Genesis 1

1:1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

1:2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

1:4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

1:5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

1:6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

1:7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

1:8 And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

1:10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

1:11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

1:12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

1:15 And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

1:16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

1:17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

1:18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

1:19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

1:20 And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

1:21 And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

1:22 And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

1:23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

1:24 And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

1:27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

1:28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

1:29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

1:30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

1:31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2

2:1 And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.

2:2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

2:3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

2:4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

2:5 In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

2:6 But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.

2:7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

2:8 And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

2:9 And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

2:10 And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

2:11 The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.

2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.

2:14 And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

2:15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

2:16 And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

2:17 But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

2:19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

2:20 And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

2:21 And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

2:22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

2:23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

2:24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

2:25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

Genesis 3

3:1 Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

3:2 And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:

3:3 But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.

3:4 And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:

3:5 For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.

3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

3:7 And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.

3:8 And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.

3:9 And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

3:10 And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.

3:11 And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?

3:12 And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

3:13 And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

3:14 And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

3:15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

3:16 To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.

3:17 And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

3:18 Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

3:19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

3:20 And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

3:21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.

3:22 And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

3:23 So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.

3:24 So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4

4:1 And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

4:2 Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

4:3 And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.

4:4 And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;

4:5 But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

4:6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?

4:7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.

4:8 And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

4:9 And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

4:10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

4:11 And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

4:12 No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

4:13 And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.

4:14 You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

4:15 And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

4:16 And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

4:17 And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

4:18 And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

4:19 And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

4:20 And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

4:22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

4:23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;

4:24 If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.

4:25 And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.

4:26 And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.

Genesis 5

5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

5:2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

5:3 Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

5:4 And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

5:5 And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.

5:6 And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:

5:7 And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

5:8 And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.

5:9 And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:

5:10 And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

5:11 And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

5:12 And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:

5:13 And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:

5:14 And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

5:15 And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:

5:16 And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:

5:17 And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.

5:18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:

5:19 And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

5:20 And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.

5:21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

5:22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

5:23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

5:24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

5:25 And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

5:26 And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

5:27 And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

5:28 And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:

5:29 And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

5:30 And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

5:31 And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

5:32 And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6

6:1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

6:2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

6:3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

6:4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

6:5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

6:6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

6:7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

6:8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

6:10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

6:11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

6:12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

6:13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

6:14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

6:15 And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

6:16 You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

6:17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

6:18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

6:19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

6:20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

6:21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

6:22 And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

Genesis 7

7:1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

7:2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

7:3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

7:4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

7:5 And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.

7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.

7:7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

7:9 In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

7:10 And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

7:12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

7:13 On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark;

7:14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

7:15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

7:16 Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

7:17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

7:18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

7:19 And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

7:20 The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

7:21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

7:22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

7:23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

7:24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8

8:1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

8:2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

8:3 And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

8:4 And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

8:5 And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

8:6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

8:7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

8:8 And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

8:9 But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

8:10 And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

8:11 And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

8:12 And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

8:13 And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

8:14 And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.

8:15 And God said to Noah,

8:16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

8:17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

8:18 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

8:19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

8:20 And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

8:21 And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

8:22 While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

1 Corinthians 1

1:1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

1:2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

1:5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

1:6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

1:7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

1:8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1:10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

1:11 Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.

1:12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

1:13 Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?

1:14 I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;

1:15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

1:16 And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

1:17 For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

1:18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

1:19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

1:20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1:21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

1:22 Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

1:23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

1:24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

1:25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

1:26 For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

1:27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

1:28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

1:29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.

1:30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

1:31 So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3

3:1 And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

3:2 I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

3:3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

3:4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

3:5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

3:6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

3:7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

3:8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

3:9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

3:10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

3:11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

3:12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

3:13 Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

3:14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

3:15 If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

3:16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

3:17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

3:18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

3:20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

3:21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

3:22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

3:23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

1 Corinthians 4

4:1 Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

4:2 And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.

4:3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

4:4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

4:5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

4:6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

4:7 For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

4:8 For even now you are full, even now you have wealth, you have been made kings without us: truly, I would be glad if you were kings, so that we might be kings with you.

4:9 For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

4:10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

4:11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

4:12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

4:13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

4:14 I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

4:15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

4:16 So my desire is that you take me as your example.

4:17 For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

4:18 Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.

4:19 But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

4:21 What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

1 Corinthians 9

9:1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

9:2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

9:3 My answer to those who are judging me is this.

9:4 Have we no right to take food and drink?

9:5 Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

9:7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

9:8 Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

9:9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

9:10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

9:11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

9:12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

9:13 Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

9:14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

9:15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

9:16 For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

9:17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

9:18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

9:19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

9:20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

9:21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

9:22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

9:23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

9:24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

9:25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

9:26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

9:27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

2 Corinthians 11

11:1 Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

11:2 For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

11:3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

11:4 For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

11:5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

11:6 But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

11:7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

11:8 I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

11:9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

11:10 As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

11:11 Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

11:12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

11:13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

11:14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.

11:15 So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

11:16 I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

11:17 What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

11:18 Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

11:19 For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

11:20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

11:21 I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

11:24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

11:25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

11:26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

11:27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

11:28 In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.

11:29 Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

11:30 If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

11:32 In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

11:33 And being let down in a basket from the wall through a window, I got free from his hands.

2 Corinthians 9

9:1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

9:2 For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

9:3 But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

9:4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

9:5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

9:6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

9:7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

9:8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

9:9 As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

9:10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

9:11 Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

9:12 For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

9:13 For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

9:14 While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

9:15 Praise be to God for what he has given, which words have no power to say.

Ephesians 2

2:1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

2:2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

2:3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

2:4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

2:5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

2:6 So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;

2:7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:

2:8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

2:9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

2:10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

2:11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

2:12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

2:14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

2:15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;

2:16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

2:17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

2:18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

2:19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

2:20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

2:21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

2:22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

Ephesians 4

4:1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

4:2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

4:3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

4:6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

4:7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

4:8 For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.

4:9 (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

4:10 He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)

4:11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

4:12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

4:13 Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

4:14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

4:15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

4:16 Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

4:17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

4:18 Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

4:19 Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

4:20 For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

4:21 If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:

4:22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

4:23 And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

4:24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

4:25 And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

4:26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

4:27 And do not give way to the Evil One.

4:28 Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

4:29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

4:30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

4:31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

4:32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Hebrews 12

12:1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

12:2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

12:3 Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

12:4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

12:5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

12:6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

12:7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

12:8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

12:9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

12:10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

12:11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

12:12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,

12:13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

12:14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

12:15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

12:16 And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.

12:17 For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

12:18 You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

12:19 And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

12:20 For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

12:21 And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

12:22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

12:23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

12:24 And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

12:25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

12:26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

12:27 And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

12:28 If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

12:29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

Luke 10

10:1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

10:2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

10:3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

10:4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.

10:5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.

10:6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

10:7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

10:8 And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:

10:9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

10:10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

10:11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

10:12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.

10:13 A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

10:14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.

10:15 And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

10:16 Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

10:17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

10:18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.

10:19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

10:20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

10:21 In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

10:23 And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:

10:24 For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

10:25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

10:26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

10:27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

10:28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

10:29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

10:30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

10:31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

10:32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.

10:33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,

10:34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

10:35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

10:36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

10:37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

10:38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

10:39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

10:40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

10:41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:

10:42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

Luke 16

16:1 And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

16:2 And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

16:3 And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

16:4 I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

16:5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

16:6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.

16:7 Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

16:8 And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

16:9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

16:10 He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

16:11 If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

16:12 And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

16:13 No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

16:14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

16:15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

16:16 The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

16:17 But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

16:18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

16:19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

16:20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

16:21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

16:22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

16:23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

16:24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

16:25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

16:26 And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

16:27 And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

16:28 For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

16:29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

16:30 And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

16:31 And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

Luke 5

5:1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

5:2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

5:3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

5:4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

5:5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

5:6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

5:7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

5:8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

5:9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

5:10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

5:11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

5:12 And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

5:13 And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.

5:14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

5:15 But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

5:16 But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

5:17 And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

5:18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

5:19 And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

5:20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

5:21 And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?

5:22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

5:23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

5:24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

5:25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

5:26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

5:27 And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

5:28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

5:29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

5:30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

5:31 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

5:32 I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

5:33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

5:34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

5:35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

5:36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

5:37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

5:38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

5:39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.