent all her money on physicians, and could not be healed by any.

²⁷ »Bring my enemies that do not want me to rule over them and kill them in front of me.«

³⁷ He was near the descent of the Mount of Olives. The entire crowd of disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen.

⁴³ »The time is coming when your enemies will surround you and blockade you with a rampart (wall) on all sides. They will close in on you. ⁴⁴ »They will knock you and your children down to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What’s more you do not know when this visit will take place.« ⁴⁵ Jesus entered the temple and drove out the merchants. ⁴⁶ He said: »It is written my house shall be a house of prayer. You have made it a den of robbers.« ⁴⁷ Everyday he taught in the temple. The chief priests, scribes and other important men of the people looked for ways to destroy him. ⁴⁸ They could not find a way for the people listened to every thing he said.

³⁵ »Those accounted worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

⁷ They asked him: »Teacher, when would these things take place? What will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?« ⁸ He said: »Take heed that you are not led astray. Many will come in my name, saying, I am he but the time is not at hand. Do not follow them.

¹⁸ »Yet not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ »You will gain your lives because of your endurance. ²⁰ »When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies you will know that desolation is near. ²¹ »Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her leave. And let no one from the country enter.

²⁵ »There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves. ²⁶ »Men will faint out of fear for expectation of the things coming on the world. The powers of the heavens shall be shaken. ²⁷ »Then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²⁷ »Then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ »When these things begin to happen lift up your heads because your redemption draws near.«

²⁸ »When these things begin to happen lift up your heads because your redemption draws near.«

³² »Truly I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things are accomplished.

³⁹ He went to the Mount of Olives as was his custom and the disciples also followed him.

⁴⁵ He opened their minds that they might understand the scriptures.

²⁰ The Jews responded: »It took forty-six years to build this temple and you will raise it up in three days?«

²⁹ »The days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren those without children and the breasts that never nursed.

⁴³ »I came in my Father’s name and you did not receive me. If another came in his own name you would receive him.

⁷ »The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.

¹ (John 8:1-11 is not found in early manuscripts.) ² []

²⁰ He spoke these words at the treasury as he taught in the temple. No one tried to arrest him because his hour had not yet arrived.

²⁴ »I said to you that you would die in your sins. Unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins!«

¹⁹ »If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world. ²⁰ »Remember the word I said to you. A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours also. ²¹ »They will do all these things to you for my name’s sake. It is because they do not know the one that sent me.

² »They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God. ³ »But they do these things because they do not know the Father or me.

¹ Six days before the Passover Jesus traveled to Bethany. This was where Lazarus lived. He was the man Jesus raised from the dead.

¹⁴ »I gave them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

²¹ Seeing this Peter said to Jesus: Lord, what shall this man do? ²² Jesus said: »If it is my will that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.«

⁶ When they met they asked him: »Lord will you restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?« ⁷ He replied: »It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set within His own authority.

⁹ When he said these things, while they watched, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. ¹⁰ They gazed intently into the sky as he went into heaven. Two men wearing white stood beside them. ¹¹ They said: »You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven will come in a similar manner as you saw him go into heaven.« ¹² Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

⁴ They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak with different tongues, as the Spirit moved them to speak.

¹⁹ »I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

¹⁹ »I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. ²⁰ »The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable (awesome) Day of Jehovah arrives. (Joel 2:31)

⁴⁴ All those who believed stayed together. They held all things in common. ⁴⁵ They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all men, as every man had need.

³ They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day for it was already evening. ⁴ Many who heard the word believed. There were about five thousand men. ⁵ The next morning their rulers, elders, scribes, ⁶ Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. ⁷ They stood them in their presence and asked: »By what power or by what name do you do this?« ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said: »You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, ⁹ »If we are on trial for a good deed done to a sick man, concerning how this man was made well; ¹⁰ »Let it be known to you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you impaled and whom God raised from the dead, even by him this man stands before you healed. ¹¹ »This is the stone that was rejected by you builders. It became the chief corner stone. ¹² »There is no salvation in anyone else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.« ¹³ They observed the confidence of Peter and John. Yet they thought they were uneducated (not formally educated) and ordinary men. They were amazed and recognized them as having been with Jesus.

²⁷ Truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the people of the nations and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you have anointed.

³¹ When they prayed, the place where they assembled together was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. ³² The congregation that believed was of one heart and mind. No one claimed his or her own possessions for everything was common property. ³³ The apostles witnessed about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power. Grace (God’s loving kindness) was upon them all. ³⁴ There was no needy person among them for as many as possessed land or houses sold them, and brought the money from the things that were sold.

⁵⁷ Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord. ⁵⁸ They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet. His name was Saul. ⁵⁹ They stoned Stephen. He called out: »Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!«

⁵⁹ They stoned Stephen. He called out: »Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!« ⁶⁰ He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: »Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them.« After saying this he fell asleep in death.

³ Saul ravaged the congregation. He entered every house and dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

⁹ A certain man called Simon was in the same city. He used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, telling everyone that he was great. ¹⁰ They all listened to him, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man has great power from God.

⁴ He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: »Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?«

¹⁶ »I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name.«

² He was a devout man who respected God with his entire household. He gave many gifts of mercy to the people and prayed to God always.

¹⁷ Then the high priest rose up, and all those of the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with zeal (indignation). ¹⁸ They captured the apostles and put them in the common prison. ¹⁹ During the night God’s angel opened the prison doors, brought them out and said:

³⁶ »Sometime ago Theudas claimed to be somebody. About four hundred men joined and obeyed him. He was killed and they finally dispersed. ³⁷ »After this man Judas of Galilee rose in the days of the taxing, and drew away many people after him. He also perished and all who obeyed him dispersed.

⁴⁰ They agreed with him and called the apostles. They beat them and commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.

¹⁰ They were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.

¹² They stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and pursued him. They caught him and brought him to the council. ¹³ They brought false witnesses, which said: »This man will not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

¹³ They brought false witnesses, which said: »This man will not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. ¹⁴ »We heard him say: ‘This Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.’«

¹⁴ »We heard him say: ‘This Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.’« ¹⁵ All who sat in the council looked intently at him and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

³⁴ Peter opened his mouth, and said, »I truly perceive that God shows no partiality.

²⁸ One of them was named Agabus. He indicated through the Spirit that a great famine was about to come on the entire earth. He said it would come to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

²² The crowd rose up against them. The magistrates ripped their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods. ²³ After they were severely beaten, they threw them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safe. ²⁴ Receiving this command he threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God at midnight. The prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶ Suddenly there was a massive earthquake. It was so great the foundations of the prison-house were shaken. All the doors were opened and everyone’s bands came off.

²⁶ »From one person he made every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth. He determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation.

³⁰ The entire city was aroused, and the people ran together from all directions. They laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the Temple. Immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ They were seeking to kill him when tidings came to the military commander of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

³⁰ The commander wanted to find out for sure what the Jews were accusing Paul of. The next day he had Paul’s chains taken off and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council to meet. Then he took Paul and made him stand before them.

¹¹ »If I am a wrongdoer, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if charges brought against me by the Jews are not true no man has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.« ¹² Then Festus conferred with his council and answered: »Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.«

²² Then Agrippa said to Festus: »I would also hear the man myself.« Festus replied: »Tomorrow, you will hear him.« ²³ The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived with great elegance. They entered the place of hearing with the commanders and important men of the city. Festus gave the order for Paul to be brought in. ²⁴ Festus said, »King Agrippa and all men who are present with us, you see this man, about whom all the crowds of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he should not live any longer. ²⁵ »I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death. He has appealed to Augustus and I have determined to send him.

² »I would be happy, King Agrippa, to answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which the Jews accuse me. ³ »I know you are an expert in all customs and controversy among the Jews. Therefore I urge you to hear me patiently. ⁴ »All the Jews know the way I first lived as a youth among my own nation at Jerusalem. ⁵ »They knew me from the beginning. They could testify that I was from the strictest sect of our religion and I lived as a Pharisee. ⁶ »Now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. ⁷ »Our twelve tribes served God day and night with the promise and hope of what was to come. It is because of this hope that the Jews accuse me, King Agrippa. ⁸ »Why should it be an incredible thought to you that God should raise the dead? ⁹ »I was convinced that I should oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ¹⁰ »That I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the holy ones in prison. I received authority from the chief priests and gave the command to put them to death. ¹¹ »I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities.

²⁸ Then Agrippa said to Paul: »In a short time you would persuade (convince) me to become a Christian.«

¹ At that time Herod the king mistreated those of the congregation. ² He killed James the brother of John with a sword.

² He killed James the brother of John with a sword. ³ He saw that it pleased the Jews so he captured Peter also. This happened during the feast of unleavened bread. ⁴ When he apprehended him, he put him in prison. He turned him over to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him. After Passover he would be presented to the people.

¹ After five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders. They brought an orator, Tertullus, who made a statement to the governor against Paul. ² Tertullus presented his case: ³ »We have seen peace under your rule. Excellent accomplishments have come to this nation due to your forethought. We acknowledge this with profound gratitude, most excellent Felix. ⁴ »That I not hinder you more, I request that you to hear us briefly in fairness. ⁵ »We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ⁶ »He even tried to desecrate the temple. So we captured him according to our law. ⁷ »But the Roman commander Lysias came to us with the use of force and snatched him from our hands. ⁸ »He commanded his accusers to come to you. Examine him yourself and you will learn the truth about these charges we bring against him.« ⁹ The Jews also joined in accusing him, saying that these things were true.

²⁵ He reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered: »Go your way for now. When I have time I will send for you.«

¹ Three days after arriving in the province Festus ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² The high priest and Jewish leaders brought charges against Paul.

³⁴ »I encourage you to take some food for this is for your safety. Not a hair will perish from the head of any of you.«

⁵ Thanks to your stubborn and unrepentant heart, you store up wrath for yourself, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

⁷ [He offers] everlasting life for those who search for incorruptible glory and honor by enduring in good works.

¹⁹ For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation (revelation) (disclosure) of the sons of God.

²³ We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.

²⁵ If we hope for what we do not see, do we have patience to wait for it?

²⁵ I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, lest you should be wise in your own conceits (estimation). Blindness has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations comes in.

³ Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance.

¹¹ You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers. ¹² The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.

⁴ The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction, that we through endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.

¹¹ I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

⁵ We do not preach about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord. We are your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹¹ For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.

² Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity. ³ For according to their ability, I bear witness, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord.

¹³ Be alert (be watchful) and stand fast (be vigilant) (persevere) in the faith, carry on as men (be courageous), be strong. (Ps 31:24)

¹² For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.

⁶ He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will reap bountifully. ⁷ Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder for even Satan fashions himself into an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects,

¹⁴ The Holy Spirit is a guarantee that we will receive our inheritance. This assures us that God will set us free to the praise of his glory.

³⁰ Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which (Greek: en hos) (in which) (Greek: hos, he ho) (whereby) (which) you were sealed to the day of release by ransom.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong.

¹³ For that reason, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand firm therefore and gird your loins with truth. Put on the breastplate of righteousness.

¹⁸ With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones. ¹⁹ Pray on my behalf, that ability to speak may be given to me, to make known with boldness the secret of the good news.

¹⁹ Pray on my behalf, that ability to speak may be given to me, to make known with boldness the secret of the good news.

¹² I would have you know, brothers that the things that happened to me turned out for the greater progress of the good news.

²⁸ Do not be frightened by opponents. This is evidence of destruction for them and salvation for you from God. ²⁹ It has been granted to you in behalf of Christ. Not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf.

² Continue steadfastly in prayer, being vigilant with thanksgiving. ³ Pray also for us that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned. ⁴ Let me make it known, as I ought to speak.

³ We continually remember your work of faith, labor of love, and patience, and your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

¹⁵ They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men. ¹⁶ They hindered us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved. The result was that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

¹⁶ They hindered us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved. The result was that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

³ We do not want anyone to be discouraged by these troubles. You know we were bound to suffer persecution. ⁴ When we were with you, we told you that we would suffer tribulation and affliction. It happened, as you know.

² For you know perfectly that the »Day of Jehovah« will come like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14) ³ When they say, »Peace and security!« then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape. ⁴ You do not live in the dark. That day should not overtake you by surprise as a thief would. ⁵ You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness. ⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober. ⁷ They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are drunk in the night. ⁸ Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love; and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.

⁵ All of this proves that God’s judgment is just, and as a result, you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.

⁵ All of this proves that God’s judgment is just, and as a result, you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. ⁶ It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.

³ Do not let anyone deceive you about this in any way. That day will not come unless apostasy (a falling away from truth) takes place first, and the man of lawlessness (sin), the man of destruction, is revealed. (2 Timothy 4:3)

⁹ The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders. ¹⁰ He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹ So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false.

¹³ But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

⁵ Be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist (preacher of the good news), and fulfill your ministry.

⁵ May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience (steadfastness) of Christ.

¹⁶ At first no one defended me. They all abandoned me. May it not be counted against them. ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the people of the nations might hear. I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion (Satan the Devil) (great danger) (1 Peter 5:8) (Psalm 22:21) (1 Thessalonians 2:18).

¹¹ We desire that every one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope down to the end.

¹⁵ After waiting patiently, Abraham received the promise.

¹² He went once and forever into the Most Holy Place having eternal salvation. It is not with the blood of goats and young bulls, but with his blood. ¹³ The blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes from the burning of a young cow, sprinkled on the unclean made them outwardly clean. ¹⁴ The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God. ¹⁵ For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant. A death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant. Those called may receive the promise of everlasting inheritance. ¹⁶ A will is used for a person who is dead. It becomes effective only when the person dies. ¹⁷ A will is in force after a person dies. Otherwise it is not in effect at all while the one who provided it lives.

²⁶ If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins.

²⁶ If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins. ²⁷ But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God’s enemies.

²⁷ But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God’s enemies. ²⁸ He that despised Moses’ Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. ²⁹ What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be! ³⁰ We know who said: »Vengeance is mine; I will repay«; and who also said, »Jehovah will judge his people.« (Deuteronomy 32:35) ³¹ It is a dreadful (terrible) thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³⁶ You need to persevere in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises. ³⁷ »In just a little while, he who is coming will come. He will not delay!«

¹⁵ See that no one misses the grace of God; that no bitter root spring up to cause trouble and defile many.

²⁷ The words »once more« plainly show that the created things will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.

¹⁶ Do not forget (neglect) to do good and to communicate (fellowship) (share), for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

³ Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God. He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

⁷ Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains. ⁸ You also be patient. Make your hearts firm, for the coming of the Lord is near. ⁹ Do not complain (utter a deep sigh) against one another, that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door.

⁹ Do not complain (utter a deep sigh) against one another, that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door. ¹⁰ Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by the prophets who spoke in the name of God. ¹¹ As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

²⁵ But the word of our God abides forever. This is the word of good tidings that was preached to you.

¹³ Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it is to the king,

⁹ Jehovah knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to preserve the unrighteous for the Day of Judgment. (Psalm 34:19) (Matthew 25:46)

⁷ According to the same word, the heavens that now are, and the earth, are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

⁷ According to the same word, the heavens that now are, and the earth, are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of ungodly men. ⁸ Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (Psalm 90:1, 4) ⁹ Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness. He is longsuffering (patient) toward you. He does not wish that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. ¹⁰ The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)

¹⁰ The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)

¹⁰ The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14) ¹¹ Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved (destroyed), what manner of persons should you be in all holy living and godliness?

¹¹ Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved (destroyed), what manner of persons should you be in all holy living and godliness? ¹² Look for and earnestly desire the coming presence of the »Day of Jehovah.« (Zephaniah 1:14) The heavens being on fire will be dissolved (destroyed), and the elements will melt with intense heat!

¹² Look for and earnestly desire the coming presence of the »Day of Jehovah.« (Zephaniah 1:14) The heavens being on fire will be dissolved (destroyed), and the elements will melt with intense heat! ¹³ We look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. This is according to his promise. ¹⁴ Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

¹⁴ Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

³ You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods). ⁴ They think it strange that you do not run with them in wild and reckless living and they speak evil about you. ⁵ They will give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ The good news was preached for this purpose even to the dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but may live according to God in the spirit. ⁷ The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

⁷ The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

¹² Beloved ones do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, for it comes upon you like a test, as though some strange thing were happening to you. ¹³ As much as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. ¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

¹⁷ For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

²⁸ Now, my little children dwell (Greek: meno: stay, dwell, be present) with him. If he shall be made known we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming (presence) (being near).

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

²⁴ Now to him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish with exceeding joy.

³ Happy is he who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and obey the things written in it: for the time is near.

⁷ Behold, he comes with the clouds. Every eye will see him, and those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn over him. So it will be, Amen.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

² »'I know your works, and your labor, and your patience. I also know how you cannot tolerate those who are evil. You tested those who say they are apostles. They are not apostles. You found them to be liars. ³ »'You have endured and are patient. You suffer for my name's sake and have not grown weary.

³ »'You have endured and are patient. You suffer for my name's sake and have not grown weary.

¹⁰ »'Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil (false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹³ »'I know where you live and where the throne of Satan is. You cling to my name and have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

³ »'Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.

¹⁰ »'Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

² I saw a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him and he conquered. ³ When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say: »Come!« ⁴ Another horse that was red went out: and power was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth. He was given a great sword so that men could kill one another. ⁵ When he opened the third seal I heard the third beast say: »Come!« I saw a black horse; and he who sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say: »A measure (quart: U.S. dry). of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see that you do not hurt the oil and the wine.« ⁷ When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say: »Come!« ⁸ I looked, and there was a pale horse. The name of the one who sat on him was Death. The grave followed him. Power was given to them over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with pestilence, and with the beasts of the earth. ⁹ When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of God, and for the witness they gave.

⁹ When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of God, and for the witness they gave. ¹⁰ They cried with a loud voice, saying: »How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?« ¹¹ Each of them was given a white robe. They were told that they should rest for a little while. [They were to wait] until the [number] of their fellow servants and their brothers, who would be killed, as they were, should be fulfilled. ¹² When he opened the sixth seal I saw a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became like blood.

¹² When he opened the sixth seal I saw a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became like blood. ¹³ The stars of the sky fell to the earth, even as a fig tree drops her unripe figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind. ¹⁴ The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled together. Every mountain and island was moved from their places.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

¹¹ They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.

¹⁰ He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. This requires the patience and the faith of the holy ones.

¹² »This requires patience and endurance for the holy ones, those who obey the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.«

¹⁴ I saw a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

¹⁵ »Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and they see his shame.«

⁴ I heard another voice from heaven, say: »Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues!

¹¹ I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it. From before him the earth and heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.

⁷ For many deceivers have gone into the world. They do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

² »Do not measure the court outside the temple for it is given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.