Luke 7 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Now when he had finished all these his sayings in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum, ² where a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to his master, was sick and at the point of death. ³ And the centurion, having heard of Jesus, had sent to him the elders of the Jews with a request that he would come and cure his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pressed him earnestly, saying, He is worthy of this favour; ⁵ for he loveth our nation, and it was he who built the synagogue for us. ⁶ So Jesus went with them. But when he was now at no great distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Sir, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: ⁷ and for that reason I did not think myself worthy to come to thee. Say but a word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸ For even I, who am a man subject to authority, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go; and he goeth: and to another, Come; and he cometh: and to my slave, Do this; and he doeth it. ⁹ When Jesus heard this, he admired him; and turning to the multitude that followed him, he said, I say to you, I have not found such an instance of faith even in Israel. ¹⁰ And when they, who had been sent, returned to the house, they found the servant well who had been sick. ¹¹ And on the day following, he went to a city called Nain, accompanied by many of his disciples, and a great crowd. ¹² And as he approached the gate of the city, behold the people were carrying out a dead man to be buried; the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And there was a great multitude of the city with her. ¹³ And when the Lord beheld her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not. ¹⁴ Then he advanced and touched the bier, [now the bearers had stopped] and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Arise. ¹⁵ Thereupon he who had been dead, sat up and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. ¹⁶ And a dread fell upon all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is risen up among us, and God hath visited his people. ¹⁷ And his fame spread through all Judea and through all the neighbouring country. ¹⁸ When John was informed by his disciples of all these things, ¹⁹ he called two of them and sent them to Jesus, saying, Thou art the one coming: may we expect another? ²⁰ And when the men came to him, they said, John the baptist hath sent us to thee saying, Thou art the one coming: may we expect another? ²¹ Now at that very time he was curing many of diseases, and maladies, and evil spirits, and graciously bestowing sight to many who were blind. ²² And Jesus answering, said to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see; the lame walk; lepers are cleansed; deaf hear; dead are raised to life, and the poor have glad tidings proclaimed to them. ²³ And happy is he who shall not be stumbled at me. ²⁴ And when John's messengers were gone, he took occasion to say to the people respecting John, What went ye out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed with soft raiment? Behold they who are splendidly dressed, and who live luxuriously, are to be found in royal palaces. ²⁶ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and something more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written, "Behold I send my messenger before thee, who shall prepare thy way for thee." ²⁸ For I say to you, Among those who are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the baptist, but the least in the kingdom of God is a greater than he. ²⁹ All the people indeed, even the publicans, when they heard, justified God by submitting to the baptism of John; ³⁰ but the Pharisees and the teachers of the law made null, with regard to themselves, the counsel of God, by not submitting to be baptized by him; ³¹ therefore the Lord said, To what shall I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like? ³² They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and say, We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced: we have sung for you songs of woe, and you have not wept. ³³ For John the baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He hath a demon. ³⁴ The son of man came eating and drinking; and you say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine bibber; a friend of publicans and sinners. ³⁵ But wisdom is justified by all her children. ³⁶ When one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he had gone to the Pharisee's house and placed himself at table, ³⁷ behold a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, took an alabaster bottle of myrrh, ³⁸ and standing behind, at his feet, weeping, she first bathed his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the tresses of her hair. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the myrrh. ³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said within himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know what sort of a woman this is, who toucheth him; that she is a sinner. ⁴⁰ Thereupon Jesus addressing him, said; Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he saith, Teacher, say it. ⁴¹ A certain creditor had two debtors. The one owed him five hundred deniars; and the other fifty. ⁴² And as they had not wherewithal to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, said he, will love him most? ⁴³ To which Simon replied, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave most. Jesus said to him, Thou hast judged rightly. ⁴⁴ Then turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, Thou seest this woman? I came to thy house: Thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she with her tears hath washed my feet, and wiped them with the hairs of her head: ⁴⁵ Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since I came in, hath not ceased kissing my feet. ⁴⁶ My head thou didst not anoint with oil: but she hath anointed my feet with myrrh. ⁴⁷ For what reason? I tell thee. Her sins which are many, are forgiven her; therefore her love is great. But he to whom little is forgiven, hath little love. ⁴⁸ Then he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹ Upon this, they who were at table with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins? ⁵⁰ Thereupon he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee, Go in peace.

¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman; and between thy seed and her seed. He will wound thy head, and thou wilt wound his heel."

⁴ Let water, I pray thee, be brought and let your feet be washed; and refresh yourselves under this tree;

² and said, I intreat you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and rising early in the morning, you may proceed on your journey. And they said, No, we will lodge in the street.

² And he said, Take thy son, thy dear son whom thou hast loved; Isaak; and go to the hilly country and offer him up there for a whole homage offering on one of the hills which I will point out to thee.

¹² And he said, Lay not thy hand on the lad, nor do any thing to him; for now I know that thou fearest God and on my account hast not spared thy darling son.

¹⁸ and by the seed of thee all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

² And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his family and who was ruler over all that he had, Put thy hand under my thigh, ³ and let me cause thee to swear by the Lord the God of heaven and the God of earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son Isaak, of the daughters of the Chananites among whom I dwell; ⁴ but that thou wilt go to the land where I was born, and to my tribe and take thence a wife for my son Isaak. ⁵ And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come with me to this land; shall I take back thy son to the land from which thou earnest? ⁶ Whereupon Abraham said to him, Beware that thou take not back my son thither. ⁷ The Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my nativity; who spoke to me, and who sware to me saying, "To thee I will give this land and to thy seed;" he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son. ⁸ But if the woman will not come with thee into this land, thou shalt be absolved from this my oath, save that thou must not take my son back thither. ⁹ Then the servant put his hand under his master Abraham's thigh, and swore to him respecting this matter. ¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master; and of all the goods of his master which were in his charge, and arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor. ¹¹ And he made his camels lie down without the city, by the well of water, in the evening, when the women come out to draw water; ¹² and said, Lord the God of my master Abraham, prosper the way before me this day; and shew thy kindness to my master Abraham. ¹³ Behold I stand by this well of water and the daughters of the inhabitants of the city will come out to draw water. ¹⁴ Now let the virgin to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher that I may drink; and who shall say, Drink thou, and I will give water also to thy camels till they have all done drinking; let her be the woman whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaak. And by this I shall know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraham.

²⁷ and said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his kindness and his truth from my master. The Lord hath indeed given me a prosperous journey to the house of my master's brother.

³⁵ The Lord indeed hath blessed my master exceedingly, so that he is be 35 come great. He hath given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, men servants and maid servants, camels and asses. ³⁶ And Sarah, the wife of my master, hath born one son to my master when he was old, and he hath given him all that belonged to him. ³⁷ And my master made me sware saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son from among the daughters of the Chananites in whose land I sojourn; ³⁸ but thou shalt go to the house of my father and to my tribe and take thence a wife for my son. ³⁹ Whereupon I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not come with me. ⁴⁰ And he said to me, The Lord God, to whom I have been well pleasing in his sight, will send his angel with thee, and make thy journey prosperous, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from my tribe and from my father's house. ⁴¹ On this condition only thou shalt be absolved from my curse; when thou hast gone to my tribe, if they will not give thee, then shalt thou be clear from my oath. ⁴² Now, when I came to day to the well, I said, Lord the God of my master Abraham, if thou prosperest the journey in which I am now engaged, ⁴³ Behold I have stopped at this well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water, Let the virgin to whom I shall say, Let me drink a little water out of thy pitcher; ⁴⁴ and who shall say to me, Drink thou, and I will draw water for thy camels; Let her be the wife whom the Lord hath provided for his servant Isaak; and by this I shall know that thon hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraham. ⁴⁵ And before I had finished this my address in thought, straightway Rebekka came with the pitcher on her shoulder and went down to the well and drew water, and I said to her, Let me drink. ⁴⁶ Upon which she speedily let down the pitcher on Her arm, and said, Drink thou, and I will water thy camels. So I drank. And when she had watered the camels, ⁴⁷ I asked her saying, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me. And she said, I am the daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. Then I put the ear rings on her and the bracelets on her hands, ⁴⁸ and being well pleased, I worshipped the Lord and blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who had prospered me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son. ⁴⁹ Now therefore, if you deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me; that I may turn either to the right or left.

¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and raising his voice he wept

¹⁰ let me be satisfied with all the kindness and with all the truth which thou hast shewn to thy servant. For with this staff of mine I crossed the Jordan, but now I am become two camps.

⁴ And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell upon his neck and kissed him and they both wept.

⁸ And Debbora the nurse of Rebekka died and was buried under the Oak below Baithel. So Jacob called its name Oak of mourning.

⁴ So Joseph found favour in the sight of his master; and he was pleased with him and set him over his household and committed all that he had to Joseph's charge. ⁵ And after he had made him overseer of his household, and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and there was a blessing of the Lord on all his substance, in his house and in his field. ⁶ So he left to Joseph's management all that he had, and knew not any thing he had save the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was a comely person an of a very beautiful countenance,

²⁴ and brought them water to wash their feet and gave provender to their asses.

⁴ In the excess of thy insolence, Thou shouldst not have burst forth like water. For thou wentest up to thy father's bed, Then thou pollutedst the couch to which thou wentest up.

¹⁰ A chief shall not fail from Judas. Nor a leader from his loins; Till the things reserved for him shall come; Even He, the expectation of nations.

²⁶ and said, If thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and do the things well pleasing in his sight, and hearken to his commandments, and keep all these his rules of rectitude, I will not bring upon thee any of the diseases which I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord thy God who healeth thee.

⁶ And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed, The Lord, the God compassionate and merciful, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, ⁷ keeping kindness and mercy for thousands, taking away transgressions, iniquities and sins, will by no means clear the guilty, when he bringeth the transgressions of fathers on children and children s children to the third and fourth generation.

³ Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the congregation which conspired against the Lord, in the assembly of Kore. Because he died for his own sin, and had no sons,

¹⁵ The Lord thy God will raise up for thee, from among thy brethren, a prophet like me; to him you shall hearken. ¹⁶ According to all that thou didst request of the Lord thy God at Choreb, in the day of the solemn assembly, when you said, Let us no more hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and let us no more behold this great fire, lest we die, ¹⁷ the Lord then said to me, They have spoken right in all that they have said to thee: ¹⁸ I will raise up for them, from among their brethren, a prophet like thee, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them as I command him:

³⁹ See! See! that I am the Self existent, And that there is no Clod besides me; I kill, and I can cause to live, I can smite and I can heal, And none can rescue out of my hand:

¹ Now Joshua son of Nave had sent from Sat tin two young men to spy, saying, Go up, and take a view of the land, and particularly of Jericho. And the two young men, having set out, entered Jericho, and went to the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

⁷ Whereupon Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, have been under my table, gathering up the offals thereof; therefore as I have done, so hath God requited me: And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

⁴ And when the messenger of the Lord had spoken these words to all the children of Israel, the people wept aloud. ⁵ So they called the name of that place, Wailing, and there they sacrificed to the Lord.

¹⁶ And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord alone. Whereupon his heart relented at the distress of Israel.

²¹ So he took him to his house, and provided a place for the asses. And when they had washed their feet, they ate and drank.

³ This very night therefore thou shalt wash, and anoint thyself, and put on thy raiment, and go up to the threshing floor. But make not thyself known to the man till he hath done eating and drinking.

⁶ The Lord killeth, and giveth life; He bringeth down to the grave, and raiseth up.

⁴¹ she arose, and bowed down to the ground on her face, and said, Behold thy servant is ready to be a house maid to wash the feet of thy servants.

² he sent to Thekoe, and brought thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign thyself, I pray thee, to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be like a woman mourning for one who hath been long dead:

⁷ And behold the whole family is risen up against thy servant, and say, Deliver up him who smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath slain; for we will cut him off though he be your heir. Thus will they quench my coal, which is left, so that there will not be left to my husband a remnant, or a name, on the face of the earth.

⁵ And when any man came to make obeisance to him, he stretched forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

³⁵ I am now eighty years of age. Can I distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant any more relish what I eat or drink? Or can I any more hear the voice of singing men or singing women? Why then should thy servant be a burthen to my lord the king?

³⁹ Now all the people had crossed the Jordan, and when the king had crossed, he kissed Berzelli, and bade him farewell, and he returned to his place;

¹ When Chiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the room of his father David, because Chiram continued to love David all his days,

³⁷ If there be famine, if there be pestilence [for such things will be] if there be blasting, locust, mildew; or if their enemy afflict them in any of their cities, in every occurrence, in every distress,

⁵ and his provisions, and the order in which his servants sat at table, and in which the attendants stood; and his dress, and his cup bearers, and his whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was struck with surprise,

⁹ Arise and go to Sarepta of Sidonia. Behold I have ordered a widow woman there to sustain thee.

¹² Whereupon the woman said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake baked and only about a handful of barley meal in the jar and a little oil in the vessel; and behold I was picking up a few sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my children, that we may eat and die.

¹⁸ Upon which she said to Elias, What hast thou to do with me, man of God? Art thou come to me to bring my sins into remembrance and cause my son to die?

²¹ And when he had breathed on the child three times and called on the Lord, he said, Lord, my God, I beseech thee let this child's life be restored to him.

²³ Then Elias brought it down from the upper chamber, and delivering him to his mother, said, See, thy son liveth.

²³ Then Elias brought it down from the upper chamber, and delivering him to his mother, said, See, thy son liveth. ²⁴ Whereupon the woman said, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true.

⁸ And they said to him, He was a hairy man, girt about the loins with a leathern girdle. Upon which he said, This is Elias the Thesbite.

¹⁶ Elisha said to her, This time twelve month, about this very hour thou alive and well hast embraced a son. To which she replied, Nay, my lord, do not deceive thy handmaid.

²⁰ So he carried him to his mother, and he lay on her lap till noon and died.

³² And when Elisha came to the house, behold the child was dead and laid upon his bed. ³³ Then Elisha went into the house and shut the door upon them two; and having prayed to the Lord ³⁴ he went up and lay down upon the child and put his mouth on the child's mouth, and his eyes on its eyes, and his hands on its hands, and bent himself down upon it; and the flesh of the child was warmed. ³⁵ Then he withdrew, and when he had walked backward and forward in the house, he went up and bent himself upon the child seven times, and the child opened its eyes. ³⁶ Whereupon Elisha called Giezi and said, Call the Somanite. So he called her. And when she came to him, Elisha said, Take up thy son. ³⁷ Thereupon she came and fell at his feet, and having made obeisance to him by bowing to the ground she took up her son and went out.

² Now the light armed bands had gone from Syria and brought away captive out of the land of Israel, a little girl and she waited on Naiman's wife. ³ And she said to her mistress, that my master were before the prophet of God who is in Samaria: Then would he cure him of his leprosy.

²⁰ Now when he had gone a little way from him, Giezi the servant of Elisha said, Behold my master hath spared Naiman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hand what he brought. As the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and receive something from him.

²¹ and it happened that while they were burying a man, behold they saw the band; upon which they threw the man into Elisha's tomb, and when he sunk down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

³ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, the gold and silver which I kept for myself, behold this I have given for the house of my God, over and above what I provided for the house of the Holies; ⁴ three thousand talents of the gold of Souphir, and seven thousand talents of pure silver, for overlaying therewith the walls of the sanctuary, ⁵ the gold for that to be done with gold, and the silver for that to be done with silver, and for every work to be made by the hand of artists. Now let every one who is so inclined fill his hands this day for the Lord. ⁶ Thereupon the chiefs of families, and the chiefs of the sons of Israel, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's works and his builders, were liberally disposed, ⁷ and gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents and ten thousand pieces of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And they who had precious stones gave them for the treasures of the house of the Lord which were under the care of Jeiel the Gersonite. ⁹ And the people were rejoiced at this readiness, for with a per 10 feet heart they gave liberally to the Lord. And David the king was exceedingly rejoiced,

¹¹ To this Chiram king of Tyre replied in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. ¹² Moreover Chiram said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who made the heaven and the earth, who hath given king David, a wise son endued with knowledge and understanding, to build a house for the Lord and a house for his kingdom.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers who thus put it in the king's heart to glorify the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, ²⁸ and who gave me favour in the eyes of the king and his counsellors, and of all the officers of the king who were high in office. As for me, I strengthened myself, as the good hand of God was upon me, and assembled from among Israel chiefs to go up with me.

¹ Now when Esdras had prayed and made publick confession, weeping and praying before the house of God, there assembled to him a very great congregation, men, women and youths. Because the people wept and made loud lamentation,

³ in the third year of his reign, he made an entertainment for his friends, both for other nations, and for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and for the governors.

¹¹ to bring the queen to him to proclaim her queen, and crown her with a diadem, and shew her to the chiefs, and her beauty to the nations; for she was beautiful.

² But when he came to the king's gate, he stopped; for it was not lawful for him to enter the court in sackcloth and ashes.

¹ And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the king's palace over against the king's house, when the king was sitting on his royal throne, in the royal house, over against the gate.

¹⁵ Mordecai went forth, arrayed in a royal robe, wearing a crown of gold and a turban of purple cotton. And upon seeing him the inhabitants of Susoi rejoiced.

¹² and man when composed in the grave cannot rise again; until the heaven be folded up; they shall not be awakened from their sleep.

¹⁴ [for though a man die he may be revived, after finishing the days of this life of his,] I would wait patiently, until I come again into existence.

¹³ The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me: and the mouth of the widow blessed me.

¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

⁵ Have I walked with scoffers or hath my foot hasted to deceit?

⁶ I am weary with my groaning. Am I every night to bedew my bed and water my couch with my tears? ⁷ Mine eye is troubled with indignation: I am grown old among all mine enemies. ⁸ Away from me, all ye workers of iniquity. For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping;

⁵ Thou hast spread a table before me; in the presence of them who afflict me. With oil thou hast anointed my head; and thine exhilarating cup is the very best.

¹ On understanding. By David. Happy they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ² Happy the man, to whose account the Lord will not charge sin, and in whose mouth there is no guile. ³ Because I kept silence, my bones were consumed; by reason of my crying all the live long day. ⁴ Because day and night thy hand was heavy on me, I was reduced to misery by a piercing thorn. ⁵ I acknowledged my sin and did not conceal mine iniquity. I said, Against myself I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord, thereupon thou didst forgive the wickedness of my heart.

⁹ for he spake and they were brought into being: he commanded and they were created.

¹⁸ that I might declare mine iniquity, and express my sorrow for my sin.

⁷ A brother is not redeemed. Is a man to redeem himself? ⁸ He cannot give to God an atonement for himself; and the price for the redemption of his life:

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bersabe. Have mercy upon me, God, according to thy great compassion: and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out this my crime, ² wash me thoroughly from this iniquity of mine; and purify me from this my sin. ³ For I acknowledge my transgression; and my sin is continually before me. ⁴ Against thee especially I have sinned; and in thy sight done this evil. So that thou must be justified in thine acts, and must overcome, when thou art judged.

¹⁷ The sacrifice for God is a contrite spirit. A broken and an humble heart, thou, God, wilt not despise.

⁹ Thou hast visited the earth and watered it: thou hast multiplied the means of enriching it. The river of God is full of water: thou hast provided the supply for it. Because such is thy provision, O! water its furrows plenteously: multiply its productions.

⁵ for thou, Lord, art kind and gentle, and plenteous in mercy to all who invoke thee.

¹⁵ But thou, Lord God, who art merciful and gracious, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth,

⁷ Because we have fallen short by thine anger, and by thine indignation have been troubled; ⁸ thou hast placed our iniquities before thee: let this age of ours be for the light of thy countenance. ⁹ Because all our days have fallen short; and we have failed by thine indignation; our years have exercised themselves like a spider.

³ who pardoneth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

¹³ As a father pitieth his children; the Lord hath pitied them who fear him,

¹⁵ wine cheereth the heart of man: that he might exhilarate his countenance with oil; the heart of man is strengthened with bread.

⁴ Remember us, Lord, affectionately as thy people, visit us with thy salvation; ⁵ that we may see it in the felicity of thy chosen; that we may be gladdened with the joy of thy nation; that we may sing praises with thy heritage.

²⁰ He sent forth his word and healed them; and delivered them from their destructions.

¹ A Psalm. By David. The Lord said to my Lord; sit at my right hand; till I make thine enemies thy footstool. ² Out of Sion the Lord will send thee a rod of power: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. ³ With thee shall be the government; in the day of thy power; in the splendours of thy holies from the womb: before the morning star I begot thee. ⁴ The Lord hath sworn and will not change; thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedek.

¹⁶ Lord I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast burst my bonds asunder: ¹⁷ to thee I will offer a sacrifice of praise and call on the name of the Lord. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the Lord; in the presence of all his people; in the courts of the house of the Lord;

⁵ Let them who sow with tears reap with rapture. ⁶ They went step by step and wept sowing their seed; but let them come tripping with joy, carrying their sheaves.

⁸ The Lord looseth them who were bound. The Lord causeth the blind to see clearly. The Lord raiseth up them who were broken down. The Lord loveth the righteous.

¹⁹ He is sending his word to Jacob; his statutes and his judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He hath not dealt thus with any nation, nor hath he laid open to them his judgments.

³² Now therefore, my son hearken to me: ³³ [Omitted] ³⁴ happy is the man who will hearken to me: and the man who will keep my ways; watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord. ³⁶ But they who sin against me act wickedly against their own souls; and they who hate me love death."

¹⁶ Why should a fool have wealth? For the stupid cannot purchase wisdom. He who buildeth his house high seeketh destruction: and he who is backward to learn shall fall into evils.

⁷ for he eateth and drinketh as one swallowing a hair. Neither invite him to thy house, nor eat thy morsel with him:

²¹ He who feedeth delicately from his youth, shall be a servant and at last afflicted with sorrow.

²³ A man's pride will bring him low: but the Lord will gloriously support the humble.

⁷ come eat thy bread with cheerfulness, and drink thy wine with a good heart: because God hath approved of thy works, ⁸ let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thy head:

³ and the fragrance of thine odours is above all perfumes; Thy name out poured oil, therefore the virgins have loved thee.

¹⁸ then come: [let our controversy be brought to issue, saith the Lord] and though your sins be as a purple stain; I will make you white as snow; though they be as a stain of scarlet; I will make you white as wool.

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and he shall be called Emmanuel.

¹⁴ for if thou hast put trust in him he will be to thee a sanctuary, and you shall not run against a stumbling stone, nor as under a falling rock. But as for the houses of Jacob, they are in a trap, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem are in a pit: ¹⁵ for this cause many among them shall be weak and fall and be trodden down and men will safely approach and take them.

⁶ because for us a child is born, and to us a son is given, whose government is on his own shoulder; and his name is called, "The Messenger of Great Counsel." For I will bring peace on the rulers and health for him. ⁷ His government shall be great and to his peace there is no boundary, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to reestablish it, and support it with judgment and justice, henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹ And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot;

¹⁹ [p] The dead shall be raised up again, even they in the tombs shall be raised up: and they in this land shall be filled with joy: for the dew from thee is healing for them; but the land of the ungodly shall fall.

⁹ [f] "To whom, [say they] have we announced evils? And to whom have we announced a message; we who have been weaned from milk, we who have been withdrawn from the breasts? ¹⁰ Expect affliction on affliction; hope on hope, yet a little While: yet a little while. ¹¹ On account of the mockery of their lips; because they will speak to this people with a strange tongue, saying to them, ¹² [f] The sententious speeches of the false prophets.] "This is the rest for him who is hungry: and this is the destruction, but they would not hear" ¹³ Therefore the oracle of God will be to them" Affliction on affliction; hope on hope, yet a little while, yet a little while" that they may proceed on and fall backwards; and they shall be broken and snared and caught.

¹¹ all these prophesies will be to you like the words of a book which is sealed: which when they give to a man skilled in letters, saying, Read this: He will say, I cannot read it, for it is sealed. ¹² And should the book be put in the hands of an illiterate man, and they say to him, Bead that, he will say, I do not know letters.

¹⁸ And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and they in darkness, even they in thick darkness; the eyes even of the blind shall see; ¹⁹ and the distressed shall exult with joy because of the Lord; and the disconsolate among men shall be filled with joy.

³ And they shall no more put confidence in men; but shall apply their ears to hear. ⁴ And the heart of the weak will listen attentively; and trifling tongues will soon learn to speak peace.

⁵ Then shall be opened the eyes of the blind; and the ears of the deaf will hear. ⁶ Then will the lame bound like a hart; and the stammering tongue will speak plain. Because water is burst forth in the desert, and torrents in a thirsty land;

³ A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight the roads for our God.

¹⁰ behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with majesty; and his arm with dominion. Behold his11 reward is with him; and his work, before him. ¹¹ Like a shepherd he will tend his flock; and with his arm he will gather the lambs, and comfort the ewes that are with young.

⁶ I the Lord God have called thee for saving mercy, and I will take hold of thy hand and strengthen thee; for I have given thee for the covenant of a race; for the light of nations: ⁷ to open the eyes of the blind; to lead out from chains them who are bound, and out of prison, them who are sitting in darkness.

¹⁶ and lead the blind in a way which they know not, and cause them to walk in paths which they have not known. For them I will make the darkness light, and the crooked ways a straight road. These things 1 will do, and I will not forsake them:

⁸ and have brought out a blind people: for their eyes are as if they were blind; and they are deaf, though they have ears.

²⁵ I even I, THE I AM, am he who blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and of thy sins I will no more make mention:

²² For, lo! I have made thy transgressions vanish like a cloud; and thy sins like the murky vapour. Return to me and I will redeem thee.

¹ Thus saith the Lord, Of what sort was the bill of your mother's divorce with which I divorced her? Or to what creditor have I sold you? Behold you were sold for your transgressions; and for your iniquities I divorced your mother.

⁷ let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his counsels, and turn to the Lord and he shall find mercy; for he will abundantly pardon your sins.

⁹ and multiplied thy fornication with them, and hast done it with many who are far from thee; and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders; and humbled thyself even to Hades;

¹⁷ And he put on righteousness as a breast plate, and placed on his head the helmet of salvation, and threw around him the mantle of vengeance; and his cloak,

²⁰ For the sake of Sion the Deliverer will come, and turn away ungodliness from Jacob. ²¹ And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord, this spirit of mine which is upon thee, and these words which I have put in thy mouth shall not fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, [for the Lord hath spoken] from this time forth forever.

¹ [M] THE SPIRIT of the Lord is upon me, for the business for which he anointed me. He hath sent me to publish glad tidings to the poor, to heal them who are brokenhearted; to proclaim a deliverance to captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind: ² to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord and a day of retribution. To comfort all who are mourning; ³ that to the mourners in Sion may be given, glory instead of ashes, oil of joy to the mourners, robes of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called generations of righteousness, a plant of the Lord for glory.

³ that to the mourners in Sion may be given, glory instead of ashes, oil of joy to the mourners, robes of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called generations of righteousness, a plant of the Lord for glory.

⁹ It was not an ambassador nor a messenger; but he himself saved them. Through his love and his indulgence to them, he himself redeemed them and took them up, and exalted them all the days of old.

⁵ yet they say, "Keep at a distance from me; come not near me, for I am clean." This is a smoke which causeth my wrath; a fire is kindled by it every day.

¹¹ Then the Lord said to me, Israel hath justified herself more than the treacherous Juda;

³ [p] Lord, thine eyes look for faithfulness. Thou hast chastised them: but they have not grieved. Thou hast consumed them and they would not receive instruction. They have made their faces harder than a rock and refused to return. ⁴ Then I said, perhaps they are poor, therefore they could not. Because they have not known the way of the Lord and the judgment of God, ⁵ I will go to the nobles and speak to them. [J] Because these knew the way of the Lord and the judgment of God, and lo! with one consent, have broken the yoke and burst the bands;

⁸ How can you say, "We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us." In vain was it made; the scribes had a lying pen.

⁸ Into a house of feasting thou shalt not enter, to sit with them to eat and to drink: ⁹ for thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Behold I am about to remove out of this place, before your eyes and in these your days, the sound of joy and the sound of mirth, the voice of the bride groom and the voice of the bride. ¹⁰ Now when thou hast proclaimed to this people all these words and they say to thee, Why hath the Lord denounced against us all these evils? What is our iniquity? And what is our sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?

⁵ Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who shall reign king and understand and execute judgment and justice on the earth. ⁶ In his days Juda shall be saved and Israel shall dwell securely. And the name which the Lord will give him by the prophets shall be Josedek [Lord of righteousness.]

⁸ Behold I will bring them from the north and gather them from the extremity of the earth. At the festival of Phasek he shall have a multitude of children who shall return hither. ⁹ They set out with weeping; but I will bring them up with consolation, causing them to rest at fountains of water in a straight road; and in it they shall not be led astray, for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first born.

¹⁵ There was heard at Rama a sound of lamentation and weeping and wailing; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted, because they are no more. ¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Let thy voice refrain from lamentation and thine eyes from tears. For there is a reward for thy works and they shall return from the enemies land.

¹⁸ I have heard the voice of Ephraim moaning, "Thou hast chastised me and I have been chastised. I like a bullock was uninstructed, bring me back that I may return; for thou art the Lord my God. ¹⁹ For after my captivity I reformed and after I gained knowledge I groaned for my days of shame and shewed thee that I was ashamed of my youth." ²⁰ Ephraim is a beloved son; my darling child; since my words are in him I will surely remember him. For this cause I have been anxious for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

²⁰ Ephraim is a beloved son; my darling child; since my words are in him I will surely remember him. For this cause I have been anxious for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

³³ For this, saith the Lord, is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will adapt my laws to their understanding and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God and they shall be my people. ³⁴ And they shall no more teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all will know me from the greatest to the least of them: for I will be merciful to their iniquities and no more remember their sins.

⁹ And it shall be for a joy and praise and for a subject of exultation to all the people of the earth who shall hear all the good things which I will do. And they will be struck with awe and remorse for all the good and for all the peace which I will procure for them.

¹³ What shall I take to witness for thee? Or to what shall I liken thee, daughter of Jerusalem? Who can save and comfort thee, virgin daughter of Sion? Because thy cup of ruin hath been large, who can heal thee?

³² because he who hath humbled will have compassion, even according to the multitude of his mercies. ³³ He did not answer from his heart and humble the children of men

⁶³ that thou mayst remember and be ashamed, and never more be able to open thy mouth, because of thy confusion when I make a complete atonement for thee according to all that thou hast done, saith the Lord.

³¹ They come to thee as people assemble; and they sit before thee and hear thy words, but will not do them, because there is a lie in their mouth, and their heart goeth after their pollutions;

²⁹ And I will save you from all your impurities. And I will call for corn and multiply it: and no more send famine among you. ³⁰ And I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the products of the field; that you may no more bear the reproach of famine among the nations. ³¹ Then will you call to remembrance your evil ways, and your devices which were not good; and in their sight be grieved for your iniquities and your abominations. ³² It is not for your sakes that I do this, saith the Lord, Lord. This you must needs know. Blush and be ashamed for your ways, O house of Israel.

³ And he said to me, Son of man, shall these bones revive? Whereupon I said, Lord, Lord, thou knowest such things. ⁴ Then he said to me, Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them, Ye bones which are dry, hear a word of the Lord, ⁵ Thus saith the Lord to these bones, Behold I will bring upon you a breath of life; ⁶ and upon you I will lay sinews; and I will bring flesh on you and stretch skin over you, and put my breath in you and you shall live: and you shall know, that I am the Lord. ⁷ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and it came to pass that, when I had prophesied, behold there was a tremulous motion and it brought the bones together, every one to its proper place. ⁸ And I beheld and lo! sinews and flesh were grown upon them, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. ⁹ Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, Son of man and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord, From the four winds, come and blow on these dead and let them live. ¹⁰ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath came into them and they became alive and stood on their feet, an exceeding great multitude.

¹⁸ incline, my God, thine ear and hear. Open thine eyes and behold our desolation and that of thy city which is called by thy name. For we do not for our own righteousness present our piteous case before thee; but we cast ourselves upon thy tender mercies, Lord, which are many. ¹⁹ O Lord hear! O Lord, be appeased! Attend, Lord! Defer not, my God, for thine own sake! for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are set apart for thy people and for the holy city; for finishing sin offerings, and for sealing up sin offerings; and blotting out iniquities, and making atonement for iniquities; and for bringing in an everlasting righteousness; and for sealing vision and prophet; and for anointing the Holy of Holies. ²⁵ Therefore thou art to know and understand, that from the going forth of a word for returning an answer and for building Jerusalem until an Anointed ruler are seven weeks, and sixty two weeks. They shall indeed return and a street shall be built and a wall, and these times shall be emptied out, ²⁶ and after the sixty two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, though there is no crime in him; and he, with the ruler who is coming, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. They shall be destroyed with a deluge, and even to the end of the war determined on in course, with desolations.

³ I had not eaten palatable bread, nor had flesh or wine entered my mouth, neither had I anointed myself to the full end of three weeks.

⁹ [p] Who is wise that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? Because the ways of the Lord are straight; therefore the righteous will walk in them: But in them the wicked shall be without strength.

¹² Now therefore saith the Lord your God, turn to me with your whole heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.

⁶ Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.

² But as for thee, Bethlehem, thou house of Ephratha, art thou too little to be one of the chiliads of Juda? Out of thee one shall come forth for me to be the chief of Israel. His goings forth have been from the beginning; from the days of an age.

¹⁵ Thou shalt sow but thou shalt not reap. Thou shalt press the olive, but shalt not anoint thyself with oil. You shall make wine, but shall not drink it. And the ritual services of my people shall be utterly destroyed.

¹⁸ Who is a God like unto thee, taking away iniquities, and passing by the transgressions of the remnant of his heritage? He hath not kept his anger in remembrance; because he delighteth in mercy; ¹⁹ he will turn and have compassion on us: he will bury deep our iniquities: they shall be whelmed in the depths of the sea.

¹⁹ he will turn and have compassion on us: he will bury deep our iniquities: they shall be whelmed in the depths of the sea. ²⁰ All our sins he will give up for truth to Jacob, as an act of mercy to Abraham as he sware to our fathers, according to the days which have been heretofore.

⁴ If any one draw back my soul hath no pleasure in him. But the just shall live by faith in me.

¹² and I will then expect in thee a meek and lowly people;

⁷ and I will convulse all the nations; and the choice things of all the nations will come, and I will fill this very house with glory, saith the Lord Almighty.

⁵ and the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her streets.

⁹ Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Sion! Make proclamation, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy king is coming for thee. He is righteous and a saviour. He is meek and mounted on an ass, even a young colt.

¹⁰ And when I pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and compassion, then will they look to him whom they pierced, and they will mourn for him with a mourning as for a beloved; and be afflicted with sorrow as for a first born.

⁶ A son honoureth a father; and a servant, his master. Now if I be a father, where is my honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord Almighty. As for you priests, you are they who bring dishonour on my name. Do you say, By what have we brought dishonour on thy name?

¹ Behold I am about to send my messenger and he will examine the way before me. And the Lord whom ye seek; even the angel of the covenant whom you desire will come suddenly to his temple. Behold he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹ Behold I am about to send my messenger and he will examine the way before me. And the Lord whom ye seek; even the angel of the covenant whom you desire will come suddenly to his temple. Behold he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty. ² And who can abide the day of his coming? Or who can stand his appearance? Since he is coming like the fire of a refiner's furnace; and like the soap of the fullers. ³ He will sit refining and purifying and will purify the sons of Levi like the silver and gold, and melt them like the gold and silver. Then shall they offer to the Lord a sacrifice in righteousness

² But to you who fear my name the son of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like young bullocks loosed from yokes.

⁵ Now behold I will send you Elias the Thesbite before that great and awful day of the Lord cometh; ⁶ who will turn the heart of father to son and the heart of one man to another that I may not come and smite the land with utter destruction.

¹ In those days cometh John the baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, ² "Reform; for the reign of the heavens is at hand." ³ For this is the person spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord: make the roads for him straight." ⁴ Now John had his raiment made of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his waist: and his food was locusts and wild honey:

⁴ Now John had his raiment made of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his waist: and his food was locusts and wild honey: ⁵ then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the country along the Jordan,

⁵ then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the country along the Jordan, ⁶ and by him they were baptized in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you in water for a reformation; but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in a holy spirit and fire.

²³ Then Jesus went through all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign and curing every disease, and every malady among the people. ²⁴ And the fame of him spread through all Syria; and they brought to him all their sick, seized and tormented with various distempers"demoniacs, and lunatics and paralytics, and he cured them.

⁴ Happy they who mourn; for they shall be comforted.

²⁶ Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not be released until thou hast discharged the last farthing. ²⁷ You have heard that it hath been said to the ancients, "Thou shalt not commit adultery."

¹² and forgive us our debts, as we do forgive our debtors;

¹⁷ But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

²⁹ yet I affirm, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²² Many will say to me on that day Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many miracles,

²⁸ When Jesus finished this discourse, the crouds were astonished at his manner of teaching; ²⁹ for in teaching them he was like one having authority, and not like the scribes.

⁵ And as Jesus was entering Capernaum, a centurion met him and in treated him,

⁵ And as Jesus was entering Capernaum, a centurion met him and in treated him, ⁶ saying, Sir, my servant lieth at home struck with a palsy, in great torture. ⁷ Thereupon Jesus saith to him, I was coming; I will cure him. ⁸ In reply to which the centurion said, Sir, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only speak a word and my servant will be cured. ⁹ For even I, who am myself under command, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go; and he goeth: and to another, Come; and he cometh: and to my slave, Do this; and he doth it. ¹⁰ Upon hearing this Jesus expressed admiration, saying to them who followed him, Verily I say to you, I have not found even in Israel such a belief.

¹⁰ Upon hearing this Jesus expressed admiration, saying to them who followed him, Verily I say to you, I have not found even in Israel such a belief. ¹¹ Now I say to you that many will come from the east and west, and will be placed at table with Abraham and Isaak and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens, ¹² and the children of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there. ¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way and be it done for thee as thou hast believed. And that very instant his servant was cured.

¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way and be it done for thee as thou hast believed. And that very instant his servant was cured.

² And lo! they brought to him a paralytic laid on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, my son; thy sins are forgiven thee. ³ Thereupon some of the Scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

⁸ And when the multitude saw this they expressed their admiration and glorified God who had given such power to men.

¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, Why doth your teacher eat with these publicans and sinners? ¹² And Jesus hearing this, said to them, They who are well have no need of a physician, but they who are sick. ¹³ Go then and learn what this meaneth, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice;" for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.

²² And Jesus turned about and when he saw her, said, Daughter, take courage; thy faith hath cured3 thee. And from that instant the woman was cured.

²⁶ And the fame of this spread over all that country.

²⁸ And when he went into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe that I can do this? They say to him, Yes, master. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your belief, be it to you. ³⁰ Whereupon their eyes were opened. Then Jesus restrained them, saying, See that none know this. ³¹ But when they went out, they spread his fame through all that country.

³³ and the demon being expelled, the dumb man spake, and the crowds expressed their amazement, saying, Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel.

¹¹ Therefore into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and continue there till you leave the place.

¹³ And if the family be worthy, the peace you wish them will come upon them; but if they be not worthy, the peace you wish will rebound upon your selves.

²⁵ It is enough for the scholar to be as his teacher; and the servant, as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more, his domestics.

³⁷ He who loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he who loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

³⁷ He who loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he who loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. ³⁸ And he who doth not take up his cross and follow me, is not worthy of me.

² Now John, having heard in prison of the works of the Christ, sent two of his disciples ³ with this message to him; Thou art the one coming; May we expect another? In reply to which, ⁴ Jesus said to them, Go and tell John what you hear and see. ⁵ Blind men see, and lame walk. Lepers are cleansed and deaf hear. Dead are raised and poor have glad tidings proclaimed to them. ⁶ And happy is he to whom I shall not prove a stumbling block.

⁶ And happy is he to whom I shall not prove a stumbling block. ⁷ And as they were going away, Jesus began this discourse to the people concerning John, What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

⁷ And as they were going away, Jesus began this discourse to the people concerning John, What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed with soft raiment? Behold they, who wear delicate apparel, frequent the palaces of kings.

⁸ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed with soft raiment? Behold they, who wear delicate apparel, frequent the palaces of kings. ⁹ But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yes I tell you, and something more than a prophet;

⁹ But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yes I tell you, and something more than a prophet; ¹⁰ for this is he of whom it is written, "Behold I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

¹⁰ for this is he of whom it is written, "Behold I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

¹⁰ for this is he of whom it is written, "Behold I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee." ¹¹ Verily I say to you, among them who are born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the baptist: but the least in the kingdom of heaven is a greater than he.

¹¹ Verily I say to you, among them who are born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the baptist: but the least in the kingdom of heaven is a greater than he.

¹¹ Verily I say to you, among them who are born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the baptist: but the least in the kingdom of heaven is a greater than he. ¹² Now ever since the days of John the baptist, the kingdom of the heavens is invaded and invaders are forcibly taking possession of it.

¹² Now ever since the days of John the baptist, the kingdom of the heavens is invaded and invaders are forcibly taking possession of it. ¹³ For till the appearance of John, all the prophets and the law were the public instructors.

¹³ For till the appearance of John, all the prophets and the law were the public instructors. ¹⁴ Indeed, if you will bear to be told it, he is Elias who was to come.

¹⁴ Indeed, if you will bear to be told it, he is Elias who was to come. ¹⁵ Whoever hath ears to hear let him hear. ¹⁶ Now to what shall I compare this generation? It is like boys in the market place who call to their playfellows, ¹⁷ saying, "We have played to you on the pipe, but you have not danced; We have sung to you songs of woe, and you have not lamented." ¹⁸ For John came, abstaining from meat and drink, and they say he hath a demon. ¹⁹ The son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine drinker; a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

¹⁹ The son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine drinker; a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ For verily I say to you, "Many prophets and righteous men have earnestly desired to see what you see, and have not seen them; and to hear what you hear and have not heard them."

⁵⁷ And they were stumbled at him. Thereupon Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour save in his own country and in his own family. ⁵⁸ So he did not perform many miracles there because of their unbelief.

²⁸ Thereupon Jesus in reply said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; Be it to thee as thou desirest. And from that instant her daughter was healed.

³⁰ and great multitudes flocked to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the cripple and many others, whom they laid at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them; ³¹ insomuch that the people beheld with amaze the dumb speaking, the cripple sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel.

³¹ insomuch that the people beheld with amaze the dumb speaking, the cripple sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel.

²³ In this respect the reign of the heavens may be compared to a certain king who determined to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And having begun to settle; there was one brought to him, who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And as he had not wherewithal to pay; his lord ordered him and his wife and all that he had, to be sold and payment to be made.

²⁵ And as he had not wherewithal to pay; his lord ordered him and his wife and all that he had, to be sold and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore falling prostrate before him, saith, Have patience with me, my lord, and I will pay thee all.

²⁸ And as that servant was going out, he met one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred deniars and seizing him by the throat, he said, Pay me what thou owest.

³⁴ So his lord, being incensed, delivered him to the executioners of justice until he should pay all that was due to him,

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last. For there are many called, but few chosen.

²⁸ even as the son of man came not to be waited on, but to wait, and to give his life a ransom for many.

¹¹ And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet, who is of Nazareth in Galilee.

¹⁴ Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them.

²⁸ But what think you? A man had two sons. And coming to the first, he said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

³⁰ And he in reply said, I will not. But afterwards he repented and went. And coming to the second, he ordered him in like manner; and he in reply said, I will, sir; but did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots lead the way for you to the kingdom of God.

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots lead the way for you to the kingdom of God.

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots lead the way for you to the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him. And though you saw this, you did not afterwards repent and believe him.

³⁵ And one of them, an expounder of the law, with a view to 36 try him, asked him this question,

⁵ And they said, Not at the festival, that there may not be a tumult among the people. ⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came to him a woman, having an alabaster box of precious balsam, which she poured on his head while he was at table. ⁸ At seeing this, his disciples expressed indignation, saying, Why this profusion! ⁹ For this balsam might have been sold for a great sum, and given to the poor. ¹⁰ Jesus, knowing it, said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath done a good office for me. ¹¹ For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always. ¹² For in pouring this balsam on my body, she hath done it to embalm me. ¹³ Verily I say to you, In what part soever of the world these glad tidings shall be proclaimed, mention will also be made of what she hath done, for a memorial of her.

⁴⁸ Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, The person I shall kiss is he; Secure him. ⁴⁹ So coming directly up to Jesus, he said, Hail, Rabbi! and kissed him.

⁵⁴ When the centurion, and they who were with him guarding Jesus, observed the earthquake, and what had happened, they were greatly terrified, and said, This was certainly a son of a God.

⁸ Accordingly, having come out quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy they ran to tell his disciples.

² As it is written in the prophets, "Behold I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee."

⁴ John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation, for a remission of sins. ⁵ And all the country of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶ Now John's clothing was of camel's hair and he had a leathern girdle about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

²⁷ At which all were so amazed, that they asked one another, saying, What is this? What new teaching is this? For with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him. ²⁸ And thenceforth his fame spread through all the region of Galilee.

⁵ Upon seeing their faith, Jesus saith to the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. ⁶ Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and they were reasoning in their minds ⁷ "What! Doth this man thus utter blasphemies! Who can forgive sins but God only."

⁷ "What! Doth this man thus utter blasphemies! Who can forgive sins but God only."

¹⁰ For he healed many; so that they who had maladies, pressed in upon him to touch him.

³⁰ Again he said, To what may we compare the reign of God? Or by what similitude may we represent it?

²⁴ So Jesus went with him, followed by a great multitude which pressed about him.

²⁹ And instantly the source of her disorder was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of that disorder.

³⁴ Whereupon he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath cured thee. Go in peace, and continue cured of that disorder of thine.

⁷ he calleth to him the twelve, and began to send them forth, by two and two, and gave them power over the unclean spirits;

¹⁴ Now when king Herod heard of him, [for his name was become famous] he said, John the baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore these miracles are performed by him.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of man, proceed those evil surmises, adulteries, fornications, murders,

³² And they bring to him a man who was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech, and beseech him to lay his hands on him. ³³ Whereupon he taketh him apart from the multitude, and put his fingers in his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue; ³⁴ Then, looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. ³⁵ And immediately his ears were opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spake distinctly. ³⁶ Though he commanded them not to tell any one, yet the more he enjoined them the more abundantly they proclaimed .his miracles. ³⁷ And being struck with inexpressible amazement, said, He hath done all things well, he maketh the deaf hear, and the dumb speak.

² I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat;

²³ Thereupon Jesus said to him, With regard to this canst thou believe? All things are possible for him who believeth.

⁵² Thereupon Jesus said to him, Go thy way. Thy faith hath cured thee. And instantly he recovered his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

³⁴ Whereupon Jesus observing that he had answered discreetly, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And, after that, no one ventured to ask him any questions.

³ And he being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table a woman came with an alabaster phial of balsam; of pure unadulterated spikenard, which is very costly, and shaking the phial, she poured out of it on his head. ⁴ At which some expressed indignation, saying, Why is this waste of the balsam? ⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred deniars, and given to the poor. And as they were restraining her, ⁶ Jesus said, Let her alone. Why do ye trouble her? She hath done a good work for me. ⁷ For you have the poor always with you and can, when you please, do them good; but me you have not always. ⁸ She hath done what she could. She hath come beforehand to anoint my body for its embalment. ⁹ Verily I say to you, In whatever quarter of the world these glad tidings are proclaimed, what this woman hath done will be mentioned to her honour.

¹⁴ He will indeed be to thee matter of joy and exultation; and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must not drink wine, nor any fermented liquor. With a holy spirit he will be filled, even from his mother's womb.

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must not drink wine, nor any fermented liquor. With a holy spirit he will be filled, even from his mother's womb.

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must not drink wine, nor any fermented liquor. With a holy spirit he will be filled, even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ He will go before in his presence, with the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and prepare disobedient persons, by a deep sense of righteous things, to be for the Lord a well disposed people.

⁶⁵ And all in the neighbourhood were struck with awe. And the fame of all these things spread through the whole hill country of Judea.

⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; because he hath visited and delivered his people.

⁷⁶ Now as for thee, child, thou shalt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou shall go before in the presence of the Lord, to prepare his ways;

⁸⁰ And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of the manifestation of him to Israel.

²⁰ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, agreeably to what had been declared to them.

³⁴ Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold this child is destined for the fall and the rising again of many in Israel, and for an object of calumny

² in the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, a word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of this reformation: and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

¹² And when publicans came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

¹⁶ John addressed them all, saying, I, indeed, baptize you in water; but there is one coming; who is mightier than I; the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you in a holy spirit and fire.

¹⁸ The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the business for which he anointed me. He hath sent me to publish glad tidings to the poor; to heal them who are broken hearted; to proclaim a deliverance to captives; and a recovery of sight, to the blind; to set at liberty the bruised;

³⁶ And they were all amazed, and said to one another, What is the meaning of this, that with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they go out?

⁸ Upon seeing this, Simon Peter prostrated himself at the knees of Jesus, and said, Depart from me, for I, O Lord, am a sinful man.

¹² And when he was in one of the cities, lo! a man full of leprosy fell on his face, when he saw Jesus, and besought him, saying, O sir, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. ¹³ Whereupon he stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou cleansed." And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

¹³ Whereupon he stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou cleansed." And immediately the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴ Then he charged him to tell no one; but go and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ¹⁵ So his fame spread more and more, and great multitudes flocked to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities by him.

²⁰ who, upon seeing their faith, said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

²⁰ who, upon seeing their faith, said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹ At this the Scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? ²² Thereupon Jesus, knowing their surmises, addressed them, saying, Why reason ye in your hearts?

²⁶ And amazement seized all; and they glorified God, and were filled with awe, saying, We have seen wonderful things to day.

²⁹ And Levi made a great entertainment for him at his house; and there was a great company of publicans and others at table with him. ³⁰ Whereupon their Scribes and the Pharisees expressed their dissatisfaction to his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ³¹ In reply to which, Jesus said to them, They who are in health have no need of a physician; but they who are sick. ³² I am not come to call righteous men, but sinners to a reformation.

⁸ Now he knew their thoughts. Therefore when he had said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise and stand in the midst; and he had risen, and was standing there;

²¹ Happy ye, who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied! Happy ye, who weep now; for you will laugh!

¹ Now when he had finished all these his sayings in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum, ² where a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to his master, was sick and at the point of death. ³ And the centurion, having heard of Jesus, had sent to him the elders of the Jews with a request that he would come and cure his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pressed him earnestly, saying, He is worthy of this favour;

⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pressed him earnestly, saying, He is worthy of this favour; ⁵ for he loveth our nation, and it was he who built the synagogue for us. ⁶ So Jesus went with them. But when he was now at no great distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Sir, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof:

⁶ So Jesus went with them. But when he was now at no great distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Sir, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: ⁷ and for that reason I did not think myself worthy to come to thee. Say but a word, and my servant will be healed.

⁷ and for that reason I did not think myself worthy to come to thee. Say but a word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸ For even I, who am a man subject to authority, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go; and he goeth: and to another, Come; and he cometh: and to my slave, Do this; and he doeth it. ⁹ When Jesus heard this, he admired him; and turning to the multitude that followed him, he said, I say to you, I have not found such an instance of faith even in Israel. ¹⁰ And when they, who had been sent, returned to the house, they found the servant well who had been sick.

¹⁴ Then he advanced and touched the bier, [now the bearers had stopped] and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Arise.

¹⁴ Then he advanced and touched the bier, [now the bearers had stopped] and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Arise. ¹⁵ Thereupon he who had been dead, sat up and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. ¹⁶ And a dread fell upon all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is risen up among us, and God hath visited his people.

¹⁹ he called two of them and sent them to Jesus, saying, Thou art the one coming: may we expect another?

²¹ Now at that very time he was curing many of diseases, and maladies, and evil spirits, and graciously bestowing sight to many who were blind.

²⁹ All the people indeed, even the publicans, when they heard, justified God by submitting to the baptism of John;

³⁴ The son of man came eating and drinking; and you say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine bibber; a friend of publicans and sinners. ³⁵ But wisdom is justified by all her children. ³⁶ When one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he had gone to the Pharisee's house and placed himself at table, ³⁷ behold a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, took an alabaster bottle of myrrh,

³⁷ behold a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, took an alabaster bottle of myrrh, ³⁸ and standing behind, at his feet, weeping, she first bathed his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the tresses of her hair. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the myrrh. ³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said within himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know what sort of a woman this is, who toucheth him; that she is a sinner.

³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said within himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know what sort of a woman this is, who toucheth him; that she is a sinner.

⁴² And as they had not wherewithal to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, said he, will love him most? ⁴³ To which Simon replied, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave most. Jesus said to him, Thou hast judged rightly. ⁴⁴ Then turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, Thou seest this woman? I came to thy house: Thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she with her tears hath washed my feet, and wiped them with the hairs of her head: ⁴⁵ Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since I came in, hath not ceased kissing my feet. ⁴⁶ My head thou didst not anoint with oil: but she hath anointed my feet with myrrh. ⁴⁷ For what reason? I tell thee. Her sins which are many, are forgiven her; therefore her love is great. But he to whom little is forgiven, hath little love.

¹⁸ Take heed therefore how you hear; for to him who improveth, more shall be given; but from him who improveth not, even what he thinketh he hath, will be taken away.

³⁷ all the people of the neighbouring country of the Gadarenes entreated him to depart from them. Because they were struck with great terror, he therefore going on board the vessel, set out on his return.

⁴¹ And behold there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, who prostrating himself at the feet of Jesus, besought him to go to his house; ⁴² because he had a daughter, an only child, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he was going, the people crowded him;

⁴⁸ Whereupon he said to her, Daughter, take courage; thy faith hath cured thee. Go in peace. ⁴⁹ And while he was yet speaking, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, and saith to him, Thy daughter is dead. Trouble not the teacher.

⁵² Now all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Weep not. She is not dead; but asleep. ⁵³ Upon which they derided him, knowing that she was dead. ⁵⁴ And when he had put them all out, and taken her by the hand, he called, saying, Maiden, arise. ⁵⁵ Whereupon her breath returned, and she arose immediately. And he ordered some food to be given her.

¹⁹ And they in reply, said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elias; and others, that one of the ancient prophets is risen up.

³⁸ And behold a man from the crowd cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is mine only child.

⁴⁸ and said to them, Whoever will receive this child for my name, receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, receiveth him who sent me. For he who is least among you all, even he shall be great.

¹ After these things, the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them, two and two; before him, to every city and village whither he himself was soon to go;

²³ Then turning to the disciples apart, he said, Happy the eyes, which see what you see! ²⁴ for I say to you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen them; and to hear what you hear, and have not heard them.

³⁸ And as they were travelling, he came to a certain village, and a woman whose name was Martha, received him into her house.

⁴ and forgive us our sins, for we indeed do forgive every one who offendeth us: and bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the evil one.

³⁷ After he had spoken, a certain Pharisee invited him to dine with him, so he went and placed himself at table.

¹⁷ Whereupon he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do; for I have not room to store my crops.

⁴⁸ but he who did not know it, and did things deserving chastisement, shall be beaten with few. For to whom much is given, of him much will be required. And the more a man is entrusted with, the more will be demanded from him.

⁴ Or those eighteen men, upon whom the tower of Silo- am fell, and killed them, do you think that they were the greatest offenders of all the men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

¹⁵ Thereupon the Lord answered him, and said, Hypocrite! Doth not every one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead it to water?

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets and stonest them who are sent to thee! How often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen doth her brood under her wings; and ye would not.

¹ It happened also on a sabbath day, when he went to eat at the house of one of the chiefs who were Pharisees, and they were watching him,

² when the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them;

¹⁹ and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. ²⁰ Accordingly he arose and went to his father. But he keeping yet at a distance, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. ²¹ Whereupon the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

²⁸ At this he was angry and would not go in. His father therefore went out and entreated him. ²⁹ But he answering, said to his father, Behold these many years that I have served thee without ever disobeying thy command, thou hast never given me a kid, that I might be merry with my friends: ³⁰ but soon as this son of thine is come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

³ Thereupon the steward said within himself, What am I to do, since my lord taketh from me the stewardship; I am not able to dig: to beg I am ashamed.

¹⁶ the law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and into it every one is pressing.

⁵ Upon this the disciples said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

¹² And as he was entering a certain village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance ¹³ and cried with a loud voice, saying, Jesus, master, have pity,on us. ¹⁴ And upon seeing them, he said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass that as they were going they were cleansed. ¹⁵ Whereupon one of them perceiving that he was healed, returned glorifying God with a loud voice; ¹⁶ and prostrating himself at the feet of Jesus, gave him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Upon this, Jesus addressing him, said, Were not the ten cleansed? Where then are the nine? ¹⁸ Have none returned to give glory to God, but only this alien? ¹⁹ Then he said to him, Rise and go thy way. Thy faith hath cured thee.

⁴ And for a while he would not. But afterwards he said within himself, Though I neither fear God, nor regard man,

⁹ Then with a view to some who had a confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others, he spake this parable, ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one, a Pharisee; and the other, a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; nor even as that publican.

¹³ But the publican, who stood at a distance, did not presume so much as to lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying; God, be merciful to me a sinner.

¹⁸ When a certain chief asked him, saying, Good teacher, What shall I do that I may obtain everlasting life?

³⁵ And when he drew near to Jericho there happened to be a blind man sitting by the way side, begging, ³⁶ who having heard the crowd passing through it, inquired what might have been the matter. ³⁷ And when they told him, That Jesus the Nazarene is passing by, ³⁸ he cried, saying, Jesus, son of David, have pity on me. ³⁹ Upon this they who went before checked him that he might hold his peace; but he cried still the louder, Son of David, have pity on me. ⁴⁰ Whereupon Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And when he came near, Jesus asked him, ⁴¹ saying, What dost thou desire me to do for thee? And he said, O master! that I may have sight. ⁴² Then Jesus said to him, Have sight. Thy faith hath cured thee.

⁴² Then Jesus said to him, Have sight. Thy faith hath cured thee. ⁴³ And instantly he received his sight, and followed him, praising God. And all the people, when they saw this, gave praise to God.

⁷ When the multitude saw this they murmured, saying, He is gone to be entertained by a sinner.

⁴⁴ and dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and not leave one stone on another; because thou didst not know the time of this thy visitation.

⁶ And if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us; for they are all firmly persuaded that John was a prophet.

²⁰ Therefore, having watched him diligently, they sent to him spies who should feign themselves to be righteous men, that they might lay hold of some word of his, in order to deliver him up to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. ²¹ So they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest uprightly, and that thou art not a respecter of persons, but teachest the way of God with truth.

³⁵ but they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that state, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage,

⁶¹ Upon which the Lord, turning about, looked upon Peter. And Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before cock crowing thou wilt three times deny me. ⁶² And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

⁴⁷ Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

¹⁹ And he said, What things? They answered him, Those respecting Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a great prophet, mighty in miracles and doctrine before God and all the people

³⁴ affirming that the Lord is indeed risen and hath appeared to Simon.

²¹ Then they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not: art thou the prophet And he answered, No.

²³ He said, I am "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord," as the prophet Esaias said.

²⁵ Then they asked him and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

⁴⁶ Upon which Nathaniel saith to him, Of Nazareth can there be any thing good! Philip saith to him, Come and see.

² and Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.

² when this man came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, We know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do the miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him,

²⁶ and they went to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee on the bank of the Jordan, to whom thou didst bear testimony, behold he is baptizing, and all are flocking to him.

²⁶ and they went to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee on the bank of the Jordan, to whom thou didst bear testimony, behold he is baptizing, and all are flocking to him. ²⁷ In reply to which, John said, A man can receive nothing from heaven, unless it be given him. ²⁸ You yourselves are witnesses for me that I said, "I am not the Christ; but that I am sent before him. ²⁹ He is the bridegroom, who hath the bride. But the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth exceedingly on the account of the bridegroom's voice. This joy of mine therefore, is complete. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.

¹⁹ The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

²⁵ The woman saith to him, I know that the Messias [he who is called the Christ] is coming. When he is come he will tell us all things.

⁴⁶ Jesus therefore went again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain officer of the king, whose son was sick at Capernaum. ⁴⁷ This person, upon hearing that Jesus was come from Judea to Galilee, went to him and intreated him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

⁴⁷ This person, upon hearing that Jesus was come from Judea to Galilee, went to him and intreated him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

⁵⁰ Jesus saith to him, Go home: thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus spake to him, and went away. ⁵¹ And as he was going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. ⁵² Whereupon he inquired of them at what hour he began to mend. And they told him, that yesterday, at seven o'clock, the fever left him. ⁵³ So the father knew that it was the very time when Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth, and he and his whole family believed.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth the dead and restoreth to life, so the Son restoreth to life, whom he pleaseth.

²⁵ Verily, verily I say to you, a time is coming, nay is now come, when the dead will hearken to the voice of the son of God, and they who hearken shall live.

²⁸ Wonder not at this; for a time is coming when all that are in the graves shall hearken to his voice, ²⁹ and come forth; they who have done good, to a resurrection of life, and they who have done evil, to a resurrection of condemnation.

³⁵ He was the lighted and shining lamp; and for a while you were disposed to exult with joy at his light.

¹⁴ When these men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, This is certainly the prophet"He who is coming into the world.

⁶⁰ Many of his disciples, therefore, when they heard them, said, This is harsh doctrine, who can hearken to it? ⁶¹ Thereupon Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples were murmuring at this, he said to them, Doth this offend you? ⁶² What if you see the son of man ascending up where he was before. ⁶³ It is the spirit which giveth life, the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I speak to you are spirit, they are life. ⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not believe; [for Jesus knew from the beginning who they are who do not believe, and who it is that will deliver him up] ⁶⁵ and [said he] for this cause I said to you, that none can come to me unless it be given him by my Father. ⁶⁶ From this time many of his disciples withdrew and walked no more with him,

¹² And there was much private dispute concerning him, among the people; for some said he is a good man; and others said, No; but he seduceth the people.

⁴⁰ Hereupon many of the people, when they heard this saying, said, This is certainly the prophet, ⁴¹ Others said, This is the Christ. But others said', Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴⁷ Thereupon the Pharisees answered them, Are you also seduced? ⁴⁸ Hath any of the chief priests believed in him, or any of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But this multitude, which know not the law, are accursed. ⁵⁰ Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by night, and who was one of them, said to them, ⁵¹ Doth our law condemn the man without hearing him, and knowing what he hath done? ⁵² In reply to which, they said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and see that a prophet of Galilee hath not been raised up.

⁴⁸ Thereupon the Jews answered, and said to him, Are we not right in saying, Thou art a Samaritan, and possessed by a demon?

⁵² Thereupon the Jews said to him, Now we know that thou art possessed by a demon. Abraham is dead and the prophets; yet thou sayest, I any one keep this doctrine of mine, he shall never taste death.

¹⁷ They say to the blind man again, What sayest thou of him for opening thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

²⁴ Then they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.

³⁰ In reply to this the man said to them, Why; in this there is something marvellous, that you do not know whence he is, though he hath opened mine eyes. ³¹ Now we know that God hearkeneth not to sinners; but if any one be a worshipper of God, and do his will, to him he hearkeneth.

³¹ Now we know that God hearkeneth not to sinners; but if any one be a worshipper of God, and do his will, to him he hearkeneth. ³² From the beginning of the world it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God he could do nothing.

²⁰ And many of them said, He is possessed by a demon, and is mad, Why do you. hearken to him?

² It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with balsam, after wiping his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

² It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with balsam, after wiping his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

² It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with balsam, after wiping his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³ The sisters, therefore sent to Jesus, saying, Sir, He whom thou lovest is sick.

³ The sisters, therefore sent to Jesus, saying, Sir, He whom thou lovest is sick. ⁴ Upon hearing this, Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that by it the son of God may be glorified. ⁵ Therefore though Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus, ⁶ yet when he heard that he was, sick, he then stayed two days in the place where he was. ⁷ And after that he saith to his disciples, Let us go again to Judea. ⁸ The disciples say to him, Rabbi, very lately the Jews sought to stone thee, and art thou going thither again? ⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walketh in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world: ¹⁰ but if any one walk in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him. ¹¹ Thus he spake, and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is composed to rest; but I am going to wake him. ¹² Thereupon his disciples said, Master, if he is composed to rest, he will recover. ¹³ Now Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴ Therefore Jesus then told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵ And on your account that you may believe, I am glad that I was not there. But let us go to him. ¹⁶ Upon this Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go that we may die with him.

¹⁹ And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them on the death of their brother.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believeth in me, though he may die, shall live.

³³ Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he restrained his spirit, and was troubled, ³⁴ and said, Where have you laid him? They say to him, Master, Come and see. ³⁵ Jesus wept.

⁴³ And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, Come forth. ⁴⁴ Whereupon he who had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped in a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him and let him go.

¹ Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, went to Bethany were Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom he had raised from the dead. ² And a supper was made for him there; and Martha waited, and Lazarus was one of them who were at table with him.

² And a supper was made for him there; and Martha waited, and Lazarus was one of them who were at table with him. ³ Mary then having taken a pound of the balsam of spikenard, unadulterated, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus when she had wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odour of the balsam. ⁴ Upon which one of the disciples, namely Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, who was about to deliver him up, ⁵ said, Why was not this balsam sold for three hundred deniars, and given to the poor?" ⁶ Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the purse and carried off what was put into it. ⁷ Therefore Jesus said, Let her alone. She hath kept this for the day of preparing my body for burial, ⁸ for you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always.

⁴ riseth from the supper and layeth aside his upper garments, and having taken a towel and girded himself, ⁵ he then poureth water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and wipe them with the towel, with which he was girded.

¹³ You call me The teacher and the master; and you say right, for so I am.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He who hateth me, hateth my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them works which no other did, they would not have had sin: but now, though they have seen, they have hated both me and my Father.

¹⁹ As Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, therefore he said to them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, because I said, A little while, and you do not see me; and again a little while and you shall see me?

³⁰ Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast no need that any should ask thee questions. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

¹³ and they say to her, Woman why weepest thou? She saith to them, Because they have taken away my lord, and I know not where they have4 laid him.

¹⁵ Jesus saith to her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom art thou seeking? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith to him, Sir, if thou hast taken him up; tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

¹⁵ So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord, Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ Again he saith to him a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Tend my sheep. ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved that he said to him, the third time, "Lovest thou me," and he said to him, Lord thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.

¹³ But others scoffingly said, They are filled with sweet wine.

² there was a certain man carried up who had been lame from his birth, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beauty-Gate, to ask alms of them who were going into the temple; ³ who seeing Peter and John just about to enter the temple, begged to receive an alms. ⁴ Whereupon Peter and John having fixed their eyes on him, Peter said, Look on us. ⁵ Upon which he looked earnestly at them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ Then Peter said, Silver and gold I have none. But what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk. ⁷ Then having taken him by the right hand he raised him up. And instantly his feet and ankle bones were strengthened; ⁸ and leaping up, he stood; then walked and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

²² for Moses indeed said to the fathers, "The Lord your God will raise up for you from among your brethren a prophet like me. To him you must hearken according to all that he shall speak to you; ²³ and whoever the person be who will not hearken to that prophet, he shall be cut off front among the people.

⁵ Upon hearing these words Ananias fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard these things.

¹¹ And great fear came upon all the congregation, and upon all that heard these things; ¹² and by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people: Now they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch, ¹³ and of the rest no one presumed to join himself to them, but the people magnified them,

³¹ even him, a chief leader and a Saviour, God hath exalted at his right hand to give repentance to Israel and a remission of sins.

³⁷ This is the very Moses who said to the children of Israel, The Lord your God will raise up for you, from among your brethren, a prophet like me, to him you are to hearken.

⁷ For unclean spirits, with which many were possessed, went out of them with loud outcries: and many paralytic and lame persons were cured.

³⁹ Accordingly Peter arose and went with them. And when he came they took him up to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him, weeping and shewing the tunicks and mantles which Dorcas had made while she was with them. ⁴⁰ Then Peter, having put them all out, kneeled down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. Upon which she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up. ⁴¹ Then Peter giving her his hand, helped her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her alive.

⁴¹ Then Peter giving her his hand, helped her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her alive.

¹ Now there was at Caesarea a certain man named Cornelius, a centurion of that called the Italian cohort.

⁷ So when the angel who spoke to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of them who waited on him continually,

⁷ So when the angel who spoke to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of them who waited on him continually, ⁸ and having related to them the whole affair, he sent them to Joppa.

³⁸ how God anointed him with a holy spirit and power. Him who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him,

³⁸ Be it known therefore to you, Men, brethren, that by this person remission of sins is proclaimed to you; ³⁹ and that by him every one who believeth is acquitted from all those sins, from which you Could not be acquitted by the law of Moses.

⁸ Now at Lystra there sat a man who had no use of his feet, being a cripple from his birth, who had never walked. ⁹ This man was listening to Paul speaking, who fixing his eyes upon him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰ said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. Upon which he leaped up and walked.

²⁵ This man being well versed in the scriptures, had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and expounded accurately the passages concerning the Lord, being acquainted only with the baptism of John.

³ There upon he said to them, To what then were ye baptized? And they said, To the baptism of John.

²⁷ For I have not shrunk from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

²⁵ But while they were straining him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and hath not had a trial. ²⁶ Upon hearing this the centurion went to the commander and told him, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman.

²⁶ Upon hearing this the centurion went to the commander and told him, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman.

¹⁷ Whereupon Paul called one of the centurions and said, Introduce this young man to the commander, for he hath something to tell him.

²³ Then calling two of the centurions he said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, by the third hour of the night

²⁶ Claudius Lysias to his excellency general Felix, health and happiness.

²³ And he gave orders to the centurion that Paul be kept in custody, not closely confined; and that none of his friends be hindered from assisting him or coming to him.

²⁶ Now as I have nothing certain to write to my master concerning him; I have therefore brought him out before you and especially before thee, king Agrippa, that after this examination, I may have something to write.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of satan to God, that they may receive a remission of sins and an inheritance among them who are sanctified by the belief in me.

¹ So, as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners, to a certain centurion, named Julius, of the Augustan cohort.

³ And on the next day we touched at Sidon, where Julius, who treated Paul with great humanity, suffered him to go to his friends and enjoy the benefit of their care.

⁴³ But the centurion desirous to save Paul prevented their design and ordered those who could swim to throw themselves out first and get to land;

¹ What then is the superior privilege of the Jew, or what the advantage of circumcision? ² Much every way. First indeed that they were intrusted with the oracles of God. ³ Well! what if some have been unfaithful? Shall their unfaithfulness make void the faithfulness of God? ⁴ No, by no means. Yea, let God be true, though every man be a liar, as it is written, " So that thou must be justified in thy acts and must overcome when thou art judged." ⁵ If then our unrighteousness established the righteousness of God, what shall we say, Is not God unjust who taketh vengeance? I speak as a man. ⁶ No, by no means. In that case, how shall God judge the world?

²³ for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. ²⁴ They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is by Christ Jesus,

⁵ But to him who doth not work, but believeth in him who acquitteth the ungodly, his belief is placed to account for righteousness. ⁶ As David also saith in respect to the happiness of the man to whose account God placeth righteousness without works, ⁷ "Happy they whose iniquities are forgiven; And whose sins are covered: ⁸ Happy the man to whose account the Lord will not charge sin."

¹⁷ who; as it is written, " I have made thee a father of many nations" is the father of us all in the sight of him in whom he believed; namely God who reanimateth the dead, and calleth up things not yet in existence as if actually existing.

¹ Therefore being justified because of belief, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have, by this belief, obtained access to this favour in which we stand and boast in a hope of the glory of God.

⁶ For while we were yet without strength, Christ In due time died for the ungodly:

⁸ but God confirmeth his love for us, because while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

²⁰ Now the law came in a little way, so that transgression abounded, but where sin abounded, favour superabounded,

⁴ who are Israelites, to whom belonged the adoption and the glory, and the covenants, and the civil government, and the religious service, and the promises; ⁵ whose ancestors were the patriarchs, and from whom, with regard to flesh, the Christ is [descended] who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

³² Why?] Because they sought it not from belief; but as if attainable by works of law. For they stumbled at the stumbling stone. ³³ As it is written, "Behold I lay in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. "And "whosoever believeth in him shall not be shamed."

³ For being ignorant of the righteousness of God's appointment, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they did not submit themselves to God's righteousness.

²¹ But concerning Israel he saith, "I have stretched out my hands all the day long to a disobedient and gainsaying people."

¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. The congregation of Christ salute you.

²¹ For when, amidst the wisdom of God, the world did not, by means of that wisdom, know God; it pleased God by the foolishness of this proclamation to save them who believe; ²² so when the Jews demand a sign and the Greeks seek wisdom, ²³ as for us, we proclaim a crucified Christ; to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; ²⁴ but to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God; ²⁵ because this foolish thing of God is wiser than men, and this weak thing of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ For observe, brethren, this call of you, that there are not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many of illustrious birth; ²⁷ but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God hath made choice of to put to shame the strong ²⁸ and the ignoble of this world, and those of no account, God hath chosen; nay, the very nothings, to put a stop to the operation of the things which are,

¹⁴ Now an animal man receiveth not those dictates of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they are to be spiritually examined;

¹⁴ Now an animal man receiveth not those dictates of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they are to be spiritually examined; ¹⁵ but the spiritual man examineth all things, and is himself examined by no man.

⁹ Do you not know that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the voluptuous, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor such as indulge inordinate desires, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ Now such some of you were; but, you have washed yourselves; but you are hallowed, but you are acquitted by the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God.

³⁰ and they who weep, as if they wept not; and they who rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they who buy, as not possessing; and they

³⁰ For this cause many among you are weakly and sick, and many are falling asleep. ³¹ For if we distinguish ourselves, should we not be judged? ³² And being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

⁹ for I am the very least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God. ¹⁰ But by the favour of God I am what I am; and this favour of his which reached me was not fruitless; but I have laboured more than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

²⁰ All the brethren salute you. Salute ye one another with a holy kiss.

¹⁷ Did I then, in purposing this, use fickleness? Or what I purpose do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there may be the yes, yes; and the no, no? ¹⁸ Now as God is faithful, our word to you was not yes and no. ¹⁹ For the Son of God, [namely] Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us namely by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yes and no; but by him hath been made yes. ²⁰ For all the promises of God are in him yes, and in him Amen, for glory to God through us.

¹⁴ For the love of the Christ urgeth us on, judging this, that if one died for all then indeed were they all dying,

¹⁴ For the love of the Christ urgeth us on, judging this, that if one died for all then indeed were they all dying, ¹⁵ and that he died for all to the end that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and was raised up for them.

¹ and cooperating with him, we also exhort you that it may not be in vain that you have received this favour of God.

¹⁰ For godly sorrow operateth to produce a reformation for salvation, never to be repented of; but the sorrow of this world worketh death. ¹¹ For behold! this very thing; your being affected with a godly sorrow, what solicitude it hath wrought in you! nay, what apologies! what indignation! what fear! what longing desire! what zeal! what avengement! By your whole conduct you have shewn yourselves to be clear in this matter.

²⁴ and they glorified God on my account.

²¹ do not set at naught the favour of God; for if righteousness be by means of law, Christ hath indeed died to no purpose.

¹⁰ For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is every one who will not persevere in all that. are written in the book of the law to do them."

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing, but a belief made operative by love.

⁷ by whom we have this redemption by his blood; the forgiveness of our sins according to the richness of his grace

¹¹ by whom we, [having been previously marked out in a determinate manner, according to the purpose of him who effecteth all things according to the counsel of his will] were made his inheritance,

⁸ For by grace you are saved by means of this belief. And even this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. ⁹ It is not because of works; so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, fitted by Christ Jesus for good works, for which God had before prepared us that we might walk therein.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this favour was granted to proclaim among the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ, ⁹ and to enlighten all men with respect to the dispensation of this secret, which God who created all things by Jesus Christ had hidden from the ages,

¹⁴ that we may no longer be infants, tossed like waves, and whirled about by every wind of doctrine, by the cheating sleight of men, by a skill in the art of deceiving:

³² and be kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, forgiving one another. And as God hath in Christ forgiven you,

¹² for as to the things done by them in secret, it is shameful even to mention them.

²⁴ this favour be with all them who love our Lord Jesus Christ without any mixture of Corruption. Amen.

⁹ and this I pray that your love may abound still more and more, in knowledge and all discernment,

²⁵ of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was committed to me for you, to confirm the word of God ²⁶ the mystery which was hidden from the ages and from the generations, but is now manifested to his saints; ²⁷ to whom God hath been pleased to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations: namely Christ in you the hope of Glory,

¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving one another. If any one hath a cause of complaint against another; as the Christ hath freely forgiven you, so do ye.

²² Servants, obey in all respects them who are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men pleasers, but with singleness of heart, fearing God;

²² Servants, obey in all respects them who are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men pleasers, but with singleness of heart, fearing God;

¹³ Now I would not, brethren, have you ignorant in respect to them who are composed to rest, that you may not be afflicted with grief, like others who have no hope.

²⁶ Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

⁹ considering this, that law is not enacted for a righteous man, but for the lawless and refractory; for the impious and sinful; for the immoral and profane; for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers; for homicides,

¹³ who was before a reviler, and a persecutor, and an outrageous offender: but I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly, in unbelief. ¹⁴ And this favour of our Lord superabounded with faith and love which is by Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ And this favour of our Lord superabounded with faith and love which is by Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ This is a faithful word and worthy of all acceptation, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am a chief;

¹⁵ This is a faithful word and worthy of all acceptation, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am a chief; ¹⁶ but I obtained mercy for this purpose, that Jesus Christ might display the utmost forbearance in me, a chief, for an example to them who should afterwards trust in him for everlasting life.

⁴ But if any widow hath children, or grand children; let these first learn to respect their own household, and to make suitable returns to their parents; for this is good and acceptable in the sight of the Lord. ⁵ Now she, who being really a widow and desolate, hath trusted in God, will continue in her supplications and prayers night and day;

¹⁰ is she eminent for good works? Hath she brought up children? Hath she exercised hospitality? Hath she washed the feet of the saints? Hath she assisted the afflicted? Hath she been assiduous to perform every good work?

¹ Let as many as are under a yoke of bondage account their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God, and this doctrine, may not be reviled. ² And let not those who have believing masters disregard them because they are brethren, but serve them the more, because they who receive the good service are believers, and beloved. Teach these things, and enforce them by exhortation.

¹⁰ I entreat thee in respect to this son of mine whom I have begotten in my bonds; namely, Onesimus,

¹⁷ whence it behoved him to be made like his brethren in all things; that he might be a merciful and faithful chief priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

³⁹ Though these all received a testimonial by means of their belief, they did not obtain the promise, ⁴⁰ God having provided something better for us, that without us they should not be made perfect.

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, And chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.

⁶ But let him ask with faith, without wavering, for he who wavereth is like a wave of the sea, raised by the wind and tossed about. ⁷ Let not therefore such a man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord. ⁸ A man unsteady in his mind, is unstable in all his ways.

²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and father is this, to take the oversight and care of orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him? ⁶ But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals?

¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brethren, though one should say he hath belief, when he hath not works? Can that belief save him? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister be naked, or in want of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you should say to them, go in peace: be warmed, and be fed to the full; and you do not give them the things necessary for the body, is this any advantage? ¹⁷ Just so it is in respect to this belief, if it hath not works; being by itself it is dead. ¹⁸ One indeed may say, thou hast belief, and I have works. Shew me thy belief by thy works. As for me, I will shew thee my belief by my works. ¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well. The demons also believe and tremble. ²⁰ But wouldst thou, vain man, know that belief without works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works when he offered up his son Isaak on the altar? ²² Thou seest that his belief co-operated with his works, and by his works his belief was perfected. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, "Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him for righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by belief only. ²⁵ In like manner also, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, having secreted the messengers, and sent them out another way? ²⁶ For as the body without spirit is dead, so belief without works is dead also.

⁶ It granteth indeed a greater favour, therefore it saith, "God resisteth the proud, and granteth favour to the humble."

⁹ Be afflicted and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into grief; and your joy into con fusion of face. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will exalt you. Speak not, brethren, against one another. He who speaketh against a brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law. Now if thou judgest law, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge.

¹⁴ Is any among you sick, let him send for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer of this faith will cure the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And though he may have committed sin, he will be forgiven.

¹⁰ about which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning this favour for you, made diligent inquiry ¹¹ and search, trying to find to what time, and what manner of time, the spirit of Christ within them pointed, when it testified before hand the sufferings which were for Christ, and the glories which should succeed them: ¹² to whom it was revealed that it was not for themselves, but for us, that they dispensed those things which have now been announced to you by them who proclaimed to you the glad tidings with a holy spirit sent from heaven; into which things angels have an earnest desire to look narrowly.

⁷ this honour then being for you who believe: but to the disbelieving, "the stone, which the builders rejected that which was for the head of the corner," ⁸ is indeed a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. They disbelieving the word stumble at the thing for which they were laid:

³ And let your adorning be, not that which is external by plaiting the hair with appendages of gold, nor finery of dress; ⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is highly precious in the sight of God.

¹⁸ "If the righteous scarcely escapeth, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?"

¹⁷ They are wells without water; clouds impelled by a whirlwind, for whom is reserved in the bowels of the earth the gloom of everlasting darkness.

¹⁷ As you therefore, beloved, know these things beforehand, be on your guard, that you may not be hurried away by the error of these lawless men, and fall from your stedfastness;

⁷ But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. ⁸ If we say that we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a false speaker, and his word is not in us.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who loveth not his brother abideth in death.

¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word, and with the tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word, and with the tongue, but in deed, and in truth. ¹⁹ When we know by this that we are of the truth, let us in his presence persuade our hearts,

¹⁹ As for us we love him because he first loved us.

¹ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one who loveth him who begat, loveth him also who is begotten of him; ² by this we know that we love the children of God. While we love God, we keep his commandments; ³ for this is the love of God that we keep his commandments. Now his commandments are not grievous,

³ for this is the love of God that we keep his commandments. Now his commandments are not grievous,

⁴ Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. These shall walk with me in white robes because they are worthy.

³ And I will give to my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth.

³ and they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord, God, Almighty; Just and true are thy ways O thou king of the saints;

⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, O Lord, who art and who wast and who art to come, because thou hast passed these judgments.