Mark Cross References - YLT

¹ A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. ² As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' — <sup>3</sup> `A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' — ⁴ John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation—to remission of sins, ⁵ and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field, ⁷ and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come—who is mightier than I—after me, of whom I am not worthy—having stooped down—to loose the latchet of his sandals; <sup>8</sup> I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'
<sup>9</sup> And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan; <sup>10</sup> and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him; <sup>11</sup> and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son—the Beloved, in whom I did delight.' ¹² And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness, ¹³ and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.
¹⁴ And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God, ¹⁵ and saying—`Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.' <sup>16</sup> And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers, <sup>17</sup> and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;' ¹⁸ and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him. ¹⁹ And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, ²⁰ and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him. ²¹ And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching, ²² and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
²³ And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴ saying, `Away! what—to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.' <sup>25</sup> And Jesus rebuked him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him,' ²⁶ and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him, ²⁷ and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, `What is this? what new teaching is this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!' <sup>28</sup> And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.
<sup>29</sup> And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John, <sup>30</sup> and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her, <sup>31</sup> and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them. <sup>32</sup> And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs, <sup>33</sup> and the whole city was gathered together near the door, <sup>34</sup> and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him. <sup>35</sup> And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying; <sup>36</sup> and Simon and those with him went in quest of him, <sup>37</sup> and having found him, they say to him, —`All do seek thee;' ³⁸ and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.' <sup>39</sup> And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,
<sup>40</sup> and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him—`If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.' ⁴¹ And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;' <sup>42</sup> and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed. <sup>43</sup> And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth, <sup>44</sup> and saith to him, `See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.' ⁴⁵ And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

⁷ I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.

¹⁷ and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son—the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

³ And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.'

³³ and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, `Truly—God's Son art thou.'

⁵ While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, —the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

² as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, — ³ it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

³⁵ And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

¹⁰ And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people— ¹¹ because there was born to you to-day a Saviour—who is Christ the Lord—in the city of David,

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

³⁴ and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and saith to him, `Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel.'

¹⁶ for God did so love the world, that His Son—the only begotten—He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

⁶⁹ and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

³¹ and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'

¹ The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach, ² till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God— ² which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings— ³ concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴ who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;

³ for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

³² He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

¹ In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, ² in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life— ² and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us— ³ that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

¹¹ and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this—the life—is in His Son; ¹² he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God—the life he hath not.

⁷ Then said I, `Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

¹ Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

⁵ And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

¹ And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, ² and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,' <sup>3</sup> for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.' ⁴ And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. ⁵ Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, ⁶ and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
⁷ And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? <sup>8</sup> bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, <sup>9</sup> and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have—Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, <sup>10</sup> and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast. <sup>11</sup> `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

¹⁰ for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

²⁴ the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

³¹ then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

¹⁵ for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb; ¹⁶ and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God, ¹⁷ and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

⁷⁰ As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

⁷⁶ And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

² Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests—there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, ³ and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation—to remission of sins, ⁴ as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths; <sup>5</sup> every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways; <sup>6</sup> and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' <sup>7</sup> Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father—Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; ⁹ and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.' ¹⁰ And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' <sup>11</sup> and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats—let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals—in like manner let him do.' ¹² And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?' <sup>13</sup> and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.' ¹⁴ And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'
¹⁵ And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ; ¹⁶ John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals—he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

²⁷ this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee; ²⁸ for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

³¹ And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed—that have been written through the prophets—to the Son of Man,

³ A voice is crying—in a wilderness—Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God. ⁴ Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley. ⁵ And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen it have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

³ for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.' <sup>4</sup> as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths; ⁵ every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways; ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'

¹⁵ John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?' <sup>20</sup> and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed—`I am not the Christ.' ²¹ And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' —`The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.' ²² They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?' <sup>23</sup> He said, `I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.' ²⁴ And those sent were of the Pharisees, ²⁵ and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?' <sup>26</sup> John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me, ²⁷ of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.' ²⁸ These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,
²⁹ on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; <sup>30</sup> this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me: <sup>31</sup> and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. <sup>32</sup> And John testified, saying—`I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him; ³³ and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayest see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit; ³⁴ and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

²⁸ ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; ²⁹ he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. ³⁰ `Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less; <sup>31</sup> he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all. <sup>32</sup> `And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth; ³³ he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true; ³⁴ for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit; ³⁵ the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand; ³⁶ he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

¹ And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, ² and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

⁶ and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

¹¹ `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

⁷⁷ To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

² Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests—there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, ³ and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation—to remission of sins,

²³ and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized—

³⁷ ye—ye have known; —the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

²⁴ John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel; ²⁵ and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not he, but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of his feet.

³ and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.' ⁴ And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe—that is, in the Christ—Jesus;'

¹⁶ and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

⁴⁰ `And—they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition, ⁴¹ also I walk to them in opposition, and have brought them into the land of their enemies—or then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the punishment of their iniquity, — ⁴² then I have remembered My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I remember, and the land I remember.

¹⁹ And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done—hide not from me.'

⁵ My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou—Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

¹³ Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

⁵ Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, ⁶ and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

²⁵ And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

²⁸ These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

³⁸ and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

¹⁸ many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

⁸ if we may say—`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; <sup>9</sup> if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness; <sup>10</sup> if we may say—`we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

²² these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

⁸ And they say unto him, `A man—hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, `He is Elijah the Tishbite.'

⁴ And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.

⁴ And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

¹⁴ but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized—and thou dost come unto me!'

¹⁶ John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals—he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

⁶ And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, `Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter; ⁷ wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

²⁷ of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

²⁸ ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; ²⁹ he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. ³⁰ `Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less; ³¹ he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.

²⁵ and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not he, but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of his feet.

²³ Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

¹⁵ Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.

³ For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring.

²⁵ And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you. ²⁶ And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ And My Spirit I give in your midst, And I have done this, so that in My statutes ye walk, And My judgments ye keep, and have done them.

²⁸ And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

⁵ because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit—after not many days.'

⁴ and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

¹⁷ And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

⁴⁵ and those of the circumcision believing were astonished—as many as came with Peter—because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

¹⁵ `And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning, ¹⁶ and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

⁴ And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe—that is, in the Christ—Jesus;' ⁵ and they, having heard, were baptized—to the name of the Lord Jesus, ⁶ and Paul having laid on them his hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,

¹³ for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

⁵ (not by works that are in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

²³ and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that `A Nazarene he shall be called.'

¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him, ¹⁴ but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized—and thou dost come unto me!' <sup>15</sup> But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him. ¹⁶ And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, ¹⁷ and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son—the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

²¹ And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, ²² and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son—the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

¹ Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one—My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

¹ Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,

¹⁶ And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

²² and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son—the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

⁷ And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son—the Beloved, hear ye him;'

³⁵ and a voice came out of the cloud saying, `This is My Son—the Beloved; hear ye him;'

²⁰ for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder. ²¹ `For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth; ²² for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son, ²³ that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

³⁷ `And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

²⁸ Father, glorify Thy name.' There came, therefore, a voice out of the heaven, `I both glorified, and again I will glorify it;' <sup>29</sup> the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, `A messenger hath spoken to him.' ³⁰ Jesus answered and said, `Not because of me hath this voice come, but because of you;

⁴ who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;

¹³ who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,

¹⁷ for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: `This is My Son—the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;' ¹⁸ and this voice we—we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.

¹ Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, ² and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. ³ And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.' <sup>4</sup> But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' ⁵ Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God—cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.' <sup>7</sup> Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' ⁸ Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, ⁹ and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.' <sup>10</sup> Then saith Jesus to him, `Go—Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' ¹¹ Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness, ² forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered, ³ and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.' <sup>4</sup> And Jesus answered him, saying, `It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.' ⁵ And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, ⁶ and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it; <sup>7</sup> thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me—all shall be thine.' <sup>8</sup> And Jesus answering him said, `Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.' ⁹ And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, `If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence, <sup>10</sup> for it hath been written—To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee, <sup>11</sup> and—On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.' <sup>12</sup> And Jesus answering said to him—`It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' ¹³ And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.

¹⁸ and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.

²⁸ And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant—the ten matters.

¹¹ `And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone—tables of the covenant,

¹⁸ and I throw myself before Jehovah, as at first, forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk, because of all your sins which ye have sinned, by doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry.

²⁵ `And I throw myself before Jehovah, the forty days and the forty nights, as I had thrown myself, for Jehovah hath said—to destroy you;

⁵ And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;' <sup>6</sup> and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake baken on burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down. <sup>7</sup> And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;' ⁸ and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God—Horeb.

⁵³ dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

¹⁶ and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety—God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

¹⁷ wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people, ¹⁸ for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

¹⁵ for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner—apart from sin;

¹ The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. ² To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners. ³ To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah—to be beautified.'

¹² And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

²³ And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,

³⁵ And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

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

² and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

²⁰ added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

¹⁷ and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written: ¹⁸ `The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance, ¹⁹ To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.'

⁴³ and he said unto them—`Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;' ⁴⁴ and he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

¹ And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him,

²² After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing; ²³ and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized— ²⁴ for John was not yet cast into the prison—

²⁵ `And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, —ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

²³ and having appointed him a day, they came, more of them unto him, to the lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying fully the reign of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning till evening,

¹⁷ and having come, he did proclaim good news—peace to you—the far-off and the nigh,

⁴⁴ `And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed—to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.

²⁵ And thou dost know, and dost consider wisely, from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem till Messiah the Leader is seven weeks, and sixty and two weeks: the broad place hath been built again, and the rampart, even in the distress of the times.

² and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

¹⁷ From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

⁷ `And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

³¹ which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, ³² for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last—to believe him.

⁹ and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

¹¹ And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

⁴⁷ and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

³⁶ assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him—this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'
³⁷ And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?' <sup>38</sup> and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

²¹ testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁶ and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith—

⁴ and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

¹⁰ in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth—in him;

²⁵ in meekness instructing those opposing—if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth, ²⁶ and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

¹⁸ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers— ¹⁹ and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' ²⁰ and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. ²¹ And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, ²² and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

² And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;

¹⁶ And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers, ¹⁷ and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;' ¹⁸ and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him. ¹⁹ And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, ²⁰ and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

¹⁶ And he put on Simon the name Peter;

¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,

¹ And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, ² and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets, ³ and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat. ⁴ And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, `Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;' <sup>5</sup> and Simon answering said to him, `Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.' ⁶ And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking, ⁷ and they beckoned to the partners, who are in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking. ⁸ And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, `Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;' <sup>9</sup> for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took, <sup>10</sup> and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;' ¹¹ and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

¹⁴ (Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

⁴⁰ Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him; ⁴¹ this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, `We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,) <sup>42</sup> and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, `Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,' (which is interpreted, A rock.)

⁸ one of his disciples—Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter—saith to him,

²² Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

¹³ and when they came in, they went up to the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zelotes, and Judas, of James;

¹⁰ And it hath come to pass, fishers do stand by it, from En-Gedi even unto En-Eglaim; a spreading place of nets they are; according to their own kind is their fish, as the fish of the great sea, very many.

¹⁹ and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' ²⁰ and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

¹⁰ and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;'

³⁸ and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, <sup>39</sup> for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.' <sup>40</sup> Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;' ⁴¹ then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

²⁷ Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?' <sup>28</sup> And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit—ye also—upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; ²⁹ and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit; ³⁰ and many first shall be last, and last first.

²⁸ And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.' <sup>29</sup> And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news', ³⁰ who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during; ³¹ and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

¹¹ and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

³³ `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

²⁸ And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;' <sup>29</sup> and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God, ³⁰ who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'

⁸ yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

²¹ And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,

¹⁷ and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names—Boanerges, that is, `Sons of thunder;'

³⁷ And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

² And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

³⁵ And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

³³ and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

² and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

⁹ Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.

²⁰ and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'

²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;' <sup>22</sup> and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

³⁷ `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

²⁹ And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

²⁶ `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

¹⁶ So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

¹³ and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

³⁹ And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

¹ And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days, and it was heard that he is in the house,

² and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, `Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

¹ And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

³¹ And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths, ³² and they were astonished at his teaching, because his word was with authority. ³³ And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice, ³⁴ saying, `Away, what—to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.' <sup>35</sup> And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought; ³⁶ and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, `What is this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?' ³⁷ and there was going forth a fame concerning him to every place of the region round about.

¹⁵ `And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

¹⁰ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

¹⁴ and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down, ¹⁵ and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, `Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people—say on.' <sup>16</sup> And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken: ¹⁷ the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it; ¹⁸ and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness, ¹⁹ and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land. ²⁰ `And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges—till Samuel the prophet; <sup>21</sup> and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years; <sup>22</sup> and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will. <sup>23</sup> `Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour—Jesus, ²⁴ John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel; ²⁵ and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not he, but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of his feet. ²⁶ `Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent, <sup>27</sup> for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read—having judged him —did fulfil, <sup>28</sup> and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain, <sup>29</sup> and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb; <sup>30</sup> and God did raise him out of the dead, <sup>31</sup> and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. <sup>32</sup> `And we to you do proclaim good news—that the promise made unto the fathers, ³³ God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art—I to-day have begotten thee. ³⁴ `And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus—I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David; <sup>35</sup> wherefore also in another place he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption, <sup>36</sup> for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption, <sup>37</sup> but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption. <sup>38</sup> `Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared, ³⁹ and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous; ⁴⁰ see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets: ⁴¹ See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I—I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare it to you.'
⁴² And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon them that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them, ⁴³ and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God. ⁴⁴ And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God, ⁴⁵ and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul—contradicting and speaking evil. ⁴⁶ And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations; ⁴⁷ for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations—for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.' ⁴⁸ And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe—as many as were appointed to life age-during; ⁴⁹ and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region. ⁵⁰ And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders; ⁵¹ and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium, ⁵² and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

² and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

⁴ and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

²⁹ Is it not thus? My word is as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer—it breaketh in pieces a rock.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, ²⁹ for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

⁵⁴ and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

¹⁶ `Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary—is debtor! <sup>17</sup> Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? <sup>18</sup> `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it—is debtor! ¹⁹ Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? ²⁰ `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it; <sup>21</sup> and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; <sup>22</sup> and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it. <sup>23</sup> `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law—the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect. ²⁴ `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.

³ for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders, ⁴ and, coming from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. ⁵ Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?' <sup>6</sup> and he answering said to them—`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me; ⁷ and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men; ⁸ for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.' ⁹ And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; ¹⁰ for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother—let him die the death; ¹¹ and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), is whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine, ¹² and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother, ¹³ setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

³² and they were astonished at his teaching, because his word was with authority.

¹⁵ for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

⁴⁶ The officers answered, `Never so spake man—as this man.'

¹⁰ and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

²¹ And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?' ²² And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

² but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

¹² for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart; ¹³ and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes—with whom is our reckoning.

⁴³ `And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

³⁴ and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

² and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

²⁵ for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, —

²⁵ Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit—dumb and deaf—I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

¹² Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

¹⁰ For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

¹⁸ For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
¹⁹ Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

²⁴ `Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.

²⁹ and lo, they cried out, saying, `What—to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

⁷ and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What—to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'

³⁴ saying, `Away, what—to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.'

²⁸ and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, `What—to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

³⁷ And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

¹⁹ And he said to them, `What things?' And they said to him, `The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man—a prophet—powerful in deed and word, before God and all the people,

²⁷ because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;

¹⁴ and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man—a murderer—to be granted to you,

²⁷ for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

⁵ for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world—a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes—

¹⁹ thou—thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

⁷ `And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

¹⁶ And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee—to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

¹¹ and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying—`Thou art the Son of God;' ¹² and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.

³⁵ And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought;

⁴¹ And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying—`Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

¹⁷ she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

²⁰ and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing—foaming.

²⁶ and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

³⁹ and lo, a spirit doth take him, and suddenly he doth cry out, and it teareth him, with foaming, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him,

⁴² and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore him sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, and gave him back to his father.

²² but when the stronger than he, having come upon him, may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

³³ and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that `It was never so seen in Israel:'

²² Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. ²³ And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the Son of David?'

³¹ so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

³⁷ and they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, `Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.'

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

³² And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

³⁶ and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, `What is this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?'

¹ And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

¹⁷ And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;' <sup>18</sup> and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen; ¹⁹ lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you; ²⁰ but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

⁴ And he hath stood and delighted in the strength of Jehovah, In the excellency of the name of Jehovah his God, And they have remained, For now he is great unto the ends of earth.

²⁴ and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

³¹ but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

⁴⁵ And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

¹⁷ and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

³⁷ and there was going forth a fame concerning him to every place of the region round about.

¹⁴ And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid, and fevered, ¹⁵ and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

²¹ And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

²³ And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

³⁸ And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her, ³⁹ and having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her, and presently, having risen, she was ministering to them.

⁵⁸ and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

²³ and he was calling upon him much, saying—`My little daughter is at the last extremity—that having come, thou mayest lay on her thy hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'

³ therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

⁵ have we not authority a sister—a wife—to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

¹⁴ is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord, ¹⁵ and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.

¹ By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts—His Holy Name. ² Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits, ³ Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,

¹² What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits are upon me.

⁵⁵ And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

⁴¹ and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, `Talitha cumi;' which is, being interpreted, `Damsel (I say to thee), arise.'

⁴¹ (who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

² and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth, ³ and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

⁴¹ and having given her his hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

¹⁶ And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

² and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

⁴⁰ And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them his hands having put, did heal them.

⁵ and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁴⁴ And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him,'

¹² and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.

¹⁶ And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying, ¹⁷ she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;' <sup>18</sup> and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, `I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.

³ Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

⁴ For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!

²³ and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone,

⁴⁶ and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray. ⁴⁷ And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land; ⁴⁸ and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them.

⁴² And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him—not to go on from them, ⁴³ and he said unto them—`Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

¹⁶ and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

¹² And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

³⁹ And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him, ⁴⁰ and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.' <sup>41</sup> And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying, <sup>42</sup> saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me—;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' — ⁴³ And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him; ⁴⁴ and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground. ⁴⁵ And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow, ⁴⁶ and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

³⁴ Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

¹⁵ Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁸ through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

⁵ For, let this mind be in you that is also in Christ Jesus,

⁷ who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death—with strong crying and tears—having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

¹¹ and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it is a word of Jehovah.

²⁶ and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

¹⁹ the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'

⁴⁹ And he said unto them, `Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

¹⁸ `The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance, <sup>19</sup> To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.' <sup>20</sup> And having folded the roll, having given it back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him. <sup>21</sup> And he began to say unto them—`To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

⁴³ and he said unto them—`Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

⁴ it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: —

²⁸ I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

⁴ I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do it .

⁸ because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.

³⁰ and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

¹⁴ And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why is this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really—I bear—and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ² `When a man hath in the skin of his flesh a rising, or scab, or bright spot, and it hath become in the skin of his flesh a leprous plague, then he hath been brought in unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests; <sup>3</sup> and the priest hath seen the plague in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the plague hath turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the skin of his flesh—it is a plague of leprosy, and the priest hath seen him, and hath pronounced him unclean. <sup>4</sup> `And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair hath not turned white, then hath the priest shut up him who hath the plague seven days. ⁵ `And the priest hath seen him on the seventh day, and lo, the plague hath stood in his eyes, the plague hath not spread in the skin, and the priest hath shut him up a second seven days. <sup>6</sup> `And the priest hath seen him on the second seventh day, and lo, the plague is become weak, and the plague hath not spread in the skin—and the priest hath pronounced him clean, it is a scab, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean. ⁷ `And if the scab spread greatly in the skin, after his being seen by the priest for his cleansing, then he hath been seen a second time by the priest; <sup>8</sup> and the priest hath seen, and lo, the scab hath spread in the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it is leprosy. <sup>9</sup> `When a plague of leprosy is in a man, then he hath been brought in unto the priest, ¹⁰ and the priest hath seen, and lo, a white rising in the skin, and it hath turned the hair white, and a quickening of raw flesh is in the rising, — ¹¹ an old leprosy it is in the skin of his flesh, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; he doth not shut him up, for he is unclean. ¹² `And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of him who hath the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest, <sup>13</sup> then hath the priest seen, and lo, the leprosy hath covered all his flesh, and he hath pronounced him who hath the plague clean; it hath all turned white; he is clean. <sup>14</sup> `And in the day of raw flesh being seen in him he is unclean;

¹⁰ and the cloud hath turned aside from off the tent, and lo, Miriam is leprous as snow; and Aaron turneth unto Miriam, and lo, leprous! ¹¹ And Aaron saith unto Moses, `O, my lord, I pray thee, lay not upon us sin in which we have been foolish, and in which we have sinned; <sup>12</sup> let her not, I pray thee, be as one dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother—the half of his flesh is consumed.' <sup>13</sup> And Moses crieth unto Jehovah, saying, `O God, I pray Thee, give, I pray Thee, healing to her.' ¹⁴ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `And her father had but spat in her face—is she not ashamed seven days? she is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterwards she is gathered.' ¹⁵ And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered;

⁸ `Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do; ⁹ remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.

²⁹ it doth stay on the head of Joab, and on all the house of his father, and there is not cut off from the house of Joab one having an issue, and leprous, and laying hold on a staff, and falling by a sword, and lacking bread.'

⁵ And the king of Aram saith, `Go thou, enter, and I send a letter unto the king of Israel;' and he goeth and taketh in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of garments. <sup>6</sup> And he bringeth in the letter unto the king of Israel, saying, `And now, at the coming in of this letter unto thee, lo, I have sent unto thee Naaman my servant, and thou hast recovered him from his leprosy.' ⁷ And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel's reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this one is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.' <sup>8</sup> And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God's hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, `Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.'
⁹ And Naaman cometh, with his horses and with his chariot, and standeth at the opening of the house for Elisha; ¹⁰ and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, `Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee—and be thou clean. <sup>11</sup> And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper. ¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?' and he turneth and goeth on in fury. ¹³ And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, `My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee—dost thou not do it ? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.' <sup>14</sup> And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.
<sup>15</sup> And he turneth back unto the man of God, he and all his camp, and cometh in, and standeth before him, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, take, I pray thee, a blessing from thy servant.' ¹⁶ And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood—if I take it;' and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth. <sup>17</sup> And Naaman saith, `If not—let be given, I pray thee, to thy servant, a couple of mules' burden of earth, for thy servant doth make no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah. ¹⁸ For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself in the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.' ¹⁹ And he saith to him, `Go in peace.' And he goeth from him a kibrath of land,
<sup>20</sup> And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, `Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.' ²¹ And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?' <sup>22</sup> And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.' ²³ And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;' and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him; <sup>24</sup> and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go. <sup>25</sup> And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence—Gehazi?' and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.' <sup>26</sup> And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants? ²⁷ yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, —to the age;' and he goeth out from before him—leprous as snow.

³ And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What—we are sitting here till we have died;

⁵ And Jehovah smiteth the king, and he is a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelleth in a separate house, and Jotham son of the king is over the house, judging the people of the land.

¹³ for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens—

² and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;' <sup>3</sup> and having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, `I will, be thou cleansed,' and immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus saith to him, `See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

⁵ blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

¹⁴ And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,

²² and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.' ²³ And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'

¹⁷ And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'

¹² And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, `Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;' <sup>13</sup> and having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, `I will; be thou cleansed;' and immediately the leprosy went away from him. ¹⁴ And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

¹² and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off, ¹³ and they lifted up the voice, saying, `Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;' <sup>14</sup> and having seen them, he said to them, `Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed, ¹⁵ and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God, ¹⁶ and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where? <sup>18</sup> There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;' <sup>19</sup> and he said to him, `Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

⁴¹ And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

⁶⁰ and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.

¹⁴ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

³ and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

⁹ For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

³⁶ And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

³⁹ And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:

³⁴ and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

¹² and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her. ¹³ And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'

³ who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might—through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

¹⁷ wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

²⁸ then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

³¹ and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

²⁹ and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.

⁵⁰ Jesus saith to him, `Be going on; thy son doth live.' And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on, <sup>51</sup> and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying—`Thy child doth live;' ⁵² he inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him—`Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him;' <sup>53</sup> then the father knew that it was in that hour in which Jesus said to him—`Thy son doth live,' and he himself believed, and his whole house;

³ already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

³⁰ and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, `See, let no one know;'

⁴³ and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

³⁶ And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming it,

⁵⁶ and her parents were amazed, but he charged them to say to no one what was come to pass.

¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ² `This is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he hath been brought in unto the priest, <sup>3</sup> and the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from the leper, <sup>4</sup> and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. <sup>5</sup> `And the priest hath commanded, and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water; ⁶ as to the living bird, he taketh it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and hath dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird, over the running water, ⁷ and he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field. ⁸ `And he who is to be cleansed hath washed his garments, and hath shaved all his hair, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean, and afterwards he doth come in unto the camp, and hath dwelt at the outside of his tent seven days. <sup>9</sup> `And it hath been, on the seventh day—he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean.
¹⁰ `And on the eighth day he taketh two lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe-lamb, daughter of a year, a perfect one, and three tenth deals of flour for a present, mixed with oil, and one log of oil. <sup>11</sup> `And the priest who is cleansing hath caused the man who is to be cleansed to stand with them before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting, ¹² and the priest hath taken the one he-lamb, and hath brought it near for a guilt-offering, also the log of oil, and hath waved them—a wave offering before Jehovah. ¹³ `And he hath slaughtered the lamb in the place where he slaughtereth the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place; for like the sin-offering the guilt-offering is to the priest; it is most holy. <sup>14</sup> `And the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; ¹⁵ and the priest hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest, ¹⁶ and the priest hath dipped his right finger in the oil which is on his left palm, and hath sprinkled of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah. ¹⁷ `And of the residue of the oil which is on his palm, the priest putteth on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt-offering; <sup>18</sup> and the remnant of the oil which is on the palm of the priest, he putteth on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah. <sup>19</sup> `And the priest hath made the sin-offering, and hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterwards he doth slaughter the burnt-offering; ²⁰ and the priest hath caused the burnt-offering to ascend, also the present, on the altar, and the priest hath made atonement for him, and he hath been clean.
²¹ `And if he is poor, and his hand is not reaching these things, then he hath taken one lamb—a guilt-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth deal of flour mixed with oil for a present, and a log of oil, <sup>22</sup> and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, which his hand reacheth to, and one hath been a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering; <sup>23</sup> and he hath brought them in on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah. <sup>24</sup> `And the priest hath taken the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest hath waved them—a wave-offering before Jehovah; ²⁵ and he hath slaughtered the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; ²⁶ and the priest doth pour of the oil on the left palm of the priest; ²⁷ and the priest hath sprinkled with his right finger of the oil which is on his left palm, seven times before Jehovah. ²⁸ `And the priest hath put of the oil which is on his palm, on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt-offering; <sup>29</sup> and the remnant of the oil which is on the palm of the priest he doth put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him, before Jehovah. <sup>30</sup> `And he hath made the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons (from that which his hand reacheth to, ³¹ even that which his hand reacheth to), the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt offering, besides the present, and the priest hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Jehovah. ³² This is a law of him in whom is a plague of leprosy, whose hand reacheth not to his cleansing.'

⁴ And Jesus saith to him, `See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

² saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees; ³ all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

¹⁴ And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

¹⁴ and having seen them, he said to them, `Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

⁴ for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

¹¹ And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

¹¹ I mention the doings of Jah, For I remember of old Thy wonders,

¹⁵ And they, having received the money, did as they were taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews till this day.

¹ And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days, and it was heard that he is in the house, ² and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.

¹³ And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

⁷ And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

¹⁵ but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities, ¹⁶ and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.
¹⁷ And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was—to heal them.

² and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

¹⁰ for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially they of the circumcision—