Mark 4 Cross References - ACV

¹ And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to him, so as for him, after entering into the boat, to sit on the sea, and all the multitude was by the sea on the land. ² And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching, ³ Listen. Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow. ⁴ And it came to pass during the sowing, some fell by the path, and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵ And others fell on the rocky ground where it had not much soil. And straightaway it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. ⁶ And when the sun was risen it was scorched, and because it had no root it dried out. ⁷ And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. ⁸ And others fell into the good ground and gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and brought forth, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. ⁹ And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ And when he became alone, those around him, with the twelve, asked him the parable. ¹¹ And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables. ¹² So that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand, lest they should turn, and the sins would be forgiven them. ¹³ And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? And how will ye understand all the parables? ¹⁴ The man who sows sows the word. ¹⁵ And these are those by the path where the word is sown. And whenever they may hear, straightaway Satan comes, and takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts. ¹⁶ And these in like manner are those being sown upon the rocky places, who, whenever they may hear the word, straightaway receive it with joy. ¹⁷ And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway they are caused to stumble. ¹⁸ And these are those being sown in the thorns, who hear the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. ²¹ And he said to them, Does the lamp come so that it might be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not so that it might be put on the lampstand? ²² For there is not anything hid, except that it may be revealed, nor become secret, but that it may come to be visible. ²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you. ²⁵ For whoever has, to him it will be given. And he who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁶ And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, ²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and lengthen, he knows not how. ²⁸ For the earth bears fruit spontaneously, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit yields, straightaway he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come. ³⁰ And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or by what parable shall we compare it? ³¹ It is like a grain of the mustard plant, which, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all the seeds upon the ground. ³² Yet when it is sown, it goes up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it makes great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shade of it. ³³ And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. ³⁴ And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples. ³⁵ And on that day, having become evening, he says to them, Let us pass through to the other side. ³⁶ And having sent the multitude away, they bring him along as he was in the boat. And other small boats were also with him. ³⁷ And a great storm of wind develops, and the waves were thrown into the boat, so as for it now to be filling. ³⁸ And he himself was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him, and say to him, Teacher, does it not concern thee that we perish? ³⁹ And having awaken, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be quiet! Silence! And the wind ceased, and it became a great calm. ⁴⁰ And he said to them, Why are ye cowardly this way? How have ye no faith? ⁴¹ And they feared a great fear, and said to each other, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea also obey him?

¹ And on that day, having departed from the house, Jesus was sitting beside the sea. ² And many multitudes were gathered to him, so as for him (having entered in) to sit in the boat, and all the multitude had stood on the shore. ³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow. ⁴ And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵ But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil. ⁶ But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered. ⁷ And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. ⁸ But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears, let him hear. ¹⁰ And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given. ¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³ Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive. ¹⁵ For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.

¹³ And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude resorted to him, and he taught them.

⁷ And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.

¹ Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and having stood still, he was beside the lake of Gennesaret. ² And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets. ³ And having entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, he taught the crowds from the boat.

⁴ And when a large multitude gathered together, and those coming to him from each city, he spoke by a parable. ⁵ The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it. ⁶ And another fell on the rock, and having grown, it withered away because of not having moisture. ⁷ And another fell amidst the thorns, and having grown together, the thorns choked it. ⁸ And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹ And his disciples questioned him, saying, What is this parable? ¹⁰ And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand.

⁴ I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

² I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter dark sayings of old,

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

¹⁰ And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable, ³⁵ so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.

²³ And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

¹¹ And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables.

³³ And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. ³⁴ And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples.

³⁸ And in his teaching he said to them, Look away from the scholars, those who desire to go about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

¹⁶ Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.

¹⁹ The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his doctrine.

¹ And now, O Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD.

¹⁰ Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

²⁴ Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

³² Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.

⁶ In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

²³ Give ye ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech. ²⁴ Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground? ²⁵ When he has leveled the face of it, does he not cast abroad the chick-peas, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it? ²⁶ For his God instructs him aright, and teaches him.

³ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from their birth, who have been carried from the womb.

¹² Hearken to me, ye stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

¹ Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. ² Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

²⁴ He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man sowing good seed in his field.

²⁶ And when the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also appeared.

⁹ And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁴ The man who sows sows the word.

²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁶ And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, ²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and lengthen, he knows not how. ²⁸ For the earth bears fruit spontaneously, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit yields, straightaway he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.

¹⁴ And having summoned all the people, he said to them, Hear me all of you, and understand. ¹⁵ There is nothing outside the man, entering into him that can defile him, but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man.

⁵ The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it. ⁶ And another fell on the rock, and having grown, it withered away because of not having moisture. ⁷ And another fell amidst the thorns, and having grown together, the thorns choked it. ⁸ And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

³⁵ Do ye not say, There are still four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are already white for harvest. ³⁶ And he who reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷ For in this the saying is true, One is who sows, and another who reaps. ³⁸ I sent you to reap what ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

¹⁴ But Peter having stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and spoke out to them, saying, Jewish men, and all who dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my sayings.

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused growth. ⁷ So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who causes growth. ⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.

¹ Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away. ² For if the word spoken through agents became certain, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward, ³ how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard;

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

⁷ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat from the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of my God.

¹¹ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will, no, not be hurt from the second death.

²⁹ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

¹¹ And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

⁴ And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.

¹⁹ Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

¹⁵ And these are those by the path where the word is sown. And whenever they may hear, straightaway Satan comes, and takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts.

⁵ The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

¹² And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved.

¹⁹ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,

²⁶ I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

¹² Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.

¹² Shall horses run upon the rock? Will a man plow there with oxen? That ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

⁵ But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil. ⁶ But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

²⁰ And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy,

¹⁶ And these in like manner are those being sown upon the rocky places, who, whenever they may hear the word, straightaway receive it with joy. ¹⁷ And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway they are caused to stumble.

⁶ And another fell on the rock, and having grown, it withered away because of not having moisture.

¹³ And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper. ⁴ The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

¹³ Men who are planted in the house of LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and green ¹⁵ to show that LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

⁶ Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.

⁴ For thou have been a stronghold to a poor man, a stronghold to a needy man in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the oppressors is as a storm against the wall.

⁵ Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD. ⁶ For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. ⁷ Blessed is the man who trusts in LORD, and whose trust LORD is. ⁸ For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and shall not be worried in the year of drought, nor shall cease from yielding fruit.

⁸ And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

¹⁷ for the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,

⁷ rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.

¹⁰ and in all deception of unrighteousness in those who are perishing, in return for which, they did not accept the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.

¹¹ For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits. ¹² These are reefs in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly tending to themselves, waterless clouds carried along by winds, autumn trees without fruit, who died twice having being uprooted,

¹⁶ They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat.

¹⁷ And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all the days of thy life. ¹⁸ Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.

³ For thus says LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

⁷ And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

²² And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

¹⁸ And these are those being sown in the thorns, who hear the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

⁷ And another fell amidst the thorns, and having grown together, the thorns choked it.

¹⁴ And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

⁹ But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

¹² And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And LORD blessed him.

¹ Cry aloud, spare not. Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

²⁹ Is not my word like fire? says LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

⁸ But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

²³ But that which was sown upon the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and is productive, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

²⁰ And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

⁸ And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁵ But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.

¹² But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, ¹³ who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed. ²¹ But he who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

¹⁷ If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.

⁵ I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.

¹¹ But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.

¹¹ having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.

⁶ being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.

¹ Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short. ² For we also are having good news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard.

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God. ²¹ Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

¹ Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking, ² as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it, ³ if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is excellent.

¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁹ He who has ears, let him hear.

¹⁰ And having called in the multitude, he said to them, Hear and understand.

³ Listen. Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴ And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you.

¹⁸ Notice therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever has not, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.

⁶ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

¹³ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

²² He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

¹⁰ And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given. ¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³ Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive. ¹⁵ For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men longed to see the things that ye see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that ye hear, and did not hear them.

³⁶ Then having sent the multitudes away, Jesus came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

³⁴ And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples.

¹⁷ And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.

⁹ And his disciples questioned him, saying, What is this parable? ¹⁰ And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand. ¹¹ Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God. ¹² And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved. ¹³ And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial. ¹⁴ And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity. ¹⁵ But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.

²⁵ Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.

¹¹ And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given. ¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³ Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁷ And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens.

¹⁰ And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand.

²¹ In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, that thou hid these things from the wise and astute, and revealed them to the childlike. Yea, Father, because it became pleasing this way in thy sight. ²² And having turned to the disciples, he said, All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him. ²³ And having turning toward the disciples in private, he said, Blessed are the eyes that see what ye see. ²⁴ For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.

⁷ For who makes thee different? And what have thou that thou did not receive? And also if thou received it, why do thou boast as not having received it?

¹² For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside? ¹³ But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.

⁶ Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.

⁹ Having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his desire, which he purposed within himself

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us, ⁵ even us being dead in the transgressions, he made alive together with the Christ (ye are saved by grace), ⁶ and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenly things in Christ Jesus. ⁷ So that in the coming ages he might show the transcending wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you, ⁹ not from works, so that not any man may boast. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time,

¹² so that ye may walk properly toward those outside, and may have nothing lacking.

⁷ And he must also have good testimony from those outside, lest he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

³ For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other. ⁴ But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which he poured out upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior. ⁷ So that, having been made righteous by the grace of that man, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁶ Be not led astray, my beloved brothers. ¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning. ¹⁸ Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life.

⁴ yet LORD has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

⁹ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive. ¹⁰ Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and be healed.

¹⁸ They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

²¹ Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, who have eyes, and see not, who have ears, and hear not:

¹⁸ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself saying, Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God. ¹⁹ Surely after that I was turned back. I repented, and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth. ²⁰ Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says LORD.

² Son of man, thou dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

²⁷ Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. ²⁸ Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die. ²⁹ Yet the house of Israel says, The way of the Lord is not equitable. O house of Israel, are not my ways equitable? Are not your ways inequitable? ³⁰ Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one according to his ways, says the lord LORD. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin. ³¹ Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit. For why will ye die, O house of Israel? ³² For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the lord LORD, therefore turn yourselves back, and live.

³⁷ But although having done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, ³⁸ so that the word of Isaiah the prophet that he spoke might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ Because of this they could not believe. Because Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I would heal them. ⁴¹ Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke about him.

¹⁹ Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

²⁵ And being discord among each other, they departed after Paul spoke one thing, saying, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, ²⁶ saying, Go thou to this people, and say, Hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive. ²⁷ For this people's heart was made fat, and they hear heavily with the ears. And they shut their eyes, lest they may perceive with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should turn, and I would heal them.

⁸ just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day. ⁹ And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.

²⁵ in meekness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth,

⁶ and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly.

¹⁸ Hear ye then the parable of the man who sows. ¹⁹ Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside. ²⁰ And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy, ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble. ²² And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³ But that which was sown upon the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and is productive, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

⁵¹ Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord. ⁵² And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

¹⁵ And having answered, Peter said to him, Explain this parable to us. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?

⁸ And having known it, Jesus said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye deliberate among yourselves because ye brought no loaves? ⁹ Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up,

¹⁷ And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. ¹⁸ And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him,

²⁵ And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke.

¹ And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ. ² I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,

¹¹ About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing. ¹² For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food. ¹³ For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike. ¹⁴ But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

²⁰ Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.

³⁷ And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man,

² And straightaway many were gathered together, so as to accommodate no more, not even near the door. And he spoke the word to them.

² just as they delivered them to us, who became from the beginning eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

¹¹ Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.

⁴ Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good news, the word.

⁵ because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news ⁶ being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.

²³ begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age. ²⁴ Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away, ²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures into the age. And this is the word, the good news that was preached to you.

¹⁴ And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place, for LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as a man jesting.

⁶ Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them. ⁷ And LORD said to Satan, From where do thou come? Then Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it. ⁸ And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. ⁹ Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing? ¹⁰ Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. ¹¹ But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face. ¹² And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

¹ Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed?

¹ And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the agent of LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

¹⁰ Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve.

⁵ But having disregarded, they departed, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

⁴ And it came to pass during the sowing, some fell by the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

¹⁸ And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused. ¹⁹ And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused.

³ But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?

¹⁸ And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good news-Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And having taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, Can we understand what this new doctrine is, being spoken by thee? ²⁰ For thou bring some surprising things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know whatever these things aim to be.

³² But when they heard the resurrection of the dead, of course they mocked, but others said, We will hear thee again about this.

¹⁴ But when Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If therefore indeed it were some crime or evil reckless deed, O ye Jews, I would have tolerated you according to the matter. ¹⁵ But if it is an issue about a word and names and the law from you, look ye yourselves, for I do not intend to be a judge of these things. ¹⁶ And he drove them from the judgment seat. ¹⁷ But all the Greeks, having taken Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, were beating him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not going to judge, even of these things.

¹⁹ but had certain issues against him about his own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who has died, whom Paul was claiming to be alive. ²⁰ And I, being uncertain of the controversy about this man, asked whether he wants to go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these things.

³¹ And having withdrawn, they spoke to each other, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.

¹¹ so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

³ But even if our good news is concealed, it is concealed in those who are perishing, ⁴ in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.

⁹ Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,

¹ Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away.

¹⁶ lest a fornicator or profane man like Esau, who, in place of one meal sold his birthright.

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, he who leads the whole world astray. He was cast out to the earth, and his agents were cast out with him.

² And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him a thousand years. ³ And he cast him into the abyss, and locked and sealed over him, so that he would no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be loosed for a little time.

⁷ And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed out of his prison.

¹⁰ And the devil who leads them astray was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also were the beast and the false prophet. And they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages.

³¹ And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. ³² And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.

¹⁹ And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go. ²⁰ And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.

²⁰ And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy, ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble.

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. And having heard of him-the many things he was doing-he even heard of him gladly.

¹⁷ And as he was going forth on the way, one man having ran to him, and having knelt to him, questioned him, Good teacher, what should I do that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. ¹⁹ Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother. ²⁰ And having answered, he said to him, Teacher, all these things I have observed from my youth. ²¹ And having looked at him, Jesus loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lack. Go thou, sell as many things as thou have, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And after taking up the cross, come, follow me. ²² But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions.

³⁵ That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.

¹³ And Simon himself also believed. And after being immersed, he was continuing with Philip. And seeing miracles and signs occurring, he was astonished.

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money to them, ¹⁹ saying, Give me also this power, so that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money. ²¹ There is no part nor lot for thee in this matter, for thy heart is not straight in the sight of God.

²⁵ And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee. ²⁶ He also hoped simultaneously that money would be given him by Paul so that he might free him. And so, summoning him more frequently, he conversed with him.

²⁸ And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian.

²⁸ If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,

⁸ For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul? ⁹ Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? ¹⁰ Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

⁶ And blessed is he, whoever will not be caused to stumble by me.

³¹ Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

²¹ yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble.

⁹ Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name. ¹⁰ And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other.

⁵ And others fell on the rocky ground where it had not much soil. And straightaway it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. ⁶ And when the sun was risen it was scorched, and because it had no root it dried out.

¹⁰ And every man who will speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but to him who blasphemed against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.

³¹ Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples,

² Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit. ³ Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴ Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me. ⁵ I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing. ⁶ If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned. ⁷ If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.

¹² Therefore let him who seems to stand take heed lest he fall. ¹³ No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.

¹² As many as desire to make a good impression in flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of the Christ.

³ for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this. ⁴ For also when we were with you we foretold you that we were going to be oppressed, just as it also happened, and ye know. ⁵ Because of this, I too, no longer covering over it, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow he who tempts was tempting you, and our labor became in vain.

¹⁵ This thou know, that all those in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁷ and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ men who missed the mark about the truth, saying the resurrection happened already, and they overthrow the faith of some.

¹⁰ for Demas forsook me having loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁶ At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.

²⁹ By how much worse punishment do ye think he will deserve who has trampled the Son of God, and who considered profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who treated the Spirit of grace contemptuously?

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they were of us, they would have continued with us, but-so that they might be made known, that they are not all of us.

¹⁰ Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan's throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

⁷ And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

⁵ Will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For it certainly makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies toward heaven.

⁸ There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a great travail.

¹⁰ He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. ¹¹ When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding of them with his eyes? ¹² The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep. ¹³ There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches were kept by the owner of it to his hurt. ¹⁴ And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. ¹⁵ As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. ¹⁶ And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?

² And he dug it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress in it. And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

⁴ What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, it brought forth wild grapes?

¹⁰ And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

²³ And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly.

⁴¹ But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things,

¹⁷ And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

²⁹ And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled. ³⁰ For the nations of the world seek all these things, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things.

¹⁸ And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused. ¹⁹ And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused. ²⁰ And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.

² Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.

⁶ Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.

¹⁷ Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

⁷ For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God. ⁸ But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.

² in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God. ³ For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.

⁸ For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age.

⁸ And others fell into the good ground and gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and brought forth, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

⁴ Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me. ⁵ I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.

¹⁶ Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

⁴ Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ meekness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

¹⁰ For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,

¹ Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you, and summon in the Lord Jesus, that just as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye may abound more.

¹ Arise, shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of LORD has risen upon thee. ² For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples. But LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. ³ And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

¹⁵ nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all in the house.

¹⁶ And no man, having lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or places it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light.

³³ And no man, having lit a lamp, puts it in a concealed place, nor under the bushel, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light.

⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each man toward that which is beneficial.

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified, ⁴ also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead. ⁵ For ye are men who know this, that no fornicator, or unclean man, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. ⁶ Let no man deceive you by empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Do not become ye therefore partakers with them. ⁸ For ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), ¹⁰ proving what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹ And do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even rebuke them. ¹² For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly. ¹³ But all things exposed are revealed by the light, for everything that is seen is light. ¹⁴ Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee. ¹⁵ Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,

¹⁵ so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. ¹⁶ Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

⁹ I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O LORD, thou know. ¹⁰ I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great assembly.

² I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter dark sayings of old, ³ which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. ⁴ We will not hide them from their sons, telling to the generation to come the praises of LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

²⁶ Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

¹⁷ For there is no secret that will not become visible, nor hid, that will not be known and come to be visible.

² But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. ³ Therefore, as many things as ye have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

²⁰ For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard.

²⁷ For I did not withdraw from declaring to you the whole plan of God.

⁵ Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

¹ What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life ² (and the life was made known, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father, and was made known to us), ³ what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that ye also may have fellowship with us. Even also our fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which none knows except he who receives it.

²⁷ To err from the words of knowledge, cease, my son, to hear instruction.

³ Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the faithful holy things of David.

² For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

⁷ And a cloud developed overshadowing them. And a voice came out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son. Hear ye him.

³⁷ And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven. ³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

¹⁶ And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

⁶ But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.

² as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,

¹ But false prophets also developed among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed. ³ And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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

²⁸ Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

⁹ And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. ¹⁰ The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much. ¹¹ If therefore ye did not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true? ¹² And if ye did not become faithful in the alien, who will give thine to you?

²⁴ And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas. ²⁵ And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas. ²⁶ For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

¹⁸ A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness has a sure reward.

⁴ He who observes the wind shall not sow, and he who regards the clouds shall not reap.

² Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.

¹¹ And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.

³¹ He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field.

³³ He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.

³ Listen. Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow. ⁴ And it came to pass during the sowing, some fell by the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

¹⁴ The man who sows sows the word. ¹⁵ And these are those by the path where the word is sown. And whenever they may hear, straightaway Satan comes, and takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts. ¹⁶ And these in like manner are those being sown upon the rocky places, who, whenever they may hear the word, straightaway receive it with joy. ¹⁷ And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway they are caused to stumble. ¹⁸ And these are those being sown in the thorns, who hear the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

¹⁸ And he said, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it?

²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat that falls into the ground dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit.

¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.

¹⁷ then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he shall not be able to find it.

⁵ As thou know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, even so thou know not the work of God who does all.

⁷ Marvel not that I said to thee, ye must be begotten from above. ⁸ The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit.

³⁷ And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind. ³⁸ But God gives it a body as he wills, and to each of the seeds its own body.

³ We are indebted to thank God always about you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith is increasing greatly, and the love of each one of you all toward each other abounds.

¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly.

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so. ¹² And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.

⁴ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that LORD God made earth and heaven. ⁵ And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,

⁹ And out of the ground LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹¹ And now cursed are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. ¹² When thou till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer thou shall be on the earth.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.

¹³ Men who are planted in the house of LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and green

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

¹ For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

¹¹ For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the lord LORD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

³ And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

³¹ It is like a grain of the mustard plant, which, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all the seeds upon the ground. ³² Yet when it is sown, it goes up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it makes great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shade of it.

⁶ Being confident of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment ¹⁰ for you to examine the things that are significant. So that ye may be tested by sunlight and not stumbling toward the day of Christ, ¹¹ having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.

¹² And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you, ¹³ in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.

²⁶ Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

¹ The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil. ² He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

¹³ Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow. For their wickedness is great.

³⁰ Allow both to grow together until the harvest. And at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles in order to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.

⁴⁰ As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned in fire, so it will be at the end of this age. ⁴¹ The Son of man will send forth his agents, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness, ⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them. ¹⁴ And I looked, and behold, a white cloud. And sitting upon the cloud, like a son of man, having a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ And another agent came out from the temple, crying out in a great voice to him who sits on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle and reap, because the hour has come to reap, because the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶ And he who sits on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another agent came out from the temple in heaven, also himself having a sharp sickle.

¹³ What shall I testify to thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?

¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions,

³¹ He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field. ³² Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it.

¹⁸ And he said, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like a grain of a mustard plant, which having taken, a man cast into his own garden. And it grew and developed into a great tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches if it. ²⁰ And again he said, To what will I compare the kingdom of God? ²¹ It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, ¹⁸ and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou have obeyed my voice.

¹⁶ There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains. The fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon. And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. ¹⁷ His name shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in him. All nations shall call him blessed. ¹⁸ Blessed be LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name forever. And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Truly, and Truly.

² And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it. ³ And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of LORD from Jerusalem.

⁷ Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of LORD of hosts will perform this.

⁶ yea, he says, It is too light a thing that thou should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may be my salvation to the end of the earth. ⁷ Thus says LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers. Kings shall see and arise, rulers, and they shall worship, because of LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen thee.

² For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

¹² Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

²² The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, LORD, will hasten it in its time.

²² Thus says the lord LORD: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it. I will crop off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain. ²³ I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel, and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar. And all birds of every wing shall dwell under it; they shall dwell in the shade of the branches thereof. ²⁴ And all the trees of the field shall know that I, LORD, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, LORD, have spoken and have done it.

³⁴ Thou looked until a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. ³⁵ Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, was broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. ⁴⁵ Inasmuch as thou saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

¹¹ In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old, ¹² that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says LORD who does this. ¹³ Behold, the days come, says LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed, and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. ¹⁴ And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of it. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. ¹⁵ And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says LORD thy God.

¹ But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. ² And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of LORD from Jerusalem.

¹¹ And many nations shall join themselves to LORD in that day, and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee. And thou shall know that LORD of hosts has sent me to thee.

²⁰ Thus says LORD of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, and the inhabitants of many cities. ²¹ And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of LORD, and to seek LORD of hosts. I will go also. ²² Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of LORD. ²³ Thus says LORD of hosts: In those days, ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.

⁸ In that day LORD shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And he who is feeble among them at that day shall be as David, and the house of David shall be as God, as the agent of LORD before them.

⁶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves. ⁷ But it shall be one day which is known to LORD, not day, and not night. But it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light. ⁸ And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. In summer and in winter it shall be. ⁹ And LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day LORD shall be one, and his name one.

¹¹ For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says LORD of hosts.

³¹ He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field. ³² Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it. ³³ He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.

¹⁸ And he said, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like a grain of a mustard plant, which having taken, a man cast into his own garden. And it grew and developed into a great tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches if it.

⁴¹ Indeed therefore those who received his word gladly, were immersed. And there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

⁴ But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand.

¹⁴ And more who believe were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,

²⁰ Thus the word of the Lord was growing mightily and was prevailing.

²⁰ And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law.

¹⁵ And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.

¹ And I saw an agent coming down out of heaven having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ² And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him a thousand years. ³ And he cast him into the abyss, and locked and sealed over him, so that he would no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be loosed for a little time. ⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them and the souls of those who were beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they lived, and reigned with the Christ the thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will reign with him a thousand years.

⁹ Thou prepared place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land. ¹⁰ The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like cedars of God. ¹¹ It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

³ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of LORD as the waters cover the sea.

² And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

²⁰ The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

³ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature, and its top was among the thick boughs. ⁴ The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. The rivers of it ran round about its plantation, and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field. ⁵ Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long because of many waters, when it shot them forth. ⁶ All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations. ⁷ Thus it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many waters. ⁸ The cedars in the garden of God could not dim it. The fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches, nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. ⁹ I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it. ¹⁰ Therefore thus said the lord LORD: Because thou are exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height,

¹⁰ Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height of it was great. ¹¹ The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to heaven, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth. ¹² The leaves of it were fine, and the fruit of it much, and food was in it for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches of it. And all flesh was fed from it. ¹³ I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. ¹⁴ He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches. Shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

²⁰ The tree that thou saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to heaven, and the sight of it to all the earth, ²¹ whose leaves were fine, and the fruit of it much, and in it was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation, ²² it is thou, O king, who have grown and become strong. For thy greatness has grown, and reaches to heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

¹² I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

³⁶ Then having sent the multitudes away, Jesus came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷ And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man, ³⁸ and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil. ³⁹ And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are agents.

¹⁵ And having answered, Peter said to him, Explain this parable to us. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet? ¹⁸ But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man. ¹⁹ For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, revilings. ²⁰ These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

¹⁰ And when he became alone, those around him, with the twelve, asked him the parable.

¹⁷ And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. ¹⁸ And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him, ¹⁹ because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)? ²⁰ And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹ For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, ²² covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evil things come from inside, and defile the man.

²⁷ And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things about himself.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfilled. ⁴⁵ Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ And he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day,

²⁵ These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.

¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side.

²³ And upon his entering into the boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping. ²⁵ And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing. ²⁶ And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm. ²⁷ But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

²² And straightaway Jesus compelled the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, until he would dismiss the multitudes.

²¹ And when Jesus crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to him, and he was near the sea.

⁴⁵ And straightaway he compelled his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself would send the crowd away.

¹³ And having left them, having entered again into a boat, he departed to the other side.

²² Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, also his disciples. And he said to them, Let us pass through to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth,

²⁵ And he said to them, Where is your faith? And having feared, they wondered, saying to each other, Who then is this man, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

¹ After these things Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee of Tiberias.

¹⁷ and having entered into the boat, they were going to the other side of the sea toward Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

²⁵ And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when did thou become here?

⁹ And he spoke to his disciples that a small boat would stay by him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him.

¹ And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to him, so as for him, after entering into the boat, to sit on the sea, and all the multitude was by the sea on the land.

² And when he came out of the boat, straightaway there met him out of the sepulchers a man with an unclean spirit who had his habitation among the sepulchers.

¹² And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

¹⁹ And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead, and only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters, ²⁴ these men see the works of LORD, and his wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it. ²⁶ They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. ²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. ²⁸ Then they cry to LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses. ²⁹ He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still. ³⁰ Then they are glad because they are quiet, so he brings them to their desired haven. ³¹ O that men would praise LORD for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

⁴ But LORD sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.

²³ And upon his entering into the boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.

²² Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, also his disciples. And he said to them, Let us pass through to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth, ²³ but as they sailed he began to asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were filling up, and were in peril.

¹⁴ But not long after, there threw against it a cyclonic wind called the Euroclydon. ¹⁵ And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven. ¹⁶ And having sailed under lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were able with difficulty, to develop control of the skiff. ¹⁷ And having taken that up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall off into the sandbank, having lowered the vessel, they were driven this way. ¹⁸ And since we were exceedingly storm-tossed, on the next day they jettisoned. ¹⁹ And the third day we cast out by hands the tackling of the ship. ²⁰ And when neither sun nor stars appeared for more days, and no small storm laying on, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away.

⁴¹ And having chanced upon a place where two seas meet, they ran the ship aground. And of course, the bow having become stuck, it remained immovable, but the stern was coming apart by the force of the waves.

²⁵ Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth,

²⁷ And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is meditating, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened. ²⁸ And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them. ²⁹ And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening oblation, but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

⁵ if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, ⁶ if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

¹ Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble? ² In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

¹ My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, and the words of my groaning? ² O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent.

²³ Awake, why do thou sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast not off forever. ²⁴ Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

⁷ Will the Lord cast off forever? And will he be favorable no more? ⁸ Has his loving kindness entirely gone forever? Does his promise fail for evermore? ⁹ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. ¹⁰ And I said, This is my infirmity, the change of the right hand of the Most High.

²⁷ Why do thou say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from LORD. And the justice due to me is passed away from my God? ²⁸ Have thou not known? Have thou not heard? The everlasting God, LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, nor is weary. There is no searching of his understanding.

¹⁴ But Zion said, LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me. ¹⁵ Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet I will not forget thee. ¹⁶ Behold, I have engraved thee upon the palms of my hands. Thy walls are continually before me.

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of LORD. Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster? ¹⁰ Is it not thou who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

⁶ For LORD has called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth when she is cast off, says thy God. ⁷ For a small moment I have forsaken thee, but with great mercies I will gather thee. ⁸ In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on thee, says LORD thy Redeemer.

¹⁵ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

¹² Will thou restrain thyself for these things, O LORD? Will thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very severely?

⁸ Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

²⁵ And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing.

²⁴ And having approached, they awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. And having risen, he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm.

⁶ And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied from the journey, thus was sitting on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

¹⁷ Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in accordance with all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things toward God, in order to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.

⁷ having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

¹⁶ And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.

²² And the sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

²⁸ And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the army of Pharaoh who went in after them into the sea, there remained not so much as one of them. ²⁹ But the sons of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

¹¹ and said, This far thou shall come, but no farther, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

¹⁰ LORD sat as King at the Flood. Yea, LORD sits as King forever.

⁷ who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

⁹ Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.

³ The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their waves. ⁴ Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, LORD on high is mighty.

⁷ At thy rebuke they fled. At the voice of thy thunder they hastened away. ⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou had founded for them. ⁹ Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

²⁹ He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.

⁸ fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,

²⁹ when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

²² Do ye not fear me? says LORD. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? And though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail, though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.

³¹ For the Lord will not cast off forever.

⁴ He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

²⁵ And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, Thou mute and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and enter into him no more.

³⁹ And having stood over her, he rebuked the fever. And it left her, and immediately after rising up, she served them.

¹ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth changes, and though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas, ³ though the waters of it roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with the swelling of it. Selah.

³ A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench, but he will bring forth justice in truth.

² When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

³⁰ And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith?

²⁶ And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.

³¹ And straightaway having stretched forth his hand, Jesus took hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why did thou doubt?

⁸ And having known it, Jesus said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye deliberate among yourselves because ye brought no loaves?

¹⁹ Therefore having impelled forward about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near to the boat, and they were afraid. ²⁰ But he says to them, It is I, fear not.

¹⁸ So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel. ¹⁹ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to LORD thy God that we not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask a king for us. ²⁰ And Samuel said to the people, Fear not. Ye have indeed done all this evil, yet turn not aside from following LORD, but serve LORD with all your heart.

²⁴ Only fear LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart, for consider what great things he has done for you.

⁷ a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?

⁹ And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land. ¹⁰ Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, What is this that thou have done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of LORD, because he had told them.

¹⁵ So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. ¹⁶ Then the men feared LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to LORD, and made vows.

⁵ My covenant of life and peace was with him. And I gave them to him that he might fear, and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.

²⁷ But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

³² And when they entered into the boat, the wind ceased.

³³ But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what has happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

³⁷ And they were exceedingly astonished, saying, He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.

³⁶ And amazement developed in all, and they spoke among each other, saying, What is this word? Because with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

²⁸ Therefore, receiving an immovable kingdom, we may have grace, through which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and awe.

⁴ Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.