Luke 8 Cross References - WNT

¹ Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village after village, proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him, ² and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come, ³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles. ⁴ And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them. ⁵ "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up. ⁶ Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture. ⁷ Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it. ⁸ But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!" ⁹ The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant. ¹⁰ "To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand. ¹¹ The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message. ¹² Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. ¹³ Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away. ¹⁴ That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection. ¹⁵ But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return. ¹⁶ "When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand, that people who enter the room may see the light. ¹⁷ There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day. ¹⁸ Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him." ¹⁹ Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd. ²⁰ But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you." ²¹ "My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it." ²² One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail. ²³ During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril. ²⁴ So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm. ²⁵ "Where is your faith?" He asked them. But they were filled with terror and amazement, and said to one another, "Who then is this? for He gives orders both to wind and waves, and they obey Him." ²⁶ Then they put in to shore in the country of the Gerasenes, which lies opposite to Galilee. ²⁷ Here, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs. ²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you." ²⁹ For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert. ³⁰ "What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him; ³¹ and they besought Him not to command them to be gone into the Bottomless Pit. ³² Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave. ³³ The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned. ³⁴ The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country; ³⁵ whereupon the people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were terrified. ³⁶ And those who had seen it told them how the demoniac was cured. ³⁷ Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned. ³⁸ But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away. ³⁹ "Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him. ⁴⁰ Now when Jesus was returning, the people gave Him a warm welcome; for they had all been looking out for Him. ⁴¹ Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house; ⁴² for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the dense throng crowded on Him. ⁴³ And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her-- ⁴⁴ came close behind Him and touched the tassel of His robe; and instantly her flow of blood stopped. ⁴⁵ "Who is it touched me?" Jesus asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you." ⁴⁶ "Some one has touched me," Jesus replied, "for I feel that power has gone out from me." ⁴⁷ Then the woman, perceiving that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and throwing herself down at His feet she stated before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured. ⁴⁸ "Daughter," said He, "your faith has cured you; go, and be at peace." ⁴⁹ While He was still speaking, some one came to the Warden of the Synagogue from his house and said, "Your daughter is dead; trouble the Rabbi no further." ⁵⁰ Jesus heard the words and said to him, "Have no fear. Only believe, and she shall be restored to life." ⁵¹ So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother. ⁵² The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep." ⁵³ And they jeered at Him, knowing that she was dead. ⁵⁴ He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!" ⁵⁵ And her spirit returned, and instantly she stood up; and He directed them to give her some food. ⁵⁶ Her parents were astounded; but He forbad them to mention the matter to any one.

²³ Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

³⁵ And Jesus continued His circuits through all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity.

² Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John; ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴ Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

¹ When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message in the neighbouring towns.

¹⁹ When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

³⁹ And He went through all Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and expelling the demons.

¹⁶ These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter), ¹⁷ James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder'), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.

¹⁰ But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People. ¹¹ For a Saviour who is the Anointed Lord is born to you to-day, in the town of David.

¹⁸ "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR; HE HAS SENT ME TO ANNOUNCE RELEASE TO THE PRISONERS OF WAR AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND: TO SEND AWAY FREE THOSE WHOM TYRANNY HAS CRUSHED,

⁴³ But He said to them, "I have to tell the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because for this purpose I was sent." ⁴⁴ And for some time He preached in the synagogues in Galilee.

¹⁴ These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; ¹⁵ Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot; ¹⁶ James's relative Judas, and Judas Iscariot who proved to be a traitor.

³⁸ It tells how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, so that He went about everywhere doing acts of kindness, and curing all who were being continually oppressed by the Devil--for God was with Jesus.

³² And we bring you the Good News about the promise made to our forefathers,

¹⁵ And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so? As it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD!"

⁵⁵ And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities; ⁵⁶ among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.

⁴⁰ There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome-- ⁴¹ all of whom in the Galilaean days had habitually been with Him and cared for Him, as well as many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.

⁹ But He rose to life early on the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had expelled seven demons.

³⁰ "What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;

²⁷ A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

⁴⁹ But all His acquaintances, and the women who had been His followers after leaving Galilee, continued standing at a distance and looking on.

⁵⁵ The women--those who had come with Jesus from Galilee--followed close behind, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

²⁵ Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

¹⁴ All of these with one mind continued earnest in prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

¹¹ So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him--gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

¹ About that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

⁴⁰ "But the King will answer them, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'

¹¹ The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

⁷ Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life, ⁸ by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life. ⁹ And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity of seeing Jesus.

¹⁰ The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; and they and the rest of the women related all this to the Apostles.

⁴⁶ So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum. ⁴⁷ Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ "Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe." ⁴⁹ "Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies." ⁵⁰ "You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home; ⁵¹ and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well. ⁵² So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him." ⁵³ Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.

³⁶ Among the disciples at Jaffa was a woman called Tabitha, or, as the name may be translated, 'Dorcas.' Her life was wholly devoted to the good and charitable actions which she was constantly doing. ³⁷ But, as it happened, just at that time she was taken ill and died. After washing her body they laid it out in a room upstairs. ³⁸ Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay. ³⁹ So Peter rose and went with them. On his arrival they took him upstairs, and the widow women all came and stood by his side, weeping and showing him the underclothing and cloaks and garments of all kinds which Dorcas used to make while she was still with them.

¹ Now there were in Antioch, in the Church there--as Prophets and teachers--barnabas, Symeon surnamed 'the black,' Lucius the Cyrenaean, Manaen (who was Herod the Tetrarch's foster-brother), and Saul.

⁹ For you know the condescending goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ--how for your sakes He became poor, though He was rich, in order that you through His poverty might grow rich.

²² All God's people here greet you--especially the members of Caesar's household.

¹⁰ She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every kind.

² when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all the people stood on the shore. ³ He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow. ⁴ As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. ⁵ Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth; ⁶ but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up. ⁷ Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it. ⁸ But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹ Listen, every one who has ears!"

¹ Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water. ² Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said, ³ "Listen: the sower goes out to sow. ⁴ As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. ⁵ Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil; ⁶ but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away. ⁷ Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop. ⁸ But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold." ⁹ "Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"

¹³ "*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by.

³ He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow. ⁴ As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

¹⁸ "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower. ¹⁹ When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

²⁴ Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field, ²⁵ but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away. ²⁶ But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, then appears the darnel also.

³⁷ "The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man;

² Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said, ³ "Listen: the sower goes out to sow. ⁴ As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

¹⁵ Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

²⁶ Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground: ²⁷ he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how. ²⁸ Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear. ²⁹ But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."

¹¹ The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message. ¹² Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

¹ For this reason we ought to pay the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift away from them.

²³ For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror. ²⁴ Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.

⁵ Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth; ⁶ but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.

²⁰ He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy. ²¹ It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.

⁵ Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil; ⁶ but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

¹⁶ In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully, ¹⁷ but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

¹³ Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

⁴ Or is it that you think slightingly of His infinite goodness, forbearance and patience, unaware that the goodness of God is gently drawing you to repentance? ⁵ The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day of Anger--the day when the righteousness of God's judgements will stand revealed.

⁷ For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "TO-DAY, IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, ⁸ DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS YOUR FOREFATHERS DID IN THE TIME OF THE PROVOCATION ON THE DAY OF THE TEMPTATION IN THE DESERT,

¹⁵ seeing that the warning still comes to us, "TO-DAY, IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS YOUR FOREFATHERS DID IN THE TIME OF THE PROVOCATION."

⁷ Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.

²² He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

⁷ Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

¹⁸ Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message, ¹⁹ but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

¹⁴ That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.

³⁴ "But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;

⁷ For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing. ⁸ But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.

¹⁵ Listen, every one who has ears!

²³ But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.")

⁸ But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

²⁰ Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

¹⁵ But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

¹² But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God; ¹³ who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

³ "In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God." ⁴ "How is it possible," Nicodemus asked, "for a man to be born when he is old? Can he a second time enter his mother's womb and be born?" ⁵ "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

¹⁰ For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

¹⁰ so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

⁷ "'Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who overcomes I will give the privilege of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of God.'

¹¹ "'Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. He who overcomes shall be in no way hurt by the Second Death.'

¹⁰ (And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak to them in figurative language?"

¹⁸ "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.

³⁶ When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field."

¹⁵ "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.

¹⁰ When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.

³⁴ But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

¹⁷ After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech. ¹⁸ "Have *you* also so little understanding?" He replied; "do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean,

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

²⁵ About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.

¹¹ "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not. ¹² For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away. ¹³ I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand. ¹⁴ And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'YOU WILL HEAR AND HEAR AND BY NO MEANS UNDERSTAND, AND YOU WILL LOOK AND LOOK AND BY NO MEANS SEE. ¹⁵ FOR THIS PEOPLE'S MIND IS STUPEFIED, THEIR HEARING HAS BECOME DULL, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; TO PREVENT THEIR EVER SEEING WITH THEIR EYES, OR HEARING WITH THEIR EARS, OR UNDERSTANDING WITH THEIR MINDS, AND TURNING BACK, SO THAT I MIGHT HEAL THEM.' ¹⁶ "But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. ¹⁷ For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

¹⁷ "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for mere human nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven.

¹¹ "To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

²¹ On that same occasion Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit with rapturous joy. "I give Thee fervent thanks," He exclaimed, "O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of understanding, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will. ²² All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him." ²³ And He turned towards His disciples and said to them apart, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! ²⁴ For I tell you that many Prophets and kings have desired to see the things you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things you hear, and have not heard them."

⁴⁰ "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND MADE THEIR MINDS CALLOUS, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR MINDS, AND SHOULD TURN, AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM."

²⁶ "'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND TELL THEM, YOU WILL HEAR AND HEAR, AND BY NO MEANS UNDERSTAND; AND WILL LOOK AND LOOK, AND BY NO MEANS SEE. ²⁷ FOR THIS PEOPLE'S MIND HAS GROWN CALLOUS, THEIR HEARING HAS BECOME DULL, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; TO PREVENT THEIR EVER SEEING WITH THEIR EYES, OR HEARING WITH THEIR EARS, OR UNDERSTANDING WITH THEIR MINDS, AND TURNING BACK, SO THAT I MIGHT CURE THEM.'

⁷ How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened. ⁸ And so Scripture says, "GOD HAS GIVEN THEM A SPIRIT OF DROWSINESS--EYES TO SEE NOTHING WITH AND EARS TO HEAR NOTHING WITH--EVEN UNTIL NOW." ⁹ And David says, "LET THEIR VERY FOOD BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP TO THEM, A STUMBLING-BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION. ¹⁰ LET DARKNESS COME OVER THEIR EYES THAT THEY MAY BE UNABLE TO SEE, AND MAKE THOU THEIR BACKS CONTINUALLY TO STOOP."

²⁵ To Him who has it in His power to make you strong, as declared in the Good News which I am spreading, and the proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, in harmony with the unveiling of the Truth which in the periods of past Ages remained unuttered,

⁷ But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined, so that it should result in glory to us; ⁸ a wisdom which not one of the leaders of the present age possesses, for if they had possessed it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory. ⁹ But--to use the words of Scripture--we speak of THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN NOR EAR HEARD, and which have never entered the heart of man: ALL THAT GOD HAS IN READINESS FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM. ¹⁰ For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature. ¹¹ For, among human beings, who knows a man's inner thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? In the same way, also, only God's Spirit is acquainted with God's inner thoughts.

¹¹ But these results are all brought about by one and the same Spirit, who bestows His gifts upon each of us in accordance with His own will.

³ and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you. ⁴ By means of that explanation, as you read it, you can judge of my insight into the truth of Christ ⁵ which in earlier ages was not made known to the human race, as it has now been revealed to His holy Apostles and Prophets through the Spirit-- ⁶ I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News, ⁷ in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me. ⁸ To me who am less than the least of all God's people has this work been graciously entrusted--to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth of Christ, ⁹ and to show all men in a clear light what my stewardship is. It is the stewardship of the truth which from all the Ages lay concealed in the mind of God, the Creator of all things--

²⁶ the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, ²⁷ to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.' ²⁸ Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.

² in order that their hearts may be cheered, they themselves being welded together in love and enjoying all the advantages of a reasonable certainty, till at last they attain the full knowledge of God's truth, which is Christ Himself.

¹⁶ And, beyond controversy, great is the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared in human form, and His claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels and proclaimed among Gentile nations, was believed on in the world, and received up again into glory.

¹⁰ There were Prophets who earnestly inquired about that salvation, and closely searched into it--even those who spoke beforehand of the grace which was to come to you. ¹¹ They were eager to know the time which the Spirit of Christ within them kept indicating, or the characteristics of that time, when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings that were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow. ¹² To them it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you, when they foretold the very things which have now been openly declared to you by those who, having been taught by the Holy Spirit which had been sent from Heaven, brought you the Good News. Angels long to stoop and look into these things.

¹⁴ "What the sower sows is the Message. ¹⁵ Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them. ¹⁶ In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully, ¹⁷ but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown. ¹⁸ Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message, ¹⁹ but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

⁶ I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase. ⁷ So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.

⁹ Apollos and I are simply fellow workers for and with God, and you are *God's* field-- *God's* building. ¹⁰ In discharge of the task which God graciously entrusted to me, I--like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation, and others are building upon it. But let every one be careful how and what he builds. ¹¹ For no one can lay any other foundation in addition to that which is already laid, namely Jesus Christ. ¹² And whether the building which any one is erecting on that foundation be of gold or silver or costly stones, of timber or hay or straw--

²¹ Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

²³ For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life. ²⁴ "ALL MANKIND RESEMBLE THE HERBAGE, AND ALL THEIR BEAUTY IS LIKE ITS FLOWERS. THE HERBAGE DRIES UP, AND ITS FLOWERS DROP OFF; ²⁵ BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD REMAINS FOR EVER." And that means the Message which has been proclaimed among you in the Good News.

⁵ "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.

⁹ The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works-- ¹⁰ and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this reason God sends them a misleading influence that they may believe the lie; ¹² in order that all may come under judgement who have refused to believe the truth and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness. ¹³ And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth. ¹⁴ To this blessing God has called you by our Good News, so that you may have a share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

³¹ "Simon, Simon, I tell you that Satan has obtained permission to have all of you to sift as wheat is sifted. ³² But *I* have prayed for *you* that your faith may not fail, and you, when at last you have come back to your true self, must strengthen your brethren."

²³ Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed. ²⁴ But for His part, Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew them all, ²⁵ and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

³⁵ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.

³⁰ As He thus spoke, many became believers in Him. ³¹ Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples; ³² and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free."

⁴² Nevertheless even from among the Rulers many believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not avow their belief, for fear they should be shut out from the synagogue. ⁴³ For they loved the glory that comes from men rather than the glory that comes from God.

² Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

⁶ If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.

¹³ Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed. ¹⁴ When the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John to visit them. ¹⁵ They, when they came down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit: ¹⁶ for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money. ¹⁹ "Give me too," he said, "that power, so that every one on whom I place my hands will receive the Holy Spirit." ²⁰ "Perish your money and yourself," replied Peter, "because you have imagined that you can obtain God's free gift with money! ²¹ No part or lot have you in this matter, for your heart is not right in God's sight. ²² Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, in the hope that the purpose which is in your heart may perhaps be forgiven you. ²³ For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."

² If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.

² through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.

¹ You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you--you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross?

⁴ Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been to no purpose?

¹⁵ I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me. ¹⁶ Can it be that I have become your enemy through speaking the truth to you? ¹⁷ These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them. ¹⁸ It is always an honourable thing to be courted in an honourable cause; always, and not only when I am with you, my children-- ¹⁹ you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you. ²⁰ Would that I were with you and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

¹⁷ I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,

²³ if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

⁷ having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.

⁵ For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost.

¹⁹ holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

¹⁸ In the matter of the truth they have gone astray, saying that the Resurrection is already past, and so they are overthrowing the faith of some. ¹⁹ Yet God's solid foundation stands unmoved, bearing this inscription, "THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO REALLY BELONG TO HIM." And this also, "LET EVERY ONE WHO NAMES THE NAME OF THE LORD RENOUNCE ALL WICKEDNESS."

³⁹ But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and gain possession of their souls.

²⁶ For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.

²⁰ For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, their last state has become worse than their first.

²² Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A DOG RETURNS TO WHAT HE HAS VOMITED," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth."

¹⁹ They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.

¹² These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;

²⁴ "No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold. ²⁵ For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?

¹⁹ but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

⁷ Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.

⁶ And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none. ⁷ So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?' ⁸ "But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it. ⁹ If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"

¹³ "No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold."

²⁶ "And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man. ²⁷ Men were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving wives, up to the very day on which Noah entered the Ark, and the Deluge came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building; ²⁹ but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

²⁴ Jesus saw his sorrow, and said, "With how hard a struggle do the possessors of riches ever enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ Why, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

⁹ But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin. ¹⁰ For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.

¹⁷ Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.

¹⁰ For Demas has deserted me--loving, as he does, the present age--and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁵ Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father. ¹⁶ For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--they all come, not from the Father, but from the world. ¹⁷ And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.

¹³ but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.

⁴⁵ A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

²⁸ "Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

¹⁵ "If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

²¹ He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him." ²² Judas (not the Iscariot) asked, "Master, how is it that you will reveal yourself clearly to us and not to the world?" ²³ "If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. ²⁴ He who has no love for me does not obey my teaching; and yet the teaching to which you are listening is not mine, but is the teaching of the Father who sent me.

¹⁰ If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love.

⁷ to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

²² But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.

⁴ So, my brethren, to you also the Law died through the incarnation of Christ, that you might be wedded to Another, namely to Him who rose from the dead in order that we might yield fruit to God.

¹⁸ For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: obedience to God's commandments is everything.

²² The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence; ²³ good faith, meekness, self-restraint. ²⁴ Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites. ²⁵ If we are living by the Spirit's power, let our conduct also be governed by the Spirit's power. ²⁶ Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.

⁸ For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

¹¹ being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.

¹³ Brethren, I do not imagine that I have yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me, ¹⁴ with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.

⁶ For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

¹¹ But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End; ¹² so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

³⁶ For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

⁴ Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.

¹⁶ Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren. ¹⁷ Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change. ¹⁸ In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created. ¹⁹ You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.

²² But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves. ²³ For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror. ²⁴ Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is. ²⁵ But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.

⁷ Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain. ⁸ So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand.

¹ Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking. ² Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation; ³ And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.

¹⁵ Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house. ¹⁶ Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.

²¹ He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand? ²² Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.

³³ "When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.

¹⁸ that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'

¹⁵ so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world, ¹⁶ holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.

²⁰ the secret meaning of the seven stars which you have seen in My right hand, and of the seven lampstands of gold. The seven stars are the ministers of the seven Churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven Churches.

⁴ "These witnesses are the two olive-trees, and they are the two lamps which stand in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

²⁶ Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known.

²² Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.

² There is nothing that is covered up which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not become known. ³ Whatever therefore you have said in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what you have whispered within closed doors will be proclaimed from the house-tops.

⁵ Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.

²² Many will say to me on that day, "'Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?' ²³ "And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'

¹² For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away.

²⁹ (For to every one who has, more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken away.)

²³ Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!" ²⁴ He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest. ²⁵ For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."

¹⁴ "As soon, however, as you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words-- "then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;

⁴⁴ "As for you, store these my sayings in your memory; for, before long, the Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men."

²⁰ "But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?' ²¹ "So is it with him who amasses treasure for himself, but has no riches in God."

² He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.' ³ "Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed. ⁴ I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

¹⁹ "There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day, ²⁰ while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name, ²¹ covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores. ²² "But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral. ²³ And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms. ²⁴ So he cried aloud, and said, "'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' ²⁵ "'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.

²⁶ "'I tell you that to every one who has anything, more shall be given; and from him who has not anything, even what he has shall be taken away.

³³ "Immediately, therefore, I sent to you, and I thank you heartily for having come. That is why all of us are now assembled here in God's presence, to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

¹¹ The Jews at Beroea were of a nobler disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they very readily received the Message, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether it was as Paul stated.

³ For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.

² If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;

¹ If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal. ² If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing. ³ And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.

³⁷ If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.

⁴ although I myself might have some excuse for confidence in outward ceremonies. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I:

¹⁹ You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry. ²⁰ For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous. ²¹ Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. ²² But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves. ²³ For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror. ²⁴ Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is. ²⁵ But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed. ²⁶ If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.

⁴⁶ While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him. ⁴⁷ So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and desire to speak to you." ⁴⁸ "Who is my mother?" He said to the man; "and who are my brothers?" ⁴⁹ And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother and my brothers. ⁵⁰ To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother."

²¹ Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

³¹ By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him. ³² Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you." ³³ "Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied. ³⁴ And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said, ³⁵ "Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah? ⁵⁶ And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?"

³ Is not this the carpenter, Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses, Jude and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?" So they turned angrily away.

³ So His brothers said to Him, "Leave these parts and go into Judaea, that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles which you perform. ⁴ For no one acts in secret, desiring all the while to be himself known publicly. Since you are doing these things, show yourself openly to the world." ⁵ For even His brothers were not believers in Him. ⁶ "My time," replied Jesus, "has not yet come, but for you any time is suitable.

⁵ Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

¹⁹ I saw none of the other Apostles, except James, the Lord's brother.

²¹ "Not every one who says to me, 'Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven. ²² Many will say to me on that day, "'Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?' ²³ "And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.' ²⁴ "Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock; ²⁵ and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock. ²⁶ And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.

⁵ He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."

⁴⁵ "But he will reply, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'

¹⁰ Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."

²⁷ As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked." ²⁸ "Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

²⁸ "What are we to do," they asked, "in order to carry out the things that God requires?" ²⁹ "This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

¹⁷ If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I command you. ¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

¹⁷ "Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

¹⁶ Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we do so no longer.

¹⁸ AND YOU SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS,' SAYS THE LORD THE RULER OF ALL."

¹¹ For both He who sanctifies and those whom He is sanctifying have all one Father; and for this reason He is not ashamed to speak of them as His brothers; ¹² as when He says: "I WILL PROCLAIM THY NAME TO MY BROTHERS: IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL HYMN THY PRAISES;" ¹³ and again, "AS FOR ME, I WILL BE ONE WHOSE TRUST REPOSES IN GOD;" and again, "HERE AM I, AND HERE ARE THE CHILDREN GOD HAS GIVEN ME."

²² But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.

²⁹ Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.

²² and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight. ²³ And this is His command--that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.

¹¹ My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.

¹⁸ Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,

²³ Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and His disciples followed Him. ²⁴ But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep. ²⁵ So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!" ²⁶ "Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm; ²⁷ and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!"

²² Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board the boat and cross to the opposite shore, leaving Him to dismiss the people.

³⁵ The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side." ³⁶ So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him. ³⁷ But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling. ³⁸ But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?" ³⁹ So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in. ⁴⁰ "Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?" ⁴¹ Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."

²¹ When Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the other side, a vast multitude came crowding to Him; and He was on the shore of the Lake,

⁴⁵ Immediately afterwards He made His disciples go on board the boat and cross over to Bethsaida, leaving Him behind to dismiss the crowd.

¹³ So He left them, went on board again, and came away to the other side.

¹ On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.

²³ During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril.

¹ After this Jesus went away across the Lake of Galilee (that is, the Lake of Tiberias).

²² One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

¹⁴ But it was not long before a furious north-east wind, coming down from the mountains, burst upon us and carried the ship out of her course. ¹⁵ She was unable to make headway against the gale; so we gave up and let her drive. ¹⁶ Then we ran under the lee of a little island called Cauda, where we managed with great difficulty to secure the boat; ¹⁷ and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to. ¹⁸ But, as the storm was still violent, the next day they began to lighten the ship; ¹⁹ and, on the third day, with their own hands they threw the ship's spare gear overboard. ²⁰ Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing.

¹⁵ For we have not a High Priest who is unable to feel for us in our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every respect just as we are tempted, and yet did not sin.

³⁰ But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Master, save me."

³⁹ Then standing over her He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she at once rose and waited on them.

⁵ "Rabbi," replied Peter, "all night long we have worked hard and caught nothing; but at your command I will let down the nets."

² and Jesus also was invited and His disciples. ³ Now the wine ran short; whereupon the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." ⁴ "Leave the matter in my hands," He replied; "the time for me to act has not yet come." ⁵ His mother said to the attendants, "Whatever he tells you to do, do it." ⁶ Now there were six stone jars standing there (in accordance with the Jewish regulations for purification), each large enough to hold twenty gallons or more.

⁹ Nay, we had, as we still have, the sentence of death within our own selves, in order that our confidence may repose, not on ourselves, but on God who raised the dead to life. ¹⁰ He it is who rescued us from so imminent a death, and will do so again; and we have a firm hope in Him that He will also rescue us in all the future,

³⁰ And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?

²⁶ "Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;

³¹ Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?"

²⁰ "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, 'Remove from this place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

²⁸ But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith!

⁴⁰ "Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

²⁸ On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way. ²⁹ They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?" ³⁰ Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding. ³¹ So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine." ³² "Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water. ³³ The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, including what had happened to the demoniacs. ³⁴ So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.

¹ So they arrived at the opposite shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes. ² At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit. ³ This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain; ⁴ for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him. ⁵ And constantly, day and night, he remained among the tombs or on the hills, shrieking, and mangling himself with sharp stones. ⁶ And when he saw Jesus in the distance, he ran and threw himself at His feet, ⁷ crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me." ⁸ For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man." ⁹ Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us." ¹⁰ And he earnestly entreated Him not to send them away out of the country. ¹¹ Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine. ¹² So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them." ¹³ He gave them leave; and the foul spirits came out and entered into the swine, and the herd--about 2,000 in number--rushed headlong down the cliff into the Lake and were drowned in the Lake. ¹⁴ The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened; ¹⁵ and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken. ¹⁶ And those who had seen it told them the particulars of what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the swine. ¹⁷ Then they began entreating Him to depart from their district. ¹⁸ As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him. ¹⁹ But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you." ²⁰ So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

² At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit. ³ This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain; ⁴ for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him. ⁵ And constantly, day and night, he remained among the tombs or on the hills, shrieking, and mangling himself with sharp stones.

²⁹ They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?"

²⁴ "What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One." ²⁵ But Jesus reprimanded him, saying, "Silence! come out of him." ²⁶ So the foul spirit, after throwing the man into convulsions, came out of him with a loud cry. ²⁷ And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!"

⁶ And when he saw Jesus in the distance, he ran and threw himself at His feet, ⁷ crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me." ⁸ For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

³³ But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out, ³⁴ "Ha! Jesus the Nazarene, what have you to do with us? I know who you are--God's Holy One!" ³⁵ But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Silence!" He exclaimed; "come out of him." Upon this, the demon hurled the man into the midst of them, and came out of him without doing him any harm. ³⁶ All were astonished and awe-struck; and they asked one another, "What sort of language is this? For with authority and real power He gives orders to the foul spirits and they come out."

³⁷ Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned. ³⁸ But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.

¹⁶ One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes. ¹⁷ She kept following close behind Paul and the rest of us, crying aloud, "These men are the bondservants of the Most High God, and are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." ¹⁸ This she persisted in for a considerable time, until Paul, wearied out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out immediately.

¹⁹ You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder."

⁴ For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement.

⁸ He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil.

¹ Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and upon his arm he carried a great chain. ² He laid hold of the Dragon--the ancient serpent--who is the Devil and the Adversary, and bound him for a thousand years, and hurled him into the bottomless pit. ³ He closed the entrance and put a seal upon him in order that he might be unable to lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were at an end. Afterwards he is to be set at liberty for a short time.

¹⁰ and the Devil, who had been leading them astray, was thrown into the Lake of fire and sulphur where the Wild Beast and the false Prophet were, and day and night they will suffer torture until the Ages of the Ages.

⁸ For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

²⁰ So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹ Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?" "From early childhood," he said; ²² "and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us." ²³ "'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him who believes." ²⁴ Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith." ²⁵ Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again." ²⁶ So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;

³⁹ At times a spirit seizes him and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him, and makes him foam at the mouth, and does not leave him till it has well-nigh covered him with bruises.

⁴² Now while the youth was coming, the spirit dashed him to the ground and cruelly convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the foul spirit, and cured the youth and gave him back to his father.

¹² Towels or aprons, for instance, which Paul had handled used to be carried to the sick, and they recovered from their ailments, or the evil spirits left them. ¹³ But there were also some wandering Jewish exorcists who undertook to invoke the name of Jesus over those who had the evil spirits, saying, "I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches." ¹⁴ There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew of high-priestly family, who were doing this. ¹⁵ "Jesus I know," the evil spirit answered, "and Paul I have heard of, but who are you?" ¹⁶ And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, over-mastered them both, and treated them with such violence, that they fled from the house stripped of their clothes and wounded.

²⁵ He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth ²⁶ and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will.

⁵³ Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels?

⁹ Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

² and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come,

⁴¹ "Then will He say to those at His left, "'Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.

²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you."

¹⁰ in order that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld, ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.

¹ The fifth angel blew his trumpet; and I saw a Star which had fallen from Heaven to the earth; and to him was given the key of the depths of the bottomless pit, ² and he opened the depths of the bottomless pit. And smoke came up out of the pit resembling the smoke of a vast furnace, so that the sun was darkened, and the air also, by reason of the smoke of the pit.

¹¹ The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is 'Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called 'Apollyon.'

⁷ "And when they have fully delivered their testimony, the Wild Beast which is to rise out of the bottomless pit will make war upon them and overcome them and kill them.

⁸ "The Wild Beast which you have seen was, and is not, and yet is destined to re-ascend, before long, out of the bottomless pit and go his way into perdition. And the inhabitants of the earth will be filled with amazement--all whose names are not in the Book of Life, having been recorded there ever since the creation of the world--when they see the Wild Beast: because he was, and is not, and yet is to come.

²⁰ who had done the miracles in his presence with which he had led astray those who had received the mark of the Wild Beast, and those who worshipped his statue. Both of them were thrown alive into the Lake of fire that was all ablaze with sulphur.

¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of fire; this is the Second Death--the Lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any one's name was not found recorded in the Book of Life he was thrown into the Lake of fire.

³⁰ Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding. ³¹ So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine." ³² "Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water. ³³ The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, including what had happened to the demoniacs.

¹¹ Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine. ¹² So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them." ¹³ He gave them leave; and the foul spirits came out and entered into the swine, and the herd--about 2,000 in number--rushed headlong down the cliff into the Lake and were drowned in the Lake.

¹¹ "You would have had no power whatever over me," replied Jesus, "had it not been granted you from above. On that account he who has delivered me up to you is more guilty than you are."

⁴ As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

⁷ But when the thousand years are at an end, the Adversary will be released from his imprisonment,

²² One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail. ²³ During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril.

⁴⁴ The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

⁸ Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour.

³³ The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, including what had happened to the demoniacs.

¹¹ While they went on this errand, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the High Priests every detail of what had happened.

¹⁴ The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened;

¹⁶ And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, over-mastered them both, and treated them with such violence, that they fled from the house stripped of their clothes and wounded. ¹⁷ All the people of Ephesus, Jews as well as Greeks, came to know of this. There was widespread terror, and they began to hold the name of the Lord Jesus in high honour.

¹⁵ and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken.

⁴⁶ On the third day they found Him in the Temple sitting among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking them questions,

²⁷ Here, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs.

³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His teaching.

¹⁷ "But on coming to himself he said, "'How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!

³ "I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.

¹⁴ Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render powerless him who had authority over death, that is, the Devil, ¹⁵ and might set at liberty all those who through fear of death had been subject to lifelong slavery.

²⁴ Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them.

³⁴ So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.

¹⁷ Then they began entreating Him to depart from their district.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man."

⁵ Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

⁵⁶ And they went to another village.

¹⁰ "But whatever town you come to and they will not receive you, go out into the broader streets and say, ¹¹ "'The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'

¹⁶ "He who listens to you listens to me; and he who disregards you disregards me, and he who disregards me disregards Him who sent me."

³⁹ Accordingly they came and apologized to them; and, bringing them out, asked them to leave the city.

³⁷ Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

¹³ "Lord," answered Ananias, "I have heard about that man from many, and I have heard of the great mischief he has done to Thy people in Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and here he is authorized by the High Priests to arrest all who call upon Thy name." ¹⁵ "Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel. ¹⁶ For I will let him know the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake."

²³ They only heard it said, "He who was once our persecutor is now telling the Good News of the faith of which he formerly made havoc." ²⁴ And they gave glory to God on my account.

²³ I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.

¹³ though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and had been insolent in outrage. Yet mercy was shown me, because I had acted ignorantly, not having as yet believed; ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord came to me in overflowing fulness, conferring faith on me and the love which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost. ¹⁶ But mercy was shown me in order that in me as the foremost of sinners Christ Jesus might display the fulness of His long-suffering patience as an example to encourage those who would afterwards be resting their faith on Him with a view to the Life of the Ages.

⁴⁵ But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

¹⁵ One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice, ¹⁶ and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ "Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine? ¹⁸ Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

²⁹ "Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"

⁸ But if a man makes no provision for those dependent on him, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is behaving worse than an unbeliever.

¹ Accordingly He went on board, and crossing over came to His own town.

³⁷ "David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.

⁶ So he came down in haste, and welcomed Him joyfully.

³⁷ And when He was now getting near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began in their joy to praise God in loud voices for all the mighty deeds they had witnessed. ³⁸ "BLESSED IS the King," they cried, "WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD: in Heaven peace, and glory in the highest realms."

⁴⁸ But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.

⁷ "I will come and cure him," said Jesus. ⁸ "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.

¹⁸ While He was thus speaking, a Ruler came up and profoundly bowing said, "My daughter is just dead; but come and put your hand upon her and she will return to life." ¹⁹ And Jesus rose and followed him, as did also His disciples. ²⁰ But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak; ²¹ for she said to herself, "If I but touch His cloak, I shall be cured." ²² And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored to health from that moment. ²³ Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players and the crowd loudly wailing, ²⁴ and He said, "Go out of the room; the little girl is not dead, but asleep." And they laughed at Him. ²⁵ When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up. ²⁶ And the report of this spread throughout all that district.

²² when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet, ²³ and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live." ²⁴ And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides. ²⁵ Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage, ²⁶ and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse, ²⁷ heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak; ²⁸ for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured." ²⁹ In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured. ³⁰ Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" ³¹ "You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" ³² But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this, ³³ until the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself at His feet, and told Him all the truth. ³⁴ "Daughter," He said, "your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint." ³⁵ While He is yet speaking, men come from the house to the Warden, and say, "Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Rabbi further?" ³⁶ But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith." ³⁷ And He allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter and the brothers James and John. ³⁸ So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing. ³⁹ He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead." ⁴⁰ To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies. ⁴¹ Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!" ⁴² Instantly the little girl rises to her feet and begins to walk (for she was twelve years old). They were at once beside themselves with utter astonishment; ⁴³ but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.

⁴⁹ While He was still speaking, some one came to the Warden of the Synagogue from his house and said, "Your daughter is dead; trouble the Rabbi no further."

¹⁴ Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."

¹⁶ and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

⁴⁶ So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum. ⁴⁷ Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ "Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe." ⁴⁹ "Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."

²¹ So Martha came and spoke to Jesus. "Master, if you had been here," she said, "my brother would not have died.

³⁸ Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.

¹⁵ After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the Wardens of the synagogue sent word to them. "Brethren," they said, "if you have anything encouraging to say to the people, speak."

⁸ And Crispus, the Warden of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household; and from time to time many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and received baptism.

¹⁷ Then the people all set upon Sosthenes, the Warden of the synagogue, and beat him severely in front of the court. Gallio did not concern himself in the least about this.

⁸ And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders fell down before the Lamb, having each of them a harp and bringing golden bowls full of incense, which represent the prayers of God's people.

²⁴ And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.

¹² And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

⁴⁵ "Who is it touched me?" Jesus asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you."

¹² What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.

²⁰ But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak; ²¹ for she said to herself, "If I but touch His cloak, I shall be cured." ²² And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored to health from that moment.

²⁵ Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage, ²⁶ and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

¹⁸ and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."

²¹ Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?" "From early childhood," he said; ²² "and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us."

¹¹ where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height.

¹⁶ And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"

⁵ And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

¹ As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

²¹ but how it is that he can now see or who has opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is of full age; he himself will give his own account of it."

² some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called) of the Temple, for him to beg from the people as they went in.

²² For the man was over forty years of age on whom this miracle of restoration to health had been performed.

⁸ Now a man who had no power in his feet used to sit in the streets of Lystra. He had been lame from his birth and had never walked. ⁹ After this man had listened to one of Paul's sermons, the Apostle, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be cured, ¹⁰ said in a loud voice, "Stand upright upon your feet!"

³ So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy;

³⁴ Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

²⁷ heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak; ²⁸ for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured."

⁵⁶ And enter wherever He might--village or town or hamlet--they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.

³⁸ and, standing behind close to His feet, weeping, began to wet His feet with her tears; and with her hair she wiped the tears away again, while she lovingly kissed His feet and poured the perfume over them.

¹³ And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright and began to give glory to God.

¹³ But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.

¹⁵ so that they would even bring out their sick friends into the streets and lay them on light couches or mats, in order that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or other of them.

¹² Towels or aprons, for instance, which Paul had handled used to be carried to the sick, and they recovered from their ailments, or the evil spirits left them.

³⁰ Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" ³¹ "You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" ³² But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this,

¹³ "You yourselves," He said, "must give them food." "We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions for all this host of people."

¹⁷ One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people.

¹⁹ The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one.

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

⁸ They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples.

³³ until the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself at His feet, and told Him all the truth.

¹⁵ One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice, ¹⁶ and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

²⁹ Then, calling for lights, he sprang in and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas;

³ And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.

¹⁵ And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.

¹² Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

²⁸ Therefore, receiving, as we now do, a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us cherish thankfulness so that we may ever offer to God an acceptable service, with godly reverence and awe.

¹³ And Jesus said to the Captain, "Go, and just as you have believed, so be it for you." And the servant recovered precisely at that time.

² Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned."

²² And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored to health from that moment.

²⁰ A CRUSHED REED HE WILL NOT UTTERLY BREAK, NOR WILL HE QUENCH THE STILL SMOULDERING WICK, UNTIL HE HAS LED ON JUSTICE TO VICTORY.

³⁴ "Daughter," He said, "your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint."

⁵⁰ But He said to the woman, "Your faith has cured you: go, and be at peace."

¹⁹ And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."

⁴² "Recover your sight," said Jesus: "your faith has cured you."

⁹ After this man had listened to one of Paul's sermons, the Apostle, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be cured,

² For Good News has been brought to us as truly as to them; but the message they heard failed to benefit them, because they were not one in faith with those who gave heed to it.

⁶ Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message: "Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you come under my roof;

⁴¹ Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house; ⁴² for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the dense throng crowded on Him. ⁴³ And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her--

⁷ "And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

³⁶ But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith."

²³ "'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him who believes."

²² Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God. ²³ In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him. ²⁴ That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.

⁴⁸ "Daughter," said He, "your faith has cured you; go, and be at peace."

²⁵ "I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;

¹⁷ so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, "I HAVE APPOINTED YOU TO BE THE FOREFATHER OF MANY NATIONS."

²⁰ Nor did he in unbelief stagger at God's promise, but became mighty in faith, giving glory to God,

⁵ "And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. ⁶ But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

³⁷ And He allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter and the brothers James and John. ³⁸ So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing. ³⁹ He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead." ⁴⁰ To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.

³³ Then He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be full of terror and distress,

¹⁴ These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

²⁸ It was about eight days after this that Jesus, taking with Him Peter, John, and James, went up the mountain to pray.

⁴⁰ Peter, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise." Dorcas at once opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up.

¹⁷ "'We have played the flute to you,' they say, 'and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'

³⁸ So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing. ³⁹ He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead."

⁴ Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

¹¹ He said this, and afterwards He added, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I will go and wake him." ¹² "Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover." ¹³ Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.

⁴⁴ But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead; ⁴⁵ and having ascertained the fact he granted the body to Joseph.

¹⁴ To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.

³⁹ "Take away the stone," said Jesus. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, "Master, by this time there is a foul smell; for it is three days since he died."

³³ Then they came to Jesus Himself: but when they saw that He was already dead, they refrained from breaking His legs. ³⁴ One of the soldiers, however, made a thrust at His side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out. ³⁵ This statement is the testimony of an eye-witness, and it is true. He knows that he is telling the truth--in order that you also may believe.

²⁵ When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up.

³¹ So He went to her, and taking her hand He raised her to her feet: the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

⁴⁰ To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies. ⁴¹ Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!"

²³ So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

²⁷ but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood on his feet.

¹⁴ Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!" ¹⁵ The dead man sat up and began to speak; and He restored him to his mother.

⁵¹ So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.

²¹ For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

²⁸ Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth-- ²⁹ they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life, and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection of judgement.

⁴³ After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

⁴³ but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.

⁴¹ But, while they still could not believe it for joy and were full of astonishment, He asked them, "Have you any food here?" ⁴² And they gave Him a piece of roasted fish, ⁴³ and He took it and ate it in their presence.

⁴⁴ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped in cloths, and his face wrapped round with a towel. "Untie him," said Jesus, "and let him go free."

⁴ and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them."

³⁰ Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus said to them, "Be careful to let no one know."

¹⁴ He ordered him to tell no one. "But go," He said, "show yourself to the Priest, and make the offering for your purification which Moses appointed, as evidence for them."