Matthew 13 Cross References - ACV

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. 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. 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. 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. ²⁵ But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ And when the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also appeared. ²⁷ But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares? ²⁸ And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the bondmen said to him, Do thou desire therefore, after going, we would gather them up? ²⁹ But he said, No, lest while gathering up the tares, ye uproot the wheat together with them. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. ⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls. ⁴⁶ Who, having found one very valuable pearl, after departing, sold all, as many things as he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered from every kind, ⁴⁸ which, when it was full, after dragging to the shore, having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, but they cast out the useless. ⁴⁹ So it will be at the end of the age. The agents will come forth, and separate the bad from among the righteous, ⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 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. ⁵³ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there. ⁵⁴ And having come into his fatherland he taught them in their synagogue, so as for them to be astonished, and say, From where is this wisdom and powers in this man? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all near us? From where then are all these things in this man? ⁵⁷ And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house. ⁵⁸ And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

²⁸ And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

²⁵ And many multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan followed him.

³⁰ And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus' feet, and he healed them,

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.

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.

⁸ The trees went forth a time to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign thou over us. ⁹ But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ¹⁰ And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. ¹¹ But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ¹² And the trees said to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. ¹³ And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ¹⁴ Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. ¹⁵ And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. ¹⁶ Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deed of his hands ¹⁷ (for my father fought for you, and ventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian, ¹⁸ and ye have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem because he is your brother), ¹⁹ if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. ²⁰ But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo, and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

¹ And LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor. ² The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds, ³ but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up. And it grew up together with him, and with his sons. It ate of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter. ⁴ And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring man who came to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who came to him. ⁵ And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As LORD lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die. ⁶ And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. ⁷ And Nathan said to David, Thou are the man. Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul.

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,

¹ Let me sing for my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. 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. ³ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. 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? ⁵ And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up. I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down. ⁶ And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. ⁷ For the vineyard of LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. And he looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

² Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

⁴⁹ Then I said, Ah lord LORD! They say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

³ And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the lord LORD: Set on the caldron. Set it on, and also pour water into it. ⁴ Gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. ⁵ Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron. Make it boil well, yea, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it. ⁶ Therefore thus says the lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot has fallen upon it. ⁷ For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it upon the bare rock. She did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸ That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered. ⁹ Therefore thus says the lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰ Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well, and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned. ¹¹ Then set it empty upon the coals of it, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. ¹² She has wearied herself with toil, yet her great scum does not go forth out of her, her scum by fire. ¹³ In thy filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed thee and thou were not cleansed, thou shall not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest. ¹⁴ I, LORD, have spoken it. It shall come to pass, and I will do it. I will not go back. I will neither spare, nor will I relent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, they shall judge thee, says the lord LORD.

⁴ In that day they shall take up a taunt against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation. And say, We are utterly ruined. He changes the portion of my people. How he removes it from me! He divides our fields to the rebellious.

⁶ Shall not all these take up a derision against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!

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.

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.

⁵³ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there.

¹ And having responded, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying,

³² Now learn a parable from the fig tree. When its branch now becomes tender, and sprouts leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

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

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.

¹³ And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? And how will ye understand all the parables?

³³ And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

¹ And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set up a hedge, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.

¹² And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away.

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.

⁴¹ And Peter said to him, Lord, did thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?

³ And he spoke this parable to them, saying, ⁴ What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it? ⁵ And when he finds it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And when he comes to the house, he calls together his men friends and his men neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost. ⁷ I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

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 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.

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 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,

¹² Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from LORD of hosts.

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

¹⁰ They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them. For he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them even by springs of water.

²⁶ And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.

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.

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.

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

²³ If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper.

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

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 Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

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

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. ⁴ Circumcise yourselves to LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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.

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

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.

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.

⁸ By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.

¹⁸ For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

⁸ And all who dwell upon the earth will worship it, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was killed from the foundation of the world. ⁹ If any man has an ear, let him hear.

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

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.

⁸ Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. ⁹ The meek he will guide in justice, and the meek he will teach his way.

¹⁴ The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

¹⁰ For LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.

⁸ And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed, the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err in it.

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. ²⁶ Yea, Father, because this way it was done pleasing in thy sight.

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.

¹¹ But he said to them, Not all men can accommodate this saying, but to whom it has been given.

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.

³⁹ And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word. ⁴⁰ But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me. ⁴¹ But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things, ⁴² but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.

⁶⁵ And he said, Because of this I have said to you that no man is able to come to me, if it is not given to him from my Father.

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.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, a woman who worshiped God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things being spoken by Paul.

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. ¹² Indeed therefore many of them believed, also of the prominent Greek women, and of men, not a few.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times,

⁷ But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,

⁹ But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him. ¹⁰ But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

¹⁴ Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

¹ Thus let a man regard us as of helpers of Christ, and managers of mysteries of God.

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?

² And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed,

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

¹⁸ having the eyes of your heart enlightened. For you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the sanctified,

³ that according to revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. ⁴ With which reading ye can recognize my understanding in the mystery of the Christ, ⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets. ⁶ For Gentiles to be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow partakers of his promise in the Christ through the good news. ⁷ Of which I became a helper according to the gift of that grace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his power. ⁸ To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ, ⁹ and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ.

³² This mystery is great, but I speak for Christ and for the church.

¹⁹ and for me, so that utterance may be given to me in boldness in opening my mouth to make known the mystery of the good news,

²⁶ the mystery that was hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been made known to his sanctified. ²⁷ To whom God wanted to make known what is the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

² So that their hearts may be encouraged, having been united together in love, and for all wealth of the full assurance of understanding, to knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father of the Christ.

⁹ holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

¹⁶ And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.

⁵ And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

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 ye have an anointing from the Holy, and ye know all the things.

²⁷ And for you, the anointing that ye received from him abides in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you, but as the same anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it taught you, ye will abide in him.

⁴³ Because of this I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

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.

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.

⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

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.

²⁶ For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of this man when he comes in his glory, and of the Father, and of the holy agents.

⁴² but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.

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.

² And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.

²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

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.

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.

⁵ Remember therefore from where thou have fallen, and repent and do the first works. And if not, I come to thee quickly, and will move thy lampstand out of its place, if thou do not repent.

¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot. O that thou were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because thou are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spew thee out of my mouth.

³ the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders, ⁴ yet LORD has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

¹⁸ Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see. ¹⁹ Who is blind, but my servant, or deaf, as my messenger that I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace with me, and blind as LORD's servant? ²⁰ Thou see many things, but thou do not observe. His ears are open, but he does not hear.

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:

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.

¹⁷ And knowing it Jesus says to them, Why do ye deliberate because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart still hardened? ¹⁸ Having eyes, ye see not, and having ears, ye hear not? And do ye not remember?

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.

³⁹ And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind. ⁴⁰ And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁴ But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.

⁷⁰ Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in thy law.

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.

¹⁰ For LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered. ¹¹ And all vision has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to a man who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I cannot, for it is sealed. ¹² And the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I am not learned.

²⁰ He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

²² Return, ye backsliding sons, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we have come to thee, for thou are LORD our God.

¹⁴ Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed. Save me, and I shall be saved, for thou are my praise.

⁶ Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them. And I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.

⁴ I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.

¹¹ But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

² But to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings, and ye shall go forth, and frolic as calves of the stall.

⁴³ Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word. ⁴⁴ Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and the father of it.

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.

⁵⁷ But they, having cried out in a great voice, held their ears shut, and rushed upon him with one accord.

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 And because of this God will send them the force of a delusion, for them to believe a lie,

²⁵ in meekness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth, ²⁶ and they may sober up out of the snare of the devil, having been captured by him for his will.

⁴ and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths.

¹¹ About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.

⁴ For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, ⁶ and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly.

² in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ⁴ Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted. ⁵ Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth. ⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled. ⁷ Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy. ⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God. ⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God. ¹⁰ Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ¹¹ Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

²⁹ Now dismiss thy bondman in peace, Master, according to thy word, ³⁰ because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

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.

²⁹ Jesus says to him, Because thou have seen me, thou have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.

¹⁸ to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.

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.

¹⁷ So that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowledge of him, ¹⁸ having the eyes of your heart enlightened. For you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the sanctified,

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.

⁵⁶ Your father Abraham rejoiced that he could see my day, and he saw it, and was glad.

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets. ⁶ For Gentiles to be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow partakers of his promise in the Christ through the good news.

¹³ All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.

³⁹ And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise, ⁴⁰ God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.

¹⁰ About which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently. Men who prophesied about the grace for you, ¹¹ searching for what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ in them indicated, predicting the sufferings in Christ, and the glories after these things. ¹² To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good news to you in the Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things agents longed to stoop to see.

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 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.

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.

⁷ The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

²⁰ Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places. ²¹ She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words: ²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

¹ My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee, ² so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding, ³ yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding, ⁴ if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, ⁵ then thou shall understand the fear of LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth is knowledge and understanding.

¹⁶ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

¹ He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom. ² A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

²³ And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

³⁷ But let your word be, Yes, yes, No, no. And anything beyond these is from evil.

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.

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.

² And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal those who were incapacitated.

⁹ And heal the weak in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you.

⁴³ Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

³⁸ Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find not one cause in him.

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

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.

²⁵ And now behold, I have seen that ye will no longer see my face, ye all among whom I passed through preaching the kingdom 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.

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.

²³ And having appointed a day for him, more came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded, solemnly testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.

²⁸ And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

⁸ but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness-anger and wrath,

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

² But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. ³ But even if our good news is concealed, it is concealed in those who are perishing,

⁸ To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

¹² so that they might be condemned-all those who did not believe the truth, but who delighted in unrighteousness.

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

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father. ¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.

¹² Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.

¹⁸ We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.

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.

¹³ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today LORD has wrought deliverance in Israel. ¹⁴ Then Samuel said to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. ¹⁵ And all the people went to Gilgal. And there they made Saul king before LORD in Gilgal, and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

² And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

⁶ And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of LORD, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

¹⁴ And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for the house of LORD, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

³⁴ When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly. ³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer. ³⁶ But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. ³⁷ For their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.

¹² Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. ¹³ They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,

² Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁴ And ye did not disdain, nor did ye reject my trial in my flesh, but ye received me as an agent of God, as Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Where then is your satisfaction? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked your eyes out, ye would have given them to me.

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?

³ The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

¹² A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.

⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes away early.

¹⁰ Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ¹¹ Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me. ¹² Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? ²³ And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness.

²² And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ And he who does not take his cross and follow behind me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.

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

⁶ But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

⁵⁷ And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ For what does it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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.

¹³ But he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

³¹ Then Jesus says to them, All ye will be caused to stumble by me in this night, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

³³ But having answered, Peter said to him, If all men will be caused to stumble by thee, I will never be caused to stumble.

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.

³⁴ And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good news, this man will save it. ³⁶ For what will it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

¹² And brother will betray brother to death, and a father a child. And children will rise up against parents, and will condemn them to death. ¹³ And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

²³ And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁴ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever may lose his life because of me, this man will save it. ²⁵ For what is a man benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself?

²⁶ If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whoever does not bear his cross, and come behind me, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸ For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion? ²⁹ So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him, ³⁰ saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. ³¹ Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² And if not, while he is still far off, having sent a delegation, he asks the things about peace. ³³ So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

¹² But before all these things, they will throw their hands on you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. ¹³ But it will go out from you for testimony. ¹⁴ Settle therefore in your hearts not to premeditate to make defense. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to contradict or to resist. ¹⁶ And ye will be betrayed even by parents, and kinsmen, and friends, and brothers. And some of you they will condemn to death. ¹⁷ And ye will be hated by all men because of my name. ¹⁸ And, no, not a hair of your head will perish.

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.

⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples are grumbling about this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble? ⁶² Then if ye should see the Son of man ascending where he was before? ⁶³ It is the spirit that makes alive. The flesh benefits nothing. The sayings that I speak to you are spirit, are life. ⁶⁴ Nevertheless, there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who do not believe, and who he is who will betray him. ⁶⁵ And he said, Because of this I have said to you that no man is able to come to me, if it is not given to him from my Father.

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, Did I not choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil? ⁷¹ But he spoke of Judas Iscariot son of Simon. For this man, being one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

²⁵ He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶ If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will honor him.

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.

²¹ There is no part nor lot for thee in this matter, for thy heart is not straight in the sight of God. ²² Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee. ²³ For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.

⁷ to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality-eternal life-

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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.

¹⁵ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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.

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

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

³⁵ Therefore do not throw off your boldness, which has great recompense of reward. ³⁶ For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. ³⁷ For yet a very little while, he who is coming will come, and will not delay. ³⁸ But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him. ³⁹ But we are not of retreat for destruction, but of faith for the preservation of the soul.

⁵ men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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. ⁹ For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins.

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. ²⁰ And ye have an anointing from the Holy, and ye know all the things.

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.

¹⁰ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou go to Zoar. ¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. ¹² Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ¹³ Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against LORD.

²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: ²¹ When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

²⁰ But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him. ²¹ So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? ²² And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment. ²³ And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him. ²⁴ And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house, and he let the men go, and they departed. ²⁵ But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, From where did thou come, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhere. ²⁶ And he said to him, Did not my heart go with thee when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants? ²⁷ The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

⁷ Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart on it.

²⁸ He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

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?

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.

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

²⁴ No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

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

¹⁶ And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life? ¹⁷ And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. ¹⁹ Honor the father and mother, and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. ²⁰ The young man says to him, All these things I have kept from my youthfulness. What do I lack yet? ²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. ²² But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions. 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. ²⁴ And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²³ And Jesus having looked around, he says to his disciples, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words. But again having answered, Jesus says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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.

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.

¹⁶ And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many. ¹⁷ And he sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready. 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. ²¹ And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and crippled and blind. ²² And the bondman said, Lord, as thou commanded it has happened, and yet there is room. ²³ And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few chosen.

²⁴ And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to enter in through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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.

¹ But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold property, ² and kept back from the price, his wife also having joint awareness. And having brought a certain part, he placed it at the apostles' feet. 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? ⁴ While it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, it was in thine authority. Why is it that thou have placed this matter in thy heart? Thou have not lied to men, but to God. ⁵ And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things. ⁶ And after rising the young men wrapped him, and having carried him out they buried him. ⁷ And it came to pass after an interval of three hours, his wife also came in, not knowing that which happened. ⁸ And Peter responded to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much. ⁹ But Peter said to her, How is it that it was agreed by you to challenge the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out. ¹⁰ And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired. And after coming in the young men found her dead, and having carried her out, they buried her by her husband. ¹¹ And great fear developed in the whole church, and in all who heard these things.

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money to them,

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.

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,

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse, ¹⁵ having forsaken a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness.

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.

¹¹ Woe to them! Because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed to the error of Balaam's reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. 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,

¹ Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, ² but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 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 ¹⁵ to show that LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

⁵ that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels, ⁶ to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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?

⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.

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.

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit.

⁸ But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, 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.

¹⁵ Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, he will, no, not enter it.

⁴³ For a good tree is not producing corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree producing good fruit. ⁴⁴ For each tree is known from its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they harvest grapes from a bramble bush.

⁹ Although surely it should bear fruit, and if not, in the coming year thou will cut it down.

¹¹ He came to his own, and his own did not accept him. 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.

⁴⁷ He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

²⁶ But ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

¹ I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the farmer. 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. ⁸ By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.

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.

⁷ Now they know that all things, as many as thou gave me are from thee. ⁸ Because the sayings that thou gave to me, I gave to them. And they received them, and knew truly that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou sent me.

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.

¹ And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia, ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity,

¹⁰ And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.

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.

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.

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.

¹³ But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth, ¹⁴ for which he called you, through our good news, for an acquired possession of glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

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.

¹⁰ Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me for a people.

¹⁵ Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name. ¹⁶ But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

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,

⁵ Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety, ⁷ and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love. 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.

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.

¹² And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If ye can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment, ¹³ but if ye cannot declare it to me, then ye shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said to him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.

¹⁰ For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.

¹³ Therefore the word of LORD shall be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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

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.

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.

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

⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls.

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered from every kind,

²³ Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen.

¹ For the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a house-ruler, who went out in the early morning at the same time to hire workmen for his vineyard.

³³ Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man who was a house-ruler, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.

² The kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a king who made a wedding for his son.

¹ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering.

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?

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

²⁰ And again he said, To what will I compare the kingdom of God?

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

²³ begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.

⁹ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. ¹⁰ His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

³⁹ And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are agents.

⁵ Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

³⁰ And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore watch ye, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease warning each one with tears.

¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel, for even Satan disguises himself into an agent of light. ¹⁵ Therefore, it is no great thing if his helpers also disguise themselves as helpers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

⁴ But that issue was because of those false brothers smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us,

³ For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear, ⁴ and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths. ⁵ But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness.

¹⁵ Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

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

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.

²⁰ Nevertheless, I have against thee that thou tolerate thy woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and leads astray my bondmen to fornicate, and to eat idol sacrifices.

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.

¹⁴ And it leads my kind astray (those dwelling on the earth) because of the signs that were given it to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast that had the sword-wound and lived.

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.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them.

¹¹ For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. ¹² Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. ¹³ Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were ye immersed in the name of Paul?

⁵ Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man. 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.

²⁸ And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?

¹² Now if Christ is proclaimed that he has risen from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ risen. ¹⁴ And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty. ¹⁵ And also we are found false witnesses of God, because we witnessed according to God that he raised up the Christ, whom he did not raise up, if therefore the dead are really not raised. ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. ¹⁷ And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain. Ye are still in your sins. ¹⁸ Then also those who slept in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If we are men who have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men more miserable. ²⁰ But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep. ²¹ For since death is because of a man, the resurrection of the dead is also because of a man. ²² For as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all will be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order. Christ the first fruit, then those of Christ at his coming. ²⁴ Afterwards the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will abolish all rule, and all authority and power. ²⁵ For he must reign until he will put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶ The last enemy abolished is death. ²⁷ For he subordinated all things under his feet. But when he says that all things have been subordinated, it is clear that he who subordinated all things under him, is excepted. ²⁸ And when all things are made subordinate to him, then the Son himself will also be made subordinate to him who subordinated all things to him, so that God may be all in all. ²⁹ Otherwise what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they immersed for the dead? ³⁰ And we, why are we in peril every hour? ³¹ By the pride that belongs to you, that I keep in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. ³² If in respect to men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ³³ Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits. ³⁴ Sober up rightly, and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak shame about you.

¹⁰ But if Timothy comes, see that he becomes without fear with you, for he works the work of the Lord, as I also.

¹⁸ And all things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation. ¹⁹ How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

¹ And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain

⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions,

¹ O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was earlier described among you, crucified? ² I only want to learn this from you. Did ye receive the Spirit from works of law, or from a listening ear of faith? ³ Are ye so foolish, having begun in Spirit, are ye now made perfect by flesh?

¹¹ And indeed he gave the apostles, and the prophets, and the evangelists, and the shepherds and teachers ¹² for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.

¹⁵ This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed.

⁴ Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

⁴⁹ And having answered, John said, Master, we saw a certain man casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us. ⁵⁰ But Jesus said to him, Do not forbid, for he who is not against us is for us. ⁵¹ And it came to pass, while fulfilling the days for his ascension, that he also set his face to go to Jerusalem. ⁵² And he sent agents before his face, and they went. And having gone, they entered into a village of Samaritans, so as to make ready for him. ⁵³ And they did not receive him, because his face was going to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?

³ For I truly, as being absent in the body but present in the spirit, I have already, as though present, judged the man who committed this thing this way. ⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? ⁷ Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.

⁶ Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many, ⁷ so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow. ⁸ Therefore I beseech you to affirm love for him. ⁹ For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. ¹⁰ But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ, ¹¹ so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

¹⁴ And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

²² And on some be ye merciful-being discerning. ²³ And in fear save some, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment that was stained by the flesh.

²⁹ And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with LORD thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

¹⁰ For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like the wilderness. There the calf shall feed, and there he shall lie down, and consume the branches of it. ¹¹ When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off. The women shall come, and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion upon them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

⁴ Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire has devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work? ⁵ Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be fit for any work! ⁶ Therefore thus says the lord LORD: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ⁷ And I will set my face against them. They shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them. And ye shall know that I am LORD when I set my face against them.

¹⁸ Then ye shall return and discern between the righteous man and the wicked man, between him who serves God and him who does not serve him.

¹² Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.

³⁹ And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are agents. 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.

¹⁰ And those bondmen having departed into the roads, they gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with those who were dining. ¹¹ But when the king came in to see those who were dining, he saw there a man who was not clothed with a wedding garment. ¹² And he says to him, Friend, how did thou come in here not having a wedding garment? But he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.

⁶ But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. ⁷ Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut. ¹¹ But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes.

³² And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

⁴¹ Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.

¹⁷ whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

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.

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.

²⁴ The sins of some men are evident, leading to judgment, but also for some they follow after.

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.

²⁰ And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of a mustard plant, ye will say to this mountain, Remove from here to there, and it will depart, and nothing will be impossible to you.

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.

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.

⁶ And the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard plant, ye would say to this sycamine tree, Be thou uprooted and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

¹¹ And as they heard these things, he spoke, adding on a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

⁹ And he began to speak this parable to the people. A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went abroad for a considerable time.

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.

¹² By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.

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. ⁴ And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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.

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.

¹ And he brought me back to the door of the house. And, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the forefront of the house was toward the east. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. ² Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east. And, behold, waters ran out on the right side. ³ When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles. ⁴ Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the loins. ⁵ Afterward he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

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.

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.

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. ³ And he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more.

¹⁰ For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, the eyes of LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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.

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. ¹⁰ All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. And she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-presses.

¹⁵ And in those days, Peter, having stood up in the midst of the disciples (and there was a multitude of names at the same place, about a hundred twenty), he said,

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.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work, ¹⁹ in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a Spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good news of Christ.

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.

⁶ And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

⁹ Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

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

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.

²⁰ And unless the Lord cut short the days, no flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, whom he chose, he cut short the days. ²¹ It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

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.

¹² I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. ¹³ However when that, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but as many things as he may hear, he will speak. And he will report to you the things that are coming.

⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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

¹³ For it is God who works in you both to desire and to work for approval. ¹⁴ Do all things without grumblings and arguments, 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.

²³ And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it.

¹³ Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.

⁹ Behold, the former things have come to pass, and I declare new things. Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

⁷ Surely the lord LORD will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

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.

⁴ Now all this came to pass, so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, ⁵ Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, meek, and mounted upon a donkey, and a colt the foal of a pack animal.

³⁴ Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

²⁴ Father, whom thou gave to me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me, so that they may see my glory that thou have given me, because thou loved me before the foundation of the world.

¹⁸ Known to God from the age are all his works.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times, ²⁶ but that was now revealed, and by prophetic scriptures, according to a commandment of the eternal God that was made known to all the nations for obedience of faith,

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

⁹ and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ.

²⁵ Of which I became a helper according to the administration of God, which was given to me for you to fulfill the word of God, ²⁶ the mystery that was hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been made known to his sanctified.

⁹ Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal. ¹⁰ But which has now been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who indeed abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the good news,

² in hope of eternal life, which the non-lying God promised before times eternal, ³ but in his own times he made known his word by preaching, which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

¹ God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,

²⁰ who was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in the last times because of you: ²¹ men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to be in God;

⁸ And all who dwell upon the earth will worship it, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was killed from the foundation of the world.

⁸ The beast that thou saw was, and is not, and is going to ascend out of the abyss and go into destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will come.

¹ And on that day, having departed from the house, Jesus was sitting beside the sea.

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.

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.

¹⁵ And having answered, Peter said to him, Explain this parable to us. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding?

³⁹ And having dismissed the multitudes, he entered into the boat, and came into the regions of Magdala.

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

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.

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

⁹ And those who ate were about four thousand, and he sent them away.

¹⁷ Therefore some of his disciples said among themselves, What is this that he says to us, A little while, and ye do not see me, and, Again a little while, and ye will look at me, and, Because I go to the Father? ¹⁸ They said therefore What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says. ¹⁹ Therefore Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, Do ye inquire among yourselves about this, because I said, A little while, and ye do not see me, and, Again a little while, and ye will look at me? ²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. Ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become into joy.

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.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

²⁷ But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?

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,

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say I, the Son of man, am? ¹⁴ And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ He says to them, But who say ye, I am? ¹⁶ And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁶ He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any man whomever I may send, receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

²¹ Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.

⁸ But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,

⁵ Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man. 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.

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;

¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

³⁰ A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of the Lord to the next generation.

¹⁰ Yet it pleased LORD to bruise him. He has put him to grief. When thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of LORD shall prosper in his hand.

²³ And I will sow her to me in the earth. And I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy. And I will say to those who were not my people, Thou are my people, and they shall say, My God.

⁸ I will whistle for them, and gather them. For I have redeemed them, and they shall increase as they have increased. ⁹ And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries. And they shall live with their sons, and shall return.

¹⁴ And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me. ¹⁹ After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good news to the whole creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is immersed will be saved, but he who does not believe will be damned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new tongues. ¹⁸ They will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will, no, not harm them. They will lay hands on the feeble, and they will fare well. ¹⁹ Therefore indeed, the Lord, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ And those men, having gone forth, they preached everywhere, the Lord working jointly, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Truly.

⁴⁷ and to proclaim in his name repentance and remission of sins for all the nations, having begun from Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and the father of 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.

¹⁰ said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of the Lord?

¹⁷ And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly.

¹⁸ But I say, did they, no, not hear? Rather, Their voice went forth into all the earth, and their sayings to the limits of the inhabited world.

²⁶ but that was now revealed, and by prophetic scriptures, according to a commandment of the eternal God that was made known to all the nations for obedience of faith,

¹⁸ For many walk, who (I told you often, and now also say while weeping) are enemies of the cross of Christ, ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.

¹⁸ Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.

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?

² Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet made known what we will be. But we know that whenever he is made known we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

⁸ He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God. ¹⁰ By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.

⁶ And I saw an agent flying in mid-heaven having eternal good news to proclaim to those who sit on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,

¹⁰ A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set, and the books were opened.

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.

²⁵ But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.

²⁸ And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the bondmen said to him, Do thou desire therefore, after going, we would gather them up?

⁴⁹ So it will be at the end of the age. The agents will come forth, and separate the bad from among the righteous,

³ And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign of thy coming, and of the termination of the age?

³¹ But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

¹⁷ For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

³ But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent enticed Eve by his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity in the Christ.

² in which ye once walked according to the era of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience.

¹¹ Put on the full armor of God to enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the heavenly things.

⁷ and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power ⁸ in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ Men who will suffer punishment, a penalty of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his sanctified, and to be marveled in that day by all those who believe (because our testimony among you was believed).

⁸ And then the lawless will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will neutralize at the appearance of his coming. ⁹ Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,

²⁶ since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,

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. ¹⁸ And another agent came out from the altar having power over the fire. And he cried out in a great shout to him who has the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the grapevine of the earth, because its grapes are fully ripe. ¹⁹ And the agent sent his sickle to the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

²⁰ And the beast was taken, and the false prophet with it who did the signs in its sight by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone.

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. ⁸ And he will come forth to lead astray the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the battle, of whom the number of them is as the sand of the sea. ⁹ And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the sanctified and the beloved city. And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. 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.

³ I will consume man and beast. I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked. And I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, says LORD.

⁷ Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.

³¹ And he will send forth his agents with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the boundaries of the heavens-as far as their boundaries.

²⁷ And then he will send forth his agents, and will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the outermost part of the earth as far as the outermost part of heaven.

²⁶ then ye will begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou taught in our thoroughfares. ²⁷ And he will say, I tell you, I know not where ye are from. Depart from me, all ye workmen of unrighteousness.

⁸ but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness-anger and wrath, ⁹ pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek,

¹⁶ in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good news.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them. ¹⁸ For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

⁶ And again when he brings the firstborn into the world he says, And let all the agents of God worship him. ⁷ And indeed toward the agents he says, He who makes his agents spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

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.

¹¹ And I looked, and I heard as a voice of many agents all around the throne and the living creatures and the elders. And the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been killed to receive the power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!

²⁷ And there will, no, not enter into it anything profane, and doing an abomination and a lie, since they are not written in the Lamb's book of life.

⁹ Thou will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger. LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

⁶ And he who does not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

¹⁵ Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, well. But if ye do not worship, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. ¹⁷ If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.

²¹ Then these men were bound in their coats, their tunics, and their head coverings, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. ²² Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace very hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

¹² but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

¹³ Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴³ And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, ⁴⁴ where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵ And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life crippled, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the unquenchable fire ⁴⁶ where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷ And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, pluck it out. It is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, ⁴⁸ where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹ For every man will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt material.

²⁸ There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you being thrust out.

²³ And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom. ²⁴ And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.

² And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the pit, like smoke of a burning furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit.

¹⁰ he also himself will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which was mixed undiluted in the cup of his anger. And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy agents and before the Lamb.

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.

¹⁴ And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any man was found not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

⁸ But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

³ And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.

²⁹ But I say to you, that I will, no, not drink of this fruit of the grapevine henceforth until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

³² Fear not, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

²⁹ And I appoint to you, just as my Father appointed to me a kingdom,

⁴¹ another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory. ⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in the perishable, it is raised in imperishability. ⁴³ It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ And so it is written, The first man Adam developed into a living soul. The last Adam a life giving spirit. ⁴⁶ Nevertheless the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man was of the earth, earthly. The second man is the Lord from heaven. ⁴⁸ As is the earthly, such also are the earthly. And as is the heavenly, such also are the heavenly. ⁴⁹ And just as we have worn the form of the earthly, we will also wear the form of the heavenly. ⁵⁰ Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed, ⁵² in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be transformed. ⁵³ For this perishable must put on imperishability, and this mortal put on immortality. ⁵⁴ But when this perishable will have put on imperishability, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.

³ And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. ⁴ And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will not be any more death, nor grief, nor crying, nor will there be any more anguish, because the former things are gone. ⁵ And he who sits upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write, because these words are true and faithful.

²² And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb. ²³ And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

² so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding, ³ yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding, ⁴ if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, ⁵ then thou shall understand the fear of LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

¹⁶ How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

¹ He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.

²³ Buy the truth, and do not sell it, yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

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.

²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

²⁷ Then having answered, Peter said to him, Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What then will be for us?

²⁹ And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

³³ So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

²³ But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. ²⁴ And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ And having made haste, he came down and received him, rejoicing. ⁷ And all who saw murmured, saying, He went in to relax with a sinful man. ⁸ And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will, no, not hunger, and he who believes in me will, no, not ever thirst.

⁴⁴ And all who believed were together, and had all things common. ⁴⁵ And they sold properties and possessions, and divided them to all, according as any man had need. ⁴⁶ And continuing steadfastly, daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of nourishment in gladness and evenness of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God, and having favor with the whole populace. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those being saved.

³² And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. And not even one man said that anything of the things that was possessed by him was his own, but all things were common to them. ³³ And with great power the apostles gave back the testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. ³⁴ For not even any needy was among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling, they brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, ³⁵ and placed them at the apostles' feet. And it was distributed to each, according as any man had need.

⁴ For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

⁷ But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ. ⁸ But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of things surpassing, of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and be found in him, not having my righteousness, that from law, but that through Christ's faith-the righteousness from God based on faith-

³ In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

³ For ye died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in God. ⁴ When the Christ, our life, is made known, then ye also will be made known with him in glory.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

³⁴ For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

²⁴ By faith Moses, having become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, ²⁵ having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily. ²⁶ Having esteemed the vilification of the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he focused toward the recompense of reward.

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy from me gold refined from fire, so that thou may become wealthy, and white garments, so that thou may clothe thyself, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be made known, and eye-salve, so that thou may anoint thine eyes, so that thou may see.

¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

⁶ Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. ⁷ Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

⁶ Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them. ⁷ And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in thee.

¹³ Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. ¹⁴ For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold. ¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her. ¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me, durable wealth and righteousness. ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver. ²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice,

² I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do? ³ I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine (my heart yet guiding me with wisdom), and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life. ⁴ I made for me great works. I built for me houses. I planted for me vineyards. ⁵ I made for me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit. ⁶ I made for me pools of water, to water from there the forest where trees were reared. ⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem. ⁸ I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, and a wife and wives. ⁹ So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. ¹⁰ And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. ¹¹ Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun. ¹² And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Even that which has been done long ago.

⁸ Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.

¹³ This is the end of the matter, all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man.

²⁶ For what does it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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

⁴ if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

⁶ And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of LORD is thy treasure.

⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field.

²⁸ Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. ²⁹ And having answered, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of me, and because of the good news, ³⁰ but he will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands-with persecutions-and in the coming age, eternal life. ³¹ But many first will be last, and the last first.

²⁸ And Peter said, Lo, we have left all and followed thee. ²⁹ And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ who will, no, not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.

²⁴ But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God.

²¹ Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours, ²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours, ²³ and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

¹⁴ But may it not be from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls apiece, each one of the gates was of one pearl. And the thoroughfare of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

¹⁹ And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men.

²⁶ And when the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also appeared. ²⁷ But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares? ²⁸ And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the bondmen said to him, Do thou desire therefore, after going, we would gather them up? ²⁹ But he said, No, lest while gathering up the tares, ye uproot the wheat together with them. 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.

⁹ Go ye therefore to the crossings of the ways, and as many as ye may find, call to the wedding festivities. ¹⁰ And those bondmen having departed into the roads, they gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with those who were dining.

¹ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering. ² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish, ³ foolish women, who, having taken their lamps, took no olive oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come ye behind me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men.

¹⁰ and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men.

²¹ And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and crippled and blind. ²² And the bondman said, Lord, as thou commanded it has happened, and yet there is room. ²³ And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

¹ But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold property, ² and kept back from the price, his wife also having joint awareness. And having brought a certain part, he placed it at the apostles' feet. 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? ⁴ While it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, it was in thine authority. Why is it that thou have placed this matter in thy heart? Thou have not lied to men, but to God. ⁵ And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things. ⁶ And after rising the young men wrapped him, and having carried him out they buried him. ⁷ And it came to pass after an interval of three hours, his wife also came in, not knowing that which happened. ⁸ And Peter responded to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much. ⁹ But Peter said to her, How is it that it was agreed by you to challenge the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out. ¹⁰ And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired. And after coming in the young men found her dead, and having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.

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. ²² Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.

³⁰ And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

¹ Fornication is actually heard among you, and such fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for some man to have his father's wife. ² And ye are puffed up and did not rather mourn, so that he who committed this deed might be taken away from the midst of you. ³ For I truly, as being absent in the body but present in the spirit, I have already, as though present, judged the man who committed this thing this way. ⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

¹ But I want you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, ² and all in Moses were immersed in the cloud and in the sea. ³ And they all ate the same spiritual food, ⁴ and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ. ⁵ However with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness. ⁶ But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted. ⁷ Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel. ⁸ Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. ⁹ Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents. ¹⁰ And ye should not grumble as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. ¹¹ Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came. ¹² Therefore let him who seems to stand take heed lest he fall.

¹⁹ For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.

²⁶ in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among false brothers,

²⁰ For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, turmoils, ²¹ lest having come again my God will make me low toward you, and I will bewail many of those who have sinned previously, and who did not repent from the trash and fornication and licentiousness that they committed.

² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious, ³ devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good, ⁴ traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,

³ For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear, ⁴ and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths.

⁹ holding firm the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may also be able to exhort by the sound doctrine, and to correct those who contradict. ¹⁰ For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision, ¹¹ who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.

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.

¹³ getting back a wage of unrighteousness. Men who consider soft living in the daytime to be pleasure, spots and blemishes reveling in their deceitfulness, feasting together with you, ¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse, ¹⁵ having forsaken a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness. ¹⁶ But he had a rebuke of his own lawbreaking. A mute donkey, uttering in a man's voice, restrained the madness of the prophet. ¹⁷ These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age. ¹⁸ For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error, ¹⁹ promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved. ²⁰ For if, having escaped the defilements of the world by knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and, having been again entangled in these, they are overcome, the last things have become worse for them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² But that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire.

¹⁸ Children, it is the last hour. And as ye heard that the antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have developed, from which we know that it is the last hour. 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.

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. ² By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God, ³ and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already. ⁴ Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world. ⁵ They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them. ⁶ We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

⁴ For certain men have sneaked in, those written about formerly for this condemnation, irreverent men, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only Master God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵ Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

¹ And to the agent of the congregation in Sardis write, These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou have a name that thou live, and thou are dead.

¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot. O that thou were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because thou are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spew thee out of my mouth. ¹⁷ Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

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.

⁵ Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. ⁷ Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut. ¹¹ But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not.

¹⁹ Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them. ²⁰ And having come, the man who received the five talents brought five other talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered five talents to me, lo, I have gained five other talents besides them. ²¹ And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And also having come, the man who received the two talents said, Lord, thou delivered two talents to me, lo, I have gained two other talents besides them. ²³ His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And the man who received the one talent also having come, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou are a hard man, reaping where thou did not sow, and gathering from where thou did not scatter. ²⁵ And after being afraid, having gone, I hid thy talent in the ground. Lo, thou have thine own. ²⁶ But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter. ²⁷ Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest. 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. ³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ³¹ But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³² And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will truly place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.

¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged from the things that were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each according to their works.

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ the lord of that bondman will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, ⁵¹ and he will cut him in two, and place his share with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

²⁷ And he will say, I tell you, I know not where ye are from. Depart from me, all ye workmen of unrighteousness. ²⁸ There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you being thrust out.

¹⁰ he also himself will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which was mixed undiluted in the cup of his anger. And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy agents and before the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment ascends into the ages of ages. And they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and if any man receives the mark of its name.

¹⁰ And the fifth agent poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from the anguish. ¹¹ And they blasphemed the God of heaven from their pains and from their sores. And they did not repent of their works.

¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?

¹¹ How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

¹⁵ When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand),

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,

⁴⁴ Place ye these sayings into your ears, for the Son of man is going to be delivered up into the hands of men. ⁴⁵ But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

³⁰ And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read? ³¹ And he said, For how can I unless some man may guide me? And he encouraged Philip, after coming up, to sit with him.

⁶ this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which LORD, the God of Israel, had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of LORD his God upon him.

¹⁰ For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

²¹ And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

²⁰ The tongue of a righteous man is choice silver. The heart of the wicked is little worth. ²¹ The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

³⁰ The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.

²⁰ He who gives heed to the word shall find good, and whoever trusts in LORD, happy is he. ²¹ The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. ²² Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly. ²³ The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. ²⁴ Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

⁴ The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge. ¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly-words of truth. ¹¹ The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies. They have been given from one shepherd.

¹³ The mandrakes give forth fragrance. And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

³⁴ Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,

⁴⁹ Because of this also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles. And some of them they will kill and persecute,

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.

⁴ And we have such confidence toward God through Christ, ⁵ not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, ⁶ who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a Spirit, for the document kills but the Spirit makes alive.

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus. 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. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,

¹⁰ as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

⁴ With which reading ye can recognize my understanding in the mystery of the Christ,

⁷ Just as also ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow bondman, who is a faithful helper of the Christ for you,

⁶ not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.

¹⁵ but if I delay, that thou may know how it is necessary to live in a house of God, which is a congregation of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. ¹⁶ And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.

¹⁶ Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for instruction, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the man of God may be qualified, having been completed for every good work.

⁹ holding firm the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may also be able to exhort by the sound doctrine, and to correct those who contradict.

⁶ Likewise exhort the younger men to be sober-minded. ⁷ Concerning all things presenting thyself a pattern of good works in the doctrine: incorruption, dignity, incorruptibility,

⁷ Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that ye heard from the beginning. ⁸ Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines.

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

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.

²² I will declare thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.

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.

²³ And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.

¹ And he went out from there, and came into his fatherland, and his disciples follow him. ² And having become sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, How are these things in this man? and, What is the wisdom that was given to him, and such mighty works happen by his hands? ³ Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him. ⁴ But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and among his kin, and in his house. ⁵ And he could do no mighty work there, none, except having laid his hands upon a few feeble men he healed them. ⁶ And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up. And according to that which was customary to him, he entered into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And having opened the book, he found the place where it was written, ¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliverance those who have been broken, ¹⁹ to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. ²⁰ And having closed the book, having given it back to the attendant, he sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were focused on him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your ears. ²² And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph? ²³ And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland. ²⁴ And he said, Truly I say to you, that not one prophet is acceptable in his fatherland. ²⁵ But in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine occurred on all the land. ²⁶ And Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, to a widow woman of Sidon. ²⁷ And many lepers were in Israel near Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian. ²⁸ And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, having heard these things. ²⁹ And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong. ³⁰ But he, having passed through the midst of them, departed.

¹¹ He came to his own, and his own did not accept him.

¹⁵ The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How does this man know scholarly material, not having learned? ¹⁶ Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me.

¹³ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are illiterate and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

⁴⁶ But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

¹⁷ And it came to pass after three days, for Paul to call together those who were the principle men of the Jews. And when they came together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I, having done nothing against the people, or the paternal customs, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, ¹⁸ who, after examining me, wanted to release me, because there was not one cause of death in me. ¹⁹ But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation. ²⁰ Because of this reason therefore I summoned you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. ²¹ And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea about thee, nor did any of the brothers who came report or speak anything bad about thee. ²² But we think it worthy to hear from thee what thou think. For indeed about this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against. ²³ And having appointed a day for him, more came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded, solemnly testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening. ²⁴ And some were convinced by the things that were spoken, and some disbelieved. 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. ²⁸ Be it known to you therefore, that the salvation of God was sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.

⁶ But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

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. ³ He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately. ²⁰ But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from the Holy Spirit.

⁴⁶ While he was still speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers had stood outside, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷ And some man said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to thee. ⁴⁸ But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?

⁵⁶ among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

³ Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him.

⁴⁰ And there were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were also Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the small man, and of Joses, and Salome;

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

⁵ to enroll himself with Mary, the woman who was betrothed to him, being pregnant. ⁶ And it came to pass while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to bring forth. ⁷ And she brought forth her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the feed trough, because there was no place for them in the inn.

²³ And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

²² And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph?

¹⁰ Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

⁴² And they said, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Therefore how does this man say, I have come down out of heaven?

⁴¹ Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, For does the Christ come out of Galilee? ⁴² Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from.

²⁵ And his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene had stood near the cross of Jesus.

¹⁹ But I did not see another of the apostles except James the Lord's brother.

¹⁴ And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

³ He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

¹⁴ And king Herod heard, for his name had become well known. And he said, John, the man who immerses, was raised from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him.

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated ³⁵ (and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

²⁴ And he said, Truly I say to you, that not one prophet is acceptable in his fatherland.

²³ And blessed is he, whoever will not be offended by me.

⁴⁴ For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own fatherland.

⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples are grumbling about this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble?

²² For Moses indeed said to the fathers, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you. ²³ And every soul, whichever it will be, if it will not hear that prophet will be utterly destroyed from the people.

³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. ³⁸ This is he who became in the congregation in the wilderness with the agent who spoke to him on the mount Sinai, and of our fathers who received living oracles to give to us. ³⁹ To whom our fathers did not want to become obedient, but they thrust away, and turned back in their heart to Egypt,

⁵¹ Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also. ⁵² Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous man, of whom ye now have become betrayers and murderers,

²³ but we proclaim Christ crucified, it is truly to Jews a stumbling-block and to Gentiles foolishness. ²⁴ But to them, to the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weak thing of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent. ²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful. ²⁸ And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,

²⁵ But in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine occurred on all the land. ²⁶ And Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, to a widow woman of Sidon. ²⁷ And many lepers were in Israel near Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian. ²⁸ And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, having heard these things. ²⁹ And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong.

²⁰ Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,

¹² Watch, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in withdrawing from the living God. ¹³ But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴ For we have become companions of the Christ, if only we keep in possession the primacy of the essence, steadfast until the end, ¹⁵ while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. ¹⁶ For some who heard rebelled, but not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses. ¹⁷ But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did he swear were not going to enter into his rest, if not to those who were disobedient? ¹⁹ And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

⁶ Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had good news did not enter because of disobedience, ⁷ again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying in David after so long a time (as it is said), Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. ⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things. ⁹ There remains therefore a sabbath for the people of God. ¹⁰ For a man who has entered into his rest, he has also rested from his works, as God did from his own. ¹¹ Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.