Matthew 11 Cross References - Worrell

¹ And it came to pass that, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and preach in their cities. ² And John, having heard, in the prison, of the works of the Christ, sending by his disciples, ³ said to Him, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to look for another?" ⁴ And Jesus, answering, said to them, "Having gone, report to John what ye are hearing and seeing: ⁵ the blind receive sight, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel proclaimed to them. ⁶ And happy is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in Me." ⁷ And, as these were going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what went ye out to see? a man in soft raiment; Behold, those wearing soft raiment are in kings' houses. ⁹ But why did ye go out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is he of whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.' ¹¹ "Verily I say to you, there has not arisen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Immerser; yet he that is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. ¹² And from the time of John the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by storm, and violent men seize upon it; ¹³ for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; ¹⁴ and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come. ¹⁵ He that has ears let him hear. ¹⁶ "But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who, calling to the others, ¹⁷ say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not lament.' ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works." ²⁰ Then He began to upbraid the cities in which were done most of His mighty works, because they did not repent. ²¹ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes; ²² nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³ "And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall go down to Hades; because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!" ²⁵ At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes. ²⁶ Yea, Father, because so it was well-pleasing before Thee! ²⁷ "All things were delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows the Son except the Father; neither does any one fully know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal Him. ²⁸ "Come to me, all ye who are laboring and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls; ³⁰ for My yoke is easy, and My burden light."

²³ And Jesus was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁸ And it came to pass that, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at His teaching;

³⁵ And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you; and, behold, I am with you all the days, even to the end of the age."

³⁸ And He saith to them, "Let us go elsewhere into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end I came forth." ³⁹ And He went into their synagogues, throughout all Galilee, preaching, and casting out the demons.

¹⁵ And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. ¹⁶ And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and He went, according to His custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And there was given to Him a book of the prophet Isaiah; and, opening the book, He found the place where it had been written, ¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; because He anointed Me to publish good tidings to the poor; He hath sent Me to proclaim release to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away the crushed in freedom. ¹⁹ to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord." ²⁰ And, having closed the book. He gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him. ²¹ And He began to say to them, "To-day has this Scripture been fulfilled in your ears."

¹ And it came to pass soon afterwards, that He was passing through by city and village, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God; and the twelve were with Him;

¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

¹⁴ Ye are My friends, if ye do what I command you.

² until the day in which He was taken up, after having given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He chose;

³⁸ how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power; Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the Devil; because God was with Him.

⁴² And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to fully testify that it is He Who hath been ordained by God Judge of the living and dead.

² for ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

⁶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the instruction which ye received from us.

¹⁰ For, even when we were with you, this we commanded you, "If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat."

¹⁴ that you keep the commandment, unsullied, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁷ All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the removal to Babylon, fourteen; and from the removal to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

¹² And, hearing that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee.

¹⁴ Then came to Him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Thy disciples fast not?"

³ For Herod, having laid hold of John, bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

¹⁷ For Herod himself, sending forth, laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip, his brother, because he married her.

¹⁹ but Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the evils which Herod did,

¹⁸ And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things. ¹⁹ And, calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?" ²⁰ And, coming near to Him, the men said, "John, the Immerser, sent us to Thee, saying, 'Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?'" ²¹ In that hour He cured many of diseases, and plagues, and evil spirits; and to many blind He bestowed sight. ²² And, answering, He said to them, "Going your way, announce to John what ye saw and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel proclaimed to them. ²³ And happy is he, whosoever shall find no cause of stumbling in Me." ²⁴ And, the messengers of John having gone away, He began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye forth into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what went ye forth to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those clothed in splendid apparel, and living in luxury, are in kingly courts! ²⁶ But what went ye forth to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send forth My messenger before Thy face, who will prepare Thy way before Thee.' ²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." ²⁹ And all the people, having heard, and the tax-collectors, justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been immersed by him. ³¹ "To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, who say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.' ³³ For John, the Immerser, has come, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, 'He has a demon.' ³⁴ The Son of Man has come, eating and drinking; and ye say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a wine-drinker, a Friend of tax-collectors and sinners!' ³⁵ And Wisdom was justified by all her children."

²⁴ For John had not yet been cast into prison. ²⁵ There arose, therefore, a question, on the part of John's disciples with a Jew, about purification. ²⁶ And they came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, He Who was with you beyond the Jordan, to Whom you have borne testimony, behold, He is immersing, and all are coming to Him." ²⁷ John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from Heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me testimony, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but that I have been sent before Him.'

¹ When, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John

¹ And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples; ² and he said to them, "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit, after having believed?" And they said to him, "Nay, we did not even hear whether there is a Holy Spirit." ³ And he said, "Into what, then, were ye immersed?" And they said, "Into John's immersion."

² saying, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews, For we saw His star in the east, and we came to do Him homage." ³ And the king Herod, hearing it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; ⁴ and having assembled all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them, "Where the Christ should be born," ⁵ And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judaea;" for thus it has been written through the prophet: ⁶ "And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Governor, who shall be shepherd of My people Israel."

⁵ "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and mounted upon an ass, and on a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'"

⁹ And the multitudes, who were going before Him, and those who were following, were crying, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

⁹ And those going before, and those following, were crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is He That cometh in the name of the Lord!

³⁸ saying, "Blessed is the King Who is coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, and glory in the highest!"

²¹ Jesus saith to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when ye will, neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

¹⁴ The men, therefore, seeing the sign that He did, said, "This, truly, is the Prophet Who cometh into the world."

³¹ But of the multitude many believed on Him, and said, "When the Christ shall come, will He do more signs than those which This Man did?"

⁴¹ others said, "This is the Christ;" but some said, "What? doth the Christ come out of Nazareth?" ⁴² Did not the Scriptures say, that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

²⁷ She says to Him, "Yea, Lord; I have believed that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, He Who was to come into the world."

¹³ took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet Him, and cried, "Hosanna! blessed is He Who is coming in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"

¹⁴ He will glorify Me; because He will take of Mine, and will declare it to you.

³⁷ "For yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will come, and will not tarry."

³ "Happy are the poor in spirit; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

¹ And, when He came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. ² And, behold, a leper, coming near, was worshiping Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou art willing, Thou art able to cleanse me." ³ And, stretching forth His hand, He touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be cleansed." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus saith to him, "See that you tell no one: but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

²⁴ said, "Withdraw; for the damsel did not die, but is sleeping." And they were laughing at Him. ²⁵ But, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, He took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose.

³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one know it."

⁸ Heal the sick; raise the dead; cleanse the lepers; cast oat demons; freely ye received, freely give.

³⁰ And there came to Him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they cast them at His feet, and He healed them; ³¹ so that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, maimed whole, and lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

¹⁴ And the blind and lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

³⁷ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He hath done all things well: He maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."

²⁵ And Jesus, seeing that a multitude was running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter no more into him."

¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; because He anointed Me to publish good tidings to the poor; He hath sent Me to proclaim release to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away the crushed in freedom.

¹⁴ And, going forward, He touched the bier; and those bearing it stood still; and He said, "Young man, I say to you, Arise!" ¹⁵ And the dead sat up, and began to speak. And He gave him to his mother. ¹⁶ And fear seized on all; and they were glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet was raised up among us," and "God did visit His people."

²¹ In that hour He cured many of diseases, and plagues, and evil spirits; and to many blind He bestowed sight. ²² And, answering, He said to them, "Going your way, announce to John what ye saw and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel proclaimed to them.

²³ And, when He was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on His name, beholding His signs which He was doing.

² This man came to Jesus by night, and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that Thou hast come, as a Teacher, from God; for no one can do the signs which Thou art doing, unless God be with Him."

³⁶ But I have a testimony greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given Me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing testify concerning Me, that the Father hath sent Me.

²⁵ Jesus answered them, "I told you, and ye did not believe: the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify concerning Me.

³⁸ but, if I do them, even though ye believe not Me, believe the works; that ye may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

⁴³ And, having spoken these words, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" ⁴⁴ He that was dead came forth, bound feet and hands with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, "Loose him, and let him go."

¹¹ Believe Me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; or, else, believe Me because of the works themselves. ¹² Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the Father.

²² "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited from God to you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did through Him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

² And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was being carried along, whom they were wont to lay daily at the gate of the temple—which was called "Beautiful"—to ask alms of those entering the temple; ³ who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, was asking to receive an alms. ⁴ And Peter, fixing his eyes upon him, with John, said, "Look on us." ⁵ And he was giving heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, this I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, walk." ⁷ And, seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and instantly his feet and ankles were strengthened; ⁸ and, leaping forth, he stood, and was walking about; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

⁹ if we are this day examined in regard to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole; ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, Whom ye crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, in Him does this man stand here before you well!

⁸ And at Lystra there was sitting a certain man, impotent in his feet; lame from his mother's womb, who never walked. ⁹ The same was hearing Paul speaking, who, looking intently on him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰ said with a loud voice, "Stand up on your feet, erect!" And he leaped up, and was walking about.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?

³ "Happy are the poor in spirit; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴ "Happy are those who mourn: because they shall be comforted, ⁵ "Happy are the meek: because they shall inherit the earth. ⁶ "Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: because they shall be filled. ⁷ "Happy are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy. ⁸ "Happy are the pure in heart; because they shall see God. ⁹ "Happy are the peacemakers; because they shall be called sons of God. ¹⁰ "Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ¹¹ "Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. ¹² Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

⁵⁵ Is not This the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, hath this Man all these things?" ⁵⁷ And they were finding in Him occasion to stumble. And Jesus said to them "a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

¹² Then, His disciples, coming near, say to Him, "Knowest Thou that the Pharisees, having heard the saying, were made to stumble?" ¹³ But He, answering, said, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind guides; and if a blind man be guiding a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

⁷ "Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes!

¹⁰ And then will many be caused to stumble, and will deliver up one another, and hate one another;

³¹ Then Jesus saith to them, "All ye will be made to stumble because of Me this night; for it has been written, 'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.'

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, This Child is set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against,

²³ And He said to them, "Ye will doubtless say to Me this parable, 'Physician, heal Thyself: whatsoever we heard of as done in Capernaum, do also here in Thy own country.'" ²⁴ And He said, "Verily I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. ²⁵ But of a truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine upon all the land; ²⁶ and to no one of them was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷ "And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and no one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian." ²⁸ And all in the synagogue were filled with wrath, on hearing these things; ²⁹ and, rising up, they cast Him forth out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, to throw Him down headlong;

²⁷ And it came to pass, as He was saying these things, that a certain woman, out of the multitude, lifting up her voice, said to Him, "Happy the womb that carried Thee, and the breasts which Thou didst suck!" ²⁸ But He said, "Yea, rather, happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"

⁶⁰ Many, therefore, of His disciples, having heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can hear it?" ⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing in Himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?

⁶⁶ From this time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.

³² Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling; ³³ as it has been written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offense; and he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame."

²² seeing that both Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom; ²³ but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, a stumbling-block, and to the gentiles foolishness;

¹⁴ But a natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

¹¹ But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then the stumbling-block of the cross has been done away!

⁸ and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.

¹ Now in those days comes John, the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, ² saying, "Repent ye for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near; ³ for this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"

⁵ Then were going forth to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round about the Jordan,

²⁵ The immersion of John—whence was it? from Heaven or from men?" And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why, then, did ye not believe him?'

³ the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" ⁴ John came, who was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem, and were being immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

³ and he came into all the region of the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins; ⁴ as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways smooth; ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" ⁷ He was saying, therefore, to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

²⁴ And, the messengers of John having gone away, He began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye forth into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what went ye forth to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those clothed in splendid apparel, and living in luxury, are in kingly courts! ²⁶ But what went ye forth to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send forth My messenger before Thy face, who will prepare Thy way before Thee.' ²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." ²⁹ And all the people, having heard, and the tax-collectors, justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been immersed by him.

¹⁸ Take heed, therefore, how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him."

³⁸ And Jesus, turning and beholding them following, saith to them, "What are ye seeking?" They said to Him, "Rabbi," (which, being translated, means Teacher), "where abidest Thou?"

³⁵ He was a lamp that was burning and shining; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

¹⁷ When, therefore, I was purposing this, did I manifest fickleness or the things which I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yea, yea," and the "Nay, nay?" ¹⁸ But, as God is faithful, our word to you is not "Yea" and "Nay."

¹⁴ that we may no longer be babes, billow-tossed, and carried about with every wind of teaching, in the sleight of men, in the craftiness suited to the artifice of error;

⁶ but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and tossed.

⁴ And John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

¹¹ Even until this present hour, we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;

²⁷ in toil and hardship, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

³ And I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

¹³ for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; ¹⁴ and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come.

⁵ And, wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they were holding him as a prophet.

¹² but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they recognized him not, but did with him whatsoever they wished: so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them." ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He spake to them concerning John the Immerser.

²⁴ And Jesus, answering, said, "I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things: ²⁵ The immersion of John—whence was it? from Heaven or from men?" And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why, then, did ye not believe him?' ²⁶ But, if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet."

¹¹ And they were asking Him, saying, "How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?" ¹² And He said to them, "Elijah, indeed, comes first, and restores all things; and how it has been written concerning the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things, and be set at naught; ¹³ but I say to you that Elijah has both come, and they did to him whatsoever they wished, as it has been written of him."

¹⁵ for he will be great before the Lord; and he will drink no wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And many of the sons of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

⁷⁶ "And you also, child, shall be called 'Prophet of the Most High;' for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to prepare His ways;

³ for this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"

² As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way;

²⁶ But what went ye forth to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send forth My messenger before Thy face, who will prepare Thy way before Thee.'

²³ He said, "'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said Isaiah the prophet.

¹¹ "I, indeed, immerse you in water unto repentance, but He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

¹⁹ Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

¹⁵ for he will be great before the Lord; and he will drink no wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

⁴⁸ and said to them, "Whosoever shall receive this child in My name, receives Me; and whosoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for he that is least among you all, the same is great."

¹⁵ John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, "This was He of Whom I said, 'He That cometh after me hath become before me, because He was before me;'"

²⁷ the One coming after me, the latchet of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose."

³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.

³⁹ But this He spake concerning the Spirit, Whom those who believed on Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

⁴¹ And many came to Him, and said, "John, indeed, did no sign, but all things, whatsoever John spake concerning this Man, were true."

²⁵ Now to Him Who is able to establish you, according to my Gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept in silence during eternal ages, ²⁶ but now made manifest, and through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for obedience to the faith:

⁴ If, then, ye have tribunals pertaining to this life, do ye set those to judge who are set at nought in the assembly?

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

³ among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest;

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim, to the gentiles, the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

²⁶ the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but was now made manifest to His saints; ²⁷ to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

¹⁰ but now made manifest through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus; Who abolished death, and brought to light life and incorruption through the Gospel;

⁴⁰ God having provided something better concerning us, that, apart from us, they should not be made perfect.

¹⁰ concerning which salvation the prophets earnestly sought and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you;

²³ And, when He came into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, saying, "By what authority art Thou doing these things? And who gave Thee this authority?" ²⁴ And Jesus, answering, said, "I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things: ²⁵ The immersion of John—whence was it? from Heaven or from men?" And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why, then, did ye not believe him?' ²⁶ But, if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet." ²⁷ And, answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things." ²⁸ "But what think ye? A man had two children; and to the first, he said, 'Child, go, work today in the vineyard.' ²⁹ And he, answering, said, 'I go, sir,' and he went not. ³⁰ And, coming to the second, he spake in like manner; and he, answering, said, 'I am not willing;' but later, repenting, he went. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They say, "The last." Jesus saith to them, "Verily I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots are going into the Kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him; but ye, having seen him, did not even repent afterward, that ye might believe him."

²⁴ And He said to them, "Strive to enter in through the narrow door; because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

¹⁶ "The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the Gospel of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and every one presses into it by force!

²⁷ Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for Him God the Father sealed."

¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil; ¹² because to us the struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. ¹³ On this account, take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day; and, having fully accomplished all, to stand.

¹² So then, my beloved, as ye always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

¹⁷ "Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. ¹⁸ For verily I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

²⁷ And, beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, He thoroughly interpreted to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself.

⁴⁴ And He said to them, "These are My words which I spake to you, while being yet with you: that all things must be fulfilled, that have been written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, concerning Me."

⁴⁶ For, if ye were believing Moses, ye would believe Me; for he wrote concerning Me. ⁴⁷ But, if ye believe not his writings, how will ye believe My words?"

²² Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you. ²³ And it shall be, that every soul that will not hearken to that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' ²⁴ And also all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession, as many as spake, also foretold these days.

²⁷ For those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing Him, nor the voices of the prophets which are being read every sabbath, fulfilled them, in having condemned Him;

²¹ But now, apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" ¹¹ And He, answering, said, "Elijah, indeed, comes, and will restore all things;

¹⁷ And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

²¹ And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he says, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." ²² They said therefore, to him, "Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?" ²³ He said, "'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said Isaiah the prophet.

¹² "I have yet many things to say to you; but ye are not able to hear them now.

² I fed you with milk, and not solid food; for not yet were ye able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye able;

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them; and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God; and such as worshiped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁹ He that has ears let him hear."

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He that has ears let him hear.

⁹ And He said, "He that has ears to hear, let him hear."

²³ If any one has ears to hear, let him hear."

¹⁵ there is nothing from without the man, that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things proceeding out of the man are those that defile the man."

⁸ And another fell into the good ground; and, growing, it produced fruit, a hundredfold." Saying these things, He was crying aloud, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

³⁵ It is fit neither for the land nor for manure: they throw it without. He that has ears to hear, let him hear!"

⁷ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

¹¹ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in nowise be hurt by the second death.

¹⁷ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, to him will I give of the Hidden Manna; and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knows, but he that receives it.

²⁹ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

⁶ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

¹³ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

²² He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

³⁴ "Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

³⁶ Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁴ Verily I say to you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things come to pass.

³⁰ And He said, "How shall we liken the Kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we set it forth?

¹⁸ And He said, "To what is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn while the Bridegroom is with them! But there will come days, when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast."

²³ And Jesus, having come into the house of the ruler, and seeing the flute-players and the multitude making a tumult,

²⁵ "Now his elder son was in a field; and as, in coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

¹⁹ For, being free from all men, I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ And, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law (not being myself under law), that I might gain those under law; ²¹ to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law. ²² To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some. ²³ And I am doing all things for the Gospel's sake, that I may become a partaker thereof with others.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple, that he become as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his house-hold?

²⁰ The multitude answered, "Thou hast a demon: who is seeking to kill you!"

⁴⁸ The Jews answered and said to Him, "Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?"

²⁰ And many of them said, "He hath a demon, and is mad; why do ye hear Him?"

²⁴ And, as he was saying these things in defense, Festus says with a loud voice, "Paul, you are mad! your much learning is turning you mad!"

²⁷ But I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage; lest, by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as He was reclining at table in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners, having come, were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. ¹¹ And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax-collectors and sinners?"

²⁹ And Levi made a great reception for Him in his house; and there was a great multitude of tax-collectors and of others who were reclining at table with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes were murmuring against the disciples, saying, "Why are ye eating and drinking with the tax-collectors and sinners?"

²⁹ And all the people, having heard, and the tax-collectors, justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John.

³⁴ The Son of Man has come, eating and drinking; and ye say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a wine-drinker, a Friend of tax-collectors and sinners!' ³⁵ And Wisdom was justified by all her children." ³⁶ And one of the Pharisees was asking Him to eat with him; and, having entered into the Pharisee's house, He reclined at table.

¹ And it came to pass, when He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him.

¹ Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him. ² And both the scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring, saying, "This Man receiveth sinners and eateth with them!"

⁷ And, seeing it, they were all murmuring, saying, "He went in to be guest with a sinful man!"

² And Jesus also was invited, and His disciples, to the marriage.

² They, therefore, made Him a supper there; and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with Him. ³ Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. ⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was about to betray Him, says, ⁵ "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?" ⁶ And he said this, not because he cared about the poor; but because he was a thief; and, having the money-box, he was wont to carry what was put therein. ⁷ Jesus, therefore, said, "Suffer her to keep it for the day of My burial; ⁸ for the poor ye always have with you, but Me ye have not always."

² Let each one of us please his neighbor in that which is good for his edification;

²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ For ye behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are chosen; ²⁷ but God chose the foolish things of the world, that He might put to shame the wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that He might put to shame the things that are strong; ²⁸ and the base things of the world, and things despised, did God choose, and the things that are not, that He might bring to nought the things that are; ²⁹ that no flesh should glory before God.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim, to the gentiles, the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ; ⁹ and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things; ¹⁰ in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

¹¹ And I saw, and heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and of the living creatures, and of the elders, (and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands); ¹² saying with a great voice, "Worthy is the Lamb Who hath been slain, to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing!" ¹³ And every created thing which is in Heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, "To Him Who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the might, forever and ever!" ¹⁴ And the four living creatures said, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.

¹² saying, "Amen. The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and the strength, be to our God forever and ever. Amen!"

⁴¹ "The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

¹⁹ And He, answering, saith to them, "O faithless generation! how long shall I be with you! how long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me."

¹⁴ And afterward He was manifested to the eleven themselves, as they were reclining at table, and upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who saw Him after He had risen.

¹³ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! because, if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. ¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall be thrust down to Hades!

²⁰ for you bring to our ears certain strange things; we wish, therefore, to know what these things mean."

²⁵ in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth, ²⁶ and they may return to soberness out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him in accordance with his will.

⁵ But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him;

²¹ And I gave her time, that she might repent; and she is not willing to repent of her fornication.

²⁰ And the rest of the men, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk; ²¹ and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornications, nor of their thefts.

⁹ And the men were scorched with great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God, Who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not, to give Him glory.

¹¹ and they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.

²² nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

⁴¹ "The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴² "A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

²¹ And, going forth thence, Jesus withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

¹³ "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for ye do not enter, neither do ye suffer those who are entering in to enter. ¹⁴ OMITTED TEXT. ¹⁵ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves. ¹⁶ "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whosoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!' ¹⁷ Fools, and blind! for which is greater—the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? ¹⁸ 'And whosoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor!' ¹⁹ Ye blind! for which is greater—the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He, therefore, who swears by the altar swears by it and by all things on it; ²¹ and he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him dwelling therein; ²² and he who swears by Heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him sitting thereon. ²³ "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin; and have omitted the weightier things of the law—the judgment, and the mercy, and the faith; but these it was proper to have done, and those not to have omitted. ²⁴ Blind guides! straining out the gnat, and swallowing the camel! ²⁵ "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish; but within they are full from extortion and excess! ²⁶ Blind Pharisees! cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that its outside also may become clean. ²⁷ "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like white-washed sepulchres, which outwardly, indeed, appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ So ye also outwardly, indeed, appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ²⁹ "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say,

²⁴ The Son of Man, indeed, goeth, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It were good for him, if that man had never been born!"

⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what things He was doing, came to Him.

⁴⁵ And straightway He constrained His disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He Himself sendeth the multitude away.

²⁴ And, rising up, He went thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and, entering into a house, He wished no one to know it. And He could not be hid.

³¹ And again, going forth out of the borders of Tyre, He came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.

²² And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man, and beseech Him to touch him.

²⁶ and to no one of them was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

¹⁷ and, descending with them, He stood upon a level place; and a large multitude of His disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, were present, who came to hear Him, and to be healed of their diseases;

¹⁰ And the apostles, having returned, related to Him what they did. And, taking them with Him, He retired privately to a city called Bethsaida.

⁴² "But woe to you Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb; but ye pass by judgment and the love of God. Now these things it was needful to do, and not to leave those undone. ⁴³ "Woe to you Pharisees! because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces! ⁴⁴ Woe to you! because ye are as the unobserved tombs; and the men, walking over them, know it not." ⁴⁵ And one of the lawyers, answering, says to Him, "Teacher, in saying these things, Thou insultest us also!" ⁴⁶ And He said, "Woe to you lawyers, also! because ye burden men with burdens hard to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers! ⁴⁷ "Woe to you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Consequently, ye are witnesses, and consent to the works of your fathers; because they, indeed, killed them, and ye build their tombs. ⁴⁹ On this account also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them will they slay, and some will they persecute; ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the founding of the world, may be required of this generation— ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah who perished between the altar and the house—yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.' ⁵² "Woe to you lawyers; because ye took away the Key of Knowledge; ye yourselves entered not in, and those who were entering ye hindered."

⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁵ Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless one be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. ⁶ That which has been born of the flesh is flesh: and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Marvel not that I said to you, ye must be born anew. ⁸ The Spirit breatheth where He willeth; and you hear His voice, but know not whence He cometh, or whither He goeth: so is every one who has been born of the Spirit." ⁹ Nicodemus answered, and said to Him, "How can these things be?" ¹⁰ Jesus answered, and said to him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and understand not these things?

²¹ These, therefore, came to Philip—who was from Bethsaida of Galilee—and were asking Him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

²⁰ Now he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians; and they came with one accord to him; and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was being maintained by that of the king.

⁴⁴ And, on the next sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God. ⁴⁵ But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Speaking boldly, both Paul and Barnabas said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Inasmuch as ye thrust it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles; ⁴⁷ for so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have set Thee for a Light of the gentiles, that Thou mayest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.'" ⁴⁸ And the gentiles, having heard it, were rejoicing, and glorifying the word of God; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

³ And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, gave him permission to go to his friends to receive their attention.

²⁵ And, disagreeing among themselves, they were departing, when Paul uttered one declaration, "Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah, the prophet, to your fathers, ²⁶ saying, 'Go your way to this people, and say, With hearing ye shall hear, but in no wise understand; and, looking, ye shall look, and in no wise see; ²⁷ for the heart of this people was made gross; and with their ears they heard heavily; and their eyes they closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should heal them.' ²⁸ Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the gentiles was this salvation of God sent: they also will hear."

¹¹ Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed on in the error of Balsam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah!

¹⁵ Verily I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

²⁴ Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!"

³⁶ And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

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

⁴⁷ And that servant who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; ⁴⁸ but he who knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to whomsoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whomsoever they committed much, of him they will ask the more.

³ how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation; which, indeed, having at first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

⁴ For as to those who were once enlightened, and tasted of the heavenly gift, and became partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, ⁶ and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying to themselves the Son of God afresh, and putting Him to open shame. ⁷ For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; ⁸ but, if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected, and is near to a curse; whose end is to be burned.

²⁶ For, if we sin wilfully after we received the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fierceness of fire about to devour the opposers. ²⁸ Anyone, having set aside Moses' law, dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses; ²⁹ of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who trampled under foot the Son of God, and accounted the blood of the covenant with which He was sanctified an unholy thing, and treated with contempt the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him Who said, To Me belongs vengeance; I will recompense," saith the Lord; and again, "The Lord will judge His people." ³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous enduring punishment unto the day of judgment;

⁷ but the present heavens and the earth, by the same word, have been stored up for fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

¹⁷ In this has love been made perfect with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, even so are we in this world.

¹³ And, having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulon and Naphtali;

⁵ And, when He entered into Capernaum, there came to Him a centurion, beseeching Him.

¹⁸ And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

²⁴ And, when they came into Capernaum, those receiving the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, "Doth not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?"

²³ And He said to them, "Ye will doubtless say to Me this parable, 'Physician, heal Thyself: whatsoever we heard of as done in Capernaum, do also here in Thy own country.'"

¹¹ because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

²³ and in Hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

⁴⁶ He came, therefore, again into Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. ⁴⁷ This man, having heard that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to Him, and was asking Him, that He would come down, and heal his son, for he was about to die. ⁴⁸ Jesus, therefore, said to him, "Unless ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe." ⁴⁹ The nobleman says to Him, "Sir, Come down, before my child die!" ⁵⁰ Jesus saith to him, "Go your way; your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spake to him, and went his way. ⁵¹ And, as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son was living. ⁵² He inquired of them, therefore, the hour when he began to mend. They said, therefore, to him, "Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him." ⁵³ The father, therefore, knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives;" and he himself believed, and his whole house. ⁵⁴ This again is a second sign that Jesus did, after having come out of Judaea into Galilee.

²⁷ because Thou wilt not leave My soul behind unto Hades; neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

⁴ For, if God spared not angels that sinned, but, hurling them down to Hell, delivered them up to pits of darkness, kept for judgment; ⁵ and spared not the old world; but preserved Noah, an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing a flood upon a world of ungodly people; ⁶ and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly; ⁷ and delivered righteous Lot, distressed by the conduct of those who were impious in lasciviousness, ⁸ (for this righteous man, dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, was torturing his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): ⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous enduring punishment unto the day of judgment;

⁷ Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and going away after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

⁸ And their corpses will lie on the street of the great city, which, spiritually, is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified.

¹¹ And whatsoever place does not receive you, and they hear you not, going forth thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them."

¹² I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

¹¹ And He, answering, said to them, "Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given. ¹² For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but whosoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. ¹³ On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand. ¹⁴ And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, 'With hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and, seeing, ye will see, and will not perceive; ¹⁵ for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.' ¹⁶ But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁷ And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah; because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.

³ and said, "Verily I say to you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴ Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, he is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

¹⁶ and said to Him, "Dost Thou hear what these are saying?" And Jesus saith to them, "Yes; did ye never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst perfect praise!'"

¹⁰ And, when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him as to the parables. ¹¹ And He said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those without all things are done in parables; ¹² that, seeing, they may see, and not perceive; and, hearing, they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn, and be forgiven."

¹⁴ But Jesus, seeing it, was much displeased, and said to them, "Permit the little children to come to Me; forbid them not; for to such belongs the Kingdom of God. ¹⁵ Verily I say to you, whosoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, will in no wise enter therein." ¹⁶ And, taking them in His arms, He was blessing them, placing His hands upon them.

²¹ In that same hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank Thee, O Father Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes: yea, Father, because it was well-pleasing in Thy sight. ²² "All things were delivered up to Me by My Father; and no one knows Who the Son is, but the Father; and Who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son purposeth to reveal Him." ²³ And, turning to the disciples, He said, privately, "Happy the eyes that behold what ye are beholding! ²⁴ for I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard them not."

⁴² saying, "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Thine, be done."

⁴⁸ Did any one of the rulers believe on Him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But this multitude, who know not the law, are accursed."

³⁹ And Jesus said, "For judgment came I into the world; that those who see not may see, and that those who see may become blind." ⁴⁰ Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, "Are we also blind?" ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, "If ye were blind, ye would have no sin; but now ye say, 'We see,' your sin abides."

⁴¹ So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank Thee, because Thou didst hear Me.

³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which He spake, "Lord, who believed our report, and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?" ³⁹ On this account they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ "He hath blinded their eyes, and He hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them."

²⁴ The God Who made the world and all things therein, The Same being Lord of Heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands,

⁸ as it has been written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day." ⁹ And David says, "Let their table be a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them: ¹⁰ let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness; but to those who are being saved, it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it has been written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning will I set aside." ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For, since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe; ²² seeing that both Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom; ²³ but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, a stumbling-block, and to the gentiles foolishness;

⁶ But we speak wisdom among the perfect; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought; ⁷ but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery—the hidden wisdom—which God predestined before the ages for our glory; ⁸ which no one of the rulers of this age has known; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it has been written, "He Who taketh the wise in their craftiness." ²⁰ And again, "The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain."

¹⁴ But their minds were unimpressible; for until this day upon the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted; which in Christ is done away.

³ And, even if our Gospel has been veiled, it has been veiled in those who perish; ⁴ in whom the god of this world blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, Who is the image of God, should not shine upon them. ⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; ⁶ because it is the God Who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," Who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord; because God, from the beginning, chose you to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of truth; ¹⁴ unto which He called you through our Gospel, to an obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²¹ In that same hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank Thee, O Father Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes: yea, Father, because it was well-pleasing in Thy sight.

¹⁸ So, then, He hath mercy on whom He willeth, and whom He willeth He hardeneth.

³³ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past tracing out, ³⁴ For who knew the mind of the Lord? Or who became His counsellor? ³⁵ Or who first gave to Him, and it shall be given back to him again? ³⁶ Because, of Him, and through Him, and for Him, are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

⁹ making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him,

¹¹ in Whom we also were made a heritage, having been predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will;

¹¹ according to a purpose of the ages which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

⁹ Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose, and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,

¹⁸ And Jesus, coming near, spake to them, saying, "All authority was given to Me in Heaven and on earth:

²² "All things were delivered up to Me by My Father; and no one knows Who the Son is, but the Father; and Who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son purposeth to reveal Him."

¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He declared Him.

³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand.

²¹ For, as the Father raiseth the dead, and maketh them alive; so also the Son maketh alive whom He willeth. ²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but all judgment He hath given to the Son; ²³ that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father Who sent Him. ²⁴ "Verily, verily, I say to you, He that hears My word, and believes Him Who sent Me, has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ Verily, verily, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live. ²⁶ For, as the Father hath life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Marvel not at this; because there is an hour coming, in which all who are in their tombs shall hear His voice, ²⁹ and come forth; those who did good, to the resurrection of life; but those who practiced evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

⁴⁶ Not that any one has seen the Father, save Him Who is from God, He hath seen the Father.

²⁹ I know Him; because I am from Him, and He sent Me."

¹⁵ even as the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep.

³ knowing that the Father gave all things into His hands, and that He came forth from God, and was going to God,

⁶ Jesus saith to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me. ⁷ If ye knew Me, ye would know My Father also; from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him." ⁸ Philip says to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us." ⁹ Jesus saith to him, "So long a time am I with you, and you do not know Me, Philip! He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how say you, 'Show us the Father?'

² even as Thou gavest Him authority over all flesh, that to all Whom Thou hast given Him He should give eternal life. ³ And this is the eternal life, that they know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou didst send.

⁶ I manifested Thy name to the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world. Thine they were; and Thou gavest them to Me; and they have kept Thy word.

²⁵ O righteous Father! and the world knew Thee not; but I knew Thee, and these knew that Thou didst send Me; ²⁶ and I made known to them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which Thou lovedst Me may be in them, and I in them."

²⁵ for He must reign, till He hath put all the enemies under His feet. ²⁶ As the last enemy, death is abolished; ²⁷ for He put all things in subjection under His feet. But, when He saith, "All things have been put in subjection," it is evident that He is excepted, Who subjected all things to Him.

²⁰ which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the Heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that to come; ²² and He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as Head over all things to the assembly, ²³ which, indeed, is His body, the fulness of Him Who is filling all in all.

¹⁰ that, in the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

⁸ Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet." For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing unsubjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. ⁹ But we behold Him Who was made a little lower than angels, Jesus, on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that, by the grace of God, He might taste death for every one. ¹⁰ For it was becoming Him, on Whose account are all things, and through Whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to perfect, through suffering, the Captain of their salvation.

²² Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

²³ Every one who denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the evil one. ²⁰ And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One: and we are in the True One—in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True God, and eternal life.

⁹ Every one who leads forward, and abides not in the teaching of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

²⁹ Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls;

⁴ And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them upon the shoulders of men; but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

³⁷ All that the Father giveth to Me shall come to Me; and him who comes to Me I will in no wise cast out;

³⁷ Now, on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood, and cried, saying, "If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear?

²² or I delight in the law of God after the inward man; ²³ but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴ Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me out of the body of this death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Accordingly, therefore, I myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but, with the flesh, the law of sin.

¹ For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

⁷ and to you who suffer tribulation, relief with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with the angels of His power, in flaming fire,

¹ Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise still being left of entering into His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

¹⁷ "And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come'; and let him that hears say, 'Come'; and let him that thirsts say, 'Come'; he that will let him take the water of life freely.

²⁴ "Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

²⁷ "All things were delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows the Son except the Father; neither does any one fully know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal Him. ²⁸ "Come to me, all ye who are laboring and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

¹⁹ He will not strive, nor cry aloud; nor will any one hear His voice in the streets: ²⁰ A bruised reed will He not break, and a smoking flax will He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory;

⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I delighted; hear Him."

⁴⁶ "But why do ye call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not the things that I say? ⁴⁷ "Every one who comes to Me, and hears My words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and, a flood coming, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it; because it was well built.

³⁵ And they went out to see what had taken place; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons went out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and having his right mind; and they were afraid.

⁵¹ And it came to pass, when the days for receiving Him up were being completed, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem; ⁵² and He sent forth messengers before His face; and, journeying onward, they entered into a village of Samaritans, so as to prepare for Him. ⁵³ And they did not receive Him, because His face was as if He were going to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And, seeing it, His disciples, James and John, said, "Lord, dost Thou wish that we bid fire come down from heaven, and consume them?" ⁵⁵ But, turning, He rebuked them. ⁵⁶ And they went on to another village.

³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, who, also seated at the Lord's feet, was hearing His word. ⁴⁰ But Martha was being distracted about much serving; and, coming up suddenly, she said, "Lord, carest Thou not that my sister left me to serve alone? Speak to her, therefore, that she assist me!" ⁴¹ But the Lord, answering, said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; ⁴² but of one thing there is need; for Mary chose the good part, which, indeed, shall not be taken away from her."

¹⁵ for I gave you an example, that, as I did to you, ye also should do.

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

²¹ He who has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me; and he that loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him." ²² Judas, not Iscariot, says to Him, "Lord, what has happened, that Thou art about to manifest Thyself to us, and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered, and said to him, "If any one loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him. ²⁴ He who loves Me not, keeps not My words; and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father's Who sent Me.

¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. ¹¹ These things have I spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. ¹² This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his soul for his friends. ¹⁴ Ye are My friends, if ye do what I command you.

²² Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you. ²³ And it shall be, that every soul that will not hearken to that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A Prophet will God raise up for you of your brethren, as He did me.

²¹ to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law.

¹ Now I, Paul, myself entreat you, through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in your presence, indeed, am lowly among you; but, being absent, am bold toward you;

⁵ casting down reasonings, and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

²⁰ But ye did not so learn Christ; ²¹ if, indeed, ye heard Him, and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus;

⁵ Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus;

⁷ but emptied Himself, taking a slave's form, coming to be in the likeness of men; ⁸ and, being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁸ awarding vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus;

³ For we who believed do enter into rest, even as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest; although the works were finished from the founding of a world." ⁴ For He hath spoken somewhere concerning the seventh day thus: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;" ⁵ and, in this place, again: "They shall not enter into My rest." ⁶ Since, therefore, it remains for some to enter into it, and those to whom the Gospel was formerly proclaimed entered not in because of unbelief, ⁷ again He designateth a certain day, "To-day" (saying in David, after so long a time, as has been before said), "To-day, if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts." ⁸ For, had Joshua given them rest, He would not afterward have spoken of another day. ⁹ Consequently, there remains a sabbath-keeping for the people of God. ¹⁰ For He Who entered into His rest, Himself also rested from his works, as God did from His Own. ¹¹ Let us, therefore, give diligence to enter into that rest, that no one fall after the same example of unbelief.

⁹ and, having been made perfect, He became the Author of eternal life to all who obey Him;

²¹ For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps; ²² Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; ²³ Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously;

⁶ He who says that he is abiding in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.

³³ These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

⁴ Who consoleth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to console those who are in any tribulation, through the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. ⁵ Because, as the sufferings of Christ abound toward us, so through Christ our consolation also abounds.

¹⁷ For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

⁹ And He hath said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ¹⁰ Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I powerful.

¹⁸ But, if ye are being led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

¹³ I am strong enough for all things in Him Who strengtheneth me.

³ For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome;