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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.

1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

1:4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

1:5 All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

1:6 Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

1:7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

1:8 Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

1:9 And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

1:10 Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

1:11 So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

1:12 But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

1:13 And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

1:14 And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

1:15 And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

1:16 When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

1:17 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

1:18 And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

1:19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

1:20 And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

1:21 And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

1:22 And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

1:1 And the voice of the Lord came to Moses out of the Tent of meeting, saying,

1:2 Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.

1:3 If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

1:4 And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

1:5 And the ox is to be put to death before the Lord: then Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and put some of it on and round the altar which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.

1:6 And the burned offering is to be skinned and cut up into its parts.

1:7 And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put fire on the altar and put the wood in order on the fire:

1:8 And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put the parts, the head and the fat, in order on the wood which is on the fire on the altar:

1:9 But its inside parts and its legs are to be washed with water, and it will all be burned on the altar by the priest for a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

1:10 And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.

1:11 And he is to put it to death on the north side of the altar before the Lord: and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.

1:12 And the offering is to be cut into its parts, with its head and its fat; and the priest is to put them in order on the wood which is on the fire on the altar:

1:13 But the inside parts and the legs are to be washed with water; and the priest will make an offering of all of it, burning it on the altar: it is a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

1:14 And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.

1:15 And the priest is to take it to the altar, and after its head has been twisted off, it is to be burned on the altar, and its blood drained out on the side of the altar:

1:16 And he is to take away its stomach, with its feathers, and put it down by the east side of the altar, where the burned waste is put:

1:17 And let it be broken open at the wings, but not cut in two; and let it be burned on the altar by the priest on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burned offering; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

1:1 And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,

1:2 Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

1:3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

1:4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

1:5 These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;

1:6 From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;

1:7 From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;

1:8 From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;

1:9 From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;

1:10 Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,

1:11 From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;

1:12 From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;

1:13 From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;

1:14 From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;

1:15 From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.

1:16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

1:18 And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.

1:19 As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

1:20 The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

1:21 Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.

1:22 The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

1:23 Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.

1:24 The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:25 Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.

1:26 The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:27 Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.

1:28 The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:29 Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.

1:30 The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:31 Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.

1:32 The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:33 Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.

1:34 The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:35 Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.

1:36 The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:37 Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.

1:38 The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

1:39 Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

1:40 The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:41 Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.

1:42 The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

1:43 Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.

1:44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

1:45 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,

1:46 Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

1:47 But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

1:48 For the Lord said to Moses,

1:49 Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,

1:50 But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.

1:51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

1:52 The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.

1:53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

1:54 So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

1:1 These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

1:2 It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

1:3 Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;

1:4 After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:

1:5 On the far side of Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses gave the people this law, saying,

1:6 The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:

1:7 Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

1:8 See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.

1:9 At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;

1:10 The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

1:11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

1:12 How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

1:13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

1:14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

1:15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

1:16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

1:17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

1:18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

1:19 Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

1:20 And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.

1:21 See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.

1:22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

1:23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

1:24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

1:25 And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

1:26 But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

1:27 And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.

1:28 Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

1:29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

1:30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

1:31 And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

1:32 But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,

1:33 Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

1:34 And the Lord, hearing your words, was angry, and said with an oath,

1:35 Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,

1:36 But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.

1:37 And, in addition, the Lord was angry with me because of you, saying, You yourself will not go into it:

1:38 Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.

1:39 And your little ones, who, you said, would come into strange hands, your children, who now have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go into that land, and to them I will give it and it will be theirs.

1:40 But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

1:41 Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

1:42 And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

1:43 This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.

1:44 And the Amorites who were in the hill-country came out against you and put you to flight, rushing after you like bees, and overcame you in Seir, driving you even as far as Hormah.

1:45 And you came back, weeping before the Lord; but the Lord gave no attention to your cries and did not give ear to you.

1:46 So you were kept waiting in Kadesh for a long time.

1:1 Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying,

1:2 Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.

1:3 Every place on which you put your foot I have given to you, as I said to Moses.

1:4 From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country.

1:5 While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.

1:6 Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.

1:7 Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.

1:8 Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

1:9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

1:10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

1:11 Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

1:12 And to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

1:13 Keep in mind what Moses, the servant of the Lord, said to you, The Lord your God is sending you rest and will give you this land.

1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle will be kept here in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you, the fighting-men, are to go over before your brothers, armed, to give them help;

1:15 Till the Lord has given your brothers rest, as he has given it to you, and they have taken their heritage in the land which the Lord your God is giving them: then you will go back to the land of your heritage which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the east side of Jordan.

1:16 Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

1:17 As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

1:18 Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong.

1:1 Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

1:2 And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

1:3 Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

1:4 And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.

1:5 And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

1:6 But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.

1:7 And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

1:8 Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

1:9 After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

1:10 And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.

1:11 And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)

1:12 And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

1:13 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

1:14 Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

1:15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

1:16 Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

1:17 And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

1:18 Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

1:19 And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron.

1:20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

1:21 And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

1:22 And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

1:23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

1:24 And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

1:25 So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

1:26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

1:27 And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

1:28 And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.

1:29 And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.

1:30 Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

1:31 And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;

1:32 But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.

1:33 Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

1:34 And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

1:35 For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

1:36 And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.

1:1 Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.

1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and were there for some time.

1:3 And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.

1:4 And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.

1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.

1:6 So she and her daughters-in-law got ready to go back from the country of Moab, for news had come to her in the country of Moab that the Lord, in mercy for his people, had given them food.

1:7 And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.

1:8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me:

1:9 May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

1:10 And they said to her, No, but we will go back with you to your people.

1:11 But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands?

1:12 Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,

1:13 Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.

1:14 Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.

1:15 And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.

1:16 But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.

1:17 Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.

1:18 And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

1:19 So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

1:20 And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

1:21 I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?

1:22 So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her; and they came to Beth-lehem in the first days of the grain-cutting.

1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

1:2 And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.

1:3 Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

1:4 And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:

1:5 But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

1:6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

1:7 And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

1:8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?

1:9 So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.

1:10 And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

1:11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

1:12 Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

1:13 For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

1:14 And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

1:15 And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

1:16 Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

1:17 Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

1:18 And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

1:19 And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.

1:20 Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

1:21 And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.

1:22 But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

1:23 And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

1:24 Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

1:25 And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.

1:26 And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

1:27 My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

1:28 So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

1:1 Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

1:2 On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.

1:3 And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.

1:4 And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

1:5 And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

1:6 And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

1:7 And looking back, he saw me and gave a cry to me. And answering him I said, Here am I.

1:8 And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.

1:9 Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

1:10 So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.

1:11 Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

1:12 And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

1:13 And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.

1:14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

1:15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

1:16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

1:17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

1:18 (It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:

1:19 The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!

1:20 Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.

1:21 O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, you fields of death: for there the arms of the strong have been shamed, the arms of Saul, as if he had not been marked with the holy oil.

1:22 From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

1:23 Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

1:24 O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.

1:25 How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

1:26 I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

1:27 How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!

1:1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

1:2 So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

1:3 So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

1:4 Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

1:5 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

1:6 Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.

1:7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

1:9 Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:

1:10 But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.

1:11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

1:12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

1:13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

1:14 And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.

1:15 Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.

1:16 And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

1:17 And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

1:18 And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;

1:19 And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant.

1:20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

1:21 For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

1:22 And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

1:23 And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

1:24 And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

1:25 Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!

1:26 But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

1:27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

1:28 Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

1:29 And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

1:30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

1:31 Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.

1:32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

1:33 And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;

1:34 And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!

1:35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

1:36 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.

1:37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.

1:39 And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!

1:40 And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

1:41 And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?

1:42 And while the words were on his lips, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest, came; and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a man of good faith and the news which you have for us will be good.

1:43 And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:

1:44 And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:

1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him and made him king in Gihon; and they came back from there with joy, and the town was all worked up. This is the noise which has come to your ears.

1:46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

1:47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

1:48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.

1:49 And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.

1:50 And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.

1:51 And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

1:52 And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.

1:53 So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

1:1 After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.

1:2 Now Ahaziah had a fall from the window of his room in Samaria, and was ill. And he sent men, and said to them, Put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about the outcome of my disease, to see if I will get well or not.

1:3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

1:4 Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

1:5 And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?

1:6 And they said to him, On our way we had a meeting with a man who said, Go back to the king who sent you and say to him, The Lord says, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? For this reason, you will not come down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

1:7 And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?

1:8 And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

1:9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.

1:10 And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.

1:11 Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.

1:12 And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.

1:13 Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

1:14 For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.

1:15 Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

1:16 And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

1:17 So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.

1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh;

1:2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

1:6 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah.

1:7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush and Egypt, Put and Canaan.

1:9 And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raama and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

1:10 And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.

1:11 And Egypt was the father of the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim

1:12 And the Pathrusim and the Casluhim and the Caphtorim (from whom came the Philistines).

1:13 And Canaan was the father of Zidon, his oldest son, and Heth,

1:14 And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,

1:15 And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,

1:16 And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite.

1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.

1:18 And Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

1:19 And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days a division was made of the earth; and his brother's name was Joktan.

1:20 And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

1:21 And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah

1:22 And Ebal and Abimael and Sheba

1:23 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

1:24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

1:27 Abram (that is Abraham).

1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

1:29 These are their generations: the oldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam,

1:30 Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema,

1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

1:32 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's servant-wife: she was the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

1:33 And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

1:34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Timna and Amalek.

1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

1:38 And the sons of Seir: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan.

1:39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alian and Manahath and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

1:41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

1:43 Now these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom, before there was any king over Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; his town was named Dinhabah.

1:44 At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.

1:45 At the death of Jobab, Husham, from the land of the Temanites, became king in his place.

1:46 And at the death of Husham, Hadad, the son of Bedad, who overcame Midian in the field of Moab, became king; his town was named Avith.

1:47 And at the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

1:48 And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river became king in his place,

1:49 And at the death of Shaul, Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, became king in his place.

1:50 And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadad became king in his place; his town was named Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

1:51 And Hadad came to his end. Now the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Aliah, the chief of Jetheth,

1:52 The chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon,

1:53 The chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar,

1:54 The chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

1:1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

1:2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

1:3 Then Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.

1:4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

1:5 And the altar of brass which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the Tent of the Lord; and Solomon and all the people went to give worship there.

1:6 And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.

1:7 In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

1:8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

1:9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

1:12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

1:13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

1:14 And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

1:15 And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

1:16 And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

1:17 A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

1:1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

1:2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

1:3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

1:4 And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

1:5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

1:6 So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

1:7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

1:8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

1:9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

1:10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

1:11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

1:12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

1:13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

1:14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

1:15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

1:16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

1:17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

1:18 (Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

1:19 And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)

1:20 For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.

1:21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

1:22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

1:23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

1:24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

1:25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

1:26 And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.

2:2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

2:3 And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

2:4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

2:5 Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

2:6 And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

2:7 And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

2:8 And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

2:9 Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

2:10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

2:11 Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

2:12 And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

2:13 But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.

2:14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

2:15 For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;

2:16 But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

2:17 And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:

2:18 And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.

2:19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:

2:20 The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

2:21 And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

2:22 Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

2:23 Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

2:24 But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

2:25 For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:

2:26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:

2:27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

2:28 You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.

2:29 My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

2:30 But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

2:31 He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.

2:32 This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

2:33 And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

2:34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,

2:35 Till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

2:36 For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

2:37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

2:38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

2:39 For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

2:40 And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

2:41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

2:42 And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

2:43 But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

2:44 And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

2:45 And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

2:46 And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

2:47 Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

6:1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

6:2 And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

6:3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

6:4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

6:5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

6:6 These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

6:7 And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

6:9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

6:10 But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.

6:11 Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

6:12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

6:13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

6:14 For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.

6:15 And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

7:1 Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

7:2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

7:3 And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

7:4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

7:5 And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

7:6 And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

7:7 And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

7:8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

7:9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

7:10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

7:11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

7:12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

7:13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

7:14 Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.

7:15 And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

7:16 And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

7:17 But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

7:18 Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

7:19 He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

7:20 At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

7:21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

7:22 And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.

7:23 But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.

7:24 And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:

7:25 And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.

7:26 And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

7:27 But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

7:28 Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

7:29 And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

7:30 At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

7:31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

7:32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

7:33 And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

7:34 Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

7:35 This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.

7:36 This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

7:37 This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

7:38 This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

7:39 By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

7:40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

7:41 And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

7:42 But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

7:43 And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.

7:44 Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

7:45 Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

7:46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

7:47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

7:48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

7:49 Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

7:50 Did not my hand make all these things?

7:51 You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

7:52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

7:53 You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.

7:54 Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.

7:55 But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

7:56 And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

7:57 But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,

7:58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

7:59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.

7:60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

7:1 Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

7:2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

7:3 And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

7:4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

7:5 And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

7:6 And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

7:7 And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

7:8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

7:9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

7:10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

7:11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

7:12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

7:13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

7:14 Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.

7:15 And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

7:16 And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

7:17 But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

7:18 Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

7:19 He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

7:20 At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

7:21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

7:22 And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.

7:23 But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.

7:24 And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:

7:25 And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.

7:26 And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

7:27 But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

7:28 Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

7:29 And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

7:30 At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

7:31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

7:32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

7:33 And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

7:34 Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

7:35 This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.

7:36 This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

7:37 This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

7:38 This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

7:39 By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

7:40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

7:41 And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

7:42 But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

7:43 And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.

7:44 Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

7:45 Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

7:46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

7:47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

7:48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

7:49 Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

7:50 Did not my hand make all these things?

7:51 You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

7:52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

7:53 You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.

7:54 Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.

7:55 But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

7:56 And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

7:57 But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,

7:58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

7:59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.

7:60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

9:1 But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

9:2 And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

9:3 And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

9:4 And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

9:5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

9:6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

9:7 And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

9:8 And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

9:9 And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.

9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord.

9:11 And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

9:12 And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see.

9:13 But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

9:14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.

9:15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

9:16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

9:17 And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

9:18 And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

9:19 And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

9:20 And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

9:21 And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

9:22 But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.

9:23 Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death:

9:24 But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

9:25 But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.

9:26 And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

9:27 But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

9:28 And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,

9:29 Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

9:30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

9:31 And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

9:32 And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

9:33 And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

9:34 And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.

9:35 And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord.

9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

9:37 And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

9:38 And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

9:39 And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

9:40 But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.

9:41 And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

9:42 And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

9:43 And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

11:1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

11:2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

11:3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

11:4 But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

11:5 I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:

11:6 And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.

11:7 And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

11:8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

11:9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

11:10 And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

11:11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

11:12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

11:13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

11:14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

11:15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

11:16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

11:17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

11:18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

11:19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

11:20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

11:21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

11:22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

11:23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

11:24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

11:25 Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

11:26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

11:27 Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

11:28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

11:29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

11:30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

16:1 And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;

16:2 Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

16:3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

16:4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

16:5 So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

16:6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

16:7 And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

16:8 And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.

16:9 And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

16:10 And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

16:11 So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

16:12 And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

16:13 And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

16:15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

16:16 And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

16:17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

16:18 And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

16:19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

16:20 And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

16:21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

16:22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

16:23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

16:24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

16:25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

16:26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

16:27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

16:28 But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

16:29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

16:30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

16:31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

16:32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

16:33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

16:34 And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.

16:35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

16:36 And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.

16:37 But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

16:38 And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

16:39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

16:40 And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

20:1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

20:2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

20:3 And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

20:4 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

20:5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

20:6 And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

20:7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

20:8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

20:9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

20:10 And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

20:11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

20:12 And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.

20:13 But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

20:14 And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

20:15 And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

20:16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

20:18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

20:19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

20:20 And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

20:21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

20:22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

20:23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

20:24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

20:25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

20:26 And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

20:27 For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

20:28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

20:29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

20:30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

20:31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

20:32 And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

20:33 I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

20:34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

20:35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

20:36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

20:37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

20:38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

5:4 While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

5:5 And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

5:6 And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

5:7 And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

5:8 And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

5:9 But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

5:10 And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

5:11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

5:12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

5:13 The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

5:14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

5:15 And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

5:16 And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

5:17 But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

5:18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

5:19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

5:20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.

5:21 And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

5:22 But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

5:23 Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

5:24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

5:25 And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

5:26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

5:27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

5:28 We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

5:29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

5:30 The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.

5:31 Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.

5:32 And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

5:33 But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

5:34 But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

5:35 And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

5:36 For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

5:37 After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

5:38 And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

5:39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

5:40 And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

5:41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

5:42 And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

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

1:2 To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

1:3 We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,

1:4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

1:5 Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

1:6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

1:7 As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

1:8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

1:9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

1:10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

1:11 Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

1:12 Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;

1:13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

1:14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

1:15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

1:16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;

1:17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

1:19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

1:20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

1:21 And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one

1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

1:23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

1:24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

1:25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

1:26 The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

1:27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

1:28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

1:29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

3:1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

3:2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.

3:3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.

3:4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

3:5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

3:6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

3:7 Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.

3:8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

3:9 Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

3:10 And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

3:11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

3:12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

3:13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

3:14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

3:15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

3:16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

3:17 And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

3:18 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

3:19 Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

3:20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

3:21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

3:22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

3:23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

3:24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.

3:25 For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

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.

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.

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?

6:1 How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

6:2 Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?

6:3 Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?

6:4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

6:5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

6:6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

6:7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

6:8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

6:9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

6:10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

6:11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

6:12 I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

6:13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

6:14 And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.

6:15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

6:16 Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

6:17 But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

6:18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

6:19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

6:20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

8:1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

8:2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

8:3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

8:4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

8:5 For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

8:6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.

8:7 Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.

8:8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

8:9 But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

8:10 For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

8:11 And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

8:12 And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

8:13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

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.

15:1 Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

15:2 By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

15:3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

15:4 And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

15:5 And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

15:6 Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;

15:7 Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.

15:8 And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.

15:9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

15:10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

15:11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

15:12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

15:13 But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:

15:14 And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.

15:15 Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

15:16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

15:17 And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.

15:18 And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

15:20 But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

15:21 For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

15:22 For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

15:23 But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

15:24 Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.

15:25 For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

15:26 The last power to come to an end is death.

15:27 For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.

15:28 And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.

15:29 Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?

15:30 And why are we in danger every hour?

15:31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

15:32 If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

15:33 Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

15:34 Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

15:35 But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

15:36 Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

15:37 And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

15:38 But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.

15:40 And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for the glory of one star is different from that of another.

15:42 So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:

15:43 It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:

15:44 It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.

15:45 And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

15:46 But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

15:47 The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.

15:48 Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.

15:49 And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

15:50 Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

15:51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

15:52 In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

15:53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

15:54 But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.

15:55 O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

15:56 The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

15:57 But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.

15:58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

16:1 Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

16:2 On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.

16:3 And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

16:4 And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.

16:5 But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;

16:6 But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

16:7 For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

16:8 But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;

16:9 For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.

16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

16:11 See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

16:12 But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

16:13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

16:14 Let all you do be done in love.

16:15 Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

16:16 That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

16:17 And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.

16:18 For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.

16:19 The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.

16:20 All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.

16:21 I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

16:22 If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).

16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. So be it.

1:1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

1:4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

1:5 For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

1:6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

1:7 And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

1:8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

1:9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

1:10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

1:11 You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

1:12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

1:13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

1:14 Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1:15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

1:16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

1:17 If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

1:18 As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

1:20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

1:21 Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

1:22 And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.

1:23 But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

1:24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

4:1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

4:2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

4:3 But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

4:4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

4:5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

4:6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

4:7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

4:8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

4:9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

4:10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

4:11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

4:12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

4:13 But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;

4:14 Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

4:15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

4:16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

4:17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

4:18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

6:1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

6:2 (For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):

6:3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

6:4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

6:5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

6:6 In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

6:7 In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

6:8 By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;

6:9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

6:10 As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

6:11 Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.

6:12 It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.

6:13 Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.

6:14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

6:15 And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?

6:16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

6:17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

6:18 And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

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.

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.

2:1 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.

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.

5:1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

5:2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

5:3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

5:4 And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

5:5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

5:6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

5:7 Have no part with such men;

5:8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

5:9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

5:10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

5:11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

5:12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

5:13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

5:14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

5:15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

5:16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

5:17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

5:18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

5:19 Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

5:20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

5:21 Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

5:22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

5:24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

5:25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

5:26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

5:27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

5:28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

5:29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

5:30 Because we are parts of his body.

5:31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

5:32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

5:33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

6:1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

6:2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

6:3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

6:4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

6:5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

6:6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

6:7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

6:8 In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.

6:9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

6:10 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

6:11 Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

6:12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

6:13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

6:14 Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

6:15 Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet;

6:16 And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.

6:17 And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

6:18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

6:19 And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

6:20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

6:21 But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:

6:22 Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.

6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

6:24 Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

1:1 In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

1:2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

1:3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

1:4 Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.

1:5 To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

1:6 And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.

1:7 And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire:

1:8 But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

1:9 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

1:10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

1:11 They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;

1:12 They will be rolled up like a cloth, even like a robe, and they will be changed: but you are the same and your years will have no end.

1:13 But of which of the angels has he said at any time, Take your seat at my right hand till I put all those who are against you under your feet?

1:14 Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

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2:1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

2:2 Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;

2:3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

2:4 And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

2:5 For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.

2:6 But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

2:7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:

2:8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

2:9 But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.

2:10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

2:11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

2:12 Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church.

2:13 And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.

2:14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;

2:15 And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.

2:16 For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.

2:17 Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.

2:18 For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

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4:1 Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

4:2 And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

4:3 For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

4:4 For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

4:5 And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

4:6 So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

4:7 After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,

4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.

4:9 So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

4:10 For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

4:11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

4:12 For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

4:13 And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

4:14 Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

4:15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

4:16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

6:1 For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,

6:2 The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.

6:3 Now we will do this, if God lets us.

6:4 As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

6:5 With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

6:6 And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

6:7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

6:8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

6:9 But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

6:10 For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

6:11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

6:12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

6:13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

6:14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

6:15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

6:16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

6:17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

6:18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

6:19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

6:20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

9:1 Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.

9:2 For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.

9:3 And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies;

9:4 Having a vessel of gold in it for burning perfumes, and the ark of the agreement, which was covered with gold and which had in it a pot made of gold for the manna, and Aaron's rod which put out buds, and the stones with the writing of the agreement;

9:5 And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail.

9:6 Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

9:7 But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

9:8 The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

9:9 And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

9:10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

9:11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

9:12 And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

9:13 For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:

9:14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

9:15 And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

9:16 Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.

9:17 For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?

9:18 So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.

9:19 For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

9:20 Saying, This blood is the sign of the agreement which God has made with you.

9:21 And the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way.

9:22 And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

9:23 For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

9:24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

9:25 And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

9:26 For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.

9:27 And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

9:28 So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

11:2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.

11:3 By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

11:4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:

11:6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

11:7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

11:8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

11:9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

11:10 For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

11:11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

11:12 So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

11:13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

11:14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.

11:15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

11:16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

11:17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

11:18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

11:19 Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

11:20 By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

11:21 By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.

11:22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.

11:23 By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.

11:24 By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

11:25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

11:26 Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

11:27 By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

11:28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.

11:29 By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.

11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.

11:31 By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

11:32 What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:

11:33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

11:34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

11:35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;

11:36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

11:37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

11:38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

11:39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

11:40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

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.

13:1 Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

13:2 Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.

13:3 Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.

13:4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

13:5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

13:6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

13:7 Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

13:9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

13:10 We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

13:11 For the bodies of the beasts whose blood is taken into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned outside the circle of the tents.

13:12 For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.

13:13 Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.

13:14 For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

13:15 Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

13:16 But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

13:17 Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

13:18 Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.

13:19 I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

13:20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,

13:21 Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

13:22 But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

13:23 Our brother Timothy has been let out of prison; and if he comes here in a short time, he and I will come to you together.

13:24 Give words of love from me to those who are rulers over you, and to all the saints. Those who are in Italy send you their love.

13:25 May grace be with you all.

 

7:1 For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death,

7:2 And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

7:3 Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

7:4 Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.

7:5 And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.

7:6 But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

7:7 But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

7:8 Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

7:9 And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;

7:10 Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.

7:11 Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

7:12 Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.

7:13 For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

7:14 Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.

7:15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

7:16 That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

7:17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

7:18 So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

7:19 (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

7:20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

7:21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

7:22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

7:23 And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

7:24 But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

7:25 So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

7:26 It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

7:27 Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

7:28 The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

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8:1 Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

8:2 As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

8:3 Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.

8:4 If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

8:5 Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

8:6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

8:7 For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

8:8 For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;

8:9 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

8:10 For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

8:11 And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.

8:12 And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.

8:13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

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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.

6:1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

6:2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

6:3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

6:4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

6:5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

6:6 And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

6:8 But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

6:9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

6:10 And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.

6:11 But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

6:12 And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

6:13 And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

6:14 Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

6:15 And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

6:16 And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.

6:17 And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

6:18 And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.

6:19 And all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well.

6:20 And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

6:21 Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

6:22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

6:23 Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

6:24 But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

6:25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

6:26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

6:27 But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

6:28 Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

6:29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

6:30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

6:32 If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

6:33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

6:34 And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

6:35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

6:36 Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

6:37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

6:38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

6:39 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

6:40 The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

6:41 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

6:42 How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

6:43 For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

6:44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

6:45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

6:46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

6:47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

6:48 He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

6:49 But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

7:1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

7:2 And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

7:3 And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

7:4 And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,

7:5 It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

7:6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

7:7 And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

7:8 For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

7:9 And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

7:10 And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

7:11 And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

7:12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

7:14 And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

7:15 And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

7:16 And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

7:17 And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about.

7:18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

7:19 Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

7:20 And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

7:21 At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

7:22 And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

7:23 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

7:24 And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

7:25 But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.

7:26 But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

7:27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

7:28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

7:29 (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

7:30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

7:31 What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

7:32 They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

7:33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

7:34 The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

7:35 But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.

7:36 And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

7:37 And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

7:38 And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

7:39 Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

7:40 And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.

7:41 And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

7:42 When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

7:43 Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.

7:44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

7:45 You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.

7:46 You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

7:47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

7:48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.

7:49 And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?

7:50 And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.

8:1 And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

8:2 And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

8:3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

8:4 And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

8:5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

8:6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

8:7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

8:8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

8:9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

8:10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

8:11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

8:12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

8:13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

8:14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

8:15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

8:16 No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

8:17 For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

8:18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

8:19 And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

8:20 And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

8:21 But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

8:22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

8:23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

8:24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

8:25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

8:26 And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

8:27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

8:28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

8:29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

8:30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

8:31 And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

8:32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

8:33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

8:34 And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

8:35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

8:36 And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

8:37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

8:38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

8:39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

8:40 And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

8:41 Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;

8:42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

8:43 And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

8:44 Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped.

8:45 And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

8:46 But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

8:48 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.

8:49 While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.

8:50 But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

8:51 And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

8:52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

8:53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

8:54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

8:55 And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

8:56 And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

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.

12:1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

12:2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

12:3 So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

12:4 And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

12:5 But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

12:6 Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

12:7 But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

12:8 And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

12:9 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

12:10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

12:11 And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

12:12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

12:13 And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

12:14 But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

12:15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

12:16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

12:17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

12:18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

12:20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

12:21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

12:22 And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

12:23 Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

12:24 Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

12:25 And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

12:26 If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

12:27 Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

12:28 But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

12:29 And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.

12:30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

12:31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

12:32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

12:33 Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

12:34 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

12:35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

12:36 And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

12:37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

12:38 And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.

12:39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

12:40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

12:41 And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

12:43 Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

12:44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

12:45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

12:46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

12:47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

12:48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

12:49 I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.

12:50 But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

12:51 Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:

12:52 For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

12:53 They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

12:54 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

12:55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.

12:56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

12:57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

12:58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

12:59 I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.

13:1 Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

13:2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?

13:3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

13:4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?

13:5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

13:6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

13:7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

13:8 And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:

13:9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

13:10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.

13:11 And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.

13:13 And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.

13:14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

13:15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

13:16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

13:17 And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

13:18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

13:20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

13:22 And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.

13:23 And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,

13:24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

13:25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

13:26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.

13:27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

13:28 There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

13:29 And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

13:30 And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

13:31 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.

13:32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

13:33 But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

13:35 Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

14:1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

14:2 And a certain man was there who had a disease.

14:3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

14:4 But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.

14:5 And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

14:6 And they had no answer to that question.

14:7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

14:8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

14:9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

14:10 But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

14:11 For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

14:12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

14:13 But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

14:14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

14:15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

14:16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

14:17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

14:18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

14:19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

14:20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

14:21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

14:22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

14:23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

14:24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

14:25 Now a great number of people went with him.

14:26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

14:27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

14:28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

14:29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,

14:30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

14:31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

14:32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

14:33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

14:34 For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

14:35 It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

15:1 Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

15:3 And he made a story for them, saying,

15:4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

15:5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

15:6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

15:7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

15:8 Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

15:9 And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

15:10 Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

15:13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

15:14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

15:15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

15:16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

15:17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

15:18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

15:19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

15:20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

15:21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

15:22 But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

15:23 And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

15:24 For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

15:25 Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

15:26 And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

15:27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

15:28 But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

15:29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

15:30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

15:31 And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

15:32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

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.

17:1 And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

17:2 It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

17:3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

17:4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

17:5 And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

17:6 And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

17:7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

17:8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

17:9 Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

17:10 In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

17:11 And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

17:12 And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

17:13 Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

17:14 And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.

17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

17:16 And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.

17:17 And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

17:18 Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

17:19 And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

17:20 And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

17:21 And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

17:22 And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

17:23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

17:24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

17:25 But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

17:27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

17:28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

17:29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

17:30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

17:31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

17:32 Keep in mind Lot's wife.

17:33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

17:34 I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

17:35 Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

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17:37 And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.

18:1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

18:2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

18:3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

18:4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

18:5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

18:6 And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

18:7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

18:8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

18:9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

18:10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

18:11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

18:12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.

18:13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

18:14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

18:15 And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

18:16 But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

18:17 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

18:18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

18:19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

18:20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

18:21 And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

18:22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

18:23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

18:24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

18:25 It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

18:26 And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?

18:27 But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

18:28 And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.

18:29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

18:30 Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

18:31 And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

18:32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:

18:33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

18:34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

18:35 And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

18:36 And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

18:37 And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.

18:38 And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

18:39 And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.

18:40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

18:41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

18:42 And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.

18:43 And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

19:1 And he went into Jericho, and when he was going through it,

19:2 A man, named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax-farmer, and a man of wealth,

19:3 Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.

19:4 And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.

19:6 And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy.

19:7 And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

19:8 And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

19:9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

19:10 For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

19:11 And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

19:12 So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

19:13 And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

19:14 But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

19:15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

19:16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

19:17 And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

19:18 And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.

19:19 And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.

19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

19:21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

19:22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

19:23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

19:24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

19:25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

19:26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

19:27 And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

19:28 And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

19:29 And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

19:30 Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

19:31 And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

19:32 And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said.

19:33 And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass?

19:34 And they said, The Lord has need of him.

19:35 And they took him to Jesus, and they put their clothing on the ass, and Jesus got on to him.

19:36 And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him.

19:37 And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

19:38 Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

19:39 And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

19:40 And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

19:41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

19:42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

19:43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

19:44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

19:45 And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,

19:46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

19:47 And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

19:48 But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

1:1 The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

1:2 The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

1:3 And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;

1:4 And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and the son of Amminadab was Nahshon; and the son of Nahshon was Salmon;

1:5 And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse;

1:6 And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

1:7 And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;

1:8 And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

1:9 And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;

1:10 And the son of Hezekiah was Manasseh; and the son of Manasseh was Amon; and the son of Amon was Josiah;

1:11 And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon.

1:12 And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel;

1:13 And Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and Eliakim had Azor;

1:14 And Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had Eliud;

1:15 And Eliud had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and Matthan had Jacob;

1:16 And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the taking away to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the taking away to Babylon to the coming of Christ, fourteen generations.

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

1:19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

1:20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

1:21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

1:22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

1:23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

1:24 And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;

1:25 And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

2:1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2:2 Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

2:3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

2:4 And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

2:5 And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

2:6 You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

2:7 Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

2:8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

2:9 And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

2:10 And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

2:11 And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

2:12 And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

2:13 And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

2:14 So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt;

2:15 And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

2:17 Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

2:18 In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

2:19 But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

2:20 Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

2:21 And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

2:22 But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

2:23 And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

4:1 Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

4:2 And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

4:3 And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

4:4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

4:5 Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

4:6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

4:7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

4:8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

4:9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

4:10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

4:11 Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

4:12 Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

4:13 And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:

4:14 So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

4:15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

4:16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

4:17 From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

4:18 And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

4:19 And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

4:20 And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.

4:21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

4:22 And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

4:23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

4:24 And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

4:25 And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

5:1 And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

5:2 And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

5:3 Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

5:4 Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

5:5 Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

5:6 Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

5:7 Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

5:8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

5:9 Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

5:10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

5:11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

5:12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

5:13 You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

5:14 You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

5:15 And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

5:16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

5:17 Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

5:18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

5:19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

5:20 For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

5:21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

5:22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

5:23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

5:24 While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

5:25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

5:26 Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

5:27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

5:28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

5:29 And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

5:30 And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

5:31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

5:32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

5:33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

5:34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

5:35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

5:36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

5:37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

5:38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

5:39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

5:40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

5:41 And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

5:42 Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

5:43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

5:44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

5:45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

5:46 For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

5:47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

5:48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

6:1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

6:2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

6:3 But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:

6:4 So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

6:5 And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

6:6 But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

6:7 And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

6:8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

6:9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

6:10 Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

6:11 Give us this day bread for our needs.

6:12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

6:13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

6:14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

6:15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

6:16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

6:17 But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

6:18 So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

6:19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

6:20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

6:21 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

6:22 The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

6:23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

6:24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

6:25 So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

6:26 See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

6:27 And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

6:28 And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

6:29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

6:30 But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

6:31 Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

6:32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

6:33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

6:34 Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

8:1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.

8:2 And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

8:3 And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.

8:4 And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

8:5 And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

8:6 Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

8:7 And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

8:8 And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

8:9 Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

8:10 And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

8:11 And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

8:13 And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

8:14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

8:15 And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

8:16 And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

8:17 So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

8:18 Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

8:19 And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

8:20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

8:21 And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

8:22 But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

8:23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

8:24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

8:25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

8:26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

8:27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

8:28 And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

8:29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

8:30 Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

8:31 And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

8:32 And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

8:33 And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

8:34 And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

9:1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

9:2 And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

9:3 And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

9:4 And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

9:5 For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

9:6 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

9:7 And he got up and went away to his house.

9:8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

9:9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

9:10 And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

9:12 But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

9:13 But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

9:14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

9:15 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

9:16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

9:17 And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

9:18 While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

9:19 And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

9:20 And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

9:21 Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

9:22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

9:24 He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

9:25 But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

9:26 And the news of it went out into all that land.

9:27 And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

9:28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

9:29 Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

9:30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

9:31 But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.

9:32 And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

9:33 And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

9:34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

9:35 And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

9:36 But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

9:37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

9:38 Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

14:1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

14:2 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

14:3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

14:4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

14:5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

14:6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.

14:7 So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

14:8 And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

14:9 And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

14:10 And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

14:11 And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

14:12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

14:13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

14:14 And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

14:15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

14:16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

14:17 And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

14:18 And he said, Give them to me.

14:19 And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

14:20 And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

14:21 And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

14:22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

14:23 And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

14:24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

14:26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

14:27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

14:28 And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

14:29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

14:30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

14:31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

14:32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

14:33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

14:34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

14:35 And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

14:36 With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

15:1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

15:2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

15:3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

15:4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

15:5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

15:6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

15:7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

15:8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

15:9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

15:10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

15:11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

15:12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

15:13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

15:14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

15:15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

15:16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

15:17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

15:18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

15:20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

15:21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.

15:22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

15:23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

15:24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

15:25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

15:26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

15:27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.

15:28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

15:29 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.

15:30 And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

15:31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

15:32 And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

15:33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

15:34 And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

15:35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,

15:36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

15:37 And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

15:38 And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

15:39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

17:1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.

17:2 And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

17:3 And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

17:4 And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

17:5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

17:6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

17:7 And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

17:8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.

17:9 And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

17:10 And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

17:11 And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:

17:12 But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.

17:13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

17:14 And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

17:15 Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

17:16 And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

17:17 And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

17:18 And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.

17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

17:20 And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

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17:22 And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;

17:23 And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.

17:24 And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?

17:25 He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?

17:26 And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

17:27 But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

18:1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

18:2 And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

18:3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

18:4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

18:5 And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

18:6 But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

18:7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

18:8 And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

18:9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

18:10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

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18:12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

18:13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

18:14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

18:15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

18:16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

18:17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

18:18 Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

18:19 Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

18:20 For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

18:21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

18:22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.

18:23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

18:24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

18:25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

18:26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

18:27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

18:28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

18:29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

18:30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

18:31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

18:32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

18:33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

18:34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

18:35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

19:1 And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.

19:2 And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

19:3 And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

19:4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

19:5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

19:6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

19:7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

19:8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

19:9 And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

19:10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

19:11 But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

19:12 For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

19:13 Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

19:14 But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

19:15 And he put his hands on them, and went away.

19:16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

19:17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

19:18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

19:19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

19:20 The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?

19:21 Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

19:22 But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.

19:23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

19:24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

19:25 And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

19:26 And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

19:27 Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?

19:28 And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

19:29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

19:30 But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

21:1 And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

21:2 Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

21:3 And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he will send them.

21:4 Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

21:5 Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

21:6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus had given them orders,

21:7 And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.

21:8 And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way.

21:9 And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

21:10 And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

21:11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

21:12 And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.

21:13 And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

21:14 And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.

21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

21:16 Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

21:17 And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.

21:18 Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

21:19 And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

21:20 And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

21:21 And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

21:22 And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

21:23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

21:24 And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

21:25 The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

21:26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

21:27 And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

21:28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

21:29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

21:30 And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

21:31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

21:33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

21:34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

21:35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

21:36 Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

21:37 But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

21:38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

21:39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

21:40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?

21:41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

21:42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

21:43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

21:44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

21:45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

21:46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

22:1 And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

22:3 And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

22:4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

22:5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

22:6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

22:7 But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

22:8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

22:9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

22:10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

22:12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

22:13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

22:14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

22:15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

22:16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

22:17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

22:18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

22:19 Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.

22:20 And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it?

22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

22:22 And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.

22:23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

22:24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

22:25 Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

22:26 In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

22:27 And last of all the woman came to her end.

22:28 When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

22:29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

22:30 For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

22:31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.

22:33 And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.

22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

22:35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

22:36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law?

22:37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

22:38 This is the first and greatest rule.

22:39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

22:40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

22:41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

22:42 What is your opinion of the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The Son of David.

22:43 He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,

22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?

22:45 If David then gives him the name of Lord, how is he his son?

22:46 And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

25:1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

25:2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

25:3 For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

25:5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.

25:6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

25:7 Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights.

25:8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

25:9 But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

25:10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

25:11 After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

25:12 But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.

25:13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

25:14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

25:15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

25:16 Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

25:17 In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

25:18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

25:19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

25:20 And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

25:21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

25:22 And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

25:23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

25:24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

25:25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.

25:26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

25:27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

25:28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

25:29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

25:30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

25:31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:

25:32 And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

25:33 And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

25:34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

25:35 For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

25:36 I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

25:37 Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

25:38 And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?

25:39 And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?

25:40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

25:41 Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

25:42 For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

25:43 I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

25:44 Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

25:45 Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

1:2 May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

1:3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

1:4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

1:5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

1:6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

1:7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

1:8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.

1:10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

1:11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

1:12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

1:13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

1:14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

1:15 And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

1:16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

1:17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

1:18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

1:19 And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

1:20 Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

1:21 For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3 I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

1:4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

1:5 Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

1:6 For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

1:7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

1:8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

1:9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

1:10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

1:11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

1:12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

1:13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

1:14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

1:15 Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

1:16 These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

1:17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

1:18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

1:19 For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

1:20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

1:21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

1:22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

1:23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

1:24 Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

1:25 And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

1:26 So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

1:27 Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

1:28 Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

1:29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

1:30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

4:1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

4:2 I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.

4:3 And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

4:4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

4:5 Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

4:6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

4:7 And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

4:8 For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

4:9 The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

4:10 But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

4:11 But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.

4:12 It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

4:13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

4:14 But you did well to have care for me in my need.

4:15 And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;

4:16 Because even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to me in my need.

4:17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

4:18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.

4:19 And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.

4:20 Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

4:21 Give words of love to every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their love.

4:22 All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.

4:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

2:1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

2:2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

2:3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

2:4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

2:5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

2:6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

2:7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

2:8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

2:9 Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

2:10 But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

2:11 For one man is not different from another before God.

2:12 All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;

2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

2:14 For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;

2:15 Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

2:16 In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.

2:17 But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

2:18 And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,

2:19 In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,

2:20 A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;

2:21 You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?

2:22 You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

2:23 You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?

2:24 For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.

2:25 It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.

2:26 If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?

2:27 And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

2:28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

2:29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

5:1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

5:2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

5:3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

5:4 And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

5:5 And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

5:6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

5:7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.

5:8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

5:9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

5:10 For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;

5:11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

5:12 For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:

5:13 Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

5:14 But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.

5:15 But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.

5:16 And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.

5:17 For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

5:18 So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.

5:19 Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.

5:20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:

5:21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

6:1 What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?

6:2 In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?

6:3 Or are you without the knowledge that all we who had baptism into Christ Jesus, had baptism into his death?

6:4 We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

6:5 For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;

6:6 Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.

6:7 Because he who is dead is free from sin.

6:8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;

6:9 Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.

6:10 For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.

6:11 Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

6:12 For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;

6:13 And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

6:14 For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.

6:15 What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.

6:16 Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

6:17 But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;

6:18 And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

6:19 I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

6:20 When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

6:21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.

6:22 But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

6:23 For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

10:2 For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

10:3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.

10:5 For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.

10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)

10:7 Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)

10:8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

10:9 Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

10:10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

10:11 Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.

10:12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

10:13 Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.

10:14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?

10:15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

10:16 But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

10:17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

10:18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

10:19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

10:20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

10:21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.

12:1 For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

12:2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

12:3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

12:4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

12:5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

12:6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

12:7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

12:8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

12:9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

12:10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

12:11 Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

12:12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

12:13 Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

12:14 Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

12:15 Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

12:16 Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

12:17 Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

12:18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

12:19 Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

12:20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

12:21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

13:1 Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

13:2 For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

13:3 For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

13:4 For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

13:5 So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

13:6 For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

13:7 Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

13:8 Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

13:9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

13:10 Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.

13:11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

13:12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

13:13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

15:1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

15:2 Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

15:3 For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.

15:4 Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

15:5 Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

15:6 So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15:7 So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

15:8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

15:9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

15:10 And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.

15:11 And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.

15:12 And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

15:13 Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

15:14 And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

15:15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

15:16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

15:17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

15:18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

15:19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

15:20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

15:21 But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

15:22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

15:23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

15:24 Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

15:25 But now I go to Jerusalem, taking help for the saints.

15:26 For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

15:27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.

15:28 So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.

15:29 And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.

15:30 Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

15:31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

15:32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

15:33 Now may the God of peace be with you all. So be it.

4:1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

4:2 Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

4:3 Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.

4:4 Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

4:5 For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

4:6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

4:7 But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

4:8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

4:9 This is a true saying, in which all may put their faith.

4:10 And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

4:11 Let these be your orders and your teaching.

4:12 Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

4:13 Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.

4:14 Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

4:15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

4:16 Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

3:1 But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.

3:2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,

3:3 Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

3:4 False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;

3:5 Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

3:6 For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

3:7 Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

3:8 And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.

3:9 But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

3:10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

3:11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

3:12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

3:13 Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

3:14 But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

3:15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

3:16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

3:17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.

4:1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

4:2 Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

4:3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

4:4 And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

4:5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

4:6 For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.

4:7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

4:8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

4:9 Do your best to come to me before long:

4:10 For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.

4:12 Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.

4:13 The coat which I did not take from Troas and which is with Carpus, get when you come, and the books, specially the papers.

4:14 Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:

4:15 But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.

4:16 At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

4:17 But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

4:18 The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

4:19 Give my love to Prisca and Aquila and those of the house of Onesiphorus.

4:20 Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.

4:21 Do your best to come before the winter. Eubulus sends you his love, and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brothers.

4:22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

2:1 So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

2:2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

2:3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

2:4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

2:5 And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

2:6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

2:7 Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

2:8 Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

2:9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

2:10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2:11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

2:12 If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

2:13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

2:14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

2:15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

2:16 But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

2:17 And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;

2:18 Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.

2:19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

2:20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.

2:21 If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

2:22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

2:23 And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

2:24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

2:25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

2:26 And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

3:1 Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

3:2 To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

3:3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

3:4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

3:6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

3:7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

3:8 This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

3:9 But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.

3:10 A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;

3:11 Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.

3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis: for it is my purpose to be there for the winter.

3:13 Send Zenas, the man of law, and Apollos on their journey with all care, so that they may be in need of nothing.

3:14 And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.

3:15 All who are with me send you their love. Give our love to our friends in the faith. Grace be with you all.

1:1 Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

1:2 And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

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

1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

1:5 To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.

1:6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

1:7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.

1:9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.

1:10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

1:11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

1:12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

1:13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

1:14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

1:15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

1:16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

1:17 And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.

1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

1:19 But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

1:20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

1:21 Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.

1:22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

1:23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

1:24 And they gave glory to God in me.

2:1 Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.

2:2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

2:3 But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision:

2:4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

2:5 To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.

2:6 But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

2:7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

2:8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

2:9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

2:10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

2:11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

2:12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

2:13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.

2:14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

2:15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

2:16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

2:17 But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

2:18 For if I put up again those things which I gave to destruction, I am seen to be a wrongdoer.

2:19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

2:20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.

2:21 I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.

3:1 O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?

3:2 Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3:3 Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

3:4 Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.

3:5 He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

3:6 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

3:7 Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

3:8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

3:9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

3:10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

3:11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

3:12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

3:13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

3:14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

3:15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

3:16 Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

3:17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

3:18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

3:19 What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.

3:20 Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.

3:21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

3:22 However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

3:23 But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

3:24 So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

3:25 But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.

3:26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

3:27 For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.

3:28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

4:1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

4:2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.

4:3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

4:4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

4:5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

4:7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

4:8 But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

4:9 But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

4:10 You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years.

4:11 I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.

4:12 My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

4:13 But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;

4:14 And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

4:15 Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

4:16 So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?

4:17 Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.

4:18 But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

4:19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

4:20 Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.

4:21 Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?

4:22 Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

4:23 Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

4:24 Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.

4:25 Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.

4:26 But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

4:27 For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

4:28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

4:29 But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.

4:30 What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

4:31 So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

6:1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

6:2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

6:3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

6:4 But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

6:5 Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

6:6 But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

6:7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

6:8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

6:9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

6:10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

6:11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

6:12 Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

6:13 Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

6:14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

6:15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

6:16 And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

6:17 From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.

6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.

1:1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

1:2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.

1:3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

1:4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

1:5 And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

1:7 He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

1:8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

1:9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

1:10 He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

1:11 He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

1:12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

1:13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

1:14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

1:15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

1:16 From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

1:18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

1:19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

1:20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

1:21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

1:22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

1:24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

1:25 And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

1:26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

1:27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

1:28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

1:29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

1:30 This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

1:31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

1:32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

1:33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

1:34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

1:35 The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

1:36 And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!

1:37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

1:38 And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

1:39 He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

1:40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

1:41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

1:42 And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

1:43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

1:44 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.

1:45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

1:46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

1:48 Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.

1:49 Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!

1:50 In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.

1:51 And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

3:1 Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

3:3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

3:4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

3:5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

3:6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

3:7 Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

3:8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.

3:9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

3:10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

3:11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

3:12 If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

3:13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

3:14 As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

3:15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

3:16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

3:17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

3:18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

3:19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

3:20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

3:21 But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

3:22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

3:23 Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

3:24 For at this time John had not been put into prison.

3:25 Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

3:26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

3:27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

3:28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

3:29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

3:30 He has to become greater while I become less.

3:31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

3:32 He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

3:33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

3:34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

3:35 The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

3:36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

4:1 Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

4:2 (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

4:3 He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.

4:4 And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

4:5 So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

4:6 Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

4:7 A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.

4:8 For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

4:9 The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

4:10 In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

4:11 The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?

4:12 Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

4:13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

4:14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

4:15 The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

4:16 Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

4:17 In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

4:18 You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

4:19 The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

4:20 Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

4:21 Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

4:22 You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

4:23 But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

4:24 God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

4:25 The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

4:26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

4:27 At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

4:28 Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

4:29 Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

4:30 So they went out of the town and came to him.

4:31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

4:32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

4:33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

4:34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

4:35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

4:36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

4:37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

4:38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

4:39 Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

4:40 So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

4:41 And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.

4:42 And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

4:43 And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

4:44 For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

4:45 So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.

4:46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

4:47 When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

4:48 Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.

4:49 The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

4:50 And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

4:51 And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

4:52 So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

4:53 It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

4:54 Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.

5:1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

5:2 Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

5:3 In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

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5:5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

5:6 When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

5:7 The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

5:8 Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

5:9 And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

5:10 So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

5:11 He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.

5:12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

5:13 Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

5:14 After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

5:15 The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

5:16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

5:17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

5:18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

5:19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

5:20 For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

5:21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

5:22 The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

5:23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

5:24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

5:25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

5:26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

5:27 And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

5:28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

5:29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

5:30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

5:31 If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

5:32 There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

5:33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.

5:34 But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

5:35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

5:36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

5:37 And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.

5:38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

5:39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

5:40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

5:41 I do not take honour from men;

5:42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

5:43 I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

5:44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

5:45 Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.

5:46 If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

5:47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

7:1 After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.

7:2 But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.

7:3 So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.

7:4 Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

7:5 For even his brothers had no belief in him.

7:6 Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.

7:7 It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

7:8 Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.

7:9 Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.

7:10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.

7:11 At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

7:12 And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

7:13 But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

7:14 Now in the middle of the feast Jesus went up to the Temple and was teaching.

7:15 Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.

7:16 Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

7:17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

7:18 The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

7:19 Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

7:20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

7:21 This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.

7:22 Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

7:23 If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

7:24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

7:25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

7:26 And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?

7:27 However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

7:28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

7:29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.

7:30 Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.

7:31 And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

7:32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

7:33 Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.

7:34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

7:35 So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

7:36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

7:37 On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

7:38 He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

7:39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

7:40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?

7:42 Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

7:44 And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.

7:45 Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you?

7:46 The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

7:47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?

7:48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?

7:49 But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.

7:50 Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

7:51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

7:52 This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

7:53 [And every man went to his house;

9:1 And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

9:2 And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

9:3 Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

9:4 While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

9:6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,

9:7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.

9:8 Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

9:9 Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

9:10 So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

9:11 His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.

9:12 And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.

9:13 They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.

9:14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

9:15 So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

9:17 Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

9:18 Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

9:19 And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

9:20 In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

9:21 But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

9:22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

9:23 That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

9:24 So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

9:25 He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.

9:26 Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?

9:27 His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

9:28 And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

9:29 We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

9:30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

9:31 We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

9:32 In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

9:33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

9:34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

9:35 It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

9:36 He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.

9:37 Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.

9:38 And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.

9:39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

9:40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

9:41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

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10:1 Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

10:2 He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

10:3 The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

10:4 When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

10:5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

10:6 In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

10:7 So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8 All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.

10:9 I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.

10:10 The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

10:11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

10:12 He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

10:13 Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

10:14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

10:15 Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

10:16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

10:17 For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

10:18 No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.

10:19 There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

10:20 And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

10:21 Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

10:22 Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;

10:23 And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.

10:24 Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

10:25 Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

10:26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

10:27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

10:28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

10:29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

10:30 I and my Father are one.

10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

10:32 Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

10:33 This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

10:34 In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?

10:35 If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

10:36 Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

10:37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

10:38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

10:39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

10:40 And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.

10:41 And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

10:42 And a number came to have faith in him there.

12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.

12:2 So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

12:3 Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

12:4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,

12:5 Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

12:6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

12:7 Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

12:8 The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

12:9 Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.

12:10 Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

12:11 For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

12:12 The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

12:13 Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

12:14 And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

12:15 Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

12:16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

12:17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

12:18 And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

12:19 Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

12:20 Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

12:21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

12:22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

12:23 And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

12:24 Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

12:25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

12:26 If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

12:28 Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

12:29 Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

12:30 Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

12:31 Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.

12:33 (This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

12:34 Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

12:35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

12:36 In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

12:37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

12:38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

12:39 For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

12:40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

12:41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

12:42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

12:43 For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.

12:44 Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.

12:45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

12:46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

12:47 And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

12:48 He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.

12:49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

12:50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

15:1 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

15:2 He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

15:3 You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.

15:4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

15:6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

15:7 If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

15:8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.

15:9 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

15:10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

15:11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

15:12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

15:13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

15:14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

15:15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

15:16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

15:17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

15:18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

15:19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

15:20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

15:21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

15:22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

15:23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

15:24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

15:25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

15:26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

15:27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

17:1 Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

17:2 Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

17:3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.

17:4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

17:5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

17:6 I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

17:7 Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:

17:8 Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

17:9 My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours

17:10 (All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.

17:11 And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

17:12 While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

17:13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

17:14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17:15 My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

17:16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

17:17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

17:18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

17:19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

17:20 My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

17:21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

17:22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;

17:23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

17:24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

17:25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

17:26 And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.

19:2 And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

19:3 And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

19:4 And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him.

19:5 Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!

19:6 So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.

19:7 And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.

19:8 When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;

19:9 And he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer.

19:10 Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?

19:11 Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.

19:12 Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

19:13 So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.

19:14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

19:15 Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.

19:16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

19:17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

19:18 Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

19:19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

19:20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

19:21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

19:22 But Pilate made answer, What I have put in writing will not be changed.

19:23 And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

19:24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

19:25 Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

19:26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!

19:27 Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

19:28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

19:29 Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

19:30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.

19:31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

19:32 So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:

19:33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;

19:34 But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water.

19:35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

19:36 These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken.

19:37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.

19:38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

19:39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

19:40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

19:41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

19:42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

20:1 Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

20:2 Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

20:3 So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead.

20:4 They went running together, and the other disciple got in front of Peter and came first to the hole in the rock;

20:5 And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in,

20:6 Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth,

20:7 And the cloth, which had been round his head, not with the linen bands but rolled up in a place by itself.

20:8 Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him.

20:9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

20:10 So then the disciples went away again to their houses.

20:11 But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

20:12 She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.

20:13 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

20:14 And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus.

20:15 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

20:16 Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).

20:17 Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

20:18 Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.

20:19 At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

20:20 And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

20:21 And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.

20:22 And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

20:23 Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.

20:24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

20:25 So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief.

20:26 And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!

20:27 Then he said to Thomas, Put out your finger, and see my hands; and put your hand here into my side: and be no longer in doubt but have belief.

20:28 And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!

20:29 Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!

20:30 A number of other signs Jesus did before his disciples which are not recorded in this book:

20:31 But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.

1:1 The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

1:2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

1:3 The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

1:4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

1:5 And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

1:6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

1:7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

1:8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

1:9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

1:10 And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

1:11 And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

1:12 And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land.

1:13 And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

1:14 Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

1:15 And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

1:16 And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

1:17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

1:18 And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.

1:19 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

1:20 And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

1:21 And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.

1:22 And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.

1:23 And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

1:24 Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

1:25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

1:26 And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

1:27 And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

1:28 And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.

1:29 And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

1:30 Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

1:32 And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.

1:33 And all the town had come together at the door.

1:34 And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

1:35 And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.

1:36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

1:37 And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

1:38 And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.

1:39 And he went into their Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.

1:40 And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

1:41 And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.

1:42 And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean.

1:43 And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply,

1:44 See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

1:45 But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

 

2:1 And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

2:2 And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

2:3 And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

2:4 And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

2:5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

2:6 But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts,

2:7 Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

2:8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

2:9 Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

2:10 But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

2:11 I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.

2:12 And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

2:13 And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

2:14 And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

2:15 And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

2:16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

2:17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

2:18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

2:19 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

2:20 But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

2:21 No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

2:22 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

2:23 And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

2:24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

2:25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

2:26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

2:27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

2:28 So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

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8:1 In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

8:2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

8:3 If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

8:4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

8:5 And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

8:6 And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

8:7 And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

8:8 And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.

8:9 And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.

8:10 And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.

8:11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

8:12 And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

8:13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

8:14 And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

8:15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

8:16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.

8:17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

8:18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

8:19 When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

8:20 And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

8:21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

8:22 And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

8:24 And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

8:25 Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

8:27 And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?

8:28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

8:29 And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.

8:30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

8:31 And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

8:32 And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.

8:33 But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

8:34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

8:35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

8:36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

8:37 And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

8:38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

9:1 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

9:2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

9:3 And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

9:4 And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

9:5 And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

9:6 Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

9:7 And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

9:8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

9:9 And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

9:10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

9:11 And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

9:12 And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

9:13 But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

9:14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.

9:15 And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

9:16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?

9:17 And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

9:18 And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

9:19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

9:20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

9:21 And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

9:22 And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

9:23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

9:24 Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

9:25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

9:26 And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

9:28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

9:29 And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

9:30 And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

9:31 For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

9:32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

9:33 And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

9:34 But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

9:35 And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

9:36 And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

9:37 Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

9:38 John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

9:39 But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

9:40 He who is not against us is for us.

9:41 Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.

9:42 And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

9:43 And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

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9:45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

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9:47 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

9:48 Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

9:49 Everyone will be salted with fire.

9:50 Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

10:1 And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.

10:2 And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

10:3 And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?

10:4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

10:5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.

10:6 But from the first, male and female made he them.

10:7 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

10:8 And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

10:9 Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

10:10 And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

10:11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

10:12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

10:13 And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

10:14 And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

10:15 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

10:16 And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

10:17 And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

10:18 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

10:19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

10:20 And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

10:21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

10:22 But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

10:23 And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

10:24 And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

10:25 It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

10:26 And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

10:27 Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

10:28 Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

10:29 Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

10:30 Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

10:31 But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

10:32 And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

10:33 Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

10:34 And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

10:35 And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

10:36 And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

10:37 And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.

10:38 But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?

10:39 And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

10:40 But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

10:41 And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John.

10:42 And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

10:43 But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

10:44 And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

10:45 For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

10:46 And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.

10:47 And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

10:48 And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

10:49 And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

10:50 And he, putting off his coat, got up quickly, and came to Jesus.

10:51 And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

10:52 And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

15:1 And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

15:2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

15:3 And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

15:4 And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.

15:5 But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.

15:6 Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

15:8 And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.

15:9 And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

15:10 For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.

15:11 But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.

15:12 And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

15:13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

15:14 And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!

15:15 And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

15:16 And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.

15:17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

15:18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

15:19 And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

15:20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

15:21 And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

15:22 And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

15:23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.

15:24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

15:25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

15:26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

15:27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

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15:29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

15:30 Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.

15:31 In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.

15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

15:33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

15:34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

15:35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

15:36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

15:37 And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.

15:38 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

15:39 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

15:40 And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

15:41 Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

15:42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

15:43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

15:44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

15:45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

15:46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

16:1 And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

16:2 And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

16:3 And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

16:4 And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

16:5 And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.

16:6 And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

16:7 But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

16:8 And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...

16:9 Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.

16:10 She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

16:11 And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

16:12 And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

16:13 And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

16:14 And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

16:15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

16:16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

16:17 And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

16:18 They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

16:19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

16:20 And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.