Luke 15 Cross References - Haweis

¹ THEN drew nigh unto him all the tax-farmers and the sinners to hear him. ² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man entertains sinners, and eateth with them. ³ Then spake he unto them this parable, saying, ⁴ What man is there of you, possessing an hundred sheep, though he lose but one of them, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? ⁵ and when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And coming home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Congratulate me; for I have found that sheep of mine which was lost. ⁷ I tell you, that just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their need of repentance. ⁸ Or what woman having ten pieces of silver coin, if she lose one of them, doth she not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and make diligent search until she find it? ⁹ And having found it, she calleth her female friends and neighbours together, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found the silver piece I had lost. ¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God, over one repentant sinner. ¹¹ Then he said, A certain man had two sons: ¹² and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of substance which falls to my share. And he divided with them his fortune. ¹³ And not many days after, the younger son, collecting his all, travelled into a far distant country, and there dissipated his substance in a life of debauchery. ¹⁴ But when he had spent all, there came a terrible famine in that region; and he began to know want. ¹⁵ And he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. ¹⁶ And he eagerly longed to fill his belly with the charob berries which the swine did eat: and no person gave him [a morsel]. ¹⁷ Then coming to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father abound with loaves of bread, and I am pining away with famine! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, ¹⁹ and I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hirelings. ²⁰ And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet at a considerable distance, his father discovered him, and was moved with compassion, and running, fell on his neck, and kissed him again and again. ²¹ Then said the son unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. ²² But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe, and clothe him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet: ²³ and bring hither the stall-fed steer, and kill it; and let us eat, and be joyous. ²⁴ For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous. ²⁵ Now his elder brother had been in the field: and when coming home he drew near the house, he heard a concert of music, and the chorus. ²⁶ And calling one of the servants, he inquired what these things meant. ²⁷ And he said, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed for him the stall-fed steer, because he hath received him in health. ²⁸ Then he was in great wrath, and would not enter the doors: therefore his father came out, and entreated him. ²⁹ But he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years I am serving thee, and never have transgressed thy command: yet to me thou hast never once given a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: ³⁰ but no sooner is this son of thine come, who hath devoured thy substance with whores, than thou hast killed for him the stall-fed steer. ³¹ And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all my possessions are thine. ³² But it was right that we should rejoice, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as he sat in his house, many tax-gatherers and sinners came, and sat down at table with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And the Pharisees observing it, said to his disciples, How is this, that your Master eateth with publicans and sinners? ¹² But Jesus hearing it, said unto them, They who are in the vigour of health have no need of the physician, but they who have illness. ¹³ Go then, and learn what is said, "I require mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

²⁸ But what think ye? A man had two sons; and coming to the first he said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. ²⁹ But he answering said, I will not: yet repenting afterwards, he went. ³⁰ And coming to the other, he spake after the same manner, and he replying, said, I go, sir; yet went not. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say unto you, That tax-gatherers and harlots shall go before you into the kingdom of God.

²⁹ And Levi made him a great entertainment at his house and there was a great number of publicans and others, sitting at table with them. ³⁰ And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ³¹ And Jesus answering said unto them, They who are well, have no need of a physician: but they who have illness. ³² I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

²⁹ And all the people when they heard it, and the publicans, glorified God, being baptised with the baptism of John.

³⁰ And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

²⁰ But the law was introduced, that the offence might be more abundant. But where sin had abounded, there hath grace abounded more exceedingly:

¹⁵ It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.

¹¹ And the Pharisees observing it, said to his disciples, How is this, that your Master eateth with publicans and sinners?

³⁰ And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

³⁴ The Son of man is come eating and drinking, and ye say, A gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

³⁹ And when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said within himself, If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of a woman this is that toucheth him; for she is a notorious sinner.

²⁹ But he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years I am serving thee, and never have transgressed thy command: yet to me thou hast never once given a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: ³⁰ but no sooner is this son of thine come, who hath devoured thy substance with whores, than thou hast killed for him the stall-fed steer.

⁷ And when they all saw it, they murmured, saying, That he is gone to lodge with a man, a notorious sinner.

³ saying, Thou hast gone in to men holding uncircumcision, and hast eaten with them.

⁹ I have written unto you in an epistle that you should not associate with fornicators. ¹⁰ Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters: for then must ye indeed go out of the world. ¹¹ But now I have written unto you not to associate with him, if any man, professing to be a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one not even to eat.

¹² For before certain persons came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision.

¹¹ Then he said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, and lift him out?

¹² What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them stray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that which had strayed? ¹³ And if he happen to find it, verily I say unto you, that he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which never went astray. ¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

¹⁵ Then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him to water?

⁴ What man is there of you, possessing an hundred sheep, though he lose but one of them, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? ⁵ and when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And coming home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Congratulate me; for I have found that sheep of mine which was lost. ⁷ I tell you, that just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their need of repentance.

¹⁰ For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹⁵ As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.

²⁶ But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you. ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: ²⁸ and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand.

¹ THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, even every one that judgeth: for in the very thing wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest art living in the practices of the same things.

²⁵ For ye were as sheep wandering astray; but are now returned unto the pastor and bishop of your souls.

²³ and bring hither the stall-fed steer, and kill it; and let us eat, and be joyous. ²⁴ For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous.

³² But it was right that we should rejoice, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

⁹ Then said Jesus unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, because that he also is a son of Abraham.

⁴³ And Jesus said to him. Verily I say unto thee, To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

³⁴ Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. ³⁵ Do ye not say, That yet there are four months, and then the harvest cometh? behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look upon the fields; for they are now white for harvest.

¹¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full.

¹ BUT Saul, still breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, applying to the high-priest, ² besought of him letters for the synagogues at Damascus, that if he should find any persons of this way, whether men or women, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem. ³ So advancing on his journey, he was drawing nigh to Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him a light from heaven: ⁴ and falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵ Then said he, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting: It is difficult for thee to kick against the goads. ⁶ And trembling and amazed he said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. ⁷ And the men who travelled with him stood astonished, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no man. ⁸ Then Paul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And he was three days seeing nothing, and did neither eat nor drink. ¹⁰ Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Here I am, Lord. ¹¹ Then the Lord said to him, Arise, go into the street called Strait, and inquire at the house of Judas for one named Saul a man of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying, ¹² and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming to him, and laying his hand upon him, that he may recover his sight. ¹³ But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evils he hath inflicted on thy saints at Jerusalem: ¹⁴ and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name. ¹⁵ But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel: ¹⁶ for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

²⁰ But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, "I have been found by those who sought me not; I have become manifest to those who inquired not after me." ²¹ But unto Israel he saith, "All the day long have I stretched out my hands unto a people disobedient and contradicting."

¹⁹ and what the transcendent greatness of his power in us, who believe, according to the energy of his mighty strength ²⁰ which he displayed in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions,

³ among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest. ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us, ⁵ though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) ⁶ and hath raised us up together with him, and made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

⁷ of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

⁵ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in great fulness of assurance; as ye know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.

²⁶ and that they may escape out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for his will.

³ For we ourselves also in time past were thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. ⁴ But even then the kindness and love of God our Saviour to man shone forth, ⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and by renovation of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ that justified by his grace, we might become heirs in hope of eternal life.

² earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁵ who are guarded by the omnipotence of God, through faith to obtain the salvation which is ready to appear at the last time.

¹³ And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, ¹⁴ Glory in the highest heavens to God! and upon earth, peace! towards men complacence.

⁷ I tell you, that just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their need of repentance.

¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God, over one repentant sinner.

²⁴ For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous.

²⁹ It is the bridegroom, who possesses the bride: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing by and hearing him, rejoiceth exceedingly at the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever things I command you.

²³ Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose of heart to adhere to the Lord.

³ They therefore being sent on their way by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving a particular narrative of the conversion of the Gentiles: and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

⁴ always in every prayer of mine for you all, making request with joy,

¹⁷ Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

¹ WHEREFORE, my brethren, beloved, and very dear to me, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, O beloved.

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

⁷ for this cause we have felt consolation, brethren, in you under all our tribulation and distress, because of your fidelity. ⁸ For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. ⁹ For what sufficient thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

¹⁰ who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but are now the objects of mercy.

¹³ And if he happen to find it, verily I say unto you, that he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which never went astray.

³² I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

²⁹ But he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years I am serving thee, and never have transgressed thy command: yet to me thou hast never once given a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Ye are they who affect to be righteous persons before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is an abomination in the sight of God.

⁹ Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-farmer. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer.

⁹ For though I lived without the law formerly; yet when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

⁶ respecting the law, a Pharisee; with regard to zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is by the law, blameless. ⁷ But what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

¹⁶ And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.

⁵² and not for that nation only, but that he should collect into one body the children of God wherever dispersed.

¹⁷ and coming, hath preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were nigh:

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, That their angels in heaven continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

⁵ Then the angel addressing them, said to the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here: he is risen, as he said. Come hither, behold the place where the Lord lay. ⁷ And go quickly, tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead: and, lo! he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

¹ NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered. ² (And this first enrolment was made by Cyrenius, [afterwards] governor of Syria) ³ And all went to be registered, every one to his own city. ⁴ Then Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David; ⁵ to be enregistered with Mary, the wife espoused to him, who was big with child. ⁶ And it came to pass, while they were there, that her time was up, that she should be delivered. ⁷ And she brought forth a son, her first-born, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. ⁸ And there were shepherds in that country abiding in the open air, and keeping guard over their flock by night. ⁹ And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were exceedingly affrighted. ¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Be not affrighted: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people. ¹¹ Because this day there is born for you a Saviour, which is Messiah, the Lord, in the city of David. ¹² And this shall be a sign for you; Ye shall find the babe in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger.

⁴⁷ For which cause, I tell thee, her many sins are forgiven, for she hath loved much: but to whom a little is forgiven, he loveth little.

⁵ I tell you, No: but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

¹⁹ But the angel of the Lord by night opened the doors of the prison, and conducting them forth, said,

³ He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. ⁴ Then looking stedfastly on him, and being terrified, he said, What means this, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. ⁵ And now send men to Joppa, and inquire for Simon, who is surnamed Peter:

¹⁸ So when they heard these things they were satisfied, and glorified God, saying, Well! then hath God even to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

¹⁰ For sorrow of a godly sort worketh repentance unto salvation never to be repented of, but worldly sorrow worketh death.

¹⁵ For to this end perhaps was he separated from thee for a season, that thou mightest receive him for ever;

¹⁴ Are they not all ministerial spirits, sent to perform service on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?

¹¹ And I looked, and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and the living beings, and the presbyters, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹² crying with a loud voice, Worthy is the slaughtered lamb to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honour, and glory, and blessing. ¹³ And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those who are on the sea, and all things which are therein, heard I, saying, To him who is seated on the throne, and to the lamb, be blessing, and honour, and glory, and might for ever and ever. ¹⁴ And the four living beings said, Amen. And the four and twenty presbyters prostrated themselves, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

²³ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him, as he was teaching, demanding, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ Then Jesus answering, said to them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye answer me, then will I tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The baptism of John whence was it? from heaven, or from men? Hereupon they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But if we say, From men, we are afraid of the populace, for they all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ So they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. Then said he also to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

⁴⁴ for all they have cast in of their superfluities; but she from her indigence hath cast in all that she had, even her whole substance.

³⁰ but no sooner is this son of thine come, who hath devoured thy substance with whores, than thou hast killed for him the stall-fed steer.

¹ THEN said he also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he received an information against him, as having dissipated his treasures.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making splendid entertainments every day:

¹³ Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

¹³ but now in Christ Jesus, ye who formerly were far off, are become nigh by the blood of Christ.

³ For the time past of life is enough for us to have wrought the will of the heathen, when we walked in all impurities, lewd appetites, excess of wine, revels, drinking-bouts, and abominable idolatries; ⁴ wherein they think it a strange thing, that you are not running with them into the same gulph of profligacy, spreading every scandalous report of you:

¹³ receiving the recompence of iniquity, counting daily luxury their pleasure; spots and blemishes, when they feast together with you; riotously indulging in their own delusions:

³² Now a herd of many swine was there feeding on the mountain; and they besought him that he would permit them to enter into them. And he permitted them. ³³ Then the devils going out of the man, entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and was suffocated. ³⁴ But when those who fed them saw what was done they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country places.

¹³ And not many days after, the younger son, collecting his all, travelled into a far distant country, and there dissipated his substance in a life of debauchery.

²⁴ Wherefore God abandoned them, through the lusts of their own hearts, unto impurity, to dishonour their own bodies by themselves: ²⁵ who perverted the truth of God by falsehood, and worshipped and paid divine honours to the thing created instead of the Creator, who is blessed for evermore. Amen. ²⁶ For this cause God gave them up to dishonourable passions. For even their women did change the natural use into that which was contrary to nature;

²² But now being set at liberty from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and at the end life eternal.

⁹ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ Yet such were some of you: but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God.

² wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience: ³ among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest.

¹⁷ This then I urge and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, ¹⁸ darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts: ¹⁹ who insensible to remorse, have delivered themselves over in lasciviousness, to the practice of all impurity, with insatiable avidity.

¹¹ And have no society with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them. ¹² For it is scandalous but to mention the things done of them in secret.

⁵ Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry: ⁶ for which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience; ⁷ in which ye also walked formerly when ye lived among them:

²⁵ with meekness correcting those who are opposers, if at last God may give unto them repentance so as to submit to the conviction of the truth; ²⁶ and that they may escape out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for his will.

³ For we ourselves also in time past were thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

²¹ And I gave her a space that she should repent of her whoredom, and she hath not repented. ²² Behold, I am about to cast her on a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

¹⁹ I speak humanly, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have presented your members servants to impurity and iniquity for iniquity; so now present your members servants to righteousness for holiness. ²⁰ For when ye were the slaves of sin, ye were free from righteousness. ²¹ What fruit therefore had ye then in those things at which ye are now confounded? for the end of those things is death.

³⁵ And they came out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man sitting, from whom the devils were gone out, clothed, and in his sound mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, ¹⁹ and I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hirelings.

²³ and in hell, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham at a vast distance, and Lazarus in his bosom.

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

²⁹ Thereupon calling for a light, he rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas; ³⁰ and having first brought them out, said, Sirs! what must I do to be saved?

¹¹ And in every synagogue oftentimes punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly maddened with rage against them, I persecuted them even to the cities that are without. ¹² In which pursuits, even as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests, ¹³ at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, beyond the splendour of the sun, shining around myself and those who were travelling with me. ¹⁴ And as we were all fallen prostrate on the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saving in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is difficult for thee to kick against the goads. ¹⁵ Then I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he replied, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting. ¹⁶ Notwithstanding, arise, and stand on thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, to ordain thee both a minister and a witness of the things which thou hast seen, and of those which I will shew thee; ¹⁷ delivering thee both from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee, ¹⁸ to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me. ¹⁹ Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us, ⁵ though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,)

¹⁴ Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."

⁴ But even then the kindness and love of God our Saviour to man shone forth, ⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and by renovation of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

¹⁶ Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descending from the father of illuminations, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of change. ¹⁸ Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.—

⁶ and were baptized by him in Jordan, on making confession of their sins.

⁹ Thus then pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

¹¹ If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask him?

² And he said unto them, When ye pray say, Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done as in heaven so upon earth.

²¹ Then said the son unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

¹³ And the tax-gatherer standing at a distance, would not even so much as lift his eyes heaven-ward, but smote on his breast, saying, May God accept the atonement for me a sinner!

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, faithful is he and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

²⁶ But he answering said, It is not proper to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. ²⁷ And she said, True, Lord: yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.

⁸ Then Simon Peter seeing it, fell down on his knees before Jesus, saying, Go from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord!

⁶ Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion dispatched towards him friends, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not deserving that thou shouldest enter beneath my roof. ⁷ Therefore neither did I think myself worthy to come unto thee, but speak in a word, and my servant will be cured.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, who am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

¹³ who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolently violent, But I was admitted to mercy, for I did it ignorantly in unbelief; ¹⁴ but the grace of our Lord hath exceedingly abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. ¹⁶ But for this end obtained I mercy, that in me, the chief, Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to those who should after believe in him unto eternal life.

⁸ Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. ⁹ Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection. ¹⁰ Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.

⁶ Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season:

³⁹ For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off; even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

³⁷ And all of them shed floods of tears, and fell upon Paul's neck, and kissed him again and again,

⁴ Or despisest thou the riches of his kindness and patience and long-suffering, ignorant that this goodness of God is leading thee to repentance?

¹² But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

¹¹ Then the king coming in to look around on the guests, saw there a man who had not put on the wedding garment: ¹² and he saith to him, Friend, how came thou in here, not having the garment provided for the marriage feast? And he was speechless.

²² the righteousness of God indeed by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all that believe: for there is no difference:

¹⁵ For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ, have been invested with Christ.

⁵ that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. ⁶ But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!

¹³ In whom ye also [trusted] after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory.

²² that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions; ²³ but be renewed in the spirit of your minds; ²⁴ and put on the new man, which is created godlike, in righteousness and true holiness.

¹⁵ and underneath your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

¹⁷ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name inscribed, which no man knoweth except the person who receiveth it.

⁴ Thou hast a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white robes, for they are worthy. ⁵ He that overcometh, this man shall be clothed in white robes; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

¹⁸ I advise thee to buy of me gold purified by the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white robes, that thou mayest be completely clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thine eyes with a collyrium, that thou mayest see.

¹¹ And to each of them were given white robes, and it was told them that they should wait yet a little longer space, until the number of their fellow-servants and their brethren, who should be slain as well as they, should be completed.

⁹ After these things I looked, and beheld a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation, and tribe, and people, and tongue, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands

¹³ And one of the presbyters addressed me, saying, Who are these persons who are clothed in white robes? and from whence came they? ¹⁴ And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are persons who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁸ And it was granted her to be clothed in fine linen, clean and splendid: for the fine linen is [the emblem of] the righteousness of the saints.

² The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage-feast for his son: ³ and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the entertainment: and they would not come. ⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and the fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage-feast. ⁵ But they gave themselves no concern about it, and went their several ways, one to his own farm, and another to his traffick: ⁶ And the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them. ⁷ Then the king, when he heard it, was incensed: and sending out his armies, destroyed these murderers, and burnt down their city. ⁸ Then he said to his servants, The wedding entertainment indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy: ⁹ go therefore into the thoroughfares of the roads, and as many as ye find, invite to the banquet. ¹⁰ So these servants going out into the roads, collected all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding feast was fully furnished with guests. ¹¹ Then the king coming in to look around on the guests, saw there a man who had not put on the wedding garment: ¹² and he saith to him, Friend, how came thou in here, not having the garment provided for the marriage feast? And he was speechless. ¹³ Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called, but few elect.

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, That their angels in heaven continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹¹ For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. ¹² What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them stray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that which had strayed? ¹³ And if he happen to find it, verily I say unto you, that he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which never went astray.

²² And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring him a blind man, and entreat him that he would touch him.

¹⁹ Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shalt in any wise hurt you.

⁴ What man is there of you, possessing an hundred sheep, though he lose but one of them, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

⁷ I tell you, that just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their need of repentance. ⁸ Or what woman having ten pieces of silver coin, if she lose one of them, doth she not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and make diligent search until she find it? ⁹ And having found it, she calleth her female friends and neighbours together, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found the silver piece I had lost.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth them; so also doth the Son quicken whom he pleases.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death into life. ²⁵ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, yea, it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

¹¹ So also do ye account yourselves dead indeed to sin, but living unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹³ Neither present your members as weapons of unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for God.

² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath liberated me from the law of sin and of death.

¹⁵ For if the rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world, what shall their recovery be, but life from the dead?

¹⁵ Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

²⁶ And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be exalted, all the members rejoice with it.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we judge thus, that if one died for all, then were all dead: ¹⁵ and he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him that died for them, and rose again.

¹ AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

⁵ though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,)

¹³ And you, who were dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him, freely forgiving you all trespasses;

⁶ But she who lives voluptuously is dead, though she liveth.

¹² These are in your feasts of love, as sunken rocks; though joining in your banquet, they feed themselves fearlessly; clouds without water carried about by the winds; trees untimely withering, fruitless, twice dead, rooted up;

¹ AND to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, and that thou hast a name, as though thou wert alive, yet art dead.

³² They are like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to each other, and saying, We have played the flute to you, and ye have not danced; we have raised the cry of mourning, and ye have not wept.

¹¹ Then he said, A certain man had two sons: ¹² and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of substance which falls to my share. And he divided with them his fortune.

¹⁷ Then went Ananias, and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who was seen by thee in the way that thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest recover thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

¹³ came to me, and standing by me, said, Brother Saul, recover sight. And the same hour I looked up at him.

¹⁶ no longer as a slave, but above a slave, as a brother beloved, especially by me, but how much more by thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

¹¹ But when they received it, they murmured against the master of the family:

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man entertains sinners, and eateth with them.

⁴⁷ and that repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁴⁵ But the Jews seeing the multitude, were filled with envy, and opposed the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.

⁵⁰ Then the Jews stirred up the devout women, and those who were respectable, and the principal persons of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

² But the unbelieving Jews stirred up, and maliciously prejudiced the spirits of the Gentiles against the brethren.

¹⁹ Then came the Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and gaining over the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

²¹ And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off. ²² And they gave him audience to this sentence, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

¹⁹ But I say, Did not Israel know? Moses first saith, "I will excite your jealousy by what is no nation, and by an ignorant people will I provoke you to wrath."

²⁰ Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God exhorted you by us; we entreat you for Christ's sake, be ye reconciled to God.

¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their iniquities always: but wrath is coming upon them to the extremity.

¹² saying, These last have wrought only a single hour, and thou hast put them on an equality with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

¹⁰ So also ye, when ye have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: for we have but done what was our duty to do.

⁹ Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:

¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer. ¹² I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess.

²⁰ Thou knowest the commandments, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. ²¹ Then he said, All these things have I observed from my youth.

²¹ for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up where thou hadst laid nothing down, and reapest where thou didst not sow.

²⁰ Wherefore by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified before God: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

²⁷ Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No: but by the law of faith.

³ For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

⁴ Though I too might have confidence in the flesh; if any other man thinks that he may have confidence in the flesh, I may claim more: ⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; ⁶ respecting the law, a Pharisee; with regard to zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.

¹⁷ because thou sayest, I am rich, and wallow in wealth, and have no want unsupplied; yet thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

¹² and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of substance which falls to my share. And he divided with them his fortune. ¹³ And not many days after, the younger son, collecting his all, travelled into a far distant country, and there dissipated his substance in a life of debauchery.

²² But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe, and clothe him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet: ²³ and bring hither the stall-fed steer, and kill it; and let us eat, and be joyous.

¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer.

¹³ But he answering, said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no injustice; did I not agree with thee for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take then thine own, and begone: I chuse to give to this last even as to thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but the elect are few.

²⁷ And Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be fed, for it is not proper to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs. ²⁸ But she replied, and said to him, True, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

²² And he said to him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow; ²³ why then gavest thou not my money to the bank, so when I came I might have required it with interest?

⁴ who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;

¹ I SAY then, Hath God rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

³⁵ Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be repaid him again?

⁴ God forbid: but let God be true, though every man were a liar; as it is written, "That thou mayest be acknowledged just in thy sayings, and overcome when thou art judged."

¹⁹ Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal before God.

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, "For this cause will I confess unto thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name." ¹⁰ And again he saith, "Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people." ¹¹ And again, "Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and laud him, all ye people." ¹² And again Isaiah saith, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust." ¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹ AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins, ² wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience: ³ among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest. ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us, ⁵ though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) ⁶ and hath raised us up together with him, and made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ Jesus. ⁷ That he might shew forth in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: ⁹ not by works, lest any man should boast; ¹⁰ for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.