Matthew 14 Cross References - Thomson

¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch hearing of the fame of Jesus, ² said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He is raised from the dead, and therefore miracles are performed by him. ³ [For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip: ⁴ for John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. ⁵ Upon which Herod would have put him to death, but he was afraid of the people, because they looked upon him as a prophet. ⁶ But when Herod's birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod. ⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. ⁸ And she at the instigation of her mother, said, Give me here in a basin the head of John the Baptist. ⁹ Though the king was sorry, yet from a regard to the oath and the guests, he ordered it to be given her. ¹⁰ So he sent and beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹ And his head was brought in a basin and given to the damsel, who carried it to her mother. ¹² And his disciples went and took up the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus. ¹³ When Jesus heard this he departed thence, in a vessel, privately, to a desert place; and the people, being informed, followed him by land out of the cities. ¹⁴ And when Jesus landed he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick. ¹⁵ And towards evening his disciples accosted him, saying, This is a desert place and the hour is now past, dismiss the multitude that they may go to the villages and buy themselves victuals. ¹⁶ And Jesus said to them, They need not go. Give them, ye yourselves, something to eat. ¹⁷ And they said, We have here only five loaves and two fishes. ¹⁸ Whereupon he said, Bring them hither to me. ¹⁹ Then he ordered the multitude to arrange themselves, as at table, on the grass. And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and pronounced a blessing. Then he brake and gave the loaves to the disciples and the disciples [distributed] them to the multitudes. ²⁰ And they all ate and were satisfied. And there were carried away twelve panniers full of the fragments which remained. ²¹ Now they who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² Then Jesus immediately constrained his disciples to embark, and cross over to the other side before him, while he dismissed the multitudes. ²³ And when he had dismissed the multitudes he went up, by himself, to the mountain, to pray And in the course of the eve, he was there alone, ²⁴ and the vessel was now in the midst of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶ When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said it is an apparition, and cried out for fear. ²⁷ Thereupon Jesus immediately spake to them, saying, Take courage: it is I; be not afraid. ²⁸ In reply to which Peter said, Master, if it be them, bid me come to thee on the water. ²⁹ And Jesus said, Come. So Peter having gone down from the vessel, walked on the waves to go to Jesus. ³⁰ But perceiving the wind strong, he was afraid, and, beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Master, save me. ³¹ And Jesus immediately stretched forth his hand and took hold of him, saying, Distrustful man, why didst thou doubt? ³² And when they were come into the vessel the wind ceased. ³³ And they who were in the vessel came and bowed down to him, saying, Thou art indeed Son of God. ³⁴ And when they had crossed over, they landed in the territory of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And the men of that place, knowing him, sent to all the country around, and they brought to him all that were sick, ³⁶ and intreated him that they might only touch the tuft of his mantle. And as many as touched were perfectly cured.

¹⁴ Now when king Herod heard of him, [for his name was become famous] he said, John the baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore these miracles are performed by him. ¹⁵ Some said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, or a person like one of the prophets. ¹⁶ But when Herod heard of him, he said, This is John, whom I beheaded. He is risen from the dead. ¹⁷ For Herod had sent and apprehended John, and confined him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married. ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. ¹⁹ Therefore Herodias was enraged at him, and wished to kill him, but could not; ²⁰ for Herod revered John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man; and he protected him, and did many things by his advice, and heard him with pleasure: ²¹ At length a favourable opportunity occurred. When Herod, on his birth day, made an entertainment for the great officers of his court and army, and the chiefs of Galilee, ²² and the daughter of this same Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee: ²³ nay, he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give, even to the half of my kingdom. ²⁴ Upon this she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist. ²⁵ So coming in immediately with all haste to the king, she made her request, saying, I desire thee to give me forthwith, in a basin, the head of John the baptist. ²⁶ Though the king was much grieved, yet from a regard to his oaths, and his guests, he would not refuse her. ²⁷ So the king immediately despatched a sentinel with orders to bring the head of the baptist. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ and brought his head in a basin, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. ²⁹ And when his disciples heard this, they went and took up his body, and laid it in a sepulchre.

¹⁵ And he gave them a charge, saying, Take heed; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea; and Herod, tetrarch of Galilee; and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis; and Lysanias, being tetrarch of Abilene

¹⁹ But Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him, for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the crimes which he had committed,

⁷ When Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all that was done by him, he was perplexed; because it was said by some, that John was raised from the dead; ⁸ and by others, that Elias is plainly come; and by others, that one of the ancient prophets is risen up. ⁹ And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

³¹ On that same day, some Pharisees came and said to him, Get away and depart hence; for Herod intendeth to kill thee. ³² Whereupon he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold I cast out demons, and perform cures to day and to morrow, and on the third day I am perfected.

⁷ And finding that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also at Jerusalem in those days. ⁸ And when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad; for he had long desired to see him. Because he had heard much of him, therefore he hoped to see some miracle done by him, ⁹ and questioned him about many things. But Jesus made him no answer. ¹⁰ So when the chief priests, and the Scribes had stood up, urging their accusations against him with much vehemence; ¹¹ and Herod with his soldiers had treated him with contempt and mockery, having arrayed him with a splendid robe, he sent him back to Pilate. ¹² And on that day Pilate and Herod became friends; for they had been before at enmity one with the other.

¹⁵ Neither indeed hath Herod: for I referred you to him. Now as it appears that nothing deserving death hath been done by him:

²⁷ For indeed against thy holy Child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and the tribes of Israel, were gathered together,

¹ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the congregation,

¹¹ Verily I say to you, among them who are born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the baptist: but the least in the kingdom of heaven is a greater than he.

¹⁴ And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; and some, Elias; and some Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

²⁸ And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others say, One of the prophets.

⁴¹ And many resorted to him and said, John indeed wrought no miracle; but all that John said respecting this man is true.

¹² Now when Jesus heard that John was committed to prison he withdrew into Galilee;

² Now John, having heard in prison of the works of the Christ, sent two of his disciples

¹⁷ For Herod had sent and apprehended John, and confined him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

¹⁹ Therefore Herodias was enraged at him, and wished to kill him, but could not;

²² and the daughter of this same Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee:

¹⁹ But Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him, for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the crimes which he had committed, ²⁰ added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

¹ Now there were some present who, on that occasion told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices:

²³ And John also was baptizing at Enon, near Saleim, because there was much water there, and people used to come there and be baptized; ²⁴ for John was not yet thrown into prison.

¹⁶ The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou shalt not uncover, it is the nakedness of thy brother.

²¹ If a man take his brother's wife, it is an act of uncleanness. He hath uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall die childless.

⁵ When brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and hath no issue, the wife of him who died shall not marry a man abroad, who is not near of kin. The brother of her husband shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and cohabit with her; ⁶ and the child which she shall bear shall go by the name of him who died, so that his name shall not be blotted out from among Israel.

⁷ Whereupon Nathan said to David, Thou art the man who hath done this. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and it was I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul,

¹⁹ And thou shalt speak to him, and say, Thus saith the Lord, As thou hast murdered and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthi, there shall the dogs lick thy blood, and harlots shall bathe themselves in thy blood.

¹⁸ And they withstood king Ozias and said to him, it doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord; but only to the priests the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast revolted from the Lord, and this will not be for honour to thee from the Lord God. ¹⁹ At this Ozias was inflamed with wrath, and had in his hand the censer to burn incense in the temple. But when his anger kindled against the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests, in the house of the Lord, at the altar of incense.

¹ The wicked fleeth when none pursueth: but the righteous is bold as a lion.

²⁰ For he hath given a law for assistance; that they may not speak like such an oracle as this, which is not worth the giving of gifts for it.

¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

²⁴ And after some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. ²⁵ And while Paul was discoursing concerning justice and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix, being terrified, said, Go thy way for the present, and when I find a convenient time I will send for thee:

⁹ But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yes I tell you, and something more than a prophet;

²⁶ and if we say, Of men, we fear the people; for they all hold John as a prophet.

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him. And though you saw this, you did not afterwards repent and believe him.

¹⁹ Therefore Herodias was enraged at him, and wished to kill him, but could not; ²⁰ for Herod revered John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man; and he protected him, and did many things by his advice, and heard him with pleasure:

³⁰ Was the baptism of John from heaven or of men? Answer me. ³¹ Upon this they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him? ³² But if we say, From men; they feared the people; for all held John to be really a prophet.

¹ Now after two days was the passover, and the festival of unleavened bread. And the chief priests, and the Scribes were contriving how they might seize him by surprise, and put him to death. ² And they said, Not at the festival; lest there be a tumult among the people.

⁶ And if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us; for they are all firmly persuaded that John was a prophet.

²¹ So, having further threatened them, they dismissed them, not finding how to punish them, because of the people who all glorified God for that which was done.

²⁶ Then the captain went with the under officers and brought them, but without violence; for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

²⁰ Accordingly it fell out, that the third day was Pharao's birth day, and he made an entertainment for all his servants and took cognizance of the administration of the butler, and the administration of the baker in the midst of his servants.

² when Artaxerxes was settled on his throne in the city Susoi, ³ in the third year of his reign, he made an entertainment for his friends, both for other nations, and for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and for the governors. ⁴ And having after this displayed to them the riches of his kingdom, and the transporting glory of his riches, for a hundred and eighty days, ⁵ when the days of his marriage were fulfilled, the king made an entertainment for all the nations who were in the city, for six days, in the court of the royal palace, ⁶ which was adorned with painted hangings of cotton, extended with cords of cotton, and purple yarn, to capitals of gold and silver, on pillars of parian marble and alabaster. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of smaragdine, pinine, and parian stone; and their covers were of gause, painted with a variety of flowers; and roses were scattered all around. ⁷ The goblets of gold and silver, with a small carbuncled cup to each, amounted in value to thirty thousand talents. There was wine in abundance and of a sweet quality, such as the king himself drank. ⁸ Now this entertainment was not according to an established custom; but the king would have it so, and he commanded the stewards to comply with his pleasure, and that of the guests. ⁹ Astin the queen also made an entertainment for the women in the royal palace, where king Artaxerxes was. ¹⁰ And on the seventh day, the king, in high good humour, ordered Anian and Basan and Tharra and Barazi and Zatholtha and Abataza and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, who waited on king Artaxerxes, ¹¹ to bring the queen to him to proclaim her queen, and crown her with a diadem, and shew her to the chiefs, and her beauty to the nations; for she was beautiful. ¹² But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlain, at which the king was greatly offended and inflamed with anger

¹⁸ and made an entertainment for all his friends and potentates for seven days, and to celebrate the marriage of Esther he made a release to those under his government.

¹ King Baltasar made a great supper for his thousand grandees and wine was set before the thousand. ² And as he was drinking, Baltasar gave an order upon tasting the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver which Nabuchodonosar his father had brought out of the temple at Jerusalem; and that the king and his nobles, and his concubines and his wives should drink out of them. ³ Accordingly the vessels of gold and silver which had been taken out of the temple of God at Jerusalem were brought, and the king and his nobles and his concubines and his wives drank out of them. ⁴ And having drunk wine they praised the gods of gold and silver and brass and wood and stone.

⁵ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael." ⁶ And when she conceived again and bore a daughter, he said to him, "Call her name, Not compassionated; for I will no longer continue to have compassion on the house of Israel, but will set myself against them.

²⁴ saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.

²¹ At length a favourable opportunity occurred. When Herod, on his birth day, made an entertainment for the great officers of his court and army, and the chiefs of Galilee, ²² and the daughter of this same Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee: ²³ nay, he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give, even to the half of my kingdom.

³ And the king said, What would queen Esther? And what is thy petition? To the half of my kingdom it shall be granted thee.

⁶ And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What would queen Esther? Whatever thou askest shall be granted.

² the king said to Esther the second day at the banquet, What is it queen Esther? What is thy request, and what thy petition? to the half of my kingdom it shall be granted thee.

¹³ and he offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for a sacrifice;

¹⁹ and he presented as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, mixed up with oil for a sacrifice;

⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar, when he anointed it, from the chiefs of the Israelites, twelve silver chargers, twelve silver cups, twelve censers of gold, ⁸⁵ each charger one hundred and thirty shekels, and each cup seventy shekels, all the silver of these vessels, two thousand four hundred shekels, and the shekels were after the holy shekel;

⁴ so that when Jezabel smote the prophets of the Lord, Abdiou took a hundred men who were prophets, and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

¹³ Hath it not been told thee, my lord, what I did when Jezabel slew the prophets of the Lord; how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

² Jezabel sent to Elias, and said, As sure as thou art Elias, and I Jezabel, God do so to me and more also, if by this time to-morrow I do not make thy life like the life of one of them.

¹ Now when Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, she destroyed all the royal seed.

² Ochozias was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Gotholia. She was a daughter of Ambri. ³ And he walked in the way of the house of Achab. Because his mother was his counsellor to incite him to sin,

⁹ and this was the number of them; thirty goblets of gold, and a thousand goblets of silver, vessels of an unusual form twenty nine,

¹⁶ [Omitted]

¹⁰ Men stained with blood hate one who is holy: but the upright will make strict inquest for his life.

²⁴ Upon this she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.

⁵ They shall be binding on her. But if her father expressly disapprove on the day he heareth her vows and the promises, with which she hath bound her soul, they shall not stand. And the Lord will acquit her because her father hath disallowed her. ⁶ And if she be married, and vows be upon her; according to the opening of her lips; with what promises soever she may have bound her soul, ⁷ if her husband shall hear, and hold his peace at her on the day when he heareth, so shall all her vows stand, and the promises shall stand with which she hath bound her soul. ⁸ But if her husband expressly disallow her on the day when he shall hear, none of her vows, and none of the obligations with which she hath bound her soul, shall be binding, because her husband disallowed her. And the Lord will acquit her.

³⁰ And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, ³¹ it shall be, that whosoever cometh from the door of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be for the Lord. Him will I dedicate as a whole burnt offering.

³⁹ And at the end of two months she returned to her father and he performed with her his vow, which he had vowed; so she knew not a man.

¹ Now the children of Israel had sworn at Massepha, saying, Not a man of us shall give his daughter to a Benjaminite to wife.

⁷ What shall we do for wives for the few who are left, seeing we have sworn by the Lord, that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives? ⁸ So when they said, Who is there among the tribes of Israel who came not up before the Lord to Massepha? and behold not a man had come to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the general assembly, ⁹ and the people were reviewed, and there was not a man of the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad; ¹⁰ the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men from among the young warriors, and gave them a charge saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the edge of the sword: ¹¹ And this you shall do, You shall devote to destruction every male, and every woman who hath cohabited with man: ¹² but the virgins you shall preserve alive. And having done so they found among the inhabitants four hundred young virgins who had not cohabited with man, and brought them to the camp of Selom which is in the land of Chanaan. ¹³ Then all the congregation sent, and spoke to the children of Benjamin at Rock Remmon, and invited them to peace. ¹⁴ And when Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, the Israelites gave them the women whom they had saved alive from among the daughters of Jabis Galaad. ¹⁵ So they were pleased, and the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach among the tribes of Israel. ¹⁶ Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for the rest? For all the women of Benjamin are destroyed: ¹⁷ [Now they had determined that the inheritance of the Benjaminites should belong to them who had escaped, that a tribe might not be blotted out from Israel:] ¹⁸ for we cannot give them any of our daughters for wives; for we have sworn among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed be the man who giveth a wife to a Benjaminite. ¹⁹ Then they said, Behold there is a festival of the Lord at Selom, which is kept yearly, on the north of Baithel, towards the rising of the sun, on the high way which goeth up from Baithel to Sychem, and on the south of Lebona. ²⁰ So they gave a charge to the Benjaminites saying, Go and lie in wait among the vineyards, ²¹ and watch, and behold when the daughters of the inhabitants of Selom go out to dance in choirs, start out from the vineyards, and seize for yourselves every man a wife from among the daughters of Selom, and go to the land of Benjamin. ²² And when their fathers or their brothers come to us, to enter a complaint before us, we will say to them, Grant them as a favour to us, because we did not take every man a woman at the battle. Seeing you have not given them, you have, as it were, accidentally transgressed. ²³ And the children of Benjamin did so. And having taken wives according to their number from among the choirs whom they surprised, they went, and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt their cities and dwelt therein.

²⁴ But Saul was guilty of a great imprudence that day; for he uttered an imprecation to the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eateth bread till evening, that I may take vengeance on mine enemy; so that none of the people tasted bread, though all the country was dining.

²⁸ And one of the people addressing him said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people saying, Cursed be the man who eateth bread this day, so the people are become faint.

³⁹ for as the Lord liveth who hath saved Israel, if the answer be given against Jonathan my son, he shall surely be put to death. But there was not one of the people who answered. ⁴⁰ Then he said to all the men of Israel, You shall be one lot, and I and my son Jonathan shall be the other lot. And the people said to Saul, Do what seemeth good in thy sight. ⁴¹ Then Saul said, Lord the God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? If the fault be in me, or in Jonathan my son, Lord God of Israel make us manifest. And when he said these words, Give I beseech thee to thy people Israel, Give I beseech thee Sanctity, the lot fell on Jonathan and Saul; and the people escaped. ⁴² Then Saul said, Cast the lot between me, and Jonathan my son, and against whomsoever the Lord shall decide by lot, let him be put to death. But the people said to Saul, This is not confirmed. But Saul prevailed over the people, so they cast the lot between him and his son Jonathan; and the lot fell on Jonathan. ⁴³ Thereupon Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me; what hast thou done? And when Jonathan told him, and said, I just tasted a little honey with the end of the sceptre which was in my hand, and behold I must die; ⁴⁴ Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, but thou shalt surely die this day. ⁴⁵ Upon this the people said to Saul, Shall he this day be put to death who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? As the Lord liveth there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground. Because the people of God had that day performed exploits, therefore the people prayed for Jonathan that day, and he did not die.

²² God do so to David, and more also, if by to-morrow morning I leave of all that belong to Nabal one man;

³² Thereupon David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me. ³³ And blessed be thy conduct, and blessed thou who hast kept me back from coming to blood, that I might save my hand for myself. ³⁴ For as the Lord God of Israel liveth, who hath this day withheld me from doing thee an injury, if thou hadst not hastened, and come to meet me, I had determined that by the morning light there should not be left to Nabal one man.

¹⁰ And Saul sword to her saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no mischief befal thee on this account.

³¹ And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha shall stand on him this day. ³² Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And when the king despatched a man before him; before the messenger came to him he said to the elders, Do you see that this son of a murderer hath sent to take off my head? Look! when the messenger cometh, shut the door and stop him there. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? ³³ And while he was speaking with them, behold the messenger came down to him. And when the king said, Behold this calamity is from the Lord; why should I wait any longer for the Lord?

² be thou not rash with thy mouth; nor let thy heart be hasty to utter a word in the presence of God. Because God is in the heaven above, and thou art on the earth, let thy words there fore be few.

¹⁴ When the king heard this matter he was exceedingly grieved for it and strove hard for Daniel to save him and continued till evening his endeavours to deliver him. ¹⁵ Then the men said to the king, Know, king, that it is decreed by the Medes and Persians, That no edict or statute which the king shall pass must be dispensed with. ¹⁶ Then the king gave orders and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. And the king said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually will himself deliver thee.

¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch hearing of the fame of Jesus,

⁵ Upon which Herod would have put him to death, but he was afraid of the people, because they looked upon him as a prophet.

¹⁷ So when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, Whom do you desire me to release to you? Barabbas; or Jesus who is called Christ? ¹⁸ For he knew that out of envy they had delivered him up. ¹⁹ And while he was sitting on the tribunal, his wife had sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous person; for I have this day suffered much in a dream on his account. ²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders had prevailed on the people that they should demand Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹ So when the governor, addressing them, said, Which of the two do you desire me to release to you? They said, Barabbas. ²² Pilate saith to them, What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, Let him be crucified. ²³ Thereupon the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they with more vehemence cried, Let him be crucified. ²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not in the least prevail, but that a tumult rather was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am clear from the blood of this innocent person. Look ye to it. ²⁵ Upon which all the people, answering, said, His blood be upon us and upon our children. ²⁶ Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him up to be crucified.

¹⁴ Now when king Herod heard of him, [for his name was become famous] he said, John the baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore these miracles are performed by him.

²⁰ for Herod revered John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man; and he protected him, and did many things by his advice, and heard him with pleasure:

²⁶ Though the king was much grieved, yet from a regard to his oaths, and his guests, he would not refuse her.

³² Whereupon he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold I cast out demons, and perform cures to day and to morrow, and on the third day I am perfected.

¹² From this [time] Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend. Whoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. ¹³ When Pilate therefore heard this speech, he brought out Jesus and sat down on the tribunal in a place called the pavement [in Hebrew Gabbatha.] ¹⁴ [It was now the paschal preparation day, and the sixth hour was drawing on,] and he saith to the Jews, Behold your king! ¹⁵ Whereupon they cried out, Away, away with him; crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. ¹⁶ Then he delivered him up to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away,

²³ And he gave orders to the centurion that Paul be kept in custody, not closely confined; and that none of his friends be hindered from assisting him or coming to him. ²⁴ And after some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. ²⁵ And while Paul was discoursing concerning justice and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix, being terrified, said, Go thy way for the present, and when I find a convenient time I will send for thee: ²⁶ hoping withal that money would be given him by Paul that he might discharge him, and for this cause he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him. ²⁷ After two years however Felix was succeeded by Portius Festus, and being desirous to ingratiate himself with the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.

³ and earnestly intreated him to favour them so far as to send for him to Jerusalem; [they having laid an ambush to kill him on the road.] ⁴ Whereupon Festus replied, that Paul was in custody at Caesarea and that he himself would shortly set out thither. ⁵ Therefore, said he, Let the chief men among you go down with me; and if there be any thing criminal in the man, let them accuse him. ⁶ So when he had tarried among them more than ten days he went down to Caesarea, and on the morrow taking his seat on the tribunal he ordered Paul to be brought. ⁷ And when he appeared, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many heavy accusations against Paul, which they could not prove. ⁸ To which when Paul replied, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I committed any offence, ⁹ Festus willing to gratify the Jews addressed Paul saying, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and be judged there before me concerning these things?

¹⁶ But they continued to deride his messengers, and to despise his words, and insult his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord ascended against his people; until there was no remedy.

³⁰ In vain have I smitten your children, you did not receive instruction: a sword devoured your prophets, like a ravening lion; and you were not terrified.

¹² Now I say to you, Elias is already come and they did not know him, but have treated him as they pleased. In the same manner also the son of man will soon suffer by them.

³⁵ But the tenants seizing his servants, beat one and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants in greater number than the first, and they treated them in the same manner.

³ And he sent his servants to call them who were invited to the wedding, but they would not come. ⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell them who have been invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner. My bullocks and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast. ⁵ But they turned away with indifference, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise ⁶ and the rest seized his servants, insulted, and slew them.

³⁴ For this, behold I am about to send you prophets, wise men and Scribes: and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth; from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation.

¹³ But I say to you, that Elias hath actually come; and they have done to him what they pleased, as it is written of him.

⁹ And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

⁷ And when they shall be performing their testimony the beast which ascendeth out of the bottomless gulf will come to battle with them, and overcome them, and kill them,

⁷ Cursed be their wrath, for it was headstrong; And their enmity, for it was bitter. I will parcel them out in Jacob And scatter them among Israel.

⁴ Wrath is cruel and anger outrageous: but nothing can withstand envy.

¹⁷ Behold thine eyes are not good, neither is thy heart; but they are bent upon thine inordinate desires and on the shedding of innocent blood, and on injustice, and on murder; that thou mayst perpetrate these things.

³ and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord to Jerusalem, Thy root and thy pedigree is from the land of Chanaan. Thy father was an Amorite and thy mother a Chettite, ⁴ and this is the history of thy birth; on the day thou wast born thy navel was not tied nor wert thou washed with water nor sprinkled with salt; nor wert thou wrapped up in swaddling bands.

² and thou shalt say, What was thy mother? She was a lioness among lions. In the midst of lions she multiplied her young. ³ And one of her young lions sallied forth; he became a lion and learned to prowl. He devoured men

⁶ therefore as I live, saith the Lord, Lord, as thou hast sinned unto blood, blood shall pursue thee.

⁶ Because they poured out the blood of thy saints and prophets, therefore thou hast given them blood to drink, for they deserve it.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her I expressed my astonishment with great amaze.

⁵⁸ This man having gone to Pilate had begged the body of Jesus; and Pilate had ordered the body to be given to him. ⁵⁹ So Joseph, having taken the body, wrapped it up in a clean sindon ⁶⁰ and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb, he went away. ⁶¹ But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary continued sitting there over against the tomb.

² While devout men were carrying Stephen to the grave and making great lamentation for him,

²³ Now when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For, verily I say to you, before you shall have gone through all the cities of Israel, the son of man will come.

¹⁵ But Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from that place; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch hearing of the fame of Jesus, ² said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He is raised from the dead, and therefore miracles are performed by him.

³² Then Jesus called his disciples and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have attended me now three days, and have nothing to eat. I will not send them away fasting. ³³ Perhaps they may faint on the road. Thereupon his disciples say to him, Whence can we get loaves enough, in a wilderness, to satisfy so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. ³⁵ Then commanding the multitude to recline on the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples; and the disciples [distributed] to the people. ³⁷ And when they had all eaten and were satisfied, there were carried off seven baskets full of the fragments left. ³⁸ Now they who had eaten were about four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁰ Now the apostles come together again to Jesus, and when they had given him a full account both of what they had done, and what they had taught, ³¹ he said to them, Come by yourselves privately, to a solitary place, and rest yourselves a little while. For there were so many coming and going that they had not leisure even to eat. ³² So they went away by themselves, in the vessel, to a solitary place. ³³ And the multitudes saw them going, and many knew the place, and ran thither by land, in. crowds, from all the cities, and got there before them, and assembled to meet him. ³⁴ When Jesus landed and saw a great multitude, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep which have no shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And the day being now far spent, his disciples came to him and said, This is a desert place, and the day is now far spent, ³⁶ Dismiss them, that they may go to the neighbouring farms and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat. ³⁷ And he in reply, said to them, Supply them ye yourselves. Thereupon they say to him, Must we go and buy bread to the amount of two hundred deniars for them to eat. ³⁸ He saith to them, How many loaves have you? Go and see. And having examined, they say, Five, and two fishes. ³⁹ Then he ordered them to make all the people place themselves as at table on the grass, in several companies. ⁴⁰ Accordingly they arranged themselves in rows, by hundreds and by fifties. ⁴¹ Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and having looked up to heaven, he pronounced a blessing. Then he broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them, and distributed the two fishes among them all. ⁴² And when they had all eaten, and were satisfied, ⁴³ there were carried away twelve panniers full of the fragments, and the remains of the fishes. ⁴⁴ Now they who had eaten of the loaves were about five thousand men.

¹⁰ Therefore, when the apostles returned, and told Jesus all that they had done, he took them apart, and withdrew to a solitary place, belonging to a city called Bethsaida. ¹¹ And as the people knew it, they followed him, and he received them, and spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed them who had need of healing. ¹² And when the day began to decline, the twelve came, and said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the neighbouring towns and farms, for lodging and provisions; for we are here in a desert place. ¹³ But he said to them, Do you, yourselves, give them something to eat. Thereupon they said to him, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes. Must we then go and buy food for all this people? ¹⁴ For they were about five thousand men. Then he said to his disciples, Range them as at table, in companies, fifty in a company. ¹⁵ And they did so. And when they were all ranged, ¹⁶ he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, pronounced a blessing, and broke them and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. ¹⁷ And when they had all eaten, and were satisfied, there was taken up a surplusage of fragments which filled twelve panniers.

¹ After these things Jesus went away. On the coast of the sea, that of Galilee, that of Tiberias, ² he was also followed by a great multitude, because they saw the miracles which he performed on the diseased. ³ And Jesus went up to the mountain, and sat down there with his disciples. ⁴ Now the passover, the festival of the Jews, was nigh. ⁵ Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence can we buy bread to feed these people. ⁶ Now this he said to try him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. ⁷ Philip answered him, Two hundred deniars would not purchase bread enough for every one of them to take a morsel. ⁸ One of his disciples, namely Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him, ⁹ There is a lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many? ¹⁰ Then Jesus said, Cause the men to arrange themselves on the ground. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore, to the number of about five thousand, arranged themselves on the ground. ¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves and having given thanks, distributed to the disciples; and the disciples distributed to them who were on the ground; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they chose. ¹² And when they were satisfied, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the fragments which remain, that nothing may be lost. ¹³ So they gathered, and with the fragments, which the people after eating had left of the five barley loaves, they filled twelve panniers. ¹⁴ When these men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, This is certainly the prophet"He who is coming into the world. ¹⁵ Jesus therefore knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain himself alone.

²³ Then Jesus went through all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign and curing every disease, and every malady among the people.

³⁶ And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them because they were fainty and forlorn, like sheep without a shepherd.

³² Then Jesus called his disciples and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have attended me now three days, and have nothing to eat. I will not send them away fasting. ³³ Perhaps they may faint on the road. Thereupon his disciples say to him, Whence can we get loaves enough, in a wilderness, to satisfy so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. ³⁵ Then commanding the multitude to recline on the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples; and the disciples [distributed] to the people. ³⁷ And when they had all eaten and were satisfied, there were carried off seven baskets full of the fragments left. ³⁸ Now they who had eaten were about four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ Then having dismissed the multitude, he embarked and came to the coast of Magdala.

³⁴ When Jesus landed and saw a great multitude, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep which have no shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

¹ In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and saith to them, ² I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat;

²² And oft times it hath cast him into fire, and into waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us and help us.

¹³ And when the Lord beheld her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.

⁴¹ And as he drew near he viewed the city and wept over it,

³³ Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he restrained his spirit, and was troubled, ³⁴ and said, Where have you laid him? They say to him, Master, Come and see. ³⁵ Jesus wept.

¹⁷ whence it behoved him to be made like his brethren in all things; that he might be a merciful and faithful chief priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

² being able to treat the ignorant and wandering with moderation and compassion, encompassed as he himself is with infirmity;

²³ But he made her no answer. Then his disciples came near and intreated him, saying, Dismiss this woman, for she crieth after us.

³⁵ And the day being now far spent, his disciples came to him and said, This is a desert place, and the day is now far spent, ³⁶ Dismiss them, that they may go to the neighbouring farms and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.

³ and if I send them home fasting, they will faint by the way, for some of them have come from afar.

¹² And when the day began to decline, the twelve came, and said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the neighbouring towns and farms, for lodging and provisions; for we are here in a desert place.

⁴² After that there came a man from Baithariso and brought to the man of God, of the first fruits twenty loaves of barley bread and some fig cakes. And he said, Give these to the people and let them eat. ⁴³ And when his servant said, Why should I set this before a hundred men? He said, Give it to the people and let them eat; for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat and leave. ⁴⁴ So they ate and left according to the word of the Lord.

¹⁶ Far from depriving the poor of what they had, or causing the heart of a widow to fail; ¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel alone, and have not shared it with the orphan;

²⁴ There are some who scattering their substance make it more: and some who gather and make it less.

² Give a portion to seven and even to eight; for thou knowest not what evil may be on the earth.

¹¹ He in reply, said to them, Let him who hath two coats impart to him who hath none: and let him who hath provisions, do the same.

²⁹ For some thought, as Judas had the purse, that Jesus is saying to him, Buy what we have need of for the festival, or that he should give something to the poor.

² that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, though their poverty was very great, abounded for the richness of their liberality ³ that to the utmost of their ability, I bear them witness, nay, beyond their ability, they were of themselves forward,

⁷ let every one give as he is predisposed in his heart, not with regret, nor reluctance; for God loveth a cheerful giver: ⁸ and God is able to make every bounty redound to your advantage. That you having always a sufficiency in every thing, may abound to every good work,

²¹ Thereupon Moses said, The people among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen, yet thou hast said, I will give them flesh to eat, and they shall eat it a whole month. ²² Must the flocks and the herds be slaughtered for them? Will even these suffice? Or should all the fish of the sea be collected for them, would this be sufficient for them? ²³ And the Lord said to Moses, Cannot the hand of the Lord furnish a sufficiency? Thou shalt now see whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

¹⁹ Nay, they spoke against God and said, "Can God provide a table in a desert? ²⁰ When he smote a rock, waters gushed out, and streams swelled to an overflowing flood. But can He also give bread, or provide a table for his people?"

³³ Perhaps they may faint on the road. Thereupon his disciples say to him, Whence can we get loaves enough, in a wilderness, to satisfy so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

⁹ Have you yet no reflection? Or do ye not remember the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many panniers you carried off;

³⁷ And he in reply, said to them, Supply them ye yourselves. Thereupon they say to him, Must we go and buy bread to the amount of two hundred deniars for them to eat. ³⁸ He saith to them, How many loaves have you? Go and see. And having examined, they say, Five, and two fishes.

⁴ Thereupon his disciples answered, Whence can they be supplied with bread here in the wilderness? ⁵ And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven.

¹³ But he said to them, Do you, yourselves, give them something to eat. Thereupon they said to him, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes. Must we then go and buy food for all this people?

⁵ Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence can we buy bread to feed these people. ⁶ Now this he said to try him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. ⁷ Philip answered him, Two hundred deniars would not purchase bread enough for every one of them to take a morsel. ⁸ One of his disciples, namely Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him, ⁹ There is a lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?

¹³ So when you enter the city you will find him there, before he goeth up to the Bama to eat. For the people will not eat till he come; for he blesseth the sacrifice, and after that the guests eat. Now therefore go up, for to-day you will find him.

³⁵ Then commanding the multitude to recline on the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples; and the disciples [distributed] to the people.

²⁶ Now as they were eating, Jesus having taken the loaf and pronounced a blessing, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; This is my body. ²⁷ Then having taken the cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it.

³⁹ Then he ordered them to make all the people place themselves as at table on the grass, in several companies.

⁴¹ Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and having looked up to heaven, he pronounced a blessing. Then he broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them, and distributed the two fishes among them all.

³⁴ Then, looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

⁶ Then he ordered the multitude to place themselves on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, and given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed to the multitude. ⁷ And they had a few small fishes. So, when he had pronounced a blessing, he ordered these also to be served up.

²² And, as they were eating, Jesus having taken a loaf and pronounced a blessing, broke and gave to his disciples, and said, Take; eat; this is my body. ²³ Then having taken the cup, and given thanks, he gave to them and they all drank of it.

¹⁴ For they were about five thousand men. Then he said to his disciples, Range them as at table, in companies, fifty in a company.

¹⁶ he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, pronounced a blessing, and broke them and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

¹⁹ Then having taken a loaf, he gave thanks, and brake and gave to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a remembrance of me.

³⁰ And when he was at table with them, he took the loaf, and blessed, and brake, and distributed to them.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said, Cause the men to arrange themselves on the ground. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore, to the number of about five thousand, arranged themselves on the ground. ¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves and having given thanks, distributed to the disciples; and the disciples distributed to them who were on the ground; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they chose.

²³ Other vessels however came from Tiberias, nigh to the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord gave thanks

⁴¹ Then they removed the stone from where the deceased lay. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

³⁵ And having said this he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all, and having broken it began to eat.

⁶ He who regardeth the day, regardeth it for the Lord; and he who regardeth not the day, refraineth from regarding it, for the Lord. He who eateth, eateth for the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he who eateth not, refraineth from eating, for the Lord, and he giveth God thanks.

¹⁶ The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a fellowship in the blood of the Christ? The loaf which we break, is it not a Fellowship in the body of the Christ?

³¹ Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

²⁴ and having given thanks, broke it, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body which is broken for you. Do this in commemoration of me."

¹⁷ Indeed whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God and Father by him.

⁴ that every thing which God created is good, and nothing to be rejected; for when taken with thankfulness ⁵ it is sanctified by the permission of God and prayer.

⁸ [Now Moses had dictated, by the Lord's giving you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread in plenty, because the Lord hath heard your murmurings which you utter against us. But as for us what are we? your murmuring is not against us but against God.]

¹² I have heard the murmuring of the Israelites. Speak to them and say, Towards evening you shall eat flesh and in the morning you shall be plentifully supplied with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord, your God.

²⁶ In your affliction for want of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you shall eat, but shall not be satisfied.

¹² Whereupon the woman said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake baked and only about a handful of barley meal in the jar and a little oil in the vessel; and behold I was picking up a few sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my children, that we may eat and die. ¹³ And Elias said to her, Take courage, go in and do as thou hast said, but make for me a little cake of it, and bring it out first to me, and afterwards thou shalt make for thyself and thy children. ¹⁴ For thus saith the Lord, The jar of meal shall not fail, nor shall the vessel of oil diminish, until the Lord shall send rain on the land. ¹⁵ So the woman went and did so. And though she and her children ate ¹⁶ yet the jar of meal did not fail, nor was two oil in the vessel diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Elias.

¹ When a woman, a widow, of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one who feared the Lord, and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves, ² Elisha said to her, What can I do for thee? Tell me; What hast thou in thy house? To which she replied, Thy servant hath nothing in the house, but only the oil with which I anoint myself. ³ Thereupon he said to her, Go and borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels. Spare not in borrowing. ⁴ Then go in and shut the door on thee and thy sons, and pour out into these vessels, setting aside that which is full. ⁵ So she went away from him; and having shut the door on herself and her sons, they brought to her and she poured out until the vessels were filled. ⁶ And when she said to her sons, Bring me another vessel, and they replied, There is not a vessel more, the oil stopped. ⁷ Then she went and told the man of God, and Elisha said to her, Go and sell the oil and pay thy debts, and live thou and thy children on the oil which is left.

²⁵ A righteous man eateth and satisfieth his soul; but the souls of the wicked are insatiate.

¹⁴ Upon this I said, Not so: Lord God of Israel, seeing my soul hath not been polluted with impurity. Even from my birth to this day I have not eaten what died of itself, or was torn by wild beasts, nor hath any tainted flesh ever entered my mouth. ¹⁵ Thereupon he said to me, Behold I have given thee the dung of cattle instead of human ordure that thou mayst bake thy loaves with it. ¹⁶ Moreover he said to me, son of man, Behold I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem and they shall eat bread by weight and with scantiness; and they shall drink water by measure and with faintness;

⁶ You have sown much and gathered little. You have eaten but have not had enough. You have drunk, but not plentifully; you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed. And he who earned wages put it in a bag with holes.

⁶ Happy they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.

³³ Perhaps they may faint on the road. Thereupon his disciples say to him, Whence can we get loaves enough, in a wilderness, to satisfy so great a multitude?

⁸ And Jesus knowing this, said to them, Why do ye reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you have not brought loaves? ⁹ Have you yet no reflection? Or do ye not remember the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many panniers you carried off; ¹⁰ nor the seven loaves among the four thousand, and how many baskets you carried off?

⁸ And when they had eaten, and were satisfied, the fragments which remained were carried off in seven baskets. ⁹ Now they who had eaten were about four thousand.0 And when he had dismissed them

¹⁶ Thereupon they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have not bread. ¹⁷ Jesus, perceiving this, saith to them, Why do you imagine that it is because you have not bread? Are you yet so void of sense and understanding? Have you hearts still callous? ¹⁸ Having eyes do you not see? And having ears do you not hear? And have you no memory? ¹⁹ When I brake the five loaves for the five thousand, how many panniers full of fragments did you carry off? They say to him, Twelve. ²⁰ And when I brake the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you carry off? They said, Seven. ²¹ Then he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty.

¹⁷ And when they had all eaten, and were satisfied, there was taken up a surplusage of fragments which filled twelve panniers.

⁷ Philip answered him, Two hundred deniars would not purchase bread enough for every one of them to take a morsel.

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves and having given thanks, distributed to the disciples; and the disciples distributed to them who were on the ground; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they chose. ¹² And when they were satisfied, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the fragments which remain, that nothing may be lost. ¹³ So they gathered, and with the fragments, which the people after eating had left of the five barley loaves, they filled twelve panniers. ¹⁴ When these men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, This is certainly the prophet"He who is coming into the world.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said, Cause the men to arrange themselves on the ground. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore, to the number of about five thousand, arranged themselves on the ground.

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

³⁴ for there was not one indigent person among them: for as many as were proprietors of lands or houses sold them and brought the prices of the things sold,

⁸ and God is able to make every bounty redound to your advantage. That you having always a sufficiency in every thing, may abound to every good work, ⁹ [as it is written, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his righteousness shall endure for ever;" ¹⁰ and may He who furnisheth abundantly seed for the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed, and increase the products of your righteousness!] ¹¹ you are enriched in every thing for every act of bounty, which operateth through us to produce thanksgiving to God.

¹⁹ And my God will supply all your wants, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

³⁶ Then Jesus dismissed the multitude and went into the house, and his disciples came to him and said, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.

³⁹ Then having dismissed the multitude, he embarked and came to the coast of Magdala.

⁴⁵ Immediately after this, he constrained his disciples to embark, and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida; while he dismissed the people. ⁴⁶ And when he had sent them away, he retired to the mountain to pray. ⁴⁷ And in the course of the evening the vessel was in the midst of the sea, and he all alone on the land. ⁴⁸ And he saw them toiling at the oar; for the wind was contrary. And about the fourth watch of the night, he goeth to them, walking on the sea, and seemed inclined to pass them. ⁴⁹ But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought it was an apparition, and uttered a loud scream. ⁵⁰ For they all saw him, and were terrified. Whereupon he immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage: it is I; be not afraid; ⁵¹ and went on board to them. And the wind ceased. At which they were still more excessively astonished and expressed admiration.

¹⁵ Jesus therefore knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain himself alone. ¹⁶ And as the evening was coming on, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and having gone on board the vessel, they coasted along towards Capernaum. Darkness had now come on and Jesus had not come to them, ¹⁸ and the sea ran high by reason of the wind, which blew hard. ¹⁹ So when they had rowed about twenty five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and approaching the vessel; and they were terrified. ²⁰ Whereupon he said to them, It is I; be not afraid. ²¹ They wished therefore to take him into the vessel; and immediately the vessel was at the land to which they were going.

⁶ But as for thee, when thou wouldst pray, retire to thy closet, and having shut the door pray to thy father who is in secret, and thy father who seeth in secret will reward thee openly.

³⁶ Then Jesus goeth with them to a place called Gethsemane, and saith to the disciples, Stay here while I go yonder to pray.

⁴⁶ And when he had sent them away, he retired to the mountain to pray.

¹² Now about that time he went out to the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in a place set apart for prayer to God.

²⁸ About eight days after these discourses, he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up to the mountain to pray.

¹⁵ Jesus therefore knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain himself alone. ¹⁶ And as the evening was coming on, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and having gone on board the vessel, they coasted along towards Capernaum. Darkness had now come on and Jesus had not come to them,

⁴ And as for us, we will continue in the constant exercise of prayer, and in the ministration of the word.

¹¹ [J] thou afflicted and storm beaten! Art thou not comforted? Behold I am preparing for thee carbuncles for thy building stones, and the sapphire for thy foundations;

²⁴ And behold there came on a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was covered with the waves, and he was asleep.

⁴⁸ And he saw them toiling at the oar; for the wind was contrary. And about the fourth watch of the night, he goeth to them, walking on the sea, and seemed inclined to pass them.

¹⁸ and the sea ran high by reason of the wind, which blew hard.

⁸ who alone hath outspread the heaven; and who walketh on the sea as on a pavement;

³ The rivers, Lord, lifted up; the rivers lifted up their voices. ⁴ By reason of the roaring of many waters; the mountainous billows of the sea are wonderful. The Lord on high is wonderful;

³ Thou art he who covereth his chambers with waters who maketh clouds his chariot; who walketh on the wings of winds;

⁴³ But this you know, that if the master of a family knew at what watch the thief would come, he would be upon guard and not suffer him to break into his house.

³⁸ And whether he come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them in such a state, happy are those servants.

¹⁹ So when they had rowed about twenty five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and approaching the vessel; and they were terrified.

² and he had in his hand a little book open. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left on the earth,

⁵ Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven

⁸ Then the voice which I heard from heaven spake to me again and said, "Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."

¹² the woman saw Samuel, and cried with a loud voice. And the woman said to Saul, Why hast thou deceived me? Thou indeed art Saul. ¹³ And the king said to her, Fear not. Tell me, Whom hast thou seen? And the woman said to him, I saw gods coming up out of the earth. ¹⁴ And he said to her, What didst thou discover? And she said to him, An erect man coming up out of the earth, and he had a mantle thrown around him. So Saul knew that this was Samuel, and he bowed down on his face to the ground, and made obeisance to him.

¹⁴ I was seized with a horror and trembling, which gave a violent shog to my bones. ¹⁵ A wind indeed blew full in my face, and my hair stood erect and my flesh quivered. ¹⁶ I started up, but could perceive nothing: I looked, but there was no form before my eyes. I only heard a sound and a voice, saying:

⁶ and his body like a Tharsis, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like lamps of fire, and his arms and his legs like the appearance of sparkling brass, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. ⁷ Now, I Daniel alone saw this vision. The men who were with me did not see it; but great consternation fell upon them and they fled for fear; ⁸ so I was left alone. And when I beheld this great vision, there was no strength left in me. Even my comeliness was changed into corruption and I retained no strength; ⁹ but I heard the sound of his words. And when I heard him, I was struck with awe, and my face was on the ground. ¹⁰ And lo! a hand touched me and raised me up upon my knees. ¹¹ And he said to me, Daniel, man greatly beloved, gain knowledge by the words which I speak to thee and stand up; for I am now sent to thee. And when he said this to me I stood up trembling. ¹² Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to gain knowledge and afflict thyself before the Lord thy God, thy words were heard, and I came at thy words;

⁴⁹ But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought it was an apparition, and uttered a loud scream. ⁵⁰ For they all saw him, and were terrified. Whereupon he immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage: it is I; be not afraid;

¹¹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, ¹² at the sight of whom Zacharias was greatly discomposed and terrified.

⁵ at which they being terrified, and inclining their face to the ground, the men said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?"

³⁷ At which they were affrighted, and, being in terror, thought they saw a spirit;

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds that they might understand the scriptures,

¹⁵ Upon which they said to her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was certainly so: then they said, It is his angel.

¹⁷ And when I saw him I fell at his feet as one dead. Whereupon he laid his right hand on me, and said to me, "Fear not. I am the first and the last,

⁴ Who hath performed and done these things? He who called that righteousness; who from the generations of the beginning is calling it I God the First, and to the succeeding ages, THE I AM.

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand.

¹⁴ Fear not, Jacob, diminutive Israel! I have helped thee, saith thy God, who redeemeth thee, Israel.

¹² I THE I AM am he who comforteth thee. Recollect what thou wast when terrified at a mortal man, and at a son of man who are withered like grass;

² And lo! they brought to him a paralytic laid on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, my son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

⁷ But Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, Be not afraid.

¹⁰ Then Jesus saith to them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they may go to Galilee; there they shall see me.

¹³ Whereupon the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife, Elizabeth, will bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

³⁰ Whereupon the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary. For thou hast found favour with God.

¹⁰ Whereupon the angel said to them, Be not afraid; for lo! I bring you glad tidings; matter of great joy, which it will be to all the people

³⁸ he said to them, Why are you alarmed? And why do groundless surmises arise in your hearts? ³⁹ View my hands and my feet; that it is I myself; handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as you see me have.

²⁰ Whereupon he said to them, It is I; be not afraid.

¹ Let not your hearts be troubled. Trust in God: trust also in me. ² In my Father's house there are many mansions. If there were not, would I have said to you, I am going to prepare a place for you? ³ Now when I have gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that you may have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble; but take courage: I have overcome the world.

¹¹ Now the night following, the Lord standing by him said, "Paul be of good courage; for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also."

¹⁷ And when I saw him I fell at his feet as one dead. Whereupon he laid his right hand on me, and said to me, "Fear not. I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ even he who liveth. Though I was dead yet behold I am alive, and live for the ages of the ages, Amen. And I have the keys of the mansion of the dead, and of death.

²⁷ Then Peter addressing him said, Behold we have left all and followed thee, what then shall we have?

³³ Thereupon Peter addressing him, said, Though all should be stumbled at thee; as for me, I will never be stumbled. ³⁴ Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, This very night, before cock crowing, thou wilt three times deny me. ³⁵ Peter saith to him, Though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And so said all the disciples.

³¹ But he with more vehemence said, Though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And all the rest said the same.

³¹ Then the Lord said to Simon, Simon! behold Satan hath earnestly requested to have you in his power, that he may sift you as wheat: ³² and I have prayed for thee that thy faith may not quite fail. When thou therefore hast recovered thyself, strengthen thou thy brethren. ³³ Upon this Peter said to him, "Master, I am ready to go with thee to prison and to death." ³⁴ Whereupon he said, I tell thee, Peter, a cock will not crow this day before thou wilt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

⁴⁹ Then they who were about him seeing what would happen, said to him, Master, shall we smite with the sword? ⁵⁰ And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

⁶⁸ Whereupon Simon Peter answered him, Master, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of an everlasting life,

³⁶ Simon Peter saith to him, Master, whither art thou going? Jesus answered him, Whither I am going thou canst not follow me now; but here after thou wilt follow me. ³⁷ Peter saith to him, Master, Why can not I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. ³⁸ Jesus answered him, Thou wilt lay down thy life for me! Verily, verily, I say to thee, A cock will not crow till thou hast thrice denied me.

³ For by virtue of the favour which is granted to me, I charge every one who is among you not to have an overweening opinion of himself, but to bend his thoughts to the attaining of a sober and modest demeanour, as God hath distributed a portion of faith to every one.

²⁰ And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to that mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it would remove; and nothing would be impossible to you:

²¹ And Jesus answering, said to them, Verily I say to you, if you have faith, without wavering, you may do not only as much as is done to this fig tree; but if you should even say to that mountain, Be thou lifted up and thrown into the sea, it shall be done.

²³ Thereupon Jesus said to him, With regard to this canst thou believe? All things are possible for him who believeth.

²² In reply to which, Jesus saith to them, Have faith in God. ²³ For verily I say to you, If one should say to that mountain, Be thou lifted up and cast into the sea; and have no doubt in his mind, but believe that what he saith cometh to pass; whatever he may command shall be done for him.

⁶ Whereupon the Lord said to them, If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you might say to that sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up and planted in the sea. And it would obey you.

¹⁶ Now for the belief in his name, his name hath strengthened this man whom you see and know. Yes, the belief which is by him hath given this man this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

¹⁹ and far from being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body now become dead, he being then in his hundredth year; nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

¹³ I can undergo all things through Christ who strengthened me.

¹⁵ And when Elisha's servant arose early in the morning and went out, behold an army with horses and chariots surrounded the city, whereupon the servant said to him, my lord, what shall we do?

⁷ Arise, Lord; save me, my God! Because thou hast smitten all them, who foolishly were mine enemies; hast broken the teeth of sinners:

¹ For the conclusion. Respecting them who are to be changed. By David. Save me, God; for waters have broken in on my soul. ² I am sunk down into deep mire, and there is no support beneath. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

²⁷ they reel and stagger like one drunk, and all their skill is swallowed up. ²⁸ Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he brought them out of their distresses. ²⁹ He rebuked the tempest, and it stopt in a still calm; and its waves were lulled to silence. ³⁰ And they were glad, because they were at rest. And he conducted them to their desired port.

³ The pangs of death encompassed me; the perils of Hades found me: I met with distress and sorrow: ⁴ thereupon I invoked the name of the Lord; Lord deliver my soul.

⁵⁴ Water was poured above upon my head. I said, I am cast off. ⁵⁵ I called on thy name, O Lord, out of the deepest dungeon. ⁵⁶ Thou hast heard my voice; stop not thine ear against my supplication. ⁵⁷ To my assistance thou didst draw near. On the day I called on thee, thou saidst to me, Fear not. [a] An objection, [b] The answer.

² and said, In my affliction I cried to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me: thou didst hear my cry from the womb of Hades: thou didst hearken to my prayer: ³ thou hast cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea. When streams encompassed me; all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. ⁴ Then I said, I am cast out from thy sight; nevertheless I will continue to look towards thy holy temple. ⁵ The water was poured around me to my soul; and the lowest abyss encompassed me; my head hath gone down into the clefts of mountains; ⁶ I have gone down to a land, the bars of which are everlastingly fixed: let my soul now, corrupted as it is, ascend, Lord, my God. ⁷ When my soul was fainting I remembered the Lord; let my prayer now come to thee into thy holy temple.

²⁴ And behold there came on a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was covered with the waves, and he was asleep. ²⁵ Thereupon his disciples came and awoke him, saying, Master, save us! we are perishing.

⁶⁹ Now when Peter was sitting without, in the court, a servant maid came up to him and said, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. ⁷⁰ And he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what thou sayest ⁷¹ And as he was going out into the porch another maid saw him, and saith to them there, That man also was with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁷² And he again denied, with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³ And a little after, some byestanders came up and said to Peter, Thou also art certainly one of them, for thy speech discovereth thee. ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ Whereupon Peter recollected the word which Jesus said to him, "Before cockcrowing thou wilt three times deny me;" and going out, he wept bitterly.

³⁸ Watch and pray, that you may not come to a trial. The spirit is indeed willing; but the flesh is weak.

⁶⁶ Now, Peter being in the court below, one of the maid servants of the chief priest cometh, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter warming himself, having viewed him narrowly, she saith, Thou also wast with Jesus, the Nazarene. ⁶⁸ Whereupon he denied, saying, I do not know, nor do I understand what thou sayest. Then he went out into the portico, and a cock crowed. ⁶⁹ And the girl, seeing him again, began to say to the bye standers, that man is one of them. ⁷⁰ Hereupon he denied again. And a little while after, they who stood by, said to Peter, Thou art certainly one of them; for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech sheweth it. ⁷¹ Upon this, he began with imprecations and oaths to say, I do not know the man of whom you speak. ⁷² And a cock crowed a second time. Then Peter recollected what Jesus said to him, Before a cock crow twice, thou wilt three times deny me; and covering his head, he wept.

⁵⁴ Then they who had seized him led him away. And when they were bringing him to the house of the chief priest, Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ And as they had kindled a fire in the middle of the court, and were sitting around it, Peter sat down in the midst of them. ⁵⁶ And a maid servant having seen him sitting opposite to the light, and viewed him attentively, said, That man was also with him. ⁵⁷ Upon which Peter denied him, saying, Woman, I do not know him. ⁵⁸ And a little while after, another seeing him, said, Thou also art one of them. whereupon Peter said, Man, I am not. ⁵⁹ And about the space of an hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, This man was certainly with him; for he is a Galilean. ⁶⁰ Thereupon Peter said, Man, I do not know what thou sayest. And instantly, while he was yet speaking, the cock crowed. ⁶¹ Upon which the Lord, turning about, looked upon Peter. And Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before cock crowing thou wilt three times deny me.

²⁵ Still Simon Peter was standing warming himself; they therefore said to him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied and said, I am not. ²⁶ One of the servants of the chief priest, a kinsman of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, Did I not see thee in the garden with him? ²⁷ Thereupon Peter again denied, and immediately a cock crowed.

⁷ Indeed that I might not be too much elated by the astonishing greatness of these revelations, there was given me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much elated. ⁸ For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ⁹ Whereupon he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is perfected in weakness. Therefore I will with the greatest pleasure, rather boast of my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may shelter me. ¹⁰ I feel therefore a complacency in weaknesses, in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹⁶ At my first defence no one attended; but all forsook me. May this not be charged to their account! ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that the proclamation might be made completely by me, and that all the nations might hear it. And I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion.

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord hath seen, that at this day they might say, On this mountain, The Lord was seen.

³⁶ Because the Lord will judge his people; When he shall be appeased for his servants, [For he saw that they were enfeebled, Made faint by hostile invasions and dejected]

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou canst keep me alive. Against the rage of enemies thou hast stretched forth thy hand: and thy right hand hath saved me.

¹² That glorious arm of his which led Moses by the right hand? He forced back the water from before him, to make himself an everlasting name.

³⁰ Now if God thus arrayeth the herbage which is today in the field, and tomorrow to be cast into a furnace, will he not much more clothe you, O ye mistrustful?

²⁶ And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm ensued.

⁸ And Jesus knowing this, said to them, Why do ye reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you have not brought loaves?

³¹ whereupon he went to her, and taking hold of her hand, raised her up, and instantly the fever left her, and she waited on them.

⁴¹ And Jesus had compassion, and stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou cleansed.

⁴¹ And, taking hold of the child's hand, he saith to her, "Talitha cumi," the meaning of which is, damsel, I say to thee, Arise.

²³ For verily I say to you, If one should say to that mountain, Be thou lifted up and cast into the sea; and have no doubt in his mind, but believe that what he saith cometh to pass; whatever he may command shall be done for him.

⁷ But go, tell his disciples, Peter in particular, that he goeth before you to Galilee. There you shall see him, as he said to you.

³¹ Then the Lord said to Simon, Simon! behold Satan hath earnestly requested to have you in his power, that he may sift you as wheat: ³² and I have prayed for thee that thy faith may not quite fail. When thou therefore hast recovered thyself, strengthen thou thy brethren.

³⁴ affirming that the Lord is indeed risen and hath appeared to Simon.

³⁰ when thou stretchest forth thy hand for healing; and signs and. wonders are done by the name of thy holy child, Jesus.

¹⁸ Against hope he believed with a hope that he should become father of many nations according to what was said, "So shall thy seed be" ¹⁹ and far from being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body now become dead, he being then in his hundredth year; nor the deadness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ He disputed not against the promise of God by unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

⁸ I therefore give it in charge that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and surmise:

⁶ But let him ask with faith, without wavering, for he who wavereth is like a wave of the sea, raised by the wind and tossed about. ⁷ Let not therefore such a man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord. ⁸ A man unsteady in his mind, is unstable in all his ways.

⁵ who are, during belief, kept safely by the power of God, for a deliverance prepared to be revealed in the last time;

⁴¹ And they were exceedingly terrified, and said one to another, Who in reality is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

⁵¹ and went on board to them. And the wind ceased. At which they were still more excessively astonished and expressed admiration.

²¹ They wished therefore to take him into the vessel; and immediately the vessel was at the land to which they were going.

⁷ I proclaim the decree of the Lord; to me the Lord said, "Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee,

²⁵ the king said, Here I see four men loose and walking about in the midst of the fire unhurt: And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of a god.

³ Whereupon the tempter coming to him, said, If thou art Son of God, command these stones to become loaves.

²⁵ She nevertheless advanced, and prostrating herself before him, said, O my lord, help me.

¹⁶ Upon this Peter, in reply, said, Thou art The Christ, the son of the living God.

⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold! a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo! from the cloud, a voice, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. Then the chief priest addressing him, said, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the son of God.

⁴³ He trusted in God; let him now deliver him, if he delighteth in him: for, he said, I am the Son of God.

⁵⁴ When the centurion, and they who were with him guarding Jesus, observed the earthquake, and what had happened, they were greatly terrified, and said, This was certainly a son of a God.

⁹ And as they were going to tell his disciples, lo! Jesus met them and said, Peace be to you. Whereupon, they coming near, took hold of his feet and worshipped him.

¹⁷ And some seeing him prostrated themselves before him, and some doubted.

¹ The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God

⁶¹ But Jesus was silent, and made no reply. Then the chief priest interrogated him, and saith to him, Art thou the Christ, the son of the Blessed?

³⁹ And when the centurion who stood opposite to him, saw that he cried thus, and expired, he said, This man was certainly a son of a God.

⁴¹ Now demons indeed used to go out of many, screaming and saying, Thou art the Christ the son of God; but he, rebuking them, did not suffer them to say that they knew him to be the Christ.

²⁸ who upon seeing Jesus, screamed and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, What hast thou to do with me, Jesus son of the Most High God. I beseech thee, torment me not.

⁵² and they, having worshipped him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

⁴⁹ In answer to this, Nathaniel said to him, Rabbi, thou art the son of God. Thou art the king of Israel.

⁶⁹ and we believe and know that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had excommunicated him; and having met with him he said to him, Dost thou believe in the son of God? ³⁶ He answered and said, Who is he, Sir, that I may believe in him. ³⁷ Jesus said to him, Thou indeed seest him, and it is he who is talking with thee. ³⁸ Whereupon he said, Lord, I believe, and worshipped him.

²⁷ She saith to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.

¹ Having spoken this, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven, and said, Father the hour is come. Glorify thy son, that thy son may glorify thee;

⁷ The Jews answered, We have a law; and by that law of ours he ought to die, because he hath pretended to be the son of God.

³⁶ And as they continued the journey, they came to a certain water. Whereupon the eunuch said, Behold! here is water. What hindereth my being baptized?

⁴ him who was determinately marked out as son of God by a power, according to a spirit of holiness, of rising up from the dead,]

⁵³ And having crossed over, they came to the region of Genesaret, and put into port. ⁵⁴ And on their going out of the vessel the people knew him. ⁵⁵ And, running through the whole country around, they began to bring the sick on beds, to every place where they heard he was. ⁵⁶ And wherever he entered towns, or cities, or villages, they laid the sick in the streets, and begged that they might but touch the tuft of his mantle. And as many as touched were cured.

¹ And it came to pass when the people were pressing upon him to hear the word of God, as he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

²⁴ when the people therefore saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they went on board these vessels and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus; ²⁵ and having found him on that coast of the sea, they said to him Rabbi, when didst thou come hither?

²⁴ And the fame of him spread through all Syria; and they brought to him all their sick, seized and tormented with various distempers"demoniacs, and lunatics and paralytics, and he cured them. ²⁵ And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea, and from the banks of the Jordan.

²⁸ And thenceforth his fame spread through all the region of Galilee. ²⁹ Immediately on their going out of the synagogue they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ³⁰ And as Simon's mother in law was confined to her bed with a fever, they forthwith spake to him about her; ³¹ whereupon he went to her, and taking hold of her hand, raised her up, and instantly the fever left her, and she waited on them. ³² And in the evening, when the sun was set, they brought to him all their sick, and those who were possessed by demons. ³³ And the whole city was assembled at the door. ³⁴ And he healed many who were sick of various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he permitted not the demons to say they knew him.

¹ After some days he again entered Capernaum, and the report spread that he was in a house, ² and such multitudes presently flocked thither, that even the courts before the door could not contain them. And while he was speaking the word to them, ³ some come to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four men. ⁴ And not being able to come near to him by reason of the crowd, they drew back the covering over the place where he was, and having opened a passage they lowered down the couch on which the paralytic lay. ⁵ Upon seeing their faith, Jesus saith to the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. ⁶ Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and they were reasoning in their minds ⁷ "What! Doth this man thus utter blasphemies! Who can forgive sins but God only." ⁸ Thereupon Jesus, perceiving immediately by his spirit that they are thus reasoning in themselves, said to them, Why do ye reason thus in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, To say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, take up thy couch, and walk? ¹⁰ But that you may know that the son of man hath power on the earth to forgive sins, [he saith to the paralytic] ¹¹ I say to thee, Arise, take up thy couch, and go to thy house. ¹² Thereupon he arose immediately; and having taken up the couch, went out in the presence of them all. So that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw any thing like this.

⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from the banks of the Jordan. They also around Tyre and Sidon, having heard what he did, flocked to him in crowds. ⁹ Then he gave orders to his disciples that a boat should attend him, because of the multitude, that they might not throng him. ¹⁰ For he healed many; so that they who had maladies, pressed in upon him to touch him.

⁵⁵ And, running through the whole country around, they began to bring the sick on beds, to every place where they heard he was.

³³ And underneath the lower border of this robe thou shalt make clusters as of a blooming pomegranate of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread. Under the border of this robe round about thou shalt make clusters all of the same appearance and golden bells between them round about: ³⁴ by a cluster a golden bell with a running branch on the border of the robe round about; ³⁵ so that when Aaron officiateth the sound of him may be heard as he goeth into the sanctuary before the Lord, or cometh out; that he may not die. ³⁶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it with the engraving of a seal, Holiness to the Lord, ³⁷ and thou shalt fix it on a blue lace; and it shall be upon the mitre. ³⁸ It shall be upon the front of the mitre and upon Aaron's forehead; and Aaron shall bear away the sins of the holy things which the children of Israel may dedicate; of every gift of their holy things. And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead continually to make them acceptable before the Lord. ³⁹ Now the embroideries of the vestures shall be of cotton and thou shalt make a tiara of cotton, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of an embroiderer. ⁴⁰ And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make vestures and girdles. Thou shalt also make tiaras for them for dignity and glory. ⁴¹ And with these thou shalt clothe Aaron thy brother and his sons with him. And thou shalt anoint them and fill their bands and consecrate them that they may minister to me in the priest's office. ⁴² Moreover thou shalt make for them linen drawers to cover their nakedness. These shall reach from the loins to the thighs, ⁴³ and Aaron and his sons shall wear them when they come into the tabernacle of the testimony or when they come near to minister at the altar of the sanctuary, that they may not bring sin upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and his seed after him.

³⁸ Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them. Let them make for themselves tufts on the corners of their mantles, throughout all their generations; and on the tufts at the corners you shall put a blue ribbon, ³⁹ and have it on the tufts, that when you see them you may remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them, and not turn aside after your imaginations, and your own eyes, by following of which you have gone a whoring;

²⁰ And lo! a woman who had been twelve years afflicted with an efflux of blood, came behind and touched the tuft of his mantle. ²¹ For she said within herself, If I can only touch his mantle, I shall be cured.

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men. For this they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge the tufts of their mantles,

¹⁰ For he healed many; so that they who had maladies, pressed in upon him to touch him.

¹⁹ And the whole multitude sought to touch him, because power went forth from him, and healed all.

³⁷ All that the Father giveth me, will come to me. And him who cometh to me I will not reject.

²³ If a person receiveth circumcision on a sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on a sabbath I cured a man whose whole body was diseased.

⁹ if we are this day examined for a good deed done to an infirm man, by what means he hath been healed, ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified; whom God raised from the dead by him this man standeth before you, perfectly cured.

¹⁴ And seeing the man who was cured standing with them, they could make no reply. ¹⁵ So, having ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrim, they conferred among themselves, ¹⁶ saying, What can we do with these men? For that a signal miracle hath indeed been done by them, is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

¹¹ And God wrought extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹² so that handkerchiefs and aprons were carried from his body to them who were sick, and the diseases were removed from them, and evil spirits went out of them.