Luke 6 Cross References - MSTC

¹ It happened on an after Sabbath, that he went through the corn field, and that his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and ate them, and rubbed them in their hands. ² And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, "Why do ye that which is not lawful to be done on the Sabbath days?" ³ And Jesus answered them and said, "Have ye not read what David did, when he himself was a hungered, and they which were with him: ⁴ how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the loaves of hallowed bread, and gave also to them which were with him: which was not lawful to eat, but for the priests only." ⁵ And he said unto them, "The son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." ⁶ And it fortuned in another Sabbath also, that he entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man, whose right hand was dried up. ⁷ And the scribes, and Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath day or not, that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸ But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand forth in the midst." And he arose, and stepped forth. ⁹ Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you a question: Whether is it lawful on the Sabbath days, to do good? Or to do evil? To save life? Or for to destroy it?" ¹⁰ And he beheld them all in compass, and said unto the man, "Stretch forth thy hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored, and made as whole as the other. ¹¹ And they were filled full of madness, and communed one with another, what they might do to Jesus. ¹² And it fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. ¹³ And as soon as it was day, he called his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, which also he called his apostles. ¹⁴ Simon, whom also he named Peter: and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew; ¹⁵ Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called Zealotes, ¹⁶ and Judas James' son, and Judas Iscariot, which same was the traitor. ¹⁷ And he came down with them and stood in the plain field with the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all parts of Jewry and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon: which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases, ¹⁸ and they also that were vexed with foul spirits, and they were healed. ¹⁹ And all the people pressed to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. ²⁰ And he lifted up his eyes upon the disciples, and said, "Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. ²² Blessed are ye when men hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail on you, and abhor your name, as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake. ²³ Rejoice ye then, and be glad: for behold, your reward is great in heaven. After this manner their fathers entreated the prophets. ²⁴ But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation. ²⁵ Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep. ²⁶ Woe be to you when all men praise you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets. ²⁷ "But I say unto you which hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them which hate you. ²⁸ Bless them that curse you. And pray for them which wrongfully trouble you. ²⁹ And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away thy gown, forbid not to take thy coat also. ³⁰ Give to every man that asketh of thee. And of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. ³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you: so do ye to them likewise. ³² If ye love them which love you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners love their lovers. ³³ And if ye do for them which do for you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners do even the same. ³⁴ If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive: what thank shall ye have: for the very sinners, lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵ Wherefore, love ye your enemies, do good, and lend, looking for nothing again: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the highest: for he is kind unto the unkind, and to the evil. ³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful. ³⁷ "Judge not and ye shall not be judged. Condemn not: and ye shall not be condemned. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. ³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you again." ³⁹ And he put forth a similitude unto them, "Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch? ⁴⁰ The disciple is not above his master. Every man shall be perfect, even as his master is. ⁴¹ Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴² Either, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye: when thou perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beam out of thine own eye first, and then shalt thou see perfectly, to pull out the mote out of thy brother's eye. ⁴³ It is not a good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: Neither is that an evil tree, that bringeth forth good fruit. ⁴⁴ For every tree is known by his fruit. Neither of thorns gather men figs, nor of bushes gather they grapes. ⁴⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil. For of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaketh. ⁴⁶ Why call ye me 'Master, Master': and do not as I bid you? ⁴⁷ Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth the same, I will show you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man which built a house: and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock. When the waters arose, the flood beat upon that house, and could not move it. For it was grounded upon a rock. ⁴⁹ But he that heareth and doth not, is like a man, that without foundation built a house upon the earth, against which, the flood did beat: and it fell by and by. And the fall of that house was great."

¹⁵ Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, so that even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses. For whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be plucked out from Israel.

⁷ The first day shall be a holy feast unto you, so that ye may do no laborious work therein.

¹⁰ "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'When ye be come into the land which I give unto you and reap down your harvest, ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the priest, ¹¹ and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD to be accepted for you: and even the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

¹⁵ "'And ye shall count from the morrow after the Sabbath: even from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven weeks complete:

⁹ Then reckon the seven weeks, and begin to reckon the seven weeks when the sickle beginneth in the corn,

²⁵ When thou goest into thy neighbour's corn, thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand, but thou mayest not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's corn.

¹ In that time went Jesus, on the Sabbath day, through the corn; and his disciples were a hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. ² When the Pharisees saw that, they said unto him, "Behold: thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day." ³ He said unto them, "Have ye not read what David did, when he was a hungered, and they also which were with him? ⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and ate the hallowed loaves, which were not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests. ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, how that the priests in the temple break the Sabbath day, and yet are blameless? ⁶ But I say unto you, that here is one greater than the temple. ⁷ Wherefore if ye had wist, what this saying meaneth, 'I require mercy and not sacrifice,' ye would never have condemned innocents. ⁸ For the son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."

²³ And it chanced that he went through the corn fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, as they went on their way, began to pluck the ears of corn. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said unto him, "Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?" ²⁵ And he said to them, "Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was a hungered both he and they that were with him? ²⁶ How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the hallowed loaves, which is not lawful but for the priests only to eat: and gave also to them which were with him?" ²⁷ And he said to them, "The Sabbath day was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath day. ²⁸ Wherefore, the son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."

¹⁰ If a man deliver unto his neighbor to keep ass, ox, sheep or whatsoever beast it be and it die, or be hurt or driven away, and no man see it:

¹⁵ Six days shall men work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the holy rest of the LORD: so that whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, shall die for it.

² Six days ye shall work, but the seventh day shall be unto you the holy Sabbath of the LORD's rest: so that whosoever doth any work therein, shall die.

³² And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day. ³³ And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation: ³⁴ and they put him inward, for it was not declared what should be done unto him. ³⁵ And the LORD said unto Moses, "The man shall die: let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host."

¹³ Yea, if thou turn thy feet from the Sabbath, so that thou do not the thing which pleaseth thyself in my holy day: then shalt thou be called unto the pleasant, holy, and glorious Sabbath of the LORD, where thou shalt be in honor - so that thou do not after thine own imagination, neither seek thine own will, nor speak thine own words.

² When the Pharisees saw that, they said unto him, "Behold: thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day."

² "Why do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? For they wash not their hands, when they eat bread."

²³ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

²⁴ And the Pharisees said unto him, "Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?"

³³ Then they said unto him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and pray: and the disciples of the Pharisees also: and thine eat and drink?"

⁷ And the scribes, and Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath day or not, that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸ But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand forth in the midst." And he arose, and stepped forth. ⁹ Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you a question: Whether is it lawful on the Sabbath days, to do good? Or to do evil? To save life? Or for to destroy it?"

⁹ And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and went. And the same day was the Sabbath day. ¹⁰ The Jews therefore said unto him that was made whole, "It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed." ¹¹ He answered them, "He that made me whole, said unto me, 'Take up thy bed, and get thee hence.'"

¹⁶ And therefore the Jews did persecute Jesus, and sought the means to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

¹⁴ For it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, "He put clay upon mine eyes; And I washed, and do see." ¹⁶ Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day." Others said, "How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" And there was strife among them.

³ And now what hast thou under thine hand? Give me five loaves of bread or what cometh to hand." ⁴ And the priest answered David and said, "There is no common bread under mine hand — but there is hallowed bread, if the young men have abstained only from women." ⁵ And David answered the priest and said unto him, "Of a truth, women hath been locked up from us about a three days, when I came out: and the vessels of the young men were holy. Howbeit, this way is impure: but it shall be hallowed in the vessel." ⁶ And so the priest gave him hallowed bread, for there was none other bread there save showbreads that were taken from before the LORD; to put fresh bread there the day that it was taken away.

³ He said unto them, "Have ye not read what David did, when he was a hungered, and they also which were with him? ⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and ate the hallowed loaves, which were not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests. ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, how that the priests in the temple break the Sabbath day, and yet are blameless?

⁴ He answered, and said unto them, "Have ye not read, how that he which made man at the beginning, made them man and woman?

¹⁶ and said unto him, "Hearest thou what these say?" Jesus said unto them, "Yea, have ye never read, 'Of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast ordained praise?'"

⁴² Jesus said unto them, "Did ye never read in the scriptures? 'The same stone which the builders refused, the same is set in the principal part of the corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.'

³¹ As touching the resurrection of the dead: have ye not read what is said unto you of God, which sayeth,

²⁵ And he said to them, "Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was a hungered both he and they that were with him? ²⁶ How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the hallowed loaves, which is not lawful but for the priests only to eat: and gave also to them which were with him?"

¹⁰ Have ye not read this scripture? 'The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the chief stone in the corner:

²⁶ As touching the dead, that they shall rise again: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

⁵ And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve wastels thereof, two tenth deals shall every wastel be. ⁶ And make two rows of them, six on a row upon the pure table before the LORD, ⁷ and put pure frankincense upon the rows. And it shall be bread of remembrance, and an offering to the LORD. ⁸ Every Sabbath he shall put them in rows before the LORD evermore, given of the children of Israel, that it be an everlasting covenant. ⁹ And they shall be Aaron's and his sons, and they shall eat them in the holy place. For they are most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD, and shall be a duty forever."

⁵ The blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are risen again, and the glad tidings is preached to the poor. ⁶ And blessed is he that is not offended by me." ⁷ And as they departed, Jesus began to speak unto the people, of John, "What for to see went ye out into the wilderness? Went ye to see a reed shaken in the wind? ⁸ Other, what went ye out for to see? Went ye to see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

²⁷ And he said to them, "The Sabbath day was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath day.

⁷ And there was a cloud that shadowed them. And a voice came out of the cloud saying, "This is my dear son, hear him."

¹⁰ I was in the spirit on a Sunday, and heard behind me a great voice, as it had been of a trumpet,

⁴ And when the king heard the saying of the man of God which he cried against the altar in Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar saying, "Hold him." And his hand, which he put forth toward him, dried up that he could not pull it in again to him;

¹⁷ O idle shepherd, that leaveth the flock! The sword shall come upon his arm and upon his right eye. His arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be sore blinded."

²³ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healed all manner of sickness and all manner diseases among the people.

⁹ And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue, ¹⁰ and behold, there was a man, which had his hand dried up. And they asked him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal upon the Sabbath days?" Because they might accuse him. ¹¹ And he said unto them, "Which of you would it be, if he had a sheep fallen into a pit on the Sabbath day, that would not take him and lift him out? ¹² And how much is a man better then a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath day." ¹³ Then said he to the man, "Stretch forth thy hand." And he stretched it forth, and it was made whole again like unto the other. ¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

¹ And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there which had a withered hand: ² and they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. ³ And he said unto the man which had the withered hand, "Arise and stand in the midst." ⁴ And he said to them, "Whether is it lawful? To do a good deed on the Sabbath day, or an evil? To save a man's life, or to kill?" But they held their peace. ⁵ And he looked round about on them, angrily mourning on the blindness of their hearts. And said to the man, "Stretch forth thine hand." And he stretched it out: And his hand was restored, even as whole as the other. ⁶ And the Pharisees departed, and straightway gathered a counsel, with them that belonged to Herod, against him: that they might destroy him.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth where he was nursed, and as his custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath days, and stood up for to read.

³¹ and came into Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and there taught them on the Sabbath days.

¹ It happened on an after Sabbath, that he went through the corn field, and that his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and ate them, and rubbed them in their hands.

¹⁰ And he taught in one of their synagogues on the Sabbath days.

¹³ And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. ¹⁴ And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, "There are six days in the week, in which men ought to work, in them come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

³ And Jesus answered and spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?"

³ in which lay a great multitude of sick folk: of blind, halt, and withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

¹⁶ Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day." Others said, "How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" And there was strife among them.

³² The ungodly watcheth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him. ³³ But the LORD will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is judged.

¹² They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.

²¹ such as labour to draw men unto sin; and that deceive him which reproveth them in the gate; and such as turn good persons to vanity.

¹⁰ For why? I heard so many derisions and blasphemies, yea even of my own companions, and such as were conversant with me: which went about, to make me afraid, saying, "Upon him; let us go upon him, to fear him, and make him hold his tongue: that we may overcome him, and be avenged of him."

⁵⁹ The chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, for to put him to death, ⁶⁰ but found none: insomuch that when many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

² and they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

⁵³ When he thus spake unto them, the lawyers and the Pharisees began to wax busy about him, and to stop his mouth with many questions; ⁵⁴ Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.

¹⁴ And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, "There are six days in the week, in which men ought to work, in them come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

¹ And it chanced that he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread, on a Sabbath day: and they watched him. ² And behold, there was a man before him, which had the dropsy. ³ And Jesus answered and spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" ⁴ And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go: ⁵ And answered them, saying, "Which of you shall have an ass, or an ox, fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?" ⁶ And they could not answer him again to that.

²⁰ And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves perfect, to take him in his words, and to deliver him unto the power, and authority of the deputy.

¹⁰ The Jews therefore said unto him that was made whole, "It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed." ¹¹ He answered them, "He that made me whole, said unto me, 'Take up thy bed, and get thee hence.'" ¹² Then asked they him, "What man is that which said unto thee, 'Take up thy bed and walk?'" ¹³ And he that was healed, wist not who it was. For Jesus had gotten himself away, because that there was press of people in the place. ¹⁴ And after that, Jesus found him in the temple, and said unto him, "Behold, thou art made whole: see thou sin no more, lest a worse thing happen unto thee." ¹⁵ The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. ¹⁶ And therefore the Jews did persecute Jesus, and sought the means to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

²⁶ Then said they to him again, "What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes?" ²⁷ He answered them, "I told you right now! A And ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear it again? Will ye also be his disciples?" ²⁸ Then rated they him, and said, "Thou art his disciple. We be Moses' disciples. ²⁹ We are sure that God spake with Moses. This fellow we know not from whence he is."

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

¹⁷ I know my God, that thou provest the heart and hast pleasure in plainness. And in plainness of mine heart I have willingly given all this. And now I see thy people, which are here in gladness to offer willingly to thee.

² "I know that thou hast power over all things, and that there is no thought hid unto thee.

²¹ should not God find it out? For he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

⁴ He shall neither be overseen nor hasty, that he may restore righteousness unto the earth: and the Gentiles also shall keep his laws.

⁴ And when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, "Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

²² When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered and said unto them, "What think ye in your hearts?

²⁵ and needed not that any man should testify of him. For he knew what was in man.

⁴ I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day. The night cometh, when no man can work.

¹⁷ He said unto him the third time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter sorrowed because he said to him the third time, "Lovest thou me," and said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus said unto him, "Feed my sheep.

²⁴ But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

²⁶ The king knoweth of these things, before whom I speak freely: neither think I that any of these things are hidden from him. For this thing was not done in a corner.

²⁸ and in nothing fearing your adversaries: which is to them a token of perdition, and to you a sign of salvation, and that of God.

¹³ Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.

¹ Forasmuch as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he which suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sin,

²³ And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.

¹² And how much is a man better then a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath day." ¹³ Then said he to the man, "Stretch forth thy hand." And he stretched it forth, and it was made whole again like unto the other.

⁴ And he said to them, "Whether is it lawful? To do a good deed on the Sabbath day, or an evil? To save a man's life, or to kill?" But they held their peace.

⁵⁶ The son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another town.

¹⁹ Did not Moses give you a law? And yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?" ²⁰ The people answered and said, "Thou hast the devil. Who goeth about to kill thee?" ²¹ Jesus answered, and said unto them, "I have done one work, and ye all marvel. ²² Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision: not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers. And yet ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man. ²³ If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcision without breaking of the law of Moses: Disdain ye at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

⁶ And the LORD said furthermore unto him, "Thrust thine hand into thy bosom." And he thrust his hand into his bosom and took it out. And behold, his hand was leprous, even as snow. ⁷ And he said, "Put thine hand into thy bosom again." And he put his hand into his bosom again, and plucked it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

⁶ And the king answered and said unto the man of God, "Oh pray unto the LORD thy God and make intercession for me, that my hand may be restored me again." And the man of God besought the LORD, and his hand came to him again as well as before.

²⁰ He sent his word, and healed them; and they were saved from their destruction.

⁵ And he looked round about on them, angrily mourning on the blindness of their hearts. And said to the man, "Stretch forth thine hand." And he stretched it out: And his hand was restored, even as whole as the other.

⁸ And Jesus said unto him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."

¹ W hy did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things? ² The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the LORD, and against his Christ.

³ Among all things that come to pass under the Sun, this is a mystery, that it happeneth unto all alike. This is the cause also that the hearts of men are full of wickedness, and mad foolishness is in their hearts, as long as they live, until they die.

¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵ When Jesus knew that, he departed thence. And much people followed him, and he healed them all;

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard these similitudes, they perceived that he spake of them.

²⁸ And as many as were in the synagogue when they heard that, were filled with wrath

¹ After that Jesus went about into Galilee, and would not go about in Jewry, for the Jews sought to kill him.

⁴⁷ Then gathered the high priests and the Pharisees a council and said, "What do we? This man doeth many miracles.

¹⁵ but they commanded them to go aside out of the council; And counseled among themselves,

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered unto them and said, "Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you more than God, judge ye.

³³ When they heard that, they clave asunder, and sought means to slay them.

⁵⁴ When they heard these things, their hearts clave asunder, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

¹¹ "And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad upon them, and persecuted them even unto strange cities.

²⁴ and tarried behind; himself alone. And there wrestled a man with him unto the breaking of the day. ²⁵ And when he saw that he could not prevail against him, he smote him under the thigh, and the sinew of Jacob's thigh shrank as he wrestled with him. ²⁶ And he said, "Let me go, for the day breaketh." And he said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."

² O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest.

¹⁵ Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell; for wickedness is among them in their dwellings. ¹⁶ As for me, I will call unto God, and the LORD shall save me. ¹⁷ In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I mourn and complain: and he shall hear my voice.

³ They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause. ⁴ For the love that I had unto them, they take now my contrary part; but I give myself unto prayer.

¹⁰ Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time.

⁶ But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and shut thy door to thee, and pray to thy father which is in secret; and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

²³ And as soon as he had sent the people away, he went up into a mountain alone to pray. And when night was come he was there himself alone. ²⁴ And the ship was now in the midst of the sea, and was tossed with waves, for it was a contrary wind. ²⁵ In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came unto them, walking on the sea:

³⁵ And in the morning, very early, Jesus arose and went out into a solitary place, and there prayed.

⁴⁶ And as soon as he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

³⁴ And said unto them, "My soul is very heavy even unto the death, tarry here and watch." ³⁵ And he went forth a little and fell down on the ground and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ And he said, "Abba father, all things are possible unto thee, take away this cup from me. Nevertheless, not that I will, but that thou wilt be done."

² Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,

⁷ Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.

³⁶ But when he saw the people, he had compassion on them, because they were pined away, and scattered abroad, even as sheep having no shepherd.

²⁸ Jesus said unto them, "Verily I say to you, When the son of man shall sit in the seat of his majesty, ye which follow me in the second generation shall sit also upon twelve seats, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹³ And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would, and they came unto him. ¹⁴ And he ordained the twelve that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. ¹⁵ And that they might have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils. ¹⁶ And he gave Simon to name, Peter. ¹⁷ And he called James the son of Zebedee, and John, James' brother, and gave them Boanerges to name, which is to say, the Sons of Thunder. ¹⁸ And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon of Canaan, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, which same also betrayed him.

⁷ And he called the twelve, and began to send them, two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.

³⁰ And the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

¹ Then called he the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and that they might heal diseases. ² And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to cure the sick.

⁴⁹ "Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute:

³⁰ that ye may eat, and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on seats, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel."

¹³ And when they were come in, they went up into a parlour, where abode both Peter and James, John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zealotes, and Judas James' son.

²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets — Jesus Christ being the head cornerstone -

¹¹ And the very same, made some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Shepherds, some Teachers:

¹ Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the celestial callings, consider the Ambassador and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; ² to call to remembrance the words which were told before of the holy prophets, and also the commandment of us; the apostles of the Lord and Saviour.

¹ And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.

²⁰ Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."

¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the Lamb's twelve apostles.

¹⁸ As Jesus walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

²¹ And he went forth from thence, and saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and called them.

³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, otherwise called Thaddeus;

¹⁹ And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, even as they were in the ship mending their nets.

²⁹ And forthwith, as soon as they were come out of the Synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.

³⁷ And he suffered no man to follow him more than Peter, and James and John the brother of James.

² And after six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up into a high mountain out of the way alone, and he was transfigured before them.

³³ And he took with him Peter, James, and John, and he began to wax abashed and to be in an agony.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' knees saying, "Lord go from me, for I am a sinful man."

¹⁰ and so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, "Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men."

⁴⁰ One of the two, which heard John speak, and followed Jesus, was Andrew; Simon Peter's brother. ⁴¹ The same found his brother Simon first, and said unto him, "We have found Messiah," which is by interpretation, Anointed. ⁴² And brought him to Jesus. And Jesus beheld him and said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas," which is by interpretation, a stone.

⁴⁵ And Philip found Nathaniel, and said unto him, "We have found him of whom Moses, in the law and the prophets, did write: Jesus, the son of Joseph of Nazareth."

⁵ Then Jesus lift up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, and said unto Philip, "Whence shall we buy bread that these might eat?"

⁸ Then said unto him, one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,

⁸ Philip said unto him, "Lord, show us the father and it sufficeth us."

¹⁵ When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord, thou knowest, that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my lambs." ¹⁶ He said to him again the second time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my sheep." ¹⁷ He said unto him the third time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter sorrowed because he said to him the third time, "Lovest thou me," and said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus said unto him, "Feed my sheep. ¹⁸ Verily, verily I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou art old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldest not." ¹⁹ That spake he signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had said thus, he said to him, "Follow me." ²⁰ Peter turned about, and saw that disciple whom Jesus loved following, which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, "Lord which is he that shall betray thee?" ²¹ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord what shall he here do?" ²² Jesus said unto him, "If I will have him to tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me." ²³ Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And yet Jesus said not to him, he shall not die: but, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" ²⁴ The same disciple is he, which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things. And we know, that his testimony is true.

² And he killed James the brother of John with the sword:

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them which have obtained like precious faith with us in the righteousness that cometh of our God and saviour Jesus Christ.

⁹ And as Jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man sit at the receipt of custom, named Matthew: and said to him, "Follow me." And he arose, and followed him.

³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, otherwise called Thaddeus; ⁴ Simon of Canaan, and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him.

¹⁴ And as Jesus passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sit at the receipt of custom and said unto him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

¹⁸ And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon of Canaan,

²⁷ And after that, he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, "Follow me."

¹⁶ Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."

²⁴ But Thomas one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

¹³ And when they held their peace, James answered, saying, "Men and brethren hearken unto me;

¹⁹ No other of the apostles saw I, save James the Lord's brother.

⁹ and therefore when James, Cephas, and John, which seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the righthands, and agreed with us that we should preach among the heathen, and they among the Jews:

¹ James, the servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sendeth greeting to the twelve tribes which are scattered here and there.

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, ¹⁵ and said, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?" And they appointed unto him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

³ Then when Judas, which betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented himself; and brought again the thirty plates of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." ⁵ And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Have not I chosen you twelve? And yet one of you is the devil?" ⁷¹ He spake it of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. For he it was that should betray him, and was one of the twelve.

²² Judas said unto him — not Judas Iscariot - "Lord what is the cause that thou wilt show thyself unto us, and not unto the world?"

¹⁶ "Ye men and brethren, this scripture must have needs been fulfilled which the holy ghost, through the mouth of David, spake before of Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus: ¹⁷ For he was now numbered with us and had obtained fellowship in this ministration. ¹⁸ And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity. And when he was hanged, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹ And it is known unto all the inhabiters of Jerusalem. Insomuch that that field is called in their mother tongue, Akeldama, that is to say the blood field. ²⁰ It is written in the book of psalms, 'His habitation be void, and no man be dwelling therein,' and, 'His bishoprick let another take.'

²⁵ that the one may take the room of this ministration, and apostleship from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place."

¹ Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James. To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserved in Christ Jesus.

³ Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities?

¹⁷ Foolish men were plagued for their offense, and because of their wickedness. ¹⁸ Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door. ¹⁹ So when they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them out of their distress. ²⁰ He sent his word, and healed them; and they were saved from their destruction.

²³ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healed all manner of sickness and all manner diseases among the people. ²⁴ And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them. ²⁵ And there followed him a great number of people from Galilee, and from the ten cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Jewry, and from the regions that lie beyond Jordan.

²¹ "Woe be to thee, Chorazsin! Woe be to thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles, which were showed in you, had been done in Tyre and in Sidon: they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁵ When Jesus knew that, he departed thence. And much people followed him, and he healed them all;

¹⁴ And Jesus went forth and saw much people: and his heart did melt upon them, and he healed of them those that were sick.

²¹ And Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

⁷ And Jesus avoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and from Jewry, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude: which when they had heard what things he did, came unto him. ⁹ And he commanded his disciples, that a ship should wait on him, because of the people, lest they should throng him. ¹⁰ For he had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon him, for to touch him, as many as had plagues. ¹¹ And when the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him, and cried saying, "Thou art the son of God." ¹² And he straightly charged them that they should not utter him.

²⁴ And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would that no man should have known of him: But he could not be hid. ²⁵ For a certain woman, whose daughter had a foul spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. ²⁶ The woman was a Greek out of Syrophoenicia, and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter. ²⁷ And Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be fed. For it is not meet, to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto whelps." ²⁸ She answered and said unto him, "Even so, Master. Nevertheless, the whelps also eat under the table of the children's crumbs." ²⁹ And he said unto her, "For this saying, go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter." ³⁰ And when she was come home to her house she found the devil departed, and her daughter lying on the bed. ³¹ And he departed again from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, and came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of the ten cities.

¹⁵ But his fame spread so much the more abroad, and much people came together to hear, and to be healed of him, of their infirmities.

¹² And it fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

²² And behold, a woman which was a Canaanite came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, "Have mercy on me Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is piteously vexed with a devil."

¹⁵ "Master have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and is sore vexed. And ofttimes, he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

¹⁶ There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing with them sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits. And they were healed every one.

⁸ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Make thee a serpent and hang it up for a sign, and let as many as are bitten look upon it and they shall live." ⁹ And Moses made a serpent of brass and set it up for a sign. And when the serpents had bitten any man, he went and beheld the serpent of brass and recovered.

²¹ And it chanced, as they were burying a man, that they spied the Soldiers, and therefore cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha. And as soon as the man came and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood up on his feet.

²⁰ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture: ²¹ For she said in herself, "If I may touch but even his vesture only I shall be safe."

³⁶ and besought him, that they might touch the hem of his vesture only. And as many as touched it, were made whole.

¹⁰ For he had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon him, for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

³⁰ And Jesus immediately felt, in himself, the virtue that went out of him, and turned him round about in the press, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

⁵⁶ And whithersoever he entered into the towns, or cities, or villages, they laid their sick in the streets, and prayed him, that they might touch and it were but the edge of his vesture. And as many as touched him were safe.

²² And he came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto him and desired him, to touch him.

¹⁷ And it happened on a certain day, that he taught: and there sat the Pharisees, and doctors of law, which were come out of all the towns of Galilee, Jewry, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was to heal them.

⁴⁵ And Jesus said, "Who is it that touched me?" When every man denied, Peter and they that were with him, said, "Master, the people thrust thee and vex thee: and thou sayest, 'Who touched me?'" ⁴⁶ And Jesus said, "Somebody touched me. For I perceive that virtue is gone out of me."

¹⁴ And as Moses lift up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lift up, ¹⁵ that none that believeth in him perish: but have eternal life.

¹⁵ insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets: that at the least way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them. ¹⁶ There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing with them sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits. And they were healed every one.

¹² So that from his body were brought unto the sick, napkins or partlets, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, that ye should show the virtues of him that called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them.

¹⁶ A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.

⁷ Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire, ⁸ that he may set him among the princes, even among the princes of his people.

¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mind with the lowly, than to divide the spoils with the proud.

¹ Better is the poor that liveth godly, than the blasphemer that is but a fool.

¹⁹ The meek-spirited shall hold a merry feast in the LORD, and the poor among them that be lowly shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart. ¹⁶ For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.

² As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.

¹² In thee also will I leave a small, poor, simple people: which shall trust in the name of the LORD.

¹¹ And so it was broken in that day. Then the poor simple sheep that had a respect unto me, knew thereby that it was the word of the LORD.

² and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, ³ "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. ⁵ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶ Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled. ⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. ⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ¹⁰ Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake. ¹² Rejoice, and be glad: for great is your reward in heaven: For so persecuted they the prophets which were before your days.

⁵ The blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are risen again, and the glad tidings is preached to the poor.

⁴⁹ And he stretched forth his hand over his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren. ⁵⁰ For whosoever doth my father's will which is in heaven, the same is my brother, my sister, and my mother."

³⁴ Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed children of my father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.

³⁴ And he looked round about on his disciples, which sat in compass about him, and said, "Behold, my mother, and my brethren: ³⁵ For whosoever doeth the will of God, he is my brother, my sister and mother."

¹⁸ "The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

²⁰ And he lifted up his eyes upon the disciples, and said, "Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. ²² Blessed are ye when men hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail on you, and abhor your name, as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake. ²³ Rejoice ye then, and be glad: for behold, your reward is great in heaven. After this manner their fathers entreated the prophets. ²⁴ But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation.

³² Fear not little flock, for it is your father's pleasure, to give you a kingdom.

²⁸ There shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth: when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out a doors.

¹⁵ When one of them that sat at meat also heard that, he said unto him, "Happy is he that eateth bread in the kingdom of God."

²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

⁴⁸ Doth any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believe on him? ⁴⁹ But the common people which know not the law are accursed."

²² and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶ Brethren, look on your calling how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many of high degree are called: ²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise. And God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound things which are mighty. ²⁸ And vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things of no reputation, for to bring to nought things of reputation, ²⁹ that no flesh should rejoice in his presence.

²¹ Therefore let no man rejoice in men. For all things are yours, ²² whether it be Paul, either Apollos, either Cephas: whether it be the world, or life, either death, whether they be present things or things to come: all are yours, ²³ and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

¹⁰ as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

² how that the abundance of their rejoicing is, that they are tried with much tribulation. And thereto, though they were exceeding poor, yet have they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness.

⁹ Ye know the liberality of our Lord Jesus Christ, which though he were rich, yet for your sakes became poor: that ye through his poverty might be made rich.

⁶ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord: and received the word in much affliction, with joy of the holy ghost:

⁵ which is a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye are counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer.

⁹ Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, ¹⁰ and the rich in that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass shall he vanish away.

¹² Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

⁵ Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

⁹ I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. And I know the blasphemy of them which call themselves Jews and are not, but are the congregation of Satan.

¹⁷ And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?"

⁶ And Sara said, "God hath made me a laughingstock: for all that hear, will laugh at me."

⁶ I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears. ⁷ My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away because of all mine enemies. ⁸ Away from me, all ye that work vanity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

¹⁵ They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

¹¹ Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. ¹² Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. O my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God. ² My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? ³ My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

¹ {A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is. ² Thus do I look for thee in thy Sanctuary, that I might behold thy power and glory. ³ For thy loving-kindness is better than life itself; my lips shall praise thee. ⁴ As long as I live will I magnify thee and lift up my hands in thy name. ⁵ My soul is satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.

⁴ Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee; he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

⁹ For he satisfieth the greedy soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes gush out with water, because men keep not thy law.

¹ {A song of the stairs} When the LORD turneth again the captivity of Zion, then were we like unto them that dream. ² Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. Then said they among the heathen, "The LORD hath done great things for them."

⁵ They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. ⁶ He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

⁶ I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. Selah.

² It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart. ³ It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.

¹ So that then thou shalt say, "I will praise thee O LORD, that though thou were angry with me, yet thine anger is turned, and thou hast comforted me. ² Behold, God is my salvation: I will be bold therefore and not fear. For the LORD God is my strength and my praise whereof I sing: and is become my saviour.

⁶ Moreover, the LORD of Hosts shall once prepare a feast for all people upon the hill: A plenteous, costly, pleasant feast, of fat and well-fed beasts, of sweet and most pure things.

¹⁹ For thus, O thou people of Zion and ye citizens of Jerusalem, shall ye never be in heaviness; for doubtless he will have mercy upon thee. As soon as he heareth the voice of thy cry, he will help thee.

³ For I shall pour water upon the dry ground, and rivers upon the thirsty. I shall pour my spirit upon thy seed, and mine increase upon thy stock. ⁴ They shall grow together, like as the grass, and as the Willows by the waterside.

⁹ That thou mayest say to the prisoners, "Go forth," and to them that are in darkness, "Come into the light." That they may feed in the high ways, and get their living in all places. ¹⁰ There shall neither hunger nor thirst, heat nor Sun hurt them. For he that favoureth them shall lead them, and give them drink of the spring wells.

¹ Come to the waters, all ye that be thirsty, and ye that have no money. Come buy, that ye may have to eat. Come buy wine and milk, without any money, or money worth. ² Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.

¹⁷ I am wroth with him for his covetousness and lust, I smite him, I hide me, and am angry, when he turneth himself, and followeth the byway of his own heart. ¹⁸ But if I may see his right way again, I make him whole, I lead him and restore him unto them whom he maketh joyful, and that were sorry for him.

¹ The spirit of the LORD God is with me, for the LORD hath anointed me, and sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor: that I might bind up the wounded hearts, that I might preach deliverance to the captive, and open the prison to them that are bound; ² That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness. ³ That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

¹³ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded. ¹⁴ Behold, my servants shall rejoice for very quietness of heart: But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and complain for vexation of mind.

¹⁰ Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her. Be joyful with her, all ye that mourned for her.

¹ O Who will give my head water enough, and a well of tears for mine eyes, that I may weep night and day for the slaughter of my people?

¹⁷ But if ye will not hear me, that give you secret warning, I will mourn from my whole heart for your stubbornness. Piteously will I weep, and the tears shall gush out of mine eyes. For the LORD's flock shall be carried away captive.

⁹ They departed from hence in heaviness, but with joy will I bring them hither again. I will lead them by the rivers of water in a straight way, where they shall not stumble: For I will be Israel's father, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.

¹³ Then shall the maid rejoice in the dance, yea both young and old folks. For I will turn their sorrow into gladness, and will comfort them and make them joyful, even from their hearts. ¹⁴ I will pour plenteousness upon the hearts of the priests, and my people shall be satisfied with good things, sayeth the LORD."

¹⁸ Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God. ¹⁹ Yea, as soon as thou turnest me, I shall reform myself: and when I understand, I shall smite upon my thigh. For verily I have committed shameful things: O let my youth bear this reproof and confusion.' ²⁰ Upon this complaint, I thought thus by myself: Is not Ephraim my dear son? Is he not the child, with whom I have had all mirth and pastime? For since the time that I first communed with him, I have him ever in remembrance: therefore my very heart driveth me unto him; gladly and lovingly will I have mercy upon him, sayeth the LORD.

²⁵ For I shall feed the hungry soul, and refresh all faint hearts."

¹⁶ "And such as escape and flee from among them, shall be upon the hills, like as the doves in the field: every one shall be afraid, because of his own wickedness.

⁴ and the LORD said unto him, "Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations that be done therein."

⁴ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

⁶ Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.

⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things: And sendeth away the rich empty.

²⁵ Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto her, "If thou knowest the gift of God, and who it is, that sayeth to thee, 'Give me drink': thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee water of life."

³⁵ And Jesus said unto them, "I am that bread of life. He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. ³⁸ He that believeth on me, as sayeth the scripture, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life.'"

³⁵ And Jesus wept.

²⁰ Verily, verily I say unto you, Ye shall weep and lament, and the world shall rejoice. Ye shall sorrow: but your sorrow shall be turned to joy. ²¹ A woman when she travaileth hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

¹ I say the truth in Christ, and lie not, in that whereof my conscience beareth me witness in the holy ghost, ² that I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart. ³ For I have wished myself to be cursed from Christ, for my brethren and my kinsmen as pertaining to the flesh:

¹¹ Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place,

⁴ which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. ⁵ For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us: even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ. ⁶ Whether we be troubled for your consolation and salvation, which salvation showeth her power in that ye suffer the same afflictions which we also suffer; or whether we be comforted for your consolation and salvation:

¹⁰ For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death. ¹¹ Behold what diligence this godly sorrow that ye took hath wrought in you: yea it caused you to clear yourselves. It caused indignation, it caused fear, it caused desire, it caused a fervent mind, it caused punishment. For in all things ye have showed yourselves that ye were clear in that matter.

²⁷ in labour and travail, in watching often, in hunger, in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.

¹⁰ Therefore have I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in need, in persecutions, in anguish, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

² My brethren, count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations, ³ forasmuch as ye know how that the trying of your faith bringeth patience: ⁴ and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.

⁶ in the which time ye shall rejoice, though now for a season — if need require — ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations, ⁷ that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: ⁸ whom ye have not seen and yet love him, in whom even now, though ye see him not, yet ye believe, and rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious:

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat.

³ And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.

⁵ If thou comest nigh them, they say, "Touch me not, for I am holier than thou." All these men when I am angry, shall be turned to smoke and fire, that shall burn forever.

⁵ Hear the word of God, all ye that fear the thing which he speaketh. Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, say "Let the LORD magnify himself, that we may see your gladness," and yet they shall be confounded.

¹⁸ And ye shall be brought to the head rulers and kings for my sake, in witness to them and to the Gentiles.

²² and ye shall be hated of all men, for my name: but he that shall endureth unto the end, shall be saved.

³⁹ He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

⁹ But take ye heed to yourselves. For they shall bring you up to the councils, and into the synagogues, and ye shall be beaten, and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings, for my sake, for a testimonial unto them. ¹⁰ And the gospel must first be published among all nations. ¹¹ But when they lead you, and present you, take no thought aforehand what ye shall say, neither imagine: but whatsoever is given you at the same time, that speak. For it shall not be ye that shall speak, but the holy ghost. ¹² Yea, and the brother shall deliver the brother to death. And the father the son, and the children shall rise against their fathers and mothers, and shall put them to death. ¹³ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But whosoever shall endure unto the end, the same shall be safe.

¹⁵ And they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now what shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them?

¹⁷ And hated shall ye be of all men for my name's sake.

⁷ The world cannot hate you. Me it hateth: Because I testify of it, that the works of it are evil.

²² Such words spake his father, and mother, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had conspired already that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be excommunicated out of the Synagogue. ²³ Therefore said his father and mother, "He is old enough, ask him." ²⁴ Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner." ²⁵ He answered and said, "Whether he be a sinner or no, I cannot tell. One thing I am sure of: that I was blind, and now I see." ²⁶ Then said they to him again, "What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes?" ²⁷ He answered them, "I told you right now! A And ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear it again? Will ye also be his disciples?" ²⁸ Then rated they him, and said, "Thou art his disciple. We be Moses' disciples.

³⁴ They answered, and said unto him, "Thou art altogether born in sin: and dost thou teach us?" And they cast him out.

⁴² Nevertheless, among the chief rulers many believed on him: but because of the Pharisees they would not be a known of it, lest they should be excommunicated.

¹⁸ "If the world hate you, ye know that he hated me before he hated you. ¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love his own. Howbeit, because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world. ²⁰ Remember the saying, that I said unto you, 'The servant is not greater than the Lord.' If they have persecuted me, so will they persecute you. If they have kept my saying, so will they keep yours. ²¹ But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they have not known him that sent me.

² They shall excommunicate you: yea the time shall come, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth God true service.

¹⁴ I have given them thy words, and the world hath hated them: because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁶ For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake."

²² They gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth: it is pity that he should live."

⁵ We have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of debate unto all the Jews throughout the world; And a maintainer of sedition, of the sect of the Nazarenes;

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, and ye are wise through Christ: we are weak, and ye are strong. Ye are honorable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place,

²³ They are the ministers of Christ — I speak as a fool — I am more: In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prison more plenteously, ²⁴ in death often. Of the Jews, five times received I, every time, forty stripes, save one. ²⁵ Thrice was I beaten with rods. I was once stoned. I suffered thrice shipwreck. Night and day have I been in the deep of the sea. ²⁶ In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers; in jeopardies of mine own nation, in jeopardies among the heathen. I have been in perils in cities, in perils in wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

²⁸ and in nothing fearing your adversaries: which is to them a token of perdition, and to you a sign of salvation, and that of God. ²⁹ For unto you it is given, that not only ye should believe on Christ: but also suffer for his sake, ³⁰ and have even the same fight which ye saw me have and now hear of me.

¹⁴ For ye brethren became followers of the congregations of God which in Jewry are in Christ Jesus: for ye have suffered like things of your kinsmen, as we ourselves have suffered of the Jews, ¹⁵ which as they killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, even so have they persecuted us, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men:

¹¹ persecutions, and afflictions which happened unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: which persecutions I suffered patiently; And from them all the Lord delivered me. ¹² Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecutions.

¹⁹ For it is thankworthy if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye take it patiently? But and if when ye do well, ye suffer wrong and take it patiently, then is there thanks with God.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding, happy are ye if ye suffer for righteousness' sake. Yea, and fear not though they seem terrible unto you, neither be troubled:

¹² Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you: ¹³ but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad. ¹⁴ If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified. ¹⁵ See that none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. ¹⁶ If any man suffer as a Christian man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God on his behalf.

¹⁶ And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window and saw King David spring and dance before the LORD, and therefore despised him in her heart.

⁴ insomuch that when Jezebel destroyed the Prophets of the LORD, he took a hundred of the Prophets and hid them, fifty in one cave and fifty in another, and provided bread and water for them.

² Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, "So do God to me, and so thereto, except I make thy soul like one of theirs by tomorrow this time."

¹⁰ And he answered, "I have been thorough angry for the LORD God of Hosts' sake. For the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and have broken down thine altars and slain the Prophets with the sword, and I only am left, and they seek my soul to have it too."

¹⁴ And he answered, "I was jealous for the LORD God of Hosts' sake: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant and have cast down thine altars and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I only am left, and they seek my soul to have it."

²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, "Hast thou found me thine enemy at any time?" And he said, "Yea, because thou art utterly given to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD.

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one, by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD: one Micaiah the son of Imlah. But I hate him: for he never prophesieth good unto me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

²⁷ and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'"

³¹ Then he said, "God do so and so to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat tarry on him this day!"

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy.

²⁶ Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets, which exhorted them so earnestly, that they should convert unto thee, and did great blasphemies.

⁶ Then shall the lame man leap as a hart and the dumb man's tongue shall give thanks. In the wilderness also, there shall wells spring, and floods of water in the desert.

³⁰ It is but lost labour, that I smite your children, for they receive not my correction. Your own sword destroyeth your prophets, like a devouring lion.

¹² Rejoice, and be glad: for great is your reward in heaven: For so persecuted they the prophets which were before your days.

¹ Take heed to your alms, that ye give it not in the sight of men, to the intent that ye would be seen of them: or else ye get no reward of your father which is in heaven. ² Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

³⁵ and the husbandmen caught his servants, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they served them likewise.

³¹ So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets. ³² Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers: ³³ ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell? ³⁴ "Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar: ³⁶ Verily I say unto you, all these things shall light upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not.

⁴¹ And it fortuned, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe sprang in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy ghost,

⁴⁴ For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe sprang in my belly for joy.

³⁵ Wherefore, love ye your enemies, do good, and lend, looking for nothing again: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the highest: for he is kind unto the unkind, and to the evil.

⁸ and he sprang, stood, and also walked, and entered with them into the temple: walking, and leaping, and lauding God.

⁴¹ And they departed from the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name.

⁵¹ "Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them, which showed before of the coming of that Just, whom ye have betrayed and murdered.

¹⁰ and said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on thy feet." And he started up, and walked.

³ Neither do we so, only: but also we rejoice in tribulation: For we know that tribulation bringeth patience,

²⁴ Now joy I in my sufferings which I suffer, for you; and fulfill that which is behind of the passions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the congregation -

⁵ which is a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye are counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer. ⁶ It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, ⁷ and to you which are troubled, rest with us; when the Lord Jesus shall show himself from heaven, with his mighty angels,

¹² If we be patient, we shall also reign with him; If we deny him, he also shall deny us;

⁷ I have fought a good fight, and have fulfilled my course, and have kept the faith. ⁸ From henceforth is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord that is a righteous judge shall give me at that day: not to me only: but unto all them that love his coming.

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: For he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.

²⁶ and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward.

³² And what shall I more say? The time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barach, and of Samson, and of Jephthah. Also of David and Samuel, and of the prophets, ³³ which through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained the promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weak were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. ³⁵ And the women received their dead raised to life again. Others were racked, and would not be delivered, that they might receive a better resurrection. ³⁶ Others tasted of mockings, and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment: ³⁷ were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation, ³⁸ which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. ³⁹ And these all, through faith, obtained good report, and received not the promise;

² My brethren, count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations,

¹³ but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad.

⁷ Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith unto the congregations. To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.'

¹⁰ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee a crown of life. ¹¹ Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith to the congregations: He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.'

¹⁷ Let him that hath ears hear what the spirit sayth unto the congregations: To him that overcometh will I give to eat Manna that is hid, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it.'

²⁶ and whosoever overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over nations,

⁵ He that overcometh shall be clothed in white array, and I will not put out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels.

¹² Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. And I will write upon him, the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name.

⁷ He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

⁷ "Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches? ⁸ Their children's children live in their sight, and their generation before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses are safe from all fear, for the rod of God doth not smite them. ¹⁰ Their bullock gendereth, and that not out of time: their cow calveth, and is not unfruitful. ¹¹ They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance. ¹² They bear with them tabrets and harps, and have instruments of music at their pleasure. ¹³ They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell. ¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! ¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. ⁷ But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,

¹⁶ Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, or if the glory of his house be increased; ¹⁷ for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him. ¹⁸ For while he lived, he counted himself a happy man; and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee. ¹⁹ But when he followeth his fathers' generation, he shall never see light any more.

³ And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity. ⁴ For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness. ⁷ Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust. ⁸ They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words. ⁹ They stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world. ¹⁰ Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage. ¹¹ "Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?" ¹² Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, these have riches in possession;

³² for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction.

⁴ Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God. ⁵ Therefore will I go unto their heads and rulers, and talk with them: if they know the way of the LORD, and the judgments of our God." But these, in like manner, have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds in sunder. ⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the wood shall hurt them, and a wolf in the evening shall destroy them. The cat of the mountain shall lie lurking by their cities, to tare in pieces all them that come thereout. For their offenses are many, and their departing away is great.

¹ O hear this word, ye fat cows, that be upon the hill of Samaria; yea, that do poor men wrong, and oppress the needy; yea, that say to your lords, 'Bring hither, let us drink.' ² Therefore the LORD hath sworn by his holiness, 'The days shall come upon you, that ye shall be lift up upon spears, and your posterity carried away upon fish hooks. ³ Ye shall get you out at the gaps one after another, and in Harmon shall ye be cast away,' sayeth the LORD.

¹ O Woe be to the proud wealthy in Zion, to such as think them so sure upon the mount of Samaria: which hold themselves for the best of the world, and rule the house of Israel, even as they list. ² Go unto Calneh, and see: and from thence get you to Hamath the great city, and so go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better at ease than these kingdoms, or the border of their land wider than yours? ³ Ye are taken out for the evil day, even ye that sit in the stole of willfulness; ⁴ Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove; ⁵ ye that sing to the lute, and in playing of instruments compare yourselves unto David; ⁶ ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt.

⁹ Thus the glory of the last house shall be greater than the first, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: and in this place will I give peace, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.'"

² Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

¹⁶ "Moreover, when ye fast, be not sad as the hypocrites are: for they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men how they fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

¹⁵ Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." ¹⁶ And he put forth a similitude unto them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth fruits plenteously, ¹⁷ and he thought in himself saying, 'What shall I do? Because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.' ¹⁸ And he said, 'This will I do. I will destroy my barns, and build greater: and therein will I gather all my fruits, and my goods: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.' ²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?' ²¹ So is it with him that gathered riches, and is not rich in God."

¹⁹ "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day. ²⁰ And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores, ²¹ desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores. ²² And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell. ²³ And being in hell, in torments, he lift up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom; ²⁴ And he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.' ²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

²³ When he heard that, he was heavy, for he was very rich. ²⁴ When Jesus saw him mourn, he said, "With what difficulty shall they that have riches, enter into the kingdom of God: ²⁵ Easier it is for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

¹⁷ Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,

⁶ But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?

¹ Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you. ² Your riches is corrupt, your garments are motheaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness unto you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together in your last days. ⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields — which hire is of you kept back by fraud — crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. ⁵ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ Ye have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.

⁶ Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her double according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which she filled unto you. ⁷ And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly, so much pour ye in for her of punishment, and sorrow, for she said in her heart, 'I sit, being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow.' ⁸ Therefore shall her plagues come at one day; death, and sorrow, and hunger, and she shall be burnt with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judgeth her.

¹¹ and houses full of all manner goods which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, and vines and olive trees which thou planted not; and when thou hast eaten, and art full: ¹² Then beware, lest thou forget the LORD which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage.

⁵ They that were full, have hired out themselves for bread, and they that were hungry cease so to be: insomuch that the barren hath borne seven, and she that had many children is waxed feeble.

⁵ the praise of the ungodly hath been short, and that the joy of the hypocrites continued but the twinkling of an eye? ⁶ Though he be magnified up to the heaven, so that his head reacheth into the clouds: ⁷ yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?'

¹¹ They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance. ¹² They bear with them tabrets and harps, and have instruments of music at their pleasure. ¹³ They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell.

⁶ But as for me, I am a worm and no man: a very scorn of men and the outcast of the people. ⁷ All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads.

¹⁹ But when he followeth his fathers' generation, he shall never see light any more.

¹³ The heart is sorrowful even in laughter; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

⁹ Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

² insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"

³ It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.

⁶ For the laughing of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. And that is but a vain thing.

²¹ If he do not this, he stumbleth and suffereth hunger. And if he suffer hunger, he is out of patience, and blasphemeth his king and his God. Then looketh he upward, and downward to the earth,

²⁰ but robbeth him on the righthand, and doth famish; he eateth on the left hand and he shall not have enough. Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

³ With this, the reins of my back were full of pain: Pangs came upon me, as upon a woman in her travail. It made me stoop when I heard it, and it vexed me when I saw it. ⁴ My heart panted, I trembled for fear. The night of my voluptuousness hath he turned against me into fear.

⁷ The sweet wine shall mourn, the grapes shall be weak, and all that have been merry in heart, shall sigh. ⁸ The mirth of tabrets shall be laid down, the cheer of the joyful shall cease, and the pleasure of lutes shall have an end: ⁹ there shall no more wine be drunk with mirth, the beer shall be bitter to them that drink it; ¹⁰ the wicked cities shall be broken down, all houses shall be shut that no man may come in. ¹¹ In the streets shall there be lift up a cry because of wine, all men's cheer shall vanish away, and all joy of the earth shall pass. ¹² Desolation shall remain in the cities, and the gates shall be smitten with destruction.

⁷ But they go wrong by the reason of wine, they fall and stagger because of strong drink. Yea even the priests and prophets themselves go amiss, they are drunken with wine, and weak brained through strong drink. They fail in prophesying, and stumble in judgment.

¹³ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.

⁴ They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone. ⁵ In the very same hour there appeared fingers, as it had been of a man's hand writing, right over against the candlestick upon the plain wall in the king's palace: and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote. ⁶ Then changed the king his countenance, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his body shook, and his knees smote one against another.

¹⁰ Your high feasts will I turn to sorrow, and your songs to mourning: I will bring sackcloth upon all backs, and baldness on every head. Yea, such a mourning will I send them, as is made upon an only begotten son, and they shall have a miserable end.

¹⁰ For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.

¹¹ Then the King came in, to visit the guests, and spied there a man which had not on a wedding garment, ¹² and said unto him, 'Friend, how fortuned it that thou camest in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment?' And he was even speechless. ¹³ Then said the King to his ministers, 'Take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

⁵³ And they laughed him to scorn. For they knew that she was dead.

²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'

¹⁴ All these things heard the Pharisees also which were covetous. And they mocked him, ¹⁵ and he said unto them, "Ye are they, which justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abominable in the sight of God.

⁴ neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks.

¹² I can both cast down myself, I can also exceed. Everywhere, and in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry: to have plenty, and to suffer need. ¹³ I can do all things through the help of Christ, which strengtheneth me.

³ For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

⁹ Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

¹⁷ because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

⁷ And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly, so much pour ye in for her of punishment, and sorrow, for she said in her heart, 'I sit, being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow.' ⁸ Therefore shall her plagues come at one day; death, and sorrow, and hunger, and she shall be burnt with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judgeth her. ⁹ And the kings of the earth shall beweep her and wail over her, which have committed fornication with her, and have lived wantonly with her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ and shall stand afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying, 'Alas, Alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city: For at one hour is her judgment come.' ¹¹ And the merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy their ware any more,

⁶ And then the king of Israel gathered of the Prophets together, upon a four hundred men, and said unto them, "Shall I go to Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or be still?" And they said, "Go: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king." ⁷ And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there never a Prophet of the LORD's here, more, that we might enquire of him?" ⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one, by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD: one Micaiah the son of Imlah. But I hate him: for he never prophesieth good unto me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, said unto him, "See, the words of the Prophets speak good unto the king with one voice: let thy words, I pray thee, be like the words of one of them, and speak that is good." ¹⁴ And Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, what the LORD putteth in my mouth, that will I speak."

²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "How is the spirit of the LORD gone from me, to speak in thee?" ²⁵ And Micaiah said, "Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thee." ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and carry him back again into Amon the governor of the city, and unto Joab the king's son, ²⁷ and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'" ²⁸ Then Micaiah said, "If thou come safe again, the LORD hath not spoken in me." And he said moreover, "Hearken to the people every one of you."

¹⁰ They dare say to the Prophets, "See not," and unto them that be clear of judgment, "Tell us of nothing for to come, but speak friendly words unto us, and preach us false things.

³¹ The Prophets teach falsely, and the priests follow them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What will come thereof at the last?

¹¹ If I were a fleshly fellow, and a preacher of lies, and told them that they might sit bibbing and bolling, and be drunken: O that were a Prophet for this people!

¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love his own. Howbeit, because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world.

¹⁸ For they that are such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ: but their own bellies. And with sweet preachings and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocents:

⁸ and then shall that wicked be uttered, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the appearance of his coming, ⁹ even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders: ¹⁰ and in all deceivableness of unrighteousness, among them that perish: because they received not the love of the truth, that they might have been saved. ¹¹ And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe lies: ¹² that all they might be damned which believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

⁴ Ye adulterers, and women that break matrimony: know ye not how that the friendship of the world is enmity to Godward? Whosoever will be friend of the world, is made the enemy of God.

¹ There were false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you: which privily shall bring in damnable sects, even denying the Lord that hath bought them, and bring upon themselves swift damnation. ² And many shall follow their damnable ways, by which the way of truth shall be evil spoken of; ³ and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose judgment is not far off, and their damnation sleepeth not.

¹⁸ For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors. ¹⁹ They promise them liberty, and are themselves the bondservants of corruption. For of whomsoever a man is overcome, unto the same is he in bondage.

⁵ They be of the world, and therefore speak they of the world, and the world attendeth unto them. ⁶ We be of God, and he that knoweth God heareth us: and he that is not of God, heareth us not. And hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

³ and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered at the beast, ⁴ and they worshipped the dragon, which gave power unto the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to war with him?"

⁴ When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or ass going astray, thou shalt bring them to him again. ⁵ If thou see thine enemy's ass sink under his burden, thou shalt not pass by and let him alone: but shalt help him to lift him up again.

²⁹ Have I ever rejoiced at the hurt of mine enemy? Or was I ever glad, that any harm happened to him? Oh no. ³⁰ I never suffered my mouth to do such a sin, as to wish him evil. ³¹ Yet they of mine own household say, 'Who shall let us to have our belly full of his flesh?'

⁴ if I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me, or hurt them that without any cause are mine enemies;

¹⁷ Rejoice not thou at the fall of thine enemy; and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.

² It is the honour of God to keep a thing secret; but the king's honour is to search out a thing.

²¹ If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; ²² For so shalt thou heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

⁴³ "Ye have heard how it is said, 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor, and hate thine enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies. Bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Pray for them which do you wrong and persecute you; ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.

²⁴ And he said unto them, "Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured unto you again. And unto you that hear, shall more be given.

²² Blessed are ye when men hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail on you, and abhor your name, as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake.

⁸ And some fell on good ground, and sprang up and bare fruit, a hundred fold." And as he said these things, he cried, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

¹⁵ That in the good ground, are they which with a good and pure heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

¹⁸ Take heed therefore how ye hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: And whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken, even that same which he supposeth that he hath."

³⁴ Then said Jesus, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

⁶⁰ And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. For they know not what they do." And when he had thus spoken he fell asleep.

³⁸ How God had anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy ghost, and with power; which Jesus went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devils, for God was with him.

¹⁷ Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide aforehand things honest in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possible, howbeit of your part, have peace with all men. ¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord." ²⁰ Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be not overcome of evil: But overcome evil with goodness.

¹⁰ While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.

¹⁵ See that none recompense evil for evil unto any man: but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

¹¹ Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good: He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth evil seeth not God.

¹⁵ Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as the Philistines have done this - namely taken vengeance with despiteful stomachs, and of an old evil will set themselves to destroy -

⁵ Yea, even thus sayeth the LORD God: In the fire of my jealousy have I taken a device against the residue of the Gentiles, and against all Edom: which have taken in my land unto themselves for a possession: which also rejoiced from their whole heart with a despiteful stomach, to waste it, and to spoil it.

⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies. Bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Pray for them which do you wrong and persecute you;

²⁷ "But I say unto you which hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them which hate you.

⁵ When there was a fault made, both of the gentiles and also of the Jews with their rulers, to put them to shame and to stone them:

¹⁴ Bless them which persecute you: bless, but curse not.

¹² and labour working with our own hands. We are reviled, and yet we bless. We are persecuted, and suffer it.

¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

⁹ not rendering evil for evil, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrariwise, bless: remembering that ye are thereunto called, even that ye should be heirs of blessing.

³⁰ And Mephibosheth said unto the king, "Yea, let him take all: for so much as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house."

²³ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah, went to and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, "By what way went the spirit of the LORD from me, to speak in thee?"

⁶ But I offer my back unto the smiters, and my cheeks to the nippers. I turn not my face from shame and spitting,

³⁰ He offereth his cheek to the smiter; he will be content with reproves.

¹ After that shalt thou be robbed thyself, O thou robber's daughter: they shall lay siege against us, and smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

³⁹ But I say to you, That ye resist not wrong. But whosoever give thee a blow on thy right cheek, turn to him the other. ⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. ⁴¹ And whosoever will compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. ⁴² Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away.

⁶⁷ Then spat they in his face, and buffeted him with their fists. And others smote him with the palm of their hands on the face,

⁶⁴ and blindfolded him, and smote his face. And asked him, saying, "Aread who it is that smote thee?"

²² When he had thus spoken, one of the ministers which stood by, smote Jesus on the face saying, "Answerest thou the high priest so?"

² The high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by, to smite him on the mouth.

⁷ Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why rather suffer ye not wrong? Why rather suffer ye not yourselves to be robbed?

²⁰ For ye suffer even if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour, if a man take, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

³⁴ For ye suffered also with my bonds, and took in worth the spoiling of your goods, and that with gladness, knowing in yourselves how that ye had in heaven a better, and an enduring substance.

²⁶ If thou take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, see that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down. ²⁷ For that is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am merciful.

⁷ When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother: ⁸ But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath. ⁹ And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee. ¹⁰ But give him, and let it not grieve thine heart to give. Because that for that thing, the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

¹ And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews. ² For there were some that said, "Our sons and daughters and we are too many, let us take corn for them to eat, that we may live." ³ Some said, "Let us set our lands, vineyards, and houses, to pledge, and take up corn in the dearth." ⁴ But some said, "Let us borrow money of the king's tribute for our lands and vineyards. ⁵ Now are our brethrens' bodies as our own bodies and their children as our children: else should we subdue our sons and daughters into bondage, and some of our daughters are subdued already, and no strength is there in our hands, and other men shall have our lands and vineyards." ⁶ But when I heard their complaint and such words, it displeased me sore, ⁷ and I advised so in my mind, that I rebuked the councilors and the rulers, and said unto them, "Will ye require usury one of another?" And I brought a great congregation against them, ⁸ and said unto them, "We, after our ability, have bought our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the Heathen. And will ye sell your brethren, whom we have bought unto us?" Then held they their peace, and could find nothing to answer. ⁹ Also I said, "It is not good, that ye do. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of God because of the rebuke of the Heathen our enemies? ¹⁰ I and my brethren, and my servants have lent them money and corn: but as for usury, let us leave it. ¹¹ Therefore this same day see that ye restore them their lands again, their vineyards, oil gardens, and houses, and the hundredth part of the money of the corn, wine, and oil, that ye have won of them." ¹² Then said they, "We will restore them again and will require nothing of them and will do as thou hast spoken." And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do so. ¹³ And I shook my lap, and said, "God shake out every man after the same manner from his house and labour, that maintaineth not this word: even thus be he shaken out, and void." And all the congregation said, "Amen," and praised the LORD. And the people did so. ¹⁴ And from the time forth that it was committed unto me to be a captain in the land of Judah, namely from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of king Artaxerxes - that is twelve years - I and my brethren lived not of such sustenance as was given to a captain: ¹⁵ For the old captains that were before me, had been chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, and forty sicles of silver: yea and their servants had oppressed the people. But so did not I, and that because of the fear of God. ¹⁶ I laboured also in the work upon the wall, and bought no land. And all my servants came thither together unto the work. ¹⁷ Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, which came unto me, from among the Heathen that are about us. ¹⁸ And there was prepared me daily an ox, and six chosen sheep, and birds, and once in every ten days a great sum of wine. Yet required not I the living of a captain for the bondage was grievous unto the people. ¹⁹ Think upon me my God unto the best, according to all that I have done for this people.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.

⁹ He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

²⁷ Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it. ²⁸ Say not unto thy neighbour, "Go thy way and come again, tomorrow will I give thee"

²⁴ Some man giveth out his goods, and is richer; but the niggard, having enough, will depart from nothing, and yet is ever in poverty. ²⁵ He that is liberal in giving, shall have plenty; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

²⁶ He coveteth and desireth all the day long; but the righteous is always giving and keepeth nothing back.

⁹ A loving eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread unto the poor.

¹⁶ And so I applied my mind to learn wisdom, and to know the travail that is in the world; and that of such a fashion that I suffered not my eyes to sleep neither day nor night.

⁷ Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh? ⁸ Then should the light break out as doth the dayspring, and then health should shortly bud out. And thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the LORD would come upon thee. ⁹ Then shouldest thou call, and the LORD answer; then shouldest thou cry, and he shall say, "Lo, here am I. For I the LORD thy God am merciful." ¹⁰ Yea If thou layest away thy burdens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talking; if thou hast compassion upon the hungry, and refreshest the troubled soul: Then shall thy light spring out in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day.

¹ Moreover, the spirit of the LORD lift me up, and brought me unto the east port of the LORD's house. And behold, there were twenty five men under the door: among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the rulers of the people. ² Then said the LORD unto me, "Thou son of man: these men imagine mischief, and a wicked counsel take they in this city,

⁴² Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away. ⁴³ "Ye have heard how it is said, 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor, and hate thine enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies. Bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Pray for them which do you wrong and persecute you; ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust. ⁴⁶ For if ye love them which love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so? ⁴⁷ And if ye be friendly to your brethren only, what singular thing do ye? Do not the Publicans likewise? ⁴⁸ Ye shall therefore be perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect.

¹² And forgive us our trespasses, even as we forgive our trespassers.

²⁷ Then had the Lord pity on that servant, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ And the said servant went out and found one of his fellows, which owed him a hundred pence. And laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me that thou owest.' ²⁹ And his fellow fell down, and besought him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.' ³⁰ And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

³⁵ So like wise shall my heavenly father do unto you, except ye forgive with your hearts, each one to his brother their trespasses."

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you again."

⁴¹ Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you.

³³ Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.

²² When Jesus heard that, he said unto him, "Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that thou hast, and distribute it unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, and follow me."

³⁵ I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to receive the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how that he said, 'It is more blessed to give, than to receive.'"

⁶ This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. ⁷ And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸ God is able to make you rich in all grace, that ye in all things having sufficient unto the utmost, may be rich unto all manner good works, ⁹ as it is written, "He that dispersed abroad and hath given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever." ¹⁰ He that findeth the sower seed, shall minister bread for food, and shall multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness — that on all parts ¹¹ ye may be made rich in all singleness, which causeth through us, thanksgiving unto God. ¹² For the office of this ministration, not only supplieth the need of the saints: but also is abundant herein, that for this laudable ministering, thanks might be given to God of many, ¹³ which praise God for the obedience of your professing the gospel of Christ, and for your singleness, in distributing to them, and to all men. ¹⁴ And in their prayers to God for you, long after you, for the abundant grace of God given unto you.

²⁸ Let him that stole, steal no more; but let him rather labour with his hands some good thing, that he may have to give unto him that needeth.

¹² "Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do ye to them: this is the law and the prophets.

³⁹ And there is another like unto this: 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor as thyself.'

¹⁴ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, which is this, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself."

⁸ If ye fulfil the royal law — according to the scripture which saith, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself" — ye do well. ⁹ But if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors. ¹⁰ Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one point, he is guilty in all. ¹¹ For he that said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," said also, "thou shalt not kill." Though thou shalt do none adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art a transgressor of the law. ¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³ For there shall be judgment, merciless, to him that showeth no mercy, and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. ¹⁴ What availeth it, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, when he hath no deeds? Can faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, God send you warmness and food," notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body: what helpeth it them?

⁴⁶ For if ye love them which love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so? ⁴⁷ And if ye be friendly to your brethren only, what singular thing do ye? Do not the Publicans likewise?

⁸ But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath. ⁹ And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee. ¹⁰ But give him, and let it not grieve thine heart to give. Because that for that thing, the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand to. ¹¹ For the land shall never be without poor. Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'Open thine hand unto thy brother that is needy and poor in thy land.'

⁴² Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away.

¹² Then said he also to him that had desired him to dinner, "When thou makest a dinner, or a supper: call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor yet rich neighbours: lest they bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind, ¹⁴ and thou shalt be happy: For they cannot recompense thee. But thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just men."

³⁵ "'If thy brother be waxed poor and fallen in decay with thee, receive him as a stranger or a sojourner, and let him live by thee. ³⁶ And thou shalt take none usury of him, nor yet vantage. But shalt fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. ³⁷ Thou shalt not lend him thy money upon usury, nor lend him of thy food to have advantage by it;

²⁶ The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth gently; therefore shall his seed be blessed.

⁵ A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion.

⁹ The LORD is loving unto every man; and his mercy is over all his works.

⁷ and cried with a loud voice and said, "What have I to do with thee, Jesus the son of the most highest God? I require thee in the name of God, that thou torment me not."

³² He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the highest. And the Lord God shall give unto him the seat of his father David:

²⁷ "But I say unto you which hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them which hate you. ²⁸ Bless them that curse you. And pray for them which wrongfully trouble you. ²⁹ And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away thy gown, forbid not to take thy coat also. ³⁰ Give to every man that asketh of thee. And of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. ³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you: so do ye to them likewise.

³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye shall have love one to another."

⁸ Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be made my disciples.

¹⁷ Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he showed his benefits, in giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

⁸ But God setteth out his love that he hath to us; Seeing that while we were yet sinners; Christ died for us. ⁹ Much more then, now seeing we are justified in his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. ¹⁰ For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son: much more, seeing we are reconciled, we shall be preserved by his life.

¹⁰ And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother. ¹¹ For this is the tidings, that ye heard at the beginning, that we should love one another: ¹² and not be as Cain, which was of the devil and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? For his own deeds were evil, and his brother's righteous. ¹³ Marvel not, my brethren, though the world hate you. ¹⁴ We know that we are translated from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

⁷ Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God. And all that love are born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸ And he that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love. ⁹ Herein appeared the love of God to us ward, because that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we should live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his son to make a satisfaction for our sins. ¹¹ Dearly beloved, if God so loved us, then we ought also to love one another.

⁴⁸ Ye shall therefore be perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect.

³¹ Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.

¹ Be ye followers of God as dear children, ² and walk in love even as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God.

¹⁵ But as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all manner of conversation, ¹⁶ because it is written, "Be ye holy, for I am holy."

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

¹⁴ For and if ye shall forgive other men their trespasses, your heavenly father shall also forgive you. ¹⁵ But and if ye will not forgive men their trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses.

¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged. ² For as ye judge, so shall ye be judged: and with what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again. ³ Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴ Or why sayest thou to thy brother, 'Suffer me to pluck out the mote out of thine eye'; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye. ⁵ "Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

³⁰ And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

³⁴ And his Lord was wroth, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵ So like wise shall my heavenly father do unto you, except ye forgive with your hearts, each one to his brother their trespasses."

²⁵ And when ye stand and pray: forgive, if ye have anything against any man;

³ Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. ⁴ And though he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying, It repenteth me, forgive him."

¹ Therefore art thou inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou be that judgest. For in the same wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou that judgest doest even the same self things. ² But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things.

³ Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not. And let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth. For God hath received him. ⁴ What art thou that judgest another man's servant? Whether he stand or fall, that pertaineth unto his master. Yea, he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand.

¹⁰ But why doest thou then judge thy brother? Other why dost thou despise thy brother? We shall all be brought before the judgment seat of Christ. ¹¹ For it is written, "As truly as I live, saith the Lord, all knees shall bow to me, and all tongues shall give a knowledge to God." ¹² So shall every one of us give accounts of himself to God. ¹³ Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more. But judge this, rather: that no man put a stumbling block, or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. ¹⁴ For I know, and am full certified in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing common of itself: but unto him that judgeth it to be common, to him it is common. ¹⁵ If thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Cause not your treasure to be evil spoken of.

³ With me is it but a very small thing, that I should be judged of you, either of man's day. No I judge not mine own self. ⁴ I know nought by myself: yet am I not thereby justified. It is the Lord that judgeth me. ⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.

⁴ Love suffereth long, and is courteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not forwardly, swelleth not, ⁵ dealeth not dishonestly, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh not evil, ⁶ rejoiceth not in iniquity: but rejoiceth in the truth, ⁷ suffereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth in all things.

³² Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.

¹³ forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel to another; even as Christ forgave you, even so do ye.

¹¹ Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law: but and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge. ¹² There is one law giver, which is able to save and to destroy. What art thou that judgest another man?

⁹ Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.

¹⁰ But give him, and let it not grieve thine heart to give. Because that for that thing, the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

¹⁶ If an unrighteous witness rise up against a man to accuse him of trespass: ¹⁷ then let both the men which strive together stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days, ¹⁸ and let the judges enquire a good. And if the witness be found false and that he hath given false witness against his brother, ¹⁹ then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to do unto his brother, and so thou shalt put evil away from thee. ²⁰ And other shall hear and fear and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickedness among you. ²¹ And let thine eye have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

⁷ Then Adonibezek said, "Three score and ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table wherefore as I have done so God hath done to me again." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

²⁷ Praised be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath so inspired the king's heart, to garnish the house of God at Jerusalem: ²⁸ and hath inclined his mercy unto me in the presence of the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's high estates. And I was comforted, according to the hand of the LORD my God over me, and so gathered I the heads of Israel together, that they might go up with me.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had made for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

²⁵ and how Esther went and spake to the king, that through letters his wicked device - which he imagined against the Jews - might be turned upon his own head, and how he and his sons were hanged on the tree.

¹⁶ "When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain? ¹⁷ Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me? ¹⁸ For mercy grew up with me from my youth, and compassion from my mother's womb. ¹⁹ Have I seen any man perish through nakedness and want of clothing? Or any poor man for lack of raiment, ²⁰ whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

¹¹ And then came there unto him all his brethren, all his sisters, with all them that had been of his acquaintance afore, and ate bread with him in his house: wondering at him, and comforting him over all the trouble that the LORD had brought upon him. Every man gave him a sheep and a Jewel of gold.

²⁵ With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. {TYNDALE: With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with the man that is uncorrupt, thou shalt be uncorrupt.} ²⁶ With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the froward thou shalt be froward. {TYNDALE: With the pure thou shalt be pure, and with the froward thou shalt be froward also.}

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble. ² The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive: he shall make him to prosper upon earth, and shall not deliver him into the will of his enemies.

¹² And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.

⁹ Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstlings of all thine increase: ¹⁰ So shall thy barns be filled with plenteousness, and thy presses shall flow over with sweet wine.

²² The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

¹ Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years. ² Give part sven days, and also upon the eighth, for thou knowest not what misery shall come upon earth.

⁶ Behold, it is written before my face, and shall not be forgotten, but recompensed. I shall reward it them into their bosom: ⁷ I mean your misdeeds, and the misdeeds of your fathers together, sayeth the LORD, which have made their smokes upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their old deeds into their bosom again.

² For as ye judge, so shall ye be judged: and with what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again.

⁴² And whosoever shall give unto one of these little ones, to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you of a truth, he shall not lose his reward."

³⁰ Give to every man that asketh of thee. And of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

¹⁴ that your abundance succor their lack at this present time of dearth — that their abundance may supply your lack; that there may be equality, ¹⁵ agreeing to that which is written, "He that gathered much had never the more abundance, and he that gathered little, had nevertheless."

⁶ This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. ⁷ And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸ God is able to make you rich in all grace, that ye in all things having sufficient unto the utmost, may be rich unto all manner good works,

¹⁷ not that I desire gifts: but I desire abundant fruit on your part. ¹⁸ I received all, and have plenty. I was even filled after that I have received of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odor that smelleth sweet, a sacrifice accepted and pleasant to God. ¹⁹ My God fulfill all your needs through his glorious riches in Jesus Christ.

¹³ For there shall be judgment, merciless, to him that showeth no mercy, and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

⁵ And I heard an angel say, "Lord which art and wast, thou art righteous and holy, because thou hast given such judgments, ⁶ for they shed out the blood of saints, and prophets, and therefore hast thou given them blood to drink: for they are worthy."

¹⁶ For all they which inform the people that they be in a right cause, such be deceivers. Such as men think also to be perfect among these, are but cast aways.

¹⁰ For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.

¹⁵ Therefore they must be ashamed, for they have committed abomination. But how should they be ashamed, when they know nothing, neither of shame nor good nurture? And therefore they shall fall among the slain; and in the hour when I shall visit them, they shall be brought down," sayeth the LORD.

¹² Fie! For shame! How abominable things do they? And yet they be not ashamed; yea, they know of no shame. Wherefore in the time of their visitation, they shall fall among the dead bodies, sayeth the LORD.

¹⁵ Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD: As for those prophets that preach in my name, whom I nevertheless have not sent, and that say, 'Tush, there shall neither battle, nor hunger be in this land': With sword and with hunger shall those prophets perish, ¹⁶ and the people to whom they have preached shall be cast out of Jerusalem; die of hunger; and be slain with the sword. And there shall be no man to bury them, both they and their wives, their sons and their daughters. For thus will I pour their wickedness upon them.

⁶ Therefore your vision shall be turned to night, and your prophesying to darkness. The Sun shall go down over those prophets, and the day shall be dark unto them. ⁷ Then shall the vision seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded: yea they shall be fain, all the pack of them, to stop their mouths: for they have not God's word.

¹⁵ And the LORD said unto me, "Take to thee also the staff of a foolish shepherd: ¹⁶ for lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not seek after the things that be lost, nor care for such as go astray: he shall not heal the wounded, he shall not nourish the thing that is whole: but he shall eat the flesh of such as be fat, and tear their claws in pieces. ¹⁷ O idle shepherd, that leaveth the flock! The sword shall come upon his arm and upon his right eye. His arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be sore blinded."

¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

¹⁶ Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.' ¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.' ¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering? ²⁰ Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is. ²¹ And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. ²² And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the seat of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. ²³ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. ²⁵ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean.

³³ ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell?

¹⁹ And believest that thou thyself art a guide unto the blind, a light to them which are in darkness,

³ If any man teach otherwise, and is not content with the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine of godliness, ⁴ he is puffed up and knoweth nothing: but wasteth his brains about questions, and strife of words, whereof spring envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings ⁵ and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

¹³ But the evil men and deceivers, shall wax worse and worse, while they deceive, and are deceived themselves.

²⁴ The disciple is not above his Master, nor yet the servant above his Lord. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple to be as his Master is, and that the servant be as his Lord is. If they have called the Lord of the house Beelzebub: how much more shall they call them of his household so?

¹⁵ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which compass sea and land, to bring one into your belief: and when he is brought, ye make him twofold more the child of hell, than ye yourselves are.

¹⁶ Verily, verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his master; Neither the messenger greater than he that sent him.

²⁰ Remember the saying, that I said unto you, 'The servant is not greater than the Lord.' If they have persecuted me, so will they persecute you. If they have kept my saying, so will they keep yours.

⁵ And David was exceeding wroth with the man, and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD liveth, the fellow that hath done this thing is the child of death ⁶ and shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity." ⁷ Then Nathan said to David, "Thou art the man. Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'I anointed thee king over Israel and rid thee out of the hands of Saul.

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, "Are all things in rest and peace my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the chin with the right hand, as though he would have kissed him. ¹⁰ And Amasa took no heed to the knife that was in Joab's hand, with which Joab smote him in the short ribs, and shed out his bowels to the ground and smote him but one stroke, and he died. And then Joab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the son of Bichri.

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, "God forbid! God forbid it me, that I should either devour or destroy it. ²¹ The matter is not so: But there is a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, which hath lifted up his hand against king David. Deliver us him only, and I will depart from the city." And the woman said unto Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown through the wall to thee."

³² And the LORD bring his blood upon his own head, for he smote two men righteouser and better than he, and slew them with the sword; my father unwitting: even Abner the son of Ner captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether captain of the host of Judah.

⁶ But the Levites and Benjamin he counted not among them. For the king's deed seemed abominable to Joab.

² For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his abominable sin be found out.

⁹ Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it?

²⁸ because he feared and turned from all his wickedness which he did, he shall live and not die, saith the Lord almighty.

⁷ And while they continued asking him, he lifted himself up; And said unto them, "Let him that is among you without sin, cast the first stone at her."

⁴⁰ But now ye go about to kill me, a man that have told you the truth, which I have heard of God: This did not Abraham. ⁴¹ Ye do the deeds of your father." Then said they unto him, "We were not born of fornication. We have one father which is God." ⁴² Jesus said unto them, "If God were your father, then would ye have loved me. For I proceeded forth and come from God. Neither came I of myself, but he sent me. ⁴³ Why do ye not know my speech? Even because ye cannot abide the hearing of my words. ⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.

¹ Therefore art thou inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou be that judgest. For in the same wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou that judgest doest even the same self things.

²¹ But thou which teachest another, teachest not thyself. Thou preachest, a man should not steal: and yet thou stealest. ²² Thou sayest, a man should not commit adultery: and thou breakest wedlock. ²³ Thou abhorrest images: and robbest God of his honour. Thou rejoicest in the law: and through breaking the law dishonourest God. ²⁴ For the name of God is evil spoken-of among the gentiles, through you, as it is written.

²⁴ For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was:

¹⁶ But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth, ¹⁷ whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee? ¹⁸ If thou seest a thief, thou runnest with him, and art partaker with the adulterers. ¹⁹ Thou lettest thy mouth speak wickedness, and thy tongue painteth deceit. ²⁰ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, yea and slanderest thine own mother's son. ²¹ This thou doest, while I hold my tongue: and thinkest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

⁹ Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. ¹⁰ Make in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. ¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me. ¹² O give me the comfort of thy help again, and establish me with thy free spirit. ¹³ Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, that sinners may be converted unto thee.

¹⁷ The righteous accuseth himself first of all; if his neighbour come, he shall find him.

²² The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. ²³ But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?

¹³ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven before men: ye yourselves go not in, neither suffer ye them that come to enter in. ¹⁴ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, for ye devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of praying long prayers, wherefore ye shall receive greater damnation. ¹⁵ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which compass sea and land, to bring one into your belief: and when he is brought, ye make him twofold more the child of hell, than ye yourselves are.

⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, which he said unto him, "Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice": and went out at the doors and wept bitterly.

¹⁵ Then answered him the Lord and said, "Hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath day, loose his ox, or his ass, from the stall, and lead him to the water?

³² But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."

³⁸ Peter said unto them, "Repent, and be baptised every one of of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost.

²¹ Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this business. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

⁹ And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. ¹⁰ And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Behold, I am here Lord." ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, "Arise, and go into the street which is called straight, and seek in the house of Judas after one called Saul of the city of Tarsus. For behold, he prayeth; ¹² And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in unto him; And putting his hands on him, that he might receive his sight." ¹³ Then Ananias answered, "Lord I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: ¹⁴ and here he hath authority of the high priests to bind all that call on thy name." ¹⁵ The Lord said unto him, "Go thy ways: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the gentiles, and kings and the children of Israel: ¹⁶ For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." ¹⁷ Ananias went his way and entered into the house and put his hands on him and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the holy ghost." ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales and he received his sight, and arose and was baptised. ¹⁹ And received meat and was comforted. Then was Saul a certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. ²⁰ And straightway he preached Christ in the Synagogues how that he was the son of God.

¹⁰ "O full of all subtlety and deceitfulness, and child of the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness: thou ceasest not to pervert the straight ways of the Lord.

²¹ But thou which teachest another, teachest not thyself. Thou preachest, a man should not steal: and yet thou stealest. ²² Thou sayest, a man should not commit adultery: and thou breakest wedlock. ²³ Thou abhorrest images: and robbest God of his honour. Thou rejoicest in the law: and through breaking the law dishonourest God. ²⁴ For the name of God is evil spoken-of among the gentiles, through you, as it is written. ²⁵ Circumcision verily availeth if thou keep the law: But if thou break the law thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. ²⁶ Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the right things contained in the law: shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ²⁷ And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it keep the law, judge thee, which being under the letter and circumcision, dost transgress the law? ²⁸ For he is not a Jew, which is a Jew outward. Neither is that thing circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: ²⁹ But he is a Jew which is hid within, and the circumcision of the heart is the true circumcision, which is in the spirit, and not in the letter: whose praise is not of men but of God.

¹⁸ Nevertheless, all things are of God, which hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given unto us the office to preach the atonement.

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: ¹¹ as ye know how that we exhorted and comforted, and besought every one of you, as a father his children, ¹² that ye would walk worthy of God, which hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

²¹ But if a man purge himself from such fellows, he shall be a vessel sanctified unto honour meet for the Lord, and prepared unto all good works.

¹⁰ I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds, ¹¹ which in time past was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,

⁹ But he that lacketh these things is blind and gropeth for the way with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

¹⁷ because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked. ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. ¹⁴ They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,

⁴ What more could have been done for it, that I have not done? Wherefore than hath it given thorns, where I looked to have had grapes of it?

³ That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

²¹ and among all green trees. Whereas I planted thee out of noble grapes and good roots. How art thou turned then into a bitter, unfruitful, and strange grape?

¹⁰ Even now is the axe put unto the root of the trees: so that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns? Or figs of thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

³³ Either make the tree good, and his fruit good also, or else make the tree evil, and his fruit evil also. For the tree is known by his fruit.

¹⁹ The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, lawing, zeal, wrath, strife, sedition, sects, ²¹ envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance. ²³ Against such there is no law.

¹¹ For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared ¹² and teacheth us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded, righteously, and godly in this present world, ¹³ looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

¹² Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries: or a vine bear figs? So can no fountain give both salt water and fresh also.

¹² These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.

² They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. ³ The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things, ⁴ Which have said, "With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak; Who is lord over us?"

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; therefore shall not his footsteps slide.

⁸ that I should fulfill thy will, O my God. I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart." ⁹ I will preach of thy righteousness in the great congregation: Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, and that thou knowest. ¹⁰ I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation.

⁶ And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it. ⁷ All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil.

² Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor. ³ Thou lovest ungraciousness more than good, to talk of lies more than righteousness. Selah. ⁴ Thou lovest to speak all words that may do hurt, O thou false tongue.

⁷ Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

¹² For the sin of their mouth, for the words of their lips, and because of their pride, let them be taken. And why? Their preaching is of cursing and lies.

³ who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words, ⁴ That they may privily hurt the innocent, and suddenly hit him without any fear. ⁵ They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?" ⁶ They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart. ⁷ But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded. ⁸ Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.

¹⁵ My mouth shall speak daily of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof. ¹⁶ I will go forth in the strength of the LORD God, and will make mention of thy righteousness only. ¹⁷ Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. ¹⁸ Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

⁵ The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.

²³ Keep thine heart with all diligence, for thereupon hangeth life.

²⁰ An innocent tongue is a noble treasure; but the heart of the ungodly is nothing worth. ²¹ The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.

¹⁸ A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.

²³ A joyful thing it is to a man, when his counsel is followed; and very pleasant is a word spoken in due season.

¹⁷ My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine - ¹⁸ for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth -

² Would God that I had a cottage somewhere far from folk, that I might leave my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort. ³ They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD. ⁴ Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another. ⁵ Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say unto you, that of every idle word, that men shall have spoken, they shall give accounts at the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified: and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

³⁸ He that believeth on me, as sayeth the scripture, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life.'"

³ Then said Peter, "Ananias how is it that Satan hath filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lie unto the holy ghost, and keep away part of the price of the livelihood:

¹⁹ "Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I put the hands, he may receive the holy ghost." ²⁰ Then said Peter unto him, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou wenest that the gift of God may be obtained with money. ²¹ Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this business. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God. ²² Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray God that the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. ²³ For I perceive that thou art full of bitter gall, and wrapped in iniquity."

¹³ "Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips." ¹⁴ "Whose mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

⁶ For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellent power of it might appear to be of God, and not of us.

⁸ Unto me, the least of all saints, is this grace given; that I should preach among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

²⁹ Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good to edify withal, when need is, that it may have favour with the hearers.

³ So that fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, be not once named among you, as it becometh saints: ⁴ neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks.

¹⁹ speaking unto yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdom. Teach and exhort your own selves, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs which have favour with them, singing in your hearts to the Lord.

⁶ Let your speech be always well favoured and be powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man.

¹⁰ For this is the testament that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their minds, and in their hearts, I will write them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

⁵ even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth, ⁶ and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

¹⁵ to give judgment against all men, and to rebuke all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their cruel speakings, which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

⁶ "Should not a son honour his father, and a servant his master? If I be now a father, where is mine honour? If I be the LORD, where am I feared? sayeth the LORD of Hosts, now, to you priests that despise my name. And if ye say, 'Wherein have we despised thy name?'

²¹ "Not all they that say unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter in to the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth my father's will which is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many miracles?' ²³ And then will I knowledge unto them, that I never knew them: 'Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.'

¹¹ Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, 'Master, master open to us.'

²⁴ Then he which had received the one talent came also, and said, 'Master, I considered that thou wast a hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not,

⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, 'Master, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or harborless, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and have not ministered unto thee?'

²⁵ When the good man of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us.' And he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know you not whence ye are.' ²⁶ Then shall ye begin to say, 'We have eaten, and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.' ²⁷ And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.'

¹³ Ye call me 'Master' and 'Lord,' and ye say well, for so am I. ¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet: ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Verily, verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his master; Neither the messenger greater than he that sent him. ¹⁷ If ye understand these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

⁷ Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap.

³ Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

²⁴ "Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: ²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

²⁸ Come unto me all ye that labor, and are laden, and I will ease you. ²⁹ Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek, and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

⁵⁰ For whosoever doth my father's will which is in heaven, the same is my brother, my sister, and my mother."

⁵ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud shadowed them. And behold, there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is my dear son, in whom I delight; hear him."

¹³ They on the stones, are they which, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But these have no roots, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation go away.

²⁸ But he said, "Yea, happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

²⁶ "If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

⁴⁰ And yet will ye not come to me that ye might have life.

³⁷ All that the father giveth me, shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, cast I not away.

⁴⁴ No man can come to me except the father, which hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, 'That they shall all be taught of God.' Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the father, cometh unto me:

⁵² Then said the Jews to him, "Now know we that thou hast the devil. Abraham is dead, and also the prophets, and yet thou sayest, 'If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death.'

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

¹⁷ If ye understand these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

¹⁵ "If ye love me, keep my commandments,

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, the same is he that loveth me: and he shall be loved of my father, and I will love him, and will show mine own self unto him." ²² Judas said unto him — not Judas Iscariot - "Lord what is the cause that thou wilt show thyself unto us, and not unto the world?" ²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him, "If a man love me and will keep my sayings, my father also will love him, and we will come unto him, and will dwell with him. ²⁴ He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings. And the words which ye hear are not mine, but the father's, which sent me.

⁹ "AS the father hath loved me, even so have I loved you. Continue in my love. ¹⁰ If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love: even as I have kept my father's commandments, and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. ¹² This is my commandment: that ye love together as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love than this hath no man, than that a man bestow his life for his friends. ¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

⁷ that is to say: praise, honour, and immortality, to them which continue in good doing, and seek eternal life. ⁸ But unto them that are rebellious, and disobey the truth, and follow iniquity, shall come indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon the soul of every man that doth evil. Of the Jew first: And also of the gentile. ¹⁰ To every man that doth good shall come praise, honour and peace, to the Jew first, and also to the gentile.

⁹ and was made perfect, and the cause of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him:

²² And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry. ²³ For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man that beholdeth his bodily face in a glass. ²⁴ For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was: ²⁵ but whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein — if he be not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work — the same shall be happy in his deed.

¹⁷ Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not: to him, it is sin.

⁴ to whom ye come as unto a living stone, disallowed of men, but chosen of God and precious:

¹⁰ Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err.

²⁹ If ye know that he is righteous, know also that all that work righteousness, are born of him.

⁷ Little children, let no man beguile you; He that worketh righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

¹⁴ Blessed are they that do his commandments, that their power may be in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

¹⁵ "And Israel waxed fat, and kicked. Thou wast fat, thick and smooth. And he let God go, that made him; and despised the rock that saved him.

¹⁸ Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgot God that made thee.

³¹ "For our rock is not as their rock; no, though our enemies be judge.

² There is none so holy as the LORD: no, there is none save thou. Neither is there any strength like unto our God.

² And he said, "The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer.

⁵ For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.

³² Who is a God save the LORD, and who mighty save our God?

⁴⁷ The LORD live, and blessed be he that is my strength: and exalted be God the strength that saveth me.

³ The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God,

⁶ For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

¹ {To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ² Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea; ³ Though the waters thereof rage and swell, and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. Selah.

² He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

³ The floods are risen, O LORD. The floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. ⁴ The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the LORD that dwelleth on high is mightier.

¹ {An exhortation to the earnest praising of God} O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

¹ {A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever. ² The hills stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth the LORD round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.

²⁵ The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen; but the righteous remaineth sure forever.

⁴ Hope still in the LORD, for in the LORD God is everlasting strength.

¹⁶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: "Behold, I will lay a stone in Zion, a great stone, a costly corner stone, for a sure foundation: that whoso putteth his trust in him, shall not be confounded.

¹⁹ wherethrough the name of the LORD might be feared, from the rising of the Sun: and his majesty, unto the going down of the same. For he shall come as a violent water stream, which the wind of the LORD hath moved.

⁸ when the flood runneth over, and destroyeth the place; and when the darkness followeth still upon his enemies.

²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

³³ These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "For thy sake are we killed all day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain." ³⁷ Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us. ³⁸ Yea and I am sure that neither death, neither life, neither angels; nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come,

¹⁰ According to the grace of God given unto me, as a wise builder have I laid the foundation; and another hath built thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth upon. ¹¹ For other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble: ¹³ every man's work shall appear. For the day shall declare it, and it shall be showed in fire, and the fire shall try every man's work what it is. ¹⁴ If any man's work, that he hath built upon, abide; he shall receive a reward. ¹⁵ If any man's work burn; he shall suffer loss. But he shall be safe himself, nevertheless yet as it were through fire.

⁵⁵ "Death where is thy sting? Hell where is thy victory?" ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin: and the strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be unto God, which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

¹⁹ But the sure ground of God remaineth, and hath this seal: the Lord knoweth them that are his, and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.

⁴ to whom ye come as unto a living stone, disallowed of men, but chosen of God and precious: ⁵ and ye, as living stones, are made a spiritual house, and a holy priesthood, for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. ⁶ Wherefore it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I put in Zion a head cornerstone, elect and precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

¹⁰ Nevertheless, the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which day, the heavens shall perish with terrible noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth, with the works that are therein, shall burn. ¹¹ If all these things shall perish, what manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation, and godliness: ¹² looking for, and hasting unto, the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens shall perish with fire, and the elements shall be consumed with heat. ¹³ Nevertheless, we look for a new heaven, and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousness. ¹⁴ Wherefore, dearly beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and undefiled:

²⁸ And now babes, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be made ashamed of him at his coming.

²⁴ Unto him that is able to keep you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with joy,

¹⁴ And heaven vanished away, as a scroll when it is rolled together. And all mountains and isles were moved out of their places. ¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills, ¹⁶ and said to the hills, and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the lamb, ¹⁷ for the great day of his wrath is come; And who can endure it?"

¹¹ And I saw a great white seat and him that sat on it, from whose face fled away both the earth and heaven, and their place was no more found. ¹² And I saw the dead, both great and small, stand before God: And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up her dead, which were in her, and death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them: and they were judged every man according to his deeds. ¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is that second death. ¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.

¹⁸ Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life, shall be safe; but he that goeth froward ways, shall once have a fall.

¹⁶ "As for the words that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will in no wise hear them: ¹⁷ But whatsoever goeth out of our own mouth, that will we do: We will do sacrifice, and offer oblations unto the Queen of heaven: like as we and our forefathers, our kings and our heads have done in the cities of Judah, and in the streets and fields of Jerusalem. For then had we plenteousness of victuals, then were we in prosperity, and no misfortune came upon us.

³¹ These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

¹⁴ I will not punish your daughters for being defiled, and your brides that became whores: seeing the fathers themselves have meddled with harlots, and offered with unthriftiness: but the people that will not understand must be punished.

⁴³ When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. ⁴⁴ Then he sayeth, 'I will return again into my house, from whence I came out.' And when he is come, he findeth the house empty and swept, and garnished. ⁴⁵ Then he goeth his way, and taketh unto him seven other spirits worse than himself, and so enter they in and dwell there. And the end of that man is worse than the beginning. Even so shall it be with this evil nation."

²⁰ But he that was sown in the stony ground, is he which heareth the word of God, and anon with joy receiveth it, ²¹ yet hath no roots in himself, and therefore dureth but a season: for as soon as tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he falleth. ²² He that was sown among thorns, is he that heareth the word of God, but the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and so is he made unfruitful.

²⁹ He answered and said, 'I will not.' But afterward, repented and went. ³⁰ Then came he to the second, and said likewise, and he answered and said, 'I will sir.' Yet went he not.

³ All therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but after their works do not: for they say, and do not.

¹⁰ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one the other.

¹⁷ yet have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: and anon, as soon as any trouble and persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they fall.

⁴⁶ Why call ye me 'Master, Master': and do not as I bid you?

⁵ "A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden under feet, and the fowls of the air devoured it up. ⁶ And some fell on stone, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moistness. ⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

¹² Yea and I say unto you: that it shall be easier in that day, for Sodom than for that city. ¹³ "Woe be to thee Chorazsin: woe be to thee Bethsaida. For if the miracles had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while agone repented, sitting in hair and ashes. ¹⁴ Nevertheless it shall be easier for Tyre and Sidon, at the judgment, than for you. ¹⁵ And thou Capernaum which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell; ¹⁶ He that heareth you, heareth me: And he that despiseth you, despiseth me. And he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me."

²⁴ When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through waterless places seeking rest. And when he findeth none, he sayeth, I will return again unto my house whence I came out. ²⁵ And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. ²⁶ Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits worse than himself: and they enter in, and dwell there. And the end of that man is worse than the beginning."

⁴⁷ The servant that knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

²⁷ Moreover, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.'"

² Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.

²⁹ For I am sure of this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, which will not spare the flock.

⁵ For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent that I might have knowledge of your faith, lest haply the tempter had tempted you, and that our labour had been bestowed in vain.

²⁶ For if we sin willingly after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins: ²⁷ but a fearful looking for judgment, and violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries. ²⁸ He that despiseth Moses' law, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses. ²⁹ Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be counted worthy, which treadeth underfoot the son of God: and counteth the blood of the testament as an unholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doth dishonour to the spirit of grace.

²² And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry. ²³ For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man that beholdeth his bodily face in a glass. ²⁴ For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was: ²⁵ but whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein — if he be not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work — the same shall be happy in his deed. ²⁶ If any man among you seem devout, and refrain not his tongue: but deceive his own heart, this man's devotion is in vain.

¹⁷ Even so faith, if it have no deeds, is dead in itself. ¹⁸ Yea, and a man might say, "Thou hast faith, and I have deeds: Show me thy faith by thy deeds: and I will show thee my faith by my deeds." ¹⁹ Believest thou that there is one God? Thou doest well. The devils also believe and tremble. ²⁰ Wilt thou understand, o thou vain man, that faith without deeds is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest how that faith wrought within his deeds, and through the deeds was the faith made perfect. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed unto him for righteousness," and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see, then, how that of deeds a man is justified, and not of faith only. ²⁵ Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot justified through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? ²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, even so faith without deeds is dead.

⁵ And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; in patience, godliness; ⁷ in godliness, brotherly kindness; in brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these things be among you, and are plenteous, they will make you that ye neither shall be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of the our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacketh these things is blind and gropeth for the way with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

²⁰ For if they, after they have escaped from the filthiness of the world through the knowledge of the Lord, and of the saviour Jesus Christ, they are yet tangled again therein and overcome: then is the latter end worse with them than the beginning.

³ And hereby we are sure that we know him: if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He that saith, "I know him," and yet keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the verity is not in him.

¹⁹ They went out of us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But that fortuned, that it might appear that they were not of us.