The project to make the King James Bible easier to read is documented
in this shared folder:
Gentle King James New Testament.
You can download the spreadsheet which lists all the changes being made to the 1769
King James Version. That folder also has a link to the GitHub repo where the
open source code is stored.
This
is NOT, Repeat, NOT, a New Translation of the Word of God
The King James Bible is difficult to read because the English
language has changed since 1769 when the version most popular today was
published. We programmed a computer to scan an electronic copy of the 1769
King James Bible and make changes like “being great with child” to “being close
to giving birth” and “with child” to “pregnant.” The computer enclosed the
original words in [] so that Mathew 1:18-19 becomes:
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this [on this wise]:
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she
was found pregnant [with child] of the Holy Ghost. 19Then Joseph
her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example,
was minded to put her away secretly [privily].
These changes make no spiritual or doctrinal changes whatsoever.
If you find any changes that do, PLEASE SAY SO!! and we’ll fix it.
The computer changed 652 verses out of 7957. The Appendix lists all
the changes and has links so you can check the changes easily. The online
version lists all the changed verses and all the verses where archaic words
were found.
The plan is to make it easier for young Christians to learn the
old words in the Very Word of God so they can read it for themselves.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Use of Italics 1
Thou, Thee, Thy, and Thine 1
The Gospel According To Matthew 3
The Gospel According To Mark 47
The Gospel According To Luke 76
The Gospel According To John 125
What Jesus' Disciples Did, Commonly
Called Acts 160
Paul's Letter to the Church at Rome 206
Paul's First Letter to the Church at
Corinth 224
The Love Chapter: 236
Paul's Second Letter to the Church at
Corinth 242
Paul's Letter to the Church at
Galatia 253
Paul's Letter to the Church at
Ephesus 259
Paul's Letter to the Church at
Philippi 265
Paul's Letter to the Church at
Colosse 269
Paul's First Letter to the Church at
Thessalonica 273
Paul's Second Letter to the Church at
Thessalonica 277
Paul's First Letter to Timothy 279
Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 283
Paul's Letter to Titus 287
Paul's Letter to Philemon 289
Paul's Letter to Hebrew Christians 290
Heroes of the Faith: 299
Paul's Letter to James 303
Peter's First Letter to Gentile
Christians 307
Peter's Second Letter to Gentile
Christians 312
John's Letter to Every Christian 315
John's Letter to a Christian Woman 320
John's Letter to Gaius 320
Jude's Letter to Every Christian 321
John's Description of the Revelation
of Jesus Christ 322
Lists of Word Changes 344
Verses changed by each archaic word
replacement: 345
25-Dec-25
Introduction
People should start studying the Bible with the book of John, so
that chapter comes first. It introduces Jesus, the God-man who died on the
cross to pay the punishment for you sins, my sins, and all the sins anyone had
ever committed.
Paul’s letter to the Romans explains Jesus’ doctrines in
detail. Read it next.
The Translators added English words in italics that weren’t
in the Greek to make the English more understandable. Our electronic 1769
didn’t show italics. If someone can supply an electronic KJB that includes
italics, we’ll use it instead of what we have.
Thou,
Thee, Thy, and Thine
The Translators worked hard to put God’s Word into English
accurately. They continued Wycliffe‘s use of “High English” which had not been
spoken since the 1300s.
High English uses thou, thee, thy, or thine for one person[1] and ye, you,
your, or yours when addressing more than one person. All singular second person
pronouns start with “t” and all plural second person pronouns start with “y.”
Thee, thou, thy, and thine are singular. Ye, you, your, and yours are plural.
The English spoken in 1611 used you, your, and yours for either one person or a
group of people. The only way to tell the difference would be by checking the
Greek or relying on context.
The translators kept High English because the difference
between singular and plural can make a spiritual difference. Consider Acts
5:1-11. Ananias wanted to keep back money from selling land. He and his wife
discussed it, she agreed, they were struck dead. Some say they were equally
guilty co-conspirators, but the use of singular and plural shows that it was
his idea and that his wife followed him in what became their lie:
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
(singular) heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the
price of the land? 4Whiles it remained, was it not thine
(singular) own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own
power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou
hast not lied unto men, but unto God. Acts 5:3-4 (KJB)
The use of plural in this passage shows that his wife agreed
with his idea after discussion, that’s what obeying a husband is.
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye
(plural) sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 9Then
Peter said unto her, How is it that ye (plural) have agreed together
to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy
(singular) husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Acts 5:8-9
A husband should get his wife’s agreement. Sapphira
followed her husband’s idea and was struck dead. There are limits to a wife’s
obedience to her husband, but modern versions weaken this lesson by abandoning
High English.
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes. 48But he that knew not, and did commit things
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed
much, of him they will ask the more. Luke 12:47-48
God judges us on what we know. Dying takes Sapphira’s
punishment out of the “few stripes” category; she knew better. Sapphira should
have warned her husband against lying instead of following him. Pilate’s wife tried
to protect her husband:
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent
unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have
suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. Matthew 27:19
Will we meet Pilate’s wife in Heaven? Sapphira failed in her
duty to protect her husband from what she knew was a bad idea as Adam
failed in his duty to protect his wife from the serpent even though he knew the
serpent had lied (1 Tim. 2:14[2]).
There are limits to a woman’s duty to obey her husband as there are limits to a
man’s duty to obey government, but this lesson isn’t as clear in modern
versions.
This Gospel shows how God sent Jesus to fulfil the law and be the
Savior that God had promised Adam and Eve and whom Moses wrote about.
Chapter
1
1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of
David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham fathered [begat] Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob;
and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3And Judas fathered [begat] Phares and Zara of Thamar;
and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
4And Aram fathered [begat] Aminadab; and Aminadab begat
Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5And Salmon fathered [begat] Booz of Rachab; and Booz
begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6And Jesse fathered [begat] David the king; and David
the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
7And Solomon fathered [begat] Roboam; and Roboam begat
Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8And Asa fathered [begat] Josaphat; and Josaphat begat
Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9And Ozias fathered [begat] Joatham; and Joatham begat
Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10And Ezekias fathered [begat] Manasses; and Manasses
begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
11And Josias fathered [begat] Jechonias and his
brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias
fathered [begat] Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13And Zorobabel fathered [begat] Abiud; and Abiud begat
Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14And Azor fathered [begat] Sadoc; and Sadoc begat
Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15And Eliud fathered [begat] Eleazar; and Eleazar begat
Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16And Jacob fathered [begat] Joseph the husband of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are
fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are
fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen
generations.
18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this [on this
wise]: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found pregnant [with child] of the Holy Ghost.
19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not
willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away secretly
[privily].
20But while he thought on these things, behold, the
angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of
David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in
her is of the Holy Ghost.
21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call
his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23Behold, a virgin shall be pregnant [with child], and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of
the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25And knew her not till she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
Chapter
2
1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for
we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be
born.
5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for
thus it is written by the prophet,
6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the
least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that
shall rule my people Israel.
7Then Herod, when he had secretly [privily] called the
wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word
again, that I may come and worship him also.
9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo,
the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood
over where the young child was.
10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy.
11And when they were come into the house, they saw the
young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when
they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and
frankincense and myrrh.
12And being warned of God in a dream that they should
not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word:
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother
by night, and departed into Egypt:
15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt
have I called my son.
16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the
wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that
were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy
the prophet, saying,
18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and
weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be
comforted, because they are not.
19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the
young child's life.
21And he arose, and took the young child and his
mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea
in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there [thither]:
notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts
of Galilee:
23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a
Nazarene.
Chapter
3
1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea,
2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand.
3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet
Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and
a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food [meat] was locusts and wild
honey.
5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and
all the region round about Jordan,
6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees
come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come?
8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9And think not to say within yourselves, We have
Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to
raise up children unto Abraham.
10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the
trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire.
11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but
he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to
bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the
chaff with unquenchable fire.
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John,
to be baptized of him.
14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized
of thee, and comest thou to me?
15And Jesus answering said unto him, Allow [Suffer] it
to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he
allowed [suffered] him.
16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway
out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Chapter
4
1Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he
was afterward an hungred.
3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be
the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and
setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast
thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning
thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash
thy foot against a stone.
7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt
not tempt the Lord thy God.
8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee,
if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve.
11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came
and ministered unto him.
12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into
prison, he departed into Galilee;
13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum,
which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias
the prophet, saying,
15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by
the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and
to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two
brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the
sea: for they were fishers.
19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make
you fishers of men.
20And they straightway left their nets, and followed
him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their
father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22And they immediately left the ship and their father,
and followed him.
23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they
brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and
torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were
lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25And there followed him great multitudes of people
from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from
beyond Jordan.
Chapter
5
1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
earth.
6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called
the children of God.
10Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my
sake.
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your
reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have
lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on
an hill cannot be hid.
15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a
bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the
house.
16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see
your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth
pass, one small mark, tiny amount [jot] or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time,
Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall
say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and
there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy
way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art
in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge,
and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come
out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,
Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman
to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
31It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his
wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them
of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord
thine oaths:
34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by
heaven; for it is God's throne:
35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by
Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou
canst not make one hair white or black.
37But let your communication be, Yes [Yea], yea; No
[Nay], nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but
whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take
away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him two [twain].
42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would
borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45That ye may be the children of your Father which is
in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have
ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more
than others? do not even the publicans so?
48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is
in heaven is perfect.
Chapter
6
1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be
seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a
trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth:
4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which
seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the
corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward.
6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and
thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the
heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you:
15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of
a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto
men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and
wash thy face;
18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy
Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward
thee openly.
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also.
22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine
eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be
full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great
is that darkness!
24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate
the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye
shall put on. Is not the life more than food [meat], and the body than raiment?
26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth
them. Are ye not much better than they?
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto
his stature?
28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more
clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof.
Chapter
7
1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3And why beholdest thou the tiny particle [mote] that is
in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out
the tiny particle [mote] out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own
eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine
own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the tiny particle [mote]
out of thy brother's eye.
6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and
turn again and rend you.
7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask
bread, will he give him a stone?
10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give
good things to them that ask him?
12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go
in thereat:
14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are greedy to devour [ravening] wolves.
16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire.
20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which
is in heaven.
22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy
name done many wonderful works?
23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine,
and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a
rock:
25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon
a rock.
26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon
the sand:
27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of
it.
28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these
sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29For he taught them as one having authority, and not
as the scribes.
Chapter
8
1When he was come down from the mountain, great
multitudes followed him.
2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying,
I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go
thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.
5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came
unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the
palsy, grievously tormented.
7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy
that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant
shall be healed.
9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under
me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he
cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them
that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not
in Israel.
11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east
and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom
of heaven.
12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as
thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the
selfsame hour.
14And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw
his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and
she arose, and ministered unto them.
16When the even was come, they brought unto him many
that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sick:
17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias
the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he
gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master,
I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and
the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his
head.
21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord,
allow [suffer] me first to go and bury my father.
22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead
bury their dead.
23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples
followed him.
24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea,
insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying,
Lord, save us: we perish.
26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of
little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a
great calm.
27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is
this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
28And when he was come to the other side into the
country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out
of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to
do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come here [hither] to torment us
before the time?
30And there was a good way off from them an herd of
many swine feeding.
31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us
out, allow [suffer] us to go away into the herd of swine.
32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come
out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran
violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways
into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of
the devils.
34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus:
and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their
coasts.
Chapter
9
1And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came
into his own city.
2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the
palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the
palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
3And, behold, certain of the scribes said within
themselves, This man blasphemeth.
4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think
ye evil in your hearts?
5For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven
thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up
thy bed, and go unto thine house.
7And he arose, and departed to his house.
8But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and
glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man,
named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow
me. And he arose, and followed him.
10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at food [meat] in
the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and
his disciples.
11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his
disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They
that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have
mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners
to repentance.
14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why
do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will
come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old
garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and
the rent is made worse.
17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else
the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they
put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
18While he spoke [spake] these things unto them,
behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is
even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his
disciples.
20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an
issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his
garment:
21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his
garment, I shall be whole.
22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he
said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the
woman was made whole from that hour.
23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw
the minstrels and the people making a noise,
24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not
dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and
took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men
followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
28And when he was come into the house, the blind men
came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this?
They said unto him, Yes [Yea], Lord.
29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your
faith be it unto you.
30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly
charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
31But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his
fame in all that country.
32As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb
man possessed with a devil.
33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spoke
[spake]: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through
the prince of the devils.
35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep
having no shepherd.
37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly
is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Chapter
10
1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples,
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all
manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The
first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother;
3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the
publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also
betrayed him.
5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them,
saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the
Samaritans enter ye not:
6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel.
7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is
at hand.
8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses,
10Nor small wallet [scrip] for your journey, neither
two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his food
[meat].
11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter,
enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
12And when ye come into an house, salute it.
13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon
it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words,
when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of
wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to
the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings
for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or
what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall
speak.
20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your
Father which speaketh in you.
21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to
death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their
parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:
but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye
into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities
of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant
above his lord.
25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his
master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the
house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing
covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light:
and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not
able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.
29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of
them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many
sparrows.
32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him
will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I
also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I
came not to send peace, but a sword.
35For I am come to set a man at variance against his
father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against
her mother in law.
36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not
worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of
me.
38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after
me, is not worthy of me.
39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that
loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that
receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet
shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the
name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these
little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say
unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Chapter
11
1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of
commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in
their cities.
2Now when John had heard in the prison the works of
Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do
we look for another?
4Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John
again those things which ye do hear and see:
5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor
have the gospel preached to them.
6And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in
me.
7And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the
multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed
shaken with the wind?
8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft
raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
9But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yes [yea],
I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of
women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he
that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the
kingdom of heaven suffers [suffereth] violence, and the violent take it by
force.
13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until
John.
14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was
for to come.
15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is
like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not
danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they
say, He hath a devil.
19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they
say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and
sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida!
for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for
Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,
shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in
thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no
man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save
the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy loaded
[laden], and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30For my yoke[3]
is easy, and my burden is light.
Chapter
12
1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the
corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn
and to eat.
2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him,
Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David
did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the
shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were
with him, but only for the priests?
5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the
sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater
than the temple.
7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have
mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9And when he was departed thence, he went into their
synagogue:
10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand
withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?
that they might accuse him.
11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among
you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day,
will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore
it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council
against him, how they might destroy him.
15But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from
thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16And charged them that they should not make him known:
17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias
the prophet, saying,
18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in
whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew
judgment to the Gentiles.
19He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man
hear his voice in the streets.
20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax
shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil,
blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke
[spake] and saw.
23And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this
the son of David?
24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This
fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them,
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city
or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against
himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do
your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then
the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house,
and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will
spoil his house.
30He that is not with me is against me; and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven unto men.
32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man,
it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or
else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his
fruit.
34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak
good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth
forth evil things.
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy
words thou shalt be condemned.
38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees
answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to
it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the
whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the
heart of the earth.
41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of
Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.
43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he
walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44Then he saith, I will return into my house from where
[whence] I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and
garnished.
45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other
spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the
last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto
this wicked generation.
46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother
and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy
brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who
is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples,
and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is
in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Chapter
13
1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by
the sea side.
2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him,
so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the
shore.
3And he spoke [spake] many things unto them in
parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side,
and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much
earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and
because they had no root, they withered away.
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up,
and choked them:
8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth
fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why
speakest thou unto them in parables?
11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given
unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not
given.
12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he
shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away
even that he hath.
13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they
seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,
which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye
shall see, and shall not perceive:
15For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time
they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your
ears, for they hear.
17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and
righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen
them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which
was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20But he that received the seed into stony places, the
same is he that heareth the word, and soon, immediately [anon] with joy
receiveth it;
21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a
while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and
by he is offended.
22He also that received seed among the thorns is he
that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of
riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23But he that received seed into the good ground is he
that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and
bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds
[tares][4]
among the wheat, and went his way.
26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth
fruit, then appeared the weeds [tares] also.
27So the servants of the householder came and said unto
him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from where [whence] then
hath it weeds [tares]?
28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The
servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29But he said, No [Nay]; lest while ye gather up the
weeds [tares][5],
ye root up also the wheat with them.
30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the
time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the weeds
[tares], and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my
barn.
31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and
sowed in his field:
32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it
is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the
birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33Another parable spoke [spake] he unto them; The
kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three
measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
34All these things spoke [spake] Jesus unto the multitude
in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which
have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the
house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of
the weeds [tares] of the field.
37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the
good seed is the Son of man;
38The field is the world; the good seed are the
children of the kingdom; but the weeds [tares] are the children of the wicked
one;
39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest
is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40As therefore the weeds [tares] are gathered and
burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they
shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do
iniquity;
42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in
the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure
hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof
goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant
man, seeking goodly pearls:
46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went
and sold all that he had, and bought it.
47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that
was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat
down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels
shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these
things? They say unto him, Yes [Yea], Lord.
52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which
is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an
householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
53And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished
these parables, he departed thence.
54And when he was come into his own country, he taught
them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Where
[Whence] hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother
called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where
[Whence] then hath this man all these things?
57And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto
them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own
house.
58And he did not many mighty works there because of
their unbelief.
Chapter
14
1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of
Jesus,
2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist;
he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves
in him.
3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and
put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to
have her.
5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the
multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias
danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her
whatsoever she would ask.
8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said,
Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's
sake, and them which sat with him at food [meat], he commanded it to be given
her.
10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11And his head was brought in a charger, and given to
the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and
buried it, and went and told Jesus.
13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship
into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed
him on foot out of the cities.
14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and
was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him,
saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude
away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give
ye them to eat.
17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves,
and two fishes.
18He said, Bring them here [hither] to me.
19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the
grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven,
he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples
to the multitude.
20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took
up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men,
beside women and children.
22And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to
get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the
multitudes away.
23And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up
into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there
alone.
24But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed
with waves: for the wind was contrary.
25And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto
them, walking on the sea.
26And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea,
they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27But straightway Jesus spoke [spake] unto them,
saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou,
bid me come unto thee on the water.
29And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out
of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid;
and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and
caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?
32And when they were come into the ship, the wind
ceased.
33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped
him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
34And when they were gone over, they came into the land
of Gennesaret.
35And when the men of that place had knowledge of him,
they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that
were diseased;
36And besought him that they might only touch the hem
of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Chapter
15
1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were
of Jerusalem, saying,
2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also
transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and
mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his
mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be
free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your
tradition.
7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying,
8This people draweth near [nigh] unto me with their
mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men.
10And he called the multitude, and said unto them,
Hear, and understand:
11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;
but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest
thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my
heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind.
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto
us this parable.
16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without
understanding?
17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in
at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the toilet, privy
[draught]?
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come
forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat
with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts
of Tyre and Sidon.
22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same
coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of
David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples
came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the
lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help
me.
26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the
crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great
is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made
whole from that very hour.
29And Jesus departed from thence, and came near [nigh]
unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them
those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down
at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw
the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to
see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I
have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days,
and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint
in the way.
33And his disciples say unto him, Where [Whence] should
we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the
ground.
36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave
thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the
multitude.
37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took
up of the broken food [meat] that was left seven baskets full.
38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside
women and children.
39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and
came into the coasts of Magdala.
Chapter
16
1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and
tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye
say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day:
for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of
the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a
sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
5And when his disciples were come to the other side,
they had forgotten to take bread.
6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is
because we have taken no bread.
8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of
little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five
loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and
how many baskets ye took up?
11How is it that ye do not understand that I spoke
[spake] it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware
of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the
Sadducees.
13When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14And they said, Some say that thou art John the
Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God.
17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art
thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven.
18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.
19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20Then charged he his disciples that they should tell
no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his
disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day.
22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying,
Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind
me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that
be of God, but those that be of men.
24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and
whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for
his soul?
27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his
Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his
works.
28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here,
which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.
Chapter
17
1And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John
his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2And was transfigured before them: and his face did
shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
talking with him.
4Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is
good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one
for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5While he yet spoke [spake], behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their
face, and were sore afraid.
7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and
be not afraid.
8And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no
man, save Jesus only.
9And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged
them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again
from the dead.
10And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the
scribes that Elias must first come?
11And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly
shall first come, and restore all things.
12But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and
they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise
shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
13Then the disciples understood that he spoke [spake]
unto them of John the Baptist.
14And when they were come to the multitude, there came
to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and
sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could
not cure him.
17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and
perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?
bring him here [hither] to me.
18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him:
and the child was cured from that very hour.
19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why
could not we cast him out?
20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief:
for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye
shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to over there [yonder] place; and it
shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and
fasting.
22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them,
The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall
be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
24And when they were come to Capernaum, they that
received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay
tribute?
25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house,
Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of
the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto
him, Then are the children free.
27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou
to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and
when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take,
and give unto them for me and thee.
Chapter
18
1At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus,
saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him
in the midst of them,
3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom
of heaven.
4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5And whoso shall receive one such little child in my
name receiveth me.
6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which
believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must
needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut
them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life
halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into
everlasting fire.
9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather
than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little
ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face
of my Father which is in heaven.
11For the Son of man is come to save that which was
lost.
12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one
of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into
the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you,
he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not
astray.
14Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in
heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee,
go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee,
thou hast gained thy brother.
16But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one
or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.
17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto
the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an
heathen man and a publican.
18Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven.
19Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree
on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them
of my Father which is in heaven.
20For where two or three are gathered together in my
name, there am I in the midst of them.
21Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall
my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until
seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a
certain king, which would take account of his servants.
24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto
him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord
commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and
payment to be made.
26The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27Then the lord of that servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
28But the same servant went out, and found one of his
fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and
took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and
besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30And he would not: but went and cast him into prison,
till he should pay the debt.
31So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they
were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said
unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou
desiredst me:
33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto
you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Chapter
19
1And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished
these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea
beyond Jordan;
2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them
there.
3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and
saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read,
that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and
mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two [twain] shall be one flesh?
6Wherefore they are no more two [twain], but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give
a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of
your hearts allowed [suffered] you to put away your wives: but from the
beginning it was not so.
9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be
so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this
saying, save they to whom it is given.
12For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from
their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of
men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom
of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
13Then were there brought unto him little children,
that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14But Jesus said, Encourage [Suffer] little children,
and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
15And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master,
what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there
is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do
no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
bear false witness,
19Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I
kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and
sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come and follow me.
22But when the young man heard that saying, he went
away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto
you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
of God.
25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly
amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men
this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
27Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we
have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in
the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren,
or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's
sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30But many that are first shall be last; and the last
shall be first.
Chapter
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1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is
an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his
vineyard.
2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny
a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others
standing idle in the marketplace,
4And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and
whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and
did likewise.
6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found
others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He
saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that
shall ye receive.
8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith
unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from
the last unto the first.
9And when they came that were hired about the eleventh
hour, they received every man a penny.
10But when the first came, they supposed that they
should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11And when they had received it, they murmured against
the master of the house [goodman] of the house,
12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and
thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the
day.
13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do
thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto
this last, even as unto thee.
15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine
own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for
many be called, but few chosen.
17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve
disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man
shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall
condemn him to death,
19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to
scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with
her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto
him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the
other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask.
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my
cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my
right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them
for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24And when the ten heard it, they were moved with
indignation against the two brethren.
25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know
that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are
great exercise authority upon them.
26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will
be great among you, let him be your minister;
27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be
your servant:
28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude
followed him.
30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side,
when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O
Lord, thou son of David.
31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should
hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord,
thou son of David.
32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said,
What will ye that I shall do unto you?
33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their
eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
Chapter
21
1And when they drew near [nigh] unto Jerusalem, and
were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two
disciples,
2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against
you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose
them, and bring them unto me.
3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The
Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh
unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them
their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8And a very great multitude spread their garments in
the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9And the multitudes that went before, and that
followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was
moved, saying, Who is this?
11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of
Nazareth of Galilee.
12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out
all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be
called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple;
and he healed them.
15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the
wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and
saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
16And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And
Jesus saith unto them, Yes [Yea]; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes
and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
17And he left them, and went out of the city into
Bethany; and he lodged there.
18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he
hungered.
19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it,
and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow
on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled,
saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
21Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto
you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done
to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
23And when he was come into the temple, the chief
priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and
said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will
ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what
authority I do these things.
25The baptism of John, where [whence] was it? from
heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say,
From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for
all hold John as a prophet.
27And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell.
And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he
came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he
repented, and went.
30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he
answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31Whether of them two [twain] did the will of his
father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto
you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness,
and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and
ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33Hear another parable: There was a certain
householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a
winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into
a far country:
34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his
servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one,
and killed another, and stoned another.
36Again, he sent other servants more than the first:
and they did unto them likewise.
37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying,
They will reverence my son.
38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among
themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his
inheritance.
39And they caught him, and cast him out of the
vineyard, and slew him.
40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what
will he do unto those husbandmen?
41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those
wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall
render him the fruits in their seasons.
42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head
of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be
taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be
broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard
his parables, they perceived that he spoke [spake] of them.
46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared
the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Chapter
22
1And Jesus answered and spoke [spake] unto them again
by parables, and said,
2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king,
which made a marriage for his son,
3And sent forth his servants to call them that were
bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them
which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings
are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to
his farm, another to his merchandise:
6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them
spitefully, and slew them.
7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he
sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready,
but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye
shall find, bid to the marriage.
10So those servants went out into the highways, and
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding
was furnished with guests.
11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in
here [hither] not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and
foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14For many are called, but few are chosen.
15Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they
might entangle him in his talk.
16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the
Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of
God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the
person of men.
17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful
to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why
tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him
a penny.
20And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription?
21They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them,
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the
things that are God's.
22When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and
left him, and went their way.
23The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say
that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no
children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first,
when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto
his brother:
26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27And last of all the woman died also.
28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be
of the seven? for they all had her.
29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not
knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye
not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33And when the multitude heard this, they were
astonished at his doctrine.
34But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a
question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus
asked them,
42Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?
They say unto him, The son of David.
43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit
call him Lord, saying,
44The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither
dared [durst] any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Chapter
23
1Then spoke [spake] Jesus to the multitude, and to his
disciples,
2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses'
seat:
3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that
observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne,
and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with
one of their fingers.
5But all their works they do for to be seen of men:
they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief
seats in the synagogues,
7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men,
Rabbi, Rabbi.
8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is
your Father, which is in heaven.
10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
even Christ.
11But he that is greatest among you shall be your
servant.
12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased;
and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in
yourselves, neither allow [suffer] ye them that are entering to go in.
14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye
shall receive the greater damnation.
15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever
shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold
of the temple, he is a debtor!
17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold,
or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is
nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift,
or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by
it, and by all things thereon.
21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it,
and by him that dwelleth therein.
22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the
throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done,
and not to leave the other undone.
24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow
a camel.
25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and excess.
26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is
within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but
are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men,
but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the
righteous,
30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers,
we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye
are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye
escape the damnation of hell?
34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise
men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed
upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias
son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come
upon this generation.
37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth,
till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Chapter
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1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and
his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things?
verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples
came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that
no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.
6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see
that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is
not yet.
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,
in divers places.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and
shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one
another, and shall hate one another.
11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive
many.
12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many
shall wax cold.
13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall
be saved.
14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in
all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso
readeth, let him understand:)
16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the
mountains:
17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to
take any thing out of his house:
18Neither let him which is in the field return back to
take his clothes.
19And woe unto them that are pregnant [with child], and
to them that give suck in those days!
20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither
on the sabbath day:
21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22And except those days should be shortened, there
should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
shortened.
23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is
Christ, or there; believe it not.
24For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25Behold, I have told you before.
26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is
in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it
not.
27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth
even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles
be gathered together.
29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall
the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see
the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other.
32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near [nigh]:
33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,
know that it is near, even at the doors.
34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not
pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall
not pass away.
36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the
angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
38For as in the days that were before the flood they
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noe entered into the ark,
39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all
away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one
shall be taken, and the other left.
42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord
doth come.
43But know this, that if the master of the house
[goodman] of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would
have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye
think not the Son of man cometh.
45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his
lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them food [meat] in due
season?
46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
shall find so doing.
47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler
over all his goods.
48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart,
My lord delayeth his coming;
49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to
eat and drink with the drunken;
50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he
looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his
portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Chapter
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1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no
oil with them:
4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and
slept.
6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the
bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your
oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be
not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves.
10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and
they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord,
Lord, open to us.
12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I
know you not.
13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the
hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into
a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two,
and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and
straightway took his journey.
16Then he that had received the five talents went and
traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17And likewise he that had received two, he also gained
other two.
18But he that had received one went and digged in the
earth, and hid his lord's money.
19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh,
and reckoneth with them.
20And so he that had received five talents came and
brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five
talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and
faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22He also that had received two talents came and said,
Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other
talents beside them.
23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful
servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24Then he which had received the one talent came and
said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not
sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the
earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and
slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where
I have not strawed:
27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the
exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest
[usury].
28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto
him which hath ten talents.
29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he
shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that
which he hath.
30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he
shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats:
33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left.
34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world:
35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me food [meat]: I
was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or
naked, and clothed thee?
39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto
thee?
40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I
say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels:
42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no food [meat]:
I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and
ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to
me.
46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous into life eternal.
Chapter
26
1And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these
sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2Ye know that after two days is the feast of the
passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the
scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who
was called Caiaphas,
4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty,
and kill him.
5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an
uproar among the people.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon
the leper,
7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of
very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at food [meat].
8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation,
saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and
given to the poor.
10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why
trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have
not always.
12For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body,
she did it for my burial.
13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall
be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath
done, be told for a memorial of her.
14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went
unto the chief priests,
15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will
deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16And from that time he sought opportunity to betray
him.
17Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread
the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare
for thee to eat the passover?
18And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say
unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy
house with my disciples.
19And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them;
and they made ready the passover.
20Now when the even was come, he sat down with the
twelve.
21And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you,
that one of you shall betray me.
22And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one
of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
23And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand
with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
24The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe
unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man
if he had not been born.
25Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said,
Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat;
this is my body.
27And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to
them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many for the remission of sins.
29But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of
this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my
Father's kingdom.
30And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into
the mount of Olives.
31Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended
because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the
sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32But after I am risen again, I will go before you into
Galilee.
33Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men
shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
34Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That
this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
35Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee,
yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
36Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called
Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray over
there [yonder].
37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding
sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them
asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation:
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42He went away again the second time, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it,
thy will be done.
43And he came and found them asleep again: for their
eyes were heavy.
44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the
third time, saying the same words.
45Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them,
Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of
man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that
doth betray me.
47And while he yet spoke [spake], lo, Judas, one of the
twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and elders of the people.
48Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
49And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail,
master; and kissed him.
50And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou
come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
51And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus
stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high
priest's, and smote off his ear.
52Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into
his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father,
and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that
thus it must be?
55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are
ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat
daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the
prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to
Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high
priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the
council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60But found none: yes [yea], though many false
witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the
temple of God, and to build it in three days.
62And the high priest arose, and said unto him,
Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
63But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest
answered and said unto him, I command under oath [adjure] thee by the living
God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I
say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
65Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He
hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye
have heard his blasphemy.
66What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty
of death.
67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and
others smote him with the palms of their hands,
68Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that
smote thee?
69Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel
came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
70But he denied before them all, saying, I know not
what thou sayest.
71And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid
saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of
Nazareth.
72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the
man.
73And after a while came unto him they that stood by,
and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth
thee.
74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know
not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said
unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and
wept bitterly.
Chapter
27
1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and
elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and
delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that
he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders,
4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the
innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,
and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and
said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the
price of blood.
7And they took counsel, and bought with them the
potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood,
unto this day.
9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the
prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him
that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
10And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord
appointed me.
11And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor
asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou
sayest.
12And when he was accused of the chief priests and
elders, he answered nothing.
13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many
things they witness against thee?
14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that
the governor marvelled greatly.
15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release
unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16And they had then a notable prisoner, called
Barabbas.
17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate
said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which
is called Christ?
18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife
sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have
suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the
multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of
the two [twain] will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with
Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done?
But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but
that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be
on us, and on our children.
26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had
scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the
common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put
it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before
him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote
him on the head.
31And after that they had mocked him, they took the
robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify
him.
32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene,
Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha,
that is to say, a place of a skull,
34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and
when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
35And they crucified him, and parted his garments,
casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They
parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36And sitting down they watched him there;
37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS
IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one
on the right hand, and another on the left.
39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their
heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and
buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down
from the cross.
41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the
scribes and elders, said,
42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the
King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he
will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast
the same in his teeth.
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all
the land unto the ninth hour.
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?
47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that,
said, This man calleth for Elias.
48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge,
and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will
come to save him.
50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.
51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two
[twain] from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks
rent;
52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the
saints which slept arose,
53And came out of the graves after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him,
watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they
feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
55And many women were there beholding afar off, which
followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother
of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.
57When the even was come, there came a rich man of
Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then
Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in
a clean linen cloth,
60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn
out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary,
sitting over against the sepulchre.
62Now the next day, that followed the day of the
preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said,
while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure
until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and
say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be
worse than the first.
65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way,
make it as sure as ye can.
66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing
the stone, and setting a watch.
Chapter
28
1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward
the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the
sepulchre.
2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone
from the door, and sat upon it.
3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment
white as snow:
4And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became
as dead men.
5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear
not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see
the place where the Lord lay.
7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is
risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall
ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear
and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus
met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and
worshipped him.
10Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my
brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
11Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch
came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were
done.
12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had
taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and
stole him away while we slept.
14And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade
him, and secure you.
15So they took the money, and did as they were taught:
and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
16Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee,
into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some
doubted.
18And Jesus came and spoke [spake] unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.
Mark wrote for Gentiles, that is, non-Jews. Mark contains the
fewest quotations and references to the Old testament. His readers did not know
much about Jewish tradition
Chapter
1
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son
of God;
2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea,
and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,
confessing their sins.
6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a
girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I
after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
9And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came
from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw
the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art
my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12And immediately the spirit driveth him into the
wilderness.
13And he was there in the wilderness forty days,
tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto
him.
14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came
into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
16Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon
and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
17And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I
will make you to become fishers of men.
18And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed
him.
19And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship
mending their nets.
20And straightway he called them: and they left their
father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
21And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the
sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
22And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he
taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
23And there was in their synagogue a man with an
unclean spirit; and he cried out,
24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee,
thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art,
the Holy One of God.
25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and
come out of him.
26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried
with a loud voice, he came out of him.
27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they
questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is
this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do
obey him.
28And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all
the region round about Galilee.
29And forthwith, when they were come out of the
synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and
John.
30But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and
soon, immediately [anon] they tell him of her.
31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her
up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
32And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto
him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
33And all the city was gathered together at the door.
34And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases,
and cast out many devils; and did not allow [suffered not] the devils to speak,
because they knew him.
35And in the morning, rising up a great while before
day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
36And Simon and they that were with him followed after
him.
37And when they had found him, they said unto him, All
men seek for thee.
38And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns,
that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
39And he preached in their synagogues throughout all
Galilee, and cast out devils.
40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and
kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me
clean.
41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand,
and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy
departed from him, and he was cleansed.
43And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him
away;
44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man:
but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those
things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
45But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to
blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into
the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every
quarter.
Chapter
2
1And again he entered into Capernaum after some days;
and it was noised that he was in the house.
2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch
that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and
he preached the word unto them.
3And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the
palsy, which was borne of four.
4And when they could not come near [nigh] unto him for
the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it
up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of
the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6But there was certain of the scribes sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts,
7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can
forgive sins but God only?
8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit
that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these
things in your hearts?
9Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power
on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go
thy way into thine house.
12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went
forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God,
saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
13And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the
multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus
sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose
and followed him.
15And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at food
[meat] in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus
and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with
publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth
and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that
are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used
to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of
the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber
fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom
with them, they cannot fast.
20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be
taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old
garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the
rent is made worse.
22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else
the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles
will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn
fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the
ears of corn.
24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they
on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David
did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26How he went into the house of God in the days of
Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat
but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the sabbath:
28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was
a man there which had a withered hand.
2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the
sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand,
Stand forth.
4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the
sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their
peace.
5And when he had looked round about on them with anger,
being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch
forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as
the other.
6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took
counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the
sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
8And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond
Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard
what great things he did, came unto him.
9And he spoke [spake] to his disciples, that a small
ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed
upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down
before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12And he straitly charged them that they should not
make him known.
13And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him
whom he would: and they came unto him.
14And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him,
and that he might send them forth to preach,
15And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out
devils:
16And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of
James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew,
and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the
Canaanite,
19And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they
went into an house.
20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they
could not so much as eat bread.
21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to
lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said,
He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23And he called them unto him, and said unto them in
parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that
kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house
cannot stand.
26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided,
he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil
his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his
house.
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven
unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost
hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31There came then his brethren and his mother, and,
standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto
him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my
brethren?
34And he looked round about on them which sat about
him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is
my brother, and my sister, and mother.
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1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there
was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and
sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2And he taught them many things by parables, and said
unto them in his doctrine,
3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way
side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much
earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because
it had no root, it withered away.
7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up,
and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit
that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty,
and some an hundred.
9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear.
10And when he was alone, they that were about him with
the twelve asked of him the parable.
11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know
the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these
things are done in parables:
12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be
converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and
how then will ye know all parables?
14The sower soweth the word.
15And these are they by the way side, where the word is
sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the
word that was sown in their hearts.
16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony
ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with
gladness;
17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for
a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately
they are offended.
18And these are they which are sown among thorns; such
as hear the word,
19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of
riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it
becometh unfruitful.
20And these are they which are sown on good ground;
such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold,
some sixty, and some an hundred.
21And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put
under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be
manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more
be given.
25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that
hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man
should cast seed into the ground;
27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the
seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first
the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he
putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of
God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is
sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh
greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of
the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33And with many such parables spoke [spake] he the word
unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34But without a parable spoke [spake] he not unto them:
and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35And the same day, when the even was come, he saith
unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36And when they had sent away the multitude, they took
him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little
ships.
37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves
beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on
a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we
perish?
39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the
sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is
it that ye have no faith?
41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another,
What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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1And they came over unto the other side of the sea,
into the country of the Gadarenes.
2And when he was come out of the ship, immediately
there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could
bind him, no, not with chains:
4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and
chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken
in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains,
and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
6But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped
him,
7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to
do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I command under oath
[adjure] thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou
unclean spirit.
9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered,
saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10And he besought him much that he would not send them
away out of the country.
11Now there was there near [nigh] unto the mountains a
great herd of swine feeding.
12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into
the swine, that we may enter into them.
13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean
spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a
steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in
the sea.
14And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the
city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was
possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his
right mind: and they were afraid.
16And they that saw it told them how it befell to him
that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17And they began to pray him to depart out of their
coasts.
18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been
possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
19Howbeit Jesus did not allow him [suffered him not],
but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the
Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
20And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis
how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
21And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the
other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was near [nigh] unto the sea.
22And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the
synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter
lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that
she may be healed; and she shall live.
24And Jesus went with him; and much people followed
him, and thronged him.
25And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood
twelve years,
26And had suffered many things of many physicians, and
had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press
behind, and touched his garment.
28For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall
be whole.
29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried
up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power
[virtue] had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who
touched my clothes?
31And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the
multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32And he looked round about to see her that had done
this thing.
33But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was
done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made
thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35While he yet spoke [spake], there came from the ruler
of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why
troublest thou the Master any further?
36As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he
saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37And he allowed [suffered] no man to follow him, save
Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue,
and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make
ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put
them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that
were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto
her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she
was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great
astonishment.
43And he charged them straitly that no man should know
it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
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1And he went out from thence, and came into his own
country; and his disciples follow him.
2And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach
in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From where
[whence] hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given
unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the
brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters
here with us? And they were offended at him.
4But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without
honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5And he could there do no mighty work, save that he
laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
6And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he
went round about the villages, teaching.
7And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send
them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8And commanded them that they should take nothing for
their journey, save a staff only; no small wallet [scrip], no bread, no money
in their purse:
9But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
10And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter
into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you,
when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony
against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and
Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
12And they went out, and preached that men should
repent.
13And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil
many that were sick, and healed them.
14And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread
abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and
therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
15Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That
it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John,
whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon
John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife:
for he had married her.
18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for
thee to have thy brother's wife.
19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and
would have killed him; but she could not:
20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man
and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and
heard him gladly.
21And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his
birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of
Galilee;
22And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in,
and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto
the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of
me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What
shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king,
and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of
John the Baptist.
26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's
sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and
commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the
damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and
took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30And the apostles gathered themselves together unto
Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had
taught.
31And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into
a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and
they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32And they departed into a desert place by ship
privately.
33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him,
and ran afoot there [thither] out of all cities, and outwent them, and came
together unto him.
34And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was
moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a
shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
35And when the day was now far spent, his disciples
came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far
passed:
36Send them away, that they may go into the country
round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have
nothing to eat.
37He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.
And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and
give them to eat?
38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and
see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39And he commanded them to make all sit down by
companies upon the green grass.
40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two
fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave
them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among
them all.
42And they did all eat, and were filled.
43And they took up twelve baskets full of the
fragments, and of the fishes.
44And they that did eat of the loaves were about five
thousand men.
45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get
into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent
away the people.
46And when he had sent them away, he departed into a
mountain to pray.
47And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of
the sea, and he alone on the land.
48And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was
contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto
them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
49But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they
supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
50For they all saw him, and were troubled. And
immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is
I; be not afraid.
51And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind
ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
52For they considered not the miracle of the loaves:
for their heart was hardened.
53And when they had passed over, they came into the
land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
54And when they were come out of the ship, straightway
they knew him,
55And ran through that whole region round about, and
began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or
cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that
they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as
touched him were made whole.
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1Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain
of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with
defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash
their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4And when they come from the market, except they wash,
they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold,
as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not
thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with
unwashen hands?
6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias
prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with
their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men.
8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the
tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like
things ye do.
9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and,
Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or
mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me; he shall be free.
12And ye allow [suffer] him no more to do anything
[ought] for his father or his mother;
13Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
14And when he had called all the people unto him, he
said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
15There is nothing from without a man, that entering
into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they
that defile the man.
16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17And when he was entered into the house from the
people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without
understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without
entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the
belly, and goeth out into the toilet, privy [draught], purging all meats?
20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that
defileth the man.
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed
evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23All these evil things come from within, and defile
the man.
24And from thence he arose, and went into the borders
of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it:
but he could not be hid.
25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an
unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and
she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be
filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto
the dogs.
28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet
the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the
devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30And when she was come to her house, she found the
devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of
Decapolis.
32And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his
fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto
him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string
of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke [spake] plain.
36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but
the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath
done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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1In those days the multitude being very great, and
having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto
them,
2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have
now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses,
they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
4And his disciples answered him, From where [whence]
can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they
said, Seven.
6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground:
and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his
disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and
commanded to set them also before them.
8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of
the broken food [meat] that was left seven baskets.
9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and
he sent them away.
10And straightway he entered into a ship with his
disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question
with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why
doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no
sign be given unto this generation.
13And he left them, and entering into the ship again
departed to the other side.
14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread,
neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is
because we have no bread.
17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why
reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand?
have ye your heart yet hardened?
18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye
not? and do ye not remember?
19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20And when the seven among four thousand, how many
baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
21And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not
understand?
22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind
man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him
out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him,
he asked him if he saw ought.
24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees,
walking.
25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and
made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go
into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
27And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns
of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,
Whom do men say that I am?
28And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say,
Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30And he charged them that they should tell no man of
him.
31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must
suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests,
and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32And he spoke [spake] that saying openly. And Peter
took him, and began to rebuke him.
33But when he had turned about and looked on his
disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou
savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34And when he had called the people unto him with his
disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save
it.
36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul?
37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my
words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of
man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Chapter
9
1And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till
they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and
James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves:
and he was transfigured before them.
3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as
snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and
they were talking with Jesus.
5And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is
good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6For he did not know [wist not] what to say; for they were
sore afraid.
7And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a
voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they
saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9And as they came down from the mountain, he charged
them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of
man were risen from the dead.
10And they kept that saying with themselves,
questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that
Elias must first come?
12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh
first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that
he must suffer many things, and be set at nothing [nought].
13But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and
they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great
multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15And straightway all the people, when they beheld him,
were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I
have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he
foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spoke [spake] to
thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation,
how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him,
straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed
foaming.
21And he asked his father, How long is it ago since
this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into
the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on
us, and help us.
23Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all
things are possible to him that believeth.
24And straightway the father of the child cried out,
and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25When Jesus saw that the people came running together,
he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I
charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out
of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up;
and he arose.
28And when he was come into the house, his disciples
asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by
nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee;
and he would not that any man should know it.
31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The
Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and
after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid
to ask him.
33And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he
asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
34But they held their peace: for by the way they had
disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith
unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and
servant of all.
36And he took a child, and set him in the midst of
them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
37Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my
name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him
that sent me.
38And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one
casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him,
because he followeth not us.
39But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man
which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40For he that is not against us is on our part.
41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink
in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not
lose his reward.
42And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones
that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better
for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into
the fire that never shall be quenched:
44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better
for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell,
into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is
better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two
eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every
sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness,
wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Chapter
10
1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts
of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again;
and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it
lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses
command you?
4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of
divorcement, and to put her away.
5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the
hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6But from the beginning of the creation God made them
male and female.
7For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and cleave to his wife;
8And they two [twain] shall be one flesh: so then they
are no more twain, but one flesh.
9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man
put asunder.
10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the
same matter.
11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be
married to another, she committeth adultery.
13And they brought young children to him, that he
should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and
said unto them, Encourage [Suffer] the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
15Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive
the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
16And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon
them, and blessed them.
17And when he was gone forth into the way, there came
one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do
that I may inherit eternal life?
18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good?
there is none good but one, that is, God.
19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not,
Honor thy father and mother.
20And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these
have I observed from my youth.
21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto
him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to
the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross,
and follow me.
22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved:
for he had great possessions.
23And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his
disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of
God!
24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But
Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them
that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26And they were astonished out of measure, saying among
themselves, Who then can be saved?
27And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is
impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
28Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left
all, and have followed thee.
29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you,
There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time,
houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with
persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
31But many that are first shall be last; and the last
first.
32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and
Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were
afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should
happen unto him,
33Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of
man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they
shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
34And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and
shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto
him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall
desire.
36And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do
for you?
37They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit,
one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
38But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask:
can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that
I am baptized with?
39And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto
them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism
that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
40But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is
not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
41And when the ten heard it, they began to be much
displeased with James and John.
42But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye
know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship
over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
43But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will
be great among you, shall be your minister:
44And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be
servant of all.
45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
46And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of
Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the
son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
47And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he
began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
48And many charged him that he should hold his peace:
but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
49And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be
called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise;
he calleth thee.
50And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to
Jesus.
51And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou
that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might
receive my sight.
52And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath
made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in
the way.
Chapter
11
1And when they came near [nigh] to Jerusalem, unto
Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his
disciples,
2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over
against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied,
whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye
that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him here [hither].
4And they went their way, and found the colt tied by
the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
5And certain of them that stood there said unto them,
What do ye, loosing the colt?
6And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded:
and they let them go.
7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their
garments on him; and he sat upon him.
8And many spread their garments in the way: and others
cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9And they that went before, and they that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that
cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the
temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the
eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany,
he was hungry:
13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he
came, if perhaps [haply] he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to
it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit
of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the
temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and
overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold
doves;
16And would not allow [not suffer] that any man should
carry any vessel through the temple.
17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written,
My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made
it a den of thieves.
18And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and
sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people
was astonished at his doctrine.
19And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the
fig tree dried up from the roots.
21And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him,
Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in
God.
23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say
unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall
not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith
shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye
desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.
26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
27And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was
walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes,
and the elders,
28And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these
things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
29And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also
ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I
do these things.
30The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
answer me.
31And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we
shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people:
for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot
tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what
authority I do these things.
Chapter
12
1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain
man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the
winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far
country.
2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant,
that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away
empty.
4And again he sent unto them another servant; and at
him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully
handled.
5And again he sent another; and him they killed, and
many others; beating some, and killing some.
6Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent
him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is
the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.
8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of
the vineyard.
9What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he
will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which
the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in
our eyes?
12And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the
people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they
left him, and went their way.
13And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and
of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
14And when they were come, they say unto him, Master,
we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the
person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give
tribute to Caesar, or not?
15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing
their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may
see it.
16And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is
this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar
the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled
at him.
18Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is
no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die,
and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should
take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a
wife, and dying left no seed.
21And the second took her, and died, neither left he
any seed: and the third likewise.
22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all
the woman died also.
23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise,
whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not
therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither
marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not
read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke [spake] unto him, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the
living: ye therefore do greatly err.
28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them
reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him,
Which is the first commandment of all?
29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.
31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast
said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love
his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices.
34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he
said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that
dared [durst] ask him any question.
35And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the
temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
36For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD
said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy
footstool.
37David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and where
[whence] is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the
scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the
marketplaces,
39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the
uppermost rooms at feasts:
40Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make
long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld
how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in
much.
42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in
two tiny coins [mites], which make a farthing.
43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto
them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all
they which have cast into the treasury:
44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she
of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Chapter
13
1And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples
saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these
great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not
be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against
the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be
the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest
any man deceive you:
6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.
7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be
ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there
shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver
you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be
brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
10And the gospel must first be published among all
nations.
11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take
no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but
whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye
that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
12Now the brother shall betray the brother to death,
and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and
shall cause them to be put to death.
13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:
but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that
readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15And let him that is on the housetop not go down into
the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
16And let him that is in the field not turn back again
for to take up his garment.
17But woe to them that are pregnant [with child], and
to them that give suck in those days!
18And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19For in those days shall be affliction, such as was
not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time,
neither shall be.
20And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no
flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath
shortened the days.
21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is
Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and
shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all
things.
24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers
that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the
clouds with great power and glory.
27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to
the uttermost part of heaven.
28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things
come to pass, know that it is near [nigh], even at the doors.
30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not
pass, till all these things be done.
31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall
not pass away.
32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not
the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when
the time is.
34For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey,
who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his
work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master
of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the
morning:
36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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14
1After two days was the feast of the passover, and of
unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might
take him by craft, and put him to death.
2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an
uproar of the people.
3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
as he sat at food [meat], there came a woman having an alabaster box of
ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on
his head.
4And there were some that had indignation within
themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5For it might have been sold for more than three
hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she
hath wrought a good work on me.
7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever
ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
8She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to
anoint my body to the burying.
9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall
be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be
spoken of for a memorial of her.
10And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the
chief priests, to betray him unto them.
11And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised
to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
12And the first day of unleavened bread, when they
killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go
and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
13And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith
unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a
pitcher of water: follow him.
14And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the master
of the house [goodman] of the house, The Master saith, Where is the
guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
15And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and
prepared: there make ready for us.
16And his disciples went forth, and came into the city,
and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
17And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
18And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say
unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
19And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him
one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the
twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
21The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him:
but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that
man if he had never been born.
22And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed,
and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
23And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he
gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many.
25Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the
fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into
the mount of Olives.
27And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended
because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the
sheep shall be scattered.
28But after that I am risen, I will go before you into
Galilee.
29But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be
offended, yet will not I.
30And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice.
31But he spoke [spake] the more vehemently, If I should
die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
32And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane:
and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and
began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful
unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground,
and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible
unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what
thou wilt.
37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith
unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The
spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
39And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke [spake]
the same words.
40And when he returned, he found them asleep again,
(for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew [wist] they what to answer him.
41And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them,
Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the
Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at
hand.
43And immediately, while he yet spoke [spake], cometh
Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and
staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44And he that betrayed him had given them a token,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away
safely.
45And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him,
and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
46And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote
a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come
out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye
took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
50And they all forsook him, and fled.
51And there followed him a certain young man, having a
linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
52And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them
naked.
53And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with
him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace
of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the
fire.
55And the chief priests and all the council sought for
witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
56For many bare false witness against him, but their
witness agreed not together.
57And there arose certain, and bare false witness
against him, saying,
58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is
made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
59But neither so did their witness agree together.
60And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked
Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against
thee?
61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again
the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of
the Blessed?
62And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
63Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith,
What need we any further witnesses?
64Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they
all condemned him to be guilty of death.
65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face,
and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike
him with the palms of their hands.
66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh
one of the maids of the high priest:
67And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked
upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand
I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them
that stood by, This is one of them.
70And he denied it again. And a little after, they that
stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a
Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
71But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know
not this man of whom ye speak.
72And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called
to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou
shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
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1And straightway in the morning the chief priests held
a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound
Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
2And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
And he answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.
3And the chief priests accused him of many things: but
he answered nothing.
4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou
nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
5But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate
marvelled.
6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner,
whomsoever they desired.
7And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with
them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the
insurrection.
8And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to
do as he had ever done unto them.
9But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I
release unto you the King of the Jews?
10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him
for envy.
11But the chief priests moved the people, that he
should rather release Barabbas unto them.
12And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What
will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he
done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15And so Pilate, willing to content the people,
released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to
be crucified.
16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called
Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
17And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown
of thorns, and put it about his head,
18And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did
spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
20And when they had mocked him, they took off the
purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify
him.
21And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by,
coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his
cross.
22And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is,
being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh:
but he received it not.
24And when they had crucified him, they parted his
garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26And the superscription of his accusation was written
over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his
right hand, and the other on his left.
28And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he
was numbered with the transgressors.
29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their
heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in
three days,
30Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among
themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the
cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him
reviled him.
33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness
over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it,
said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and
put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether
Elias will come to take him down.
37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the
ghost.
38And the veil of the temple was rent in two [twain]
from the top to the bottom.
39And when the centurion, which stood over against him,
saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was
the Son of God.
40There were also women looking on afar off: among whom
was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome;
41(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and
ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto
Jerusalem.
42And now when the even was come, because it was the
preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
43Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which
also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and
craved the body of Jesus.
44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and
calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while
dead.
45And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the
body to Joseph.
46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and
wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a
rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses
beheld where he was laid.
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1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might
come and anoint him.
2And very early in the morning the first day of the
week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away
the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was
rolled away: for it was very great.
5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man
sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were
affrighted.
6And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek
Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the
place where they laid him.
7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he
goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8And they went out quickly, and fled from the
sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to
any man; for they were afraid.
9Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
10And she went and told them that had been with him, as
they mourned and wept.
11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and
had been seen of her, believed not.
12After that he appeared in another form unto two of
them, as they walked, and went into the country.
13And they went and told it unto the residue: neither
believed they them.
14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at
food [meat], and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.
16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be damned.
17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my
name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover.
19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was
received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20And they went forth, and preached every where, the
Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Luke wrote primarily to the Greeks, showing that Jesus' message is
for everyone.
Chapter
1
1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in
order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
2Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the
beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect
understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order,
most excellent Theophilus,
4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things,
wherein thou hast been instructed.
5THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a
certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
6And they were both righteous before God, walking in
all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was
barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
8And it came to pass, that while he executed the
priest's office before God in the order of his course,
9According to the custom of the priest's office, his
lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10And the whole multitude of the people were praying
without at the time of incense.
11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord
standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear
fell upon him.
13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for
thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou
shalt call his name John.
14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall
rejoice at his birth.
15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and
shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy
Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to
the Lord their God.
17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of
Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I
know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
19And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel,
that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew
thee these glad tidings.
20And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to
speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou
believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
21And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled
that he tarried so long in the temple.
22And when he came out, he could not speak unto them:
and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned
unto them, and remained speechless.
23And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his
ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
24And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived,
and hid herself five months, saying,
25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein
he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou
that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying,
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou
hast found favour with God.
31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the
Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man?
35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the
Son of God.
36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also
conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was
called barren.
37For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it
unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill
country with haste, into a city of Juda;
40And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted
Elisabeth.
41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the
salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with
the Holy Ghost:
42And she spoke [spake] out with a loud voice, and
said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43And where [whence] is this to me, that the mother of
my Lord should come to me?
44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation
sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be
a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48For he hath regarded the low estate of his
handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
and holy is his name.
50And his mercy is on them that fear him from
generation to generation.
51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and
exalted them of low degree.
53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the
rich he hath sent empty away.
54He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of
his mercy;
55As he spoke [spake] to our fathers, to Abraham, and
to his seed for ever.
56And Mary abode with her about three months, and
returned to her own house.
57Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be
delivered; and she brought forth a son.
58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord
had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came
to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his
father.
60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he
shall be called John.
61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred
that is called by this name.
62And they made signs to his father, how he would have
him called.
63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying,
His name is John. And they marvelled all.
64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue
loosed, and he spoke [spake], and praised God.
65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and
all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
66And all they that heard them laid them up in their
hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord
was with him.
67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy
Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath
visited and redeemed his people,
69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the
house of his servant David;
70As he spoke [spake] by the mouth of his holy
prophets, which have been since the world began:
71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from
the hand of all that hate us;
72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to
remember his holy covenant;
73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered
out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the
days of our life.
76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the
Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the
remission of their sins,
78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the
dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and
was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Chapter
2
1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out
a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was
governor of Syria.)
3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city
of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being close
to giving birth [great with child].
6And so it was, that, while they were there, the days
were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room
for them in the inn.
8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,
I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of
the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good
will toward men.[6]
15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us.
16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph,
and the babe lying in a manger.
17And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the
saying which was told them concerning this child.
18And all they that heard it wondered at those things
which were told them by the shepherds.
19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in
her heart.
20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
21And when eight days were accomplished for the
circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the
angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22And when the days of her purification[7]
according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem,
to present him to the Lord;
23(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male
that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
24And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is
said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name
was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation
of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that
he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when
the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the
law,
28Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and
said,
29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word:
30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all
people;
32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy
people Israel.
33And Joseph and his mother[8]
marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his
mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in
Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35(Yes [Yea], a sword shall pierce through thy own soul
also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of
Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an
husband seven years from her virginity;
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four
years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and
prayers night and day.
38And she coming in that urgent [instant] gave thanks
likewise unto the Lord, and spoke [spake] of him to all them that looked for
redemption in Jerusalem.
39And when they had performed all things according to
the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the
feast of the passover.
42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to
Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
43And when they had fulfilled the days, as they
returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his
mother knew not of it.
44But they, supposing him to have been in the company,
went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and
acquaintance.
45And when they found him not, they turned back again
to Jerusalem, seeking him.
46And it came to pass, that after three days they found
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and
asking them questions.
47And all that heard him were astonished at his
understanding and answers.
48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his
mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father
and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me?
knew [wist] ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
50And they understood not the saying which he spoke
[spake] unto them.
51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and
was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favour with God and man.
Chapter
3
1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius
Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of
Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of
Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of
God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3And he came into all the country about Jordan,
preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias
the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and
hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the
rough ways shall be made smooth;
6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be
baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?
8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and
begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say
unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the
trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire.
10And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do
then?
11He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two
coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food [meat], let
him do likewise.
12Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said
unto him, Master, what shall we do?
13And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which
is appointed you.
14And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying,
And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither
accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
15And as the people were in expectation, and all men
mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize
you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am
not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he
will burn with fire unquenchable.
18And many other things in his exhortation preached he
unto the people.
19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for
Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in
prison.
21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to
pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a
dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved
Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of
age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of
Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the
son of Joseph,
25Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of
Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son
of Nagge,
26Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of
Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was
the son of Juda,
27Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of
Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which
was the son of Neri,
28Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of
Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the
son of Er,
29Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of
Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was
the son of Levi,
30Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of
Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the
son of Eliakim,
31Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of
Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was
the son of David,
32Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of
Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son
of Naasson,
33Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of
Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the
son of Juda,
34Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of
Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the
son of Nachor,
35Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of
Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the
son of Sala,
36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad,
which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of
Lamech,
37Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of
Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the
son of Cainan,
38Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth,
which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Chapter
4
1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from
Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those
days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of
God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That
man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain,
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I
give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to
whomsoever I will I give it.
7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind
me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve.
9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a
pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast
thyself down from hence:
10For it is written, He shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee:
11And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at
any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season.
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into
Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of
all.
16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and
stood up for to read.
17And there was delivered unto him the book of the
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it
was written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue
were fastened on him.
21And he began to say unto them, This day is this
scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the
gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this
Joseph's son?
23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me
this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in
Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is
accepted in his own country.
25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel
in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months,
when great famine was throughout all the land;
26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto
Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus
the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
28And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these
things, were filled with wrath,
29And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led
him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might
cast him down headlong.
30But he passing through the midst of them went his
way,
31And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and
taught them on the sabbath days.
32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his
word was with power.
33And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a
spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee,
thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art;
the Holy One of God.
35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and
come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of
him, and hurt him not.
36And they were all amazed, and spoke [spake] among
themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he
commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37And the fame of him went out into every place of the
country round about.
38And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into
Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they
besought him for her.
39And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it
left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
40Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any
sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every
one of them, and healed them.
41And devils also came out of many, crying out, and
saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them did not allow them
[suffered them not] to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
42And when it was day, he departed and went into a
desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him,
that he should not depart from them.
43And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of
God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
44And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Chapter
5
1And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon
him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen
were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3And he entered into one of the ships, which was
Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he
sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
4Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon,
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a toilet, privy [draught].
5And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will
let down the net.
6And when they had this done, they inclosed a great
multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in
the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled
both the ships, so that they began to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at
the toilet, privy [draught] of the fishes which they had taken:
10And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee,
which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from
henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11And when they had brought their ships to land, they
forsook all, and followed him.
12And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city,
behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought
him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I
will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew
thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses
commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him:
and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their
infirmities.
16And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and
prayed.
17And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was
teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which
were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the
power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was
taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him
before him.
19And when they could not find by what way they might
bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him
down through the tiling with his lie down, rest [couch] into the midst before
Jesus.
20And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man,
thy sins are forgiven thee.
21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,
saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God
alone?
22But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering
said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee;
or to say, Rise up and walk?
24But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power
upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto
thee, Arise, and take up thy lie down, rest [couch], and go into thine house.
25And immediately he rose up before them, and took up
that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and
were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27And after these things he went forth, and saw a
publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him,
Follow me.
28And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and
there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his
disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are
whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
33And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John
fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but
thine eat and drink?
34And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of
the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be
taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36And he spoke [spake] also a parable unto them; No man
putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new
maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the
old.
37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else
the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall
perish.
38But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both
are preserved.
39No man also having drunk old wine straightway
desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Chapter
6
1And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the
first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears
of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye
that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so
much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were
with him;
4How he went into the house of God, and did take and
eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not
lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
5And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord
also of the sabbath.
6And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he
entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was
withered.
7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he
would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which
had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and
stood forth.
9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing;
Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to
destroy it?
10And looking round about upon them all, he said unto
the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole
as the other.
11And they were filled with madness; and communed one
with another what they might do to Jesus.
12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out
into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13And when it was day, he called unto him his
disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his
brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and
Simon called Zelotes,
16And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot,
which also was the traitor.
17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain,
and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all
Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to
hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and
they were healed.
19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for
there went power [virtue] out of him, and healed them all.
20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said,
Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be
filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when
they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for,
behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their
fathers unto the prophets.
24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received
your consolation.
25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe
unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!
for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do
good to them which hate you,
28Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you.
29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer
also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat
also.
30Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him
that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also
to them likewise.
32For if ye love them which love you, what thank have
ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what
thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive,
what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend,
hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is
merciful.
37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not,
and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your
bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to
you again.
39And he spoke [spake] a parable unto them, Can the
blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40The disciple is not above his master: but every one
that is perfect shall be as his master.
41And why beholdest thou the tiny particle [mote] that
is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother,
let me pull out the tiny particle [mote] that is in thine eye, when thou
thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast
out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull
out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit;
neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of
thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of
his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaketh.
46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things
which I say?
47Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and
doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48He is like a man which built an house, and digged
deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream
beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded
upon a rock.
49But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man
that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the
stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house
was great.
Chapter
7
1Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience
of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto
him, was sick, and ready to die.
3And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the
elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him
instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a
synagogue.
6Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far
from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord,
trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my
roof:
7Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto
thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8For I also am a man set under authority, having under
me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he
cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him,
and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto
you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10And they that were sent, returning to the house,
found the servant whole that had been sick.
11And it came to pass the day after, that he went into
a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12Now when he came near [nigh] to the gate of the city,
behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she
was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her,
and said unto her, Weep not.
14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare
him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And
he delivered him to his mother.
16And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God,
saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited
his people.
17And this rumour of him went forth throughout all
Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
18And the disciples of John shewed him of all these
things.
19And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent
them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
20When the men were come unto him, they said, John
Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look
we for another?
21And in that same hour he cured many of their
infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he
gave sight.
22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and
tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor
the gospel is preached.
23And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in
me.
24And when the messengers of John were departed, he
began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the
wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in
soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live
delicately, are in kings' courts.
26But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yes
[Yea], I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of
women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is
least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans,
justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of
God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the
men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32They are like unto children sitting in the
marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you,
and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor
drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye
say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and
sinners!
35But wisdom is justified of all her children.
36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would
eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to food
[meat].
37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner,
when she knew that Jesus sat at food [meat] in the Pharisee's house, brought an
alabaster box of ointment,
38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began
to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he
spoke [spake] within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would
have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a
sinner.
40And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have
somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
41There was a certain creditor which had two debtors:
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
42And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
43Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom
he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon,
Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for
my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs
of her head.
45Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time
I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this
woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many,
are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same
loveth little.
48And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49And they that sat at food [meat] with him began to
say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee;
go in peace.
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1And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout
every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom
of God: and the twelve were with him,
2And certain women, which had been healed of evil
spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
3And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and
Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
4And when much people were gathered together, and were
come to him out of every city, he spoke [spake] by a parable:
5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed,
some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air
devoured it.
6And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was
sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up
with it, and choked it.
8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare
fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this
parable be?
10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they
might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh
the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should
believe and be saved.
13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe,
and in time of temptation fall away.
14And that which fell among thorns are they, which,
when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and
pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15But that on the good ground are they, which in an
honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit
with patience.
16No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it
with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that
they which enter in may see the light.
17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made
manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath,
to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even
that which he seemeth to have.
19Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and
could not come at him for the press.
20And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother
and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
21And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my
brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
22Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went
into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the
other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
23But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came
down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in
jeopardy.
24And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master,
master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the
water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they
being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for
he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
26And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes,
which is over against Galilee.
27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of
the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes,
neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before
him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son
of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out
of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains
and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the
wilderness.)
30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he
said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31And they besought him that he would not command them
to go out into the deep.
32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on
the mountain: and they besought him that he would allow [suffer] them to enter
into them. And he suffered them.
33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into
the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and
were choked.
34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled,
and went and told it in the city and in the country.
35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to
Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the
feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
36They also which saw it told them by what means he
that was possessed of the devils was healed.
37Then the whole multitude of the country of the
Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken
with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
38Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought
him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39Return to thine own house, and shew how great things
God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the
whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
40And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned,
the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he
was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him
that he would come into his house:
42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of
age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,
which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
44Came behind him, and touched the border of his
garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
45And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied,
Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and
press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
46And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I
perceive that power [virtue] is gone out of me.
47And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came
trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the
people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
48And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort:
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
49While he yet spoke [spake], there cometh one from the
ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble
not the Master.
50But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying,
Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
51And when he came into the house, he allowed [suffered]
no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother
of the maiden.
52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep
not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was
dead.
54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand,
and called, saying, Maid, arise.
55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway:
and he commanded to give her food [meat].
56And her parents were astonished: but he charged them
that they should tell no man what was done.
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9
1Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave
them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to
heal the sick.
3And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey,
neither staves, nor small wallet [scrip], neither bread, neither money; neither
have two coats apiece.
4And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and
thence depart.
5And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of
that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6And they departed, and went through the towns,
preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by
him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was
risen from the dead;
8And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others,
that one of the old prophets was risen again.
9And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this,
of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
10And the apostles, when they were returned, told him
all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a
desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
11And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and
he received them, and spoke [spake] unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed
them that had need of healing.
12And when the day began to wear away, then came the
twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the
towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in
a desert place.
13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they
said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and
buy food [meat] for all this people.
14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to
his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
15And they did so, and made them all sit down.
16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to
set before the multitude.
17And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was
taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
18And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his
disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I
am?
19They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say,
Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter
answering said, The Christ of God.
21And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to
tell no man that thing;
22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and
be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be
raised the third day.
23And he said to them all, If any man will come after
me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole
world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words,
of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory,
and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing
here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
28And it came to pass about an eight days after these
sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was
altered, and his raiment was white and shining [glistering].
30And, behold, there talked with him two men, which
were Moses and Elias:
31Who appeared in glory, and spoke [spake] of his
decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
32But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with
sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood
with him.
33And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter
said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing
what he said.
34While he thus spoke [spake], there came a cloud, and
overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
35And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This
is my beloved Son: hear him.
36And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone.
And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which
they had seen.
37And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they
were come down from the hill, much people met him.
38And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying,
Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth
out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly
departeth from him.
40And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and
they could not.
41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse
generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son here
[hither].
42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down,
and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and
delivered him again to his father.
43And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.
But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto
his disciples,
44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the
Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid
from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that
saying.
46Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of
them should be greatest.
47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart,
took a child, and set him by him,
48And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this
child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him
that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
49And John answered and said, Master, we saw one
casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not
with us.
50And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that
is not against us is for us.
51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he
should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52And sent messengers before his face: and they went,
and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
53And they did not receive him, because his face was as
though he would go to Jerusalem.
54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they
said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and
consume them, even as Elias did?
55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know
not what manner of spirit ye are of.
56For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's
lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
57And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a
certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds
of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said,
Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead:
but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
61And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but
let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand
to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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10
1After these things the LORD appointed other seventy
also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place,
whither he himself would come.
2Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great,
but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
would send forth labourers into his harvest.
3Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among
wolves.
4Carry neither purse, nor small wallet [scrip], nor
shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace
be to this house.
6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall
rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such
things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house
to house.
8And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive
you, eat such things as are set before you:
9And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them,
The kingdom of God is come near [nigh] unto you.
10But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive
you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on
us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the
kingdom of God is come near [nigh] unto you.
12But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable
in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida!
for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done
in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at
the judgment, than for you.
15And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt
be thrust down to hell.
16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth
you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
17And the seventy returned again with joy, saying,
Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any
means hurt you.
20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits
are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in
heaven.
21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father;
for so it seemed good in thy sight.
22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no
man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son,
and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23And he turned him unto his disciples, and said
privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
24For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have
desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear
those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted
him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how
readest thou?
27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this
do, and thou shalt live.
29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus,
And who is my neighbour?
30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down
from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31And by chance there came down a certain priest that
way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came
and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where
he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in
oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took
care of him.
35And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two
pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and
whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was
neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
37And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said
Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
38Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered
into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her
house.
39And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at
Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came
to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve
alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha,
thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that
good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
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1And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach
us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,
as in heaven, so in earth.
3Give us day by day our daily bread.
4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one
that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from
evil.
5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me
three loaves;
6For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and
I have nothing to set before him?
7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not:
the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and
give thee.
8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him,
because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give
him as many as he needeth.
9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a
father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give
him a serpent?
12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion?
13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?
14And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And
it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spoke [spake]; and the
people wondered.
15But some of them said, He casteth out devils through
Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from
heaven.
17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against
a house falleth.
18If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall
his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do
your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no
doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods
are in peace:
22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and
overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and
divideth his spoils.
23He that is not with me is against me: and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth.
24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he
walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will
return unto my house where [whence] I came out.
25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and
garnished.
26Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits
more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last
state of that man is worse than the first.
27And it came to pass, as he spoke [spake] these
things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,
Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts [paps] which thou hast
sucked.
28But he said, Yes [Yea] rather, blessed are they that
hear the word of God, and keep it.
29And when the people were gathered thick together, he
began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no
sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall
also the Son of man be to this generation.
31The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment
with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.
32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with
this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of
Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in
a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which
come in may see the light.
34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when
thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye
is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee
be not darkness.
36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having
no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a
candle doth give thee light.
37And as he spoke [spake], a certain Pharisee besought
him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to food [meat].
38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he
had not first washed before dinner.
39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make
clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of
greedy to devour [ravening] and wickedness.
40Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without
make that which is within also?
41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and,
behold, all things are clean unto you.
42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and
rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost
seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not
aware of them.
45Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him,
Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye
load [lade] men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not
the burdens with one of your fingers.
47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the
prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your
fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send
them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed
from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias
which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It
shall be required of this generation.
52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key
of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes
and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of
many things:
54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something
out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an
innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he
began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be
revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall
be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets
shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them
that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him,
which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yes [yea], I say unto
you, Fear him.
6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not
one of them is forgotten before God?
7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before
men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9But he that denieth me before men shall be denied
before the angels of God.
10And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of
man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy
Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto
magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer,
or what ye shall say:
12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour
what ye ought to say.
13And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak
to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a
divider over you?
15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of
covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things
which he possesseth.
16And he spoke [spake] a parable unto them, saying, The
ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I
do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my
barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul
shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided?
21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is
not rich toward God.
22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto
you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body,
what ye shall put on.
23The life is more than food [meat], and the body is
more than raiment.
24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;
which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are
ye better than the fowls?
25And which of you with taking thought can add to his
stature one cubit?
26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is
least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not,
they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in
the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe
you, O ye of little faith?
29And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30For all these things do the nations of the world seek
after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these
things shall be added unto you.
32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves
bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no
thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also.
35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights
burning;
36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their
lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh,
they may open unto him immediately.
37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he
cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself,
and make them to sit down to food [meat], and will come forth and serve them.
38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in
the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39And this know, that if the master of the house
[goodman] of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have
watched, and not have allowed [suffered] his house to be broken through.
40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh
at an hour when ye think not.
41Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this
parable unto us, or even to all?
42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise
steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their
portion of food [meat] in due season?
43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
shall find so doing.
44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him
ruler over all that he hath.
45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord
delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and
to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he
looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in
sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.
48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of
stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given,
of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they
will ask the more.
49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I,
if it be already kindled?
50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am
I straitened till it be accomplished!
51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I
tell you, No [Nay]; but rather division:
52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house
divided, three against two, and two against three.
53The father shall be divided against the son, and the
son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter
against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the
daughter in law against her mother in law.
54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud
rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There
will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and
of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57Yes [Yea], and why even of yourselves judge ye not
what is right?
58When thou goest with thine adversary to the
magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be
delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee
to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou
hast paid the very last tiny amount [mite].
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1There were present at that season some that told him
of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that
these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered
such things?
3I tell you, No [Nay]: but, except ye repent, ye shall
all likewise perish.
4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell,
and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in
Jerusalem?
5I tell you, No [Nay]: but, except ye repent, ye shall
all likewise perish.
6He spoke [spake] also this parable; A certain man had
a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and
found none.
7Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold,
these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it
down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone
this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after
that thou shalt cut it down.
10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the
sabbath.
11And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of
infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up
herself.
12And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and
said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was
made straight, and glorified God.
14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with
indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto
the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore
come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite,
doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall,
and lead him away to watering?
16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this
bond on the sabbath day?
17And when he had said these things, all his
adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious
things that were done by him.
18Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like?
and whereunto shall I resemble it?
19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took,
and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of
the air lodged in the branches of it.
20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the
kingdom of God?
21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in
three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22And he went through the cities and villages,
teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be
saved? And he said unto them,
24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I
say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25When once the master of the house is risen up, and
hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door,
saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know
you not where [whence] ye are:
26Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk
in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not where
[whence] ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye
shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom
of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
29And they shall come from the east, and from the west,
and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of
God.
30And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and
there are first which shall be last.
31The same day there came certain of the Pharisees,
saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox,
Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third
day I shall be perfected.
33Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and
the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,
and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy
children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
not!
35Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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1And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one
of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
2And, behold, there was a certain man before him which
had the dropsy.
3And Jesus answering spoke [spake] unto the lawyers and
Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed
him, and let him go;
5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an
ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the
sabbath day?
6And they could not answer him again to these things.
7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden,
when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.
8When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not
down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of
him;
9And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee,
Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the
lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend,
go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at
food [meat] with thee.
11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and
he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest
a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a
recompence be made thee.
13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind:
14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense
thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15And when one of them that sat at food [meat] with him
heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the
kingdom of God.
16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great
supper, and bade many:
17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them
that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go
and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen,
and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20And another said, I have married a wife, and
therefore I cannot come.
21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these
things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here [hither] the
poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast
commanded, and yet there is room.
23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the
highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were
bidden shall taste of my supper.
25And there went great multitudes with him: and he
turned, and said unto them,
26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes [yea], and his
own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after
me, cannot be my disciple.
28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth
not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29Lest perhaps [haply], after he hath laid the
foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to
finish.
31Or what king, going to make war against another king,
sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to
meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he
sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh
not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the
dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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1Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners
for to hear him.
2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This
man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3And he spoke [spake] this parable unto them, saying,
4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose
one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after
that which is lost, until he find it?
5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his
shoulders, rejoicing.
6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his
friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my
sheep which was lost.
7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance.
8Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she
lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek
diligently till she find it?
9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends
and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the
piece which I had lost.
10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
11And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12And the younger of them said to his father, Father,
give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his
living.
13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together,
and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with
wasteful and reckless [riotous] living.
14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty
famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that
country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he would gladly [fain] have filled his belly with
the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired
servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me
as one of thy hired servants.
20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was
yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell
on his neck, and kissed him.
21And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the
best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his
feet:
23And bring here [hither] the fatted calf, and kill it;
and let us eat, and be merry:
24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was
lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came
and drew near [nigh] to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26And he called one of the servants, and asked what
these things meant.
27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy
father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and
sound.
28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came
his father out, and intreated him.
29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many
years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and
yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and
all that I have is thine.
32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad:
for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a
certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that
he had wasted his goods.
2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I
hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no
longer steward.
3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do?
for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am
ashamed.
4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of
the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him,
and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said
unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And
he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
write fourscore.
8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he
had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser
than the children of light.
9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the
mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
10He that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.
11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is
another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will
hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all
these things: and they derided him.
15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify
yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly
esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
16The law and the prophets were until John: since that
time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than
one tittle of the law to fail.
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from
her husband committeth adultery.
19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in
purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which
was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell
from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried;
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on
me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool
my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26And beside all this, between us and you there is a
great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that
thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear them.
30And he said, No [Nay], father Abraham: but if one
went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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1Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but
that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of
these little ones.
3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass
against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt
forgive him.
5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our
faith.
6And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the
root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding
cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit
down to food [meat]?
8And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith
I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and
afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
9Doth he thank that servant because he did the things
that were commanded him? I think [trow] not.
10So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those
things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done
that which was our duty to do.
11And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he
passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12And as he entered into a certain village, there met
him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us.
14And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew
yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were
cleansed.
15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed,
turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him
thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten
cleansed? but where are the nine?
18There are not found that returned to give glory to
God, save this stranger.
19And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith
hath made thee whole.
20And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the
kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation:
21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
22And he said unto the disciples, The days will come,
when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not
see it.
23And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there:
go not after them, nor follow them.
24For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one
part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the
Son of man be in his day.
25But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected
of this generation.
26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also
in the days of the Son of man.
27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they
were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the
flood came, and destroyed them all.
28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did
eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained
fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man
is revealed.
31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and
his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is
in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32Remember Lot's wife.
33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it;
and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
34I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in
one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall
be taken, and the other left.
36Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
37And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And
he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, there [thither] will the eagles be
gathered together.
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1And he spoke [spake] a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not
God, neither regarded man:
3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto
him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said
within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge
her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day
and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9And he spoke [spake] this parable unto certain which
trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a
Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God,
I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even as this publican.
12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I
possess.
13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift
up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified
rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and
he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15And they brought unto him also infants, that he would
touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Encourage
[Suffer] little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is
the kingdom of God.
17Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the
kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
18And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
19And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good?
none is good, save one, that is, God.
20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy
father and thy mother.
21And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him,
Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he
was very rich.
24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he
said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
25For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27And he said, The things which are impossible with men
are possible with God.
28Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed
thee.
29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There
is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children,
for the kingdom of God's sake,
30Who shall not receive manifold more in this present
time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
31Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets
concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
32For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and
shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
33And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and
the third day he shall rise again.
34And they understood none of these things: and this
saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
35And it came to pass, that as he was come near [nigh]
unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
36And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it
meant.
37And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have
mercy on me.
39And they which went before rebuked him, that he
should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have
mercy on me.
40And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto
him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
41Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And
he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith
hath saved thee.
43And immediately he received his sight, and followed
him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto
God.
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1And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which
was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not
for the press, because he was little of stature.
4And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree
to see him: for he was to pass that way.
5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and
saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I
must abide at thy house.
6And he made haste, and came down, and received him
joyfully.
7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That
he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
8And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold,
Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing
from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
9And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to
this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
10For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that
which was lost.
11And as they heard these things, he added and spoke
[spake] a parable, because he was near [nigh] to Jerusalem, and because they
thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far
country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them
ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after
him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
15And it came to pass, that when he was returned,
having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto
him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had
gained by trading.
16Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath
gained ten pounds.
17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant:
because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten
cities.
18And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath
gained five pounds.
19And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five
cities.
20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy
pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man:
thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I
judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking
up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the
bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with interest [usury]?
24And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him
the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath
shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken
away from him.
27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should
reign over them, bring here [hither], and slay them before me.
28And when he had thus spoken, he went before,
ascending up to Jerusalem.
29And it came to pass, when he was come near [nigh] to
Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of
his disciples,
30Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in
the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man
sat: loose him, and bring him here [hither].
31And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus
shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
32And they that were sent went their way, and found
even as he had said unto them.
33And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof
said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
34And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
35And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their
garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
36And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
37And when he was come near [nigh], even now at the
descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
seen;
38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name
of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude
said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that,
if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and
wept over it,
42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in
this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from
thine eyes.
43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies
shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on
every side,
44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy
children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out
them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the
house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief
priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48And could not find what they might do: for all the
people were very attentive to hear him.
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1And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he
taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and
the scribes came upon him with the elders,
2And spoke [spake] unto him, saying, Tell us, by what
authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask
you one thing; and answer me:
4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall
say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us:
for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
7And they answered, that they could not tell where
[whence] it was.
8And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what
authority I do these things.
9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain
man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far
country for a long time.
10And at the season he sent a servant to the
husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the
husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him
also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also,
and cast him out.
13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do?
I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see
him.
14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among
themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the
inheritance may be ours.
15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall
give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
17And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that
is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head
of the corner?
18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken;
but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour
sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that
he had spoken this parable against them.
20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which
should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that
so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou
sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but
teachest the way of God truly:
22Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or
no?
23But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto
them, Why tempt ye me?
24Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath
it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar
the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
26And they could not take hold of his words before the
people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny
that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's
brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother
should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first
took a wife, and died without children.
30And the second took her to wife, and he died
childless.
31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven
also: and they left no children, and died.
32Last of all the woman died also.
33Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is
she? for seven had her to wife.
34And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of
this world marry, and are given in marriage:
35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain
that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage:
36Neither can they die any more: for they are equal
unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the
resurrection.
37Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at
the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.
38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living:
for all live unto him.
39Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master,
thou hast well said.
40And after that they dared [durst] not ask him any
question at all.
41And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is
David's son?
42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
43Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his
son?
45Then in the audience of all the people he said unto
his disciples,
46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long
robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the
synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
47Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long
prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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1And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their
gifts into the treasury.
2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in there
[thither] two tiny coins [mites].
3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor
widow hath cast in more than they all:
4For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the
offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she
had.
5And as some spoke [spake] of the temple, how it was
adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6As for these things which ye behold, the days will
come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall
not be thrown down.
7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall
these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to
pass?
8And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go
ye not therefore after them.
9But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not
terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and
by.
10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and
famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be
from heaven.
12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on
you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,
being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate
before what ye shall answer:
15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all
your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and
brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be
put to death.
17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19In your patience possess ye your souls.
20And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with
armies, then know that the desolation thereof is near [nigh].
21Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the
mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not
them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things
which are written may be fulfilled.
23But woe unto them that are pregnant [with child], and
to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the
land, and wrath upon this people.
24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down
of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon,
and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the
sea and the waves roaring;
26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking
after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken.
27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory.
28And when these things begin to come to pass, then
look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth near [nigh].
29And he spoke [spake] to them a parable; Behold the
fig tree, and all the trees;
30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your
own selves that summer is now near [nigh] at hand.
31So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to
pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is near [nigh] at hand.
32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass
away, till all be fulfilled.
33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall
not pass away.
34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares.
35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell
on the face of the whole earth.
36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of man.
37And in the day time he was teaching in the temple;
and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of
Olives.
38And all the people came early in the morning to him
in the temple, for to hear him.
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1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near [nigh],
which is called the Passover.
2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they
might kill him; for they feared the people.
3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being
of the number of the twelve.
4And he went his way, and communed with the chief
priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him
unto them in the absence of the multitude.
7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the
passover must be killed.
8And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us
the passover, that we may eat.
9And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we
prepare?
10And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered
into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow
him into the house where he entereth in.
11And ye shall say unto the master of the house
[goodman] of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber,
where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
12And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished:
there make ready.
13And they went, and found as he had said unto them:
and they made ready the passover.
14And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the
twelve apostles with him.
15And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to
eat this passover with you before I suffer:
16For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof,
until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take
this, and divide it among yourselves:
18For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of
the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and
gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me.
20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup
is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is
with me on the table.
22And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined:
but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
23And they began to enquire among themselves, which of
them it was that should do this thing.
24And there was also a strife among them, which of them
should be accounted the greatest.
25And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles
exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are
called benefactors.
26But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among
you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at food
[meat], or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you
as he that serveth.
28Ye are they which have continued with me in my
temptations.
29And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath
appointed unto me;
30That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom,
and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:
and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with
thee, both into prison, and to death.
34And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not
crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
35And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse,
and small wallet [scrip], and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said,
Nothing.
36Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a
purse, let him take it, and likewise his small wallet [scrip]: and he that hath
no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet
be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the
things concerning me have an end.
38And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And
he said unto them, It is enough.
39And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount
of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray
that ye enter not into temptation.
41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast,
and kneeled down, and prayed,
42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup
from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,
strengthening him.
44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and
his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his
disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest
ye enter into temptation.
47And while he yet spoke [spake], behold a multitude,
and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew
near unto Jesus to kiss him.
48But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the
Son of man with a kiss?
49When they which were about him saw what would follow,
they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
50And one of them smote the servant of the high priest,
and cut off his right ear.
51And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And
he touched his ear, and healed him.
52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains
of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as
against a thief, with swords and staves?
53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched
forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into
the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
55And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the
hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire,
and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
57And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
58And after a little while another saw him, and said,
Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
59And about the space of one hour after another
confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he
is a Galilaean.
60And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And
immediately, while he yet spoke [spake], the cock crew.
61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter
remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock
crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
62And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
63And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote
him.
64And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on
the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
65And many other things blasphemously spoke [spake]
they against him.
66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people
and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their
council, saying,
67Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them,
If I tell you, ye will not believe:
68And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let
me go.
69Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand
of the power of God.
70Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And
he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
71And they said, What need we any further witness? for
we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
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1And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him
unto Pilate.
2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this
fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying
that he himself is Christ a King.
3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the
Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the
people, I find no fault in this man.
5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up
the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this
place.
6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man
were a Galilaean.
7And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's
jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that
time.
8And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for
he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things
of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
9Then he questioned with him in many words; but he
answered him nothing.
10And the chief priests and scribes stood and
vehemently accused him.
11And Herod with his men of war set him at nothing
[nought], and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him
again to Pilate.
12And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends
together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
13And Pilate, when he had called together the chief
priests and the rulers and the people,
14Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as
one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you,
have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo,
nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17(For of necessity he must release one unto them at
the feast.)
18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with
this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for
murder, was cast into prison.)
20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke
[spake] again to them.
21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil
hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise
him, and let him go.
23And they were urgent [instant] with loud voices,
requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief
priests prevailed.
24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they
required.
25And he released unto them him that for sedition and
murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to
their will.
26And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one
Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross,
that he might bear it after Jesus.
27And there followed him a great company of people, and
of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of
Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they
shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the
breasts [paps] which never gave suck.
30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall
on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
31For if they do these things in a green tree, what
shall be done in the dry?
32And there were also two other, malefactors, led with
him to be put to death.
33And when they were come to the place, which is called
Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left.
34Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know
not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also
with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be
Christ, the chosen of God.
36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and
offering him vinegar,
37And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save
thyself.
38And a superscription also was written over him in
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed
on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward
of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom.
43And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To
day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple
was rent in the midst.
46And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up
the ghost.
47Now when the centurion saw what was done, he
glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
48And all the people that came together to that sight,
beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed
him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
50And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a
counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
51(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed
of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for
the kingdom of God.
52This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus.
53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and
laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was
laid.
54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath
drew on.
55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee,
followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments;
and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
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1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the
morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had
prepared, and certain others with them.
2And they found the stone rolled away from the
sepulchre.
3And they entered in, and found not the body of the
Lord Jesus.
4And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
5And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to
the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke
[spake] unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
7Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the
hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8And they remembered his words,
9And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these
things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
10It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother
of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the
apostles.
11And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and
they believed them not.
12Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and
stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed,
wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
13And, behold, two of them went that same day to a
village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
14And they talked together of all these things which
had happened.
15And it came to pass, that, while they communed together
and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16But their eyes were holden that they should not know
him.
17And he said unto them, What manner of communications
are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas,
answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not
known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
19And he said unto them, What things? And they said
unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and
word before God and all the people:
20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered
him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
21But we trusted that it had been he which should have
redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these
things were done.
22Yes [Yea], and certain women also of our company made
us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
23And when they found not his body, they came, saying,
that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
24And certain of them which were with us went to the
sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets have spoken:
26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and
to enter into his glory?
27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he
expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
28And they drew near [nigh] unto the village, whither
they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for
it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with
them.
30And it came to pass, as he sat at food [meat] with
them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he
vanished out of their sight.
32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn
within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the
scriptures?
33And they rose up the same hour, and returned to
Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with
them,
34Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to
Simon.
35And they told what things were done in the way, and
how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
36And as they thus spoke [spake], Jesus himself stood
in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed
that they had seen a spirit.
38And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why
do thoughts arise in your hearts?
39Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself:
handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands
and his feet.
41And while they yet believed not for joy, and
wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any food [meat]?
42And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of
an honeycomb.
43And he took it, and did eat before them.
44And he said unto them, These are the words which I
spoke [spake] unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in
the psalms, concerning me.
45Then opened he their understanding, that they might
understand the scriptures,
46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it
behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
47And that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48And ye are witnesses of these things.
49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon
you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from
on high.
50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he
lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
51And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was
parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
52And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem
with great joy:
53And were continually in the temple, praising and
blessing God. Amen.
This is the first book you should read. You must understand why
the rulers wanted to kill Jesus, why lost people are not Sons of God, and where
you can find truth.
Chapter
1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not
any thing made that was made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the
Light, that all men through him might believe.
8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of
that Light.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that
cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten[9]
of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was
he of whom I spoke [spake], He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for
he was before me.
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace
for grace.
17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth
came by Jesus Christ.
18No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten
Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent
priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am
not the Christ.
21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he
saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may
give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest
thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but
there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me,
whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man
which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31And I knew him not: but that he should be made
manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize
with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy
Ghost.
34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of
God.
35Again the next day after John stood, and two of his
disciples;
36And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold
the Lamb of God!
37And the two disciples heard him speak, and they
followed Jesus.
38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith
unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being
interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw
where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40One of the two which heard John speak, and followed
him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith
unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld
him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas,
which is by interpretation, A stone.
43The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee,
and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and
Peter.
45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have
found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of
Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing
come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him,
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48Nathanael saith unto him, Where [Whence] knowest thou
me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou
wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou
art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto
thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater
things than these.
51And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and
descending upon the Son of man.
Chapter
2
1And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of
Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the
marriage.
3And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith
unto him, They have no wine.
4Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with
thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he
saith unto you, do it.
6And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after
the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins
apiece.
7Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water.
And they filled them up to the brim.
8And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto
the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
9When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that
was made wine, and knew not where [whence] it was: (but the servants which drew
the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
10And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth
set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse:
but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of
Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
12After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many
days.
13And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem.
14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and
sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he
drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out
the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things
hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The
zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign
shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this
temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21But he spoke [spake] of the temple of his body.
22When therefore he was risen from the dead, his
disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the
scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the
feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because
he knew all men,
25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he
knew what was in man.
Chapter
3
1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews:
2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these
miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again.
8The wind bloweth where it wants [listeth], and thou
hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell where [whence] it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these
things be?
10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master
of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do
know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe
not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that
came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have eternal life.
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten[10]
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn
the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he
that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.
19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil.
20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his
deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into
the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim,
because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24For John was not yet cast into prison.
25Then there arose a question between some of John's
disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he
that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same
baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing,
except it be given him from heaven.
28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not
the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the
friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly
because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30He must increase, but I must decrease.
31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of
the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is
above all.
32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth;
and no man receiveth his testimony.
33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his
seal that God is true.
34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things
into his hand.
36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.
Chapter
4
1When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had
heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his
disciples,)
3He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4And he must needs go through Samaria.
5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called
Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being
wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth
hour.
7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus
saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy
food [meat].)
9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for
the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the
gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest
have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to
draw with, and the well is deep: from where [whence] then hast thou that living
water?
12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us
the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh
of this water shall thirst again:
14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give
him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a
well of water springing up into everlasting life.
15The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water,
that I thirst not, neither come here [hither] to draw.
16Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come
here [hither].
17The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus
said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now
hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou
art a prophet.
20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship
the Father.
22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:
for salvation is of the Jews.
23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father
seeketh such to worship him.
24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth.
25The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh,
which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that
he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest
thou with her?
28The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way
into the city, and saith to the men,
29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I
did: is not this the Christ?
30Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
31In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying,
Master, eat.
32But he said unto them, I have food [meat] to eat that
ye know not of.
33Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any
man brought him ought to eat?
34Jesus saith unto them, My food [meat] is to do the
will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then
cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the
fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth
fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may
rejoice together.
37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and
another reapeth.
38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor:
other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on
him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I
did.
40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they
besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
41And many more believed because of his own word;
42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because
of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed
the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43Now after two days he departed thence, and went into
Galilee.
44For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no
honor in his own country.
45Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans
received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast:
for they also went unto the feast.
46So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he
made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at
Capernaum.
47When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into
Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal
his son: for he was at the point of death.
48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and
wonders, ye will not believe.
49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my
child die.
50Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And
the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
51And as he was now going down, his servants met him,
and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to
amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left
him.
53So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in
the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his
whole house.
54This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when
he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
Chapter
5
1After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus
went up to Jerusalem.
2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of
blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4For an angel went down at a certain season into the
pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the
water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity
thirty and eight years.
6When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now
a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man,
when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming,
another steppeth down before me.
8Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up
his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It
is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11He answered them, He that made me whole, the same
said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto
thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13And he that was healed did not know [wist not] who it
was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said
unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come
unto thee.
15The man departed, and told the Jews that it was
Jesus, which had made him whole.
16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and
sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto,
and I work.
18Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him,
because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his
Father, making himself equal with God.
19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth
the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
likewise.
20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all
things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that
ye may marvel.
21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth
them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son:
23That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor
the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath
sent him.
24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my
word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that
hear shall live.
26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he
given to the Son to have life in himself;
27And hath given him authority to execute judgment
also, because he is the Son of man.
28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto
the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection
of damnation.
30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I
judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will
of the Father which hath sent me.
31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32There is another that beareth witness of me; and I
know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the
truth.
34But I receive not testimony from man: but these
things I say, that ye might be saved.
35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were
willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36But I have greater witness than that of John: for the
works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear
witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath
borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his
shape.
38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he
hath sent, him ye believe not.
39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41I receive not honor from men.
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in
you.
43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not:
if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44How can ye believe, which receive honor one of
another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?
45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father:
there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me;
for he wrote of me.
47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
believe my words?
Chapter
6
1After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee,
which is the sea of Tiberias.
2And a great multitude followed him, because they saw
his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
3And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples.
4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near
[nigh].
5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great
company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Where [Whence] shall we buy bread,
that these may eat?
6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew
what he would do.
7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread
is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,
saith unto him,
9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves,
and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was
much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were
set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples,
Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled
twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained
over and above unto them that had eaten.
14Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that
Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the
world.
15When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come
and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain
himself alone.
16And when even was now come, his disciples went down
unto the sea,
17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward
Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that
blew.
19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or
thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near [nigh]
unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21Then they willingly received him into the ship: and
immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22The day following, when the people which stood on the
other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one
whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his
disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias near
[nigh] unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given
thanks:)
24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not
there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus.
25And when they had found him on the other side of the
sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou here [hither]?
26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat
of the loaves, and were filled.
27Labor not for the food [meat] which perisheth, but
for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall
give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we
might work the works of God?
29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work
of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou
then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is
written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the
true bread from heaven.
33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from
heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this
bread.
35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he
that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never
thirst.
36But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and
believe not.
37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and
him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will,
but the will of him that sent me.
39And this is the Father's will which hath sent me,
that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it
up again at the last day.
40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every
one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I
will raise him up at the last day.
41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the
bread which came down from heaven.
42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from
heaven?
43Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur
not among yourselves.
44No man can come to me, except the Father which hath
sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the
Father, cometh unto me.
46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which
is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on
me hath everlasting life.
48I am that bread of life.
49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead.
50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that
a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if
any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will
give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying,
How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no
life in you.
54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath
eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55For my flesh is food [meat] indeed, and my blood is
drink indeed.
56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the
Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not
as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall
live for ever.
59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught
in Capernaum.
60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard
this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples
murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up
where he was before?
63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus
knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray
him.
65And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man
can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66From that time many of his disciples went back, and
walked no more with him.
67Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go
away?
68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we
go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69And we believe and are sure that thou art that
Christ, the Son of the living God.
70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve,
and one of you is a devil?
71He spoke [spake] of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:
for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Chapter
7
1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he
would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence,
and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret,
and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew
thyself to the world.
5For neither did his brethren believe in him.
6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come:
but your time is alway ready.
7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I
testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this
feast: for my time is not yet full come.
9When he had said these words unto them, he abode still
in Galilee.
10But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also
up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said,
Where is he?
12And there was much murmuring among the people
concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No [Nay]; but he
deceiveth the people.
13Howbeit no man spoke [spake] openly of him for fear
of the Jews.
14Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into
the temple, and taught.
15And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man
letters, having never learned?
16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not
mine, but his that sent me.
17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no
unrighteousness is in him.
19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you
keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who
goeth about to kill thee?
21Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one
work, and ye all marvel.
22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not
because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day
circumcise a man.
23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision,
that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have
made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment.
25Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he,
whom they seek to kill?
26But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing
unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27Howbeit we know this man where [whence] he is: but
when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying,
Ye both know me, and ye know where [whence] I am: and I am not come of myself,
but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent
me.
30Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands
on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31And many of the people believed on him, and said,
When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath
done?
32The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such
things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to
take him.
33Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I
with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I
am, there [thither] ye cannot come.
35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he
go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall
seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there [thither] ye cannot come?
37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39(But this spoke [spake] he of the Spirit, which they
that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this
saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall
Christ come out of Galilee?
42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of
the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43So there was a division among the people because of
him.
44And some of them would have taken him; but no man
laid hands on him.
45Then came the officers to the chief priests and
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46The officers answered, Never man spoke [spake] like
this man.
47Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also
deceived?
48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed
on him?
49But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by
night, being one of them,)
51Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and
know what he doeth?
52They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of
Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53And every man went unto his own house.
Chapter
8
1Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2And early in the morning he came again into the
temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman
taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in
adultery, in the very act.
5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be
stoned: but what sayest thou?
6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to
accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as
though he heard them not.
7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first
cast a stone at her.
8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last:
and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but
the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man
condemned thee?
11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,
Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
12Then spoke [spake] Jesus again unto them, saying, I
am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.
13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest
record of thyself; thy record is not true.
14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear
record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know where [whence] I came, and
whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not
alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
17It is also written in your law, that the testimony of
two men is true.
18I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father
that sent me beareth witness of me.
19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus
answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have
known my Father also.
20These words spoke [spake] Jesus in the treasury, as
he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet
come.
21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye
shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he
saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from
above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your
sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus
saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he
that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard
of him.
27They understood not that he spoke [spake] to them of
the Father.
28Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself;
but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not
left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
30As he spoke [spake] these words, many believed on
him.
31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.
33They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were
never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35And the servant abideth not in the house for ever:
but the Son abideth ever.
36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be
free indeed.
37I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to
kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye
do that which ye have seen with your father.
39They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our
father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the
works of Abraham.
40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you
the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to
him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye
would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me.
43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye
cannot hear my word.
44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the
truth, why do ye not believe me?
47He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore
hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not
well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my
Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that
seeketh and judgeth.
51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my
saying, he shall never see death.
52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou
hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep
my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is
dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is
nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your
God:
55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I
should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him,
and keep his saying.
56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he
saw it, and was glad.
57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Before Abraham was, I am.
59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus
hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and
so passed by.
Chapter
9
1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind
from his birth.
2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did
sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his
parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is
day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the
world.
6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and
made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the
clay,
7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,
(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and
came seeing.
8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had
seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him:
but he said, I am he.
10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes
opened?
11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made
clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and
wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
12Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know
not.
13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was
blind.
14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay,
and opened his eyes.
15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had
received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I
washed, and do see.
16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not
of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that
is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou
of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he
had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him
that had received his sight.
19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye
say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20His parents answered them and said, We know that this
is our son, and that he was born blind:
21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who
hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for
himself.
22These words spoke [spake] his parents, because they
feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess
that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24Then again called they the man that was blind, and
said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I
know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how
opened he thine eyes?
27He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did
not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple;
but we are Moses' disciples.
29We know that God spoke [spake] unto Moses: as for
this fellow, we know not from where [whence] he is.
30The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a
marvellous thing, that ye know not from where [whence] he is, and yet he hath
opened mine eyes.
31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any
man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32Since the world began was it not heard that any man
opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether
born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he
had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might
believe on him?
37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and
it is he that talketh with thee.
38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this
world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made
blind.
40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard
these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should
have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Chapter
10
1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not
by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of
the sheep.
3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his
voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth
before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee
from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6This parable spoke [spake] Jesus unto them: but they
understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers:
but the sheep did not hear them.
9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have
it more abundantly.
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his
life for the sheep.
12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd,
whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and
fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and
careth not for the sheep.
14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am
known of mine.
15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father:
and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold:
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one
fold, and one shepherd.
17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down
my life, that I might take it again.
18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
commandment have I received of my Father.
19There was a division therefore again among the Jews
for these sayings.
20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad;
why hear ye him?
21Others said, These are not the words of him that hath
a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication,
and it was winter.
23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto
him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly.
25Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not:
the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,
as I said unto you.
27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they
follow me:
28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall
never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all;
and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30I and my Father are one.
31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed
you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we
stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest
thyself God.
34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I
said, Ye are gods?
35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God
came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the
works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he
escaped out of their hand,
40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place
where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no
miracle: but all things that John spoke [spake] of this man were true.
42And many believed on him there.
Chapter
11
1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany,
the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with
ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord,
behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not
unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified
thereby.
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode
two days still in the same place where he was.
7Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go
into Judaea again.
8His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late
sought to stone thee; and goest thou there [thither] again?
9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of
this world.
10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because
there is no light in him.
11These things said he: and after that he saith unto
them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall
do well.
13Howbeit Jesus spoke [spake] of his death: but they
thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to
the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his
fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in
the grave four days already.
18Now Bethany was near [nigh] unto Jerusalem, about
fifteen furlongs off:
19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to
comfort them concerning their brother.
20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was
coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been
here, my brother had not died.
22But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask
of God, God will give it thee.
23Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise
again in the resurrection at the last day.
25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the
life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never
die. Believest thou this?
27She saith unto him, Yes [Yea], Lord: I believe that
thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28And when she had so said, she went her way, and
called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for
thee.
29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and
came unto him.
30Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in
that place where Martha met him.
31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and
comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,
followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him,
she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother had not died.
33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews
also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
34And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him,
Lord, come and see.
35Jesus wept.
36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37And some of them said, Could not this man, which
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have
died?
38Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to
the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the
sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh:
for he hath been dead four days.
40Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if
thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41Then they took away the stone from the place where
the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me.
42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because
of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast
sent me.
43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud
voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot
with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto
them, Loose him, and let him go.
45Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had
seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
46But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees,
and told them what things Jesus had done.
47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a
council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on
him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high
priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one
man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51And this spoke [spake] he not of himself: but being
high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52And not for that nation only, but that also he should
gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
53Then from that day forth they took counsel together
for to put him to death.
54Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews;
but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called
Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55And the Jews' passover was near [nigh] at hand: and
many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify
themselves.
56Then sought they for Jesus, and spoke [spake] among
themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come
to the feast?
57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had
given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it,
that they might take him.
Chapter
12
1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to
Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but
Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very
costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and
the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot,
Simon's son, which should betray him,
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred
pence, and given to the poor?
6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but
because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my
burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have
not always.
9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was
there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus
also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10But the chief priests consulted that they might put
Lazarus also to death;
11Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went
away, and believed on Jesus.
12On the next day much people that were come to the
feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet
him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name
of the Lord.
14And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat
thereon; as it is written,
15Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh,
sitting on an ass's colt.
16These things understood not his disciples at the
first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things
were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
17The people therefore that was with him when he called
Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
18For this cause the people also met him, for that they
heard that he had done this miracle.
19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves,
Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
20And there were certain Greeks among them that came up
to worship at the feast:
21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
22Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew
and Philip tell Jesus.
23And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come,
that the Son of man should be glorified.
24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of
wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit.
25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that
hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I
am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father
honor.
27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say?
Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice
from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it,
said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke [spake] to him.
30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because
of me, but for your sakes.
31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the
prince of this world be cast out.
32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw
all men unto me.
33This he said, signifying what death he should die.
34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law
that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be
lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the
light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for
he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye
may be the children of light. These things spoke [spake] Jesus, and departed,
and did hide himself from them.
37But though he had done so many miracles before them,
yet they believed not on him:
38That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spoke [spake], Lord, who hath believed our report? and to
whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias
said again,
40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart;
that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and
be converted, and I should heal them.
41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and
spoke [spake] of him.
42Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many
believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest
they should be put out of the synagogue:
43For they loved the praise of men more than the praise
of God.
44Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me,
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
45And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever
believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
47And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words,
hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge
him in the last day.
49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which
sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting:
whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Chapter
13
1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew
that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father,
having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into
the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things
into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments;
and took a towel, and girded himself.
5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to
wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was
girded.
6Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto
him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou
knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet.
Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands and my head.
10Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not
save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he,
Ye are not all clean.
12So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his
garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done
to you?
13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I
am.
14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your
feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as
I have done to you.
16Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen:
but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath
lifted up his heel against me.
19Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come
to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
20Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth
whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me.
21When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit,
and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall
betray me.
22Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of
whom he spoke [spake].
23Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his
disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should
ask who it should be of whom he spoke [spake].
25He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord,
who is it?
26Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop,
when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said
Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
28Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke
[spake] this unto him.
29For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag,
that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the
feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
30He then having received the sop went immediately out:
and it was night.
31Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is
the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify
him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye
shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so
now I say to you.
34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another.
36Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou?
Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt
follow me afterwards.
37Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee
now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
38Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for
my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast
denied me thrice.
Chapter
14
1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
2In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not
so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou
goest; and how can we know the way?
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father
also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and
it sufficeth us.
9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with
you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the
Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in
me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on
me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he
do; because I go unto my Father.
13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I
do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more;
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and
ye in me, and I in you.
21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it
is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I
will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it
that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me,
he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him.
24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the
word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25These things have I spoken unto you, being yet
present with you.
26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the
Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not
as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither
let it be afraid.
28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and
come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go
unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29And now I have told you before it come to pass, that,
when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the
prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31But that the world may know that I love the Father;
and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Chapter
15
1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh
away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring
forth more fruit.
3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you.
4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide
in me.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.
6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a
branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and
they are burned.
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much
fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:
continue ye in my love.
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my
love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy
might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as
I have loved you.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends.
14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant
knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things
that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you.
17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me
before it hated you.
19If ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the
world, therefore the world hateth you.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant
is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also
persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21But all these things will they do unto you for my
name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not
had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24If I had not done among them the works which none
other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both
me and my Father.
25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be
fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto
you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the
Father, he shall testify of me:
27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been
with me from the beginning.
Chapter
16
1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should
not be offended.
2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes [yea],
the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God
service.
3And these things will they do unto you, because they
have not known the Father, nor me.
4But these things have I told you, that when the time
shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said
not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of
you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow
hath filled your heart.
7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for
you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye
see me no more;
11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is
judged.
12I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot
bear them now.
13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to
come.
14He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine,
and shall shew it unto you.
15All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore
said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a
little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17Then said some of his disciples among themselves,
What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me:
and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the
Father?
18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A
little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him,
and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little
while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep
and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your
sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21A woman when she is giving birth [in travail] hath
sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child,
she remembereth no more the pain [anguish], for joy that a man is born into the
world.
22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will
give it you.
24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and
ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but
the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall
shew you plainly of the Father.
26At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not
unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have
loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the
world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and
needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest
forth from God.
31Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32Behold, the hour cometh, yes [yea], is now come, that
ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet
I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye
might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world.
Chapter
17
1These words spoke [spake] Jesus, and lifted up his
eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy
Son also may glorify thee:
2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he
should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished
the work which thou gavest me to do.
5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self
with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou
gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have
kept thy word.
7Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou
hast given me are of thee.
8For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest
me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from
thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for
them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
glorified in them.
11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in
the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those
whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in
thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but
the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in
the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated
them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the
world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world.
17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I
also sent them into the world.
19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also
might be sanctified through the truth.
20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word;
21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me,
and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me.
22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them;
that they may be one, even as we are one:
23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made
perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast
loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given
me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given
me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee:
but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will
declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in
them.
Chapter
18
1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with
his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he
entered, and his disciples.
2And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place:
for Jesus ofttimes resorted there [thither] with his disciples.
3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers
from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh there [thither] with lanterns and
torches and weapons.
4Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come
upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto
them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
6As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they
went backward, and fell to the ground.
7Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said,
Jesus of Nazareth.
8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if
therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke
[spake], Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
10Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote
the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was
Malchus.
11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the
sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12Then the band and the captain and officers of the
Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in
law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
14Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews,
that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
15And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another
disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus
into the palace of the high priest.
16But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out
that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spoke [spake]
unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter,
Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
18And the servants and officers stood there, who had
made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter
stood with them, and warmed himself.
19The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples,
and of his doctrine.
20Jesus answered him, I spoke [spake] openly to the world;
I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always
resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
21Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I
have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers
which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou
the high priest so?
23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear
witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
24Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high
priest.
25And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said
therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and
said, I am not.
26One of the servants of the high priest, being his
kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with
him?
27Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock
crew.
28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of
judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment
hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
29Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What
accusation bring ye against this man?
30They answered and said unto him, If he were not a
malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
31Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge
him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful
for us to put any man to death:
32That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he
spoke [spake], signifying what death he should die.
33Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and
called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
34Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of
thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
35Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the
chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if
my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not
be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
37Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?
Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
38Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had
said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him
no fault at all.
39But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you
one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the
Jews?
40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Chapter
19
1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it
on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him
with their hands.
4Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto
them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault
in him.
5Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns,
and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him,
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take
ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law
he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the
more afraid;
9And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto
Jesus, Where [Whence] art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto
me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release
thee?
11Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all
against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered
me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him:
but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought
Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about
the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15But they cried out, Away with him, away with him,
crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief
priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place
called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on
either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place
where Jesus was crucified was near [nigh] to the city: and it was written in
Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate,
Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus,
took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his
coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend
it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be
fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture
they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and
his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple
standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And
from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now
accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they
filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he
said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation,
that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that
sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken,
and that they might be taken away.
32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the
first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead
already, they brake not his legs:
34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is
true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36For these things were done, that the scripture should
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on
him whom they pierced.
38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple
of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take
away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took
the body of Jesus.
39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first
came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred pound weight.
40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in
linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a
garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews'
preparation day; for the sepulchre was near [nigh] at hand.
Chapter
20
1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from
the sepulchre.
2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to
the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away
the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
3Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple,
and came to the sepulchre.
4So they ran both together: and the other disciple did
outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen
clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into
the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
7And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying
with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8Then went in also that other disciple, which came
first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must
rise again from the dead.
10Then the disciples went away again unto their own
home.
11But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and
as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the
head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She
saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they
have laid him.
14And when she had thus said, she turned herself back,
and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom
seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if
thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take
him away.
16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and
saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet
ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto
my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she
had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
19Then the same day at evening, being the first day of
the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear
of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be
unto you.
20And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his
hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as
my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and
saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto
them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was
not with them when Jesus came.
25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have
seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand
into his side, I will not believe.
26And after eight days again his disciples were within,
and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the
midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach here [hither] thy
finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my
side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my
God.
29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen
me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
believed.
30And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence
of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31But these are written, that ye might believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life
through his name.
Chapter
21
1After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the
disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and like this [on this wise] shewed he
himself.
2There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called
Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two
other of his disciples.
3Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say
unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship
immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
4But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the
shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
5Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any food
[meat]? They answered him, No.
6And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side
of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able
to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto
Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt
his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the
sea.
8And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for
they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the
net with fishes.
9As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a
fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
10Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye
have now caught.
11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of
great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many,
yet was not the net broken.
12Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the
disciples dared [durst] ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
13Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them,
and fish likewise.
14This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself
to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
15So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yes
[Yea], Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yes [Yea], Lord; thou knowest that I
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third
time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou
knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast
young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee,
and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
19This spoke [spake] he, signifying by what death he should
glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
20Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom
Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said,
Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
21Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall
this man do?
22Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I
come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that
that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die;
but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
24This is the disciple which testifieth of these
things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
25And there are also many other things which Jesus did,
the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world
itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Chapter
1
1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he
through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had
chosen:
3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion
by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the
things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4And, being assembled together with them, commanded
them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of
the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost
is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9And when he had spoken these things, while they
beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he
went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye
gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount
called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13And when they were come in, they went up into an
upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip,
and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the
disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and
twenty,)
16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been
fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spoke [spake] before
concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of
this ministry.
18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of
iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his
bowels gushed out.
19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem;
insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to
say, The field of blood.
20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation
be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us
all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day
that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of
his resurrection.
23And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who
was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest
the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25That he may take part of this ministry and
apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his
own place.
26And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon
Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Chapter
2
1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they
were all with one accord in one place.
2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a
rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of
fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and
began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven.
6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his
own language.
7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to
another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein
we were born?
9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers
in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our
tongues the wonderful works of God.
12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying
one to another, What meaneth this?
13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his
voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at
Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it
is but the third hour of the day.
16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet
Joel;
17And it shall come to pass 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:
18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour
out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in
the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon
into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs,
which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and
slain:
24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of
death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord
always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was
glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
wilt thou allow [suffer] thine Holy One to see corruption.
28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou
shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us
unto this day.
30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the
flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31He seeing this before spoke [spake] of the
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh
did see corruption.
32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth
this, which ye now see and hear.
34For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he
saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and
Christ.
37Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,
what shall we do?
38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39For the promise is unto you, and to your children,
and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
40And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.
42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and
signs were done by the apostles.
44And all that believed were together, and had all
things common;
45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them
to all men, as every man had need.
46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their food [meat] with
gladness and singleness of heart,
47Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Chapter
3
1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at
the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was
carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple
asked an alms.
4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John,
said, Look on us.
5And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive
something of them.
6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such
as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and
walk.
7And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up:
and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with
them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at
the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and
amazement at that which had happened unto him.
11And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and
John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called
Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people,
Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as
though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the
God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and
denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired
a murderer to be granted unto you;
15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised
from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16And his name through faith in his name hath made this
man strong, whom ye see and know: yes [yea], the faith which is by him hath
given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17And now, brethren, I know [wot] that through
ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
18But those things, which God before had shewed by the
mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord.
20And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy
prophets since the world began.
22For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him
shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which
will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
24Yes [Yea], and all the prophets from Samuel and those
that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these
days.
25Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the
covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed
shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus,
sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Chapter
4
1And as they spoke [spake] unto the people, the
priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2Being grieved that they taught the people, and
preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto
the next day: for it was now eventide.
4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed;
and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers,
and elders, and scribes,
6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered
together at Jerusalem.
7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked,
By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto
them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9If we this day be examined of the good deed done to
the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom
God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you
whole.
11This is the stone which was set at nothing [nought]
of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and
perceived that they were unlearned and uneducated [ignorant] men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14And beholding the man which was healed standing with
them, they could say nothing against it.
15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of
the council, they conferred among themselves,
16Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that
indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that
dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17But that it spread no further among the people, let
us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak
at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19But Peter and John answered and said unto them,
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God,
judge ye.
20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen
and heard.
21So when they had further threatened them, they let
them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for
all men glorified God for that which was done.
22For the man was above forty years old, on whom this
miracle of healing was shewed.
23And being let go, they went to their own company, and
reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice
to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why
did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were
gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the
people of Israel, were gathered together,
28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel
determined before to be done.
29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant
unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where
they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and
they spoke [spake] the word of God with boldness.
32And the multitude of them that believed were of one
heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which
he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as
many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of
the things that were sold,
35And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and
distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas,
(which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the
country of Cyprus,
37Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid
it at the apostles' feet.
Chapter
5
1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his
wife, sold a possession,
2And kept back part of the price, his wife also being
privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it
was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in
thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up
the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
6And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him
out, and buried him.
7And it was about the space of three hours after, when
his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold
the land for so much? And she said, Yes [Yea], for so much.
9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have
agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which
have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and
yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and,
carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as
many as heard these things.
12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and
wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in
Solomon's porch.
13And of the rest dared [durst] no man join himself to
them: but the people magnified them.
14And believers were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.)
15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the
streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of
Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
16There came also a multitude out of the cities round
about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were
with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with
indignation,
18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in
the common prison.
19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison
doors, and brought them forth, and said,
20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all
the words of this life.
21And when they heard that, they entered into the
temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they
that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the
children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22But when the officers came, and found them not in the
prison, they returned and told,
23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all
safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had
opened, we found no man within.
24Now when the high priest and the captain of the
temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto
this would grow.
25Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men
whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought
them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been
stoned.
27And when they had brought them, they set them before
the council: and the high priest asked them,
28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye
should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your
doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said,
We ought to obey God rather than men.
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew
and hanged on a tree.
31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of
sins.
32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is
also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and
took counsel to slay them.
34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee,
named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people,
and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
35And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to
yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting
himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined
themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and
brought to nothing [nought].
37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days
of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all,
even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and
let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to
nothing [nought]:
39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps
[haply] ye be found even to fight against God.
40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the
apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the
name of Jesus, and let them go.
41And they departed from the presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42And daily in the temple, and in every house, they
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Chapter
6
1And in those days, when the number of the disciples
was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews,
because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples
unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and
serve tables.
3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men
of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over
this business.
4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and
to the ministry of the word.
5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they
chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of
Antioch:
6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had
prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7And the word of God increased; and the number of the
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests
were obedient to the faith.
8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people.
9Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is
called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of
them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the
spirit by which he spoke [spake].
11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him
speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and
the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man
ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of
Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses
delivered us.
15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly
on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Chapter
7
1Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The
God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia,
before he dwelt in Charran,
3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and
dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him
into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so
much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a
possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6And God spoke [spake] like this [on this wise], That
his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into
bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I
judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this
place.
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so
Abraham fathered [begat] Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into
Egypt: but God was with him,
10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and
gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made
him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt
and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he
sent out our fathers first.
13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his
brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him,
and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our
fathers,
16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the
sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the
father of Sychem.
17But when the time of the promise drew near [nigh],
which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil
entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end
they might not live.
20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair,
and nourished up in his father's house three months:
21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him
up, and nourished him for her own son.
22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23And when he was full forty years old, it came into
his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him,
and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25For he supposed his brethren would have understood
how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they
strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren;
why do ye wrong one to another?
27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away,
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian
yesterday?
29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in
the land of Madian, where he fathered [begat] two sons.
30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to
him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in
a bush.
31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as
he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,
32Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and
dared [durst] not behold.
33Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy
feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people
which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver
them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a
ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the
hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders
and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty
years.
37This is that Moses, which said unto the children of
Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness
with the angel which spoke [spake] to him in the mount Sina, and with our
fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him
from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for
as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know
[wot not] what is become of him.
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered
sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host
of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,
have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years
in the wilderness?
43Yes [Yea], ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and
the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will
carry you away beyond Babylon.
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the
wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it
according to the fashion that he had seen.
45Which also our fathers that came after brought in
with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the
face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46Who found favour before God, and desired to find a
tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47But Solomon built him an house.
48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made
with hands; as saith the prophet,
49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what
house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50Hath not my hand made all these things?
51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52Which of the prophets have not your fathers
persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the
Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53Who have received the law by the disposition of
angels, and have not kept it.
54When they heard these things, they were cut to the
heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up
stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the
right hand of God,
56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the
Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped
their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the
witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell
asleep.
Chapter
8
1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that
time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem;
and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and
Samaria, except the apostles.
2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made
great lamentation over him.
3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into
every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every
where preaching the word.
5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them.
6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those
things which Philip spoke [spake], hearing and seeing the miracles which he
did.
7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out
of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that
were lame, were healed.
8And there was great joy in that city.
9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which
beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some great one:
10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the
greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11And to him they had regard, because that of long time
he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12But when they believed Philip preaching the things
concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women.
13Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and
signs which were done.
14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard
that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that
they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only
they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received
the Holy Ghost.
18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the
apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I
lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee,
because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for
thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray
God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of
bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD
for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25And they, when they had testified and preached the
word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many
villages of the Samaritans.
26And the angel of the Lord spoke [spake] unto Philip,
saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from
Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of
Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians,
who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to
worship,
28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias
the prophet.
29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join
thyself to this chariot.
30And Philip ran there [thither] to him, and heard him
read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide
me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He
was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer,
so opened he not his mouth:
33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and
who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray
thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36And as they went on their way, they came unto a
certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to
be baptized?
37And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is
the Son of God.
38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they
went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39And when they were come up out of the water, the
Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he
went on his way rejoicing.
40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through
he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Chapter
9
1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the
synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women,
he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and
suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying
unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I
am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city,
and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,
hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
8And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were
opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into
Damascus.
9And he was three days without sight, and neither did
eat nor drink.
10And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named
Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I
am here, Lord.
11And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the
street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one
called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
12And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming
in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
13Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of
this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to
bind all that call on thy name.
15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a
chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel:
16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer
for my name's sake.
17And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house;
and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that
appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest
receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19And when he had received food [meat], he was
strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at
Damascus.
20And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues,
that he is the Son of God.
21But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not
this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came
here [hither] for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief
priests?
22But Saul increased the more in strength, and
confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews
took counsel to kill him:
24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they
watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him
down by the wall in a basket.
26And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to
join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed
not that he was a disciple.
27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles,
and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had
spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28And he was with them coming in and going out at
Jerusalem.
29And he spoke [spake] boldly in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down
to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and
Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and
in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
32And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which
had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
34And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh
thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and
turned to the Lord.
36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named
Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good
works and almsdeeds which she did.
37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick,
and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
38And forasmuch as Lydda was near [nigh] to Joppa, and
the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men,
desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was
come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him
weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was
with them.
40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and
prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her
eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when
he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
42And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many
believed in the Lord.
43And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in
Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
Chapter
10
1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius,
a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his
house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
3He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of
the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said,
What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up
for a memorial before God.
5And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon,
whose surname is Peter:
6He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by
the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
7And when the angel which spoke [spake] unto Cornelius
was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of
them that waited on him continually;
8And when he had declared all these things unto them,
he sent them to Joppa.
9On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew
near [nigh] unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the
sixth hour:
10And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but
while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel
descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and
let down to the earth:
12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the
earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and
eat.
14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten
any thing that is common or unclean.
15And the voice spoke [spake] unto him again the second
time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up
again into heaven.
17Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision
which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius
had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
18And called, and asked whether Simon, which was
surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto
him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them,
doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto
him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause
wherefore ye are come?
22And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man,
and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews,
was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to
hear words of thee.
23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the
morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied
him.
24And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And
Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near
friends.
25And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and
fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself
also am a man.
27And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many
that were come together.
28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an
unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of
another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or
unclean.
29Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon
as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood
before me in bright clothing,
31And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine
alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
32Send therefore to Joppa, and call here [hither]
Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner
by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast
well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God,
to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh
righteousness, is accepted with him.
36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel,
preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37That word, I say, ye know, which was published
throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John
preached;
38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
39And we are witnesses of all things which he did both
in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him
openly;
41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen
before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the
dead.
42And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to
testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and
dead.
43To him give all the prophets witness, that through
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44While Peter yet spoke [spake] these words, the Holy
Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
45And they of the circumcision which believed were
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was
poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify
God. Then answered Peter,
47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of
the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Chapter
11
1And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea
heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that
were of the circumcision contended with him,
3Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and
didst eat with them.
4But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and
expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I
saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down
from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I
considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and
creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay
and eat.
8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or
unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
9But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God
hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
10And this was done three times: and all were drawn up
again into heaven.
11And, behold, immediately there were three men already
come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing
doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the
man's house:
13And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his
house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,
whose surname is Peter;
14Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy
house shall be saved.
15And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them,
as on us at the beginning.
16Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he
said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost.
17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he
did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could
withstand God?
18When they heard these things, they held their peace,
and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life.
19Now they which were scattered abroad upon the
persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus,
and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
20And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
which, when they were come to Antioch, spoke [spake] unto the Grecians,
preaching the LORD Jesus.
21And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great
number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
22Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of
the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should
go as far as Antioch.
23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was
glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto
the Lord.
24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and
of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
25Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26And when he had found him, he brought him unto
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with
the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians
first in Antioch.
27And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto
Antioch.
28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and
signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the
world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29Then the disciples, every man according to his
ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the
hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his
hands to trouble and distress [vex] certain of the church.
2And he killed James the brother of John with the
sword.
3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison,
and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after
Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was
made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same
night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the
keepers before the door kept the prison.
7And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and
a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him
up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on
thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee,
and follow me.
9And he went out, and followed him; and did not know
[wist not] that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a
vision.
10When they were past the first and the second ward,
they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them
of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and
forthwith the angel departed from him.
11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I
know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out
of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the
house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were
gathered together praying.
13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a
damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
14And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the
gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she
constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had
opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold
their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.
And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he
departed, and went into another place.
18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir
among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not,
he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he
went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and
Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the
king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was
nourished by the king's country.
21And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel,
sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice
of a god, and not of a man.
23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because
he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
24But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when
they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was
Mark.
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1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch
certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger,
and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the
tetrarch, and Saul.
2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called
them.
3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their
hands on them, they sent them away.
4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed
unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word
of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos,
they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius
Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear
the word of God.
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the
Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief,
thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease
to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee,
and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there
fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him
by the hand.
12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,
being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos,
they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to
Jerusalem.
14But when they departed from Perga, they came to
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat
down.
15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the
rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have
any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers,
and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and
with an high arm brought he them out of it.
18And about the time of forty years suffered he their
manners in the wilderness.
19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land
of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20And after that he gave unto them judges about the
space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto
them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty
years.
22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them
David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have
found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil
all my will.
23Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise
raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
24When John had first preached before his coming the
baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think
ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes
of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers,
because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read
every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet
desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of
him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30But God raised him from the dead:
31And he was seen many days of them which came up with
him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the
promise which was made unto the fathers,
33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children,
in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second
psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34And as concerning that he raised him up from the
dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said like this [on this wise], I
will give you the sure mercies of David.
35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt
not allow [not suffer] thine Holy One to see corruption.
36For David, after he had served his own generation by
the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw
corruption:
37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren,
that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39And by him all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is
spoken of in the prophets;
41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I
work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a
man declare it unto you.
42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the
Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the
Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to
them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city
together to hear the word of God.
45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were
filled with envy, and spoke [spake] against those things which were spoken by
Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was
necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing
ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we
turn to the Gentiles.
47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set
thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto
the ends of the earth.
48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life
believed.
49And the word of the Lord was published throughout all
the region.
50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable
women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and
Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
51But they shook off the dust of their feet against
them, and came unto Iconium.
52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the
Holy Ghost.
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1And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both
together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke [spake], that a great
multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and
made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
3Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the
Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and
wonders to be done by their hands.
4But the multitude of the city was divided: and part
held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5And when there was an assault made both of the
Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and
to stone them,
6They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,
cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
7And there they preached the gospel.
8And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his
feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding
him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet.
And he leaped and walked.
11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they
lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come
down to us in the likeness of men.
12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul,
Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice
with the people.
14Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of,
they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are
men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from
these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and all things that are therein:
16Who in times past allowed [suffered] all nations to
walk in their own ways.
17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in
that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling
our hearts with food and gladness.
18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the
people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
19And there came there [thither] certain Jews from
Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him
out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
20Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he
rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to
Derbe.
21And when they had preached the gospel to that city,
and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and
Antioch,
22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting
them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter
into the kingdom of God.
23And when they had ordained them elders in every
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom
they believed.
24And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they
came to Pamphylia.
25And when they had preached the word in Perga, they
went down into Attalia:
26And thence sailed to Antioch, from where [whence]
they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they
fulfilled.
27And when they were come, and had gathered the church
together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened
the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
28And there they abode long time with the disciples.
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1And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the
brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye
cannot be saved.
2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small
dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas,
and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and
elders about this question.
3And being brought on their way by the church, they
passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and
they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were
received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all
things that God had done with them.
5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees
which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command
them to keep the law of Moses.
6And the apostles and elders came together for to
consider of this matter.
7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up,
and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God
made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the
gospel, and believe.
8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,
giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9And put no difference between us and them, purifying
their hearts by faith.
10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon
the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11But we believe that through the grace of the LORD
Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave
audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had
wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13And after they had held their peace, James answered,
saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit
the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is
written,
16After this I will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins
thereof, and I will set it up:
17That the residue of men might seek after the Lord,
and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth
all these things.
18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning
of the world.
19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them,
which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from
pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from
blood.
21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the
whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and
Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the
brethren:
23And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The
apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of
the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
24Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went
out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye
must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one
accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall
also tell you the same things by mouth.
28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to
lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from
blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep
yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch:
and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
31Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the
consolation.
32And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,
exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33And after they had tarried there a space, they were
let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there
still.
35Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching
and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us
go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word
of the LORD, and see how they do.
37And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose
surname was Mark.
38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who
departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39And the contention was so sharp between them, that
they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed
unto Cyprus;
40And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended
by the brethren unto the grace of God.
41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the
churches.
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1Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a
certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which
was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
2Which was well reported of by the brethren that were
at Lystra and Iconium.
3Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew
all that his father was a Greek.
4And as they went through the cities, they delivered
them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders
which were at Jerusalem.
5And so were the churches established in the faith, and
increased in number daily.
6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the
region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in
Asia,
7After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into
Bithynia: but the Spirit allowed [suffered] them not.
8And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There
stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and
help us.
10And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called
us for to preach the gospel unto them.
11Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight
course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
12And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city
of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding
certain days.
13And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river
side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spoke [spake] unto
the women which resorted there [thither].
14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple,
of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord
opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
15And when she was baptized, and her household, she
besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into
my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
16And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain
damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters
much gain by soothsaying:
17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,
These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of
salvation.
18And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved,
turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to
come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains
was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto
the rulers,
20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These
men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to
receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22And the multitude rose up together against them: and
the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they
cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into
the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang
praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that
the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were
opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his
sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have
killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself
no harm: for we are all here.
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do
to be saved?
31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32And they spoke [spake] unto him the word of the Lord,
and to all that were in his house.
33And he took them the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34And when he had brought them into his house, he set
food [meat] before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the
serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to
Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in
peace.
37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly
uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust
us out secretly [privily]? no [nay] verily; but let them come themselves and
fetch us out.
38And the serjeants told these words unto the
magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
39And they came and besought them, and brought them
out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
40And they went out of the prison, and entered into the
house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and
departed.
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1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and
Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered,
and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is
Christ.
4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and
Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a
few.
5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took
unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and
set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to
bring them out to the people.
6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and
certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned
the world upside down are come here [hither] also;
7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to
the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the
city, when they heard these things.
9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the
other, they let them go.
10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas
by night unto Berea: who coming there [thither] went into the synagogue of the
Jews.
11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in
that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable
women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that
the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came there [thither] also,
and stirred up the people.
14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to
go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens:
and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with
all speed, they departed.
16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews,
and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with
him.
18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of
the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other
some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto
them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears:
we would know therefore what these things mean.
21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there
spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new
thing.)
22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,
Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I
found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye
ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24God that made the world and all things therein,
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with
hands;
25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he
needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to
dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps [haply]
they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of
us:
28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we
ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone,
graven by art and man's device.
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but
now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will
judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath
given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,
some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33So Paul departed from among them.
34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed:
among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and
others with them.
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1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came
to Corinth;
2And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had
commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with
them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and
persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia,
Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was
Christ.
6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he
shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am
clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7And he departed thence, and entered into a certain
man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to
the synagogue.
8And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue,
believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing
believed, and were baptized.
9Then spoke [spake] the Lord to Paul in the night by a
vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to
hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
11And he continued there a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them.
12And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews
made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment
seat,
13Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God
contrary to the law.
14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio
said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews,
reason would that I should bear with you:
15But if it be a question of words and names, and of
your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16And he drave them from the judgment seat.
17Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler
of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for
none of those things.
18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while,
and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with
him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he
himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20When they desired him to tarry longer time with them,
he consented not;
21But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means
keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if
God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
22And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and
saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23And after he had spent some time there, he departed,
and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening
all the disciples.
24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria,
an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and
being fervent in the spirit, he spoke [spake] and taught diligently the things
of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom
when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded
unto him the way of God more perfectly.
27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the
brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come,
helped them much which had believed through grace:
28For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that
publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
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1And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at
Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and
finding certain disciples,
2He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether
there be any Holy Ghost.
3And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism
of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which
should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.
6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy
Ghost came on them; and they spoke [spake] with tongues, and prophesied.
7And all the men were about twelve.
8And he went into the synagogue, and spoke [spake]
boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God.
9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spoke
[spake] evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and
separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10And this continued by the space of two years; so that
all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks.
11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of
Paul:
12So that from his body were brought unto the sick
handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil
spirits went out of them.
13Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took
upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus,
saying, We command under oath [adjure] you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and
chief of the priests, which did so.
15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know,
and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on
them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of
that house naked and wounded.
17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also
dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus
was magnified.
18And many that believed came, and confessed, and
shewed their deeds.
19Many of them also which used curious arts brought
their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the
price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the
spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,
saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered
unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23And the same time there arose no small stir about
that way.
24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith,
which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25Whom he called together with the workmen of like
occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus,
but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be
set at nothing [nought]; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana
should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and
the world worshippeth.
28And when they heard these sayings, they were full of
wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and
having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel,
they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
30And when Paul would have entered in unto the people,
the disciples allowed [suffered] him not.
31And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his
friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into
the theatre.
32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for
the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come
together.
33And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the
Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have
made his defence unto the people.
34But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one
voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he
said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city
of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image
which fell down from Jupiter?
36Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against,
ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37For ye have brought here [hither] these men, which
are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are
with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are
deputies: let them implead one another.
39But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters,
it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40For we are in danger to be called in question for
this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this
concourse.
41And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the
assembly.
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1And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him
the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
2And when he had gone over those parts, and had given
them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid
wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through
Macedonia.
4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea;
and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and
Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5These going before tarried for us at Troas.
6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode
seven days.
7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples
came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the
morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where
they were gathered together.
9And there sat in a window a certain young man named
Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he
sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing
him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken
bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he
departed.
12And they brought the young man alive, and were not a
little comforted.
13And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos,
there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go
afoot.
14And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and
came to Mitylene.
15And we sailed thence, and came the next day over
against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium;
and the next day we came to Miletus.
16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because
he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for
him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the
elders of the church.
18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye
know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been
with you at all seasons,
19Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with
many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto
you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to
house,
21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24But none of these things move me, neither count I my
life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the
ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
grace of God.
25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I
have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am
pure from the blood of all men.
27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the
counsel of God.
28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the
flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the
church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29For I know this, that after my departing shall
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of
three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the
word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an
inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
33I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34Yes [Yea], ye yourselves know, that these hands have
ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring
ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how
he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and
prayed with them all.
37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and
kissed him,
38Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke
[spake], that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto
the ship.
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1And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from
them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day
following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
2And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went
aboard, and set forth.
3Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the
left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to
unlade her burden.
4And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days:
who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed
and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children,
till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
6And when we had taken our leave one of another, we
took ship; and they returned home again.
7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came
to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
8And the next day we that were of Paul's company
departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the
evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which
did prophesy.
10And as we tarried there many days, there came down
from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle,
and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall
the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver
him into the hands of the Gentiles.
12And when we heard these things, both we, and they of
that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break
mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem
for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased,
saying, The will of the Lord be done.
15And after those days we took up our carriages, and
went up to Jerusalem.
16There went with us also certain of the disciples of
Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with
whom we should lodge.
17And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren
received us gladly.
18And the day following Paul went in with us unto
James; and all the elders were present.
19And when he had saluted them, he declared
particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and
said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which
believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all
the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought
not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come
together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four
men which have a vow on them;
24Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at
charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those
things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou
thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have
written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep
themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled,
and from fornication.
26Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying
himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the
days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of
them.
27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews
which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people,
and laid hands on him,
28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man,
that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this
place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this
holy place.
29(For they had seen before with him in the city
Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the
temple.)
30And all the city was moved, and the people ran
together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the
doors were shut.
31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto
the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran
down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left
beating of Paul.
33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and
commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he
had done.
34And some cried one thing, some another, among the
multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he
commanded him to be carried into the castle.
35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he
was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
36For the multitude of the people followed after,
crying, Away with him.
37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said
unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak
Greek?
38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days
madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that
were murderers?
39But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a
city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, allow [suffer]
me to speak unto the people.
40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the
stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a
great silence, he spoke [spake] unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
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1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I
make now unto you.
2(And when they heard that he spoke [spake] in the
Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
3I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a
city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and
taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and
delivering into prisons both men and women.
5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all
the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren,
and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for
to be punished.
6And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and
was come near [nigh] unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven
a great light round about me.
7And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying
unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto
me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and
were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke [spake] to me.
10And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said
unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all
things which are appointed for thee to do.
11And when I could not see for the glory of that light,
being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
12And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,
having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
13Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother
Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,
that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear
the voice of his mouth.
15For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what
thou hast seen and heard.
16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized,
and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to
Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee
quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning
me.
19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and
beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I
also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of
them that slew him.
21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far
hence unto the Gentiles.
22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then
lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for
it is not fit that he should live.
23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes,
and threw dust into the air,
24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into
the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might
know wherefore they cried so against him.
25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the
centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman,
and uncondemned?
26When the centurion heard that, he went and told the
chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell
me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes [Yea].
28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum
obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29Then straightway they departed from him which should
have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he
was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30On the morrow, because he would have known the
certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands,
and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought
Paul down, and set him before them.
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1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men
and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood
by him to smite him on the mouth.
3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou
whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to
be smitten contrary to the law?
4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high
priest?
5Then said Paul, I did not know [wist not], brethren,
that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of
the ruler of thy people.
6But when Paul perceived that the one part were
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and
brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection
of the dead I am called in question.
7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension
between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,
neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were
of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man:
but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief
captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded
the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring
him into the castle.
11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and
said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so
must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither
eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13And they were more than forty which had made this
conspiracy.
14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and
said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing
until we have slain Paul.
15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the
chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would
enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near,
are ready to kill him.
16And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in
wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and
said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing
to tell him.
18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain,
and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this
young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went
with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
20And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that
thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would
enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in
wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an
oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now
are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
22So the chief captain then let the young man depart,
and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make
ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten,
and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on,
and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
25And he wrote a letter after this manner:
26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor
Felix sendeth greeting.
27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been
killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood
that he was a Roman.
28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they
accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their
law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait
for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers
also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took
Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,
and returned to the castle:
33Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the
epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked
of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are
also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
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1And after five days Ananias the high priest descended
with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the
governor against Paul.
2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to
accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very
worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
3We accept it always, and in all places, most noble
Felix, with all thankfulness.
4Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto
thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a
mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of
the sect of the Nazarenes:
6Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom
we took, and would have judged according to our law.
7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with
great violence took him away out of our hands,
8Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by
examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we
accuse him.
9And the Jews also assented, saying that these things
were so.
10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto
him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a
judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11Because that thou mayest understand, that there are
yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
12And they neither found me in the temple disputing
with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in
the city:
13Neither can they prove the things whereof they now
accuse me.
14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way
which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all
things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also
allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
unjust.
16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.
17Now after many years I came to bring alms to my
nation, and offerings.
18Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in
the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
19Who ought to have been here before thee, and object,
if they had ought against me.
20Or else let these same here say, if they have found
any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21Except it be for this one voice, that I cried
standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in
question by you this day.
22And when Felix heard these things, having more
perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the
chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let
him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to
minister or come unto him.
24And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife
Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the
faith in Christ.
25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and
judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when
I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
26He hoped also that money should have been given him
of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and
communed with him.
27But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix'
room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
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1Now when Festus was come into the province, after
three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews
informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3And desired favour against him, that he would send for
him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at
Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly there [thither].
5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able,
go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days,
he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat
commanded Paul to be brought.
7And when he was come, the Jews which came down from
Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against
Paul, which they could not prove.
8While he answered for himself, Neither against the law
of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I
offended any thing at all.
9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure,
answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of
these things before me?
10Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat,
where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well
knowest.
11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing
worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things
whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
12Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,
answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came
unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
14And when they had been there many days, Festus
declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in
bonds by Felix:
15About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief
priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment
against him.
16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the
Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the
accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the
crime laid against him.
17Therefore, when they were come here [hither], without
any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be
brought forth.
18Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought
none accusation of such things as I supposed:
19But had certain questions against him of their own
superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I
asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these
matters.
21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the
hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to
Caesar.
22Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the
man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and
Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the
chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was
brought forth.
24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are
here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews
have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not
to live any longer.
25But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy
of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to
send him.
26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my
lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee,
O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner,
and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
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1Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to
speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for
himself:
2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall
answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused
of the Jews:
3Especially because I know thee to be expert in all
customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to
hear me patiently.
4My manner of life from my youth, which was at the
first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would
testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the
promise made of God, unto our fathers:
7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly
serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I
am accused of the Jews.
8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should raise the dead?
9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many
things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the
saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief
priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and
compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I
persecuted them even unto strange cities.
12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and
commission from the chief priests,
13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from
heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which
journeyed with me.
14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a
voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am
Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have
appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both
of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will
appear unto thee;
17Delivering thee from the people, and from the
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to
light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness
of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in
me.
19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto
the heavenly vision:
20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles,
that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple,
and went about to kill me.
22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue
unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things
than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the
first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people,
and to the Gentiles.
24And as he thus spoke [spake] for himself, Festus said
with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee
mad.
25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but
speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26For the king knoweth of these things, before whom
also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden
from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know
that thou believest.
28Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest
me to be a Christian.
29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou,
but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I
am, except these bonds.
30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and
the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31And when they were gone aside, they talked between
themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have
been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
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1And when it was determined that we should sail into
Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a
centurion of Augustus' band.
2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,
meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of
Thessalonica, being with us.
3And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius
courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to
refresh himself.
4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under
Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce
were come over against Cnidus, the wind not allowing [suffering] us, we sailed
under Crete, over against Salmone;
8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is
called The fair havens; near [nigh] whereunto was the city of Lasea.
9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now
dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage
will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of
our lives.
11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and
the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12And because the haven was not commodious to winter
in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might
attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth
toward the south west and north west.
13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that
they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14But not long after there arose against it a
tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up
into the wind, we let her drive.
16And running under a certain island which is called
Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
17Which when they had taken up, they used helps,
undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands,
strake sail, and so were driven.
18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the
next day they lightened the ship;
19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the
tackling of the ship.
20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,
and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken
away.
21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the
midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have
loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there
shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
23For there stood by me this night the angel of God,
whose I am, and whom I serve,
24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before
Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,
that it shall be even as it was told me.
26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were
driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew
near to some country;
28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when
they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen
fathoms.
29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks,
they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the
ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they
would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers,
Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and
let her fall off.
33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them
all to take food [meat], saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have
tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34Wherefore I pray you to take some food [meat]: for
this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any
of you.
35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave
thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to
eat.
36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took
some food [meat].
37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore
and sixteen souls.
38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the
ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they
discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it
were possible, to thrust in the ship.
40And when they had taken up the anchors, they
committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up
the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran
the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the
hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,
lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them
from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves
first into the sea, and get to land:
44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken
pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
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1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the
island was called Melita.
2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness:
for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present
rain, and because of the cold.
3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and
laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his
hand.
4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on
his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom,
though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffers [suffereth] not to live.
5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no
harm.
6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or
fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no
harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man
of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three
days courteously.
8And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay
sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and
laid his hands on him, and healed him.
9So when this was done, others also, which had diseases
in the island, came, and were healed:
10Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we
departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
11And after three months we departed in a ship of
Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
12And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
13And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to
Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to
Puteoli:
14Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry
with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
15And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they
came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul
saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
16And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the
prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was allowed [suffered] to dwell
by himself with a soldier that kept him.
17And it came to pass, that after three days Paul
called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he
said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the
people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem
into the hands of the Romans.
18Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go,
because there was no cause of death in me.
19But when the Jews spoke [spake] against it, I was constrained
to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to
see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound
with this chain.
21And they said unto him, We neither received letters
out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or
spoke [spake] any harm of thee.
22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for
as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
23And when they had appointed him a day, there came
many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of
God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of
the prophets, from morning till evening.
24And some believed the things which were spoken, and
some believed not.
25And when they agreed not among themselves, they
departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke [spake] the Holy
Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not
perceive:
27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and
their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of
God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
29And when he had said these words, the Jews departed,
and had great reasoning among themselves.
30And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired
house, and received all that came in unto him,
31Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those
things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man
forbidding him.
Chapter
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1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2(Which he had promised before [afore] by his prophets
in the holy scriptures,)
3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was
made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4And declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for
obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
6Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be
saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you
all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in
the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my
prayers;
10Making request, if by any means now at length I might
have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you
some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12That is, that I may be comforted together with you by
the mutual faith both of you and me.
13Now I would not have you uneducated [ignorant],
brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)
that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the
Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the
gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it
is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek.
17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from
faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in
unrighteousness;
19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in
them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even
his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him
not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into
an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and
creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness
through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between
themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for
ever. Amen.
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections:
for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against
nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of
the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error
which was meet.
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are
not convenient;
29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit,
malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without
natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure
in them that do them.
Chapter
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1Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou
art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;
for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according
to truth against them which commit such things.
3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which
do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance?
5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest
up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God;
6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek
for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:
8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey
the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9Tribulation and pain [anguish], upon every soul of man
that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that
worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11For there is no respect of persons with God.
12For as many as have sinned without law shall also
perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by
the law;
13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God,
but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by
nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law
unto themselves:
15Which shew the work of the law written in their
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean
while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by
Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the
law, and makest thy boast of God,
18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that
are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of
the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes,
which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou
not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery,
dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit
sacrilege?
23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through
breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles
through you, as it is written.
25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the
law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made
uncircumcision.
26Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the
righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for
circumcision?
27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if
it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost
transgress the law?
28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither
is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and
circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose
praise is not of men, but of God.
Chapter
3
1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is
there of circumcision?
2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God.
3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief
make the faith of God without effect?
4God forbid: yes [yea], let God be true, but every man
a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and
mightest overcome when thou art judged.
5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness
of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as
a man)
6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my
lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and
as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose
damnation is just.
9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise:
for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not
one:
11There is none that understandeth, there is none that
seeketh after God.
12They are all gone out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues
they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17And the way of peace have they not known:
18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it
saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all
the world may become guilty before God.
20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no
flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is
manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of
Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no
difference:
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God;
24Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through
faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that
are past, through the forbearance of God;
26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness:
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law?
of works? No [Nay]: but by the law of faith.
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law.
29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the
Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the
circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31Do we then make void the law through faith? God
forbid: yes [yea], we establish the law.
Chapter
4
1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining
to the flesh, hath found?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of
grace, but of debt.
5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that
justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the
man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin.
9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision
only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to
Abraham for righteousness.
10How was it then reckoned? when he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of
the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he
might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised;
that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of
the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our
father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the
world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith.
14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is
made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is,
there is no transgression.
16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace;
to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is
of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the
father of us all,
17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many
nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and
calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might
become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall
thy seed be.
19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his
own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the
deadness of Sarah's womb:
20He staggered not at the promise of God through
unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised,
he was able also to perform.
22And therefore it was imputed to him for
righteousness.
23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it
was imputed to him;
24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we
believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised
again for our justification.
Chapter
5
1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.
7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet
perhaps [peradventure] for a good man some would even dare to die.
8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through him.
10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to
God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life.
11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is
not imputed when there is no law.
14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even
over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who
is the figure of him that was to come.
15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For
if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the
gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift:
for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many
offences unto justification.
17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one;
much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon
all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life.
19For as by one man's disobedience many were made
sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might
abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Chapter
6
1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound?
2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live
any longer therein?
3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5For if we have been planted together in the likeness
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him,
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
sin.
7For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with him:
9Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth
no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in
that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that
ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of
unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are
not under the law, but under grace.
15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the
law, but under grace? God forbid.
16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto
death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered
you.
18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants
of righteousness.
19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity
of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and
to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free
from righteousness.
21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are
now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22But now being made free from sin, and become servants
to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Chapter
7
1Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know
the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the
law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is
loosed from the law of her husband.
3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married
to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead,
she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married
to another man.
4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the
law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him
who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,
which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead
wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the
oldness of the letter.
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No
[Nay], I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except
the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought
in me all manner of extreme desire [concupiscence]. For without the law sin was
dead.
9For I was alive without the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I
found to be unto death.
11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived
me, and by it slew me.
12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy,
and just, and good.
13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God
forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is
good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am
carnal, sold under sin.
15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would,
that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto
the law that it is good.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)
dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that
which is good I find not.
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil
which I would not, that I do.
20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do
it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil
is present with me.
22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23But I see another law in my members, warring against
the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is
in my members.
24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from
the body of this death?
25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then
with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Chapter
8
1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
made me free from the law of sin and death.
3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things
of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace.
7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it
is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so
be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his.
10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of
sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the
flesh, to live after the flesh.
13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if
ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God.
15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again
to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father.
16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God:
17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also
glorified together.
18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth
for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not
willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of
God.
22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and
travaileth in pain together until now.
23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is
not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with
patience wait for it.
26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for
we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the
mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to
the will of God.
28And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to
be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brethren.
30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also
called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them
he also glorified.
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for
us, who can be against us?
32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up
for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth.
34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yes [yea] rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us.
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the
day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37No [Nay], in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Chapter
9
1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my
heart.
3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ
for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption,
and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of
God, and the promises;
5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the
flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.
For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are
they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted
for the seed.
9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I
come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had
conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11(For the children being not yet born, neither having
done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might
stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the
younger.
13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I
hated.
14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with
God? God forbid.
15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I
will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him
that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this
same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and
that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy,
and whom he will he hardeneth.
19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find
fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20No [Nay] but, O man, who art thou that repliest
against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou
made me thus?
21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same
lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonour?
22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make
his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction:
23And that he might make known the riches of his glory
on the vessels of mercy, which he had before [afore] prepared unto glory,
24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only,
but also of the Gentiles?
25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people,
which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it
was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the
children of the living God.
27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the
number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be
saved:
28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in
righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth
had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which
followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the
righteousness which is of faith.
31But Israel, which followed after the law of
righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but
as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a
stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed.
Chapter
10
1Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for
Israel is, that they might be saved.
2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God,
but not according to knowledge.
3For they being uneducated [ignorant] of God's
righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not
submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
every one that believeth.
5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the
law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh like
this [on this wise], Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?
(that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to
bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8But what saith it? The word is near [nigh] thee, even
in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed.
12For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and
how shall they hear without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it
is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things!
16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias
saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.
18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their
sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I
will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish
nation I will anger you.
20But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of
them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched
forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Chapter
11
1I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.
For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.
Know [Wot] ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession
to God against Israel saying,
3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down
thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have
reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image
of Baal.
5Even so then at this present time also there is a
remnant according to the election of grace.
6And if by grace, then is it no more of works:
otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
8(According as it is written, God hath given them the
spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not
hear;) unto this day.
9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and
a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,
and bow down their back alway.
11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles,
for to provoke them to jealousy.
12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world,
and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their
fulness?
13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the
apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which
are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of
the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou,
being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of
the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast,
thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off,
that I might be graffed in.
20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and
thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed
lest he also spare not thee.
22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on
them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his
goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief,
shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is
wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how
much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own
olive tree?
25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
uneducated [ignorant] of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of
the Gentiles be come in.
26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob:
27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take
away their sins.
28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your
sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
29For the gifts and calling of God are without
repentance.
30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet
have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31Even so have these also now not believed, that
through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he
might have mercy upon all.
33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding
out!
34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath
been his counsellor?
35Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be
recompensed unto him again?
36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all
things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Chapter
12
1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every
man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to
think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the
measure of faith.
4For as we have many members in one body, and all
members have not the same office:
5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every
one members one of another.
6Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith;
7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he
that teacheth, on teaching;
8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth,
let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth
mercy, with cheerfulness.
9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good.
10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honor preferring one another;
11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving
the Lord;
12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
urgent [instant] in prayer;
13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them
that weep.
16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high
things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things
honest in the sight of all men.
18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men.
19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather
give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay,
saith the Lord.
20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he
thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his
head.
21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Chapter
13
1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For
there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the
ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and
thou shalt have praise of the same:
4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if
thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain:
for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth
evil.
5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are
God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom
tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he
that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt
not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt
not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love
is the fulfilling of the law.
11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time
to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of
light.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting
and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality [chambering] and wantonness, not in
strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Chapter
14
1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to
doubtful disputations.
2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another,
who is weak, eateth herbs.
3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not;
and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received
him.
4Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to
his own master he standeth or falleth. Yes [Yea], he shall be holden up: for
God is able to make him stand.
5One man esteemeth one day above another: another
esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord;
and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that
eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not,
to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
himself.
8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and
whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are
the Lord's.
9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and
revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou
set at nothing [nought] thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment
seat of Christ.
11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every
knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12So then every one of us shall give account of himself
to God.
13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but
judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in
his brother's way.
14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that
there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be
unclean, to him it is unclean.
15But if thy brother be grieved with thy food [meat], now
walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ
died.
16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17For the kingdom of God is not food [meat] and drink;
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18For he that in these things serveth Christ is
acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19Let us therefore follow after the things which make
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20For food [meat] destroy not the work of God. All
things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine,
nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy
is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he
eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Chapter
15
1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities
of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good
to edification.
3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is
written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were
written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the
scriptures might have hope.
5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to
be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also
received us to the glory of God.
8Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the
fathers:
9And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy;
as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and
sing unto thy name.
10And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his
people.
11And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud
him, all ye people.
12And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of
Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the
Gentiles trust.
13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren,
that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to
admonish one another.
15Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more
boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that
is given to me of God,
16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles
might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus
Christ in those things which pertain to God.
18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things
which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and
deed,
19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the
Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have
fully preached the gospel of Christ.
20Yes [Yea], so have I strived to preach the gospel,
not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
21But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of,
they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
22For which cause also I have been much hindered from
coming to you.
23But now having no more place in these parts, and
having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
24Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come
to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward
by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
25But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the
saints.
26For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to
make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
27It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they
are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things,
their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
28When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed
to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
29And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall
come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me
in your prayers to God for me;
31That I may be delivered from them that do not believe
in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of
the saints;
32That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God,
and may with you be refreshed.
33Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Chapter
16
1I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a
servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints,
and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she
hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto
whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5Likewise greet the church that is in their house.
Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
6Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.
7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my
fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ
before me.
8Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
9Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my
beloved.
10Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which
are of Aristobulus' household.
11Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the
household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord.
Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
13Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and
mine.
14Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes,
and the brethren which are with them.
15Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister,
and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.
16Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of
Christ salute you.
17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause
divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and
avoid them.
18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ,
but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of
the simple.
19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am
glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is
good, and simple concerning evil.
20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your
feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
21Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and
Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
22I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the
Lord.
23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth
you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
24The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according
to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of
the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of
the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known
to all nations for the obedience of faith:
27To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for
ever. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through
the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in
every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
3Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of
God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all
utterance, and in all knowledge;
6Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may
be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions
among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the
same judgment.
11For it hath been declared unto me of you, my
brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions
among you.
12Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of
Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or
were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus
and Gaius;
15Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own
name.
16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas:
besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the
gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none
effect.
18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the
disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by
wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them
that believe.
22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek
after wisdom:
23But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and
the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world
to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty;
28And base things of the world, and things which are
despised, hath God chosen, yes [yea], and things which are not, to bring to
nothing [nought] things that are:
29That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.
Chapter
2
1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with
excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save
Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in
much trembling.
4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing
words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,
but in the power of God.
6Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect:
yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come
to nothing [nought]:
7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the
hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had
they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him.
10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for
the Spirit searcheth all things, yes [yea], the deep things of God.
11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the
spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but
the Spirit of God.
12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world,
but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely
given to us of God.
13Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual
things with spiritual.
14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he
himself is judged of no man.
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may
instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Chapter
3
1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto
spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2I have fed you with milk, and not with food [meat]:
for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you
envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am
of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by
whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the
increase.
7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither
he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and
every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's
husbandry, ye are God's building.
10According to the grace of God which is given unto me,
as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11For other foundation can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold,
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day
shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try
every man's work of what sort it is.
14If any man's work abide which he hath built
thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer
loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you
seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.
For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise,
that they are vain.
21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are
your's;
22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or
life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
23And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Chapter
4
1Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of
Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be
found faithful.
3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be
judged of you, or of man's judgment: yes [yea], I judge not mine own self.
4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified:
but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the
Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will
make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise
of God.
6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure
transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us
not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed
up for one against another.
7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what
hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost
thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as
kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign
with you.
9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles
last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the
world, and to angels, and to men.
10We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in
Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and
thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled,
we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth
of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my
beloved sons I warn you.
15For though ye have ten thousand instructers in
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you
through the gospel.
16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is
my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance
of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to
you.
19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and
will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in
love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Chapter
5
1It is reported commonly that there is fornication
among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles,
that one should have his father's wife.
2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned,
that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in
spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath
so done this deed,
4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are
gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction
of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a
new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for
us:
8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread
of sincerity and truth.
9I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with
fornicators:
10Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this
world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must
ye needs go out of the world.
11But now I have written unto you not to keep company,
if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no
not to eat.
12For what have I to do to judge them also that are
without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put
away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Chapter
6
1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go
to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?
and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest
matters?
3Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more
things that pertain to this life?
4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this
life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a
wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his
brethren?
6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before
the unbelievers.
7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you,
because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do
ye not rather allow [suffer] yourselves to be defrauded?
8No [Nay], ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your
brethren.
9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye
are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God.
12All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the
power of any.
13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God
shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for
the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also
raise up us by his own power.
15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of
Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of
an harlot? God forbid.
16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an
harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is
without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own
body.
19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God
in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Chapter
7
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It
is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have
his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence:
and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the
husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the
wife.
5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with
consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come
together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But
every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after
that.
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is
good for them if they abide even as I.
9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is
better to marry than to burn.
10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the
Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be
reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother
hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him
not put her away.
13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth
not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the
wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your
children unclean; but now are they holy.
15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A
brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us
to peace.
16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt
save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord
hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not
become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be
circumcised.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he
was called.
21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but
if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant,
is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's
servant.
23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of
men.
24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein
abide with God.
25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the
Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be
faithful.
26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present
distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed.
Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a
virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the
flesh: but I spare you.
29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it
remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they
that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they
possessed not;
31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for
the fashion of this world passeth away.
32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is
unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the
Lord:
33But he that is married careth for the things that are
of the world, how he may please his wife.
34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin.
The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy
both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of
the world, how she may please her husband.
35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may
cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend
upon the Lord without distraction.
36But if any man think that he behaveth himself
uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so
require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart,
having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in
his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well;
but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband
liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she
will; only in the Lord.
40But she is happier if she so abide, after my
judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Chapter
8
1Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know
that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he
knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4As concerning therefore the eating of those things
that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in
the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5For though there be that are called gods, whether in
heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom
are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and we by him.
7Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for
some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto
an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8But food [meat] commendeth us not to God: for neither,
if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's
become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at
food [meat] in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak
be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother
perish, for whom Christ died?
12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound
their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13Wherefore, if food [meat] make my brother to offend,
I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Chapter
9
1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen
Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am
to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as
well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear
working?
7Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who
planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a
flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the
same also?
9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not
muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for
oxen?
10Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our
sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and
that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a
great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12If others be partakers of this power over you, are
not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things,
lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13Do ye not know that they which minister about holy
things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are
partakers with the altar?
14Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach
the gospel should live of the gospel.
15But I have used none of these things: neither have I
written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for
me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to
glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yes [yea], woe is unto me, if I preach
not the gospel!
17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward:
but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach
the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my
power in the gospel.
19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made
myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might
gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might
gain them that are under the law;
21To them that are without law, as without law, (being
not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them
that are without law.
22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the
weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be
partaker thereof with you.
24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,
but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25And every man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we
an incorruptible.
26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I,
not as one that beateth the air:
27But I keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway.
Chapter
10
1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be
uneducated [ignorant], how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all
passed through the sea;
2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in
the sea;
3And did all eat the same spiritual food [meat];
4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for
they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we
should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it
is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them
committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and
were destroyed of the destroyer.
11Now all these things happened unto them for examples
[ensamples]: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
world are come.
12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed
lest he fall.
13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is
common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow [not suffer] you to be
tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ?
17For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we
are all partakers of that one bread.
18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat
of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that
which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship with devils.
21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of
devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger
than he?
23All things are lawful for me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24Let no man seek his own, but every man another's
wealth.
25Whatsoever is sold in the meat market [shambles],
that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast,
and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question
for conscience sake.
28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in
sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience
sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other:
for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken
of for that for which I give thanks?
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye
do, do all to the glory of God.
32Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the
Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking
mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Chapter
11
1Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all
things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3But I would have you know, that the head of every man
is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
4Every man praying or prophesying, having his head
covered, dishonoureth his head.
5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her
head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were
shaven.
6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be
shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be
covered.
7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head,
forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of
the man.
8For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the
man.
9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the
woman for the man.
10For this cause ought the woman to have power on her
head because of the angels.
11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman,
neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man
also by the woman; but all things of God.
13Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray
unto God uncovered?
14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man
have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her:
for her hair is given her for a covering.
16But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no
such custom, neither the churches of God.
17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not,
that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18For first of all, when ye come together in the
church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19For there must be also heresies among you, that they
which are approved may be made manifest among you.
20When ye come together therefore into one place, this
is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21For in eating every one taketh before other his own
supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or
despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to
you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
23For I have received of the Lord that which also I
delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed
took bread:
24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,
Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of
me.
25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he
had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as
oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this
cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this
cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of
that bread, and drink of that cup.
29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you,
and many sleep.
31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be
judged.
32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord,
that we should not be condemned with the world.
33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat,
tarry one for another.
34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye
come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I
come.
Chapter
12
1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not
have you uneducated [ignorant].
2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these
dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man
speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say
that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit.
5And there are differences of administrations, but the
same Lord.
6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the
same God which worketh all in all.
7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every
man to profit withal.
8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom;
to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10To another the working of miracles; to another
prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues;
to another the interpretation of tongues:
11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and
all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all
made to drink into one Spirit.
14For the body is not one member, but many.
15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I
am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I
am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17If the whole body were an eye, where were the
hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18But now hath God set the members every one of them in
the body, as it hath pleased him.
19And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need
of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22No [Nay], much more those members of the body, which
seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23And those members of the body, which we think to be
less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely
parts have more abundant comeliness.
24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath
tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which
lacked.
25That there should be no schism in the body; but that
the members should have the same care one for another.
26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer
with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.
28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles,
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers?
are all workers of miracles?
30Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with
tongues? do all interpret?
31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I
unto you a more excellent way.
Chapter
13
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and
though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing.
4Charity suffers [suffereth] long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all
things, endureth all things.
8Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spoke [spake] as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put
away childish things.
12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face
to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.
Chapter
14
1Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but
rather that ye may prophesy.
2For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not
unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries.
3But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth
himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5I would that ye all spoke [spake] with tongues but
rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that
speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive
edifying.
6Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with
tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by
revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7And even things without life giving sound, whether
pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be
known what is piped or harped?
8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall
prepare himself to the battle?
9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words
easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak
into the air.
10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the
world, and none of them is without signification.
11Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I
shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a
barbarian unto me.
12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual
gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue
pray that he may interpret.
14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I
will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will
sing with the understanding also.
16Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall
he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,
seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is
not edified.
18I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye
all:
19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with
my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand
words in an unknown tongue.
20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit
in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues
and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they
not hear me, saith the LORD.
22Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that
believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them
that believe not, but for them which believe.
23If therefore the whole church be come together into
one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are
unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that
believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest;
and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in
you of a truth.
26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together,
every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a
revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by
two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence
in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the
other judge.
30If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by,
let the first hold his peace.
31For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may
learn, and all may be comforted.
32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the
prophets.
33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace,
as in all churches of the saints.
34Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it
is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under
obedience as also saith the law.
35And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their
husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
36What? came the word of God out from you? or came it
unto you only?
37If any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the Lord.
38But if any man be uneducated [ignorant], let him be
ignorant.
39Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid
not to speak with tongues.
40Let all things be done decently and in order.
Chapter
15
1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel
which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what
I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures:
5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren
at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen
asleep.
7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the
apostles.
8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born
out of due time.
9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet
to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace
which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than
they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach,
and so ye believed.
12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,
how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is
Christ not risen:
14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching
vain, and your faith is also vain.
15Yes [Yea], and we are found false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not
up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye
are yet in your sins.
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are
perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are
of all men most miserable.
20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the
firstfruits of them that slept.
21For since by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead.
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all
be made alive.
23But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up
the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and
all authority and power.
25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under
his feet.
26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27For he hath put all things under his feet. But when
he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted,
which did put all things under him.
28And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then
shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him,
that God may be all in all.
29Else what shall they do which are baptized for the
dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ
Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts
at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink;
for to morrow we die.
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good
manners.
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have
not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened,
except it die:
37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body
that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and
to every seed his own body.
39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one
kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another
of birds.
40There are also celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the
terrestrial is another.
41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of
the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star
in glory.
42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown
in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is
sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual
body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a
living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but
that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man
is the Lord from heaven.
48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy:
and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we
shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed,
52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality.
54So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?
56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is
the law.
57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Chapter
16
1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I
have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
2Upon the first day of the week let every one of you
lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings
when I come.
3And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your
letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
4And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with
me.
5Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through
Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
6And it may be that I will abide, yes [yea], and winter
with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to
tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
8But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and
there are many adversaries.
10Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you
without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
11Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him
forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
12As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired
him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at
this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men,
be strong.
14Let all your things be done with charity.
15I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of
Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted
themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one
that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
17I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus
and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
18For they have refreshed my spirit and your's:
therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla
salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
20All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with
an holy kiss.
21The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
Anathema Maranatha.
23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
24My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all
the saints which are in all Achaia:
2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may
be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted of God.
5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our
consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same
sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your
consolation and salvation.
7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye
are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
8For we would not, brethren, have you uneducated
[ignorant] of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of
measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we
should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth
deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
11Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for
the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by
many on our behalf.
12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our
conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom,
but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more
abundantly to you-ward.
13For we write none other things unto you, than what ye
read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are
your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before,
that ye might have a second benefit;
16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again
out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use
lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh,
that with me there should be yes [yea] yea, and no [nay] nay?
18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yes
[yea] and no [nay].
19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached
among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yes [yea] and
no [nay], but in him was yea.
20For all the promises of God in him are yes [yea], and
in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and
hath anointed us, is God;
22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the
Spirit in our hearts.
23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that
to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but
are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Chapter
2
1But I determined this with myself, that I would not
come again to you in heaviness.
2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me
glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I
should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in
you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
4For out of much affliction and pain [anguish] of heart
I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye
might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me,
but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was
inflicted of many.
7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him,
and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with
excessively [overmuch] sorrow.
8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your
love toward him.
9For to this end also did I write, that I might know
the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if
I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the
person of Christ;
11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are
not uneducated [ignorant] of his devices.
12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's
gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus
my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to
triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in
every place.
15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them
that are saved, and in them that perish:
16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and
to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these
things?
17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of
God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in
Christ.
Chapter
3
1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as
some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from
you?
2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read
of all men:
3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the
epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit
of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any
thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new
testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the
spirit giveth life.
7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven
in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly
behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to
be done away:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather
glorious?
9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much
more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in
this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11For if that which is done away was glorious, much
more that which remaineth is glorious.
12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great
plainness of speech:
13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face,
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which
is abolished:
14But their minds were blinded: for until this day
remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which
vail is done away in Christ.
15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail
is upon their heart.
16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail
shall be taken away.
17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is liberty.
18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
Chapter
4
1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have
received mercy, we faint not;
2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty,
not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in
the sight of God.
3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
lost:
4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who
is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the
Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we
are perplexed, but not in despair;
9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
destroyed;
10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the
Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for
Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal
flesh.
12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it
is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak;
14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall
raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant
grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward
man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18While we look not at the things which are seen, but
at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Chapter
5
1For we know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed
upon with our house which is from heaven:
3If so be that being clothed we shall not be found
naked.
4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being
burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality
might be swallowed up of life.
5Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is
God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that,
whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent,
we may be accepted of him.
10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to
that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade
men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in
your consciences.
12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give
you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them
which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or
whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15And that he died for all, that they which live should
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose
again.
16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh:
yes [yea], though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know
we him no more.
17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto
us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God
did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Chapter
6
1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you
also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted,
and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted
time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be
not blamed:
4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers
of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours,
in watchings, in fastings;
6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by
kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the
armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8By honor and dishonour, by evil report and good
report: as deceivers, and yet true;
9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold,
we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet
making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our
heart is enlarged.
12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in
your own bowels.
13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my
children,) be ye also enlarged.
14Be ye not unequally yoked[11]
together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what
part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?
for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive
you.
18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my
sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Chapter
7
1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.
2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted
no man, we have defrauded no man.
3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said
before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my
glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our
tribulation.
5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had
no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within
were fears.
6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast
down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7And not by his coming only, but by the consolation
wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your
mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not
repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you
sorry, though it were but for a season.
9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that
ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye
might receive damage by us in nothing.
10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not
to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yes [yea], what
clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what
vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have
approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for
his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but
that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes
[yea], and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his
spirit was refreshed by you all.
14For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am
not ashamed; but as we spoke [spake] all things to you in truth, even so our
boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you,
whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye
received him.
16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in
all things.
Chapter
8
1Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of
God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance
of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their
liberality.
3For to their power, I bear record, yes [yea], and
beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
4Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive
the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave
their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun,
so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
7Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and
utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see
that ye abound in this grace also.
8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the
forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his
poverty might be rich.
10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient
for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year
ago.
11Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there
was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which
ye have.
12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted
according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
13For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye
burdened:
14But by an equality, that now at this time your
abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a
supply for your want: that there may be equality:
15As it is written, He that had gathered much had
nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
16But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care
into the heart of Titus for you.
17For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being
more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
18And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise
is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
19And not that only, but who was also chosen of the
churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the
glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
20Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this
abundance which is administered by us:
21Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of
the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have
oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the
great confidence which I have in you.
23Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and
fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the
messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
24Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches,
the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
Chapter
9
1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous
for me to write to you:
2For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I
boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your
zeal hath provoked very many.
3Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you
should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4Lest perhaps [haply] if they of Macedonia come with
me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this
same confident boasting.
5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the
brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your
bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter
of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap
also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so
let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you;
that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good
work:
9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath
given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both
minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the
fruits of your righteousness;)
11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness,
which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
12For the administration of this service not only
supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings
unto God;
13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they
glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for
your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for
the exceeding grace of God in you.
15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
Chapter
10
1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and
gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am
bold toward you:
2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am
present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which
think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after
the flesh:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ;
6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience,
when your obedience is fulfilled.
7Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If
any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this
again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
8For though I should boast somewhat more of our
authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your
destruction, I should not be ashamed:
9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by
letters.
10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful;
but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in
word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are
present.
12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or
compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not
wise.
13But we will not boast of things without our measure,
but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a
measure to reach even unto you.
14For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as
though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in
preaching the gospel of Christ:
15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is,
of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we
shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and
not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but
whom the Lord commendeth.
Chapter
11
1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my
folly: and indeed bear with me.
2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I
have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to
Christ.
3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled
Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity
that is in Christ.
4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we
have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received,
or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very
chiefest apostles.
6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge;
but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.
7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye
might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do
you service.
9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was
chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came
from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being
burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me
of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off
occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be
found even as we.
13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into
an angel of light.
15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according
to their works.
16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if
otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord,
but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory
also.
19For ye allow [suffer] fools gladly, seeing ye
yourselves are wise.
20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a
man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite
you on the face.
21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been
weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am
I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I
am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more
frequent, in deaths oft.
24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save
one.
25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned,
thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils
of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in
perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in
perils among false brethren;
27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28Beside those things that are without, that which
cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and
I burn not?
30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things
which concern mine infirmities.
31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is
blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept
the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33And through a window in a basket was I let down by
the wall, and escaped his hands.
Chapter
12
1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will
come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell:
God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of
the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard
unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not
glory, but in mine infirmities.
6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a
fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of
me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the
abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the
messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it
might depart from me.
9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I
rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me:
for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very
chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you
in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other
churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this
wrong.
14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and
I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children
ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you;
though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless,
being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent
unto you?
18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did
Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in
the same steps?
19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we
speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your
edifying.
20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you
such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest
there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings,
swellings, tumults:
21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me
among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not
repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have
committed.
Chapter
13
1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the
mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were
present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore
have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which
to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he
liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with
him by the power of God toward you.
5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,
except ye be reprobates?
6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not
reprobates.
7Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we
should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we
be as reprobates.
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the
truth.
9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong:
and this also we wish, even your perfection.
10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest
being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord
hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be
with you.
12Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13All the saints salute you.
14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
2And all the brethren which are with me, unto the
churches of Galatia:
3Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and
from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver
us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
5To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that
called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble
you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be
accursed.
9As we said before, so say I now again, if any man
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be
accursed.
10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to
please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after man.
12For I neither received it of man, neither was I
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in
the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it:
14And profited in the Jews' religion above many my
equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of
my fathers.
15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my
mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him
among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were
apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see
Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
19But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the
Lord's brother.
20Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before
God, I lie not.
21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and
Cilicia;
22And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea
which were in Christ:
23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us
in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
24And they glorified God in me.
Chapter
2
1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem
with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
2And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto
them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which
were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was
compelled to be circumcised:
4And that because of false brethren unawares brought
in, who came in secretly [privily] to spy out our liberty which we have in
Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an
hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever
they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they
who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
7But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the
uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was
unto Peter;
8(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the
apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the
Gentiles:)
9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the
right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto
the circumcision.
10Only they would that we should remember the poor; the
same which I also was forward to do.
11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him
to the face, because he was to be blamed.
12For before that certain came from James, he did eat
with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,
fearing them which were of the circumcision.
13And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him;
insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly
according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If
thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,
why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the
Gentiles,
16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of
the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus
Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works
of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
17But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we
ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God
forbid.
18For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I
make myself a transgressor.
19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I
might live unto God.
20I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if
righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Chapter
3
1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye
should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently
set forth, crucified among you?
2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit
by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye
now made perfect by the flesh?
4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet
in vain.
5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and
worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the
hearing of faith?
6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness.
7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the
same are the children of Abraham.
8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify
the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In
thee shall all nations be blessed.
9So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham.
10For as many as are of the works of the law are under
the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all
things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight
of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth
them shall live in them.
13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth
on a tree:
14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the
Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.
15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be
but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth
thereto.
16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which
is Christ.
17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years
after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more
of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because
of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and
it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is
one.
21Is the law then against the promises of God? God
forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the law.
22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that
the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23But before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us
unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under
a schoolmaster.
26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ
Jesus.
27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond
nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
Chapter
4
1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2But is under tutors and governors until the time
appointed of the father.
3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage
under the elements of the world:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons.
6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and
if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service
unto them which by nature are no gods.
9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are
known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye
desire again to be in bondage?
10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you
labor in vain.
12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye
are: ye have not injured me at all.
13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached
the gospel unto you at the first.
14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised
not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
15Where is then the blessedness ye spoke [spake] of?
for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out
your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you
the truth?
17They zealously affect you, but not well; yes [yea],
they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a
good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19My little children, of whom I work [travail] in birth
again until Christ be formed in you,
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my
voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye
not hear the law?
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one
by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the
flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two
covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is
Agar.
25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth
to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the
mother of us all.
27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest
not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many
more children than she which hath an husband.
28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of
promise.
29But as then he that was born after the flesh
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the
bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the
son of the freewoman.
31So then, brethren, we are not children of the
bondwoman, but of the free.
Chapter
5
1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised,
that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of
you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith.
6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any
thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not
obey the truth?
8This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye
will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his
judgment, whosoever he be.
11And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do
I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
12I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in
this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that
ye be not consumed one of another.
16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not
fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that
ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the
law.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such
like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit.
26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one
another, envying one another.
Chapter
6
1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering
thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law
of Christ.
3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is
nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall
he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5For every man shall bear his own burden.
6Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto
him that teacheth in all good things.
7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting.
9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due
season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto
all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
11Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you
with mine own hand.
12As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh,
they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution
for the cross of Christ.
13For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep
the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto
the world.
15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any
thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be
on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
17From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in
my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
18Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ:
4According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love:
5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he
hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and
prudence;
9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he
might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
and which are on earth; even in him:
11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being
predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the
counsel of his own will:
12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who
first trusted in Christ.
13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of
you in my prayers;
17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge
of him:
18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the
glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to
us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from
the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in
that which is to come:
22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him
to be the head over all things to the church,
23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth
all in all.
Chapter
2
1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins;
2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course
of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that
now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times
past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past
Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called
the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12That at that time ye were without Christ, being
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of
promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off
are made near [nigh] by the blood of Christ.
14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the
law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of two
[twain] one new man, so making peace;
16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body
by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17And came and preached peace to you which were afar
off, and to them that were near [nigh].
18For through him we both have access by one Spirit
unto the Father.
19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21In whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22In whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.
Chapter
3
1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ
for you Gentiles,
2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of
God which is given me to you-ward:
3How that by revelation he made known unto me the
mystery; (as I wrote before [afore] in few words,
4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ)
5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons
of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the
Spirit;
6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the
same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift
of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is
this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ;
9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the
mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who
created all things by Jesus Christ:
10To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of
God,
11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in
Christ Jesus our Lord:
12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence
by the faith of him.
13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my
tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is
named,
16That he would grant you, according to the riches of
his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that
ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Chapter
4
1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.
4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called
in one hope of your calling;
5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all.
7But unto every one of us is given grace according to
the measure of the gift of Christ.
8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he
led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also
descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10He that descended is the same also that ascended up
far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ:
14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and
fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him
in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and
compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
edifying of itself in love.
17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated
from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the
blindness of their heart:
19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20But ye have not so learned Christ;
21If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught
by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22That ye put off concerning the former conversation
the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth
with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down
upon your wrath:
27Neither give place to the devil.
28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him
labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give
to him that needeth.
29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
grace unto the hearers.
30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
sealed unto the day of redemption.
31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and
clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Chapter
5
1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
sweetsmelling savour.
3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting,
which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the
kingdom of Christ and of God.
6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of
these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light
in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth;)
10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them.
12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which
are done of them in secret.
13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by
the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and
arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
but as wise,
16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what
the will of the Lord is.
18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be
filled with the Spirit;
19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the
Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of
God.
22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as
unto the Lord.
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ
is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so
let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved
the church, and gave himself for it;
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be
holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but
nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of
his bones.
31For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning
Christ and the church.
33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so
love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Chapter
6
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is
right.
2Honor thy father and mother; which is the first
commandment with promise;
3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live
long on the earth.
4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters
according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart,
as unto Christ;
6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not
to men:
8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the
same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them,
forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is
there respect of persons with him.
10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might.
11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able
to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel
of peace;
16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for
all saints;
19And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that
I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I
may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
21But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do,
Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known
to you all things:
22Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that
ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
23Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus
Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to
all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and
deacons:
2Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making
request with joy,
5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day
until now;
6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath
begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because
I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and
confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all
in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more
and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that
ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.
11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which
are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
12But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the
things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of
the gospel;
13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the
palace, and in all other places;
14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing
confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife;
and some also of good will:
16The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,
supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
17But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the
defence of the gospel.
18What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in
pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yes [yea],
and will rejoice.
19For I know that this shall turn to my salvation
through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that
in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now
also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my
labor: yet what I shall choose I do not know [wot not].
23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful
for you.
25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide
and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
26That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus
Christ for me by my coming to you again.
27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the
gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may
hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel;
28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which
is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of
God.
29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not
only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
30Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now
hear to be in me.
Chapter
2
1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if
any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and
mercies,
2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the
same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but
in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4Look not every man on his own things, but every man
also on the things of others.
5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus:
6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God:
7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given
him a name which is above every name:
10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not
as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.
13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and
to do of his good pleasure.
14Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of
God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom
ye shine as lights in the world;
16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in
the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
17Yes [Yea], and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with
me.
19But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus
shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care
for your state.
21For all seek their own, not the things which are
Jesus Christ's.
22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the
father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
23Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I
shall see how it will go with me.
24But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come
shortly.
25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you
Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellowsoldier, but your
messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26For he longed after you all, and was full of
heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27For indeed he was sick near [nigh] unto death: but
God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have
sorrow upon sorrow.
28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when
ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness;
and hold such in reputation:
30Because for the work of Christ he was near [nigh]
unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Chapter
3
1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write
the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the
concision.
3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the
spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If
any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I
more:
5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of
the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a
Pharisee;
6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the
righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss
for Christ.
8Yes [Yea] doubtless, and I count all things but loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have
suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
Christ,
9And be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of
Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10That I may know him, and the power of his
resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto
his death;
11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection
of the dead.
12Not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which
also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but
this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are before,
14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this
unto you.
16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let
us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them
which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and
now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly,
and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20For our conversation is in heaven; from where
[whence] also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be
fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is
able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Chapter
4
1Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for,
my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be
of the same mind in the Lord.
3And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those
women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my
fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is
at hand.
6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if
there be any power [virtue], and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9Those things, which ye have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with
you.
10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the
last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but
ye lacked opportunity.
11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to
abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be
hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
14Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did
communicate with my affliction.
15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning
of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me
as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
16For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto
my necessity.
17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that
may abound to your account.
18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received
of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell,
a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
19But my God shall supply all your need according to
his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
21Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren
which are with me greet you.
22All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of
Caesar's household.
23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
and Timotheus our brother,
2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which
are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, praying always for you,
4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of
the love which ye have to all the saints,
5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and
bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and
knew the grace of God in truth:
7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant,
who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do
not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of
God;
11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious
power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and
hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even
the forgiveness of sins:
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
of every creature:
16For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and
for him:
17And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist.
18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is
the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have
the preeminence.
19For it pleased the Father that in him should all
fulness dwell;
20And, having made peace through the blood of his
cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they
be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in
your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present
you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and
be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which
was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a
minister;
24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up
that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's
sake, which is the church:
25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the
dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and
from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27To whom God would make known what is the riches of
the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory:
28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every
man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his
working, which worketh in me mightily.
Chapter
2
1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have
for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in
the flesh;
2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit
together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding,
to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.
4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with
enticing words.
5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you
in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your
faith in Christ.
6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him:
7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the
faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ.
9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily.
10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all
principality and power:
11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision
made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ:
12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen
with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from
the dead.
13And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses;
14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made
a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16Let no man therefore judge you in food [meat], or in
drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is
of Christ.
18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary
humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath
not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by
joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of God.
20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the
rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to
ordinances,
21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the
commandments and doctrines of men?
23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will
worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honor to the
satisfying of the flesh.
Chapter
3
1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2Set your affection on things above, not on things on
the earth.
3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God.
4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall
ye also appear with him in glory.
5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the
earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil extreme desire
[concupiscence], and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the
children of disobedience:
7In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived
in them.
8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath,
malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off
the old man with his deeds;
10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in
knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision
nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and
in all.
12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering;
13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if
any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14And above all these things put on charity, which is
the bond of perfectness.
15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the
which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as
it is fit in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them.
20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this
is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
they be discouraged.
22Servants, obey in all things your masters according
to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart,
fearing God;
23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,
and not unto men;
24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward
of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong
which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Chapter
4
1Masters, give unto your servants that which is just
and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving;
3Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto
us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in
bonds:
4That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming
the time.
6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with
salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a
beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
8Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that
he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is
one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and
Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if
he come unto you, receive him;)
11And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the
circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which
have been a comfort unto me.
12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ,
saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of God.
13For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for
you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and
Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
16And when this epistle is read among you, cause that
it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the
epistle from Laodicea.
17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which
thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my
bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of
the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2We give thanks to God always for you all, making
mention of you in our prayers;
3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and
labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of
God and our Father;
4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but
also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what
manner of men we were among you for your sake.
6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having
received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
7So that ye were examples [ensamples] to all that
believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only
in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is
spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering
in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and
true God;
10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised
from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Chapter
2
1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto
you, that it was not in vain:
2But even after that we had suffered before, and were
shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak
unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness,
nor in guile:
4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with
the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our
hearts.
5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as
ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of
others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children:
8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were
willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own
souls, because ye were dear unto us.
9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and work
[travail]: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto
any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly
and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged
every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you
unto his kingdom and glory.
13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,
because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which
effectually worketh also in you that believe.
14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of
God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things
of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own
prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to
all men:
16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they
might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to
the uttermost.
17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short
time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your
face with great desire.
18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul,
once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing?
Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20For ye are our glory and joy.
Chapter
3
1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought
it good to be left at Athens alone;
2And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God,
and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to
comfort you concerning your faith:
3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves
know that we are appointed thereunto.
4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before
that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent
to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our
labor be in vain.
6But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and
brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good
remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all
our affliction and distress by your faith:
8For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
9For what thanks can we render to God again for you,
for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
10Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see
your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus
Christ, direct our way unto you.
12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love
one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all his saints.
Chapter
4
1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort
you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and
to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord
Jesus.
3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification,
that ye should abstain from fornication:
4That every one of you should know how to possess his
vessel in sanctification and honor;
5Not in the lust of extreme desire [concupiscence],
even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any
matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have
forewarned you and testified.
7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto
holiness.
8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but
God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are
in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own
business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
13But I would not have you to be uneducated [ignorant],
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even
so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord,
that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Chapter
5
1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no
need that I write unto you.
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord
so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden
destruction cometh upon them, as work [travail] upon a woman pregnant [with
child]; and they shall not escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of
the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us
watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that
be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on
the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain
salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we
should live together with him.
11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one
another, even as also ye do.
12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which
labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
13And to esteem them very highly in love for their
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but
ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
16Rejoice evermore.
17Pray without ceasing.
18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of
God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19Quench not the Spirit.
20Despise not prophesyings.
21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I
pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
25Brethren, pray for us.
26Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read
unto all the holy brethren.
28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of
the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as
it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of
every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of
God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that
ye endure:
5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of
God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also
suffer:
6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense
tribulation to them that trouble you;
7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and
to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was
believed) in that day.
11Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his
goodness, and the work of faith with power:
12That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be
glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Chapter
2
1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of
Christ is at hand.
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall
not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of
God, shewing himself that he is God.
5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told
you these things?
6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be
revealed in his time.
7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he
who now prevents [letteth] will prevent [let], until he be taken out of the
way.
8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming:
9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved.
11And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12That they all might be damned who believed not the
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you,
brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the
traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our
Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good
hope through grace,
17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good
word and work.
Chapter
3
1Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the
Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and
wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and
keep you from evil.
4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that
ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God,
and into the patient waiting for Christ.
6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we
behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing
[nought]; but wrought with labor and work [travail] night and day, that we
might not be chargeable to any of you:
9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves
an ensample unto you to follow us.
10For even when we were with you, this we commanded
you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11For we hear that there are some which walk among you
disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our
Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle,
note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a
brother.
16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always
by all means. The Lord be with you all.
17The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is
the token in every epistle: so I write.
18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of
God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
2Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy,
and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I
went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other
doctrine,
4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,
which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto
vain jangling;
7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding
neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it
lawfully;
9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous
man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for
unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for
manslayers,
10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves
with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God,
which was committed to my trust.
12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled
me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and
injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with
faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I
am chief.
16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me
first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them
which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy,
according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them
mightest war a good warfare;
19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some
having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have
delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Chapter
2
1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Saviour;
4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto
the knowledge of the truth.
5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;
6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in
due time.
7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I
speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and
verity.
8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up
holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with embroidered
[broided] hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with
good works.
11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12But I does not allow [suffer not] a woman to teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being
deceived was in the transgression.
15Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing,
if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Chapter
3
1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a
bishop, he desireth a good work.
2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one
wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4One that ruleth well his own house, having his
children in subjection with all gravity;
5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how
shall he take care of the church of God?)
6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall
into the condemnation of the devil.
7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are
without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued,
not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use
the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers,
sober, faithful in all things.
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling
their children and their own houses well.
13For they that have used the office of a deacon well
purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is
in Christ Jesus.
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto
thee shortly:
15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the
living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16And without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of
angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into
glory.
Chapter
4
1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils;
2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience
seared with a hot iron;
3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from
meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which
believe and know the truth.
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these
things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the
words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
7But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise
thyself rather unto godliness.
8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that
which is to come.
9This is a faithful saying and worthy of all
acceptation.
10For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach,
because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of
those that believe.
11These things command and teach.
12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example
of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in
purity.
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to
exhortation, to doctrine.
14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given
thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to
them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that
hear thee.
Chapter
5
1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and
the younger men as brethren;
2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters,
with all purity.
3Honor widows that are widows indeed.
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them
learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is
good and acceptable before God.
5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth
in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she
liveth.
7And these things give in charge, that they may be
blameless.
8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for
those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought
up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet,
if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good
work.
11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have
begun to wax undisciplined and immoral [wanton] against Christ, they will
marry;
12Having damnation, because they have cast off their
first faith.
13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from
house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking
things which they ought not.
14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak
reproachfully.
15For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let
them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them
that are widows indeed.
17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double
honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but
before two or three witnesses.
20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may
fear.
21I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one
before another, doing nothing by partiality.
22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of
other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy
stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
24Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to
judgment; and some men they follow after.
25Likewise also the good works of some are manifest
beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
Chapter
6
1Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their
own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not
blasphemed.
2And they that have believing masters, let them not
despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because
they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and
exhort.
3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine
which is according to godliness;
4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about
questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil
surmisings,
5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw
thyself.
6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out.
8And having food and raiment let us be therewith
content.
9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a
snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction
and perdition.
10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which
while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows.
11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow
after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession
before many witnesses.
13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who
quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed a good confession;
14That thou keep this commandment without spot,
unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed
and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light
which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be
honor and power everlasting. Amen.
17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be
not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
18That they do good, that they be rich in good works,
ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust,
avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so
called:
21Which some professing have erred concerning the
faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and
peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with
pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers
night and day;
4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy
tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is
in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and
I am persuaded that in thee also.
6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up
the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our
Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the
gospel according to the power of God;
9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling,
not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel:
11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle,
and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12For the which cause I also suffer these things:
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against
that day.
13Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast
heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by
the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
15This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be
turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus;
for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
17But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very
diligently, and found me.
18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the
Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou
knowest very well.
Chapter
2
1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is
in Christ Jesus.
2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach
others also.
3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ.
4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the
affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a
soldier.
5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not
crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker
of the fruits.
7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee
understanding in all things.
8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was
raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto
bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes,
that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal
glory.
11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,
we shall also live with him:
12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we
deny him, he also will deny us:
13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot
deny himself.
14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging
them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the
subverting of the hearers.
15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will
increase unto more ungodliness.
17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is
Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the
resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure,
having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that
nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20But in a great house there are not only vessels of
gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some
to dishonour.
21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall
be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared
unto every good work.
22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness,
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that
they do gender strifes.
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be
gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves;
if God perhaps [peradventure] will give them repentance to the acknowledging of
the truth;
26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare
of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Chapter
3
1This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come.
2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God;
5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away.
6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and
lead captive silly women loaded [laden] with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge
of the truth.
8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these
also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly
shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.
10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of
life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at
Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them
all the Lord delivered me.
12Yes [Yea], and all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived.
14But continue thou in the things which thou hast
learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15And that from a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which
is in Christ Jesus.
16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
17That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works.
Chapter
4
1I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his
kingdom;
2Preach the word; be urgent [instant] in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3For the time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears;
4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables.
5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do
the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my
departure is at hand.
7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith:
8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me
only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
9Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present
world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto
Dalmatia.
11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with
thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
12And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou
comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord
reward him according to his works:
15Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly
withstood our words.
16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men
forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and
strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all
the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work,
and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
19Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of
Onesiphorus.
20Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left
at Miletum sick.
21Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus
greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be
with you. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus
Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the
truth which is after godliness;
2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
3But hath in due times manifested his word through
preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our
Saviour;
4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace,
mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every
city, as I had appointed thee:
6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having
faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God;
not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to
filthy lucre;
8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men,
sober, just, holy, temperate;
9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,
that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the
gainsayers.
10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and
deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,
The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply,
that they may be sound in the faith;
14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of
men, that turn from the truth.
15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that
are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience
is defiled.
16They profess that they know God; but in works they
deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work
reprobate.
Chapter
2
1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in
faith, in charity, in patience.
3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as
becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good
things;
4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to
love their husbands, to love their children,
5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works:
in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that
is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters,
and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men,
12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from
all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all
authority. Let no man despise thee.
Chapter
3
1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and
powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but
gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish,
disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and
envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4But after that the kindness and love of God our
Saviour toward man appeared,
5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ
our Saviour;
7That being justified by his grace, we should be made
heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will
that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be
careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and
contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
10A man that is an heretick after the first and second
admonition reject;
11Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and
sinneth, being condemned of himself.
12When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be
diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
13Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey
diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
14And let our's also learn to maintain good works for
necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
15All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that
love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our
brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
2And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
3Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
4I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my
prayers,
5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward
the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
6That the communication of thy faith may become
effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ
Jesus.
7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love,
because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to
enjoin thee that which is convenient,
9Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such
an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have
begotten in my bonds:
11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now
profitable to thee and to me:
12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him,
that is, mine own bowels:
13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead
he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy
benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that
thou shouldest receive him for ever;
16Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother
beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and
in the Lord?
17If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as
myself.
18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put
that on mine account;
19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will
repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own
self besides.
20Yes [Yea], brother, let me have joy of thee in the
Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee,
knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
22But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust
that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
23There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in
Christ Jesus;
24Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my
fellowlabourers.
25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your
spirit. Amen.
Chapter
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1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke
[spake] in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express
image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he
had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high:
4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath
by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou
art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a
Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into
the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for
ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above
thy fellows.
10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all
shall wax old as doth a garment;
12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they
shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
13But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit
on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Chapter
2
1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to
the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and
every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation;
which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by
them that heard him;
4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and
wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to
his own will?
5For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the
world to come, whereof we speak.
6But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is
man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?
7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou
crownedst him with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy
hands:
8Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.
For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put
under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the
grace of God should taste death for every man.
10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by
whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of
their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them
brethren,
12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in
the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again,
Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh
and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death
he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15And deliver them who through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to bondage.
16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made
like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted,
he is able to help [succour] them that are tempted.
Chapter
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1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,
consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also
Moses was faithful in all his house.
3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than
Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the
house.
4For every house is builded by some man; but he that
built all things is God.
5And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a
servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house
are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto
the end.
7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will
hear his voice,
8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the
day of temptation in the wilderness:
9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my
works forty years.
10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and
said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my
rest.)
12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an
evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To
day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the
beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit
not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not
with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into
his rest, but to them that believed not?
19So we see that they could not enter in because of
unbelief.
Chapter
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1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto
them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in
them that heard it.
3For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he
said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although
the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4For he spoke [spake] in a certain place of the seventh
day like this [on this wise], And God did rest the seventh day from all his
works.
5And in this place again, If they shall enter into my
rest.
6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter
therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of
unbelief:
7Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To
day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not
afterward have spoken of another day.
9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath
ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest
any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in
his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom
we have to do.
14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15For we have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin.
16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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1For every high priest taken from among men is ordained
for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and
sacrifices for sins:
2Who can have compassion on the uneducated [ignorant],
and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with
infirmity.
3And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so
also for himself, to offer for sins.
4And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that
is called of God, as was Aaron.
5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an
high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten
thee.
6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up
prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able
to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered;
9And being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10Called of God an high priest after the order of
Melchisedec.
11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be
uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye
have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles
of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food
[meat].
13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the
word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14But strong food [meat] belongeth to them that are of
full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
Chapter
6
1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of
repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of
hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this will we do, if God permit.
4For it is impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of
the Holy Ghost,
5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers
of the world to come,
6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put
him to an open shame.
7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh
oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed,
receiveth blessing from God:
8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,
and is near [nigh] unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,
and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and
labor of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered
to the saints, and do minister.
11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same
diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he
could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and
multiplying I will multiply thee.
15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained
the promise.
16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for
confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the
heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18That by two immutable things, in which it was
impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled
for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both
sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus,
made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Chapter
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1For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the
most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and
blessed him;
2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first
being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of
Salem, which is, King of peace;
3Without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son
of God; abideth a priest continually.
4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even
the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who
receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the
people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out
of the loins of Abraham:
6But he whose descent is not counted from them received
tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of
the better.
8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes,
payed tithes in Abraham.
10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when
Melchisedec met him.
11If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was
there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not
be called after the order of Aaron?
12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of
necessity a change also of the law.
13For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to
another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda;
of which tribe Moses spoke [spake] nothing concerning priesthood.
15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal
commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after
the order of Melchisedec.
18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment
going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in
of a better hope did; by the which we draw near [nigh] unto God.
20And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made
priest:
21(For those priests were made without an oath; but
this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not
repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better
testament.
23And they truly were many priests, because they were
not allowed [not suffered] to continue by reason of death:
24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an
unchangeable priesthood.
25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the
uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession
for them.
26For such an high priest became us, who is holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to
offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this
he did once, when he offered up himself.
28For the law maketh men high priests which have
infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son,
who is consecrated for evermore.
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1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the
sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens;
2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and
sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to
offer.
4For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest,
seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly
things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the
tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the
pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by
how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established
upon better promises.
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then
should no place have been sought for the second.
8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the
days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah:
9Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of
Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not,
saith the Lord.
10For this is the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their
mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they
shall be to me a people:
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the
least to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and
their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the
first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
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1Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of
divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein
was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the
sanctuary.
3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is
called the Holiest of all;
4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the
covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had
manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the
mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests
went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7But into the second went the high priest alone once
every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors
of the people:
8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the
holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet
standing:
9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which
were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the
service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers
washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
11But Christ being come an high priest of good things
to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is
to say, not of this building;
12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his
own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us.
13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes
of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through
the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God?
15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new
testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance.
16For where a testament is, there must also of
necessity be the death of the testator.
17For a testament is of force after men are dead:
otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated
without blood.
19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the
people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with
water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the
people,
20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God
hath enjoined unto you.
21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle,
and all the vessels of the ministry.
22And almost all things are by the law purged with
blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of
things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made
with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us:
25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the
high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26For then must he often have suffered since the
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgment:
28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;
and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin
unto salvation.
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1For the law having a shadow of good things to come,
and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which
they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because
that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again
made of sins every year.
4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of
goats should take away sins.
5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast
had no pleasure.
7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it
is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt
offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure
therein; which are offered by the law;
9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He
taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10By the which will we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11And every priest standeth daily ministering and
offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for
sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made
his footstool.
14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them
that are sanctified.
15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for
after that he had said before,
16This is the covenant that I will make with them after
those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them;
17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more.
18Now where remission of these is, there is no more
offering for sin.
19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated
for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21And having an high priest over the house of God;
22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water.
23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without
wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love
and to good works:
25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,
as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as
ye see the day approaching.
26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under
two or three witnesses:
29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth
unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his
people.
31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
living God.
32But call to remembrance the former days, in which,
after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by
reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them
that were so used.
34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took
joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in
heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath
great recompence of reward.
36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have
done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will
come, and will not tarry.
38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw
back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition;
but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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God's definition of faith. We see evidence when we look
back and see why God led us to take the path He chose.
1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
things which do appear.
4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek him.
7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen
as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the
which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith.
8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went
out, not knowing whither he went.
9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise:
10For he looked for a city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.
11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to
conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she
judged him faithful who had promised.
12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good
as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is
by the sea shore innumerable.
13These all died in faith, not having received the
promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and
embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the
earth.
14For they that say such things declare plainly that
they seek a country.
15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country
from where [whence] they came out, they might have had opportunity to have
returned.
16But now they desire a better country, that is, an
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.
17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be
called:
19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even
from the dead; from where [whence] also he received him in a figure.
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning
things to come.
21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the
sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three
months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were
not afraid of the king's commandment.
24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people
of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than
the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of
the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28Through faith he kept the passover, and the
sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry
land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they
were compassed about seven days.
31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that
believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me
to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also,
and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of
the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to
flight the armies of the aliens.
35Women received their dead raised to life again: and
others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a
better resurrection:
36And others had trial of cruel mockings and
scourgings, yes [yea], moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were
tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in
deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39And these all, having obtained a good report through
faith, received not the promise:
40God having provided some better thing for us, that
they without us should not be made perfect.
Chapter
12
1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,
2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3For consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against
sin.
5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh
unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,
nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with
sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in
subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they verily for a few days chastened us after
their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his
holiness.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be
joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the
feeble knees;
13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that
which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without
which no man shall see the Lord:
15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of
God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be
defiled;
16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as
Esau, who for one morsel of food [meat] sold his birthright.
17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have
inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance,
though he sought it carefully with tears.
18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words;
which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to
them any more:
20(For they could not endure that which was commanded,
And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust
through with a dart:
21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I
exceedingly fear and quake:)
22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of
the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
angels,
23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect,
24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to
the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.
25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they
escaped not who refused him that spoke [spake] on earth, much more shall not we
escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath
promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing
of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain.
28Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be
moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear:
29For our God is a consuming fire.
Chapter
13
1Let brotherly love continue.
2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby
some have entertained angels unawares.
3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them;
and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled:
but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be
content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.
6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and
I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have
spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of
their conversation.
8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for
ever.
9Be not carried about with divers and strange
doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not
with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat
which serve the tabernacle.
11For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is
brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the
camp.
12Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the
people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp,
bearing his reproach.
14For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one
to come.
15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise
to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience,
in all things willing to live honestly.
19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may
be restored to you the sooner.
20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the
everlasting covenant,
21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ;
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22And I beseech you, brethren, allow [suffer] the word
of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
23Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty;
with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
24Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all
the saints. They of Italy salute you.
25Grace be with you all. Amen.
Chapter
1
1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers
temptations;
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh
patience.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he
that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any
thing of the Lord.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is
exalted:
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the
flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat,
but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of
the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when
he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised
to them that love him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of
God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of
his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:
and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.
18Of his own will fathered [begat] he us with the word
of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of
God.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of
naughtiness, and receive with meekness the word planted in you [engrafted
word], which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,
he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the
work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is
vain.
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father
is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world.
Chapter
2
1My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold
ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay
clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor,
Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
4Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become
judges of evil thoughts?
5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the
poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them that love him?
6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress
you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye
are called?
8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and
are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also,
Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become
a transgressor of the law.
12So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged
by the law of liberty.
13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath
shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he
hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of
daily food,
16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye
warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are
needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone.
18Yes [Yea], a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have
works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my
works.
19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest
well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without
works is dead?
21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when
he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by
works was faith made perfect?
23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham
believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called
the Friend of God.
24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and
not by faith only.
25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by
works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also.
Chapter
3
1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we
shall receive the greater condemnation.
2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend
not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
3Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they
may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,
and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small
helm, whithersoever the governor wants [listeth].
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth
great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is
the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on
fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of
serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison.
9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith
curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet
water and bitter?
12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?
either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among
you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your
hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is
earthly, sensual, devilish.
16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion
and every evil work.
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of
them that make peace.
Chapter
4
1From where [whence] come wars and fightings among you?
come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have,
and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye
may consume it upon your lusts.
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a
friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The
spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
8Draw near [nigh] to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter
be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he
shall lift you up.
11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that
speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the
law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the
law, but a judge.
12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will
go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For
what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and
then vanisheth away.
15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall
live, and do this, or that.
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such
rejoicing is evil.
17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth
it not, to him it is sin.
Chapter
5
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your
miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are
motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them
shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye
have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down
your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been
undisciplined and immoral [wanton]; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day
of slaughter.
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not
resist you.
7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and
hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the
coming of the Lord draweth near [nigh].
9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be
condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in
the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have
heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord
is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither
by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yes
[yea] be yea; and your no [nay], nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
merry? let him sing psalms.
14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of
the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord:
15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven
him.
16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.
17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,
and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth
by the space of three years and six months.
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and
the earth brought forth her fruit.
19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and
one convert him;
20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner
from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a
multitude of sins.
Chapter
1
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of
the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season,
if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye
see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of
your souls.
10Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and
searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of
Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves,
but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by
them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from
heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober,
and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ;
14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves
according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation;
16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning
here in fear:
18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers;
19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot:
20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of
the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from
the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love
one another with a pure heart fervently:
23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man
as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth
away:
25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this
is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Chapter
2
1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and
hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word,
that ye may grow thereby:
3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed
indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual
house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God
by Jesus Christ.
6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that
believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but
unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the
same is made the head of the corner,
8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even
to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were
appointed.
9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the
people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles:
that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works,
which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the
Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him
for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye
may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of
maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor
the king.
18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear;
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse and contrary
[froward].
19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for
your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer
for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he
suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth
righteously:
24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.
25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now
returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Chapter
3
1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own
husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won
by the conversation of the wives;
2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled
with fear.
3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of
plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which
is in the sight of God of great price.
5For after this manner in the old time the holy women
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their
own husbands:
6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose
daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to
knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being
heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one
of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:
but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should
inherit a blessing.
10For he that will love life, and see good days, let
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11Let him avoid [eschew] evil, and do good; let him
seek peace, and ensue it.
12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and
his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them
that do evil.
13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers
of that which is good?
14But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy
are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be
ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the
hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak
evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ.
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye
suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just
for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh,
but quickened by the Spirit:
19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits
in prison;
20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now
save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a
good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of
God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Chapter
4
1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the
flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in
the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in
the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts,
excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with
them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge
the quick and the dead.
6For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh,
but live according to God in the spirit.
7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
sober, and watch unto prayer.
8And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister
the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of
God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery
trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with
exceeding joy.
14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are
ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is
evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a
thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the
house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that
obey not the gospel of God?
18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will
of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a
faithful Creator.
Chapter
5
1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also
an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the
glory that shall be revealed:
2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the
oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but
of a ready mind;
3Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being
examples [ensamples] to the flock.
4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the
elder. Yes [Yea], all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you
perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I
suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the
true grace of God wherein ye stand.
13The church that is at Babylon, elected together with
you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
14Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be
with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Chapter
1
1Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the
righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3According as his divine power hath given unto us all
things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that
hath called us to glory and power [virtue]:
4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious
promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith power [virtue]; and to virtue knowledge;
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness;
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity.
8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make
you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot
see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to
make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never
fall:
11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always
in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the
present truth.
13Yes [Yea], I think it meet, as long as I am in this
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my
decease to have these things always in remembrance.
16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables,
when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but
were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17For he received from God the Father honor and glory,
when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when
we were with him in the holy mount.
19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto
ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture
is of any private interpretation.
21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of
man: but holy men of God spoke [spake] as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Chapter
2
1But there were false prophets also among the people,
even as there shall be false teachers among you, who secretly [privily] shall
bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring
upon themselves swift destruction.
2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason
of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words
make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and
their damnation slumbereth not.
4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast
them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved
unto judgment;
5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the
eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the
world of the ungodly;
6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into
ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that
after should live ungodly;
7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy
conversation of the wicked:
8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing
and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful
deeds;)
9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the
lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled,
they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
11Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might,
bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken
and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall
utterly perish in their own corruption;
13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as
they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes,
sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease
from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous
practices; cursed children:
15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of
unrighteousness;
16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass
speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
17These are wells without water, clouds that are
carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity,
they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that
were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are
the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he
brought in bondage.
20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the
world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are
again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning.
21For it had been better for them not to have known the
way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
22But it is happened unto them according to the true
proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed
to her wallowing in the mire.
Chapter
3
1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in
both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken
before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the
Lord and Saviour:
3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last
days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for
since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation.
5For this they willingly are uneducated [ignorant] of,
that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of
the water and in the water:
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with
water, perished:
7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men.
8But, beloved, be not uneducated [ignorant] of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day.
9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some
men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up.
11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of
God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat?
13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such
things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and
blameless.
15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is
salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given
unto him hath written unto you;
16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of
these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that
are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto
their own destruction.
17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things
before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall
from your own stedfastness.
18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Chapter
1
1That which was from the beginning, which we have
heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and
bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father,
and was manifested unto us;)
3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you,
that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4And these things write we unto you, that your joy may
be full.
5This then is the message which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk
in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth us from all sin.
8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a
liar, and his word is not in us.
Chapter
2
1My little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous:
2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his
commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments,
is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love
of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so
to walk, even as he walked.
7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an
old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the
word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing
is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now
shineth.
9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his
brother, is in darkness even until now.
10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and
there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and
walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness
hath blinded his eyes.
12I write unto you, little children, because your sins
are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him
that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have
overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have
known the Father.
14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have
known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men,
because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome
the wicked one.
15Love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is
of the world.
17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but
he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have
heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby
we know that it is the last time.
19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if
they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went
out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know
all things.
21I have not written unto you because ye know not the
truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the
Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard
from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain
in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25And this is the promise that he hath promised us,
even eternal life.
26These things have I written unto you concerning them
that seduce you.
27But the anointing which ye have received of him
abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same
anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as
it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he
shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every
one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Chapter
3
1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed
upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth
us not, because it knew him not.
2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall
be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,
even as he is pure.
4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law:
for sin is the transgression of the law.
5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our
sins; and in him is no sin.
6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth
hath not seen him, neither known him.
7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth
righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10In this the children of God are manifest, and the
children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither
he that loveth not his brother.
11For this is the message that ye heard from the
beginning, that we should love one another.
12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his
brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his
brother's righteous.
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14We know that we have passed from death unto life,
because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye
know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid
down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him?
18My little children, let us not love in word, neither
in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and
shall assure our hearts before him.
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our
heart, and knoweth all things.
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we
confidence toward God.
22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we
keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23And this is his commandment, That we should believe
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us
commandment.
24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him,
and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he
hath given us.
Chapter
4
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the
world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ
is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist,
whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the
world.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome
them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the
world, and the world heareth them.
6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that
is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the
spirit of error.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love
one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one
another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us,
because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent
the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath
to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
him.
17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth
out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in
love.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he
is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he
love God whom he hath not seen?
21And this commandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.
Chapter
5
1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born
of God: and every one that loveth him that fathered [begat] loveth him also
that is begotten of him.
2By this we know that we love the children of God, when
we love God, and keep his commandments.
3For this is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world:
and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that
believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus
Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that
beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the
Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God
is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness
in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he
believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11And this is the record, that God hath given to us
eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not
the Son of God hath not life.
13These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and
that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that,
if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
16If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto
death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not
unto death.
18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;
but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him
not.
19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world
lieth in wickedness.
20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal
life.
21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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1The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I
love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
2For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall
be with us for ever.
3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and
love.
4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children
walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a
new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we
love one another.
6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments.
This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should
walk in it.
7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who
confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an
antichrist.
8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things
which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he
hath both the Father and the Son.
10If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his
evil deeds.
12Having many things to write unto you, I would not
write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face,
that our joy may be full.
13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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1The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in
the truth.
2Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and
testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth.
5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest
to the brethren, and to strangers;
6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the
church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou
shalt do well:
7Because that for his name's sake they went forth,
taking nothing of the Gentiles.
8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be
fellowhelpers to the truth.
9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to
have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which
he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith,
neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would,
and casteth them out of the church.
11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that
which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not
seen God.
12Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the
truth itself: yes [yea], and we also bear record; and ye know that our record
is true.
13I had many things to write, but I will not with ink
and pen write unto thee:
14But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall
speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the
friends by name.
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1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of
James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus
Christ, and called:
2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you
of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort
you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered
unto the saints.
4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were
before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of
our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ.
5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye
once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of
Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them
in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh,
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the
devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared [durst] not bring against him
a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10But these speak evil of those things which they know
not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they
corrupt themselves.
11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain,
and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the
gainsaying of Core.
12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they
feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water,
carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead,
plucked up by the roots;
13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame;
wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken
against him.
16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their
own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons
in admiration because of advantage.
17But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken
before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18How that they told you there should be mockers in the
last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19These be they who separate themselves, sensual,
having not the Spirit.
20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most
holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the
fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding
joy,
25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
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1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto
him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he
sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2Who bare record of the word of God, and of the
testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for
the time is at hand.
4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be
unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come;
and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his
Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see
him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of him. Even so, Amen.
8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle
that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus
Christ.
10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:
and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12And I turned to see the voice that spoke [spake] with
me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like
unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the
breasts [paps] with a golden girdle.
14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white
as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned
in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of
his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun
shineth in his strength.
17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And
he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and
the last:
18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am
alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things
which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in
my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are
the seven churches.
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1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These
things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in
the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and
how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say
they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's
sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love.
5Remember therefore from where [whence] thou art
fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee
quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the
Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree
of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;
These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but
thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and
are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:
behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and
ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will
give thee a crown of life.
11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second
death.
12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write;
These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where
Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith,
even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among
you, where Satan dwelleth.
14But I have a few things against thee, because thou
hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto
idols, and to commit fornication.
15So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the
Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and
will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the
hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write;
These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire,
and his feet are like fine brass;
19I know thy works, and charity, and service, and
faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
20Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee,
because thou allowed [sufferest] that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a
prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to
eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21And I gave her space to repent of her fornication;
and she repented not.
22Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that
commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their
deeds.
23And I will kill her children with death; and all the
churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I
will give unto every one of you according to your works.
24But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as
many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan,
as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
25But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the
end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the
vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my
Father.
28And I will give him the morning star.
29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
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1And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write;
These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;
I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that
are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard,
and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on
thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not
defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are
worthy.
5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white
raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of
David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an
open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept
my word, and hast not denied my name.
9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan,
which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to
come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I
also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the
world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou
hast, that no man take thy crown.
12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the
temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the
name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new
name.
13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God;
15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
I would thou wert cold or hot.
16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire,
that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and
that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous
therefore, and repent.
20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man
hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me.
21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his
throne.
22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
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1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking
with me; which said, Come up here [hither], and I will shew thee things which
must be hereafter.
2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a
throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a
sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like
unto an emerald.
4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats:
and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the
throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like
unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were
four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second
beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth
beast was like a flying eagle.
8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about
him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night,
saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks
to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that
sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast
their crowns before the throne, saying,
11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor
and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and
were created.
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1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the
throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud
voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the
earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to
open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold,
the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the
book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and
of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been
slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God
sent forth into all the earth.
7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of
him that sat upon the throne.
8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and
four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them
harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to
take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people,
and nation;
10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and
we shall reign on the earth.
11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels
round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them
was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and
glory, and blessing.
13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in
them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him
that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and
twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I
heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and
see.
2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat
on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering,
and to conquer.
3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see.
4And there went out another horse that was red: and
power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that
they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that
sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny;
and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name
that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the
altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the
testimony which they held:
10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O
Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth?
11And white robes were given unto every one of them;
and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until
their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they
were, should be fulfilled.
12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and,
lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of
hair, and the moon became as blood;
13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as
a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the
rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and
every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and
hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of
the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall
be able to stand?
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1And after these things I saw four angels standing on
the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the
wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2And I saw another angel ascending from the east,
having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four
angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and
there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of
the children of Israel.
5Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of
the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were
sealed twelve thousand.
6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of
the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses
were sealed twelve thousand.
7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of
the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were
sealed twelve thousand.
8Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin
were sealed twelve thousand.
9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which
no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and
palms in their hands;
10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our
God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11And all the angels stood round about the throne, and
about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their
faces, and worshipped God,
12Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and
thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and
ever. Amen.
13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What
are these which are arrayed in white robes? and where [whence] came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said
to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall
dwell among them.
16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and
to them were given seven trumpets.
3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having
a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should
offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before
the throne.
4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the
prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire
of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound.
7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and
fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part
of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea
became blood;
9And the third part of the creatures which were in the
sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great
star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of
the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the
third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,
because they were made bitter.
12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of
the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the
stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a
third part of it, and the night likewise.
13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the
midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,
which are yet to sound!
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1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall
from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a
smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air
were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the
earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt
the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only
those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5And to them it was given that they should not kill
them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as
the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not
find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and
their faces were as the faces of men.
8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of
iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses
running to battle.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there
were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of
the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the
Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes
more hereafter.
13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from
the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,
Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared
for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of
men.
16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two
hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them
that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone:
and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths
issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18By these three was the third part of men killed, by
the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.
19For their power is in their mouth, and in their
tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them
they do hurt.
20And the rest of the men which were not killed by
these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should
not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of
wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their
sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven,
clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it
were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set
his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth:
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices,
I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up
those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon
the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who
created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things
that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there
should be time no longer:
7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath
declared to his servants the prophets.
8And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke [spake]
unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand
of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me
the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make
thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10And I took the little book out of the angel's hand,
and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had
eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before
many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
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1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the
angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and
them that worship therein.
2But the court which is without the temple leave out,
and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall
they tread under foot forty and two months.
3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they
shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth.
4These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of
their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he
must in this manner be killed.
6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in
the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the
beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and
shall overcome them, and kill them.
8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the
great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord
was crucified.
9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and
nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not allow
[not suffer] their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over
them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two
prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11And after three days and an half the spirit of life
from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell
upon them which saw them.
12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto
them, Come up here [hither]. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and
their enemies beheld them.
13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven
thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe
cometh quickly.
15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great
voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God
on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty,
which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and hast reigned.
18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come,
and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest
give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that
fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the
earth.
19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there
was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and
voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of
twelve stars:
2And she being pregnant [with child] cried, travailing
in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads.
4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of
heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman
which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was
born.
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his
throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath
a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred
and threescore days.
7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any
more in heaven.
9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out
into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is
come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his
Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before
our God day and night.
11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and
by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in
them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come
down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short
time.
13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the
earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14And to the woman were given two wings of a great
eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a
flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened
her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to
make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and
have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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1And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast
rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns
ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and
his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and
the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast.
4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto
the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
who is able to make war with him?
5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months.
6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to
blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues,
and nations.
8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
9If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here
is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke [spake] as a dragon.
12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast
before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the
first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:
17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count
the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six
hundred threescore and six.
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1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion,
and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name
written in their foreheads.
2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers
harping with their harps:
3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne,
and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song
but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the
earth.
4These are they which were not defiled with women; for
they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.
These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the
Lamb.
5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are
without fault before the throne of God.
6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and
to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to
him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication.
9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand,
10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever
and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his
image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they
that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yes [Yea], saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow
them.
14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the
cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and
in his hand a sharp sickle.
15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with
a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for
the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on
the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17And another angel came out of the temple which is in
heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18And another angel came out from the altar, which had
power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle,
saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the
earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth,
and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the
wrath of God.
20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and
blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a
thousand and six hundred furlongs.
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1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and
marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled
up the wrath of God.
2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire:
and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and
over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass,
having the harps of God.
3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?
for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for
thy judgments are made manifest.
5And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of
the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
6And the seven angels came out of the temple, having
the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts
girded with golden girdles.
7And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels
seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of
God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the
seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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1And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to
the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon
the earth.
2And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the
earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the
sea.
4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the
rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art
righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged
thus.
6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so,
Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun;
and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed
the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to
give him glory.
10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat
of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their
tongues for pain,
11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their
pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the
great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the
kings of the east might be prepared.
13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out
of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the
mouth of the false prophet.
14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles,
which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather
them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that
watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16And he gathered them together into a place called in
the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne,
saying, It is done.
18And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings;
and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the
earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19And the great city was divided into three parts, and
the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before
God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20And every island fled away, and the mountains were
not found.
21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven,
every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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1And there came one of the seven angels which had the
seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come here [hither]; I will
shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the
wine of her fornication.
3So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names
of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color,
and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her
hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the
saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I
wondered with great admiration.
7And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou
marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that
carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on
the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from
the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is.
9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven
heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one
is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short
space.
11And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with
the beast.
13These have one mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast.
14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb
shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that
are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest,
where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,
these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall
eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God
shall be fulfilled.
18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,
which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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1And after these things I saw another angel come down
from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful
bird.
3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of
her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with
her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her
delicacies.
4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
receive not of her plagues.
5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath
remembered her iniquities.
6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto
her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her
double.
7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I
sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death,
and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong
is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9And the kings of the earth, who have committed
fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for
her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,
saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour
is thy judgment come.
11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn
over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious
stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and
all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of
most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and
sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are
departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed
from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15The merchants of these things, which were made rich
by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was
clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and
precious stones, and pearls!
17For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing
[nought]. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and
as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning,
saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping
and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all
that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she
made desolate.
20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles
and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great
millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that
great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a
millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all
in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no
more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by
thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints,
and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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1And after these things I heard a great voice of much
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power,
unto the Lord our God:
2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath
judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up
for ever and ever.
4And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts
fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our
God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude,
and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings,
saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for
the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These
are the true sayings of God.
10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said
unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that
have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the
spirit of prophecy.
11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he
doth judge and make war.
12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head
were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:
and his name is called The Word of God.
14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon
white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with
it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and
he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried
with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven,
Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of
captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them
that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and
great.
19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and
their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,
and against his army.
20And the beast was taken, and with him the false
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both
were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that
sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls
were filled with their flesh.
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20
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the
key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up,
and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little
season.
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped
the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads,
or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the
thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall
be loosed out of his prison,
8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in
the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and
compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came
down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and
shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on
it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no
place for them.
12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book
of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged
every man according to their works.
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.
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1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming
down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and
they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make
all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and
faithful.
6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain
of the water of life freely.
7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I
will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which
is the second death.
9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying,
Come here [hither], I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and
high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending
out of heaven from God,
11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto
a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates,
and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names
of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on
the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and
in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as
large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand
furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and
forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and
the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19And the foundations of the wall of the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper;
the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus;
the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every
several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it
were transparent glass.
22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the
light thereof.
24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in
the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into
it.
25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day:
for there shall be no night there.
26And they shall bring the glory and honor of the
nations into it.
27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but
they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear
as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side
of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits,
and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations.
3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of
God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in
their foreheads.
5And there shall be no night there; and they need no
candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they
shall reign for ever and ever.
6And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and
true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his
servants the things which must shortly be done.
7Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the
sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when
I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which
shewed me these things.
9Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am
thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the
sayings of this book: worship God.
10And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the
prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be
righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with
me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last.
14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the
city.
15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a
lie.
16I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star.
17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him
that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely.
18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words
of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall
add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19And if any man shall take away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come
quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
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PHI 3:20 PHI 3:8 PHI 4:8 COL 1:29 COL 2:16 COL 2:23 COL 3:5 TH1 1:3 TH1 1:7 TH1 2:9 TH1 3:5 TH1 4:13 TH1 4:4 TH1 4:5 TH1 5:12 TH1 5:3 TH2 2:7 TH2 3:8 TI1 1:17 TI1 2:12 TI1 2:9 TI1 4:10 TI1 5:11 TI1 5:17 TI1 5:3 TI1 6:1 TI1 6:16 TI2 2:20 TI2 2:21 TI2 2:25 TI2 3:12 TI2 3:17 TI2 3:6 TI2 4:2 PHM 1:20 HEB 11:15 HEB 11:19 HEB 11:36 HEB 12:16 HEB 12:25 HEB 13:22 HEB 1:1 HEB 2:18 HEB 2:7 HEB 2:9 HEB 3:3 HEB 4:11 HEB 4:4 HEB 5:12 HEB 5:14 HEB 5:2 HEB 5:4 HEB 6:10 HEB 6:8 HEB 7:14 HEB 7:19 HEB 7:23 JAM 1:18 JAM 1:21 JAM 2:18 JAM 3:4 JAM 4:1 JAM 4:8 JAM 5:12 JAM 5:5 JAM 5:8 PE1 1:7 PE1 2:17 PE1 2:18 PE1 3:11 PE1 3:7 PE1 5:3 PE1 5:5 PE2 1:13 PE2 1:17 PE2 1:21 PE2 1:3 PE2 1:5 PE2 2:1 PE2 3:5 PE2 3:8 JO1 5:1 JO3 1:12 JUD 1:9 REV 10:8 REV 11:12 REV 11:9 REV 12:2 REV 13:11 REV 14:13 REV 17:1 REV 17:4 REV 18:17 REV 19:1 REV 19:7 REV 1:12 REV 1:13 REV 21:24 REV 21:26 REV 21:9 REV 2:2 REV 2:20 REV 2:5 REV 4:1 REV 4:11 REV 4:9 REV 5:12 REV 5:13 REV 7:12 REV 7:13
adjure -> command under oath MAT 26:63
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afore -> before ROM 1:2 ROM 9:23 EPH 3:3
anguish -> pain JOH 16:21 ROM 2:9 CO2 2:4
anon -> soon, immediately MAT 13:20
MAR 1:30
begat -> fathered MAT 1:2 MAT 1:3 MAT 1:4 MAT 1:5 MAT 1:6 MAT 1:7 MAT 1:8 MAT 1:9 MAT 1:10 MAT 1:11 MAT 1:12 MAT 1:13 MAT 1:14 MAT 1:15 MAT 1:16 ACT 7:8 ACT 7:29 JAM 1:18 JO1 5:1
broided -> embroidered TI1 2:9
chambering -> sexual immorality ROM
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colour -> color ACT 27:30 REV 17:4
concupiscence -> extreme desire ROM 7:8
COL 3:5 TH1 4:5
couch -> lie down, rest LUK 5:19 LUK 5:24
draught -> toilet, privy MAT 15:17 MAR 7:19 LUK 5:4 LUK 5:9
durst -> dared MAT 22:46 MAR 12:34 LUK 20:40 JOH 21:12 ACT 5:13 ACT 7:32 JUD 1:9
engrafted word -> word planted in you JAM
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ensamples -> examples CO1 10:11 TH1 1:7 PE1 5:3
eschew -> avoid PE1 3:11
fain -> gladly LUK 15:16
froward -> perverse and contrary PE1 2:18
glistering -> shining LUK 9:29
goodman -> master of the house MAT 20:11
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great with child -> close to giving birth LUK
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haply -> perhaps MAR 11:13 LUK 14:29 ACT 5:39 ACT 17:27 CO2 9:4
hither -> here MAT 8:29 MAT 14:18 MAT 17:17 MAT 22:12 MAR 11:3 LUK 9:41 LUK 14:21 LUK 15:23 LUK 19:27 LUK 19:30 JOH 4:15 JOH 4:16 JOH 6:25 JOH 20:27 ACT 9:21 ACT 10:32 ACT 17:6 ACT 19:37 ACT 25:17 REV 4:1 REV 11:12 REV 17:1 REV 21:9
honour -> honor MAT 13:57 MAT 15:4 MAT 15:6 MAT 19:19 MAR 6:4 MAR 7:10 MAR 10:19 LUK 18:20 JOH 4:44 JOH 5:23 JOH 5:41 JOH 5:44 JOH 8:49 JOH 8:54 JOH 12:26 ROM 2:7 ROM 2:10 ROM 9:21 ROM 12:10 ROM 13:7 CO1 12:23 CO1 12:24 CO2 6:8 EPH 6:2 COL 2:23 TH1 4:4 TI1 1:17 TI1 5:3 TI1 5:17 TI1 6:1 TI1 6:16 TI2 2:20 TI2 2:21 HEB 2:7 HEB 2:9 HEB 3:3 HEB 5:4 PE1 1:7 PE1 2:17 PE1 3:7 PE2 1:17 REV 4:9 REV 4:11 REV 5:12 REV 5:13 REV 7:12 REV 19:1 REV 19:7 REV 21:24 REV 21:26
ignorant -> uneducated ACT 4:13 ROM 1:13 ROM 10:3 ROM 11:25 CO1 10:1 CO1 12:1 CO1 14:38 CO2 1:8 CO2 2:11 TH1 4:13 HEB 5:2 PE2 3:5 PE2 3:8
in travail -> giving birth JOH 16:21
instant -> urgent LUK 2:38 LUK 23:23 ROM 12:12 TI2 4:2
jot -> small mark, tiny amount MAT 5:18
labour -> labor MAT 11:28 JOH 4:38 JOH 6:27 ROM 16:6 ROM 16:12 CO1 3:8 CO1 4:12 CO1 15:58 CO2 5:9 GAL 4:11 EPH 4:28 PHI 1:22 PHI 2:25 COL 1:29 TH1 1:3 TH1 2:9 TH1 3:5 TH1 5:12 TH2 3:8 TI1 4:10 TI1 5:17 HEB 4:11 HEB 6:10 REV 2:2
lade -> load LUK 11:46
laden -> loaded MAT 11:28 TI2 3:6
let -> prevent TH2 2:7
letteth -> prevents TH2 2:7
listeth -> wants JOH 3:8 JAM 3:4
meat -> food MAT 3:4 MAT 6:25 MAT 9:10 MAT 10:10 MAT 14:9 MAT 15:37 MAT 24:45 MAT 25:35 MAT 25:42 MAT 26:7 MAR 2:15 MAR 8:8 MAR 14:3 MAR 16:14 LUK 3:11 LUK 7:36 LUK 7:37 LUK 7:49 LUK 8:55 LUK 9:13 LUK 11:37 LUK 12:23 LUK 12:37 LUK 12:42 LUK 14:10 LUK 14:15 LUK 17:7 LUK 22:27 LUK 24:30 LUK 24:41 JOH 4:8 JOH 4:32 JOH 4:34 JOH 6:27 JOH 6:55 JOH 21:5 ACT 2:46 ACT 9:19 ACT 16:34 ACT 27:33 ACT 27:34 ACT 27:36 ROM 14:15 ROM 14:17 ROM 14:20 CO1 3:2 CO1 8:8 CO1 8:10 CO1 8:13 CO1 10:3 COL 2:16 HEB 5:12 HEB 5:14 HEB 12:16
mite -> tiny amount LUK 12:59
mites -> tiny coins MAR 12:42 LUK 21:2
mote -> tiny particle MAT 7:3 MAT 7:4 MAT 7:5 LUK 6:41 LUK 6:42
nay -> no MAT 5:37 MAT 13:29 LUK 12:51 LUK 13:3 LUK 13:5 LUK 16:30 JOH 7:12 ACT 16:37 ROM 3:27 ROM 7:7 ROM 8:37 ROM 9:20 CO1 6:8 CO1 12:22 CO2 1:17 CO2 1:18 CO2 1:19 JAM 5:12
nigh -> near MAT 15:8 MAT 15:29 MAT 21:1 MAT 24:32 MAR 2:4 MAR 5:11 MAR 5:21 MAR 11:1 MAR 13:29 LUK 7:12 LUK 10:9 LUK 10:11 LUK 15:25 LUK 18:35 LUK 19:11 LUK 19:29 LUK 19:37 LUK 21:20 LUK 21:28 LUK 21:30 LUK 21:31 LUK 22:1 LUK 24:28 JOH 6:4 JOH 6:19 JOH 6:23 JOH 11:18 JOH 11:55 JOH 19:20 JOH 19:42 ACT 7:17 ACT 9:38 ACT 10:9 ACT 22:6 ACT 27:8 ROM 10:8 EPH 2:13 EPH 2:17 PHI 2:27 PHI 2:30 HEB 6:8 HEB 7:19 JAM 4:8 JAM 5:8
not suffer -> not allow MAR 11:16 ACT 13:35 CO1 10:13 REV 11:9
not suffered -> not allowed HEB 7:23
nought -> nothing MAR 9:12 LUK 23:11 ACT 4:11 ACT 5:36 ACT 5:38 ACT 19:27 ROM 14:10 CO1 1:28 CO1 2:6 TH2 3:8 REV 18:17
on this wise -> like this MAT 1:18 JOH 21:1 ACT 7:6 ACT 13:34 ROM 10:6 HEB 4:4
ought -> anything MAR 7:12
overmuch -> excessively CO2 2:7
paps -> breasts LUK 11:27 LUK 23:29 REV 1:13
peradventure -> perhaps ROM 5:7 TI2 2:25
privily -> secretly MAT 1:19 MAT 2:7 ACT 16:37 GAL 2:4 PE2 2:1
ravening -> greedy to devour MAT 7:15
LUK 11:39
riotous -> wasteful and reckless LUK
15:13
scrip -> small wallet MAT 10:10 MAR 6:8 LUK 9:3 LUK 10:4 LUK 22:35 LUK 22:36
shambles -> meat market CO1 10:25
spake -> spoke MAT 9:18 MAT 9:33 MAT 12:22 MAT 13:3 MAT 13:33 MAT 13:34 MAT 14:27 MAT 16:11 MAT 17:5 MAT 17:13 MAT 21:45 MAT 22:1 MAT 23:1 MAT 26:47 MAT 28:18 MAR 3:9 MAR 4:33 MAR 4:34 MAR 5:35 MAR 7:35 MAR 8:32 MAR 9:18 MAR 12:26 MAR 14:31 MAR 14:39 MAR 14:43 LUK 1:42 LUK 1:55 LUK 1:64 LUK 1:70 LUK 2:38 LUK 2:50 LUK 4:36 LUK 5:36 LUK 6:39 LUK 7:39 LUK 8:4 LUK 8:49 LUK 9:11 LUK 9:31 LUK 9:34 LUK 11:14 LUK 11:27 LUK 11:37 LUK 12:16 LUK 13:6 LUK 14:3 LUK 15:3 LUK 18:1 LUK 18:9 LUK 19:11 LUK 20:2 LUK 21:5 LUK 21:29 LUK 22:47 LUK 22:60 LUK 22:65 LUK 23:20 LUK 24:6 LUK 24:36 LUK 24:44 JOH 1:15 JOH 2:21 JOH 6:71 JOH 7:13 JOH 7:39 JOH 7:46 JOH 8:12 JOH 8:20 JOH 8:27 JOH 8:30 JOH 9:22 JOH 9:29 JOH 10:6 JOH 10:41 JOH 11:13 JOH 11:51 JOH 11:56 JOH 12:29 JOH 12:36 JOH 12:38 JOH 12:41 JOH 13:22 JOH 13:24 JOH 13:28 JOH 17:1 JOH 18:9 JOH 18:16 JOH 18:20 JOH 18:32 JOH 21:19 ACT 1:16 ACT 2:31 ACT 4:1 ACT 4:31 ACT 6:10 ACT 7:6 ACT 7:38 ACT 8:6 ACT 8:26 ACT 9:29 ACT 10:7 ACT 10:15 ACT 10:44 ACT 11:20 ACT 13:45 ACT 14:1 ACT 16:13 ACT 16:32 ACT 18:9 ACT 18:25 ACT 19:6 ACT 19:8 ACT 19:9 ACT 20:38 ACT 21:40 ACT 22:2 ACT 22:9 ACT 26:24 ACT 28:19 ACT 28:21 ACT 28:25 CO1 13:11 CO1 14:5 CO2 7:14 GAL 4:15 HEB 1:1 HEB 4:4 HEB 7:14 HEB 12:25 PE2 1:21 REV 1:12 REV 10:8 REV 13:11
succour -> help HEB 2:18
suffer -> allow MAT 3:15 MAT 8:21 MAT 8:31 MAT 23:13 MAR 7:12 LUK 8:32 ACT 2:27 ACT 21:39 CO1 6:7 CO2 11:19 HEB 13:22
suffer -> encourage MAT 19:14 MAR 10:14 LUK 18:16
suffer not -> does not allow TI1 2:12
suffered -> allowed MAT 3:15 MAT 19:8 MAR 5:37 LUK 8:51 LUK 12:39 ACT 14:16 ACT 16:7 ACT 19:30 ACT 28:16
suffered him not -> did not allow him MAR
5:19
suffered not -> did not allow MAR 1:34
suffered them not -> did not allow them LUK
4:41
sufferest -> allowed REV 2:20
suffereth -> suffers MAT 11:12 ACT 28:4 CO1 13:4
suffering -> allowing ACT 27:7
tares -> weeds MAT 13:25 MAT 13:26 MAT 13:27 MAT 13:29 MAT 13:30 MAT 13:36 MAT 13:38 MAT 13:40
thither -> there MAT 2:22 MAR 6:33 LUK 17:37 LUK 21:2 JOH 7:34 JOH 7:36 JOH 11:8 JOH 18:2 JOH 18:3 ACT 8:30 ACT 14:19 ACT 16:13 ACT 17:10 ACT 17:13 ACT 25:4
throughly -> thoroughly MAT 3:12 LUK 3:17 CO2 11:6 TI2 3:17
travail -> work GAL 4:19 TH1 2:9 TH1 5:3 TH2 3:8
trow -> think LUK 17:9
twain -> two MAT 5:41 MAT 19:5 MAT 19:6 MAT 21:31 MAT 27:21 MAT 27:51 MAR 10:8 MAR 15:38 EPH 2:15
usury -> interest MAT 25:27 LUK 19:23
vex -> trouble and distress ACT 12:1
virtue -> power MAR 5:30 LUK 6:19 LUK 8:46 PHI 4:8 PE2 1:3 PE2 1:5
wanton -> undisciplined and immoral TI1
5:11 JAM 5:5
whence -> where MAT 12:44 MAT 13:27 MAT 13:54 MAT 13:56 MAT 15:33 MAT 21:25 MAR 6:2 MAR 8:4 MAR 12:37 LUK 1:43 LUK 11:24 LUK 13:25 LUK 13:27 LUK 20:7 JOH 1:48 JOH 2:9 JOH 3:8 JOH 4:11 JOH 6:5 JOH 7:27 JOH 7:28 JOH 8:14 JOH 9:29 JOH 9:30 JOH 19:9 ACT 14:26 PHI 3:20 HEB 11:15 HEB 11:19 JAM 4:1 REV 2:5 REV 7:13
wist -> knew MAR 14:40 LUK 2:49
wist not -> did not know MAR 9:6 JOH 5:13 ACT 12:9 ACT 23:5
with child -> pregnant MAT 1:18 MAT 1:23 MAT 24:19 MAR 13:17 LUK 21:23 TH1 5:3 REV 12:2
wot -> know ACT 3:17 ROM 11:2
wot not -> do not know ACT 7:40 PHI 1:22
yea -> yes MAT 5:37 MAT 9:28 MAT 11:9 MAT 13:51 MAT 21:16 MAT 26:60 LUK 2:35 LUK 7:26 LUK 11:28 LUK 12:5 LUK 12:57 LUK 14:26 LUK 24:22 JOH 11:27 JOH 16:2 JOH 16:32 JOH 21:15 JOH 21:16 ACT 3:16 ACT 3:24 ACT 5:8 ACT 7:43 ACT 20:34 ACT 22:27 ROM 3:4 ROM 3:31 ROM 8:34 ROM 14:4 ROM 15:20 CO1 1:28 CO1 2:10 CO1 4:3 CO1 9:16 CO1 15:15 CO1 16:6 CO2 1:17 CO2 1:18 CO2 1:19 CO2 1:20 CO2 5:16 CO2 7:11 CO2 7:13 CO2 8:3 GAL 4:17 PHI 1:18 PHI 2:17 PHI 3:8 TI2 3:12 PHM 1:20 HEB 11:36 JAM 2:18 JAM 5:12 PE1 5:5 PE2 1:13 JO3 1:12 REV 14:13
yonder -> over there MAT 17:20 MAT 26:36
[1] Technically speaking, these are the subjective, objective, and
possessive cases of the second person pronoun.
[2] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the
transgression. I Timothy 2:14
[3]A yoke binds oxen so they both pull in the same direction. When
you belong to Christ, His yoke binds you to Him. You should "Labor
together with Him (Col. 3:9)" to earn the rewards He offers. Married
couples are yoked together so that they pull in the direction God leads their
family. Parents teach their children to pull in the same direction as the
family.
[4]Tares are plants which look exactly like wheat until they're fully
ripe.
[5]God doesn't enforce a patent, copyright, or trademark on
"Christian;" anyone claim to belong to Him whether they're really
saved or not. See Matthew 7:16-23.
[6]Jesus’ birth announced good will toward all men as John 3:16
proclaimed God’s love for the entire world. Modern versions accept a one-letter
change in the Greek εὐδοκία to limit God’s
good will. The ASV “in whom he is well pleased” suggests works salvation and
the NIV “favor rests” suggests the Calvinist idea of double predestination.
[7]Modern versions say "their purification." A Jesus who
needed purification isn't be a perfect sacrifice and can't pay the price for our
sins, see Romans 5:11-19.
[8]Modern versions have "His father and his mother." Saying
that Joseph was Jesus' father means that Jesus inherited Adam's sin nature and
cannot be the perfect sacrifice to pay the price of our sins.
[9]Modern versions remove “begotten,” leaving Christ the “only” son of
the Father. That’s wrong: Adam was a son of God (Lu. 3:38 ), angels are sons of
God (Job 1:6), and believers are sons of God (Phi. 2:15).
[10]The Nicene Creed of 381 says “We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from
Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the
Father.” “Begotten” means that Jesus has the same divine nature as His Father;
“not made” separates Him from creation. Leaving out “begotten” weakens the
Doctrine of the Trinity.
[11]Never marry unbelievers. You can work for or hire unbelievers, but
shouldn't enter into business partnerships with unbelievers.
