Luke 16 Cross References - MNT

¹ To his disciples he said: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property. ² "He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.' ³ "Now the steward said to himself. 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my stewardship? I am not strong enough to dig, to beg I am ashamed. ⁴ "'I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of my stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.' ⁵ "So he called to him each of his master's debtors and said to the first, 'How much money do you owe my master?' ⁶ "'A hundred measures of oil,' he answered. "He said to him, 'Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty." ⁷ "To a second he said, 'How much do you owe?' "The man answered, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' "'Here is you bill,' he said, 'change it to eighty measures.' ⁸ "And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light. ⁹ "And to you I say, Use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make yourselves friends, so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles. ¹⁰ "The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much. ¹¹ "If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches? ¹² "And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? ¹³ "No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon." ¹⁴ Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him. ¹⁵ He said to them. "You are those that justify themselves in the eyes of men; but God knows you hearts; for that which is lofty in the eyes of men is abomination in the eyes of God. ¹⁶ "The Law and the Prophet lasted until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and any one presses in. ¹⁷ "Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away then for one title of the law to fail. ¹⁸ "Every man who divorces his wife and marries some one else, commits adultery; and he who marries one who is put away by her husband commits adultery. ¹⁹ "Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor. ²⁰ "And a certain beggar named Lazarus was thrown at his door. ²¹ "He was full of sores, and longingly desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes! even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² "But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. ²³ "The rich man also died, and was buried. And as he was tormented in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' ²⁵ "'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish. ²⁶ "But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.' ²⁷ "'I beg you then, father,' he said, 'send him to my fathers house. For I have five brothers. ²⁸ "'Let him earnestly warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.' ²⁹ "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.' ³⁰ "'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.' ³¹ "'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

² "Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'—I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

¹⁰ "Begone, Satan!" answered Jesus, for it is written, "Thou must worship the Lord thy God, and Him only must thou serve."

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near."

²³ Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

¹⁸ "In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.

²² but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

²⁹ And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

³¹ "It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of separation. ³² But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress, and whoever marries her when so divorced, commits adultery.

² "And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

⁵ "And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

¹⁶ "When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward.

¹⁹ "Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

²⁴ "No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.

¹¹ "I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹ "I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² "but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

²⁹ "You Son of God," they shouted, "what have you to do with us? Are you come to torment us before the time?"

⁷ "As you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

⁹ "But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet; ¹⁰ "for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee. ¹¹ "In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm. ¹³ "For the prophets and the Law prophesied until John; ¹⁴ "and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

²³ "And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

³⁶ "I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment.

³⁸ "the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One. ³⁹ "The enemy who sows the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ "Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. ⁴¹ "The son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all hindrances, and whoever practices iniquity, ⁴² "and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ "And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!

²⁷ "True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

²⁶ And when he replied, "From aliens," Jesus said: "Then their people go free.

⁹ "If your eye keeps causing you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with only one eye, than to keep both eyes and be cast into the Gehenna of fire. ¹⁰ "See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

²³ "Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ "But when he began to settle, one of them was brought before him who owed him fifteen million dollars.

²⁴ "But when he began to settle, one of them was brought before him who owed him fifteen million dollars.

⁹ "And I tell you that any man who divorces his wife for any cause except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

²¹ "If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

³² "For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.

⁵ "For they do all their good deeds to be gazed on of men. They widen their phylacteries,

¹³ "But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.

²⁵ "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess. ²⁶ "You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also. ²⁷ "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like white-washed sepulchers. They look beautiful without, but within they are filled with dead men's bones and all rottenness.

³³ "You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell?

³¹ And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from utmost heaven to utmost earth.

¹⁴ "For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.

¹⁴ "For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care. ¹⁵ "To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one—to each according to his individual ability—and then set out on his travels.

¹⁵ "To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one—to each according to his individual ability—and then set out on his travels. ¹⁶ "At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more.

¹⁶ "At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more. ¹⁷ "In the same way the one who got two talents made another two.

¹⁷ "In the same way the one who got two talents made another two. ¹⁸ "But he who had received the one talent went off, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.

¹⁸ "But he who had received the one talent went off, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ "After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.

¹⁹ "After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them. ²⁰ "The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.'

²⁰ "The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.' ²¹ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.'

²¹ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.'

²¹ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.' ²² "The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.'

²² "The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.' ²³ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.'

²³ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.'

²³ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.' ²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered; ²⁵ "so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!'

²⁵ "so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!' ²⁶ "'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?'

²⁶ "'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?' ²⁷ Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my property with interest.

²⁷ Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my property with interest. ²⁸ So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents.

²⁸ So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents. ²⁹ (For to every one who has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.)

²⁹ (For to every one who has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.) ³⁰ But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

³⁵ "'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶ "'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.' ³⁷ "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ "'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ "'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?' ⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.' ⁴¹ "Then he will say to those also at his left hand. 'Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

⁴⁶ "And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

¹⁴ After John had been thrown into prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of God.

⁴⁵ But he went out and began to tell every one and to publish it broadcast, so that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; but he had to remain outside in lonely places, and people kept coming to him from every quarter.

²⁸ "True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children's crumbs."

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?

⁴³ "If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. ⁴⁴ OMITTED TEXT. ⁴⁵ If your foot cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to enter into the life a cripple, than to have two feet and be cast into hell.

⁴⁵ If your foot cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to enter into the life a cripple, than to have two feet and be cast into hell. ⁴⁶ OMITTED TEXT. ⁴⁷ If your eye cause you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God one-eyed that to keep both your eyes and be cast into hell, ⁴⁸ where their worm never dies and the fire does not go out. ⁴⁹ For by fire every one will be salted;

¹¹ "Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; ¹² and if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

⁴⁶ Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.

¹⁷ They clothed Jesus in purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head.

²⁰ And after their sport with him, they stripped off the purple robe, and put on his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him.

⁸ Then bring forth fruit befitting your penitence, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father." I tell you that God is able to raise up sons to Abraham out of these stones.

¹⁷ And there was handed him the roll of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling it he found the place where it was written,

²⁴ "But woe to you rich! For you already have received your consolation.

²⁶ "But what went you to see? A prophet? ²⁷ "Yes, I tell you and more than a prophet. This is he who it is written. "Behold I send a messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸ "I tell you that among all that are born of women not one is greater than John; yet he that is little in the kingdom of God is greater than he." ²⁹ On hearing this all the people and the tax-gatherers acknowledged the justice of God by being baptized with the baptism of John;

⁴¹ "There were once to men," said Jesus, "in debt to one money-lender. One owed him fifty pounds; the other five. ⁴² "When they had nothing pay he forgave them with such charm. "Tell me, then, which of these will love him most?"

³ and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, who used to minister to him out of their substance.

²⁸ When he saw Jesus he cried out, and fell down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed. "What have we to do with you, Jesus, you son of God Most High? I implore you to torment me not!"

⁵³ They began to laugh him to scorn, because they knew well that she was dead.

² and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God, and heal the sick.

⁵⁰ But Jesus said, "Forbid him not, for he who is not against you is for you."

⁹ "Heal the sick in that town and tell them, The kingdom of God draws near to you.

¹¹ "'The very dust of your town which clings to your feet we wipe off as protest; but know this, that the kingdom of God is drawing near to you.'

²⁹ But he, determined to justify himself, said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered.

⁴² "only one thing is really necessary. Mary, moreover, has chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."

²³ "He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.

³⁹ but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

⁴¹ "Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

¹⁵ And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses." ¹⁶ Then he spoke to them in a parable. "The ground of a certain rich man bore heavy crops. ¹⁷ "So he debated with himself saying, 'What shall I do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

¹⁷ "So he debated with himself saying, 'What shall I do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.' ¹⁸ "And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods. ¹⁹ "'And I will say to my soul, "'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.' ²⁰ "But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

²⁰ "But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be? ²¹ "So is he that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich toward God."

³³ "Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does moth destroy.

⁴² The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?

⁵⁹ "You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

³ "I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

⁵ "I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did."

²⁸ "'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out. ²⁹ "And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

¹⁴ "Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just."

²⁶ "If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

¹³ "Not many days after that the younger son gathered everything together and took his journey into a distant country; and there he wasted his money on living unsavingly.

³⁰ "'But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with harlots, you have killed him the fatted calf.'

¹ To his disciples he said: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property.

⁴ "'I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of my stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'

⁹ "And to you I say, Use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make yourselves friends, so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles. ¹⁰ "The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much. ¹¹ "If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches?

¹¹ "If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches? ¹² "And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

¹² "And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? ¹³ "No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

¹⁶ "The Law and the Prophet lasted until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and any one presses in.

¹⁹ "Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor. ²⁰ "And a certain beggar named Lazarus was thrown at his door. ²¹ "He was full of sores, and longingly desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes! even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² "But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. ²³ "The rich man also died, and was buried. And as he was tormented in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

²⁸ "'Let him earnestly warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.' ²⁹ "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.' ³⁰ "'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.' ³¹ "'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

⁴ "For a while he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, 'Though I have neither reverence for God nor regard for man,

⁶ "Listen" said the Lord, "to what this unjust judge says.

¹¹ "The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

²¹ "All of these," he replied, "I have kept from my youth up." ²² And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."

²⁴ Jesus looked at him and said: "How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ Why, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

³⁵ As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging. ³⁶ He heard the crowd passing and asked what the matter was. ³⁷ They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." ³⁸ Then he shouted out, saying, "Jesus, son of David, take pity on me!" ³⁹ Those who went ahead began to reprove him and to tell him to be still; but he kept clamorously shouting all the more, "Son of David, take pity on me!" ⁴⁰ So Jesus stopped and ordered him to be brought to him. When he was come near to him he asked him ⁴¹ "What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord," he answered, "that I might see again." ⁴² "Receive your sight," said Jesus, "your faith has saved you." ⁴³ Instantly he regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.

¹³ "And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.' ¹⁴ "But this fellow citizens hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We do not wish this man to become our king.' ¹⁵ "And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading. ¹⁶ "And the first came before him, saying, 'Master, your pound has made ten pounds.' ¹⁷ "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

¹⁷ "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.' ¹⁸ "And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.' ¹⁹ "Then he said to him also, 'You shall be over five cities.' ²⁰ "And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.

²⁰ "And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin. ²¹ "'For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what you did not sow.' ²² "He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow. ²³ "'Then why did you not put my money into the bank, so that at my coming I might I might have gotten it back with interest?' ²⁴ "Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.' ²⁵ "'Master,' they said to him, 'he already has ten pounds.' ²⁶ "'I tell you that to every one who has it shall be given; and from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.

⁹ Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.

¹² "Then he sent yet a third, and him to they wounded and threw him out.

²⁰ So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

³⁴ "People in this world marry and are given in marriage," said Jesus,

⁴⁷ "but they devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."

³³ "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words shall never pass away.

³⁵ and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

²⁷ And beginning with Moses and the Prophets, he interpreted all the passages concerning himself.

⁴⁵ Then Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found him about whom Moses wrote in the Law, as did the prophets—Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son."

²⁵ and did not need any one's testimony concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man.

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

¹⁰ "If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

¹⁴ but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst any more, but the water that I will give him shall become a living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."

³⁹ "You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me, ⁴⁰ "you will not come to me that you may have life. ⁴¹ "I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you, ⁴² "that you have not the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ "I am come in the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴ "How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God? ⁴⁵ "Do not imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes. ⁴⁶ "For if you believed Moses you would believe me, for he wrote about me. ⁴⁷ And if you do not believe his writings, how will you ever believe my words?"

¹² and when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the fragments that are left, so that nothing may be wasted."

³⁷ Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice.

³³ "We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been in slavery to any man. What do you mean by saying, 'You shall become free'?" ³⁴ "In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave ³⁵ "Now the slave does not remain permanently in the household, but the son does remain. ³⁶ "So then, if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷ "I know you are Abraham's descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you. ³⁸ "I am declaring what I have seen with the Father, and you are acting as you have learned from your father." ³⁹ "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you are indeed Abraham's children," said Jesus "do the deeds of Abraham.

⁵³ "You are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? And he died, and the prophets died. Who are you making yourself out to be?" ⁵⁴ "If I glorify myself." said Jesus, "my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, and you say, 'He is our God.' ⁵⁵ "You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching. ⁵⁶ "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he should see my day; and he saw it and was glad."

⁸ Upon this the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

¹ Now a man named Lazarus was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha—

⁴³ When he had said this he cried with a great voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" ⁴⁴ Out came the dead man, wrapped hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face bound up in a napkin. Jesus said to them, "Untie him, and let him go." ⁴⁵ Many of the Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary, and had seen what he did, believed on him; ⁴⁶ but some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ⁴⁷ So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. ⁴⁸ "What are we going to do?" they said, "now that this man is performing many signs?" If we leave him alone, this way, every one will believe on him, and the Romans will come and rob us of both our sacred place and of our people."

⁴⁸ "What are we going to do?" they said, "now that this man is performing many signs?" If we leave him alone, this way, every one will believe on him, and the Romans will come and rob us of both our sacred place and of our people." ⁴⁹ But one of their number, Caiaphas by name, who was high priest that year, said to them, ⁵⁰ "You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation be destroyed." ⁵¹ now he did not say this of his own accord; but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die in behalf of the nation, ⁵² and not in behalf of the nation alone, but in order that he might gather into one the widely scattered children of God. ⁵³ So from that day they plotted to kill him.

⁶ This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,

¹⁰ And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, ¹¹ because it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them, and beginning to believe on Jesus.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said among themselves. "You see! You can do nothing! Look! The world is gone after him!"

³⁶ While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become Sons of Light."

² So while supper was proceeding, and the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,

²³ There was reclining upon Jesus' breast one of the disciples whom he loved.

²⁷ So when he had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. And after he had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "What you do, do quickly," said Jesus.

³³ I have said all this to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be courageous; I have overcome the world."

¹⁷ The third time Jesus asked him, "Am I really dear to you?" Peter was grieved because the third time he asked, "Am I really dear to you?" and he answered, "Master, you know all things, you know that you are dear to me."

²⁰ Peter turned around and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following—he who at the supper leaned back upon his breast and said, "Lord, who is to betray you?"

¹⁸ "Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.

⁴⁰ With many other words he continued to bear testimony, and kept entreating them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."

² when a man lame from his birth was carried along, who was wont to be laid each day near the gate of the Temple called the Beautiful Gate, to ask alms of those who were going into the Temple.

¹⁸ "But God has thus fulfilled what he foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

²⁴ "Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and his successors, all that have spoken, have also told of those days. ²⁵ "You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

⁶ "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he said: "Stand up and go into the city, and there you shall be told what you must do."

⁴ He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, Lord?" "Your prayers and your alms have risen for a memorial before God," answered the angel;

³¹ and said: "'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

²² Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."

⁸ "And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;

²¹ "For Moses from the earliest times has had his preachers in every town where he is read aloud, Sabbath after Sabbath, in the synagogues."

¹¹ The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so. ¹² So many of them became believers, and so did not a few Greeks, women of honorable estate, and men.

⁸ Then Paul went into the synagogue, and there continued to preach fearlessly for about three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

²³ except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me.

²⁸ Agrippa answered, "In short, you are doing your best to persuade me to become a Christian."

²³ So they arranged a day with him and came to him in his lodgings in great numbers. He expounded the matter to them; testifying to the Kingdom of God, and persuading them about Jesus, from morning till evening, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

²⁰ For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.

³¹ Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.

¹² He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised.

¹⁶ Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness? ¹⁷ But God be thanked that you who were once the slaves of sin have obeyed from your hearts that type of teaching to which you were appointed; ¹⁸ and being set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness— ¹⁹ I speak in these homely figures because of the weakness of your fleshly nature—just as you once surrendered your faculties into slavery to impurity and to all lawlessness, so now you must surrender your faculties into slavery to righteousness, unto deeds of holiness. ²⁰ For when you were the slaves of sin, you were under no subjection to righteousness. ²¹ What harvest-fruit then had you at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. ²² But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, the harvest-fruit which you are reaping tends to produce holiness, and it ends is life eternal.

⁵ For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things. ⁶ To be earthly minded means death; To be spiritually minded means life and peace. ⁷ For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;

⁷ For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be; ⁸ And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

⁷ they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham's descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called. ⁸ That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.

¹² So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

¹¹ For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

¹ Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God. ² Now it is required of stewards, that a man be found faithful.

² Now it is required of stewards, that a man be found faithful.

⁵ So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

¹¹ Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

⁴ but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.

¹⁰ But to those already married my commandment is—and not mine, but the Lord's—that a wife is not to leave her husband; ¹¹ (or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife. ¹² To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.

⁵⁵ Where, Death, is thy victory? Where, Death, is thy sting?

³ But even if my gospel, too, is "veiled," it is among those who are on the way to perish that it is "veiled."

¹⁷ For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

¹⁰ For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil. ¹¹ So, because I know the fear of God, I "persuade men." What I am is manifest to God, and I hope manifest also to your conscience.

¹² Because the ministry of this contribution not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also overflows in many a thanksgiving to God. ¹³ For this ministration proves you. On account of it men glorify God for your faithfulness to your professions of the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your gifts to them and to all. ¹⁴ Moreover, in their prayers for you they will be longing after you, because of the exceeding grace of God that is resting upon you. ¹⁵ THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT!

²⁷ in toil and weariness, often in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst, often without anything to eat; in cold and in nakedness.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

⁸ For you were once darkness, but are now in the Lord.

¹⁹ Their end is destruction, their belly is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are set on earthly things.

³ for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our life, appears, then will you also appear with him in glory.

³ So that no one should be shaken by these troubles—for you know well that we are appointed to troubles.

⁶ That no man overreach or take advantage of his brother in such matters, because "the Lord takes vengeance" in all these things, as also I repeatedly forewarned you and testified to you.

⁵ For you are all sons of light, and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness.

⁴ So that I myself am boasting about you among the churches of God, boasting of the stedfastness and faith which you are displaying in all the troubles and afflictions which you are enduring. ⁵ They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God, who will count you worthy of his kingdom, in behalf of which you are even now suffering. ⁶ For truly God's justice must render back trouble to those who are troubling you, ⁷ and give to you, who are now troubled, rest, along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse" of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire. Then shall he take vengeance on those who know not God, even on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

⁸ in flaming fire. Then shall he take vengeance on those who know not God, even on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They shall suffer punishment, even an eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the brightness of his glorious majesty, ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all believers, on that Day; (for you also believed our testimony).

¹¹ But I hear that there are those of your number who are leading idle and disorderly lives, who are not busy, but mere busybodies.

¹⁴ Never neglect the gift within you, which was given in fulfilment of prophecy at the time of the laying on of hands by the elders.

²⁴ Some men's sins are notorious, and lead them straight on the way to condemnation; but others' sins follow them up.

⁹ Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in God, who provides all things richly for our use. ¹⁸ Charge them to practise benevolence, to be rich in good works, to be open-handed and generous, ¹⁹ laying up right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order that they may obtain the Life which is life indeed.

¹⁶ The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain. ¹⁷ But when he came to Rome he sought for me until he found me. ¹⁸ The Lord grant him to find mercy form the Lord in that Day! And you know better than I how many services he rendered in Ephesus.

² For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,

¹⁵ and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the man of God may himself be complete, and completely equipped for every good work.

⁷ For indeed a presiding officer, as God's steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;

¹⁰ not to contradict nor pilfer, but to exhibit praiseworthy trustworthiness in every thing, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service in behalf of those who are about to inherit salvation?

¹⁴ Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

² How faithful he was to the God who appointed him! For while Moses also was faithful in all God's house,

²⁵ choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

³⁶ Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment.

² looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.

⁹ Let a brother in humble circumstances glory in his exaltation;

¹¹ For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.

¹¹ For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits. ¹² Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to the man who has showed no mercy. but mercy glories in the face of judgment.

²¹ Was not Abraham our ancestor justified by deeds, in that he offered up Isaac, his son, upon the altar? ²² You see how faith was cooperating with deeds, and faith was made perfect by deeds. ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which said, And Abraham believed God, and this was imputed to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend. ²⁴ You see, then, that it is by his deeds a man is justified, and not simply by his faith. ²⁵ In like manner was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by her deeds, in the fact that she received the messengers and sent them forth by another way?

⁶ And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

¹⁵ Such wisdom is not that which is descending from on high, but is earthly, sensual, demonlike.

³ You continue to ask and do not receive, because you are asking with a wrong purpose, in order to spend it upon your pleasures. ⁴ You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.

¹ Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!

¹ Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you! ² For your riches lie rotting, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

² For your riches lie rotting, and your clothing has become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver are rusted. and their rust will be for a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh. For you have been storing up fire in these last days!

³ Your gold and silver are rusted. and their rust will be for a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh. For you have been storing up fire in these last days! ⁴ Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth!

⁴ Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth! ⁵ You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.

⁵ You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting! ⁷ Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.

⁴ and into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and fadeless, which has been kept in heaven for you ⁵ who, through faith, are continuously guarded by the power of God for a salvation, ready to be revealed in the last days.

²⁵ But the word of the Lord abides forever. And this is the word of the gospel which has been told to you.

⁹ But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light—

²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

⁴ but rather that hidden personality of the heart, the imperishable ornament of a quiet and gentle spirit, which in the sight of God is indeed precious.

⁵ But they must render account to Him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

¹⁰ Whatever the gifts which each has received, use them for one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

⁵ You younger men must submit to the presbyters; and all of you must put on the garment of humility and serve one another, for God resists the haughty, But gives grace to the humble.

¹⁹ And so we possess the word of prophecy made yet more sure. Unto this you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. ²⁰ But first be assured of this—that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. ²¹ For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke for God.

⁴ For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to chains of darkness, and reserved them for judgment;

¹⁰ But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the proud glory of life, is not from the Father, but from the world;

¹⁰ In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

²¹ must keep yourselves in the love of God, while waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which ends in life eternal.

²³ And moreover, her children will I kill with pestilence. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the hearts and souls of men. I will give to each of you according to his works.

¹⁸ I advise you to buy of me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white raiment to clothe yourself, so that the shame of your nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint your eyes, in order that you may see.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "You know, my Lord." And he said to me, "These are those who have come out of the great persecution, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁶ They hunger no more, Neither thirst any more; Neither will the sun strike upon them, Nor any scorching heat; ¹⁷ For the Lamb in the midst of the throne Will shepherd them, And will lead them to fountains of living water; And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

¹⁰ He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, Poured out unmixed in the cup of his anger; And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone In the presence of the holy angels, And in the presence of the Lamb, ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; And they have no rest day or night, Who worship the beast and his image, And all who receive the brand of his name."

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, For their deeds do follow them."

⁹ And men were scorched with the terrible heat; and they blasphemed the name of the God who had the power over these plagues; yet they repented not, to give him glory. ¹⁰ And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened, and men gnawed their tongues for pain, ¹¹ and they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores; yet of their deeds they did not repent.

⁴ The woman was enwrapped in purple and scarlet and was encrusted with gold and precious stones and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup filled with abominations, even the impurities of her immorality.

⁷ By so much as she glorified herself and waxed wanton, By so much give her of torture and tears, For she says in her heart, 'I sit here a queen, I am no widow. I shall in no wise see mourning.'

¹⁶ saying. "'Woe, woe, the great city! She who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, And adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed miracles in his presence to deceive those who had received the brand of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire, blazing with brimstone.

¹⁰ and the devil who had been deceiving them was hurled into the lake of fire and brimstone, where lie also the beast and the false prophet. And they will be tortured day and night, forever and ever. ¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and One who sat thereon; from his presence fled earth and sky, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and books were opened, and another book—the Book of Life—was opened; and the dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. ¹⁴ And all were judged according to their deeds. And Death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any one was found who was not written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and the sea is no more.

⁴ And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, Nor will there be mourning, Nor crying, nor pain any more. Because the first things have passed away."

¹ And he showed me the river of the Water of Life, clear as crystal, Flowing out from the throne of God, and of the Lamb,

¹¹ He who is wicked, let him be wicked still; He who is filthy, let him be filthy still; He who is righteous, lit him practise righteousness still; And he who is holy, let him be made holy still.