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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The New Testament + Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological + Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions + of Chapters and Verses. + +Author: Various + +Translator: Leicester Ambrose Sawyer + +Release Date: June 26, 2008 [EBook #25901] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT *** + + + + +Produced by Keith G. Richardson. This file was produced +from scans obtained from The Digital Christian Library +(www.thedcl.org). + + + + + + +</pre> + +<p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0"><A href="#prf">PREFACE</A></p> +<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><A href="#toc">TABLE OF CONTENTS</A></p> +<h1 style="margin-top:3em; margin-bottom:4em">THE</h1> +<h1 style= +"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:2em; font-size:30pt; letter-spacing:0.4cm"> +NEW TESTAMENT,</h1> +<h1 style="font-size:12pt; margin-top:3em; margin-bottom:7em"> +TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, WITH CHRONOLOGICAL<br> +ARRANGEMENT OF THE SACRED BOOKS, AND IMPROVED<br> +DIVISIONS OF CHAPTERS AND VERSES</h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<p class="pcs pt10">BY</p> +<p class="pcs wid">LEICESTER AMBROSE SAWYER.</p> +<hr style="width:10%; margin-top:0.5em; margin-bottom:0"> +<p style="margin-top:10em; margin-bottom:0; text-align:center"> +BOSTON:</p> +<p class="pcs wid">JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY.</p> +<p class="pcs">CLEVELAND, OHIO:</p> +<p class="pcs wid">HENRY P. B. JEWETT.</p> +<p class="pcs">LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON AND COMPANY.</p> +<p class="pcs">1858.</p> +<hr style="margin-top:4em; margin-bottom:0"> +<p style="margin-top:20em; margin-bottom:0; text-align:center"> +Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by</p> +<p class="pcs">JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY,</p> +<p class="pcs">In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the +District of Massachusetts.</p> +<hr style="margin-top:20em; margin-bottom:0.5em; width:30%"> +<p class="pcs pt10">LITHOTYPED BY COWLES AND COMPANY,<br> +17 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON.</p> +<hr width="30%"> +<p class="pcs pt10">Press of Allen and Farnham.</p> +<hr style="margin-top:12em; margin-bottom:0"> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:20pt"> +<A name="prf">PREFACE.</A></h1> +<hr style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; width:10%"> +<div style= +"text-indent:2em; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; letter-spacing:0.03cm"> +<p class="pin">THIS is not a work of compromises, or of conjectural +interpretations of the sacred Scriptures, neither is it a +paraphrase, but a strict literal rendering. It neither adds nor +takes away; but aims to express the original with the utmost +clearness, and force, and with the utmost precision. It adopts, +however, except in the prayers, a thoroughly modern style, and makes +freely whatever changes are necessary for this purpose.</p> +<p class="pin">Besides being a contribution to Biblical science, it +is designed to be a still more important contribution to practical +religion, for which the Bible in its original languages and in all +its translations is chiefly valuable. The translation depends +mainly on its superior adaptation to this end, under the blessing +of God, for its success and usefulness. If it shall be found on +trial to be a superior instrument of piety and virtue, it will +doubtless meet with favor and do good. The ascendency of practical +religion is not so general or complete, that any additional help +for its promotion can be deemed unnecessary.</p> +<p class="pin">New translations of the Scriptures are generally +introduced with apologies and received with caution and distrust. +In many cases men have resisted them as dangerous innovations, and +attempted to exterminate them with fire and sword. This was the +case with the translations of Wickliffe and of Tindal. But truth +and the kind providence of God were too mighty for their enemies, +and these translations lived to see their persecutors in the dust, +and to laugh them to scorn. Wickliffe's translation was published +in 1380, in a dark age. Many good men anticipated from it the +greatest calamities, and resisted it with the most intemperate +zeal, and every species of denunciation was used against it. It was +made from the Vulgate, and not from the Greek and Hebrew, and was +imperfect; but it was a great improvement on what existed before, +and it proved a great blessing.</p> +<p class="pin">Tindal was contemporary with Luther, and undertook +to give a new translation of the Bible to England, as Luther did to +Germany. He completed his New Testament against the greatest +opposition, and published it in 1526, and was engaged on the Old +Testament, when he was arrested, imprisoned a year, and then +brought to the stake and strangled and burnt, at the age of +fifty-nine, A.D. 1536. He was the morning star of the Reformation +in England, and became by his translation of the New Testament and +a part of the Old, and by the interest he excited in the subject of +improved translations in England, one of the great benefactors of +his race. He was a man of great gentleness, kindness, simplicity of +character, and benevolence, and his life is without a stain. +Coverdale translated the whole Bible, and published it in 1535 +while Tindal was in prison waiting for his crown of martyrdom. +Several other translations followed, and that of King James last of +all, in 1611.</p> +<p class="pin">King James's translation was made by forty-seven +translators, divided into six companies, and laboring on their work +three years. The Douay Bible was first translated and published +complete in 1609, almost simultaneously with the Bible of King +James. It has the disadvantage of having been made from the Latin +Vulgate, and not directly from the original Greek and Hebrew, but +is a valuable version, and like the Bible of King James, is one of +the great monuments of the times which produced it, as well as of +the church which has adhered to it. It is good but not perfect; and +it is hoped that its friends will not be unwilling to accept an +improvement.</p> +<p class="pin">From the publication of Wickliffe's Bible in 1380, +to that of Tindal's New Testament in 1526, was one hundred and +forty-six years. From the publication of Tindal's New Testament in +1526, to that of King James's Bible in 1611, was eighty-five years. +There was considerable progress made in knowledge, and the English +language was considerably changed, in the interval of one hundred +and forty-six years between the publication of Wickliffe's Bible +and Tindal's New Testament. There was also considerable progress in +knowledge, and some changes were made in the English language, in +the interval of eighty-five years between the publication of +Tindal's New Testament and King James's Bible.</p> +<p class="pin">The period that has elapsed between the publication +of King James's Bible in 1611 and the present time (1858) is two +hundred and forty-seven years, sixteen years more than the entire +period from the publication of Wickliffe's Bible in 1380 to that of +King James's in 1611. Besides, this has been a period of +unparalleled activity in the investigation of Biblical subjects, +and the prosecution of Biblical studies. Two hundred and +forty-seven years, reckoning, thirty-three years to a generation, +are seven generations and a half; and these seven generations and a +half have been engaged in Biblical studies with unprecedented +diligence and success, making great improvements in the text, +detecting numerous interpolations and errors, making great +improvements in the rendering, and detecting numerous errors in it; +but the almost exclusive Bible of common life, of the family, the +school, the church, and of private and devotional reading and +study, with English Protestants, is still the Bible of King James, +with its errors uncorrected, its interpolations unremoved, and its +defects unsupplied.</p> +<p class="pin">Several new translations have been made since King +James's time, but none of them have as yet been received with any +considerable favor. King James's Bible, though extravagantly +eulogized, was an excellent version for the times that produced it; +yet it made much less improvement on the Bishop's Bible, the Geneva +Bible, and Tindal's, Coverdale's, and others which it superseded, +than Tindal's and Coverdale's did on Wickliffe's. Tindal, in the +face of constant persecution, and cut off from many of the +advantages and facilities which in more auspicious times he might +have enjoyed, did more for the English Bible than all King James's +translators. So did Luther for the Bible in Germany.</p> +<p class="pin">It is an unfortunate result of King James's +translation of the Bible by an imposing council of learned men, +that it has tended to discourage individual effort in respect to a +labor of this kind, and to create a prejudice against it as +necessarily incompetent and untrustworthy. Societies and councils +have their spheres in which they are useful; yet they often +transcend them and intrude on those of individuals. But there are +great works which individuals can perform better than multitudes or +councils. Councils did not make the Bible at first. It was made by +individuals, each man acting for himself, and giving utterance to +the mighty thoughts that God had given him. A council did not make +Paradise Lost, and could not; nor has a council ever produced any +immortal work of genius or learning, unless it is the English Bible +of King James. With this exception, these are all the works of +individuals. As individuals, therefore, have generally been the +prosecutors of literary enterprises, in the department of Bible +translation no less than in other departments, and as individuals +have been eminently successful and useful in this department of +labor heretofore, both in England and other countries, let it be +hoped that they may be again.</p> +<p class="pin">There is a vast accumulation of knowledge to be made +available by some one, or in some way, for the production of an +improved English Bible, that shall bear the same relation to the +advanced knowledge of these times, which Tindal's, Coverdale's, and +that of King James did to theirs. More study has been expended on +the sacred text and its interpretation, and more progress made in +Biblical knowledge in the last seven generations, than in all time +before. This knowledge is treasured up in critical editions of the +original Scriptures, critical commentaries on them in Latin and +other languages, in Greek and Hebrew Lexicons, and in other works +in the various departments of Biblical learning, embracing +commentaries on the English Scriptures, several of which are +extensive and valuable. No man can gainsay them, no man can +disparage them. They are monuments of the most precious and +valuable learning of their times. Scholars with ample means and +ample time for critical research, and those whose tastes and +professions and convictions of duty incline them in that direction, +may in a long series of years become masters of much of this +learning, and receive the benefit of it. A few are masters of it, +but how few! But how are the people to obtain it? When are they to +find the time to obtain it? Where are they to find the means? The +clergy are the instructors of the people on sacred subjects. +Biblical learning is a part of their profession. They study it by +day and by night, from youth to old age; but how are the great mass +of clergymen even, amidst their parish cares and homiletical +labors, and with their limited means and restricted libraries, to +obtain much of this knowledge? Some of it they may obtain, but much +of it they will not, and cannot.</p> +<p class="pin">The only way in which the vast stores of Biblical +learning accumulated during the last two hundred and forty-seven +years, by the labors of seven and a half generations toiling in +succession, each generation beginning where that which preceded it +left off, and each adding something to the stock which it received, +can become available for the general benefit of the people, is by +an improved text and translation of the Bible, into which, as far +as possible, they shall all be brought, and to the perfection of +which they shall contribute. This is the task which has been +undertaken in the present work, and with what degree of success, +the public will judge. The text which has been followed in this +translation, is that of Tischendorf, published at Leipsic in 1850. +It is not only a great improvement on the received text, but on the +critical texts that are in general use in this country. Tischendorf +follows Griesbach, Lachman and others, and availing himself of +their labors, together with his own accurate collations of +manuscripts extending to nearly all the most ancient manuscripts in +the world, and following in the steps of Lachman by editing solely +from ancient authority, has brought the text of the New Testament +to a degree of perfection not anticipated or even hoped for in past +ages. It is a high recommendation of this translation, and will +command for it an additional respect from all competent judges, +that it follows this highly improved text. Readers will be able by +this to see what is the Bible and what is not. It is not claimed +for the text of Tischendorf that it is perfect; no text can be; but +it is claimed for it, that it retains no known interpolation in the +sacred books, and omits nothing known to belong to them. Future +laborers will doubtless make some improvements on the text of +Tischendorf, as he has done on that of Lachman; but they cannot be +expected to change it essentially.</p> +<p class="pin">I have deviated from Tischendorf in omitting Jesus +as the proper name of Barabbas in two instances in Matt. xxv. 4, +and occasionally in punctuation, and have retained two important +interpolations in the text, duly noted as such, Mark, xvii. and +John, x. 8.</p> +<p class="pin">The recent work of Trench on the English Bible came +to hand after considerable progress had been made in stereotyping +this volume. The translator was highly gratified to find that +nearly all the improvements and corrections suggested by that +eminent scholar were already made in this work, together with many +others.</p> +<p class="pin">The arrangement of the books and divisions of the +chapters and verses in this Translation are believed to be great +improvements on those in common use. As such they are commended to +the attention of translators and editors in different languages, +and it is hoped will be found satisfactory.</p> +<p class="pin">The chronology of the New Testament is involved in +great obscurity. The Christian Era was first proposed by Dionysius +Exiguus, about A.D. 550, and was gradually adopted in the seventh +and eighth centuries. By a mistake of Dionysius it was made to +commence from four to six years too late. The birth of Christ was +from 4 to 6 B.C.; his baptism, in the fifteenth year of Tiberius, +A.D. 24; his death, probably, A.D. 28; and the events recorded in +the first part of Acts prior to the death of Herod, A.D. 44, +occurred considerably earlier than the dates usually assigned to +them.</p> +<p class="pin">Matthew and Luke probably wrote their gospels A.D. +62 or 63; Mark and John, theirs A.D. 65-68. Acts was written A.D. +63. All the books of the New Testament were probably written before +the destruction of Jerusalem, in the interval of seventeen years +from A.D. 53 to 70.</p> +<p class="pin">The author of Revelation bears the same name as one +of the Evangelists. But this does not prove that he was the same +person, neither is the church tradition on the subject entitled to +undoubted confidence. The author of Revelation does not claim to be +an apostle; and by not making that claim in a book so +extraordinary, virtually teaches that he is not such. His style +also presents points of diversity from that of the Evangelist, that +seem to be incompatible with the supposition that the same author +wrote both works.</p> +<p class="pin">With these few explanations I commend this volume to +the acceptance and blessing of our kind Father in heaven, and send +it forth, accompanied with many prayers, to call men from sin to +holiness, and from death and sorrow to the only true life and +joy.</p> +<p class="pin">BOSTON, Mass., October, 1858.</p> +</div> +<hr style="margin-top:4em; margin-bottom:4em"> +<h1><A name="toc">CONTENTS.</A></h1> +<hr width="30%"> +<h2><A href="#b40">THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.</A></h2> +<ol type="1"> +<li><A href="#b40">The Gospel of Matthew</A></li> +<li><A href="#b41">The Gospel of Mark</A></li> +<li><A href="#b42">The Gospel of Luke</A></li> +<li><A href="#b43">The Gospel of John</A></li> +<li><A href="#b44">Acts of the Apostles</A></li> +</ol> +<h2><A href="#tep">THE EPISTLES OF PAUL.</A></h2> +<ol type="1"> +<li><A href="#b52">First Epistle to the Thessalonians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b53">Second Epistle to the Thessalonians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b48">The Epistle to the Galatians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b46">First Epistle to the Corinthians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b47">Second Epistle to the Corinthians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b45">The Epistle to the Romans</A></li> +<li><A href="#b57">The Epistle to Philemon</A></li> +<li><A href="#b51">The Epistle to the Colossians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b49">The Epistle to the Ephesians [Laodiceans]</A></li> +<li><A href="#b50">The Epistle to the Philippians</A></li> +<li><A href="#b56">The Epistle to Titus</A></li> +<li><A href="#b54">First Epistle to Timothy</A></li> +<li><A href="#b55">Second Epistle to Timothy</A></li> +</ol> +<h2><A href="#tce">THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES.</A></h2> +<ol type="1"> +<li><A href="#b59">The Epistle of James</A></li> +<li><A href="#b60">First Epistle of Peter</A></li> +<li><A href="#b61">Second Epistle of Peter</A></li> +<li><A href="#b65">The Epistle of Judas</A></li> +<li><A href="#b62">First Epistle of John</A></li> +<li><A href="#b63">Second Epistle of John</A></li> +<li><A href="#b64">Third Epistle of John</A></li> +<li><A href="#b58">The Epistle to the Hebrews</A></li> +</ol> +<ol type="1"> +<li><A href="#b66">REVELATION</A></li> +</ol> +<hr style="margin-top:4em; margin-bottom:0"> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b40">THE GOSPEL OF +MATTHEW.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF CHRIST.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>AN account of the birth +of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. <sup class= +"v">1:2</sup>Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob +begat Judah and his brothers; <sup class="v">1:3</sup>and Judah +begat Pharez and Zarah by Thamar; and Pharez begat Hezron, and +Hezron begat Ram, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>and Ram begat Aminadab, +and Aminadab begat Nashon, and Nashon begat Salmon, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>and Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed by +Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>and Jesse begat +David the king.</p> +<p class="pin">2 And David begat Solomon by the wife of Uriah, +<sup class="v">1:7</sup>and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam +begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa, <sup class="v">1:8</sup>and Asa +begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram, and Jehoram begat +Uzziah, <sup class="v">1:9</sup>and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham +begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>and +Hezekiah begat Manassah, and Manassah begat Amon, and Amon begat +Josiah, <sup class="v">1:11</sup>and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his +brothers at the Babylonian exile.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>After the Babylonian +exile, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubabel, +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>and Zerubabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat +Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azar, <sup class="v">1:14</sup>and Azar +begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, +<sup class="v">1:15</sup>and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat +Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, <sup class="v">1:16</sup>and +Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, +called Christ. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>All the generations +therefore, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations; and +from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; and from +the Babylonian exile to the Christ, fourteen generations.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:18</sup>The birth of Christ was +thus. His mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph, before they +came together, was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. +<sup class="v">1:19</sup>But Joseph her husband being a righteous +man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing to put +her away privately. <sup class="v">1:20</sup>But while he was +thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to +him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary +your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy +Spirit, <sup class="v">1:21</sup>and she shall bear a son, and you +shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their +sins.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:22</sup>But all this was done, +that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled which was spoken by +the prophet, saying; <sup class="v">1:23</sup>Behold, the virgin +shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his +name Emmanuel; which is interpreted, God is with us. <sup class= +"v">1:24</sup>And when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the +angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took his wife, <sup class= +"v">1:25</sup>and knew her not till she bore a son, and he called +his name Jesus.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>THE INFANCY OF CHRIST.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>AND Jesus being born in +Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold Magi came +from the East to Jerusalem, saying, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>Where +is the king of the Jews born? For we have seen his star in the +East, and have come to worship him. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>And +Herod the king hearing this was troubled, and all Jerusalem with +him; <sup class="v">2:4</sup>and assembling all the chief priests +and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is +born. <sup class="v">2:5</sup>And they said to him, In Bethlehem of +Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet; <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means +least among the governors of Judah, for out of you shall come a +governor who shall rule my people Israel.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:7</sup>Then Herod, calling the +Magi secretly, asked them the precise time when the star appeared; +<sup class="v">2:8</sup>and sending them to Bethlehem, said, Go and +inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found +him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him. <sup class= +"v">2:9</sup>And hearing the king, they departed; and behold, the +star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and +stood over where the young child was. <sup class="v">2:10</sup>And +seeing the star they rejoiced with great joy; <sup class= +"v">2:11</sup>and coming into the house they saw the young child +with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and +opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold, and +frankincense, and myrrh. <sup class="v">2:12</sup>And being +divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they +departed to their country another way.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:13</sup>And when they had +departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a +dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and +flee into Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod will +seek the young child to destroy it. <sup class="v">2:14</sup>And he +arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and fled +into Egypt, <sup class="v">2:15</sup>and was there till the death +of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by +the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:16</sup>Then Herod seeing that +he was despised by the Magi, was exceedingly angry, and sent and +destroyed all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, +from two years old and under, according to the precise time which +he had learned of the Magi. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>Thus was +fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; +<sup class="v">2:18</sup>A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation +and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not +be comforted because they were not.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:19</sup>And when Herod had +died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, +in Egypt, saying, <sup class="v">2:20</sup>Arise, and take the +young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for +they are dead that sought the young child's life. <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>And he arose and took the young child and his mother, +and went into the land of Israel. <sup class="v">2:22</sup>But +hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his +father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in +a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, <sup class= +"v">2:23</sup>and went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that +the word spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, He shall be +called a Nazoraean.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>AND in those days came +John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, +<sup class="v">3:2</sup>Change your minds, for the kingdom of +Heaven is at hand. <sup class="v">3:3</sup>For this is he that was +spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in +the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths +straight. <sup class="v">3:4</sup>And this John had his clothes of +camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food +was locusts and wild honey. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>Then went out +to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region about the +Jordan, <sup class="v">3:6</sup>and were baptized by him in the +river Jordan, confessing their sins.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>And seeing many of the +Pharisees and Sadducees come for the baptism, he said to them; +Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to +come? <sup class="v">3:8</sup>Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a +change of mind; <sup class="v">3:9</sup>and think not to say within +yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God +is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham; +<sup class="v">3:10</sup>and already the axe lies at the root of +the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is cut +down and cast into the fire. <sup class="v">3:11</sup>I indeed +baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after +me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall +baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire; <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will +thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the +storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable +fire.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:13</sup>Then came Jesus from +Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be +baptized by you, and do you come to me? <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; +for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he +suffered him; <sup class="v">3:16</sup>and Jesus being baptized +went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were +opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come +upon him. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>And behold, a voice from the +heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well +pleased.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>Then Jesus was led up by +the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. +<sup class="v">4:2</sup>And having fasted forty days and forty +nights, he was afterwards hungry. <sup class="v">4:3</sup>And the +tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command +these stones to become bread. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>And he +answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread +alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. +<sup class="v">4:5</sup>Then the devil took him into the holy city, +and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, <sup class= +"v">4:6</sup>and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast +yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge +concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at +any time you dash your foot against a stone. <sup class= +"v">4:7</sup>Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not +try the Lord your God. <sup class="v">4:8</sup>Again the devil took +him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms +of the world, and their glory, <sup class="v">4:9</sup>and said to +him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and +worship me. <sup class="v">4:10</sup>Then Jesus said to him, Get +behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your +God, and him only shall you serve. <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Then +the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST COMMENCING HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:12</sup>AND when he heard that +John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee; <sup class= +"v">4:13</sup>and leaving Nazareth he came and lived at Capernaum +on the lake, in the bounds of Zebulon and Naphtali, <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>that the word might be fulfilled, spoken by Isaiah +the prophet, saying; <sup class="v">4:15</sup>Land of Zebulon and +Naphtali, by the way of the lake, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the +nations, <sup class="v">4:16</sup>the people who sat in darkness +have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and +shade of death has light arisen. <sup class="v">4:17</sup>From that +time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Change your minds; for the +kingdom of heaven is at hand.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:18</sup>And walking by the lake +of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his +brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. +<sup class="v">4:19</sup>And he said to them, Come after me, and I +will make you fishermen of men. <sup class="v">4:20</sup>And they +left their nets, immediately, and followed him. <sup class= +"v">4:21</sup>And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, +James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with +Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. +<sup class="v">4:22</sup>And they immediately left the ship and +their father, and followed him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:23</sup>And he went about in +all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news +of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity among +the people. <sup class="v">4:24</sup>And his fame went out into all +Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with +various diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and +paralytics, and he cured them; <sup class="v">4:25</sup>and great +multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, +and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>AND seeing the +multitudes, he went on the mountain and sat down; and his disciples +came to him. <sup class="v">5:2</sup>And he opened his mouth and +taught them, saying; <sup class="v">5:3</sup>Blessed are the poor +in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. <sup class= +"v">5:5</sup>Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the +earth. <sup class="v">5:4</sup>Blessed are those that mourn, for +they shall be comforted. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>Blessed are those +that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. +<sup class="v">5:7</sup>Blessed are the merciful, for they shall +obtain mercy. <sup class="v">5:8</sup>Blessed are the pure in +heart, for they shall see God. <sup class="v">5:9</sup>Blessed are +the peace makers, for they shall be called children of God. +<sup class="v">5:10</sup>Blessed are the persecuted for +righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. <sup class= +"v">5:11</sup>Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and +persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my +sake. <sup class="v">5:12</sup>Rejoice and exult, for great is your +reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were +before you.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:13</sup>You are the salt of the +earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be +seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be +trodden upon by men. <sup class="v">5:14</sup>You are the light of +the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid. <sup class= +"v">5:15</sup>Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a +modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, and it shines +to all in the house. <sup class="v">5:16</sup>Let your light so +shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify +your father in heaven. <sup class="v">5:17</sup>Think not that I +have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to +destroy but to complete. <sup class="v">5:18</sup>For I tell you +truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point +shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are +accomplished. <sup class="v">5:19</sup>Whoever therefore shall +break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, +shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall +do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. +<sup class="v">5:20</sup>For I tell you, that unless your +righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall +by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:21</sup>You have heard that it +was said by the ancients, You shall not kill; and whoever kills +shall be subject to the judgment. <sup class="v">5:22</sup>But I +tell you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be +subject to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Worthless +fellow, shall be subject to the Sanhedrim; and whoever says, You +fool, shall be subject to the hell of fire. <sup class= +"v">5:23</sup>If, therefore, you offer your gift on the altar, and +there remember that your brother has any thing against you, +<sup class="v">5:24</sup>leave there your gift before the altar, +and go and first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and +offer your gift. <sup class="v">5:25</sup>Agree with your accuser +quickly, while you are with him in the way, lest the accuser +deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, +and you be cast into prison. <sup class="v">5:26</sup>I tell you +truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last +quadrans [4 mills].</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:27</sup>You have heard that it +was said, You shall not commit adultery; <sup class= +"v">5:28</sup>but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman +to desire her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her +in his heart. <sup class="v">5:29</sup>But if your right eye +offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better +for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your +whole body should be cast into hell. <sup class="v">5:30</sup>And +if your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; +for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, +and not that your whole body should go into hell. <sup class= +"v">5:31</sup>And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let +him give her a bill of divorcement. <sup class="v">5:32</sup>But I +tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, +causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put +away, commits adultery. <sup class="v">5:33</sup>Again, you have +heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear +falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths. <sup class= +"v">5:34</sup>But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, +for it is God's throne; <sup class="v">5:35</sup>nor by the earth, +for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of +the great King; <sup class="v">5:36</sup>nor swear by your head, +for you cannot make one hair white or black. <sup class= +"v">5:37</sup>But let your speech be, yes, yes, and no, no; for any +thing more than this is evil.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:38</sup>You have heard that it +was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. <sup class= +"v">5:39</sup>But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but +whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other +also; <sup class="v">5:40</sup>and if a man wishes to have a law +suit with you, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak +also; <sup class="v">5:41</sup>and whoever shall compel you to go +one mile, go two miles with him. <sup class="v">5:42</sup>Give to +him that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away. +<sup class="v">5:43</sup>You have heard that it was said, You shall +love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. <sup class= +"v">5:44</sup>But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those +that persecute you; <sup class="v">5:45</sup>that you may be +children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on +the evil and the good, and rains on the just and unjust. +<sup class="v">5:46</sup>For if you love those that love you, what +reward have you? Do not the publicans the same? <sup class= +"v">5:47</sup>And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do +more than [others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same? +<sup class="v">5:48</sup>Be therefore perfect, as your heavenly +Father is perfect.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>But take heed not to +perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; +otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven. +<sup class="v">6:2</sup>When, therefore, you give in charity, sound +not a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues +and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you +truly, they have their reward. <sup class="v">6:3</sup>But when you +give in charity let not your left hand know what your right hand +does, <sup class="v">6:4</sup>that your charity may be in secret; +and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">6:5</sup>And when you pray, be +not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the +synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be +seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward. <sup class= +"v">6:6</sup>But when you pray enter into your private room, and +having shut your door pray to your Father who is in secret; and +your Father who sees in secret shall reward you. <sup class= +"v">6:7</sup>And when you pray use not vain repetitions, as the +gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much +speaking. <sup class="v">6:8</sup>Be not, therefore, like them; for +your Father knows what you need before you ask him. <sup class= +"v">6:9</sup>Pray, therefore, thus; Our Father in heaven, hallowed +be thy name; <sup class="v">6:10</sup>thy kingdom come; thy will be +done, as in heaven, so on earth; <sup class="v">6:11</sup>give us +to-day our essential bread, <sup class="v">6:12</sup>and forgive us +our debts as we forgive our debtors; <sup class="v">6:13</sup>and +bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil. <sup class= +"v">6:14</sup>For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly +Father will forgive you; <sup class="v">6:15</sup>but if you +forgive not men, neither will your Father forgive your +offenses.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">6:16</sup>And when you fast, be +not like the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure +their faces that they may appear to men to fast. I tell you truly, +they have their reward. <sup class="v">6:17</sup>But when you fast, +anoint your head, and wash your face, <sup class="v">6:18</sup>that +you may not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret; +and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">6:19</sup>Lay not up for +yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion +destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal. <sup class= +"v">6:20</sup>But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where +neither a moth nor corrosion destroys, and where thieves dig not +through nor steal; <sup class="v">6:21</sup>for where your treasure +is, there will your heart be also.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">6:22</sup>The light of the body +is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body will +be light; <sup class="v">6:23</sup>but if your eye is evil, your +whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you +is darkness, how great is the darkness! <sup class="v">6:24</sup>No +one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the first, and +love the other, or he will adhere to the first, and despise the +other. You cannot serve God and riches. <sup class="v">6:25</sup>On +this account I tell you, be not anxious for your soul, what you +shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you +shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body more +than clothing? <sup class="v">6:26</sup>Look at the birds of +heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into +store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much +better than they? <sup class="v">6:27</sup>Which of you by being +anxious can add one cubit to his stature? <sup class= +"v">6:28</sup>And why are you anxious concerning clothing? Consider +the lilies of the field, how they grow; they perform no hard labor, +neither do they spin; <sup class="v">6:29</sup>but I tell you that +Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. +<sup class="v">6:30</sup>And if God so clothes the grass of the +field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will +he not much more clothe you, men of little faith? <sup class= +"v">6:31</sup>Be not anxious, therefore, saying, What shall we eat? +or what shall we drink? or with what shall we be clothed? +<sup class="v">6:32</sup>For after all these things the gentiles +seek; and your heavenly Father knows that you need all these +things. <sup class="v">6:33</sup>But seek first righteousness and +his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you. +<sup class="v">6:34</sup>Be not anxious, therefore, for to-morrow, +for to-morrow will be anxious for its; sufficient for the day is +its evil.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>Judge not, that you be +not judged; <sup class="v">7:2</sup>for with what judgment you +judge you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure it +shall be measured to you. <sup class="v">7:3</sup>And why do you +see a speck in your brother's eye, and not consider a beam in your +own eye? <sup class="v">7:4</sup>or how will you say to your +brother, Let me cast out the speck from your eye, and behold a beam +in your own eye? <sup class="v">7:5</sup>Hypocrite, cast out first +the beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out +the speck from your brother's eye. <sup class="v">7:6</sup>Give not +a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest +they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you. +<sup class="v">7:7</sup>Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and +you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. <sup class= +"v">7:8</sup>For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, +finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened. <sup class= +"v">7:9</sup>Or is there any man of you, who, if his son asks bread +of him, will give him a stone? <sup class="v">7:10</sup>or if he +asks a fish, will give him a serpent? <sup class="v">7:11</sup>If +you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, +how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to them +that ask him. <sup class="v">7:12</sup>All things, therefore, which +you wish men to do to you, do also thus to them; for this is the +law and the prophets.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">7:13</sup>Enter in through the +narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and spacious the way which leads +to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it; <sup class= +"v">7:14</sup>for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way which +leads to life, and few are those who find it. <sup class= +"v">7:15</sup>But beware of false prophets, who come to you in +sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves. <sup class= +"v">7:16</sup>You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather +grapes from thorns? or figs from thistles? <sup class= +"v">7:17</sup>So every good tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree +bears bad fruits; <sup class="v">7:18</sup>a good tree cannot bear +bad fruits, nor a bad tree good fruits. <sup class= +"v">7:19</sup>Every tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and +cast into the fire. <sup class="v">7:20</sup>By their fruits, +therefore, you shall know them.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">7:21</sup>Not every one that +says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but +he that does the will of my Father in heaven. <sup class= +"v">7:22</sup>Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we +not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and +in your name performed many mighty works? <sup class= +"v">7:23</sup>and then will I confess to them, I never knew you; +depart from me you that commit wickedness.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">7:24</sup>Every one, therefore, +that hears these words of mine and performs them, I will liken to a +wise man who built his house on the rock; <sup class= +"v">7:25</sup>and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the +winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was +founded on the rock. <sup class="v">7:26</sup>And every one who +hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened +to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand; <sup class= +"v">7:27</sup>and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the +winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was +great. <sup class="v">7:28</sup>And when Jesus had finished these +words the multitudes were astonished at his teaching; <sup class= +"v">7:29</sup>for he taught them as having authority, and not as +their scribes.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S MIRACLES, PREVIOUS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS TWELVE +APOSTLES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>AND when he went down +from the mountain great multitudes followed him; <sup class= +"v">8:2</sup>and behold, a leper came and worshipped him, saying, +Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me. <sup class="v">8:3</sup>And +stretching out his hand, he touched him, saying, I will; be +cleansed; and his leprosy was immediately cleansed. <sup class= +"v">8:4</sup>And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no man, but +go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses +commanded for a testimony to them.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:5</sup>And when he entered into +Capernaum a centurion came to him, beseeching him, <sup class= +"v">8:6</sup>and saying; Lord, my servant lies sick in my house +with paralysis, exceedingly distressed. <sup class="v">8:7</sup>He +said to him, I will come and cure him. <sup class="v">8:8</sup>And +the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that you should +come under my roof; but only say the word and my servant will be +cured. <sup class="v">8:9</sup>For I also am a man under authority, +having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; +and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and +he does it. <sup class="v">8:10</sup>Jesus hearing wondered and +said to those that followed him, I tell you truly, I have not found +so great a faith with any one in Israel; <sup class= +"v">8:11</sup>and I tell you that many shall come from the East and +from the West, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob +in the kingdom of heaven, <sup class="v">8:12</sup>but the children +of the kingdom shall be cast into the darkness outside; there shall +be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <sup class="v">8:13</sup>And +Jesus said to the centurion, Go; as you have believed be it to you; +and the servant was cured at that hour.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:14</sup>And Jesus coming into +the house of Peter, saw his wife's mother lying and sick with a +fever. <sup class="v">8:15</sup>And he touched her hand, and the +fever left her; and she arose and waited on them. <sup class= +"v">8:16</sup>And when it was evening they brought him many +demoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all +that were sick, <sup class="v">8:17</sup>that the word might be +fulfilled spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; He took our +infirmities and bore our diseases.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:18</sup>And Jesus seeing great +multitudes around him commanded them to go away to the other side. +<sup class="v">8:19</sup>And a certain scribe came and said to him, +Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. <sup class= +"v">8:20</sup>And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the +birds of heaven have places of shelter, but the Son of man has not +where to lay his head. <sup class="v">8:21</sup>Another of the +disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my +father. <sup class="v">8:22</sup>But Jesus said to him, Follow me, +and let the dead bury their dead. <sup class="v">8:23</sup>And he +entered into a ship, and his disciples followed him. <sup class= +"v">8:24</sup>And behold there was a great tempest on the lake, so +that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. +<sup class="v">8:25</sup>And they came and awoke him, saying, Lord, +save us; we perish. <sup class="v">8:26</sup>And he said to them, +Why are you afraid, men of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked +the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm. <sup class= +"v">8:27</sup>And the men wondered, saying, What kind of a man is +this, that the winds and the lake obey him?</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:28</sup>And when he had come to +the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs +met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no +man could pass that way. <sup class="v">8:29</sup>And behold they +cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you +come hither before the time to torment us? <sup class= +"v">8:30</sup>And there was far off from them a herd of many swine +feeding. <sup class="v">8:31</sup>And, the demons besought him, +saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. +<sup class="v">8:32</sup>And he said to them, Go. And going out, +they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd +rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters; +<sup class="v">8:33</sup>and those who fed them fled, and going +away into the city reported all things, and the events relating to +the demoniacs. <sup class="v">8:34</sup>And behold all the city +came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him they besought him to +depart from their bounds.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>And entering a ship, he +crossed over, and came to his own city; <sup class="v">9:2</sup>and +behold they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus +seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Son, be of good courage; +your sins are forgiven. <sup class="v">9:3</sup>And behold some of +the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. +<sup class="v">9:4</sup>And Jesus observing their thoughts, said, +Why do you think evil in your hearts? <sup class="v">9:5</sup>For +in what respect is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, than +to say, Arise and walk? <sup class="v">9:6</sup>But that you may +know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, +then he said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed, and go to +your house. <sup class="v">9:7</sup>And he arose and departed to +his house. <sup class="v">9:8</sup>And when the multitudes saw it +they were afraid, and glorified God who had given such power to +men.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">9:9</sup>And Jesus departing +thence saw a man sitting at the custom-house, called Matthew; and +he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. +<sup class="v">9:10</sup>And he was reclining in the house, and +behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and +his disciples. <sup class="v">9:11</sup>And when the Pharisees saw +them they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with +publicans and sinners? <sup class="v">9:12</sup>And hearing it he +said, The well need not a physician, but the sick. <sup class= +"v">9:13</sup>Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and +not a sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but +sinners.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">9:14</sup>Then came to him the +disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, +but your disciples fast not? <sup class="v">9:15</sup>And Jesus +said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as +the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the +bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they shalt fast. +<sup class="v">9:16</sup>But no one puts a piece of unfilled cloth +on an old garment; for it takes away its fullness from the garment, +and the rent is made worse. <sup class="v">9:17</sup>Neither do +they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise the bottles break, +and the wine is poured out and the bottles destroyed; but they put +new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">9:18</sup>While he was saying +these words to them, behold a ruler came and worshipped him, +saying, My daughter is now dead, but come and put your hand on her +and she shall live. <sup class="v">9:19</sup>And Jesus arose and +followed him, and his disciples. <sup class="v">9:20</sup>And +behold a woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years approached him +from behind, and touched the fringe of his garment; <sup class= +"v">9:21</sup>for she said within herself, If I can only touch his +garment I shall be cured. <sup class="v">9:22</sup>And Jesus +turning around and seeing her, said, Daughter, be of good courage, +your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that +hour.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">9:23</sup>And Jesus coming into +the house of the ruler, and seeing the musicians and the multitude +making a tumultuous noise, <sup class="v">9:24</sup>said, Go away; +for the girl is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him. +<sup class="v">9:25</sup>But when the multitude were removed he +went in and took her hand, and the girl arose. <sup class= +"v">9:26</sup>And the report went out into all that land.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">9:27</sup>And as Jesus was +departing thence two blind men followed him, crying and saying, +Have mercy on us, Son of David! <sup class="v">9:28</sup>And when +he had gone into the house the blind men came to him, and Jesus +said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said +to him, Yes, Lord. <sup class="v">9:29</sup>Then he touched their +eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you; <sup class= +"v">9:30</sup>and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them +strictly, saying, See that no one knows it. <sup class= +"v">9:31</sup>But they went out and made him known in all that +land.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">9:32</sup>And when they had gone +away, behold, the people brought to him a man, a dumb demoniac. +<sup class="v">9:33</sup>And the demon being cast out, the dumb +spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in +Israel. <sup class="v">9:34</sup>But the Pharisees said, He casts +out demons by the ruler of the demons.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">9:35</sup>And Jesus went about +all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and +preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease, +and every infirmity. <sup class="v">9:36</sup>And seeing the +multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and +scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. <sup class= +"v">9:37</sup>Then he said to his disciples, The harvest indeed is +great, but the laborers few. <sup class="v">9:38</sup>Pray, +therefore, the Lord of the harvest to thrust laborers into his +harvest.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>AND calling his twelve +disciples, he gave them power over impure spirits to cast them out, +and to cure every disease and every infirmity. <sup class= +"v">10:2</sup>And the names of the twelve apostles are these; +First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, +the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; <sup class= +"v">10:3</sup>Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the +publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, called Thaddeus; +<sup class="v">10:4</sup>Simon, the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who +also betrayed him. <sup class="v">10:5</sup>These twelve Jesus sent +out and charged them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and +enter not into a city of Samaritans, <sup class="v">10:6</sup>but +go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; <sup class= +"v">10:7</sup>and as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven +is at hand. <sup class="v">10:8</sup>Cure the sick, cleanse lepers, +cast out demons; you have received gratuitously, gratuitously give. +<sup class="v">10:9</sup>Take not gold, nor silver, nor copper for +your purses, <sup class="v">10:10</sup>nor a provision sack for the +way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staves; for the laborer is +worthy of his support; <sup class="v">10:11</sup>and into whatever +city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there +remain till you leave. <sup class="v">10:12</sup>And when you go +into a house, salute it; <sup class="v">10:13</sup>and if the house +is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is +not worthy, your blessing shall return to you. <sup class= +"v">10:14</sup>And if any one does not receive you, nor hear your +words, when you go out of that house or that city, shake off the +dust of your feet. <sup class="v">10:15</sup>I tell you truly, it +shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in a day +of judgment, than for that city.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:16</sup>Behold, I send you +forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as +serpents and harmless as doves. <sup class="v">10:17</sup>But +beware of men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge +you in their synagogues, <sup class="v">10:18</sup>and you shall be +brought before governors, and kings, for my sake, for a testimony +to them and the nations. <sup class="v">10:19</sup>But when they +have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or what +you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say; +<sup class="v">10:20</sup>for it is not you that speak, but the +Spirit of your Father that speaks in you. <sup class= +"v">10:21</sup>And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and +a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents +and put them to death; <sup class="v">10:22</sup>and you shall be +hated by all men for my sake. But he that endures to the end shall +be saved. <sup class="v">10:23</sup>And when they persecute you in +one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly, that you will not +finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall come.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:24</sup>A disciple is not +above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. <sup class= +"v">10:25</sup>It is sufficient for the disciple to be as his +teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the +master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the +members of his family by that name. <sup class="v">10:26</sup>Fear +them not, therefore, for there is nothing concealed that shall not +be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known. <sup class= +"v">10:27</sup>What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and +what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops. <sup class= +"v">10:28</sup>And fear not those who kill the body and are not +able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy +both soul and body in hell.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">10:29</sup>Are not two sparrows +sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to +the ground without your Father. <sup class="v">10:30</sup>Even the +hairs of your head are all numbered. <sup class="v">10:31</sup>Fear +not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. +<sup class="v">10:32</sup>Every one, therefore, who shall confess +me before men, him will I also confess before my Father in heaven; +<sup class="v">10:33</sup>and whoever denies me before men, him +will I also deny before my Father in heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">10:34</sup>Think not that I have +come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but +a sword. <sup class="v">10:35</sup>I have come to set a man at +variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and +a bride against her mother-in-law; <sup class="v">10:36</sup>and a +man's enemies shall be those of his own house. <sup class= +"v">10:37</sup>He that loves father or mother more than me is not +worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not +worthy of me; <sup class="v">10:38</sup>and he that does not take +up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. <sup class= +"v">10:39</sup>He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that +loses his life for my sake shall find it. <sup class= +"v">10:40</sup>He that receives you receives me, and he that +receives me receives him that sent me. <sup class="v">10:41</sup>He +that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a +prophet's reward, and he that receives a righteous man in the name +of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. +<sup class="v">10:42</sup>And whoever shall give one of these +little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I +tell you truly, he shall by no means lose his reward. <sup class= +"v">11:1</sup>And when Jesus had finished his charge to his twelve +disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their +cities.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>JOHN THE BAPTIST QUESTIONING CHRIST'S MESSIAHSHIP.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:2</sup>AND John hearing in the +prison of the works of Christ, sending by his disciples, +<sup class="v">11:3</sup>said to him, Are you he that was coming, +or look we for another? <sup class="v">11:4</sup>And Jesus answered +and said to them, Go and tell John what you see and hear; +<sup class="v">11:5</sup>the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers +are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have +the good news preached to them; <sup class="v">11:6</sup>and +blessed is he that is not offended with me.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:7</sup>And when they had gone, +Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went +you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? +<sup class="v">11:8</sup>But what went you out to see? A man +wearing fine clothes? Behold, they that wear fine clothes are in +the houses of kings. <sup class="v">11:9</sup>But what went you out +to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. +<sup class="v">11:10</sup>For this is he of whom it is written; +Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare your way +before you. <sup class="v">11:11</sup>I tell you truly, there has +not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the +Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. +<sup class="v">11:12</sup>And from the days of John the Baptist +till now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent +take it by force. <sup class="v">11:13</sup>For all the prophets +and the law prophesied till John. <sup class="v">11:14</sup>And if +you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:15</sup>He that has ears, let +him hear. <sup class="v">11:16</sup>To what shall I liken this +generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who +call to their companions, <sup class="v">11:17</sup>and say, We +have played on pipes for you, and you have not danced; we have +mourned, and you have not lamented. <sup class="v">11:18</sup>For +John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a +demon; <sup class="v">11:19</sup>the Son of man came eating and +drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a +friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her +children.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:20</sup>Then he began to +rebuke those cities in which most of his mighty works had been +done, because they changed not their minds. <sup class= +"v">11:21</sup>Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if +the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre +and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in +sackcloth and ashes. <sup class="v">11:22</sup>But I tell you, it +shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in a day of judgment +than for you. <sup class="v">11:23</sup>And you, Capernaum, which +are exalted even to heaven, shall go down even to hades; for if the +mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it +would have remained to this day. <sup class="v">11:24</sup>But I +tell you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in +a day of judgment, than for you.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:25</sup>At that time Jesus +answering said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, +that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and +hast revealed them to babes. <sup class="v">11:26</sup>Yes, Father, +for so it has seemed good in thy sight. <sup class= +"v">11:27</sup>All things are given me by my Father; and no one +knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows the Father but the +Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. <sup class= +"v">11:28</sup>Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy +laden, and I will give you rest. <sup class="v">11:29</sup>Take my +yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, +and you shall find rest for your souls; <sup class= +"v">11:30</sup>for my yoke is easy, and my burden light.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF THE SABBATH.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>AT that time Jesus went +through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples were +hungry, and began to pick the heads and eat. <sup class= +"v">12:2</sup>And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, +your disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. +<sup class="v">12:3</sup>But he said to them, Have you not read +what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him? +<sup class="v">12:4</sup>how he entered into the house of God and +eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for +those with him, but only for the priests? <sup class= +"v">12:5</sup>Or have you not read in the law, that the priests +profane the sabbath in the temple, and are blameless? <sup class= +"v">12:6</sup>But I tell you that here is an object greater than +the temple. <sup class="v">12:7</sup>But if you had known what, I +wish for mercy and not a sacrifice, means, you would not have +condemned the innocent; <sup class="v">12:8</sup>for the Son of man +is Lord of the Sabbath.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:9</sup>And departing thence he +went into their synagogue, <sup class="v">12:10</sup>and behold a +man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him, saying, +Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. +<sup class="v">12:11</sup>And he said to them, What man is there of +you having one sheep, who if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, +will not take hold of it and lift it out? <sup class= +"v">12:12</sup>How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that +it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. <sup class= +"v">12:13</sup>Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand; and +he stretched it out, and it was restored as sound as the other; +<sup class="v">12:14</sup>and the Pharisees went out and took +counsel against him to destroy him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:15</sup>But Jesus knowing it +departed thence, and great multitudes followed him; and he cured +them all, <sup class="v">12:16</sup>and charged them not to make +him known; <sup class="v">12:17</sup>that it might be fulfilled +which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; <sup class= +"v">12:18</sup>Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, +with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit on him, and +he shall declare judgment to the nations. <sup class= +"v">12:19</sup>He shall not strive nor cry aloud, nor shall any one +hear his voice in the streets. <sup class="v">12:20</sup>A bruised +reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax shall he not +extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory. <sup class= +"v">12:21</sup>And in his name shall nations hope.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO DEMONS. HIS RELATIONS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:22</sup>THEN a blind and dumb +demoniac was brought to him, and he cured him, so that the blind +and dumb spoke and saw. <sup class="v">12:23</sup>And all the +multitudes wondered and said, Is this the Son of David? <sup class= +"v">12:24</sup>But the Pharisees hearing it, said, This man does +not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, a ruler of the demons. +<sup class="v">12:25</sup>But knowing their thoughts, he said to +them, Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed; and no +city or house divided against itself can stand. <sup class= +"v">12:26</sup>If Satan casts out Satan he is divided against +himself. How then can his kingdom stand? <sup class= +"v">12:27</sup>And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do +your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. +<sup class="v">12:28</sup>But if I by the Spirit of God cast out +demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. <sup class= +"v">12:29</sup>Or how can one enter into the house of a strong man +and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and +then he will plunder his house.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:30</sup>He that is not with me +is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters. +<sup class="v">12:31</sup>Therefore, I tell you, every sin and +blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit +shall not be forgiven men. <sup class="v">12:32</sup>And if one +speaks a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but +if one speaks against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven him +either in this life or in that to come. <sup class= +"v">12:33</sup>Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or +make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its +fruit. <sup class="v">12:34</sup>Offspring of vipers, how can you, +being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the +heart the mouth speaks. <sup class="v">12:35</sup>The good man, out +of his good treasury, casts forth good things; and the evil man, +out of his evil treasury, casts forth evil things. <sup class= +"v">12:36</sup>But I tell you, that for every idle word which men +speak they shall render an account in a day of judgment; +<sup class="v">12:37</sup>for by your words you shall be justified, +and by your words you shall be condemned.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:38</sup>Then answered some of +the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign +from you. <sup class="v">12:39</sup>But he answered and said to +them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and no +sign shall be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah. +<sup class="v">12:40</sup>For as Jonah was three days and three +nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three +days and three nights in the heart of the earth. <sup class= +"v">12:41</sup>The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment +with this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds +at the preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. +<sup class="v">12:42</sup>The queen of the south shall rise up in +the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from +the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a +greater than Solomon is here. <sup class="v">12:43</sup>But when +the impure spirit has gone out of a man, it goes through dry places +seeking a rest, and finds none. <sup class="v">12:44</sup>Then it +says, I will return to my house from which I went out; and coming, +it finds it empty, swept, and adorned. <sup class= +"v">12:45</sup>Then it goes and takes with itself seven other +spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and +the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be +also with this evil generation.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">12:46</sup>And while he was +speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brothers +stood without, desiring to speak to him. <sup class= +"v">12:47</sup>And some one said to him, Behold your mother and +your brothers stand without, desiring to speak to you. <sup class= +"v">12:48</sup>And he answered and said to him that told him, Who +is my mother? and who are my brothers? <sup class= +"v">12:49</sup>and stretching out his hand to his disciples, he +said, Behold my mother, and my brothers! <sup class= +"v">12:50</sup>For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he +is my brother, and sister, and mother.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S PARABLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>AND on that day Jesus +went out of the house and sat by the lake. <sup class= +"v">13:2</sup>And great multitudes came together to him; and he +went into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the +shore. <sup class="v">13:3</sup>And he spoke to them many things in +parables, saying; Behold, a sower went out to sow; <sup class= +"v">13:4</sup>and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds +came and devoured it. <sup class="v">13:5</sup>And some fell on +rocky places, where it had not much earth, and it came up +immediately, because it had no depth of earth; <sup class= +"v">13:6</sup>and when the sun arose it was scorched, and because +it had no root it was dried up. <sup class="v">13:7</sup>And some +fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it. +<sup class="v">13:8</sup>But some fell on good ground, and bore +fruit; some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty-fold. +<sup class="v">13:9</sup>He that has ears let him hear.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">13:10</sup>And his disciples came +and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables? <sup class= +"v">13:11</sup>And he answered and said to them, Because it is +given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to +them it is not given; <sup class="v">13:12</sup>for whoever has, to +him shall be also given, and he shall abound; but whoever has not, +from him shall be taken away even what he has. <sup class= +"v">13:13</sup>For this reason I speak to them in parables; because +seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor +understand. <sup class="v">13:14</sup>And in them is fulfilled the +prophecy of Isaiah, which says; Hearing you shall hear and not +understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive; <sup class= +"v">13:15</sup>for the hearts of this people have become hard, and +they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes have they +closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their +ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal +them. <sup class="v">13:16</sup>But blessed are your eyes, for they +see; and your ears, for they hear. <sup class="v">13:17</sup>For I +tell you truly, that many prophets and righteous men have desired +to see what you see and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear +and have not heard it.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:18</sup>Hear, therefore, the +parable of the sower. <sup class="v">13:19</sup>When any one hears +the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one +comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that +received seed by the way. <sup class="v">13:20</sup>He that +received seed on the rocky places is he that hears the word and +immediately receives it with joy <sup class="v">13:21</sup>but has +no root in himself, but is only a temporary [disciple]; and when +affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he is +immediately offended. <sup class="v">13:22</sup>And he that +received seed among thorns is he that hears the word, and the cares +of this life and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it +becomes unfruitful. <sup class="v">13:23</sup>But he that received +the seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and +understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces some one +hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty-fold.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:24</sup>And he delivered them +another parable, saying; The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing +good seed in his field; <sup class="v">13:25</sup>and while the men +slept, his enemy came and sowed poisonous darnel in the midst of +the wheat, and went away. <sup class="v">13:26</sup>But when the +stalk grew up and bore fruit, then the poisonous darnel appeared. +<sup class="v">13:27</sup>And the servants of the householder came +and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? +Whence then has it poisonous darnel? <sup class="v">13:28</sup>And +he said to them, An enemy has done this. And they said to him, Do +you wish us to go and take them out? <sup class="v">13:29</sup>And +he said, No; lest in taking out the poisonous darnel, you pull up +the wheat with it; <sup class="v">13:30</sup>let both grow together +till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the +reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in bundles +to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:31</sup>He delivered them +another parable, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard +seed which a man took and sowed in his field, <sup class= +"v">13:32</sup>which is the least of all seeds, but when it is +grown is the greatest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the +birds of heaven come and lodge on its branches. <sup class= +"v">13:33</sup>He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of +heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 +quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened. <sup class= +"v">13:34</sup>All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in +parables; and without a parable spoke he not to them; <sup class= +"v">13:35</sup>that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the +prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare +things which have been concealed from the foundation of the +world.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:36</sup>Then leaving the +multitudes; he went into the house, and his disciples came to him, +saying, Explain to us the parable of the poisonous darnel of the +field. <sup class="v">13:37</sup>And he answered and said to them, +He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; <sup class= +"v">13:38</sup>the field is the world; the good seed are the +children of the kingdom; the poisonous darnel are the children of +the wicked one; <sup class="v">13:39</sup>the enemy that sowed them +is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the world; and the +reapers are angels. <sup class="v">13:40</sup>As, therefore, +poisonous darnel is collected and burned with fire, so shall it be +at the consummation of the world. <sup class="v">13:41</sup>The Son +of man will send his angels, and they shall collect out of his +kingdom all offenses, and all that commit wickedness, <sup class= +"v">13:42</sup>and cast them into a furnace of fire; and there +shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <sup class= +"v">13:43</sup>Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in +the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">13:44</sup>The kingdom of heaven +is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found, and +concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that he had and +bought that field. <sup class="v">13:45</sup>Again; the kingdom of +heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, <sup class= +"v">13:46</sup>who, finding one very costly, went and sold all that +he had and bought it. <sup class="v">13:47</sup>Again; the kingdom +of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and collecting [fish] of +every kind, <sup class="v">13:48</sup>which, when it was full, men +drew to the shore, and sifting down put up the good in vessels and +cast the bad away. <sup class="v">13:49</sup>So shall it be at the +consummation of the world. The angels shall come forth and separate +the evil from the midst of the good, <sup class="v">13:50</sup>and +cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and +gnashing of teeth. <sup class="v">13:51</sup>Have you understood +all these thing? They said to him, Yes, Lord. <sup class= +"v">13:52</sup>And he said to them, Every scribe therefore that is +instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder who +casts out of his treasury things new and old.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">13:53</sup>And when Jesus had +finished these parables he departed thence, <sup class= +"v">13:54</sup>and coming to his native country he taught them in +their synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has +this man this wisdom and these mighty works? <sup class= +"v">13:55</sup>Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother +called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, +and Judas? <sup class="v">13:56</sup>And are not his sisters all +with us? Whence then has this man all these things? <sup class= +"v">13:57</sup>And they were offended with him. But Jesus said to +them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his native country, +and in his own house; <sup class="v">13:58</sup>and he did not many +mighty works there, because of their unbelief.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XII.</h2> +<h3>THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.—CHRIST FEEDING FIVE +THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>AT that time Herod the +Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, <sup class="v">14:2</sup>and +said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is raised from +the dead; and on that account the mighty works are performed by +him. <sup class="v">14:3</sup>For Herod having seized John, had +bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his +brother Philip's wife. <sup class="v">14:4</sup>For John had said +to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. <sup class= +"v">14:5</sup>And he wished to kill him; but feared the people, +because they regarded him as a prophet. <sup class= +"v">14:6</sup>And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of +Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, <sup class= +"v">14:7</sup>on account of which he promised with an oath to give +her whatever she should ask; <sup class="v">14:8</sup>and she, +having been put forward by her mother, said, Give me here on a +plate the head of John the Baptist.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">14:9</sup>And the king was sorry; +but on account of the oath, and those reclining with him, he +commanded it to be given. <sup class="v">14:10</sup>And he sent and +beheaded John in the prison; <sup class="v">14:11</sup>and his head +was brought on a plate and given to the girl, and she carried it to +her mother. <sup class="v">14:12</sup>And his disciples went and +took up the body and buried it, and came and told Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:13</sup>And when Jesus heard +of it he departed thence in a ship to a solitary place by himself. +And the multitudes hearing of it followed him on foot from the +cities.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">14:14</sup>And going out he saw a +great multitude, and had compassion on them, and cured their sick. +<sup class="v">14:15</sup>And when it was evening his disciples +came to him, saying, The place is solitary, and the hour is already +past; dismiss the multitudes that they may go to the villages and +buy themselves food. <sup class="v">14:16</sup>But Jesus said to +them, They need not go away; give them food to eat. <sup class= +"v">14:17</sup>And they said to him, We have here only five loaves +and two fishes. <sup class="v">14:18</sup>And he said, Bring them +here to me. <sup class="v">14:19</sup>And commanding the multitudes +to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two +fishes, and, looking up to heaven, blessed them, and having broken +them gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples to the +multitudes. <sup class="v">14:20</sup>And they all eat and were +filled; and they took up the fragments which remained over, twelve +travelling-baskets full; <sup class="v">14:21</sup>and those that +eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">14:22</sup>And he immediately +constrained the disciples to go into a ship and go before him to +the other side, till he should dismiss the multitudes. <sup class= +"v">14:23</sup>And having dismissed the multitudes, he went on a +mountain by himself to pray. And when it was evening he was there +alone. <sup class="v">14:24</sup>But the ship was now in the midst +of the lake tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. +<sup class="v">14:25</sup>And in the fourth watch of the night he +came to them walking on the lake. <sup class="v">14:26</sup>And +when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were troubled +and said, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear. +<sup class="v">14:27</sup>But Jesus immediately spoke to them, +saying, Be of good courage; it is I; be not afraid. <sup class= +"v">14:28</sup>And Peter answered and said to him, Lord, if it is +you, command me to come to you on the waters. <sup class= +"v">14:29</sup>And he said, Come. And Peter going down from the +ship walked on the waters to go to Jesus. <sup class= +"v">14:30</sup>But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and +beginning to sink, cried, saying, Lord save me! <sup class= +"v">14:31</sup>and Jesus immediately stretching out his hand, took +hold of him and said, Man of little faith, why did you doubt? +<sup class="v">14:32</sup>And when they entered into the ship, the +wind ceased; <sup class="v">14:33</sup>and those in the ship came +and worshipped him; saying, Truly you are the Son of God.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">14:34</sup>And having crossed +over, they came to Gennesaret. <sup class="v">14:35</sup>And when +the men of that place knew him, they sent to all the country +around, and brought to him all that were sick, <sup class= +"v">14:36</sup>and requested of him that they might only touch the +fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were entirely +cured.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF JEWISH TRADITIONS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>THEN came the scribes +and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying, <sup class="v">15:2</sup>Why +do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, for they +wash not their hands when they eat bread? <sup class= +"v">15:3</sup>And he answered and said to them, Why do you +transgress the command of God by your tradition? <sup class= +"v">15:4</sup>For God said, Honor your father and mother; and he +that reviles father or mother, let him surely die. <sup class= +"v">15:5</sup>But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother +what you might be profited with by me is a gift, <sup class= +"v">15:6</sup>then he shall not honor his father or his mother; and +you have made the law of God of no effect by your tradition. +<sup class="v">15:7</sup>Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophecy of +you, saying; <sup class="v">15:8</sup>This people honors me with +the lips, but their heart is far from me. <sup class= +"v">15:9</sup>But in vain do they worship me, teaching teachings +and commandments of men.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:10</sup>And having called the +multitude, he said, Hear and understand. <sup class= +"v">15:11</sup>Not that which enters into the mouth, defiles the +man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth that defiles the man. +<sup class="v">15:12</sup>Then the disciples came to him, and said +to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they +heard this word? <sup class="v">15:13</sup>And he answered and +said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall +be rooted up. <sup class="v">15:14</sup>Let them go; they are blind +guides of the blind. But if the blind lead the blind, they will +both fall into the pit. <sup class="v">15:15</sup>And Peter +answered and said to him, Explain the parable to us. <sup class= +"v">15:16</sup>And he said, Are you so entirely without +understanding? <sup class="v">15:17</sup>Do you not understand that +whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is cast +out on the earth? <sup class="v">15:18</sup>But the things which +proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the +man. <sup class="v">15:19</sup>For from the heart proceed evil +thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false +testimonies, blasphemies: <sup class="v">15:20</sup>these are the +things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does +not defile the man.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">15:21</sup>And Jesus going out +thence departed to the regions of Tyre and Sidon. <sup class= +"v">15:22</sup>And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions +came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; +my daughter is badly affected with a demon. <sup class= +"v">15:23</sup>But he answered her not a word. And his disciples +came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us. +<sup class="v">15:24</sup>But he answered and said, I am not sent, +except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. <sup class= +"v">15:25</sup>And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help +me! <sup class="v">15:26</sup>But he answered and said, It is not +right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs. +<sup class="v">15:27</sup>But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the +dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. +<sup class="v">15:28</sup>Then Jesus answered and said to her, O +woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her +daughter was cured from that hour.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:29</sup>And returning thence +Jesus came to the lake of Galilee, and going up on the mountain sat +down there. <sup class="v">15:30</sup>And great multitudes came to +him, having with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the crippled, +and many others; and they cast them at Jesus' feet, and he cured +them; <sup class="v">15:31</sup>so that the multitude wondered, +seeing the dumb talk, the crippled sound, the lame walk, and the +blind see; and they glorified the God of Israel.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:32</sup>And Jesus calling his +disciples, said, I pity the multitude, for it is now three days +that they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat; I +will not dismiss them fasting lest they faint by the way. +<sup class="v">15:33</sup>But his disciples said to him, Whence +shall we obtain so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great +a multitude? <sup class="v">15:34</sup>And Jesus said to them, How +many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. +<sup class="v">15:35</sup>And he commanded the people to sit down +on the ground, <sup class="v">15:36</sup>and taking the seven +loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he broke, and gave them +to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. <sup class= +"v">15:37</sup>And they all eat and were filled; and they took up +the fragments that remained, seven store-baskets full. <sup class= +"v">15:38</sup>And those who eat were four thousand men, besides +women and children. <sup class="v">15:39</sup>And dismissing the +multitude he went into the ship, and came into the bounds of +Magadan.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>AND the Pharisees and +Sadducees coming to Jesus to try him desired him to show them a +sign from heaven. <sup class="v">16:2</sup>But he answered and said +to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather for +the sky is red; <sup class="v">16:3</sup>and in the morning, It +will rain to-day for the sky is red and lowering. You know how to +distinguish the face of the sky, but you cannot distinguish the +signs of the times. <sup class="v">16:4</sup>An evil and adulterous +generation seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it except the +sign of Jonah. And he left them and departed.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">16:5</sup>And when his disciples +came to the other side they forgot to take bread. <sup class= +"v">16:6</sup>And Jesus said to them, Observe and beware of the +leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. <sup class="v">16:7</sup>But +they reasoned within themselves, saying, It is because we have not +taken bread. <sup class="v">16:8</sup>But Jesus knowing it, said, +Why do you reason within yourselves, men of little faith, because +you have not taken bread? <sup class="v">16:9</sup>Do you not yet +understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and +how many travelling-baskets you took up? <sup class= +"v">16:10</sup>nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how +many store-baskets you took up? <sup class="v">16:11</sup>Why do +you not understand that I spoke to you not of bread, to beware of +the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? <sup class= +"v">16:12</sup>Then they understood that he did not tell them to +beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees +and Sadducees.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:13</sup>And Jesus coming into +the parts of Cesarea Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Who do +men say that the Son of man is? <sup class="v">16:14</sup>And they +said, Some, John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, +or one of the prophets. <sup class="v">16:15</sup>And he said to +them, Who say you that I am? <sup class="v">16:16</sup>And Simon +Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living +God. <sup class="v">16:17</sup>And Jesus answered and said to him, +Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has not +revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. <sup class= +"v">16:18</sup>And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon +this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall +not prevail against it. <sup class="v">16:19</sup>And I will give +you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on the +earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you unbind on the +earth shall be unbound in heaven. <sup class="v">16:20</sup>Then he +charged his disciples to tell no man that he was the Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:21</sup>From that time Jesus +began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and +suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, +and be killed, and raised on the third day. <sup class= +"v">16:22</sup>And Peter taking hold of him said, rebuking him, Far +be it from you, Lord! This shall not be to you. <sup class= +"v">16:23</sup>But he turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, +Satan! You are an offense to me! For you regard not the things of +God, but those of men.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:24</sup>Then Jesus said to his +disciples, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and +take up his cross, and follow me. <sup class="v">16:25</sup>For +whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses +his life for my sake, shall find it. <sup class="v">16:26</sup>For +what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose +his life? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life? +<sup class="v">16:27</sup>For the Son of man is about to come in +the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he render +to every one according to his doing. <sup class="v">16:28</sup>I +tell you truly, that some of those standing here shall not taste +death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST TRANSFIGURED.—CURING A DEMONIAC, AND PAYING THE +SACRED TRIBUTE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">17:1</sup>AND after six days +Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and led them up +on a high mountain by themselves. <sup class="v">17:2</sup>And he +was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and +his garments were white as the light. <sup class="v">17:3</sup>And +behold there appeared to them Moses and Elijah conversing with him. +<sup class="v">17:4</sup>And Peter answered and said to Jesus, +Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you please, we will make +here three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for +Elijah. <sup class="v">17:5</sup>While he was yet speaking, behold +a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the +cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; +hear him. <sup class="v">17:6</sup>And when they heard this the +disciples fell on their faces, and were greatly afraid. <sup class= +"v">17:7</sup>And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and +be not afraid. <sup class="v">17:8</sup>And lifting up their eyes +they saw no man, except Jesus alone.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">17:9</sup>And when they went down +from the mountain Jesus charged them, saying, Tell no man the +vision till the Son of man is raised from the dead. <sup class= +"v">17:10</sup>And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the +scribes say that Elijah must first come? <sup class= +"v">17:11</sup>And he answered and said, Elijah indeed comes, and +shall restore all things. <sup class="v">17:12</sup>But I tell you +Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what +they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to +suffer from them. <sup class="v">17:13</sup>Then the disciples +understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">17:14</sup>And when they came to +the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him and saying, +<sup class="v">17:15</sup>Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a +lunatic, and suffers greatly. For he often falls into the fire, and +often into the water. <sup class="v">17:16</sup>And I brought him +to your disciples and they could not cure him. <sup class= +"v">17:17</sup>Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse +generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer +you? Bring him here to me. <sup class="v">17:18</sup>And Jesus +rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the child was cured +from that hour. <sup class="v">17:19</sup>Then the disciples came +to Jesus privately, and said, Why could we not cast it out? +<sup class="v">17:20</sup>And Jesus said to them, On account of +your unbelief. For I tell you truly, if you have a faith like a +mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed thence to +that place, and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be +impossible to you. <sup class="v">17:21</sup>But this kind goes not +out, except by prayer and fasting.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">17:22</sup>And as they were +returning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about +to be delivered into the hands of men, <sup class= +"v">17:23</sup>and they will kill him, and on the third day he +shall be raised; and they were grieved exceedingly.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">17:24</sup>And when they came to +Capernaum, those who received the didrachma [28 cents], came to +Peter, and said, Does not your teacher pay the didrachma? +<sup class="v">17:25</sup>He said, Yes. And when he came into the +house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? +From whom do the kings of the earth receive taxes, or a tribute? +From their children, or from strangers? <sup class= +"v">17:26</sup>He said to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him; +Then are the children free; <sup class="v">17:27</sup>but that we +may not offend them, go to the lake, and cast in a hook, and take +the first fish that comes up, and opening its mouth you will find a +stater [56 cents]. Take that and give it to them, for me and +you.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF GREATNESS.—OFFENSES AND THE +FORGIVENESS OF SINS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:1</sup>AT that time the +disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom +of heaven? <sup class="v">18:2</sup>And calling a little child, he +set it in the midst of them, <sup class="v">18:3</sup>and said, I +tell you truly, that if you do not turn and become like little +children, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven. +<sup class="v">18:4</sup>Whoever humbles himself like this little +child, shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven; <sup class= +"v">18:5</sup>and whoever receives one such little child in my +name, receives me; <sup class="v">18:6</sup>but whoever offends one +of these little ones that believe in me, it would be better for him +that a millstone should be hung to his neck, and that he should be +plunged into the depths of the sea.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">18:7</sup>Woe to the world +because of offenses! For offenses must necessarily come, but woe to +that man by whom the offense comes! <sup class="v">18:8</sup>If +your hand or foot offends you, cut it off and cast it from you. It +is better for you to enter into life lame, or crippled, than having +two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. <sup class= +"v">18:9</sup>And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it +from you. It is better for you to enter into life having one eye, +than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">18:10</sup>See that you despise +not one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels +always behold the face of my Father in heaven. <sup class= +"v">18:12</sup>What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and +one of them is lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the +mountain, and go and seek for the lost one? <sup class= +"v">18:13</sup>And if he finds it, I tell you truly that he +rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which were not +lost. <sup class="v">18:14</sup>So it is not the will of your +Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">18:15</sup>But if your brother +sins against you, go and reprove him between you and him alone. If +he hears you, you have gained your brother. <sup class= +"v">18:16</sup>But if he does not hear you, take with you one or +two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word +may be established; <sup class="v">18:17</sup>and if he will not +hear them, tell the assembly; and if he will not hear the assembly, +let him be to you as a gentile and a publican. <sup class= +"v">18:18</sup>I tell you truly, that whatever you bind on the +earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you unbind on the +earth shall be unbound in heaven. <sup class="v">18:19</sup>Again, +I tell you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning +any thing for which they shall ask, they shall have it from my +Father in heaven; <sup class="v">18:20</sup>for where two or three +are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of +them.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">18:21</sup>Then came Peter and +said to him, Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me +and I forgive him? Till seven times? <sup class= +"v">18:22</sup>Jesus said to him, I say not to you till seven +times, but till seventy times seven. <sup class="v">18:23</sup>On +this account, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to +settle with his servants. <sup class="v">18:24</sup>And beginning +to settle, a debtor of ten thousand talents [$10,000,000] was +brought to him. <sup class="v">18:25</sup>And he having nothing to +pay, the lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, +and all that he had, and payment to be made. <sup class= +"v">18:26</sup>Then the servant fell down and worshipped him, +saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay all. <sup class= +"v">18:27</sup>And the lord of that servant having compassion on +him released him, and forgave him the debt.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">18:28</sup>But that servant went +out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred +denarii [$14], and seizing him, he choked him, saying, Pay what you +owe me. <sup class="v">18:29</sup>Then his fellow-servant fell down +and besought him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you. +<sup class="v">18:30</sup>But he would not; but went and cast him +into prison till he should pay the debt. <sup class= +"v">18:31</sup>Then his fellow-servants seeing what was done, were +greatly displeased, and went and related to their lord all things +that were done. <sup class="v">18:32</sup>Then his lord called him, +and said to him, Evil servant; I forgave you all that debt because +you besought me [to do it]. <sup class="v">18:33</sup>Ought you not +also to pity your fellow-servant, as I pitied you? <sup class= +"v">18:34</sup>And his lord was displeased, and delivered him to +the tormentors till he should pay all the debt. <sup class= +"v">18:35</sup>So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if you +forgive not each one his brother from your hearts.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">19:1</sup>AND when Jesus had +finished these words he departed from Galilee, and came into the +bounds of Judea beyond the Jordan; <sup class="v">19:2</sup>and +great multitudes followed him, and he cured them there. <sup class= +"v">19:3</sup>And the Pharisees came to him to try him, and said, +Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause? +<sup class="v">19:4</sup>And he answered and said, Have you not +read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female? +<sup class="v">19:5</sup>and he said, On this account shall a man +leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two +shall be one flesh. <sup class="v">19:6</sup>So that they are no +longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has yoked together, +let not man separate.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">19:7</sup>They said to him, Why +then did Moses command us to give a bill of divorcement, and put +her away? <sup class="v">19:8</sup>He said to them, Moses, on +account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your +wives; but from the beginning it was not so. <sup class= +"v">19:9</sup>And I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, +except for adultery, and marries another, commits adultery; and +whoever marries her that is put away, commits adultery.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:10</sup>The disciples said to +him, If the case of a man is thus with his wife, it is not +expedient to marry. <sup class="v">19:11</sup>And he said to them, +All do not receive this word, but those to whom it is given. +<sup class="v">19:12</sup>For there are eunuchs from birth, who +were born so from their mother; and there are eunuchs who are made +eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves +eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to +receive [this doctrine] let him receive it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">19:13</sup>Then little children +were brought to him that he should put his hands on them and pray; +and the disciples rebuked them. <sup class="v">19:14</sup>But Jesus +said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them +not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. <sup class= +"v">19:15</sup>And he put his hands on them and departed +thence.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">19:16</sup>And behold one came +and said to him, Teacher, what good [work] shall I do that I may +have eternal life? <sup class="v">19:17</sup>And he said to him, +Why do you ask me of the good? one is the good. But if you wish to +enter into life, keep the commandments. <sup class= +"v">19:18</sup>He said to him, What? And Jesus said, this; You +shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; +You shall not testify falsely; <sup class="v">19:19</sup>Honor your +father and mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. +<sup class="v">19:20</sup>The young man said to him, All these have +I kept; what do I lack yet? <sup class="v">19:21</sup>Jesus said to +him, If you will be perfect, go and sell your property, and give to +the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and come and +follow me. <sup class="v">19:22</sup>And when the young man heard +[this] he went away sad, for he had great possessions.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">19:23</sup>And Jesus said to his +disciples, I tell you truly, that a rich man will enter into the +kingdom of heaven with difficulty. <sup class="v">19:24</sup>And +again I tell 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. +<sup class="v">19:25</sup>And the disciples hearing this, were +greatly astonished, and said, Who then can be saved? <sup class= +"v">19:26</sup>But Jesus looking on them, said, With men this is +impossible; but with God all things are possible.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">19:27</sup>Then Peter answered +and said, Behold we have left all and followed you; what shall we +have therefore? <sup class="v">19:28</sup>And Jesus said to them, I +tell you truly, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration +when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, shall +yourselves also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of +Israel; <sup class="v">19:29</sup>and whoever has left brothers or +sisters, or a father or mother, or children, or lands or houses, +for my name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and inherit +eternal life. <sup class="v">19:30</sup>But many first shall be +last; and last, first.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">20:1</sup>For the kingdom of +heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to +hire laborers in his vineyard. <sup class="v">20:2</sup>And +agreeing with the laborers for a denarius [14 cents] a day, he sent +them into his vineyard. <sup class="v">20:3</sup>And going out +about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market; +<sup class="v">20:4</sup>and he said to them, go also into the +vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went. +<sup class="v">20:5</sup>Again going out about the sixth and ninth +hours, he did likewise. <sup class="v">20:6</sup>And going out +about the eleventh hour he found others standing, and said to them, +Why stand you all the day idle? <sup class="v">20:7</sup>They said +to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into +the vineyard. <sup class="v">20:8</sup>And when it was evening the +lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and +pay them the wages [stipulated], beginning from the last even to +the first. <sup class="v">20:9</sup>And those who came about the +eleventh hour, received a denarius [14 cents] each. <sup class= +"v">20:10</sup>And those who came first supposed that they should +receive more. And they also received a denarius [14 cents] each; +<sup class="v">20:11</sup>and when they had received it, they +complained of the householder, <sup class="v">20:12</sup>saying, +These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal +with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day. <sup class= +"v">20:13</sup>But he answered and said to one of them, Neighbor, I +do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius [14 +cents]? <sup class="v">20:14</sup>Take what belongs to you, and go, +for I will give to the last even as to you. <sup class= +"v">20:15</sup>Is it not right for me to do what I will with my +own? Is your eye evil because I am good? <sup class= +"v">20:16</sup>So the last shall be first, and the first last.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">20:17</sup>And Jesus going up to +Jerusalem, took his twelve disciples aside privately, and said to +them on the way, <sup class="v">20:18</sup>Behold we go up to +Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief +priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, +<sup class="v">20:19</sup>and deliver him to the gentiles, to mock, +and scourge, and crucify him; and on the third day he shall be +raised.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">20:20</sup>Then came to him the +mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping, and asking +a certain thing of him. <sup class="v">20:21</sup>And he said to +her, What do you wish? She said to him, Say that these my two sons +shall sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in +your kingdom. <sup class="v">20:22</sup>But Jesus answered and +said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which +I am about to drink? They said to him, We can. <sup class= +"v">20:23</sup>He said to them; you shall drink indeed of my cup; +but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, +but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. <sup class= +"v">20:24</sup>And the ten hearing this were displeased with the +two brothers. <sup class="v">20:25</sup>But Jesus called them to +him, and said, You know that the rulers of the gentiles exercise +lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them; but +it shall not be so among you. <sup class="v">20:26</sup>But whoever +wishes to be great among you, let him be your minister; <sup class= +"v">20:27</sup>and whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be +your servant, <sup class="v">20:28</sup>as the Son of man came not +to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for +many.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CURING TWO BLIND MEN.—ENTERING JERUSALEM IN +TRIUMPH, AND CURSING THE FIG TREE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">20:29</sup>AND as they proceeded +from Jericho a great multitude followed him. <sup class= +"v">20:30</sup>And behold two blind men who sat by the way, hearing +that Jesus was passing by cried, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son +of David! <sup class="v">20:31</sup>And the multitude charged them +to be still; but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us +Lord, Son of David! <sup class="v">20:32</sup>And Jesus stopped, +and called them and said, What do you wish me to do for you? +<sup class="v">20:33</sup>They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may +be opened. <sup class="v">20:34</sup>And Jesus having compassion on +them, touched their eyes; and immediately they recovered their +sight and followed him.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">21:1</sup>And when they +approached Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of +Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, <sup class="v">21:2</sup>and +said to them, Go into the village opposite to you, and you will +immediately find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them, and +lead them to me: <sup class="v">21:3</sup>and if any one asks you +why, say that the Lord has need of them, and he will immediately +send them. <sup class="v">21:4</sup>But all this was done that the +words spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, who says; +<sup class="v">21:5</sup>Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your +king comes to you, meek, seated on an ass, and a colt the foal of +an ass.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">21:6</sup>And the disciples went +and did as Jesus commanded them, <sup class="v">21:7</sup>and +brought the ass and the colt, and put garments on them, and he sat +on them. <sup class="v">21:8</sup>And a vast multitude spread their +garments in the way, and others cut branches from the trees and +scattered them in the way; <sup class="v">21:9</sup>and the +multitudes that went before, and those that followed, cried saying, +Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that comes in the name +of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">21:10</sup>And when he entered +Jerusalem the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this? +<sup class="v">21:11</sup>And the multitude said, This is Jesus, +the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee. <sup class= +"v">21:12</sup>And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast +out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the +tables of the brokers, and the seats of those that sold doves, +<sup class="v">21:13</sup>and said to them, It is written, my house +shall be called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of +robbers.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">21:14</sup>And the blind and +crippled came to him in the temple, and he cured them. <sup class= +"v">21:15</sup>And when the chief priests and scribes saw the +wonderful works which he performed, and the children crying in the +temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were +displeased, <sup class="v">21:16</sup>and said to him, Do you hear +what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Have you never read, +that out of the mouths of babes and nursing infants, you have +perfected praise? <sup class="v">21:17</sup>And he left them, and +went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">21:18</sup>And returning into the +city in the morning he was hungry; <sup class="v">21:19</sup>and +seeing a fig tree by the way he went to it, and found nothing on +it, except leaves only, and he said to it, Let there be no fruit on +you forever. And the fig tree immediately withered, <sup class= +"v">21:20</sup>and the disciples seeing it, wondered and said, How +soon is this fig tree withered! <sup class="v">21:21</sup>Jesus +answered and said to them, I tell you truly, that if you have faith +and doubt not, you shall not only do this of the fig tree, but if +you should say to this mountain, Be taken up and be cast into the +sea, it would be done; <sup class="v">21:22</sup>and all things +whatever which you ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST QUESTIONED BY THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS. THE PARABLE +OF THE VINEYARD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">21:23</sup>AND Jesus having gone +into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to +him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these +things? and who gave you this authority? <sup class= +"v">21:24</sup>Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you +one question, which, if you tell me, I will tell you by what +authority I do these things. <sup class="v">21:25</sup>Whence was +the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned +within themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say to +us, Why did you not believe him? <sup class="v">21:26</sup>But if +we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a +prophet. <sup class="v">21:27</sup>And they answered Jesus, and +said, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by +what authority I do these things.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">21:28</sup>But what do you think? +A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go and +work to-day in the vineyard. <sup class="v">21:29</sup>But he +answered and said, I will not; but afterwards he repented, and +went. <sup class="v">21:30</sup>And he came to the other, and said +the same. And he answered and said, I will go sir, but went not. +<sup class="v">21:31</sup>Which of the two did the will of the +father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, I tell you +truly, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God +before you. <sup class="v">21:32</sup>For John came to you in a way +of righteousness, and you believed him not; but the publicans and +harlots believed him; and when you saw this, you did not afterwards +repent, that you might believe him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">21:33</sup>Hear another parable: +There was a man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a +hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in it, and built a tower, and +let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. <sup class= +"v">21:34</sup>And when the time of the fruits approached he sent +his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. <sup class= +"v">21:35</sup>And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, +and killed another, and stoned another. <sup class= +"v">21:36</sup>Again he sent other servants more than the first; +and they treated them in the same manner. <sup class= +"v">21:37</sup>And afterwards he sent them his son, saying, They +will reverence my son. <sup class="v">21:38</sup>But when the +husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the +heir; come, let us kill him and take his inheritance. <sup class= +"v">21:39</sup>And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, +and killed him. <sup class="v">21:40</sup>When, therefore, the lord +of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? +<sup class="v">21:41</sup>They said to him, He will inflict on +those men a miserable death, and let out his vineyard to other +husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">21:42</sup>Jesus said to them, +Have you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders +rejected, the same has become the head of a corner? this is from +the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes? <sup class="v">21:43</sup>I +tell you, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from +you, and given to a nation yielding its fruits.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">21:45</sup>And the chief priests +and Pharisees hearing his parables, knew that he spoke of them; +<sup class="v">21:46</sup>and they sought to take him, but feared +the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XX.</h2> +<h3>THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING, AND QUESTIONS OF THE PHARISEES AND +SADDUCEES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">22:1</sup>AND Jesus answered and +spoke to them again in parables saying, <sup class= +"v">22:2</sup>The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made +a wedding for his son. <sup class="v">22:3</sup>And he sent his +servants to call the invited to the wedding, and they would not +come. <sup class="v">22:4</sup>Again he sent other servants, +saying, Tell the invited, Behold, I have prepared my supper, my +oxen and fatted creatures are killed, and all things are ready; +come to the wedding. <sup class="v">22:5</sup>But they neglected +it, and went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise; +<sup class="v">22:6</sup>and the rest took his servants and treated +them injuriously, and killed them. <sup class="v">22:7</sup>And the +king was angry, and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers, +and burnt up their city.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">22:8</sup>Then he said to his +servants, The wedding indeed is ready, but the invited were not +worthy. <sup class="v">22:9</sup>Go, therefore, to the crossings of +the ways, and invite all you find to the wedding. <sup class= +"v">22:10</sup>And those servants went out into the highways, and +collected all whom they found, both bad and good, and the wedding +was furnished with guests.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">22:11</sup>And the king coming in +to see the guests observed there a man who had not on a wedding +garment, <sup class="v">22:12</sup>and said to him, Friend, how +came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was +speechless. <sup class="v">22:13</sup>Then the king said to the +servants, Bind his feet and hands, and cast him into the darkness +outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <sup class= +"v">22:14</sup>For many are called, but few chosen.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">22:15</sup>Then the Pharisees +went and took counsel to ensnare him in his words. <sup class= +"v">22:16</sup>And they sent to him their disciples, with the +Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach +the way of God in truth, and care not for any man; for you regard +not the face of men. <sup class="v">22:17</sup>Tell us, therefore, +what you think; is it right to pay tribute to Cæsar or not? +<sup class="v">22:18</sup>Jesus knowing their wickedness, said, Why +do you hypocrites try me? <sup class="v">22:19</sup>Show me the +tribute money. And they brought him a denarius [14 cents]. +<sup class="v">22:20</sup>And he said to them, Whose is this image +and this inscription? <sup class="v">22:21</sup>They said to him, +Cæsar's. Then he said to them, Give therefore Cæsar's +dues to Cæsar, and God's to God. <sup class= +"v">22:22</sup>And hearing, they wondered, and went away and left +him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">22:23</sup>On that day the +Sadducees came to him, who say there is no resurrection, and asked +him, <sup class="v">22:24</sup>saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any +one dies having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and +raise up children for his brother. <sup class="v">22:25</sup>Now +there were with us seven brothers; and the first married, and died; +and having no children he left his wife to his brother; <sup class= +"v">22:26</sup>in like manner also the second, and third, till the +seventh; <sup class="v">22:27</sup>last of all the woman died also. +<sup class="v">22:28</sup>In the resurrection, therefore, whose +wife will she be of the seven? for they all had her. <sup class= +"v">22:29</sup>And Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not +knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. <sup class= +"v">22:30</sup>For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are +married, but are as angels in heaven. <sup class="v">22:31</sup>But +concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was +spoken to you by God, saying, <sup class="v">22:32</sup>I am the +God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is +not a God of the dead, but of the living. <sup class= +"v">22:33</sup>And the multitudes who heard were astonished at his +teaching.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">22:34</sup>And the Pharisees +hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, were assembled +together, <sup class="v">22:35</sup>and one of them, a lawyer, +asked him, to try him, <sup class="v">22:36</sup>Teacher, what is +the great commandment in the law? <sup class="v">22:37</sup>And he +said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, +and all your soul, and all your mind. <sup class= +"v">22:38</sup>This is the great and first commandment. <sup class= +"v">22:39</sup>And the second is like it, You shall love your +neighbor as yourself. <sup class="v">22:40</sup>On these two +commandments hang all the law and the prophets.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">22:41</sup>And the Pharisees +being assembled together, Jesus asked them, <sup class= +"v">22:42</sup>saying, What do you think of the Christ? whose son +is he? They said to him, David's. <sup class="v">22:43</sup>He said +to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying, +<sup class="v">22:44</sup>The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right +hand till I make your enemies your footstool? <sup class= +"v">22:45</sup>If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? +<sup class="v">22:46</sup>And no one was able to answer him a word, +neither dared any one after that day to question him farther.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST DENOUNCING THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">23:1</sup>THEN Jesus spoke to the +multitudes and his disciples, <sup class="v">23:2</sup>saying, The +scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. <sup class= +"v">23:3</sup>All things therefore which they tell you, do and +keep. But do not their works. For they say and do not, <sup class= +"v">23:4</sup>but bind heavy burdens and put them on the shoulders +of men, but will not move them with their finger. <sup class= +"v">23:5</sup>And they do all their works to be seen by men. For +they make broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes, +<sup class="v">23:6</sup>and love the first tables at feasts, and +the first seats in the synagogues, <sup class="v">23:7</sup>and +salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi. +<sup class="v">23:8</sup>But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is +your teacher, and you are all brothers. <sup class= +"v">23:9</sup>And call no man your father on the earth, for one is +your heavenly Father. <sup class="v">23:10</sup>Neither be called +leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ. <sup class= +"v">23:11</sup>But the greatest of you shall be your servant, +<sup class="v">23:12</sup>and whoever exalts himself shall be +humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">23:13</sup>But woe to you scribes +and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven +before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those +entering to go in. <sup class="v">23:15</sup>Woe to you scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass the sea and the dry land to +make one proselyte; and when he is gained you make him twice as +much a child of hell as yourselves. <sup class="v">23:16</sup>Woe +to you blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is +nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound. +<sup class="v">23:17</sup>Fools and blind! for which is greater, +the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold? <sup class= +"v">23:18</sup>If a man swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if +he swears by the gift which is on it, he is bound. <sup class= +"v">23:19</sup>Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or +the altar which sanctifies the gift? <sup class="v">23:20</sup>He +then that swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on +it; <sup class="v">23:21</sup>and he that swears by the temple, +swears by it, and by him that inhabits it; <sup class= +"v">23:22</sup>and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne +of God, and by him that sits on it.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">23:23</sup>Woe to you scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, +and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, +mercy, and faith. These you ought to do, and not neglect the +others. <sup class="v">23:24</sup>Blind guides! who strain out a +gnat and swallow down a camel. <sup class="v">23:25</sup>Woe to you +scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of +the cup and platter, but within they are full of plunder and +excess. <sup class="v">23:26</sup>Blind Pharisee! cleanse first +that which is in the cup and platter, that its outside may be clean +also. <sup class="v">23:27</sup>Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, +hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair +without, but within are full of the bones of the dead and of all +impurity. <sup class="v">23:28</sup>So also you on the outside +appear just to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and +wickedness. <sup class="v">23:29</sup>Woe to you scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and +adorn the tombs of the righteous, <sup class="v">23:30</sup>and +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. <sup class= +"v">23:31</sup>So that you testify to yourselves that you are +children of those who killed the prophets; <sup class= +"v">23:32</sup>and you have filled up the measure of your fathers. +<sup class="v">23:33</sup>Serpents, offspring of vipers! How can +you escape the judgment of hell?</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">23:34</sup>Therefore, behold, I +send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will +kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your +synagogues, and persecute from city to city; <sup class= +"v">23:35</sup>that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from +the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of +Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may +come upon you. <sup class="v">23:36</sup>I tell you truly, that all +these [crimes] shall come on this generation.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">23:37</sup>Jerusalem, Jerusalem, +killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often +would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her +brood under her wings, but you would not! <sup class= +"v">23:38</sup>Behold, your house is left to you desolate; +<sup class="v">23:39</sup>for I tell you that you shall not see me +henceforth, till you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of +the Lord!</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE +ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">24:1</sup>AND Jesus went out and +departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him to show him +the buildings of the temple. <sup class="v">24:2</sup>And he +answered and said to them, Do you not see all these things? I tell +you truly, there shall not be left here stone upon stone that shall +not be thrown down. <sup class="v">24:3</sup>And as he sat on the +Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell +us when these things shall be; and what shall be the sign of your +coming, and of the consummation of the world? <sup class= +"v">24:4</sup>And Jesus answered and said to them, See that no man +deceives you; <sup class="v">24:5</sup>for many shall come in my +name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many. <sup class= +"v">24:6</sup>And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see +that you be not terrified, for all things must be accomplished; but +the end is not yet. <sup class="v">24:7</sup>For nation shall rise +against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be +famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in different places; +<sup class="v">24:8</sup>but all these things are the beginning of +sorrows.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">24:9</sup>Then they shall deliver +you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all +nations on my account; <sup class="v">24:10</sup>and then many +shall be offended, and shall betray one another, and hate one +another; <sup class="v">24:11</sup>and many false prophets shall be +raised up and deceive many, <sup class="v">24:12</sup>and because +wickedness shall abound the love of the many shall become cold: +<sup class="v">24:13</sup>but he that endures to the end shall be +saved. <sup class="v">24:14</sup>And this good news of the kingdom +shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; +and then shall the end come.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">24:15</sup>When, therefore, you +see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, +standing in a holy place—let him that reads +understand,— <sup class="v">24:16</sup>then let those in +Judea flee to the mountains. <sup class="v">24:17</sup>Let not him +that is on his house come down to take the things from his house; +<sup class="v">24:18</sup>and let not him that is in the field +return back to take his clothes; <sup class="v">24:19</sup>and woe +to those with child and giving nurse in those days! <sup class= +"v">24:20</sup>But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, +nor on the Sabbath; <sup class="v">24:21</sup>for at that time +there shall be great affliction, such as has not been from the +beginning of the world even till now, nor ever shall be. +<sup class="v">24:22</sup>And unless those days were shortened no +flesh would be saved: but on account of the elect those days shall +be shortened.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">24:23</sup>Then if one says to +you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there! believe it not. +<sup class="v">24:24</sup>For false Christs and false prophets +shall be raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as +to deceive, if possible, even the elect. <sup class= +"v">24:25</sup>Behold, I have told you before. <sup class= +"v">24:26</sup>If, therefore, they say to you, Behold he is in the +wilderness, go not forth; Behold he is in private rooms, believe it +not. <sup class="v">24:27</sup>For as the lightning comes forth +from the East, and shines even to the West, so shall the coming of +the Son of man be. <sup class="v">24:28</sup>Wherever the dead body +is, there will the eagles be gathered together.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">24:29</sup>And immediately after +the affliction of those days the sun shall 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. <sup class= +"v">24:30</sup>And 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 on the clouds of heaven, with power +and great glory. <sup class="v">24:31</sup>And he shall send his +angels with a loud sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather his +elect from the four winds, from the one end of heaven to the +other.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">24:32</sup>But learn the parable +of the fig tree. When its branch is now green, and puts forth +leaves, you know that the summer is nigh. <sup class= +"v">24:33</sup>So also when you see all these things, know that +[the Son of man] is nigh, at the doors. <sup class="v">24:34</sup>I +tell you truly, that this generation shall not pass away till all +these things shall be accomplished. <sup class= +"v">24:35</sup>Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall +not pass away.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">24:36</sup>But of that day and +hour no man knows, nor the angels of heaven; but my Father only. +<sup class="v">24:37</sup>And as the days of Noah, so shall the +coming of the Son of man be. <sup class="v">24:38</sup>For as in +the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying +and giving in marriage, till the day that Noah entered the ark, +<sup class="v">24:39</sup>and knew not till the flood came and took +them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. +<sup class="v">24:40</sup>Then two shall be in the field; one is +taken and the other left. <sup class="v">24:41</sup>Two women shall +be grinding at the mill; one is taken and the other left.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">24:42</sup>Watch, therefore, for +you know not on what day your Lord comes, <sup class= +"v">24:43</sup>But know this, that if the householder had known in +what watch the thief comes, he would have watched, and not have +suffered his house to be broken into. <sup class= +"v">24:44</sup>Therefore be you also ready, for in such an hour as +you think not the Son of man comes. <sup class="v">24:45</sup>Who +then is the faithful and wise servant whom the Lord has placed over +his family to give them food in due season? <sup class= +"v">24:46</sup>Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he +comes, shall find so doing. <sup class="v">24:47</sup>I tell you +truly, that he will place him over all his estates.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">24:48</sup>But if that evil +servant says in his heart, My Lord delays his coming, <sup class= +"v">24:49</sup>and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eats and +drinks with drunkards, <sup class="v">24:50</sup>the Lord of that +servant will come on a day when he looks not for him, and at an +hour that he knows not of, <sup class="v">24:51</sup>and will +punish him with the utmost severity, and appoint his portion with +hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">25:1</sup>Then the kingdom of +heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their own lamps and +went out to meet the bridegroom; <sup class="v">25:2</sup>and five +of them were foolish, and five wise. <sup class="v">25:3</sup>The +foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them; <sup class= +"v">25:4</sup>but the wise took oil in the vessels with their +lamps. <sup class="v">25:5</sup>And while the bridegroom delayed, +all slumbered and slept; <sup class="v">25:6</sup>but at midnight +there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom; go out to meet him. +<sup class="v">25:7</sup>Then all those virgins arose and trimmed +their own lamps. <sup class="v">25:8</sup>And the foolish said to +the wise, Give us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out. +<sup class="v">25:9</sup>But the wise answered, saying, [No]; lest +there be not enough for us and you; go rather to those that sell, +and buy for yourselves. <sup class="v">25:10</sup>And while they +went to buy the bridegroom came; and the ready went in with him to +the wedding, and the door was shut. <sup class="v">25:11</sup>And +afterwards the other virgins came, and said, Lord, Lord, open to +us. <sup class="v">25:12</sup>But he answered and said, I tell you +truly I know you not. <sup class="v">25:13</sup>Watch, therefore, +for you know not the day nor the hour.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">25:14</sup>For, as a man going +abroad called his servants, and delivered to them his estates; +<sup class="v">25:15</sup>to one he gave five talents [$5,000], to +another two [$2,000], and to another one [$1,000]; to each +according to his ability, and immediately went abroad. <sup class= +"v">25:16</sup>And he that received the five talents went and +traded with them, and made other five; <sup class="v">25:17</sup>in +like manner, also, he that received the two gained two others; +<sup class="v">25:18</sup>but he that received the one went away +and dug in the earth and hid his lord's money. <sup class= +"v">25:19</sup>And after a long time the lord of those servants +came, and had a settlement with them. <sup class="v">25:20</sup>And +he that received the five talents came and brought five other +talents, saying, Lord, you committed to me five talents; behold, I +have gained five other talents. <sup class="v">25:21</sup>His lord +said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been +faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: enter +into the joy of your lord. <sup class="v">25:22</sup>And he that +received the two talents also came to him and said, Lord, you +committed to me two talents; behold, I have gained two others. +<sup class="v">25:23</sup>His Lord said to him, Well done, good and +faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I +will place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">25:24</sup>And he that received +the one talent also came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a +hard man, reaping where you have not sowed, and gathering where you +have not scattered, <sup class="v">25:25</sup>and being afraid I +went away and hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have what +is yours. <sup class="v">25:26</sup>And his Lord answered and said +to him, Evil and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I +have not sowed, and gather whence I have not scattered? <sup class= +"v">25:27</sup>And you ought then to have given my money to the +brokers, and at my coming, I should have received my own with +interest. <sup class="v">25:28</sup>Take his talent, therefore, +from him, and give it to him that has ten talents; <sup class= +"v">25:29</sup>for to every one that has shall be given, and he +shall have an abundance; but from him that has not, even what he +has shall be taken away; <sup class="v">25:30</sup>and cast the +unprofitable servant into the darkness outside; there shall be +weeping and gnashing of the teeth.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">25:31</sup>But when the Son of +man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he +sit on the throne of his glory, <sup class="v">25:32</sup>and all +the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate +them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the +goats; <sup class="v">25:33</sup>and he shall place the sheep on +his right hand, and the goats on his left.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">25:34</sup>Then shall the king +say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit +the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; +<sup class="v">25:35</sup>for I was hungry and you gave me food; I +was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me +in; <sup class="v">25:36</sup>naked and you clothed me; I was sick +and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me. +<sup class="v">25:37</sup>Then shall the righteous answer him, +saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? or thirsty, +and give you drink? <sup class="v">25:38</sup>when did we see you a +stranger, and take you in? or naked, and clothe you? <sup class= +"v">25:39</sup>when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to +you? <sup class="v">25:40</sup>And the king shall answer and say to +them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of +the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.</p> +<p class="pin">15 <sup class="v">25:41</sup>Then shall he say to +those on his left hand, Depart from me accursed, into the eternal +fire prepared for the devil and his angels. <sup class= +"v">25:42</sup>For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was +thirsty and you gave me no drink; <sup class="v">25:43</sup>a +stranger, and you took me not in; sick and in prison and you +visited me not. <sup class="v">25:44</sup>Then shall they also +answer and say, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a +stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you? +<sup class="v">25:45</sup>Then he shall answer them saying, I tell +you truly, that inasmuch as you have not done it to one of the +least of these my brothers, you have not done it to me. <sup class= +"v">25:46</sup>And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but +the righteous into life eternal.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S SUPPER, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">26:1</sup>WHEN Jesus had finished +all these words he said to his disciples, <sup class= +"v">26:2</sup>You know that after two days is the passover, and the +Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. <sup class= +"v">26:3</sup>Then the chief priests and the elders of the people +were assembled in the court of the chief priest, who was called +Caiaphas, <sup class="v">26:4</sup>and they took counsel to seize +Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. <sup class="v">26:5</sup>But they +said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the +people.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">26:6</sup>And Jesus being at +Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, <sup class= +"v">26:7</sup>a woman came to him having a vase of very costly +ointment, and poured it on his head, as he reclined. <sup class= +"v">26:8</sup>And his disciples seeing it were displeased, and +said, Why is this waste? <sup class="v">26:9</sup>This could have +been sold for much and given to the poor. <sup class= +"v">26:10</sup>But Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why do you +trouble the woman? for she has done a good work for me; <sup class= +"v">26:11</sup>for the poor you always have with you, but me you +have not always. <sup class="v">26:12</sup>For in putting this +ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. +<sup class="v">26:13</sup>I tell you truly, that wherever this good +news is preached in all the word, what this woman has done shall be +told for a memorial of her.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">26:14</sup>Then went one of the +twelve called Judas Iscariot to the chief priests, <sup class= +"v">26:15</sup>and said, What will you give me to deliver him to +you? And they gave him thirty [shekels] of silver [$16.80]. +<sup class="v">26:16</sup>And from that time he sought a good +opportunity to deliver him up. <sup class="v">26:17</sup>And on the +first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, +Where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the passover? +<sup class="v">26:18</sup>And he said, Go into the city to such a +one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will +keep the passover with you, together with my disciples. <sup class= +"v">26:19</sup>And the disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and +prepared the passover; <sup class="v">26:20</sup>and when it was +evening he reclined with the twelve. <sup class="v">26:21</sup>And +as they were eating, he said, I tell you truly, that one of you +will betray me. <sup class="v">26:22</sup>And being grieved +exceedingly, they each one began to say to him, Lord, is it I? +<sup class="v">26:23</sup>But he answered and said, He that dips +his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me. <sup class= +"v">26:24</sup>The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him, +but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would be +good for him if that man had not been born. <sup class= +"v">26:25</sup>And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is +it I, Rabbi? He said to him, As you say.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">26:26</sup>And as they were +eating Jesus took the bread, and having blessed, broke and gave to +the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. <sup class= +"v">26:27</sup>And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to +them, saying, Drink you all of it; <sup class="v">26:28</sup>this +is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for +the forgiveness of sins. <sup class="v">26:29</sup>And I tell you +that I will not drink henceforth of this product of the vine, till +that day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father. +<sup class="v">26:30</sup>And having sung a hymn they went out to +the Mount of Olives.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">26:31</sup>Then Jesus said to +them, You will all be offended with me this night; for it is +written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock +shall be scattered; <sup class="v">26:32</sup>but after I have +risen I will go before you into Galilee. <sup class= +"v">26:33</sup>And Peter answered and said to him, If all men shall +be offended with you, I will not. <sup class="v">26:34</sup>Jesus +said to him, I tell you truly, that this night, before the cock +crows, you will deny me thrice. <sup class="v">26:35</sup>Peter +said to him, If it should be necessary for me to die with you, I +will by no means deny you. And all the disciples said the same.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE, AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">26:36</sup>THEN Jesus went with +them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, Sit +here, till I go and pray there. <sup class="v">26:37</sup>And +taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful +and dejected. <sup class="v">26:38</sup>Then he said to them, My +soul is sorrowful even to death; remain here and watch with me. +<sup class="v">26:39</sup>And going forward a little, he fell on +his face, and prayed and said, My Father, if it is possible let +this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou wilt. +<sup class="v">26:40</sup>And he came to the disciples and found +them sleeping, and said to Peter, Are you so unable to watch with +me one hour? <sup class="v">26:41</sup>Watch and pray that you +enter not into trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh +is weak.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">26:42</sup>Going away again a +second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup cannot pass +from me unless I drink it, thy will be done. <sup class= +"v">26:43</sup>And he came and found them sleeping again, for their +eyes were heavy. <sup class="v">26:44</sup>And leaving them, again +he went away and prayed, saying the same words. <sup class= +"v">26:45</sup>Then he came to the disciples and said to them, Do +you sleep still and take your rest? Behold the hour is at hand, and +the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners. <sup class= +"v">26:46</sup>Arise, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at +hand.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">26:47</sup>And while he was yet +speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a +great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and +elders of the people. <sup class="v">26:48</sup>And he that +betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, The one that I shall kiss is +he; take him. <sup class="v">26:49</sup>And immediately coming +forward to Jesus, he said, Hail, Rabbi, and kissed him. <sup class= +"v">26:50</sup>But Jesus said to him, Comrade, for what have you +come? Then they came forward, and laid hands on Jesus, and took +him. <sup class="v">26:51</sup>And behold, one of those with Jesus, +stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the servant +of the chief priest cut off his ear. <sup class="v">26:52</sup>Then +Jesus said to him, Put up your sword in its place; for all who take +the sword shall perish by the sword. <sup class="v">26:53</sup>Do +you think that I could not ask my Father, and he would furnish me +more than twelve legions of angels? <sup class="v">26:54</sup>How +then would the Scriptures be accomplished, that it must be so?</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">26:55</sup>At that time Jesus +said to the multitudes, Have you come out as against a robber, with +swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily teaching in the temple, +and you did not take me; <sup class="v">26:56</sup>but all this was +done that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the +disciples all forsook him and fled. <sup class="v">26:57</sup>And +having taken Jesus, they led him away to Caiaphas, the chief +priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled. <sup class= +"v">26:58</sup>But Peter followed him at a distance, even to the +court of the chief priest, and going in sat with the officers to +see the end.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">26:59</sup>And the chief priests +and all the sanhedrim sought false testimony against Jesus to kill +him, <sup class="v">26:60</sup>and did not find it, though many +false witnesses came forward. But afterwards, two coming forward +<sup class="v">26:61</sup>said, This man said, I can destroy the +temple of God and build it in three days. <sup class= +"v">26:62</sup>And the chief priest rising up said to him, Do you +answer nothing? What do these testify against you? <sup class= +"v">26:63</sup>But Jesus was silent. And the chief priest +answering, said to him, I adjure you, by the living God, to tell me +if you are the Christ, the Son of God. <sup class= +"v">26:64</sup>Jesus said to him, As you say; but I tell you that +hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of +the power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">26:65</sup>Then the chief priest +rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed; what further need have +we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy. +<sup class="v">26:66</sup>What do you think? And they answered and +said, He is worthy of death. <sup class="v">26:67</sup>Then they +spit in his face, and struck him with their fists, and some struck +him with the palms of their hands, <sup class= +"v">26:68</sup>saying, Prophesy to us, Christ, who is it that +struck you?</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">26:69</sup>But Peter sat without +in the court; and a female servant came to him, saying, You also +were with Jesus the Galilean. <sup class="v">26:70</sup>But he +denied it before all, saying, I know not what you say. <sup class= +"v">26:71</sup>And going out into the porch, another [female +servant] saw him, and said to those there, This man was also with +Jesus the Nazoraean. <sup class="v">26:72</sup>And again he denied +with an oath, saying, I know not the man. <sup class= +"v">26:73</sup>But after a little while those standing by came +forward, and said to Peter, Certainly you are also one of them, for +your speech makes you manifest. <sup class="v">26:74</sup>Then he +began to curse and swear, saying, I know not the man. And +immediately a cock crew; <sup class="v">26:75</sup>and Peter +remembered the word of Jesus, who said, Before a cock crows you +will deny me thrice; and he went out and wept bitterly.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">27:1</sup>AND when it was morning +all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel +against Jesus to kill him. <sup class="v">27:2</sup>And having +bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, +the procurator. <sup class="v">27:3</sup>Then Judas, who betrayed +him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting, returned the thirty +shekels of silver [$16.80] to the chief priests and elders, +<sup class="v">27:4</sup>saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent +blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it. +<sup class="v">27:5</sup>And throwing down the silver in the temple +he departed; and having gone away strangled himself.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">27:6</sup>And the chief priests +taking the silver said, It is not lawful to put it into the +treasury, because it is the price of blood. <sup class= +"v">27:7</sup>And taking counsel, they bought with it the potter's +field for a burying place for strangers. <sup class= +"v">27:8</sup>For this reason, the field is called a field of blood +to this day. <sup class="v">27:9</sup>Then was fulfilled the word +spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; And they took the thirty +shekels of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom [men] +from the sons of Israel set a price upon, <sup class= +"v">27:10</sup>and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord +commanded me.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">27:11</sup>And Jesus stood before +the procurator; and the procurator asked him, saying, Are you the +king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, As you say. <sup class= +"v">27:12</sup>And when he was accused by the chief priests and +elders he answered nothing. <sup class="v">27:13</sup>Then Pilate +said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against +you? <sup class="v">27:14</sup>And he answered him not a word; so +that the procurator wondered greatly.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">27:15</sup>And at the feast the +procurator was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, +whom they chose; <sup class="v">27:16</sup>and he then had a noted +prisoner called Barabbas. <sup class="v">27:17</sup>When, +therefore, they were assembled together, Pilate said to them, Which +do you wish me to release to you? Barabbas? or Jesus, called +Christ? <sup class="v">27:18</sup>For he knew that they had +delivered him up from envy. <sup class="v">27:19</sup>And as he sat +on the tribunal his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do +with that just man, for I have suffered much to-day on his account, +from a dream.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">27:20</sup>But the chief priests +and elders persuaded the people to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy +Jesus. <sup class="v">27:21</sup>And the procurator answered and +said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release to you? +And they said, Barabbas. <sup class="v">27:22</sup>Pilate said to +them, What then shall I do to Jesus, called Christ? They all said, +Let him be crucified. <sup class="v">27:23</sup>But he said, [No]; +for what evil has he done? And they cried more vehemently, saying, +Let him be crucified.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">27:24</sup>And Pilate seeing that +he accomplished nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, took +water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am +innocent of the blood of this man; see you to it. <sup class= +"v">27:25</sup>And all the people answered and said, His blood be +upon us and upon our children. <sup class="v">27:26</sup>Then he +released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus delivered him +up to be crucified.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXVI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DEATH AND BURIAL.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">27:27</sup>THEN the soldiers of +the procurator taking Jesus to the Prætorium assembled about +him the whole cohort, <sup class="v">27:28</sup>and stripped him, +and put on him a crimson cloak, <sup class="v">27:29</sup>and +making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his +right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, +Hail, King of the Jews! <sup class="v">27:30</sup>And they spit on +him, and took the reed and beat him on his head. <sup class= +"v">27:31</sup>And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak +off from him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to +crucify him.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">27:32</sup>And going out, they +found a Cyrenian by the name of Simon, whom they compelled to bear +his cross. <sup class="v">27:33</sup>And coming to a place called +Golgotha, which is called A place of a cranium, <sup class= +"v">27:34</sup>they gave him vinegar to drink mixed with gall; and +when he had tasted of it he would not drink.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">27:35</sup>And having crucified +him, they parted his garments, casting lots, <sup class= +"v">27:36</sup>and sat down and watched him there. <sup class= +"v">27:37</sup>And they put over his head his accusation, written; +THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. <sup class="v">27:38</sup>Then +two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right hand, and the +other on the left.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">27:39</sup>And those who went by +blasphemed him, wagging their heads, <sup class="v">27:40</sup>and +saying, You that destroy the temple and build it in three days, +save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. +<sup class="v">27:41</sup>And the chief priests in like manner also +mocked him, with the scribes and elders, and said, <sup class= +"v">27:42</sup>He saved others, himself he cannot save. If he is +the king of Israel let him come down now from the cross, and we +will believe on him; <sup class="v">27:43</sup>he trusted in God; +let him deliver him if he wishes for him; for he said, I am a Son +of God. <sup class="v">27:44</sup>The robbers also that were +crucified with him did the same, and reproached him. <sup class= +"v">27:45</sup>And from the sixth hour there was darkness on all +the land till the ninth hour; <sup class="v">27:46</sup>and at +about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, +Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou +forsaken me? <sup class="v">27:47</sup>And some of those standing +there hearing him, said, He calls for Elijah. <sup class= +"v">27:48</sup>And one of them ran immediately to him, and took a +sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and putting it on a reed gave +it to him to drink. <sup class="v">27:49</sup>But the rest said, +Let him alone; let us see if Elijah will come and save him. +<sup class="v">27:50</sup>And Jesus crying again with a loud voice, +gave up the spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">27:51</sup>And behold, the vail +of the temple was rent in two, from top to bottom, and the earth +was shaken, and the rocks rent, <sup class="v">27:52</sup>and the +tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints that slept arose, +<sup class="v">27:53</sup>and going out of the tombs, after his +resurrection entered into the holy city, and appeared to many.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">27:54</sup>And the centurion and +those with him watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and the +[other] events which occurred, were greatly afraid, and said, +Certainly, this was a Son of God. <sup class="v">27:55</sup>And +there were many women there, beholding from afar, who had followed +Jesus from Galilee, to wait upon him; <sup class= +"v">27:56</sup>among whom were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the +mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of +Zebedee.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">27:57</sup>And when it was +evening a rich man came from Arimathea, by the name of Joseph, who +himself also was a disciple of Jesus; <sup class= +"v">27:58</sup>this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of +Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given him; <sup class= +"v">27:59</sup>and Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in clean +linen, <sup class="v">27:60</sup>and placed it in a new tomb of his +which he had excavated in a rock, and having rolled a great stone +to the door of the tomb he went away; <sup class="v">27:61</sup>and +Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite +to the tomb.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXVII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">27:62</sup>AND on the next day, +which is after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees +were assembled together to Pilate, <sup class="v">27:63</sup>and +said, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said when he was yet +alive, After three days I will rise. <sup class= +"v">27:64</sup>Command, therefore, the tomb to be made safe till +the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him, and +say to the people, He is raised from the dead, and the last error +be worse than the first. <sup class="v">27:65</sup>Pilate said to +them, You have a guard; go and make it as safe as you can. +<sup class="v">27:66</sup>And they went and made the tomb safe with +a guard, having sealed the stone.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">28:1</sup>And after the sabbath, +when it began to dawn on the first day of the week, came Mary the +Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the tomb. <sup class= +"v">28:2</sup>And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an +angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the +stone and sat upon it. <sup class="v">28:3</sup>And his appearance +was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow; <sup class= +"v">28:4</sup>and from fear of him the keepers shook and became +like dead men. <sup class="v">28:5</sup>And the angel answered and +said to the women, Fear not, for I know that you seek Jesus the +crucified. <sup class="v">28:6</sup>He is not here, for he is +raised, as he said. Come and see the place where the Lord lay, +<sup class="v">28:7</sup>and go immediately and tell his disciples +that he is raised from the dead; and behold, he will go before you +into Galilee; there shall you see him. Behold, I have told you. +<sup class="v">28:8</sup>And going out immediately from the tomb +with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">28:9</sup>And behold, Jesus also +met them, saying, Hail! And they approached him, and took hold of +his feet, and worshipped him. <sup class="v">28:10</sup>Then Jesus +said to them, Fear not; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, +and there they shall see me. <sup class="v">28:11</sup>And as they +went, behold, some of the guard came into the city and told the +chief priests all the things which had happened. <sup class= +"v">28:12</sup>And being assembled with the elders, and taking +counsel, they gave large sums of money to the soldiers, <sup class= +"v">28:13</sup>saying, Say that his disciples came by night and +stole him while we slept; <sup class="v">28:14</sup>and if this is +heard of by the procurator we will satisfy him and secure you. +<sup class="v">28:15</sup>And they took the silver and did as they +were told; and this report is circulated among the Jews to this +day.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">28:16</sup>And the eleven +disciples went to Galilee on the mountain where Jesus had appointed +them; <sup class="v">28:17</sup>and they saw and worshipped him; +but some doubted. <sup class="v">28:18</sup>And Jesus coming near +spoke to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and on the +earth; <sup class="v">28:19</sup>go and disciple all nations, +baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of +the Holy Spirit; <sup class="v">28:20</sup>teaching them to keep +all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you +always till the consummation of the world.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b41">THE GOSPEL OF + MARK.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, HIS +TEMPTATIONS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS MINISTRY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>THE beginning of the +good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, <sup class= +"v">1:2</sup>as it is written in Isaiah the prophet; Behold, I send +my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way. +<sup class="v">1:3</sup>A voice of one crying in the wilderness, +Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:4</sup>John baptized in the +wilderness, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the +forgiveness of sins. <sup class="v">1:5</sup>And all the country of +Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were +baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:6</sup>And John was clothed +with camel's hairs and a leather girdle about his loins, and he eat +locusts and wild honey, <sup class="v">1:7</sup>and preached, +saying, After me comes one mightier than I, the strings of whose +shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie; <sup class= +"v">1:8</sup>I have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize +you with the Holy Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:9</sup>In those days came Jesus +from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized in the Jordan by John; +<sup class="v">1:10</sup>and going up immediately out of the water, +he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a dove upon +him; <sup class="v">1:11</sup>and there was a voice from heaven, +You are my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. <sup class= +"v">1:12</sup>And the Spirit immediately drove him into the +wilderness, <sup class="v">1:13</sup>and he was in the wilderness +forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the beasts; and the +angels waited on him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:14</sup>And after John was +delivered up Jesus came into Galilee preaching the good news of +God, <sup class="v">1:15</sup>saying, The time is completed, and +the kingdom of God is at hand; change your minds and believe in the +good news. <sup class="v">1:16</sup>And passing along by the lake +of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a +net] into the lake, for they were fishermen. <sup class= +"v">1:17</sup>And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will +make you fishermen of men. <sup class="v">1:18</sup>And immediately +leaving their nets they followed him. <sup class="v">1:19</sup>And +proceeding a little further on he saw James the son of Zebedee, and +John his brother; and they were in the ship mending the nets; +<sup class="v">1:20</sup>and he immediately called them. And +leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired men, they +went away after him.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">1:21</sup>And they entered into +Capernaum, and immediately on the sabbath he taught in the +synagogues. <sup class="v">1:22</sup>And they were astonished at +his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as +the scribes.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">1:23</sup>And immediately there +was in their synagogue a man with an impure spirit, and he cried +out, <sup class="v">1:24</sup>saying, What have you to do with us, +Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you +are, the holy [Son] of God! <sup class="v">1:25</sup>And Jesus +rebuked him saying, Be still, and come out of him. <sup class= +"v">1:26</sup>And the impure spirit affecting him with convulsions, +and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. <sup class= +"v">1:27</sup>And all were astonished, so that they inquired among +themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching with authority, +and does he command the impure spirits and they obey him? +<sup class="v">1:28</sup>And his fame went out immediately into all +the country about Galilee.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">1:29</sup>And going immediately +out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew +with James and John; <sup class="v">1:30</sup>and Simon's +mother-in-law was lying with a fever; and immediately they told him +of her. <sup class="v">1:31</sup>And coming, he took her by the +hand, and raised her up, and the fever immediately left her, and +she waited on them.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">1:32</sup>And at evening when the +sun went down they brought to him all that were sick, and the +demoniacs; <sup class="v">1:33</sup>and the whole city was +assembled at the door. <sup class="v">1:34</sup>And he healed many +that were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons, and +suffered not the demons to say that they knew him.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">1:35</sup>And in the morning +while it was quite dark he arose and went out, and departed to a +solitary place, and there prayed. <sup class="v">1:36</sup>And +Simon and those with him followed him, <sup class="v">1:37</sup>and +said to him, All men seek you. <sup class="v">1:38</sup>And he said +to them, Let us go elsewhere to the adjoining villages to preach +there; because for this purpose have I come. <sup class= +"v">1:39</sup>And he preached in their synagogues in all Galilee, +and cast out demons.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">1:40</sup>And a leper came to +him beseeching him, saying to him, If you will, you can cleanse me. +<sup class="v">1:41</sup>And having compassion on him, he stretched +out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I will; be cleansed. +<sup class="v">1:42</sup>And the leprosy immediately left him, and +he was cleansed. <sup class="v">1:43</sup>And giving him a strict +charge, he immediately sent him away, <sup class="v">1:44</sup>and +said to him, See that you say nothing to any one, but go and show +yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses +commanded, for a testimony to them. <sup class="v">1:45</sup>And +going out he spread and published abroad the report, to such an +extent that he [Jesus] could no longer go openly into a city, but +was without in solitary places; and they came to him from every +quarter.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST FORGIVING SINS, EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, AND +HIS DOCTRINE OF FASTING, OF THE SABBATH, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>AND entering again into +Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was in the +house. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>And many came together immediately, +so that there was no room, not even in the places about the door; +and he spoke to them the word. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>And they +came to him bringing a paralytic, borne by four; <sup class= +"v">2:4</sup>and not being able to approach him on account of the +multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having made an +opening let down the bed on which the paralytic was laid. +<sup class="v">2:5</sup>And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the +paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:6</sup>And some of the scribes +were sitting there, and reasoned in their minds, <sup class= +"v">2:7</sup>Why does this man speak so? he blasphemes. Who can +forgive sins but God alone? <sup class="v">2:8</sup>And Jesus +immediately knowing in his spirit that they so reasoned within +themselves, said to them, Why do you reason in your minds? +<sup class="v">2:9</sup>in what respect is it easier to say to the +paralytic, Your sins are forgiven you, than to say, Arise, take up +your bed and walk? <sup class="v">2:10</sup>But that you may know +that the Son of man has power to forgive sins on the earth, he said +to the paralytic, <sup class="v">2:11</sup>I tell you, arise, take +your bed and go to your house. <sup class="v">2:12</sup>And he was +raised up and immediately taking his bed he went away before all; +so that all were astonished, and glorified God, saying, We never +saw the like.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:13</sup>And he went out again +by the lake, and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. +<sup class="v">2:14</sup>And passing by he saw Levi, the son of +Alpheus, sitting at the custom house, and said to him, Follow me; +and he arose and followed him. <sup class="v">2:15</sup>And he was +reclining in his house, and many publicans and sinners also +reclined with Jesus and his disciples, for many also followed him. +<sup class="v">2:16</sup>And the scribes and Pharisees seeing him +eating with sinners and publicans, said to his disciples, Why does +he eat and drink with sinners and publicans? <sup class= +"v">2:17</sup>And Jesus hearing it, said to them, The well need not +a physician, but the ill; I came not to call the righteous, but +sinners.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:18</sup>And the disciples of +John and of the Pharisees fasted. And they came and said to him, +Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees +fast, and your disciples fast not? <sup class="v">2:19</sup>And +Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast as long +as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom +with them, they cannot fast, <sup class="v">2:20</sup>but days will +come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they +shall fast at that time. <sup class="v">2:21</sup>No one sews a +piece of undressed cloth on an old garment; if he does the new +piece takes away its fullness from the old, and the rent is made +worse. <sup class="v">2:22</sup>And no one puts new wine into old +bottles; if he does the wine breaks the bottles, and the wine and +the bottles are destroyed.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:23</sup>And he was passing on +the sabbath through the grain fields, and his disciples began to +make their way, picking heads of grain. <sup class= +"v">2:24</sup>And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on +the sabbath, which it is not lawful to do. <sup class= +"v">2:25</sup>And he said to them, Have you never read what David +did, when he had need, and was hungry? both he and those with him? +<sup class="v">2:26</sup>How he entered into the house of God under +Abiathar the chief priest, and eat the show bread, which it was not +lawful to eat, except for the priests, and gave also to them that +were with him? <sup class="v">2:27</sup>And he said to them, The +sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath; <sup class= +"v">2:28</sup>so that the Son of man is Lord even of the +sabbath.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>And he entered again +into the synagogue, and there was a man there having a withered +hand. <sup class="v">3:2</sup>And they watched him [to see] if he +would cure him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>And he said to the man having the withered +hand, Arise in the midst. <sup class="v">3:4</sup>And he said to +them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to +save life, or to kill? And they were silent. <sup class= +"v">3:5</sup>And looking around on them in anger, being grieved at +the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your +hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. +<sup class="v">3:6</sup>And the Pharisees went out immediately with +the Herodians, and took counsel against him to kill him.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>And Jesus went away with +his disciples to the lake; and a great multitude followed him from +Galilee, <sup class="v">3:8</sup>and from Jerusalem, and from +Judea, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan. And those about Tyre +and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what he did, came to him. +<sup class="v">3:9</sup>And he told his disciples to have a boat +constantly attend him on account of the multitude, that they might +not throng him. <sup class="v">3:10</sup>For he cured many, so that +all who had diseases fell down before him, that they might touch +him; <sup class="v">3:11</sup>and the impure spirits when they saw +him fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of +God. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>And he strictly charged them not to +make him known.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CALLING THE TWELVE APOSTLES, THE CHARACTER OF HIS +MIRACLES, ETC., AND HIS LOVE FOR HIS DISCIPLES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:13</sup>AND he went up on the +mountain, and called whom he would; and they went to him. +<sup class="v">3:14</sup>And he appointed twelve, that they should +be with him, and that he might send them out to preach, <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>and have power to cast out demons. <sup class= +"v">3:16</sup>And he gave to Simon the name of Peter. [He appointed +him], <sup class="v">3:17</sup>and James the son of Zebedee, and +John the brother of James—and he gave them the names of +Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder— <sup class= +"v">3:18</sup>and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, +and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon +the Zealot, <sup class="v">3:19</sup>and Judas Iscariot, who also +betrayed him. And they came into a house, <sup class= +"v">3:20</sup>and again a multitude came together, so that they +could not eat bread. <sup class="v">3:21</sup>And those with him +hearing of it, went out to take him; for they said, He is beside +himself.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:22</sup>And the scribes coming +down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebul, and casts out demons by +the ruler of demons. <sup class="v">3:23</sup>And calling them, he +said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? <sup class= +"v">3:24</sup>And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that +kingdom cannot stand; <sup class="v">3:25</sup>and if a house is +divided against itself, that house cannot stand; <sup class= +"v">3:26</sup>and if Satan has risen up against himself, and is +divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. <sup class= +"v">3:27</sup>But no one can enter into the house of a strong man, +and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and +then he will plunder his house. <sup class="v">3:28</sup>I tell you +truly, That all sins and blasphemies with which they blaspheme +shall be forgiven the children of men; <sup class="v">3:29</sup>but +whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall never have +forgiveness, but is the subject of an eternal mistake; <sup class= +"v">3:30</sup>because they said, He has an impure spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:31</sup>Then came his brothers +and his mother, and standing without, sent to him to call him. +<sup class="v">3:32</sup>And a multitude sat around him. And they +said to him, Behold your mother, and your brothers, and your +sisters seek you without. <sup class="v">3:33</sup>And he answered +them and said, Who is my mother, or my brothers? <sup class= +"v">3:34</sup>And looking round on those sitting about him, he +said, Behold my mother, and my brothers! <sup class= +"v">3:35</sup>Whoever shall do the will of God, this is my brother, +and sister, and mother.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S PARABLES BY THE LAKE, AND HIS STILLING A TEMPEST.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>AND again he taught by +the lake; and a very great multitude came together to him, so that +entering into a ship he sat on the lake, and all the multitude were +by the lake on the land. <sup class="v">4:2</sup>And he taught them +many things in parables, and said to them, in his teaching, +<sup class="v">4:3</sup>Hear! behold a sower went out to sow; +<sup class="v">4:4</sup>and in sowing, some fell on the way, and +the birds came and devoured it. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>And some +fell on a rocky place, where it had not much earth, and it came up +immediately, because it had no depth of earth; <sup class= +"v">4:6</sup>and when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it +had no root it was dried up. <sup class="v">4:7</sup>And some fell +among thorns; and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded +no fruit. <sup class="v">4:8</sup>And some fell on good ground, and +produced fruit, growing up and increasing, and bore one thirty, one +sixty, and one a hundred. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>And he said, He +that has ears, let him hear.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:10</sup>And when he was alone, +those about him, with the twelve, asked him the parable. +<sup class="v">4:11</sup>And he said to them, To you is given the +mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those without all things are +in parables; <sup class="v">4:12</sup>that seeing they may see, and +not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand, lest +at any time they should turn, and be forgiven. <sup class= +"v">4:13</sup>And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? +How then will you know all parables?</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:14</sup>The sower sows the +word. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>And these are those where the word +is sown by the way; and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and +takes away the word which was sown upon them. <sup class= +"v">4:16</sup>And these in like manner are those sown on the rocky +places; when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with +joy, <sup class="v">4:17</sup>and have no root in themselves, but +are temporary [disciples]. Then, when affliction or persecution +occurs on account of the word, they are immediately offended. +<sup class="v">4:18</sup>And those sown among thorns are different. +They are those who hear the word, <sup class="v">4:19</sup>and the +cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of +other things coming in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. +<sup class="v">4:20</sup>And these are those sown in good ground, +who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and +one sixty, and one a hundred.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:21</sup>And he said to them, +Does a light come to be put under a modius [1.916 gallon measure], +or under a bed? and not to be put in a candlestick? <sup class= +"v">4:22</sup>For there is nothing hid that shall not be made +manifest, nor any thing concealed that shall not come to light. +<sup class="v">4:23</sup>If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. +<sup class="v">4:24</sup>And he said to them, Consider what you +hear. With what measure you measure it shall be measured to you, +and more shall be given you. <sup class="v">4:25</sup>For whoever +has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him even what +he has shall be taken away.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:26</sup>And he said, So is the +kingdom of God as a man casts the seeds into the earth, <sup class= +"v">4:27</sup>and sleeps and wakes, night and day, and the seed +germinates, and grows he knows not how. <sup class= +"v">4:28</sup>The earth produces spontaneously, first the stalk, +then the head, then the full wheat in the head. <sup class= +"v">4:29</sup>And when the wheat delivers itself, he immediately +sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come. <sup class= +"v">4:30</sup>And he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of +God? or with what parable shall I present it? <sup class= +"v">4:31</sup>It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the +earth is the least of all seeds on the earth; <sup class= +"v">4:32</sup>but when sown, it comes up, and becomes the greatest +of all plants, and produces great branches, so that the birds of +heaven can dwell under its shade. <sup class="v">4:33</sup>And with +many such parables spoke he the word to them as they could hear; +<sup class="v">4:34</sup>but without a parable spoke he not to +them; and, privately, he explained all things to his disciples.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:35</sup>And on that day, when +it was evening, he said to them, Let us cross over to the other +side. <sup class="v">4:36</sup>And dismissing the multitude, they +took him as he was in the ship; and other ships also were with him. +<sup class="v">4:37</sup>And there was a great tempest of wind, and +the waves beat over the ship, so that the ship was already filled. +<sup class="v">4:38</sup>And he was in the stern, on the pillow, +asleep. And they awoke him and said to him, Teacher, do you not +care that we perish? <sup class="v">4:39</sup>And he arose, and +rebuked the wind, and said to the lake, Hush! Be still! And the +wind ceased, and there was a great calm. <sup class= +"v">4:40</sup>And he said to them, Why are you so fearful? How have +you no faith? <sup class="v">4:41</sup>And they were greatly +afraid, and said one to another, What man is this, that even the +wind and the lake obey him?</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CURING A DEMONIAC AND THE WOMAN WITH A HEMORRHAGE, AND +RAISING A DEAD CHILD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>AND they came across the +lake to the country of the Gerasenes. <sup class="v">5:2</sup>And +as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit immediately +met him from the tombs, <sup class="v">5:3</sup>who lived in the +tombs, and none could bind him with a chain; <sup class= +"v">5:4</sup>for he was often bound with fetters and chains, and +his chains were broken by him, and his fetters crushed, and no one +could subdue him. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>And he was always night +and day in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting +himself with stones. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>And seeing Jesus at a +distance, he ran and worshipped him, <sup class="v">5:7</sup>and +crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, +son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to torment me. +<sup class="v">5:8</sup>For he said to him, Impure spirit, come out +of the man. <sup class="v">5:9</sup>And he asked him, What is your +name? And he said to him, My name is Legion, for we are many.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:10</sup>And they besought him +much that he would not send them out of the country. <sup class= +"v">5:11</sup>And there was there on the mountain a great herd of +swine feeding. <sup class="v">5:12</sup>And they besought him, +saying, Send us to the swine, that we may go into them. <sup class= +"v">5:13</sup>And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the impure +spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down +a precipice into the lake, about two thousand, and were drowned in +the lake.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:14</sup>And those who fed them +fled and told it in the city and in the country; and they came out +to see what was done. <sup class="v">5:15</sup>And they came to +Jesus, and saw the demoniac who had the legion, sitting down, +clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid. <sup class= +"v">5:16</sup>And those who saw related to them how it had been +with the demoniac, and concerning the swine. <sup class= +"v">5:17</sup>And they besought him to depart from their bounds. +<sup class="v">5:18</sup>And entering into the ship, the man that +had been a demoniac besought him that he might go with him; +<sup class="v">5:19</sup>and he permitted him not, but said to him, +Go to your home, to your friends, and relate to them what the Lord +has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you. <sup class= +"v">5:20</sup>And he went away and proclaimed in the Decapolis what +great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:21</sup>And Jesus having +crossed again in the ship to the other side, a great multitude came +together to him; and he was by the lake. <sup class= +"v">5:22</sup>And one of the synagogue rulers came, Jairus by name, +and seeing him, fell at his feet, <sup class="v">5:23</sup>and +besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of +death; come and lay hands on her, that she may be restored, and she +shall live. <sup class="v">5:24</sup>And he went away with him; and +a great multitude followed him, and thronged him. <sup class= +"v">5:25</sup>And a certain woman having a hemorrhage of twelve +years, <sup class="v">5:26</sup>and having taken many things by +many physicians, and expended all her property, and not being +benefited, but rather growing worse, <sup class= +"v">5:27</sup>hearing of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him and +touched his clothes. <sup class="v">5:28</sup>For she said, If I +can touch his clothes I shall be cured.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:29</sup>And immediately the +fountain of her blood was dried up, and she knew in herself that +she was cured of the plague. <sup class="v">5:30</sup>And Jesus +immediately knowing in himself that a power had gone out from him, +turning round in the crowd said, Who touched my clothes? +<sup class="v">5:31</sup>And his disciples said to him, You see the +multitude throng you, and do you say, Who touched me? <sup class= +"v">5:32</sup>And he looked round to see her that had done this. +<sup class="v">5:33</sup>And the woman being afraid, and trembling, +knowing what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and +told him all the truth. <sup class="v">5:34</sup>And he said to +her, Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in peace, and be well +of your plague.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:35</sup>And while he was yet +speaking persons came from the house of the synagogue ruler, +saying, Your daughter is dead; why trouble the teacher? <sup class= +"v">5:36</sup>And Jesus hearing the word spoken, said to the +synagogue ruler, Fear not, only believe. <sup class= +"v">5:37</sup>And he permitted no man to accompany him except +Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. <sup class= +"v">5:38</sup>And they came to the house of the synagogue ruler, +and saw the tumult, and the people weeping and lamenting much. +<sup class="v">5:39</sup>And he went in and said to them, Why do +you make a tumult and weep? the little child is not dead, but +sleeps. <sup class="v">5:40</sup>And they derided him. And putting +them all out, he took the father and mother of the little child, +and those with him, and went in where the little child was; +<sup class="v">5:41</sup>and taking the hand of the little child, +he said to her, Talitha cum, which is interpreted, Girl, I tell you +arise; <sup class="v">5:42</sup>and immediately the girl arose and +walked about, for she was twelve years old. And they were +astonished with great astonishment. <sup class="v">5:43</sup>And he +charged them strictly that no one should know it, and directed that +food should be given her.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT NAZARETH, SENDING OUT HIS TWELVE APOSTLES TO PREACH, +THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE REPORT OF THE APOSTLES, FEEDING +FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>AND he departed thence, +and came into his own country. And his disciples followed him. +<sup class="v">6:2</sup>And when it was the sabbath, he taught in +the synagogue; and many heard him and were astonished, and said, +Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom given to +him? And [what are] these mighty works done by his hands? +<sup class="v">6:3</sup>Is not this the carpenter? the son of Mary? +and a brother of James, and Joset, and Judas, and Simon? And are +not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him. +<sup class="v">6:4</sup>And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not +without honor, except in his own country, and with his relations, +and in his own house. <sup class="v">6:5</sup>And he could not do +any mighty work there, except that he laid hands on a few sick +persons, and cured them. <sup class="v">6:6</sup>And he wondered at +their unbelief. And he went about the villages in order, +teaching.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:7</sup>And he called the +twelve, and sent them out two and two, and gave them power over +impure spirits; <sup class="v">6:8</sup>and charged them to take +nothing for the way, except a staff only; not bread, nor a +provision sack, nor copper in the girdle, <sup class= +"v">6:9</sup>but to wear sandals, and not to put on two coats. +<sup class="v">6:10</sup>And he said to them, Where you enter into +a house, there remain till you go out thence. <sup class= +"v">6:11</sup>And whatever place will not receive you, nor hear +you, when you go out thence shake off the dust which is under your +feet for a testimony to them. <sup class="v">6:12</sup>And going +out, they preached that [men] should change their minds, +<sup class="v">6:13</sup>and cast out many demons, and anointed +many sick persons with oil, and cured them.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:14</sup>And Herod the king, +heard [of Jesus], for his name was widely known, and said, John the +Baptist has risen from the dead; and on this account the mighty +works are performed by him. <sup class="v">6:15</sup>But others +said, he is Elijah; and others said, He is a prophet, like one of +the prophets. <sup class="v">6:16</sup>But Herod hearing of him, +said, This is John whom I beheaded; he has been raised up. +<sup class="v">6:17</sup>For Herod had sent and taken John, and, +put him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother +Philip's wife, because he had married her. <sup class= +"v">6:18</sup>For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to +have your brother's wife. <sup class="v">6:19</sup>And Herodias was +displeased with him, and wished to kill him, but was not able. +<sup class="v">6:20</sup>For Herod feared John, knowing that he was +a righteous and holy man, and he preserved him, and hearing him, +did many things, and heard him gladly. <sup class="v">6:21</sup>And +on a convenient day, when Herod made a supper in honor of his +birthday, for his great men, and the chiliarchs, and the first men +of Galilee, <sup class="v">6:22</sup>the daughter of this Herodias +came in and danced, and pleased Herod, and those that reclined with +him. And the king said to the girl, Ask me what you will and I will +give it to you; <sup class="v">6:23</sup>and he swore to her, +Whatever you shall ask of me I will give you, to half of my +kingdom. <sup class="v">6:24</sup>And she went out and said to her +mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the +Baptist. <sup class="v">6:25</sup>And coming in immediately with +haste to the king, she asked, saying, I wish you to give me +immediately on a plate the head of John the Baptist.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:26</sup>And the king was +extremely sorry, but on account of the oaths, and those reclining +with him, he was not willing to refuse her. <sup class= +"v">6:27</sup>And the king immediately sending an executioner, +commanded him to bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him +in the prison, <sup class="v">6:28</sup>and brought his head on a +plate, and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. +<sup class="v">6:29</sup>And his disciples hearing of it, came and +took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">6:30</sup>And the apostles came +together to Jesus and reported to him all things, both what they +had done and what instructions they had given. <sup class= +"v">6:31</sup>And he said to them, Come to a solitary place by +yourselves, and rest a little; for many were coming and going, and +there was no convenient time to eat. <sup class="v">6:32</sup>And +they went away to a solitary place in the ship by themselves. +<sup class="v">6:33</sup>And many saw them going, and knew them; +and they ran together there from all the cities on foot, and went +before them. <sup class="v">6:34</sup>And going out he saw a great +multitude, and had compassion on them, for they were as sheep not +having a shepherd; and he taught them much.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">6:35</sup>And when much time had +already passed, his disciples came to him and said, This is a +solitary place, and much time has already passed; <sup class= +"v">6:36</sup>dismiss them, that they may go to the farms and +villages around, and buy them something to eat. <sup class= +"v">6:37</sup>And he answered and said to them, Give them something +to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred +denarii [$28] worth of bread, and give them to eat? <sup class= +"v">6:38</sup>And he said to them, How many loaves have you? go and +see. And knowing, they said, Five, and two fishes. <sup class= +"v">6:39</sup>And he commanded them to cause all to recline in +companies on the green grass. <sup class="v">6:40</sup>And they sat +down in squares, by hundreds and by fifties. <sup class= +"v">6:41</sup>And taking the five loaves and two fishes, and +looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave +them to his disciples to set before them. And he divided the two +fishes to all. <sup class="v">6:42</sup>And they all eat, and were +filled; <sup class="v">6:43</sup>and they took up of fragments +twelve traveling-baskets full, and of the fishes. <sup class= +"v">6:44</sup>And they that eat the bread were five thousand +men.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">6:45</sup>And he immediately +constrained his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before him +to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the multitude; +<sup class="v">6:46</sup>and having dismissed them, he went away to +the mountain to pray. <sup class="v">6:47</sup>And when it was +evening, the ship was in the midst of the lake, and he alone on the +land. <sup class="v">6:48</sup>And seeing them troubled to proceed, +for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night +he came to them walking on the lake, and wished to pass by them. +<sup class="v">6:49</sup>And seeing him walking on the lake, they +thought it was an apparition, and cried out, <sup class= +"v">6:50</sup>for they all saw and were troubled. And immediately +he spoke with them, and said to them, Be of good courage; it is I; +be not afraid. <sup class="v">6:51</sup>And he went up to them into +the ship, and the wind ceased, and they were astonished in +themselves above measure, and wondered; <sup class= +"v">6:52</sup>for they understood not concerning the bread, for +their heart was hardened.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">6:53</sup>And crossing over they +came to the land of Gennesaret, and came to anchor. <sup class= +"v">6:54</sup>And going out of the ship, they immediately knew him, +<sup class="v">6:55</sup>and ran about through that whole country, +and brought those that were sick on beds where they heard that he +was. <sup class="v">6:56</sup>And wherever he went, in villages, or +cities, or country places, they placed the sick in the markets, and +besought him that they might touch the fringe of his garment, and +as many as touched him were cured.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF DEFILEMENT; CURING A GENTILE DEMONIAC, AND +A DEAF AND DUMB PERSON.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>AND the Pharisees and +some of the scribes having come from Jerusalem came together to +him, <sup class="v">7:2</sup>and seeing some of his disciples eat +bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands, [they found fault]. +<sup class="v">7:3</sup>For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not +unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding the tradition +of the elders. <sup class="v">7:4</sup>And from a market, unless +they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which +they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [1 1-2 +pint measures], and brass vessels, and beds. <sup class= +"v">7:5</sup>And the Pharisees and scribes asked, Why do not your +disciples conform to the tradition of the elders; but eat bread +with defiled hands?</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">7:6</sup>And he said to them, +Well did Isaiah prophecy of you, hypocrites, as it is written; This +people honors me with the lips, but their heart is far from me; +<sup class="v">7:7</sup>but in vain do they worship me, teaching +for teachings the commandments of men; <sup class="v">7:8</sup>for +leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">7:9</sup>And he said to them, +Well do you reject the commandment of God, to keep your tradition; +<sup class="v">7:10</sup>for Moses said, Honor your father and your +mother, and, He that reviles father or mother, let him surely die. +<sup class="v">7:11</sup>But you say, If a man says to his father +or mother, It is a corban, which is a gift, by whatever you might +be profited by me, [he shall be free]; <sup class="v">7:12</sup>and +suffer him no longer to do any thing for his father or his mother; +<sup class="v">7:13</sup>making the word of God of no effect by +your tradition which you have delivered; and many such things you +do. <sup class="v">7:14</sup>And again calling all the people, he +said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand. <sup class= +"v">7:15</sup>Nothing which being out of a man entering into him, +can defile him; but those things which proceed from the man, these +are the things which defile the man.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">7:17</sup>And when he had gone +from the multitude into the house, his disciples asked him +concerning the parable. <sup class="v">7:18</sup>And he said to +them, Are you also so without understanding? Do you not understand +that nothing which enters into a man from without can defile him, +<sup class="v">7:19</sup>because it enters not into his heart, but +into the stomach, and goes out to the earth, purifying all +aliments? <sup class="v">7:20</sup>But he said, that which comes +out of the man, this defiles him; <sup class="v">7:21</sup>for from +within, from the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, +fornications, <sup class="v">7:22</sup>thefts, murders, adulteries, +covetousness, malice, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, +pride, foolishness. <sup class="v">7:23</sup>All these evil things +proceed from within, and defile the man.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">7:24</sup>And he rose up, and +departed thence to the regions of Tyre. And entering into a house +he wished no one to know it; and he could not be hid. <sup class= +"v">7:25</sup>But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an +impure spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; +<sup class="v">7:26</sup>and she was a Greek, a Syrophenician by +race; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. +<sup class="v">7:27</sup>And he said to her, Suffer the children +first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's bread, +and cast it to the little dogs. <sup class="v">7:28</sup>And she +answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under +the table eat of the children's crumbs. <sup class= +"v">7:29</sup>And he said to her, For this speech, go; the demon +has gone out of your daughter. <sup class="v">7:30</sup>And +departing to her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, +and the demon gone out.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">7:31</sup>And again going out of +the bounds of Tyre, he came through Sidon, to the lake of Galilee, +in the midst of the bounds of Decapolis. <sup class= +"v">7:32</sup>And they brought him a dumb man that stammered, and +besought him to put his hand on him. <sup class="v">7:33</sup>And +taking him from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers in his +ears, and spit, and touched his tongue, <sup class= +"v">7:34</sup>and looking up to heaven he groaned, and said to him, +Ephphatha, which is, Be opened. <sup class="v">7:35</sup>And +immediately his ears were opened, and the cord of his tongue was +loosed, and he spoke correctly. <sup class="v">7:36</sup>And he +charged them to tell no one; but as much as he charged them, so +much the more they proclaimed [his works]. <sup class= +"v">7:37</sup>And they were astonished above measure, and said, He +has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the +dumb to speak.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND, REFUSING TO GIVE A SIGN FROM +HEAVEN, WARNING HIS DISCIPLES AGAINST THE PHARISEES, CURING A BLIND +MAN, CALLING FORTH PETER'S CONFESSION, AND PREDICTING HIS OWN +DEATH.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>IN those days, again a +very great multitude being [around him], and not having any thing +to eat, calling his disciples, he said to them, <sup class= +"v">8:2</sup>I have compassion on the multitude, because already +they have continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat; +<sup class="v">8:3</sup>and if I send them fasting to their homes, +they will faint by the way, for some of them are from afar. +<sup class="v">8:4</sup>And his disciples answered him, Whence will +one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a wilderness? +<sup class="v">8:5</sup>And he asked them, How many loaves have +you? And they said, Seven. <sup class="v">8:6</sup>And he commanded +the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven +loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to his disciples +to set before them, and they set them before the people. +<sup class="v">8:7</sup>And they had a few small fishes; and having +blessed them, he commanded to present them also. <sup class= +"v">8:8</sup>And they eat and were filled; and they took up of the +fragments that remained over, seven store-baskets; <sup class= +"v">8:9</sup>and they were about four thousand. And he dismissed +them.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:10</sup>And entering +immediately into the ship, with his disciples, he came into the +parts of Dalmanutha. <sup class="v">8:11</sup>And the Pharisees +went out and questioned him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, to +try him. <sup class="v">8:12</sup>And groaning in his spirit, he +said, Why does this generation seek a sign? I tell you truly, there +shall no sign be given to this generation. <sup class= +"v">8:13</sup>And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and +went away to the other side.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:14</sup>And they forgot to take +bread, and had but one loaf with them in the ship. <sup class= +"v">8:15</sup>And he charged them, saying, Observe and beware of +the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. +<sup class="v">8:16</sup>And they reasoned with themselves, because +they had no bread. <sup class="v">8:17</sup>And Jesus knowing it, +said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you +not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened? +<sup class="v">8:18</sup>Having eyes, do you not see? And having +ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? <sup class= +"v">8:19</sup>When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, +how many traveling baskets of fragments took you up? They said to +him, Twelve. <sup class="v">8:20</sup>And when I broke the seven +loaves for the four thousand, how many store-baskets of fragments +took you up? And they said, Seven. <sup class="v">8:21</sup>And he +said to them, Do you not yet understand?</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:22</sup>And they came to +Bethsaida; and they brought him a blind man, and besought him to +touch him. <sup class="v">8:23</sup>And taking the hand of the +blind man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his +eyes, and putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any +thing? <sup class="v">8:24</sup>And looking up he said, I see men, +as trees walking. <sup class="v">8:25</sup>Then he put his hands on +his eyes again, and he looked, and was restored, and saw all things +clearly. <sup class="v">8:26</sup>And he sent him to his house, +saying, Go not into the village.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:27</sup>And Jesus went away, +and his disciples, to the villages of Cæsarea Philippi; and +on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Who do men say +that I am? <sup class="v">8:28</sup>And they spoke to him, saying, +John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others still, One of the +prophets. <sup class="v">8:29</sup>And he asked them, And who say +you that I am? Peter answered and said to him, You are the Christ. +<sup class="v">8:30</sup>And he charged them to tell no one of him. +<sup class="v">8:31</sup>And he began to teach them that the Son of +man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the +chief priests, and the scribes; and be killed, and after three days +be raised again. <sup class="v">8:32</sup>And he spoke this word +plainly; and Peter taking hold of him, rebuked him. <sup class= +"v">8:33</sup>But turning round, and looking on his disciples, he +rebuked Peter, and said, Get behind me, Satan! for you regard not +the things of God, but the things of men.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">8:34</sup>And calling the +multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wishes to +follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and +follow me. <sup class="v">8:35</sup>For whoever wishes to save his +life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, +and that of the good news, shall save it. <sup class= +"v">8:36</sup>For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world +and lose his life? <sup class="v">8:37</sup>for what is the +exchange for his life? <sup class="v">8:38</sup>For whoever is +ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful +generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he +comes in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels. <sup class= +"v">9:1</sup>And he said to them, I tell you truly, that there are +some of those standing here, who shall not taste death till they +see the kingdom of God having come with power.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST TRANSFIGURED, CURING A DEMONIAC, AGAIN PREDICTING HIS +DEATH, THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS KINGDOM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:2</sup>AND after six days Jesus +took Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up on a high +mountain by themselves alone, and was transfigured before them; +<sup class="v">9:3</sup>and his garments became shining, extremely +white, so that no fuller on the earth could whiten them. +<sup class="v">9:4</sup>And Elijah appeared to them; with Moses, +and they conversed with Jesus. <sup class="v">9:5</sup>And Peter +answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; +and we will make three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, +and one for Elijah; <sup class="v">9:6</sup>for he knew not what he +answered, for they were afraid. <sup class="v">9:7</sup>And a cloud +overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, This is my +beloved Son; hear him. <sup class="v">9:8</sup>And looking round +immediately they no longer saw any one but Jesus alone with +them.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:9</sup>And coming down from the +mountain he charged them to tell no man what they had seen, till +the Son of man should have risen from the dead. <sup class= +"v">9:10</sup>And they kept the word, inquiring with themselves +what the rising from the dead meant. <sup class="v">9:11</sup>And +they asked him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must +first come? <sup class="v">9:12</sup>And he said to them, Elijah +comes first, and restores all things; as also it is written of the +Son of man, That he shall suffer many things, and be set at naught; +<sup class="v">9:13</sup>but I tell you, that Elijah has come, and +they have done to him what they wished, as it was written of +him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:14</sup>And coming to the +disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes +disputing with them. <sup class="v">9:15</sup>And immediately all +the multitude seeing him, were highly pleased, and ran forward and +saluted him. <sup class="v">9:16</sup>And he asked, What were you +disputing about with them? <sup class="v">9:17</sup>And one of the +multitude answered him, Teacher, I have brought my son to you, +having a dumb spirit; <sup class="v">9:18</sup>and wherever it +takes him it convulses him, and he foams and grates his teeth, and +becomes emaciated. And I spoke to your disciples to cast it out, +and they could not. <sup class="v">9:19</sup>And he answered and +said to them, O faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I +be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him to me. +<sup class="v">9:20</sup>And they brought him to him. And seeing +him, the spirit immediately affected him with convulsions, and he +fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming. <sup class= +"v">9:21</sup>And he asked his father, How long a time is it since +this came upon him? And he said, From a little child; <sup class= +"v">9:22</sup>and it often casts him into fire, and into waters, to +destroy him; but if you are able, help us, and have mercy on us. +<sup class="v">9:23</sup>And Jesus said to him, If you are able? +all things are possible to him that believes. <sup class= +"v">9:24</sup>And the father of the little child immediately crying +out, said, I believe; help my unbelief.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">9:25</sup>And Jesus seeing that a +multitude ran together, rebuked the impure spirit, saying to him, +Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter +into him no more. <sup class="v">9:26</sup>And crying out and +affecting him with many convulsions, he went out. And he was like a +dead person, so that many said, He is dead. <sup class= +"v">9:27</sup>But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up, and +he stood up. <sup class="v">9:28</sup>And when he went into the +house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not cast it +out? <sup class="v">9:29</sup>And he said to them, This kind can go +out by nothing but prayer.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">9:30</sup>And departing thence, +he passed through Galilee, and desired that no one should know him, +<sup class="v">9:31</sup>for he taught his disciples, and said to +them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they +shall kill him. And when he is killed, on the third day he shall +rise again. <sup class="v">9:32</sup>And they understood not the +word, and were afraid to ask him.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">9:33</sup>And he came to +Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he asked them, What did +you dispute about on the way? <sup class="v">9:34</sup>And they +were silent; for they had disputed with each other on the way as to +who was the greatest. <sup class="v">9:35</sup>And he sat down and +called the twelve, and said to them, If any one wishes to be first, +he shall be last of all, and a servant of all. <sup class= +"v">9:36</sup>And taking a little child, he put it in the midst of +them, and taking it in his arms, said to them, <sup class= +"v">9:37</sup>Whoever receives one such little child in my name, +receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me, but him that +sent me. <sup class="v">9:38</sup>And John spoke to him, saying, +Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in your name, who +follows not us, and we forbade him. <sup class="v">9:39</sup>And +Jesus said, Forbid him not; for no one will perform a mighty work +in my name, and be able lightly to speak evil of me. <sup class= +"v">9:40</sup>For whoever is not against us is for us; <sup class= +"v">9:41</sup>and whoever gives you a cup of water because you are +Christ's, truly he shall not lose his reward.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">9:42</sup>And whoever shall +offend one of the little ones having faith, it would be better for +him if a millstone was put about his neck and he was cast into the +sea. <sup class="v">9:43</sup>And if your hand offends you, cut it +off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having +two hands to go away into hell, into the inextinguishable fire. +<sup class="v">9:45</sup>And if your foot offends you, cut it off: +it is better for you to enter into life lame, than having two feet +to be cast into hell. <sup class="v">9:47</sup>And if your eye +offends you, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the +kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into +hell, <sup class="v">9:48</sup>where the worm dies not and the fire +is not extinguished. <sup class="v">9:49</sup>For every man shall +be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. +<sup class="v">9:50</sup>Salt is good; but if the salt has become +insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and +be at peace one with another.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN AND THE WAY OF +SALVATION, HIS DEATH PREDICTED, AND SIGHT RESTORED TO +BARTIMEUS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>AND he arose and went +thence into the bounds of Judea, and beyond the Jordan; and again +multitudes came together to him, and again he taught them as he was +accustomed. <sup class="v">10:2</sup>And the Pharisees came and +asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? +<sup class="v">10:3</sup>And he answered and said to them, What did +Moses command you? <sup class="v">10:4</sup>And they said, Moses +permitted us to write a bill of divorcement and put her away. +<sup class="v">10:5</sup>And Jesus said to them, Because of your +hardness of heart, he wrote you this ordinance; <sup class= +"v">10:6</sup>but from the beginning of creation, he made them male +and female. <sup class="v">10:7</sup>For this cause shall a man +leave his father and mother, and the two shall be one flesh; +<sup class="v">10:8</sup>so that they are no longer two, but one +flesh. <sup class="v">10:9</sup>What God therefore has yoked +together, let not man separate.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:10</sup>And his disciples +asked him again, in the house, concerning this. <sup class= +"v">10:11</sup>And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and +marries another, commits adultery with her; <sup class= +"v">10:12</sup>and if a woman puts away her husband and marries +another, she commits adultery.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:13</sup>And they brought him +little children that he should touch them; and the disciples +rebuked those who brought them. <sup class="v">10:14</sup>But Jesus +seeing it, was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little +children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of such is the +kingdom of God. <sup class="v">10:15</sup>I tell you truly, that +whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, +shall not enter into it. <sup class="v">10:16</sup>And he took them +in his arms, and laid his hands on them, and blessed them.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">10:17</sup>And as he was going on +the way, one ran before and kneeled down to him, and asked him, +Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? <sup class= +"v">10:18</sup>And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? none +is good but one, God. <sup class="v">10:19</sup>You know the +commandments; You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, +You shall not steal, You shall not testify falsely, You shall not +defraud, Honor your father and mother. <sup class= +"v">10:20</sup>And he answered and said to him, Teacher, all these +have I kept from my youth. <sup class="v">10:21</sup>And Jesus +looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack; go +and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have a +treasure in heaven; and come and take up your cross and follow me. +<sup class="v">10:22</sup>And he was grieved at this saying, and +went away sad, for he had great possessions.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">10:23</sup>And Jesus looking +around said to his disciples, With what difficulty shall those +having riches enter into the kingdom of God! <sup class= +"v">10:24</sup>And the disciples were astonished at his words. But +Jesus answered again and said to them, Children, with what +difficulty shall those who trust in riches enter into the kingdom +of God! <sup class="v">10:25</sup>It is easier for a camel to pass +through the eye of the needle, than for a rich man to enter into +the kingdom of God. <sup class="v">10:26</sup>And they were greatly +astonished, and said to themselves, Who then can be saved? +<sup class="v">10:27</sup>Jesus looking on them, said, With men it +is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are +possible.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">10:28</sup>Peter said to him, +Behold we have left all things and followed you. <sup class= +"v">10:29</sup>Jesus said, I tell you truly, there is no one who +has left a house, or brothers, or sisters, or a mother, or father, +or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the good +news, <sup class="v">10:30</sup>who shall not receive a hundred +fold now at this present time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, +and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the +life to come eternal life. <sup class="v">10:31</sup>But many first +shall be last, and the last first.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">10:32</sup>And they were on the +way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went before them; and they +were amazed, and afraid, as they followed him. And again taking the +twelve aside, he told them the things that were about to befall +him; <sup class="v">10:33</sup>Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and +the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and +scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the +gentiles, <sup class="v">10:34</sup>and they will mock him, and +spit on him, and scourge him, and kill him, and after three days he +shall rise again.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">10:35</sup>And James and John, +sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Teacher, we wish you to do +for us what we will ask of you. <sup class="v">10:36</sup>And he +said to them, What do you wish me to do for you? <sup class= +"v">10:37</sup>And they said to him, Grant us that we may sit one +on your right hand, and the other on your left, in your glory. +<sup class="v">10:38</sup>And Jesus said to them, You know not what +you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be baptized +with the baptism with which I am baptized? <sup class= +"v">10:39</sup>And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to +them, You shall drink of the cup of which I drink, and be baptized +with the baptism with which I am baptized; <sup class= +"v">10:40</sup>but to sit on my right hand, or left, is not mine to +give but to those for whom it is prepared.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">10:41</sup>And the ten, hearing +this, were displeased with James and John. <sup class= +"v">10:42</sup>And Jesus called them and said to them, You know +that those who desire to rule the gentiles exercise lordship over +them, and their great men exercise authority over them; <sup class= +"v">10:43</sup>but it shall not be so with you. But whoever wishes +to be great among you, let him be your minister; <sup class= +"v">10:44</sup>and whoever wishes to be first of you, let him be a +servant of all. <sup class="v">10:45</sup>For the Son of man also +came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom +for many.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">10:46</sup>And they came to +Jericho. And as he went from Jericho, and his disciples and a great +multitude, the son of Timeus, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, sat by the +way. <sup class="v">10:47</sup>And hearing that Jesus was the +Nazarene, he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. +<sup class="v">10:48</sup>And many charged him to be still. But he +cried much more, Son of David, have mercy on me. <sup class= +"v">10:49</sup>And Jesus stopping, said, Call him. And they called +the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage; arise, he calls +you. <sup class="v">10:50</sup>And he cast aside his garment, and +leaping up went to Jesus. <sup class="v">10:51</sup>And Jesus +answered him and said, What do you wish me to do for you? And the +blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight. +<sup class="v">10:52</sup>And Jesus said to him, Go; your faith has +cured you. And he immediately received sight, and followed him in +the way.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, CURSING THE BARREN FIG +TREE, PURIFYING THE TEMPLE, INCULCATING FAITH IN GOD, AND REPLYING +TO THE PHARISEES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>AND when they came near +to Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he +sent two of his disciples, <sup class="v">11:2</sup>and said to +them, Go into the village opposite to you, and as you enter it you +will immediately find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; untie +him and bring him. <sup class="v">11:3</sup>And if any one says to +you, Why do you do this? say, The Lord has need of him, and he will +immediately send him. <sup class="v">11:4</sup>And they went and +found a colt tied at the door without, at the crossing of the +streets, and they untied him. <sup class="v">11:5</sup>And some of +those standing there said to them, Why do you untie the colt? +<sup class="v">11:6</sup>And they said as Jesus directed, and they +let them go.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:7</sup>And they brought the +colt to Jesus, and put on it their clothes, and he sat on it. +<sup class="v">11:8</sup>And many spread their clothes in the way; +and others cutting branches from the trees spread them in the way; +<sup class="v">11:9</sup>and those who went before, and those who +followed, cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of +the Lord! <sup class="v">11:10</sup>Blessed is the kingdom of our +father David, which is coming! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]! +<sup class="v">11:11</sup>And Jesus went into Jerusalem, and into +the temple, and looking round on all things when it was now evening +he went out to Bethany with the twelve.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:12</sup>And on the next day as +they returned from Bethany he was hungry; <sup class= +"v">11:13</sup>and seeing a fig tree at a distance having leaves, +he went to see if he could find any thing on it. And having come to +it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not time for figs. +<sup class="v">11:14</sup>And he spoke and said to it, Let no one +eat fruit of you forever! And his disciples heard him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:15</sup>And they came to +Jerusalem, and going into the temple he cast out those that sold +and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the brokers, +and the seats of those that sold doves, <sup class= +"v">11:16</sup>and permitted no one to carry a vessel through the +temple. <sup class="v">11:17</sup>And he taught them, saying, It is +written, my house shall be called a house of prayer for all +nations; but you have made it a den of robbers. <sup class= +"v">11:18</sup>And the scribes and chief priests came and sought +how they might destroy him, for they feared him, because all the +people were astonished at his teaching. <sup class= +"v">11:19</sup>And when it was evening he went out of the city.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:20</sup>And passing along in +the morning, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. +<sup class="v">11:21</sup>And Peter remembering, said to him, +Rabbi, behold the fig tree which you cursed is dried up. +<sup class="v">11:22</sup>And Jesus answered and said to them, Have +faith in God; <sup class="v">11:23</sup>I tell you truly, that +whoever shall say to this mountain, be raised up and be cast into +the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that +what he says will be done, whatever he says shall be done for him. +<sup class="v">11:24</sup>Therefore I tell you, all things whatever +which you ask in prayer, believe that you shall receive them, and +you shall have them. <sup class="v">11:25</sup>And when you stand +praying, forgive if you have any thing against any, that your +Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">11:27</sup>And they came again to +Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, +and scribes, and elders came to him, <sup class="v">11:28</sup>and +said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave +you this authority to do them? <sup class="v">11:29</sup>And Jesus +said to them, I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will +tell you by what authority I do these things. <sup class= +"v">11:30</sup>The baptism of John; was it from heaven, or of men? +answer me. <sup class="v">11:31</sup>And they reasoned with +themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say, Why did you +not believe him? <sup class="v">11:32</sup>But if we say from men, +they feared the people, for all considered John as a prophet +indeed. <sup class="v">11:33</sup>And they answered and said to +Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell +you by what authority I do these things.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>And he said to them, in +parables, A man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it, and +dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, +and went abroad. <sup class="v">12:2</sup>And he sent a servant to +the husbandmen at the time to receive from the husbandmen of the +fruits of the vineyard; <sup class="v">12:3</sup>and they took him, +and beat him, and sent him away empty. <sup class="v">12:4</sup>And +again he sent another servant to them, and they wounded him on the +head, and treated him shamefully. <sup class="v">12:5</sup>And he +sent another, and they killed him; and many others, and they beat +some, and killed some. <sup class="v">12:6</sup>Having yet one +beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, They will reverence +my son.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">12:7</sup>But those husbandmen +said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and +the inheritance will be ours. <sup class="v">12:8</sup>And seizing +him, they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. <sup class= +"v">12:9</sup>What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come +and destroy those husbandmen, and let the vineyard to others. +<sup class="v">12:10</sup>Have you not read this Scripture, The +stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of a corner; +<sup class="v">12:11</sup>this is from the Lord, and it is +wonderful in our eyes? <sup class="v">12:12</sup>And they sought to +take him, and feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke +this parable against them. And they left him, and went away.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">12:13</sup>And they sent to him +some of the Pharisees and Herodians to ensnare him in his words. +<sup class="v">12:14</sup>And they came and said to him, Teacher, +we know that you are true, and care for no one, for you respect not +the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to +pay tribute to Cæsar or not? <sup class="v">12:15</sup>Shall +we pay? or shall we not pay? But he knowing their hypocrisy, said +to them, Why do you try me? Bring me a denarius [14 cents], that I +may see it. <sup class="v">12:16</sup>And they brought him one. And +he said to them, Whose is this figure, and the inscription? And +they said to him, Cæsar's. <sup class="v">12:17</sup>And +Jesus said, Render Cæsar's dues to Cæsar, and God's to +God. And they wondered at him.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">12:18</sup>And the Sadducees +came to him, who say there is no resurrection, and asked him, +saying, <sup class="v">12:19</sup>Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that +if one's brother dies and leaves a wife, and leaves no child, his +brother shall take his wife and raise up children for his brother. +<sup class="v">12:20</sup>There were seven brothers; and the first +took a wife and died, and left no child; <sup class= +"v">12:21</sup>and the second took her, and died leaving no child; +and the third in like manner. <sup class="v">12:22</sup>And the +seven left no child. Last of all, the woman died also. <sup class= +"v">12:23</sup>In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife +shall she be? for the seven had her as a wife. <sup class= +"v">12:24</sup>Jesus said to them, Do you not err on this account, +not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? <sup class= +"v">12:25</sup>For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry +nor are married, but are like angels in heaven. <sup class= +"v">12:26</sup>But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you +not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, +saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God +of Jacob? <sup class="v">12:27</sup>He is not a God of the dead, +but of the living; you greatly err.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">12:28</sup>And one of the +scribes coming forward hearing them disputing, knowing that he +answered them well, asked him, What commandment is first of all? +<sup class="v">12:29</sup>Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, +the Lord our God is one Lord; <sup class="v">12:30</sup>and you +shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your +soul, and with all your strength. <sup class="v">12:31</sup>Second +is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no +other commandment greater than these. <sup class="v">12:32</sup>And +the scribe said to him, Well, teacher, you have said truly; there +is one [God], and no other but him; <sup class="v">12:33</sup>and +to love him with all the heart, and all the understanding, and all +the strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is more than +all burnt offerings and sacrifices. <sup class="v">12:34</sup>And +Jesus seeing him, that he answered understandingly, said to him, +You are not far from the kingdom of God; and no one dared to +question him more.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">12:35</sup>And Jesus answered +and said, teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the +Christ is the Son of David? <sup class="v">12:36</sup>David himself +said, by the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right +hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. <sup class= +"v">12:37</sup>David himself calls him Lord, and whence is he his +son? And the great multitude heard him gladly.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">12:38</sup>And he said to them +in his teaching, Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long +robes, and desire salutations in the markets, <sup class= +"v">12:39</sup>and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first +places at feasts; <sup class="v">12:40</sup>who devour widows' +houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. They shall receive a +greater judgment.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">12:41</sup>And sitting opposite +to the treasury, he observed how the multitude cast copper into the +treasury. And many rich men cast in much; <sup class= +"v">12:42</sup>and one poor widow came and cast in two lepta, which +is a quadrans [4 mills]. <sup class="v">12:43</sup>And calling his +disciples, he said to them, I tell you truly, that this poor widow +has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury. +<sup class="v">12:44</sup>For all [others] have cast in of their +abundance; but she of her want has cast in all that she had her +entire living.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE +JEWISH COMMONWEALTH.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>AND as he went out of +the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Teacher, see what +stones, and what buildings! <sup class="v">13:2</sup>And Jesus said +to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be left a +stone upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down. <sup class= +"v">13:3</sup>And as he sat on the mount of Olives, opposite to the +temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked him +privately, <sup class="v">13:4</sup>Tell us when shall these things +be? And what shall be the sign when all these things are about to +be accomplished? <sup class="v">13:5</sup>And Jesus said to them, +See that no man deceives you; <sup class="v">13:6</sup>for many +shall come in my name, saying, I am [the Christ], and shall deceive +many. <sup class="v">13:7</sup>And when you hear of wars and rumors +of wars, be not afraid, for these things must be; but the end is +not yet. <sup class="v">13:8</sup>For nation shall rise against +nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes +in [different] places, and there shall be famines. These are the +beginnings of sorrows.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">13:9</sup>But take heed to +yourselves; they shall deliver you up to Sanhedrims, and you shall +be beaten in synagogues, and shall be brought before governors and +kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. <sup class= +"v">13:10</sup>And the good news must first be preached to all +nations. <sup class="v">13:11</sup>And when they deliver you to +afflictions, be not anxious beforehand what you shall say; but +whatever is given you in that hour, this speak; for it is not you +that speak, but the Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">13:12</sup>And +brother shall deliver brother to death, and father, son; and +children shall rise up against their parents and kill them; +<sup class="v">13:13</sup>and you shall be hated by all on my +account; but he that endures to the end shall be saved.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:14</sup>And when you see the +abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, let him that +reads understand, then let those in Judea flee to the mountains; +<sup class="v">13:15</sup>and let not him that is on the house go +down into the house, nor enter to take any thing out of his house; +<sup class="v">13:16</sup>and let not him that is in the field turn +back to take his garment. <sup class="v">13:17</sup>And woe to +those with child, and those giving nurse in those days! <sup class= +"v">13:18</sup>But pray that it may not be in the winter, +<sup class="v">13:19</sup>for those days shall be an affliction, +such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God +created till now, and shall not be. <sup class="v">13:20</sup>And +unless the Lord had shortened those days no flesh would be saved; +but for the elects' sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the +days.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:21</sup>And then if any one +says to you, Behold the Christ is here! Behold there! believe it +not. <sup class="v">13:22</sup>For false prophets shall arise, and +perform miracles and wonders, to deceive, if possible, the elect. +<sup class="v">13:23</sup>But beware; I have foretold you all +things.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:24</sup>But in those days, +after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon +shall not give her light, <sup class="v">13:25</sup>and the stars +shall fall from heaven, and the powers in the heavens shall be +shaken. <sup class="v">13:26</sup>And then shall they see the Son +of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory. <sup class= +"v">13:27</sup>And then shall he send his angels and gather +together the elect, from the four winds, from the end of the earth +to the end of heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:28</sup>But learn the parable +of the fig tree. When its branch is now tender and it puts forth +leaves, it is known that the summer is nigh; <sup class= +"v">13:29</sup>so also when you see all these things occur, know +that [the Son of man] is nigh, at the doors. <sup class= +"v">13:30</sup>I tell you truly, that this generation shall not +pass away till all these things are accomplished. <sup class= +"v">13:31</sup>Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall +not pass away. <sup class="v">13:32</sup>But of that day, and hour, +knows no man, not an angel in heaven, nor the Son; but the Father. +<sup class="v">13:33</sup>Observe, watch, for you know not when the +time is.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">13:34</sup>As a man leaving his +house to go abroad, and giving authority to his servants, and to +each one his work, commanded the porter to watch, <sup class= +"v">13:35</sup>watch, therefore, for you know not when the master +of the house comes; at evening, at midnight, at the cock crowing, +or in the morning; <sup class="v">13:36</sup>lest, coming suddenly, +he should find you sleeping. <sup class="v">13:37</sup>And what I +say to you, I say to all, Watch.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE CONSPIRACY OF JUDAS, THE PASCHAL AND +LORD'S SUPPER, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>AND after two days was +the passover and the unleavened bread. And the chief priests and +scribes sought how they might take him by deception, and kill him. +<sup class="v">14:2</sup>But they said, Not at the feast, lest +there be a tumult of the people. <sup class="v">14:3</sup>And when +he was at Bethany, and was reclining at the house of Simon the +leper, a woman came, having a vase of ointment of genuine nard, +extremely costly, and breaking the vase she poured it out on his +head.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">14:4</sup>And some were +displeased, [and said] to themselves, Why was this waste of the +ointment? <sup class="v">14:5</sup>For this ointment could have +been sold for more than three hundred denarii [$42] and given to +the poor; and they blamed her. <sup class="v">14:6</sup>But Jesus +said, Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a +good work on me. <sup class="v">14:7</sup>The poor you have always +with you, and you can do them good when you will; but me you have +not always. <sup class="v">14:8</sup>She has done what she could. +She anticipated anointing my body for the burial. <sup class= +"v">14:9</sup>I tell you truly, that wherever this good news shall +be preached in all the world, this also which she has done shall be +told for a memorial of her.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:10</sup>And Judas Iscariot, +one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray him to them. +<sup class="v">14:11</sup>And when they heard him they were glad, +and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might betray +him at a convenient time.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">14:12</sup>And on the first day +of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples +said to him, Where do you wish us to go and prepare to eat the +passover? <sup class="v">14:13</sup>And he sent two of his +disciples, and said to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet +you bearing an earthen pitcher of water. Follow him, <sup class= +"v">14:14</sup>and where he enters in, say to the master of the +house, The teacher says, where is the public room in which I may +eat the passover with my disciples? <sup class="v">14:15</sup>And +he will show you a large upper room, furnished, ready; and there +prepare for us. <sup class="v">14:16</sup>And his disciples went +out, and came into the city, and found as he had said to them, and +prepared the passover.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">14:17</sup>And when it was +evening he came, with the twelve, <sup class="v">14:18</sup>And as +they reclined, and were eating, Jesus said, I tell you truly, that +one of you who eats with me will betray me. <sup class= +"v">14:19</sup>And they were sorry, and said to him, one by one, Is +it I? And another, Is it I? <sup class="v">14:20</sup>And he said +to them, It is one of the twelve who dips with me in the dish. +<sup class="v">14:21</sup>The Son of man goes indeed as it is +written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is +betrayed! It would be good for him if that man had not been +born.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">14:22</sup>And as they eat he +took the bread, and having blessed, broke and, gave to them, and +said, Take, this is my body. <sup class="v">14:23</sup>And he took +the cup, and having given thanks gave them, and they all drank of +it. <sup class="v">14:24</sup>And he said to them, This is my blood +of the covenant, which is poured out for many. <sup class= +"v">14:25</sup>I tell you truly, that I will drink of the product +of the vine no more till that day when I drink it new in the +kingdom of God. <sup class="v">14:26</sup>And having sung a hymn +they went out to the Mount of Olives.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND IN GETHSEMANE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:27</sup>AND Jesus said to +them, You will all be offended; for it is written, I will smite the +shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered; <sup class= +"v">14:28</sup>but after I am raised I will go before you into +Galilee. <sup class="v">14:29</sup>But Peter said to him, Even if +all should be offended, yet I will not. <sup class= +"v">14:30</sup>And Jesus said to him, I tell you truly, that +to-day, on this night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny +me thrice. <sup class="v">14:31</sup>And he said, more strongly, If +it should be necessary for me to die with you I will by no means +deny you; and they all said the same.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">14:32</sup>And they came to a +place which was called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, +Sit here, till I pray. <sup class="v">14:33</sup>And he took Peter, +and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed and dejected. +<sup class="v">14:34</sup>And he said to them, My soul is extremely +sorrowful, even to death; remain here and watch. <sup class= +"v">14:35</sup>And going forward a little he fell on the ground, +and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour might pass away from +him. <sup class="v">14:36</sup>And he said, Abba, father, all +things are possible to thee. Take away this cup from me; but not +what I will but what thou wilt. <sup class="v">14:37</sup>And he +came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, do you +sleep? Could you not watch one hour? <sup class= +"v">14:38</sup>Watch and pray that you enter not into trial; the +spirit indeed is willing, but flesh is weak. <sup class= +"v">14:39</sup>And again going away he prayed, saying the same +words. <sup class="v">14:40</sup>And again coming he found them +sleeping; for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to +answer him. <sup class="v">14:41</sup>And he came a third time, and +said to them, Sleep henceforth, and be refreshed. It is enough; the +hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of +sinners! <sup class="v">14:42</sup>arise, let us go; behold, he +that betrays me is at hand!</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:43</sup>And immediately, while +he was yet speaking, Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, came, +and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the +chief priests, and scribes, and elders. <sup class= +"v">14:44</sup>And the traitor had given them this signal, saying, +Whom I shall kiss, he is the one; take him, and lead him away +safely. <sup class="v">14:45</sup>And coming, he immediately +approached him, and said, Rabbi! Rabbi! and kissed him. <sup class= +"v">14:46</sup>And they laid hands on him and took him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">14:47</sup>And one of those who +stood by drew a sword and struck the servant of the chief priest, +and cut off his car. <sup class="v">14:48</sup>And Jesus answered +and said to them, Have you come out as against a robber, with +swords and clubs to apprehend me? <sup class="v">14:49</sup>I was +daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not take me. But +[it was done] that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. <sup class= +"v">14:50</sup>And all forsook him and fled. <sup class= +"v">14:51</sup>And one young man followed him with a linen cloth +wrapped about his naked body. And the young men caught him; +<sup class="v">14:52</sup>and leaving the linen cloth he escaped +from them naked.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, AND BEFORE PILATE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:53</sup>AND they led away +Jesus to the chief priest; and all the chief priests, and elders, +and scribes came together to him. <sup class="v">14:54</sup>And +Peter followed him at a distance, till he came into the court of +the chief priest; and he sat with the officers and warmed himself +before the light. <sup class="v">14:55</sup>And the chief priests +and all the Sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to kill him, +and did not find it. <sup class="v">14:56</sup>For many testified +falsely against him, but their testimony did not agree; <sup class= +"v">14:57</sup>and some arose and testified falsely against him, +saying, <sup class="v">14:58</sup>We heard him say, I will destroy +this temple made with hands, and in three days will build another +made without hands. <sup class="v">14:59</sup>And neither in this +did their testimony agree. <sup class="v">14:60</sup>And the chief +priest standing up in the midst asked Jesus, saying, Do you not +answer any thing to what these testify against you? <sup class= +"v">14:61</sup>And he was silent, and answered nothing.</p> +<p class="pin">2 Again the chief priest asked him, and said to +him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? <sup class= +"v">14:62</sup>And Jesus said, I am; and you shall see the Son of +man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the +clouds of heaven. <sup class="v">14:63</sup>And the high priest +rent his clothes, and said, What further need have we of witnesses? +<sup class="v">14:64</sup>You have heard the blasphemy; what do you +think? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death. +<sup class="v">14:65</sup>And some spit on him; and they +blindfolded him, and beat him with the fist, and said to him, +Prophesy. And the officers beat him with open hands.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:66</sup>And Peter being in the +court below, one of the female servants of the chief priest came, +<sup class="v">14:67</sup>and seeing Peter warming himself, looked +at him, and said, You also were with Jesus the Nazarene. +<sup class="v">14:68</sup>But he denied it, saying, I do not know +[him]; neither do I know what you say. And he went out into the +porch, and a cock crew. <sup class="v">14:69</sup>And the female +servant seeing him said to those standing by, This is one of them. +<sup class="v">14:70</sup>But he again denied it. And after a short +time those standing by again said to Peter, You are certainly one +of them, for you are also a Galilean. <sup class="v">14:71</sup>And +he cursed and swore, I know not this man of whom you speak. +<sup class="v">14:72</sup>And a cock crew a second time. And Peter +was reminded of the word, how Jesus said to him, Before a cock +crows twice, you will deny me thrice. And he wept bitterly.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>And immediately in the +morning, the chief priests taking counsel with the elders, and +scribes, and all the Sanhedrim, bound Jesus, and brought and +delivered him to Pilate. <sup class="v">15:2</sup>And Pilate asked +him, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus answered and said to +him, As you say. <sup class="v">15:3</sup>And the chief priests +accused him of many things. <sup class="v">15:4</sup>And Pilate +again asked him saying, Do you answer nothing? see how many things +they charge against you. <sup class="v">15:5</sup>And Jesus +answered him not any more; so that Pilate wondered.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:6</sup>And at the feast he +released to them a prisoner, whomsoever they chose. <sup class= +"v">15:7</sup>And there was a man called Barabbas, bound with the +insurgents, who had committed murder in a sedition. <sup class= +"v">15:8</sup>And the multitude went up and requested as he had +always done to them. <sup class="v">15:9</sup>And Pilate answered +them, saying, Do you wish me to release to you the king of the +Jews? <sup class="v">15:10</sup>For he knew that the chief priests +had delivered him up from envy. <sup class="v">15:11</sup>But the +chief priests moved the people that he should rather release +Barabbas to them.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">15:12</sup>And Pilate again +answered and said to them, What, then, do you wish me to do to him +whom you call the king of the Jews? <sup class="v">15:13</sup>And +they cried again, Crucify him! <sup class="v">15:14</sup>And Pilate +said to them, [Why]? for what evil has he done? But they cried more +violently, Crucify him! <sup class="v">15:15</sup>And Pilate +wishing to satisfy the multitude released to them Barabbas; and +having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CRUCIFIED, HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:16</sup>AND the soldiers led +him away into the court which is the Prætorium, and called +together all the cohort. <sup class="v">15:17</sup>And they put on +him a purple garment, and plaiting a thorny crown put it on him. +<sup class="v">15:18</sup>And they saluted him, Hail, king of the +Jews! <sup class="v">15:19</sup>And they struck his head with a +reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped him. <sup class= +"v">15:20</sup>And when they had mocked him they took off the +purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him +away to crucify him, <sup class="v">15:21</sup>and compelled one +Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing along, coming from the country, +the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:22</sup>And they brought him +to Golgotha, which is interpreted A place of a cranium, <sup class= +"v">15:23</sup>and gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not +take it. <sup class="v">15:24</sup>And they crucified him, and +divided his clothes, casting lots for them which should take any +thing. <sup class="v">15:25</sup>And it was the third hour when +they crucified him, <sup class="v">15:26</sup>and the inscription +of his accusation was written, THE KING OF THE JEWS.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">15:27</sup>And they crucified +with him two robbers, one on his right hand and the other on his +left. <sup class="v">15:29</sup>And those who passed by reviled +him, wagging their heads, and saying, Aha, you that destroy the +temple and build it in three days! <sup class="v">15:30</sup>save +yourself, and come down from the cross. <sup class= +"v">15:31</sup>In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, +with the scribes, said one to another, He saved others; himself he +cannot save; <sup class="v">15:32</sup>let the Christ, the King of +Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. +And those crucified with him reproached him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:33</sup>And when it was the +sixth hour, there was darkness over all the earth till the ninth +hour. <sup class="v">15:34</sup>And at the ninth hour Jesus cried +with a loud voice, saying, Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani? which is +interpreted, my God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me? <sup class= +"v">15:35</sup>And some of those standing by, hearing him, said, +See, he calls Elijah. <sup class="v">15:36</sup>And one ran, and +filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a reed gave it to +him to drink, saying, Let him alone; let us see if Elijah will come +to take him down.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:37</sup>And Jesus crying with +a loud voice, expired. <sup class="v">15:38</sup>And the vail of +the temple was rent in two, from top to bottom; <sup class= +"v">15:39</sup>and the centurion who stood near, opposite to him, +seeing that he so expired, said, Truly, this man was a Son of +God.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">15:40</sup>And the women also saw +from afar, among whom were Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother +of James the less, and of Joset, and Salome, <sup class= +"v">15:41</sup>who also followed him when he was in Galilee, and +waited on him, and many others who had come up with him to +Jerusalem.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">15:42</sup>And when it was now +evening, because it was the preparation, which is before the +sabbath, <sup class="v">15:43</sup>Joseph came, who was from +Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also himself expected the +kingdom of God, and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body +of Jesus. <sup class="v">15:44</sup>And Pilate wondered that he was +already dead; and calling the centurion asked him if he had been +dead for some time. <sup class="v">15:45</sup>And knowing [his +death,] from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. <sup class= +"v">15:46</sup>And having bought linen, he took him down and +wrapped him in the linen, and placed him in a tomb which was cut +from a rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. +<sup class="v">15:47</sup>And Mary the Magdalene and Mary the +mother of Joset saw where he was laid.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>And when the sabbath +was passed, Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and +Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. +<sup class="v">16:2</sup>And very early in the morning, on the +first day of the week, they came to the tomb at the rising of the +sun. <sup class="v">16:3</sup>And they said to themselves, Who will +roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?— +<sup class="v">16:4</sup>and looking up they saw that the stone was +rolled away—for it was very great.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">16:5</sup>And coming to the tomb +they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a +white robe; and they were astonished. <sup class="v">16:6</sup>And +he said to them, Be not astonished; you seek Jesus the Nazarene, +who was crucified. He is raised; he is not here. See the place +where they laid him. <sup class="v">16:7</sup>But go, tell his +disciples and Peter that he goes before you to Galilee; there you +shall see him as he said to you. <sup class="v">16:8</sup>And they +went out and fled from the tomb; and trembling and amazement seized +them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVII.</h2> +<h3>AN ADDITION BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">16:9</sup>AND having arisen early +on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the +Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven demons. <sup class= +"v">16:10</sup>She went and told those who had been with him, who +were weeping and lamenting; <sup class="v">16:11</sup>and when they +heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they did not +believe it.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">16:12</sup>Afterwards he appeared +in another form to two of them as they walked, going into the +country. <sup class="v">16:13</sup>And they went and announced it +to the rest; they did not believe it.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:14</sup>And afterwards he +appeared to the eleven, as they reclined, and reproached their +unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who +had seen him since he rose from the dead. <sup class= +"v">16:15</sup>And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach +the good news to all the creation; <sup class="v">16:16</sup>he +that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that +disbelieves shall be condemned. <sup class="v">16:17</sup>And these +signs shall follow those that believe; in my name they shall cast +out demons, they shall speak with new tongues, <sup class= +"v">16:18</sup>they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any +deadly [poison] it shall not hurt them; and they shall lay hands on +the sick, and they shall be well.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:19</sup>Then the Lord, after +speaking with them, was taken up to heaven, and sat on the right +hand of God. <sup class="v">16:20</sup>And they went abroad and +preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the +word by the accompanying miracles.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b42">THE GOSPEL OF + LUKE.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>INTRODUCTION, AND THE TWO ANNUNCIATIONS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>SINCE many have +undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully +believed among us, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>as they delivered them +to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of +the word, <sup class="v">1:3</sup>it seemed good to me also, having +traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to +you, most excellent Theophilus, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>that you +may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been +taught.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:5</sup>In the days of Herod the +king of Judea, there was a certain priest by the name of Zachariah, +of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, +and her name was Elizabeth. <sup class="v">1:6</sup>And they were +both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and +ordinances of the Lord blameless. <sup class="v">1:7</sup>And they +had no son, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in +years.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:8</sup>And when he was +performing the priest's office in the order of his class before +God, it fell to his lot, <sup class="v">1:9</sup>according to the +custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn +incense; <sup class="v">1:10</sup>and all the multitude of the +people were praying without, at the hour of incense. <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on +the right side of the altar of incense; <sup class= +"v">1:12</sup>and Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear +fell upon him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:13</sup>And the angel said to +him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife +Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John. +<sup class="v">1:14</sup>And he shall be to you a joy and +rejoicing; and many shall rejoice at his birth; <sup class= +"v">1:15</sup>for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and +shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall be filled with the +Holy Spirit even from his birth; <sup class="v">1:16</sup>and many +of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. +<sup class="v">1:17</sup>And he shall go before him in the spirit +and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and +the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a +people prepared for the Lord. <sup class="v">1:18</sup>And +Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an +old man, and my wife advanced in years. <sup class= +"v">1:19</sup>And the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, +who stand before God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to tell +you this good news. <sup class="v">1:20</sup>And behold you shall +be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are +accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall +be fulfilled in their time.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:21</sup>And the people waited +for Zachariah, and wondered that he staid so long in the temple. +<sup class="v">1:22</sup>And when he came out he could not speak to +them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. +And he made signs to them, and continued dumb. <sup class= +"v">1:23</sup>And when the days of his service were completed he +departed to his house. <sup class="v">1:24</sup>And after these +days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and hid herself five +months, saying, <sup class="v">1:25</sup>Thus has the Lord dealt +with me, in the days in which he looked upon me to take away my +reproach among men.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">1:26</sup>And in the sixth month +the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, by the name +of Nazareth, <sup class="v">1:27</sup>to a virgin espoused to a man +whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the +virgin was Mary. <sup class="v">1:28</sup>And coming in to her, he +said, Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you! <sup class= +"v">1:29</sup>And she was troubled at his word, and doubted what +this salutation meant. <sup class="v">1:30</sup>And the angel said +to her, Fear not, Mary, for you have found favor with God. +<sup class="v">1:31</sup>And behold you shall be with child, and +bear a son, and shall call his name Jesus. <sup class= +"v">1:32</sup>He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the +Most High. And the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his +father, <sup class="v">1:33</sup>and he shall reign over the house +of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">1:34</sup>And Mary said to the +angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man? <sup class= +"v">1:35</sup>And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy +Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall +overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called +the Son of God. <sup class="v">1:36</sup>And behold Elizabeth, your +relative, even she is pregnant with a son in her old age, and this +is the sixth month to her called barren; <sup class= +"v">1:37</sup>for nothing is impossible with God. <sup class= +"v">1:38</sup>And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord! +Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from +her.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>MARYS VISIT TO ELIZABETH, AND THE BIRTH OF JOHN.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:39</sup>AND Mary arose in those +days and went in haste to the mountainous country, to the city of +Juda. <sup class="v">1:40</sup>And she went unto the house of +Zachariah and saluted Elizabeth. <sup class="v">1:41</sup>And when +Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her +womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, <sup class= +"v">1:42</sup>and cried with a loud voice, and said, Blessed are +you among women! and blessed is the fruit of your womb! <sup class= +"v">1:43</sup>And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord +has come to me? <sup class="v">1:44</sup>For, behold, when the +voice of your salutation came to my ears, the babe leaped in my +womb with exultation. <sup class="v">1:45</sup>And blessed is she +that believed; for there shall be an accomplishment of the words +spoken to her by the Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:46</sup>And Mary said, My soul +magnifies the Lord, <sup class="v">1:47</sup>and my spirit exults +in God my Saviour; <sup class="v">1:48</sup>for he has looked on +the low condition of his servant; for, behold, from this time all +generations shall call me blessed, <sup class="v">1:49</sup>because +the mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name; +<sup class="v">1:50</sup>and his mercy is to generations and +generations of them that fear him. <sup class="v">1:51</sup>He has +made strong his arm; he has scattered the proud with the thought of +their hearts; <sup class="v">1:52</sup>he has brought down the +mighty from thrones, and exalted the humble; <sup class= +"v">1:53</sup>he has filled the hungry with goods, and sent the +rich away empty. <sup class="v">1:54</sup>He has helped Israel his +servant, and remembered his mercy, <sup class="v">1:55</sup>as he +said to our fathers, to Abraham and his posterity forever. +<sup class="v">1:56</sup>And Mary remained with her about three +months, and returned to her house.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:57</sup>And when Elizabeth's +time to bear had fully come, she bore a son; <sup class= +"v">1:58</sup>and her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord +had magnified his mercy to her, and congratulated her. <sup class= +"v">1:59</sup>And they came on the eighth day to circumcise the +little child, and called it by the name of its father, Zachariah. +<sup class="v">1:60</sup>And his mother answered and said, No; but +he shall be called John. <sup class="v">1:61</sup>And they said to +her, There is no one of your relations who is called by this name; +<sup class="v">1:62</sup>and they made signs to his father, what he +wished it to be called. <sup class="v">1:63</sup>And asking for a +writing-tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And all +wondered. <sup class="v">1:64</sup>And his mouth was immediately +opened, and his tongue [loosed], and he spoke and blessed God. +<sup class="v">1:65</sup>And fear came on all living around them. +All these things were talked of in all the mountainous country of +Judea. <sup class="v">1:66</sup>And all who heard laid them to +heart, saying, What then is this child to be? For the hand of the +Lord was also with him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:67</sup>And Zachariah his +father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, +<sup class="v">1:68</sup>Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, +because he has visited and redeemed his people, <sup class= +"v">1:69</sup>and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house +of David his servant; <sup class="v">1:70</sup>as he said by the +mouth of his holy prophets from of old; <sup class="v">1:71</sup>A +salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, +<sup class="v">1:72</sup>to perform his mercy with our fathers, and +to remember his holy covenant, <sup class="v">1:73</sup>the oath +which he swore to Abraham our father, <sup class="v">1:74</sup>to +grant us without fear, being delivered from the hand of our +enemies, to serve him <sup class="v">1:75</sup>in holiness and +righteousness before him all our days. <sup class="v">1:76</sup>And +you, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for +you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, +<sup class="v">1:77</sup>to give a knowledge of salvation to his +people, with a forgiveness of sins, <sup class="v">1:78</sup>on +account of the compassionate mercies of our God, by which a morning +from on high has visited us, <sup class="v">1:79</sup>to illuminate +those sitting in darkness and the shade of death, to direct our +feet in the way of peace. <sup class="v">1:80</sup>And the child +grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness till +the day of his manifestation to Israel.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, HIS INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>In those days there went +out an ordinance from Cæsar Augustus that a census should be +taken of all the world. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>This first census +was taken when Cyrenius was proconsul of Syria. <sup class= +"v">2:3</sup>And all went to be enrolled, each one to his own city. +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>And Joseph went up from Galilee, from the +city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called +Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, +<sup class="v">2:5</sup>to be enrolled with Mary his espoused +[wife,] who was with child. <sup class="v">2:6</sup>And while they +were there the days for her delivery were completed; <sup class= +"v">2:7</sup>and she bore her first-born son, and wrapped him in +bandages, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for +them in the khan.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:8</sup>And there were shepherds +in that country staying in the fields and watching their flock by +night. <sup class="v">2:9</sup>And behold, an angel of the Lord +came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and +they were greatly afraid. <sup class="v">2:10</sup>And the angel +said to them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good news of a +great joy, which shall be for all people. <sup class= +"v">2:11</sup>For to you was born to-day in the city of David, a +Saviour who is the anointed Lord. <sup class="v">2:12</sup>And this +shall be a sign to you. You shall find the babe wrapped in +bandages, lying in a manger. <sup class="v">2:13</sup>And suddenly +there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising +God, and saying, <sup class="v">2:14</sup>Glory to God in the +highest [heavens], on earth peace, and among men good will!</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:15</sup>And when the angels had +departed from them to heaven, the shepherds said one to another, +Let us go now to Bethlehem, and see this thing which has occurred, +which the Lord has made known to us. <sup class="v">2:16</sup>And +they came in haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying +in the manger. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>And when they saw it they +related the word spoken to them concerning this child; <sup class= +"v">2:18</sup>and all who heard wondered at the things told them by +the shepherds. <sup class="v">2:19</sup>But Mary kept all these +words, revolving them in her mind. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>And the +shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they +had heard and seen, as it was told them.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:21</sup>And when eight days +were completed, [the time] to circumcise him, his name was called +Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in +the womb. <sup class="v">2:22</sup>And when the days of their +purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they +carried him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, <sup class= +"v">2:23</sup>as it is written in the law of the Lord that every +male which is a first born shall be called holy to the Lord, +<sup class="v">2:24</sup>and to offer a sacrifice according to what +is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle doves, or two +young pigeons.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:25</sup>And behold, there was a +man at Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and +pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit +was on him. <sup class="v">2:26</sup>And he was informed by the +Holy Spirit that he should not see death till he had seen the +Lord's anointed. <sup class="v">2:27</sup>And he came by the spirit +into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, +to do according to the custom of the law concerning him, +<sup class="v">2:28</sup>he also took it in his arms, and blessed +God, and said, <sup class="v">2:29</sup>Now, Master, dismiss thy +servant according to thy word, in peace; <sup class= +"v">2:30</sup>for my eyes have seen thy salvation, <sup class= +"v">2:31</sup>which thou hast prepared before all people; +<sup class="v">2:32</sup>a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a +glory of thy people Israel. <sup class="v">2:33</sup>And his father +and mother wondered at the words spoken of him.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:34</sup>And Simeon blessed +them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for +the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against, +<sup class="v">2:35</sup>and a sword shall pierce your own soul +also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:36</sup>And there was Anna, a +prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was +far advanced in years, having lived with a husband seven years from +her virginity; <sup class="v">2:37</sup>and she had been a widow +eighty-four years, and departed not from the temple, serving God +night and day with fastings and prayers. <sup class= +"v">2:38</sup>And she coming by at that time, praised God, and +spoke of him [the child] to all who expected a redemption in +Jerusalem. <sup class="v">2:39</sup>And when they had finished all +things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, +to their city Nazareth. <sup class="v">2:40</sup>And the little +child grew, and became strong, being filled with wisdom; and the +grace of God was upon it.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">2:41</sup>And his parents went up +yearly to Jerusalem to the feast of the passover. <sup class= +"v">2:42</sup>And when he was twelve years old they went up to +Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast. <sup class= +"v">2:43</sup>And having completed the days, on their return, the +child Jesus remained behind at Jerusalem. And his parents knew it +not. <sup class="v">2:44</sup>But supposing that he was in the +company went a day's journey and sought him among their relations +and acquaintances. <sup class="v">2:45</sup>And not finding him +they returned to Jerusalem to seek him. <sup class= +"v">2:46</sup>And after three days they found him sitting in the +temple in the midst of the teachers, both hearing and questioning +them. <sup class="v">2:47</sup>And all who heard him were +astonished at his understanding and his answers.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">2:48</sup>And when they saw him +they were astonished; and his mother said to him, Son, why have you +dealt thus with us? Behold, your father and I have sought you with +sorrow. <sup class="v">2:49</sup>And he said to them, Why did you +seek me? did you not know that I must be in [the courts] of my +father? <sup class="v">2:50</sup>And they understood not the word +which he spoke to them. <sup class="v">2:51</sup>And he went down +with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his +mother kept all these things in her heart. <sup class= +"v">2:52</sup>And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in +favor with God and men.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND +GENEALOGY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>AND in the fifteenth +year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being +procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his +brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and +Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, <sup class="v">3:2</sup>under +the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John +the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. <sup class= +"v">3:3</sup>And he went into all the region about the Jordan, +preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of +sins; <sup class="v">3:4</sup>as it is written in the book of the +words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the +wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. +<sup class="v">3:5</sup>Every ravine shall be filled up, and every +mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made +straight, and the rough ways smooth; <sup class="v">3:6</sup>and +all flesh shall see the salvation of God.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>Then John said to the +multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, +who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <sup class= +"v">3:8</sup>Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. +And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I +tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to +Abraham. <sup class="v">3:9</sup>And already also the axe lies at +the root of the trees; every tree therefore which bears not good +fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall +we do? <sup class="v">3:11</sup>And he answered and said to them, +Let him that has two coats give to him that has none; and let him +that has food do the same. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>And publicans, +also, came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we +do? <sup class="v">3:13</sup>And he said to them, Do nothing more +than is appointed for you. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>And the +soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to +them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, no one; and be contented with +your wages.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:15</sup>And the people being in +expectation, and all doubting in their minds concerning John, +whether he was the Christ, <sup class="v">3:16</sup>John answered +all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I +is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he +shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. <sup class= +"v">3:17</sup>His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will +thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather the wheat into his +storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable +fire.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">3:18</sup>With many other +exhortations, also, he preached the good news to the people. +<sup class="v">3:19</sup>But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by +him on account of Herodias his brother's wife and for all the evil +deeds which Herod had done, <sup class="v">3:20</sup>added also +this to all, and shut up John in prison.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">3:21</sup>And when all the people +were baptized, Jesus also being baptized, and praying, heaven was +opened, <sup class="v">3:22</sup>and the Holy Spirit descended in a +bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from +heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well +pleased.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:23</sup>And Jesus was about +thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the +son of Eli, <sup class="v">3:24</sup>the son of Matthat, the son of +Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, +<sup class="v">3:25</sup>the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, +the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, <sup class= +"v">3:26</sup>the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of +Shimei, the son of Josech, the son of Juda, <sup class= +"v">3:27</sup>the son of Joannas, the son of Resa, the son of +Zerubabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, <sup class= +"v">3:28</sup>the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, +the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, <sup class="v">3:29</sup>the son +of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of +Matthat, the son of Levi, <sup class="v">3:30</sup>the son of +Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the +son of Eliakim, <sup class="v">3:31</sup>the son of Meleas, the son +of Mennas, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of +David, <sup class="v">3:32</sup>the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, +the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Naason, <sup class= +"v">3:33</sup>the son of Aminadab, the son of Admein, the son of +Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, +<sup class="v">3:34</sup>the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the +son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, <sup class= +"v">3:35</sup>the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, +the son of Heber, the son of Selah, <sup class="v">3:36</sup>the +son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of +Noah, the son of Lamech, <sup class="v">3:37</sup>the son of +Methusaleh, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of +Mahaleel, the son of Cainan, <sup class="v">3:38</sup>the son of +Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the Son of God.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S FASTING, TEMPTATION, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS +MINISTRY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>AND Jesus, full of the +Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in +the wilderness, <sup class="v">4:2</sup>being tempted by the devil +forty days. And he eat nothing in those days; and when they were +completed he was hungry. <sup class="v">4:3</sup>And the devil said +to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become +bread. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>And Jesus answered him, It is +written, that man shall not live by bread alone. <sup class= +"v">4:5</sup>And taking him up he showed him all the kingdoms of +the world in a moment of time. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>And the +devil said to him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of +these; for it is given to me, and I give it to whom I will. +<sup class="v">4:7</sup>If you, therefore, will worship me, it all +shall be yours. <sup class="v">4:8</sup>And Jesus answered and said +to him, It is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him +alone shall you serve. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>And he brought him +to Jerusalem and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said +to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here; +<sup class="v">4:10</sup>for it is written, He will charge his +angels concerning you, to guard you, <sup class="v">4:11</sup>and +they shall bear you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash +your foot against a stone. <sup class="v">4:12</sup>And Jesus +answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not try the Lord +your God. <sup class="v">4:13</sup>And the devil having finished +all the temptation, departed from him for a time.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:14</sup>And Jesus returned with +the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and his fame went out into all +the region around. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>And he taught in their +synagogues, glorified by all.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:16</sup>And he came to +Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, according to his +custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and stood up to +read. <sup class="v">4:17</sup>And the book of Isaiah the prophet +was given to him. And unrolling the book he found the place where +it was written, <sup class="v">4:18</sup>The Spirit of the Lord is +upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the +poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a +recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free, +<sup class="v">4:19</sup>to proclaim an acceptable year of the +Lord. <sup class="v">4:20</sup>And folding up the book, he gave it +to the minister, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue +were steadfastly fixed upon him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:21</sup>And he said to them, +To-day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. <sup class= +"v">4:22</sup>And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the +gracious words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not +this the son of Joseph? <sup class="v">4:23</sup>And he said to +them, You will undoubtedly tell me this proverb; Physician, cure +yourself; things which we heard were done in Capernaum, do also +here in your own country. <sup class="v">4:24</sup>And he said, I +tell you truly, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country. +<sup class="v">4:25</sup>I also tell you of a truth, that there +were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was +shut up three years and six months, so that there was a great +famine over all the land; <sup class="v">4:26</sup>and to none of +them was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, of Sidon, to a widow woman. +<sup class="v">4:27</sup>And there were many lepers in Israel in +the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed but +Naaman the Syrian. <sup class="v">4:28</sup>And all in the +synagogue when they heard these things were filled with wrath; +<sup class="v">4:29</sup>and they arose and cast him out of the +city, and led him even to the brow of the mountain on which the +city was built, to precipitate him down. <sup class= +"v">4:30</sup>But he passed through the midst of them and went +away.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM, AND HIS PREACHING AND MIRACLES IN +GALILEE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:31</sup>AND he went down to +Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath; +<sup class="v">4:32</sup>and they were astonished at his teaching, +for his word was with power. <sup class="v">4:33</sup>And there was +a man in the synagogue having a spirit of an impure demon; and he +cried with a loud voice, <sup class="v">4:34</sup>Alas! what have +you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I +know you who you are, the Holy [Son] of God! <sup class= +"v">4:35</sup>And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush! and come out of +him. And the demon casting him into the midst came out of him, +doing him no injury. <sup class="v">4:36</sup>And they were all +amazed, and talked with each other, saying, What word is this, that +with authority and power he commands the impure spirits, and they +come out? <sup class="v">4:37</sup>And a report of him went abroad +into every place in the country about.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:38</sup>And going up from the +synagogue he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's +mother-in-law was sick with a violent fever; and they asked him in +her behalf. <sup class="v">4:39</sup>And standing over her he +rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she immediately arose and +waited on them.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:40</sup>And when the sun went +down, all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them +to him; and putting his hands on each one of them he cured them; +<sup class="v">4:41</sup>and demons also went out of many, crying +and saying, You are the Son of God! And he rebuked them, and +charged them not to say that they knew him to be the Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:42</sup>And when it was day, +coming out he went to a solitary place; and the multitudes sought +him, and came to him, and urged him not to depart from them. +<sup class="v">4:43</sup>But he said to them, I must preach the +good news of the kingdom of God in the other cities also, because +for this am I sent; <sup class="v">4:44</sup>and he preached in the +synagogues of Galilee.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>And as the multitude +pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by +the lake of Gennesaret, <sup class="v">5:2</sup>he saw two boats +standing by the lake; and the fishermen having gone out of them +were washing their nets. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>And entering into +one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a +little from the land, and sat down and taught the multitudes from +the ship. <sup class="v">5:4</sup>And when he ceased speaking, he +said to Simon, Put out into the deep water, and let down your nets +for a draught. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>And Simon answered and said +to him, Master, we have labored all night and taken nothing; but at +your word I will let down the net. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>And +doing this he enclosed a great number of fishes; and their net +broke. <sup class="v">5:7</sup>And he made signs to his companions +in the other ship to come and help him; and they came, and filled +both ships, so that they began to sink. <sup class="v">5:8</sup>And +Simon Peter seeing it fell on his knees to Jesus, saying, Depart +from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man. <sup class="v">5:9</sup>For +he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes +which they had taken. <sup class="v">5:10</sup>So also were James +and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus +said to Simon, Fear not; from this time you shall take men. +<sup class="v">5:11</sup>And bringing the ships to the land they +left all and followed him.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:12</sup>And he was in one of +the cities, and behold, a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus he +fell on his face, and asked him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can +cleanse me. <sup class="v">5:13</sup>And stretching out his hand he +touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately the +leprosy left him. <sup class="v">5:14</sup>And he charged him to +tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and present an +offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony +to them. <sup class="v">5:15</sup>And the report concerning him +went abroad extensively; and great multitudes came together to hear +him, and to be cured of their diseases. <sup class= +"v">5:16</sup>And he withdrew into solitary places and prayed.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST FORGIVING SINS, CALLING LEVI, EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND +SINNERS, AND EXPOUNDING THE LAWS OF FASTING AND THE SABBATH.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">5:17</sup>AND on one of those +days he was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law +were present, having come from every village of Galilee, and of +Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to +cure them. <sup class="v">5:18</sup>And behold, men bringing on a +bed a man who was paralytic; and they sought to bring him in to +place him before him. <sup class="v">5:19</sup>And not finding how +they could bring him in, on account of the multitude, they went up +on the house, and let him down through the tiles, with his little +bed, into the midst before Jesus. <sup class="v">5:20</sup>And +seeing their faith, he said, Man, your sins are forgiven you.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:21</sup>And the scribes and +Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaks +blasphemies? who can forgive sins, but God alone? <sup class= +"v">5:22</sup>And Jesus knowing their thoughts answered and said to +them, Why do you reason in your minds? <sup class="v">5:23</sup>in +what is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven you, than to say, +Arise and walk? <sup class="v">5:24</sup>But that you may know that +the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, he said to +the paralytic, I tell you, arise, and take up your little bed, and +go to your house. <sup class="v">5:25</sup>And he arose immediately +before them, and taking up that on which he had lain departed to +his house, glorifying God. <sup class="v">5:26</sup>And all were +astonished, and glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, +We have seen strange things to-day.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:27</sup>And after these things +he went out and saw a publican by the name of Levi, sitting at the +custom house, and said to him, Follow me. <sup class= +"v">5:28</sup>And leaving all he arose and followed him. +<sup class="v">5:29</sup>And Levi made a great feast for him at his +house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others +who reclined with them. <sup class="v">5:30</sup>And the Pharisees +and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, Why do you +eat and drink with publicans? <sup class="v">5:31</sup>And Jesus +answered and said to them, The well need not a physician, but the +ill. <sup class="v">5:32</sup>I have not come to call the +righteous, but sinners to a change of mind.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:33</sup>And they said to him, +The disciples of John fast much and make prayers; and likewise +those of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink. <sup class= +"v">5:34</sup>And he said to them, Can you make the children of the +bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? <sup class= +"v">5:35</sup>But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken +from them; then shall they fast in those days.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:36</sup>And he spoke also a +parable to them; That no one puts a piece of a new garment on an +old garment; if he does, the new both tears the old, and that from +the new disagrees with the old. <sup class="v">5:37</sup>And no one +puts new wine into old bottles; if he does, the new wine will break +the bottles, and itself be poured out, and the bottles be +destroyed. <sup class="v">5:38</sup>But new wine must be put into +new bottles. <sup class="v">5:39</sup>And no one drinking old wine +desires new; for he says the old is good.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>And on the second-first +sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples picked +the heads and eat, rubbing them in their hands. <sup class= +"v">6:2</sup>And some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is +not lawful on the sabbath? <sup class="v">6:3</sup>And Jesus +answered and said to them, Have you not read what David did when he +was hungry, he and those with him? <sup class="v">6:4</sup>He +entered into the house of God, and took the show bread, and eat, +and gave to those with him, which it was not lawful for any to eat, +except the priests alone. <sup class="v">6:5</sup>And he said to +them, The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">6:6</sup>And on another sabbath +he went into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man there +whose right hand was withered. <sup class="v">6:7</sup>And the +scribes and Pharisees watched him [to see] if he would perform a +cure on the sabbath, that they might find [something of which] to +accuse him. <sup class="v">6:8</sup>But he knew their thoughts, and +said to the man having the withered hand, Arise, and stand in the +midst. And he arose and stood. <sup class="v">6:9</sup>And Jesus +said to them, I will ask you whether it is lawful on the sabbath to +do good or to do evil? to save a life or to destroy? <sup class= +"v">6:10</sup>And looking round upon them all he said to him, +Stretch out your hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored. +<sup class="v">6:11</sup>And they were filled with madness, and +conferred with each other as to what they should do to Jesus.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CALLING THE TWELVE APOSTLES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:12</sup>AND in those days he +went out on the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in +prayer to God. <sup class="v">6:13</sup>And when it was day he +called his disciples; and having chosen twelve of them, whom he +named apostles, <sup class="v">6:14</sup>Simon, whom he also named +Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and +Bartholomew, <sup class="v">6:15</sup>Matthew and Thomas, James, +the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zealot, <sup class= +"v">6:16</sup>Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who +was the traitor, <sup class="v">6:17</sup>he went down with them +and stood on a plain; and a multitude of his disciples, and a great +multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea +coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be cured of +their diseases; <sup class="v">6:18</sup>and those troubled with +impure spirits were cured. <sup class="v">6:19</sup>And all the +multitude sought to touch him, for a power went out from him and +cured all.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:20</sup>And he lifted up his +eyes upon his disciples and said, Blessed are you poor, for yours +is the kingdom of God. <sup class="v">6:21</sup>Blessed are you +that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep +now, for you shall laugh. <sup class="v">6:22</sup>Blessed are you +when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you from their +company, and reproach and cast out your names as evil, on account +of the Son of man. <sup class="v">6:23</sup>Rejoice in that day, +and be exceedingly glad; for behold, your reward is great in +heaven. For in this manner did their fathers to the prophets. +<sup class="v">6:24</sup>But woe to you rich! for you have your +consolation. <sup class="v">6:25</sup>Woe to you full! for you +shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now! for you shall mourn and +weep. <sup class="v">6:26</sup>Woe, when all men speak well of you! +for in this manner did their fathers of the false prophets.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:27</sup>But I tell you that +hear, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you; +<sup class="v">6:28</sup>bless those that curse you; pray for those +that injure you; <sup class="v">6:29</sup>to him that strikes you +on the cheek, present also the other; and forbid not him who takes +away your cloak to take your coat also. <sup class= +"v">6:30</sup>Give to every one that asks; and from him who takes +that which is yours, ask it not back. <sup class="v">6:31</sup>And +as you wish men to do to you, do you also in like manner to them. +<sup class="v">6:32</sup>And if you love those that love you, what +thanks have you? for sinners also love those that love them. +<sup class="v">6:33</sup>And if you do good to those who do good to +you, what thanks have you? for sinners do the same. <sup class= +"v">6:34</sup>And if you lend to those from whom you hope to +receive, what thanks have you? sinners also lend to sinners, to +receive back as much again. <sup class="v">6:35</sup>But love your +enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and +your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most +High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil. <sup class= +"v">6:36</sup>Be merciful, as your father is merciful; <sup class= +"v">6:37</sup>and judge not, and you shall not be judged; and +condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release, and you shall +be released; <sup class="v">6:38</sup>give, and it shall be given +to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, +shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure you measure +it shall be measured back to you.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:39</sup>And he spoke also a +parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall +into the pit? <sup class="v">6:40</sup>A disciple is not above his +teacher, but every perfect one will be as his teacher. <sup class= +"v">6:41</sup>And why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, +and observe not the beam in your own eye? <sup class= +"v">6:42</sup>How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast +out the speck in your eye, and you yourself see not the beam in +your own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and +then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's +eye. <sup class="v">6:43</sup>For there is no good tree which bears +bad fruit, nor, again, a bad tree which bears good fruit. +<sup class="v">6:44</sup>For every tree is known by its own fruit. +For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes +from brambles. <sup class="v">6:45</sup>The good man out of the +good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil man out +of the evil brings forth evil; for out of the abundance of the +heart its mouth speaks.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">6:46</sup>And why do you call me +Lord! Lord! and do not what I say? <sup class="v">6:47</sup>Every +one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show +you whom he is like. <sup class="v">6:48</sup>He is like a man +building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on +the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that +house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock. +<sup class="v">6:49</sup>But he that hears and does not, is like a +man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against +which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of +that house was great.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM AND NAIN, HIS REPLY TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, +ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>WHEN he had finished all +his discourses in the hearing of the people, he entered into +Capernaum. <sup class="v">7:2</sup>And a certain centurion's +servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and about to die; +<sup class="v">7:3</sup>and he hearing of Jesus, sent to him the +elders of the Jews, asking him to come and cure his servant. +<sup class="v">7:4</sup>And having come to Jesus they besought him +earnestly, saying, He is worthy for whom you should do this; +<sup class="v">7:5</sup>for he loves our nation, and has built us a +synagogue. <sup class="v">7:6</sup>And Jesus went with them. And +when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends +to him, saying, Lord, trouble not yourself, for I am not fit that +you should come under my roof. <sup class="v">7:7</sup>Wherefore I +did not think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and +my servant shall be cured; <sup class="v">7:8</sup>for I also am a +man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to +one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my +servant, Do this, and he does it. <sup class="v">7:9</sup>And Jesus +hearing these things wondered at him, and turning around said to +the multitude following him, I tell you I have not found in Israel +so great a faith; <sup class="v">7:10</sup>and those sent returning +to the house found the sick servant well.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">7:11</sup>And on the next day he +went to a city called Nain, and a considerable number of his +disciples and a great multitude went with him. <sup class= +"v">7:12</sup>And as he approached the gate of the city, behold, a +dead man was carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a +widow. And a great multitude from the city was with her. +<sup class="v">7:13</sup>And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on +her, and said to her, Weep not. <sup class="v">7:14</sup>And +approaching he touched the bier, and those who bore it stopped. And +he said, Young man, I tell you, arise! <sup class="v">7:15</sup>And +the dead sat up, and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother. +<sup class="v">7:16</sup>And fear seized all; and they glorified +God, saying, A great prophet is raised up among us; and, God has +visited his people. <sup class="v">7:17</sup>And this report of him +went out into all Judea, and into all the region around.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">7:18</sup>And his disciples told +John of all these things. <sup class="v">7:19</sup>And calling two +of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying, Are you he that +was to come, or look we for another? <sup class="v">7:20</sup>And +coming to him the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to +say, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another? +<sup class="v">7:21</sup>And in that hour he cured many of +diseases, and plagues, and of evil spirits, and gave sight to many +blind. <sup class="v">7:22</sup>And Jesus answered and said to +them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind +see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the +dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news preached to +them; <sup class="v">7:23</sup>and blessed is he who shall not be +offended with me.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">7:24</sup>And when the messengers +of John had gone away, he said to the multitudes concerning John, +What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with a +wind? <sup class="v">7:25</sup>But what went you out to see? A man +dressed in fine clothes? Behold, those who wear fine clothes, and +live in luxury, are in royal palaces. <sup class="v">7:26</sup>But +what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than +a prophet. <sup class="v">7:27</sup>This is he of whom it is +written; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall +prepare your way before you. <sup class="v">7:28</sup>I tell you, +that among those born of women there is no greater prophet than +John; but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. +<sup class="v">7:29</sup>And all the people who heard this, and the +publicans, justified God, having received the baptism of John. +<sup class="v">7:30</sup>But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the +counsel of God as to themselves, not having been baptized by +him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">7:31</sup>[And he said], To what +then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they +like? <sup class="v">7:32</sup>They are like little children +sitting in the market, and they call to each other, saying, We have +played on pipes to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to +you, and you have not lamented. <sup class="v">7:33</sup>For John +the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you +say, He has a demon. <sup class="v">7:34</sup>The Son of man has +come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold a glutton and a wine +drinker! a friend of publicans and sinners! <sup class= +"v">7:35</sup>And Wisdom is justified by all her children.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST ANOINTED BY THE WOMAN, HIS TRAVELS AND ATTENDANTS, THE +PARABLE OF THE SOWER.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">7:36</sup>AND one of the +Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and going into the Pharisee's +house he reclined. <sup class="v">7:37</sup>And behold, a certain +woman in the city, a sinner, knowing that he was reclining in the +house of the Pharisee, brought a vase of ointment, <sup class= +"v">7:38</sup>and standing behind, by his feet, weeping, washed his +feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head; and she +kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. <sup class= +"v">7:39</sup>And the Pharisee who invited him, seeing it, spoke +within himself, saying, If this was a prophet he would have known +who and what kind of a woman this is who touches him; for she is a +sinner.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">7:40</sup>And Jesus answered and +said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, +Teacher, say it. <sup class="v">7:41</sup>A certain creditor had +two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other +fifty [$7]. <sup class="v">7:42</sup>And having nothing to pay, he +gave [the debt] to both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will +love him most? <sup class="v">7:43</sup>Simon answered and said, I +suppose the one to whom he gave most. And he said to him, You have +judged rightly. <sup class="v">7:44</sup>And turning to the woman, +he said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I came into your house; +you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with +tears, and wiped them with her hairs. <sup class="v">7:45</sup>You +gave me no kiss; but she, from the time that I came in, has not +ceased to kiss my feet. <sup class="v">7:46</sup>You anointed not +my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with ointment. +<sup class="v">7:47</sup>Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are +many, are forgiven; for she has loved much; but he to whom little +is forgiven, loves little. <sup class="v">7:48</sup>And he said to +her, Your sins are forgiven. <sup class="v">7:49</sup>And those who +reclined with him said within themselves, Who is this that forgives +sins also? <sup class="v">7:50</sup>And he said to the woman, Your +faith has saved you; go in peace.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>And he travelled in +order through the cities and villages, proclaiming and preaching +the good news of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him, +<sup class="v">8:2</sup>and certain women who had been cured of +evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went +out seven demons, <sup class="v">8:3</sup>and Joanna the wife of +Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served +them with their property.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:4</sup>And a great multitude +having come together, and persons having come to him from every +city, he said in a parable, <sup class="v">8:5</sup>A sower went +out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and +was trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it; <sup class= +"v">8:6</sup>and some fell on the rock, and springing up it was +dried up, because it had no moisture; <sup class="v">8:7</sup>and +some fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns springing up +choked it; <sup class="v">8:8</sup>and some fell on good ground, +and growing up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, +he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:9</sup>And his disciples asked +him, What does this parable mean? <sup class="v">8:10</sup>And he +said, It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of +God, but to others in parables; that seeing they may not see, and +hearing they may not understand. <sup class="v">8:11</sup>But the +parable signifies this; the seed is the word of God; <sup class= +"v">8:12</sup>those by the way are those who hear, then comes the +devil and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not +believe and be saved; <sup class="v">8:13</sup>those on the rock +are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and they +have no root; they believe for a time, and in a time of trial fall +away; <sup class="v">8:14</sup>and that which fell among thorns +signifies those who hear, and going away are choked by cares and +riches and the pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to +perfection. <sup class="v">8:15</sup>But that on the good ground +signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word +retain it, and bear fruit persistently.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">8:16</sup>But no one lights a +candle and covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but he +puts it in a candlestick, that those coming in may see the light. +<sup class="v">8:17</sup>For there is nothing hid which shall not +be manifest, nor concealed which shall not be known and come to +light. <sup class="v">8:18</sup>See therefore how you hear; for +whoever has, to him shall be given, and whoever has not, from him +shall be taken away even what he seems to have.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">8:19</sup>And his mother and +brothers came to him, and were not able to approach him on account +of the multitude. <sup class="v">8:20</sup>And it was told him by +some, saying, Your mother and your brothers stand without, wishing +to see you. <sup class="v">8:21</sup>And he answered and said to +them, My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God +and perform it.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST STILLING A TEMPEST, CURING A DEMONIAC, RAISING THE +DAUGHTER OF JAIRUS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:22</sup>AND on one of those +days both he and his disciples went into the ship; and he said to +them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they set +sail; <sup class="v">8:23</sup>and as they were sailing he fell +asleep. And a tempest of wind came down on the lake, and they were +flooded with water, and in peril. <sup class="v">8:24</sup>And they +came and awoke him, saying, Master! Master! we are perishing! And +he arose, and rebuked the wind and the waves, and they ceased, and +there was a calm. <sup class="v">8:25</sup>And he said to them, +Where is your faith? And they were afraid, and wondered, saying one +to another, What man then is this, that he commands the winds and +the water and they obey him?</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:26</sup>And they sailed to the +country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite to Galilee. <sup class= +"v">8:27</sup>And as he went out on the land, there met him a +certain man from the city who had had demons for a long time; and +he wore no clothes, and remained not in a house, but in the tombs. +<sup class="v">8:28</sup>And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and +worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do +with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to +torment me; <sup class="v">8:29</sup>for he had commanded the +impure spirit to go out of the man; for it had often seized him; +and he had been bound with chains, and confined with fetters; and +breaking his bonds he had been driven by the demon into solitary +places. <sup class="v">8:30</sup>And Jesus asked him, saying, What +is your name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered +into him. <sup class="v">8:31</sup>And he besought him not to +command them to go into the abyss. <sup class="v">8:32</sup>And +there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they +besought him to permit them to enter into them; and be permitted +them. <sup class="v">8:33</sup>And the demons going out of the man +entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the precipice into +the lake and were drowned.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:34</sup>And those who fed them, +seeing what was done, fled and reported it in the city and in the +country places. <sup class="v">8:35</sup>And they went out to see +what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom +the demons had gone out sitting, clothed and of a sound mind, at +the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid. <sup class= +"v">8:36</sup>And those who had seen related to them how the +demoniac had been cured. <sup class="v">8:37</sup>And all the +multitude of the region about the Gerasenes requested him to depart +from them, because they were seized with great fear. And entering +into the ship, he returned. <sup class="v">8:38</sup>And the man +from whom the demons had gone out desired to be with him; but he +sent him away, saying, <sup class="v">8:39</sup>Return to your +house, and declare how great things God has done for you. And he +went away proclaiming in all the city what great things Jesus had +done for him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:40</sup>And when Jesus returned +the multitude received him; for they were all waiting for him. +<sup class="v">8:41</sup>And behold, a man by the name of Jairus +came; and he was the ruler of a synagogue. And falling at the feet +of Jesus, he besought him to come to his house, <sup class= +"v">8:42</sup>for he had an only daughter twelve years old, and she +was dying. And when he was going, the multitudes thronged him. +<sup class="v">8:43</sup>And a woman having a hemorrhage of twelve +years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be +cured by any one, <sup class="v">8:44</sup>coming up behind, +touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her flow of +blood was stopped. <sup class="v">8:45</sup>And Jesus said, Who +touched me? And all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, +the multitudes press upon and throng you, and do you say, Who +touched me? <sup class="v">8:46</sup>And Jesus said, Some one +touched me; for I perceived a power going from me. <sup class= +"v">8:47</sup>And the woman seeing that she was not concealed, came +trembling, and falling down related to him in the presence of all +the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was +immediately cured. <sup class="v">8:48</sup>And he said to her, +Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in peace.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:49</sup>While he was yet +speaking some one came from the synagogue ruler's house and said to +him, Your daughter has died; trouble not the teacher. <sup class= +"v">8:50</sup>But Jesus hearing it answered him, Fear not; only +believe, and she shall be cured. <sup class="v">8:51</sup>And when +he entered into the house, he permitted no one to go in with him, +except Peter, and John, and James, and the father and mother of the +child. <sup class="v">8:52</sup>And all wept and lamented her. But +he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps. <sup class= +"v">8:53</sup>And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. +<sup class="v">8:54</sup>And taking her hand, he called, saying, +Child, arise! <sup class="v">8:55</sup>And her spirit returned, and +she arose immediately. And he commanded food to be given her. +<sup class="v">8:56</sup>And her parents were astonished; and he +commanded them to tell no one what was done.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST ENDOWING THE TWELVE APOSTLES WITH MIRACULOUS POWERS, THE +PERPLEXITY OF HEROD, THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND, PETER'S +CONFESSION, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>AND calling together the +twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to +cure diseases, <sup class="v">9:2</sup>and sent them out to +proclaim the kingdom of God, and to cure the sick. <sup class= +"v">9:3</sup>And he said to them, Take for the way neither a staff +nor a provision sack, nor bread, nor silver, and have not two coats +apiece. <sup class="v">9:4</sup>And into whatever house you enter, +there remain and thence depart. <sup class="v">9:5</sup>And whoever +does not receive you, when you go out of that city shake off the +dust from your feet for a testimony to them. <sup class= +"v">9:6</sup>And they went out and passed through the villages, +everywhere proclaiming the good news and performing cures.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:7</sup>And Herod the tetrarch +heard all things which were done, and was perplexed, because it was +said by some that John was raised from the dead, <sup class= +"v">9:8</sup>and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others +that one of the old prophets had arisen. <sup class= +"v">9:9</sup>And Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, of +whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:10</sup>And the apostles +returned and reported to him all things which they had done. And +taking them aside, he departed privately to the city called +Bethsaida. <sup class="v">9:11</sup>And the multitudes knowing it +followed him. And having received them, he spoke to them of the +kingdom of God, and cured those having need of cure. <sup class= +"v">9:12</sup>And the day began to decline; and the twelve came and +said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the +villages and farms around, and lodge, and find provisions; for we +are here in a solitary place. <sup class="v">9:13</sup>And he said +to them, Give them something to eat. And they said, We have not +more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy +provisions for all this multitude; <sup class="v">9:14</sup>for +they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, +Make them recline in companies of fifty each; <sup class= +"v">9:15</sup>and they did so, and caused them all to recline. +<sup class="v">9:16</sup>And taking the five loaves and two fishes, +and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to +the disciples to set before the multitude. <sup class= +"v">9:17</sup>And they eat and were all filled; and there was taken +up what remained over to them, twelve traveling-baskets of +fragments.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">9:18</sup>And when he was praying +alone, the disciples came to him, and he asked them, saying, Who do +the multitudes say that I am? <sup class="v">9:19</sup>And they +answered and said, John the Baptist; and some Elijah, and others +that one of the old prophets has arisen. <sup class= +"v">9:20</sup>And he said to them, Who do you say that I am? And +Peter answered and said, The Christ of God. <sup class= +"v">9:21</sup>And he charged and commanded them to tell this to no +one; <sup class="v">9:22</sup>saying, The Son of man must suffer +many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and +scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">9:23</sup>And he said to all, If +any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up +his cross, and follow me. <sup class="v">9:24</sup>For whoever +wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his +life for my sake, shall save it. <sup class="v">9:25</sup>For what +is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, +or loses his life? <sup class="v">9:26</sup>For whoever is ashamed +of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when +he comes in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy +angels. <sup class="v">9:27</sup>And I tell you of a truth, there +are some of those standing here who shall not taste death till they +see the kingdom of God.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST TRANSFIGURED, CURING A DEMONIAC, AND REPROVING +AMBITION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:28</sup>AND about eight days +after these words, taking Peter, and James, and John, he went up on +the mountain to pray. <sup class="v">9:29</sup>And while he was +praying, the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothes +became white and shining; <sup class="v">9:30</sup>and behold, two +men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elijah, <sup class= +"v">9:31</sup>who appearing in glory spoke of his departure which +he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. <sup class= +"v">9:32</sup>And Peter and those with him were oppressed with +sleep; and when they awoke they saw his glory, and the two men +standing with him. <sup class="v">9:33</sup>And when they were +departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us +to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one +for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said. +<sup class="v">9:34</sup>And when he had said this, a cloud came +and overshadowed them; and they were afraid when they entered into +the cloud. <sup class="v">9:35</sup>And there was a voice from the +cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him. <sup class= +"v">9:36</sup>And when the voice had passed, Jesus was found alone. +And they were silent and told no man in those days any thing of +what they had seen.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:37</sup>And on the next day, +when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. +<sup class="v">9:38</sup>And behold, a man from the multitude +cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is +my only child; <sup class="v">9:39</sup>and behold a spirit takes +him, and suddenly cries out and convulses him, with foam and +crushing him departs from him with difficulty; <sup class= +"v">9:40</sup>and I desired your disciples to cast it out, and they +could not. <sup class="v">9:41</sup>And Jesus answered and said, O +faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you, +and suffer you! Bring your son hither. <sup class="v">9:42</sup>And +while he was coming, the demon tore him with spasms and convulsed +him. And Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and cured the child, and +gave him back to his father. <sup class="v">9:43</sup>And they were +all astonished at the majesty of God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 And while all wondered at all things which he +did, he said to his disciples, <sup class="v">9:44</sup>Commit +these words to your ears; for the Son of man is about to be +delivered into the hands of men. <sup class="v">9:45</sup>But they +understood not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that +they might not perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning +this saying.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">9:46</sup>And there arose a +debate among them, which of them should be the greatest. +<sup class="v">9:47</sup>And Jesus perceiving the debate in their +minds, took a little child and set it by him, <sup class= +"v">9:48</sup>and said to them, Whoever receives this little child +in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him that +sent me. For he that is least among you all, he shall be the +greatest. <sup class="v">9:49</sup>And John answered and said, +Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and we forbade +him, because he follows not with us. <sup class="v">9:50</sup>And +Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for whoever is not against us is +for us.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST ON HIS LAST JOURNEY FROM GALILEE TO JERUSALEM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:51</sup>AND when the days were +completed for his being taken up, he set his face firmly to go to +Jerusalem. <sup class="v">9:52</sup>And he sent messengers before +him; and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, +to prepare for him. <sup class="v">9:53</sup>And they did not +receive him, because he was going to Jerusalem. <sup class= +"v">9:54</sup>And his disciples James and John seeing it, said, +Lord, do you wish us to call fire to come down from heaven and +consume them? <sup class="v">9:55</sup>And he turned around and +rebuked them; and they went to another village.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:57</sup>And as they were +traveling on the way, one said to him, I will follow you wherever +you go. <sup class="v">9:58</sup>And Jesus said to him, The foxes +have holes, and the birds of heaven places of shelter; but the Son +of man has not where to lay his head. <sup class="v">9:59</sup>And +he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me first +to go and bury my father. <sup class="v">9:60</sup>But he said to +him, Let the dead bury their dead, but do you go and proclaim +abroad the kingdom of God. <sup class="v">9:61</sup>And another +also said, Lord, I will follow you, but permit me first to bid +farewell to those in my house. <sup class="v">9:62</sup>But Jesus +said, No man putting his hand on the plow, and looking back, is fit +for the kingdom of God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>And after these things +the Lord designated seventy others also, and sent them out, two by +two, before his face, into every city and place where he was about +to come. <sup class="v">10:2</sup>And he said to them, The harvest +indeed is great, but the laborers few; pray, therefore, the Lord of +the harvest to thrust out laborers into his harvest. <sup class= +"v">10:3</sup>Go; behold I send you as lambs in the midst of +wolves. <sup class="v">10:4</sup>Carry neither a purse, nor +provision sack, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way. +<sup class="v">10:5</sup>And into whatever house you enter, first +say, Peace to this house! <sup class="v">10:6</sup>And if a son of +peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it +shall return to you. <sup class="v">10:7</sup>And in the same house +remain, eating and drinking the things with them; for the laborer +is worthy of his reward. Go not about from house to house. +<sup class="v">10:8</sup>And into whatever city you enter, and they +receive you, eat what is set before you; <sup class= +"v">10:9</sup>and cure the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom +of God has come nigh to you. <sup class="v">10:10</sup>And into +whatever city you enter, and they receive you not, going out into +its streets, say, <sup class="v">10:11</sup>Even the dust of your +city which adheres to our feet we wipe off for you; but know this, +that the kingdom of God is at hand. <sup class="v">10:12</sup>I +tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for +that city. <sup class="v">10:13</sup>Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to +you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and +Sidon which have been done in you, they would long ago have changed +their minds, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. <sup class= +"v">10:14</sup>But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in +the judgment, than for you. <sup class="v">10:15</sup>And you, +Capernaum, even to heaven will you be exalted? even to hades shall +you be cast down. <sup class="v">10:16</sup>He that hears you, +hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects +me, rejects him that sent me.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">10:17</sup>And the seventy +returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us +by your name. <sup class="v">10:18</sup>And he said to them, I saw +Satan fall like lightning from heaven. <sup class= +"v">10:19</sup>Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and +scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by +any means injure you; <sup class="v">10:20</sup>but in this rejoice +not, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your +names are written in heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">10:21</sup>In the same hour he +rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee Father, Lord of heaven +and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and +intelligent, and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it has +seemed good in thy sight. <sup class="v">10:22</sup>And turning to +his disciples, he said, All things are delivered to me by my +Father; and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who +the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal +him. <sup class="v">10:23</sup>And turning around to his disciples +he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! +<sup class="v">10:24</sup>For I tell you that many prophets and +kings have desired to see the things which you see, and have not +seen them, and to hear the things which you hear, and have not +heard them.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<h2>CHAPTER XV.</h2> +<h3>THE WAY OF SALVATION, MARY'S CHOICE, AND LESSONS ON +PRAYER.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:25</sup>AND behold, a certain +lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to +inherit eternal life? <sup class="v">10:26</sup>And he said to him, +What is written in the law? how do you read? <sup class= +"v">10:27</sup>And he answered and said, You shall love the Lord +your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all +your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as +yourself. <sup class="v">10:28</sup>And he said to him, You have +answered well; do this, and you shall live.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:29</sup>But he, wishing to +justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? <sup class= +"v">10:30</sup>And Jesus replied and said, A certain man went down +from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who both +stripped him and inflicted blows upon him, and went away leaving +him half dead. <sup class="v">10:31</sup>And, providentially, a +certain priest went down that way, and seeing him passed by on the +other side. <sup class="v">10:32</sup>And in like manner a Levite +also, being at the place, came and saw him, and passed by on the +other side. <sup class="v">10:33</sup>But a certain Samaritan, on a +journey, came where he was, and seeing him had compassion on him; +<sup class="v">10:34</sup>and he came and bound up his wounds, +pouring on oil and wine; and putting him on his own beast, brought +him to a khan, and took care of him. <sup class="v">10:35</sup>And +on the next day, putting out two denarii [28 cents], he gave them +to the khan-keeper, and said, Take care of him, and whatever you +expend more, when I return I will pay you. <sup class= +"v">10:36</sup>Which of these three think you was a neighbor to him +who fell among the robbers? <sup class="v">10:37</sup>And he said, +He that had mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Do you go and do +likewise.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:38</sup>And as they were +pursuing their journey he entered into a certain village. And a +woman by the name of Martha received him into her house. +<sup class="v">10:39</sup>And she had a sister called Mary, and she +sat at the feet of the Lord and heard his word. <sup class= +"v">10:40</sup>But Martha was distracted with much serving, and +came and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to +serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me. <sup class= +"v">10:41</sup>And the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, +Martha, you are anxious and disturbed about many things, +<sup class="v">10:42</sup>but of one thing there is need; and Mary +has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from +her.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>And as he was in a +certain place praying, when he ceased one of his disciples said to +him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. +<sup class="v">11:2</sup>And he said to them, When you pray, say, +Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; <sup class= +"v">11:3</sup>give us daily our essential bread; <sup class= +"v">11:4</sup>and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also +forgive every one who is indebted to us; and bring us not into +trial.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:5</sup>And he said to them, +Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight, and +say, Friend, lend me three loaves, <sup class="v">11:6</sup>for a +friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to +set before him; <sup class="v">11:7</sup>and he will answer from +within, and say, Trouble me not, for the door is already shut, and +my little children are with me in bed, I cannot arise and give you; +<sup class="v">11:8</sup>I tell you if he will not arise and give +him on account of being his friend, yet, on account of his +importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs. +<sup class="v">11:9</sup>And I tell you, Ask, and it shall be given +you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to +you; <sup class="v">11:10</sup>for every one that asks, receives; +and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be +opened. <sup class="v">11:11</sup>And what father is there of you, +who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? or if he +asks also for a fish, will for a fish give him a serpent? +<sup class="v">11:12</sup>or if he asks also for an egg, will give +him a scorpion? <sup class="v">11:13</sup>If you then, being evil, +know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall +the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask +him.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST DEFENDS THE DIVINE CHARACTER OF HIS MIRACLES, AND +DENOUNCES THE PHARISEES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:14</sup>AND he cast out a +demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon had gone out, the dumb +spoke; and the multitudes wondered. <sup class="v">11:15</sup>But +some of them said, He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of +demons; <sup class="v">11:16</sup>and others, trying him, asked of +him a sign from heaven. <sup class="v">11:17</sup>But he, knowing +their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself +is desolated, and house falls upon house. <sup class= +"v">11:18</sup>And if Satan is divided against himself, how shall +his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out demons by +Beelzebul. <sup class="v">11:19</sup>But if I by Beelzebul cast out +demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? they, therefore, shall +be your judges. <sup class="v">11:20</sup>But if by a finger of God +I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. +<sup class="v">11:21</sup>When a strong man armed keeps his court, +his goods are in peace; <sup class="v">11:22</sup>but when a +stronger man than he comes upon him, and overcomes him, he takes +away all his arms in which he trusted, and distributes his spoils. +<sup class="v">11:23</sup>He that is not with me is against me; and +he that gathers not with me scatters.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:24</sup>When an impure spirit +has gone out of a man, it passes through places destitute of water, +seeking a rest; and not finding one, says, I will return to my +house from which I came out. <sup class="v">11:25</sup>And coming, +it finds it swept and adorned. <sup class="v">11:26</sup>Then it +goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself; and they +come and dwell there; and the last condition of that man is worse +than the first.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:27</sup>And when he was saying +these things, a certain woman from the multitude lifted up her +voice, and said to him, Blessed is the mother that bore you, and +the breasts which you nursed! <sup class="v">11:28</sup>And he +said, Yes indeed, blessed are those that hear the word of God and +keep it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:29</sup>And multitudes being +assembled, he said, This generation is an evil generation. It seeks +for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah. +<sup class="v">11:30</sup>For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, +so also shall the Son of man be to this generation. <sup class= +"v">11:31</sup>The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment +with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from +the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a +greater than Solomon is here. <sup class="v">11:32</sup>The men of +Nineveh shall arise in the judgment with this generation and +condemn it; for they changed their minds at the preaching of Jonah, +and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:33</sup>No one lights a candle +and puts it in a secret place, or under a modius [1.916 gallon +measure], but on a candlestick, that all who go in may see the +light. <sup class="v">11:34</sup>The light of the body is the eye; +when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body is light; but +when your eye is evil, your whole body is dark. <sup class= +"v">11:35</sup>See, therefore, that the light which is in you be +not darkness. <sup class="v">11:36</sup>If, therefore, your whole +body is light, not having any part dark, the whole will be light, +as when a candle lights you clearly.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">11:37</sup>And when he was +speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him; and +he went in and immediately sat down. <sup class="v">11:38</sup>And +the Pharisee seeing him, wondered that he was not first baptized +before breakfast. <sup class="v">11:39</sup>And the Lord said to +him, Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and plate, +but your inside is full of plunder and wickedness. <sup class= +"v">11:40</sup>Senseless men! did not he that made the outside make +also the inside? <sup class="v">11:41</sup>But give the things +within in charity, and behold, all things are pure to you.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">11:42</sup>But woe to you, +Pharisees! for you tithe mint, and rue, and every kind of plant, +and omit justice and the love of God. These things you ought to do, +and not to omit those. <sup class="v">11:43</sup>Woe to you, +Pharisees! for you love the first seat in the synagogues, and +salutations in the markets. <sup class="v">11:44</sup>Woe to you! +for you are like concealed tombs; and men walk over them and know +it not.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">11:45</sup>And one of the lawyers +answered and said to him, Teacher, in saying these things you +reproach us also. <sup class="v">11:46</sup>And he said, Woe to +you, lawyers! for you load men with burdens difficult to be borne, +and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your +fingers. <sup class="v">11:47</sup>Woe to you! for you build the +tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them; <sup class= +"v">11:48</sup>therefore you are witnesses, and approve the deed of +your fathers; for they killed them, and you build. <sup class= +"v">11:49</sup>Therefore also the wisdom of God said, I will send +them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and +persecute, <sup class="v">11:50</sup>that the blood of all the +prophets which has been poured out since the foundation of the +world may be required of this generation, <sup class= +"v">11:51</sup>from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, +who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it +shall be required of this generation. <sup class="v">11:52</sup>Woe +to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you +do not enter in yourselves, and you forbid those entering.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">11:53</sup>And when he had gone +out thence the scribes and Pharisees were extremely angry, and +questioned him on many subjects, <sup class="v">11:54</sup>watching +him, to catch something from his mouth.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF HYPOCRISY, OF THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, OF +WORLDLY CARES, AND OF THE TIMES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>AT that time, the +multitude being assembled by ten thousands, so that they trod one +on another, he said to his disciples, Beware, first, of the leaven +of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; <sup class="v">12:2</sup>for +there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that +shall not be known. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>Whatever, therefore, +you have said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and +what you have spoken to the ear in private rooms, shall be +proclaimed on the houses. <sup class="v">12:4</sup>And I tell you, +my friends, fear not those that kill the body, and after this have +[power] to do nothing more. <sup class="v">12:5</sup>But I will +show you whom to fear; Fear him, who after killing has power to +cast into hell; yes, I tell you, Fear him. <sup class= +"v">12:6</sup>Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions [3 +cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God? <sup class= +"v">12:7</sup>But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. +Fear not, therefore, for you are of more value than many +sparrows.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:8</sup>And I tell you, that +whoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man +confess before the angels of God; <sup class="v">12:9</sup>but he +that has denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of +God. <sup class="v">12:10</sup>And every one that speaks a word +against the Son of man shall have forgiveness; but he that +blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. +<sup class="v">12:11</sup>And when they bring you to the +synagogues, and powers, and authorities, be not anxious how you +shall defend yourselves, or what you shall say; <sup class= +"v">12:12</sup>for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour +what you ought to say.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:13</sup>And one of the +multitude said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me +the inheritance. <sup class="v">12:14</sup>And he said to him, Man, +who made me a judge or a divider over you? <sup class= +"v">12:15</sup>And he said to them, See, and beware of all +covetousness; for one's life depends not on the abundance of his +property. <sup class="v">12:16</sup>And he told them a parable, +saying, The farm of a certain rich man produced abundantly; +<sup class="v">12:17</sup>and he reasoned in himself, saying, What +shall I do, for I have no place where I shall bring together my +fruits? <sup class="v">12:18</sup>And he said, I will do this; I +will take down my storehouses and build greater; and there will I +bring together all my produce and my goods; <sup class= +"v">12:19</sup>and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods +laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself. +<sup class="v">12:20</sup>But God said to him, Foolish man, this +night they shall require your soul from you; and who then will have +the goods which you have provided? <sup class="v">12:21</sup>So is +every one that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich in +God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">12:22</sup>And he said to his +disciples, I tell you, therefore, be not anxious for your soul what +you shall eat, nor for the body what you shall put on. <sup class= +"v">12:23</sup>Is not the soul more than the food, and the body +than the clothing? <sup class="v">12:24</sup>Consider the ravens; +for they neither sow nor reap, and they have no private room, no +storehouse; and God feeds them. How much are you better than the +birds! <sup class="v">12:25</sup>And which of you can add a cubit +to his stature? <sup class="v">12:26</sup>And if you cannot do the +least, why are you anxious for the rest? <sup class= +"v">12:27</sup>Consider the lilies; how they neither spin nor +weave; but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed +like one of them. <sup class="v">12:28</sup>And if God so clothes +the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into +the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith? +<sup class="v">12:29</sup>And seek not what you shall eat, and what +you shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind; <sup class= +"v">12:30</sup>for all these things do the nations of the world +seek; and your Father knows that you need them. <sup class= +"v">12:31</sup>But seek his kingdom, and these shall be added to +you. <sup class="v">12:32</sup>Fear not, little flock, for your +Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. <sup class= +"v">12:33</sup>Sell your property and bestow charity; make +yourselves purses that become not old, and a treasury that fails +not, in heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys; +<sup class="v">12:34</sup>for where your treasury is, there will +your heart be also.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">12:35</sup>Stand with your loins +girded, and your candles lighted, <sup class="v">12:36</sup>and be +like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he shall return +from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to +him immediately. <sup class="v">12:37</sup>Blessed are those +servants whom their lord when he comes shall find watching. I tell +you truly, that he will gird himself, and cause them to recline, +and he will come and wait upon them. <sup class="v">12:38</sup>And +if he comes in the second watch, and comes in the third watch, and +finds them thus, blessed are they. <sup class="v">12:39</sup>But +know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief +comes, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be +broken through. <sup class="v">12:40</sup>Be you also ready; for in +an hour when you think not the Son of man comes.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">12:41</sup>And Peter said to him, +Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or also to all? <sup class= +"v">12:42</sup>And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a wise +steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them +their proper food in due time? <sup class="v">12:43</sup>Blessed is +that servant whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. +<sup class="v">12:44</sup>I tell you truly, that he will set him +over all his property. <sup class="v">12:45</sup>But if that +servant says in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to +beat the younger servants, and female servants, and to eat and +drink and be drunk, <sup class="v">12:46</sup>the lord of that +servant will come in a day that he looks not for him, and at an +hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and give +him his part with the faithless. <sup class="v">12:47</sup>And that +servant who knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, nor did +according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; +<sup class="v">12:48</sup>but he that knew not, and did things +worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And from any one to +whom much is given, much will be demanded; and of him with whom men +have deposited much, they will ask more.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">12:49</sup>I have come to send a +fire on the earth; and what will I if it is already kindled? +<sup class="v">12:50</sup>But I have a baptism to be baptized with; +and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished! <sup class= +"v">12:51</sup>Do you think that I have come to give peace on the +earth? I tell you, no; but rather division. <sup class= +"v">12:52</sup>For from this time there shall be five in one house +divided, three against two, and two shall be divided against three; +<sup class="v">12:53</sup>a father against a son, and a son against +a father; a mother against the daughter, and a daughter against the +mother; a mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and a +daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">12:54</sup>And he also said to +the multitudes, When you see a cloud rise in the west you +immediately say, There comes a shower; and it is so. <sup class= +"v">12:55</sup>And when the south wind blows you say, There will be +heat; and there is. <sup class="v">12:56</sup>Hypocrites! You know +how to distinguish the appearance of the earth and sky, and how do +you not distinguish this time? <sup class="v">12:57</sup>And why +even of yourselves do you not judge what is right? <sup class= +"v">12:58</sup>For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on +the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the +judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer +cast you into prison; <sup class="v">12:59</sup>I tell you that you +shall not go out thence till you have paid even the last lepton [2 +mill].</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST COMMENTING ON THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN GALILEANS, CURING +A DEMONIAC ON THE SABBATH, THE SAVED, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>AND some were present +at that time, telling him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate +mingled with their sacrifices. <sup class="v">13:2</sup>And he +answered and said to them, Do you think those Galileans were +sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? +<sup class="v">13:3</sup>I tell you, No; but unless you change your +minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed. <sup class= +"v">13:4</sup>Or those eighteen on whom the tower in the Siloam +fell, and killed them; do you think they were sinners above all men +that live at Jerusalem? <sup class="v">13:5</sup>I tell you, No; +but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be +destroyed.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">13:6</sup>And he spoke this +parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and +he came seeking fruit on it and found none. <sup class= +"v">13:7</sup>And he said to his vine dresser, Behold, I have come +three years seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none; cut it +down; why should it make the ground unproductive? <sup class= +"v">13:8</sup>And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone +this year also, till I dig about it, and put on manure; <sup class= +"v">13:9</sup>and if it bears fruit, well; but if not, at a future +time you shall cut it down.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:10</sup>And he was teaching in +one of the synagogues on the sabbath, <sup class="v">13:11</sup>and +behold, there was a woman who had been subject to a spirit of +infirmity eighteen years, and was bent down, and was not able to +lift herself up at all. <sup class="v">13:12</sup>And Jesus seeing +her, called to her and said, Woman, you are released from your +infirmity; <sup class="v">13:13</sup>and he put his hands on her, +and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. +<sup class="v">13:14</sup>And the synagogue ruler answered, being +angry because Jesus had performed a cure on the sabbath, and said +to the multitude, There are six days in which you ought to work; in +them, therefore, come and be cured, and not on the sabbath. +<sup class="v">13:15</sup>Then the Lord answered him and said, +Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his +ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink? <sup class= +"v">13:16</sup>And ought not this woman, being a daughter of +Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, to be +released from this bond on the sabbath? <sup class= +"v">13:17</sup>And when he had said these things all his enemies +were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced on account of all the +glorious works performed by him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:18</sup>And he said, What is +the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it? <sup class= +"v">13:19</sup>It is like a mustard seed which a man took and cast +into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds +of heaven lodged in its branches. <sup class="v">13:20</sup>Again +he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? <sup class= +"v">13:21</sup>It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in +three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:22</sup>And he went through +the cities and villages teaching, and making his way towards +Jerusalem. <sup class="v">13:23</sup>And some one said to him, +Lord, are there few who are saved? And he said to them, <sup class= +"v">13:24</sup>Strive to enter in by the narrow gate; for many, I +tell you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able. +<sup class="v">13:25</sup>When the householder has risen and shut +the door, and you stand without and knock at the door, saying, +Lord, open to us, and he will answer and say to you, I know you not +whence you are, <sup class="v">13:26</sup>then you will say, We eat +and drank in your presence, and you have taught in our streets; +<sup class="v">13:27</sup>and he will say to you, I know not whence +you are; depart from me, all doers of wickedness. <sup class= +"v">13:28</sup>There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when +you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets +in the kingdom of God, and you cast out. <sup class= +"v">13:29</sup>And they shall come from the east and west, and from +the north and south, and shall recline in the kingdom of God. +<sup class="v">13:30</sup>And behold, there are last who shall be +first, and there are first who shall be last.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:31</sup>On the same day some +of the Pharisees came to him, saying, Go out and depart hence, for +Herod wishes to kill you. <sup class="v">13:32</sup>And he said to +them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish +[performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I +shall finish my course. <sup class="v">13:33</sup>But I must go on +to-day and to-morrow, and the day following; for it is not possible +for a prophet to be destroyed out of Jerusalem. <sup class= +"v">13:34</sup>Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and +stoning those sent to her, how often would I have gathered your +children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and +you would not! <sup class="v">13:35</sup>Behold, your house is left +to you. And I tell you, that you shall not see me, till [the day] +shall come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name +of the Lord.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST DINING WITH A RULER ON THE SABBATH, THE PARABLE OF THE +GREAT SUPPER, QUALIFICATIONS FOR DISCIPLESHIP.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>AND he came into the +house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the +sabbath; and they watched him closely. <sup class="v">14:2</sup>And +behold, there was a man before him having the dropsy. <sup class= +"v">14:3</sup>And Jesus answered and said to the lawyers and +Pharisees, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath, or not? <sup class= +"v">14:4</sup>And they were silent. And he took and cured him, and +dismissed him. <sup class="v">14:5</sup>And he answered and said to +them, If a son or an ox of any of you shall fall into a pit, will +he not immediately take him out on the sabbath day? <sup class= +"v">14:6</sup>And they could not answer to these things.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">14:7</sup>And he spoke a parable +to the invited, when he observed how they selected the first places +at the table; saying to them, <sup class="v">14:8</sup>When you are +invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the first +place, lest at some time a more honorable man than you should have +been invited by him, <sup class="v">14:9</sup>and he that invited +you and him come and say to you, Give this man a place; and then +with shame you take the last place. <sup class="v">14:10</sup>But +when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, that when +he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; +then you shall have honor in the presence of those that recline +with you; <sup class="v">14:11</sup>for every one that exalts +himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be +exalted.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:12</sup>And he said also to +him that had invited him, When you make a breakfast, or a supper, +call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor +your rich neighbors, lest they also at some time invite you in +return, and a compensation be made to you. <sup class= +"v">14:13</sup>But when you make a feast, invite the poor, +crippled, lame, blind, <sup class="v">14:14</sup>and you shall be +blessed; for they cannot compensate you; for you shall be +compensated at the resurrection of the just.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">14:15</sup>And one of those +reclining with him, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is +he that eats bread in the kingdom of God. <sup class= +"v">14:16</sup>And he said to him, A certain man made a great +supper, and invited many. <sup class="v">14:17</sup>And he sent his +servant at the time of the supper to say to the invited, Come, for +all things are now ready. <sup class="v">14:18</sup>And they all +with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I have +bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me excused. +<sup class="v">14:19</sup>And another said, I have bought five +yokes of oxen and I go to try them; I pray you have me excused. +<sup class="v">14:20</sup>And another said, I have married a wife, +and on this account I cannot come. <sup class="v">14:21</sup>And +the servant came and reported to 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 hither +the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame. <sup class= +"v">14:22</sup>And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you +commanded, and yet there is room. <sup class="v">14:23</sup>And the +Lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the +hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled; +<sup class="v">14:24</sup>for I tell you that none of those men +that were invited shall taste of my supper.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">14:25</sup>And great multitudes +were travelling with him; and turning around he said to them, +<sup class="v">14:26</sup>If any one comes to me, and hates not his +father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and +sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my +disciple. <sup class="v">14:27</sup>And whoever does not bear his +cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. <sup class= +"v">14:28</sup>For what man of you wishing to build a tower, does +not first sit down and estimate the expense, whether he has the +means to finish? <sup class="v">14:29</sup>lest having laid its +foundation, and not being able to finish, all who see ridicule him, +<sup class="v">14:30</sup>saying, This man began to build and was +not able to finish. <sup class="v">14:31</sup>Or what king going to +engage in war with another king, does not first sit down and +consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes +against him with twenty thousand? <sup class="v">14:32</sup>And if +not, while he is yet a great way off, sending an embassy he desires +conditions of peace. <sup class="v">14:33</sup>So, therefore, no +one of you can be my disciple who does not forsake all that he has. +<sup class="v">14:34</sup>Salt, therefore, is good; but if the salt +has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? <sup class= +"v">14:35</sup>It is not fit for land, nor for manure; they cast it +away. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XX.</h2> +<h3>PARABLES OF THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST MONEY, AND THE PRODIGAL +SON.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>AND all the publicans +and sinners came near him to hear him. <sup class="v">15:2</sup>And +both the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, This man +receives sinners and eats with them. <sup class="v">15:3</sup>And +he spoke to them this parable; saying, <sup class= +"v">15:4</sup>What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing +one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and +go after the lost sheep till he finds it. <sup class= +"v">15:5</sup>And finding it, he puts it on his shoulders +rejoicing; <sup class="v">15:6</sup>and coming to the house, he +calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; +for I have found my sheep that was lost. <sup class= +"v">15:7</sup>So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one +sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous +persons who do not need a change of mind.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:8</sup>Or what woman having +ten drachmas [140 cents], if she loses one drachma [14 cents], does +not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till +she finds it? <sup class="v">15:9</sup>And when she finds it, she +calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, +Congratulate me, for I have found the drachma which I lost. +<sup class="v">15:10</sup>So, I tell you, there is joy before the +angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">15:11</sup>And he said, A certain +man had two sons. <sup class="v">15:12</sup>And the youngest of +them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the estate +that falls to me; and he divided to them his living. <sup class= +"v">15:13</sup>And not many days after, the youngest son, +collecting all his property, went abroad to a distant country; and +there wasted his property, living intemperately. <sup class= +"v">15:14</sup>And when he had spent all, there was a severe famine +in that country; and he began to be in want. <sup class= +"v">15:15</sup>And he went and attached himself to one of the +citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed +swine. <sup class="v">15:16</sup>And he desired to fill his stomach +with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no man gave him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:17</sup>And coming to himself, +he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in bread, but +I perish here with hunger! <sup class="v">15:18</sup>I will arise +and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned to +Heaven, and before you; <sup class="v">15:19</sup>I am no longer +worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired +servants. <sup class="v">15:20</sup>And he arose, and came to his +father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, and had +compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. +<sup class="v">15:21</sup>And the son said to him, Father, I have +sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be +called your son. <sup class="v">15:22</sup>But the father said to +his servants, Bring out the best robe and put on him; and put a +ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; <sup class= +"v">15:23</sup>and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, +and rejoice; <sup class="v">15:24</sup>for this my son was dead, +and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to +rejoice.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:25</sup>But his older son was +in the field; and when he came and approached the house he heard +music and the dancers. <sup class="v">15:26</sup>And calling one of +the servants he inquired what these things meant. <sup class= +"v">15:27</sup>And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your +father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back +in health. <sup class="v">15:28</sup>And he was angry, and would +not go in; but his father came out and entreated him. <sup class= +"v">15:29</sup>And he answered and said to his father, Behold, I +have served you so many years, and have never disobeyed your +command; and you have never given me a kid, that I might rejoice +with my friends; <sup class="v">15:30</sup>but when this your son +came who has consumed his living with harlots, you killed for him +the fatted calf. <sup class="v">15:31</sup>But he said to him, Son, +you are always with me, and all mine is yours. <sup class= +"v">15:32</sup>We ought also to rejoice and be glad; for this your +brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is +found.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXI.</h2> +<h3>THE UNFAITHFUL STEWARD, AND THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>AND he also said to the +disciples, There was a certain rich man that had a steward; and he +was accused to him of wasting his property. <sup class= +"v">16:2</sup>And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I +hear of you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be +no longer a steward. <sup class="v">16:3</sup>And the steward said +within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the +stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am +ashamed to beg. <sup class="v">16:4</sup>I know what I will do, +that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into +their houses. <sup class="v">16:5</sup>And calling each one of his +lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord? +<sup class="v">16:6</sup>And he said, A hundred baths [1,350 +gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down +quickly, and write fifty. <sup class="v">16:7</sup>Then he said to +another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors +[1,445 bushels] of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and +write eighty. <sup class="v">16:8</sup>And the lord praised the +unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this +life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of +light.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">16:9</sup>And I tell you, Make +yourselves friends of the riches procured by injustice, that when +it fails they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. +<sup class="v">16:10</sup>He that is faithful in the least is +faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust +also in much. <sup class="v">16:11</sup>If, therefore, you have not +been faithful in the riches procured by injustice, who will commit +to you the true? <sup class="v">16:12</sup>And if you have not been +faithful in another's, who will give you yours? <sup class= +"v">16:13</sup>No domestic can serve two masters; for he will +either hate the first and love the other, or he will adhere to the +first and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:14</sup>And the Pharisees, who +are avaricious, heard all these things, and derided him. +<sup class="v">16:15</sup>And he said to them, You are they that +justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that +which is high among men is an abomination before God. <sup class= +"v">16:16</sup>The law and the prophets were till John; since that +time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presses +violently into it. <sup class="v">16:17</sup>And it is easier for +heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to +fail. <sup class="v">16:18</sup>Every one that puts away his wife +and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries a woman +put away from a husband, commits adultery.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:19</sup>There was a certain +rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted +sumptuously every day. <sup class="v">16:20</sup>And a certain poor +man by the name of Lazarus was laid at his gate, afflicted with +ulcers, <sup class="v">16:21</sup>and desiring to be fed with the +crumbs which fell from the rich man's table; but the dogs also came +and licked his ulcers. <sup class="v">16:22</sup>And the poor man +died, and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. And +the rich man also died, and was buried; <sup class= +"v">16:23</sup>and in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in +torments, and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom. +<sup class="v">16:24</sup>And he called and said, Father Abraham, +have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in +water and cool my tongue; for I am in pain in this flame.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:25</sup>But Abraham said, Son, +remember that you received your good things in your life, and +Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, +and you are in pain. <sup class="v">16:26</sup>And besides all +this, there is a great chasm fixed between us and you, so that +those wishing to pass from hence to you cannot, neither can they +pass from thence to us. <sup class="v">16:27</sup>And he said, I +beseech you then, father, send him to my father's house, +<sup class="v">16:28</sup>for I have five brothers, to testify +fully to them, that they may not also come to this place of torment +<sup class="v">16:29</sup>But Abraham said, They have Moses and the +prophets; let them hear them. <sup class="v">16:30</sup>But he +said, No, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead +they would change their minds. <sup class="v">16:31</sup>But he +said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they would +not be persuaded if one arose from the dead.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DOCTRINE RESPECTING OFFENSES, CURING TEN LEPERS, AND +PREDICTING THE COMING OF HIS KINGDOM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">17:1</sup>AND he said to his +disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to +him by whom they come; <sup class="v">17:2</sup>it would be +profitable for him if a millstone was placed around his neck, and +he was cast into the sea, rather than that he should offend one of +these little ones. <sup class="v">17:3</sup>Take heed to +yourselves; if your brother sins, reprove him; and if he changes +his mind, forgive him; <sup class="v">17:4</sup>and if he sins +against you seven times in a day, and turn seven times, saying, I +change my mind, you shall forgive him.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">17:5</sup>And the apostles said +to the Lord, Increase our faith. <sup class="v">17:6</sup>And the +Lord said, If you had a faith like a mustard seed, you would say to +this sycamore tree, Be taken up by the roots and planted in the +sea, and it would obey you. <sup class="v">17:7</sup>But which of +you having a servant plowing, or keeping sheep, will say to him +when he comes in from the field, Come immediately and sit down? +<sup class="v">17:8</sup>but will he not say to him, Prepare +something that I may take supper, and gird yourself and wait on me +till I eat and drink, and after that do you eat and drink? +<sup class="v">17:9</sup>Does he thank the servant because he did +the things commanded him? <sup class="v">17:10</sup>So also you, +when you have done all things commanded you, say, We are +unprofitable servants; what we owed the doing of; we have done.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">17:11</sup>And he was going to +Jerusalem, and he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. +<sup class="v">17:12</sup>And coming to a certain village, ten +lepers met him, who stood afar off. <sup class="v">17:13</sup>And +they lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. +<sup class="v">17:14</sup>And seeing them, he said, Go and show +yourselves to the priests. And as they were going they were +cleansed. <sup class="v">17:15</sup>And one of them seeing that he +was cured, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice, <sup class= +"v">17:16</sup>and fell on his face at his feet and thanked him. +And he was a Samaritan. <sup class="v">17:17</sup>And Jesus +answered and said to him, Were there not ten cleansed? but where +are the nine? <sup class="v">17:18</sup>There are not found +returning to give glory to God any but this stranger. <sup class= +"v">17:19</sup>And he said to him, Arise and go; your faith has +cured you.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">17:20</sup>And being asked by the +Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said, +The kingdom of God comes not with observation; <sup class= +"v">17:21</sup>neither shall they say, Behold here! or, there! for +behold, the kingdom of God is within you. <sup class= +"v">17:22</sup>And he said to the disciples, The days will come +when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and +shall not see it. <sup class="v">17:23</sup>And they shall say to +you, Behold there! behold here! go not away, nor follow them. +<sup class="v">17:24</sup>For as the lightning flashing from one +part under heaven shines to another part under heaven, so shall the +Son of man be in his day. <sup class="v">17:25</sup>But first he +must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. +<sup class="v">17:26</sup>And as it was in the days of Noah, so +shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. <sup class= +"v">17:27</sup>They eat, they drank, they married, they were +married, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood +came and destroyed all. <sup class="v">17:28</sup>In like manner +also as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, +planted, built; <sup class="v">17:29</sup>but on the day that Lot +went out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and +destroyed all; <sup class="v">17:30</sup>so shall it be in the day +when the Son of man is revealed.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">17:31</sup>In that day let not +him that shall be on the house, and his furniture in the house, +come down to take it away; and in like manner let not him in the +field turn back for things which are behind; <sup class= +"v">17:32</sup>remember Lot's wife. <sup class= +"v">17:33</sup>Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; +and whoever shall lose shall save it. <sup class="v">17:34</sup>I +tell you, on that night two shall be on one bed; one shall be taken +and the other left; <sup class="v">17:35</sup>two shall be grinding +together; one shall be taken and the other left. <sup class= +"v">17:37</sup>And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And +he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles be +gathered together.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIII.</h2> +<h3>THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST JUDGE, INFANTS, AND THE WAY OF +SALVATION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:1</sup>AND he spoke also a +parable to them, that men ought to pray at all times, and not to +faint; <sup class="v">18:2</sup>saying, There was a certain judge +in a certain city, who feared not God and regarded not man. +<sup class="v">18:3</sup>And there was a widow in that city, and +she came to him, saying, Give me judgment against my adversary. +<sup class="v">18:4</sup>And he would not for a time; but +afterwards he said within himself, Though I fear not God and regard +not man, <sup class="v">18:5</sup>yet because this widow makes me +trouble I will give her judgment, that she may not vex me by her +continual coming. <sup class="v">18:6</sup>And the Lord said, Hear +what the unjust judge says. <sup class="v">18:7</sup>And will not +God execute the judgment of his elect, who cry day and night to +him, even though he waits long on them? <sup class="v">18:8</sup>I +tell you, he will execute their judgment speedily. But when the Son +of man comes will he find faith on the earth?</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">18:9</sup>And he also spoke this +parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, +and despised others: <sup class="v">18:10</sup>Two men went up to +the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. +<sup class="v">18:11</sup>The Pharisee, standing by himself, +offered this prayer; God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, +rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican; +<sup class="v">18:12</sup>I fast twice a week; I tithe all I +acquire. <sup class="v">18:13</sup>And the publican, standing afar +off, would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote on his breast, +saying, God, be propitious to me a sinner. <sup class= +"v">18:14</sup>I tell you this man went down to his house justified +rather than that; for every one that exalts himself shall be +humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">18:15</sup>And they brought him +also infants, that he should touch them; and the disciples seeing +it reproved them. <sup class="v">18:16</sup>But Jesus calling them, +said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them +not; for of such is the kingdom of God. <sup class="v">18:17</sup>I +tell you truly, that whoever receives not the kingdom of God as a +little child, shall by no means enter into it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">18:18</sup>And a certain ruler +asked him, saying, Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal +life? <sup class="v">18:19</sup>And Jesus said to him, Why do you +call me good? There is none good but one, God. <sup class= +"v">18:20</sup>You know the commandments; You shall not commit +adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not +testify falsely, Honor your father and your mother. <sup class= +"v">18:21</sup>And he said, All these have I kept from my youth. +<sup class="v">18:22</sup>And Jesus hearing it, said to him, One +thing you yet want; sell all that you have, and distribute to the +poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven, and come, follow me. +<sup class="v">18:23</sup>And when he heard these things he was +sad; for he was very rich. <sup class="v">18:24</sup>And Jesus +seeing him, said, With what difficulty do those who have riches +enter into the kingdom of God! <sup class="v">18:25</sup>It is +easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a +rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. <sup class= +"v">18:26</sup>And those hearing him, said, And who can be saved? +<sup class="v">18:27</sup>And he said, Things impossible with man +are possible with God.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">18:28</sup>And Peter said, +Behold, we have left our [property] and followed you. <sup class= +"v">18:29</sup>And he said to them, I tell you truly, that there is +no one who has left a house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or +children, on account of the kingdom of God, <sup class= +"v">18:30</sup>who shall not receive manifold more in this time, +and in the life to come eternal life.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST PREDICTING HIS DEATH, GIVING SIGHT TO A BLIND MAN, +STOPPING WITH ZACCHEUS, AND THE PARABLE OF THE NOBLEMAN RECEIVING A +KINGDOM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:31</sup>AND Jesus took the +twelve aside, and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and +all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of man will +be finished. <sup class="v">18:32</sup>For he will be delivered to +the Gentiles, and be mocked, and injuriously treated, and spit +upon, <sup class="v">18:33</sup>and they will scourge and kill him, +and on the third day he will rise again. <sup class= +"v">18:34</sup>And they understood nothing of these things; and +this word was concealed from them, and they did not perceive what +was said.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">18:35</sup>And when they came +nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way, begging. +<sup class="v">18:36</sup>And hearing the multitude passing by he +inquired what it meant. <sup class="v">18:37</sup>And they told +him, Jesus the Nazoraean is passing by. <sup class= +"v">18:38</sup>And he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have +mercy on me. <sup class="v">18:39</sup>And those going before +charged him to be still; but he cried much more, Son of David, have +mercy on me. <sup class="v">18:40</sup>And Jesus stopping, +commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near he asked +him, <sup class="v">18:41</sup>saying, What do you wish me to do +for you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. +<sup class="v">18:42</sup>And Jesus said to him, Receive your +sight; your faith has cured you. <sup class="v">18:43</sup>And he +immediately received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God; +and all the people seeing it gave praise to God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:1</sup>And entering into +Jericho he passed through it. <sup class="v">19:2</sup>And behold, +there was a man called Zaccheus, and he was chief publican, and was +rich. <sup class="v">19:3</sup>And he sought to see Jesus, who he +was; and could not on account of the multitude, because he was of +small stature. <sup class="v">19:4</sup>And running before, he went +up on a sycamore that he might see him; for he was to pass by it. +<sup class="v">19:5</sup>And when he came to the place, Jesus +looking up saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, make haste and come +down, for to-day I must stop at your house; <sup class= +"v">19:6</sup>and he made haste and came down, and received him +rejoicing. <sup class="v">19:7</sup>And seeing it, they all +complained, saying, He has gone in to stop with a sinner.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">19:8</sup>And Zaccheus stood up +and said to the Lord, Behold, half of my property, Lord, I give to +the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of any thing, I restore +fourfold. <sup class="v">19:9</sup>And Jesus said to him, To-day +has salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of +Abraham; <sup class="v">19:10</sup>for the Son of man has come to +seek and save the lost.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">19:11</sup>And when they were +hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was +nigh Jerusalem; and they thought that the kingdom of God was +immediately to appear. <sup class="v">19:12</sup>He said, +therefore, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to +receive a kingdom for himself, and to return. <sup class= +"v">19:13</sup>And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten minas +[$163.30], and said to them, Use them in business till I come. +<sup class="v">19:14</sup>And his citizens hated him, and sent an +embassy after him, saying, We wish not this man to reign over us. +<sup class="v">19:15</sup>And he returned, having received the +kingdom, and ordered those servants to be called to him to whom he +had given the money, that he might know what each one had done.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">19:16</sup>And the first came, +saying, Lord, your mina [$16.33] has gained ten minas. <sup class= +"v">19:17</sup>And he said to him, Well, good servant; because you +have been faithful in the least, have authority over ten cities. +<sup class="v">19:18</sup>And the second came, saying, Lord, your +mina has made five minas. <sup class="v">19:19</sup>And he said to +him, Be you over five cities. <sup class="v">19:20</sup>And the +other came, saying, Lord, behold your mina, which I had laid up in +a napkin; <sup class="v">19:21</sup>for I feared you, because you +are an austere man; you take up what you laid not down, and reap +what you did not sow. <sup class="v">19:22</sup>He said to him, Out +of your mouth will I judge you, evil servant. You knew that I am an +austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did +not sow? <sup class="v">19:23</sup>then why did you not put my +silver on the [broker's] table, and when I came I should have had +the same, with interest? <sup class="v">19:24</sup>And he said to +those standing by, Take from him the mina, and give it to him that +has ten minas,— <sup class="v">19:25</sup>and they said to +him, Lord, he has ten minas,— <sup class="v">19:26</sup>for I +tell you, that to every one that has shall be given; but from him +that has not, even what he has shall be taken away; <sup class= +"v">19:27</sup>but those my enemies that wished me not to reign +over them, bring hither and kill them before me.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM, AND PURIFYING THE TEMPLE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">19:28</sup>AND having said these +things he went forward going up to Jerusalem. <sup class= +"v">19:29</sup>And when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at +the mountain called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the +disciples, <sup class="v">19:30</sup>saying, Go into the village +opposite to you, and having entered into it you will find a colt +tied, on which no man ever sat; untie and bring him; <sup class= +"v">19:31</sup>and if any one asks you, Why do you untie him? Say +thus to him; The Lord has need of him. <sup class= +"v">19:32</sup>And those sent, going, found as he said to them. +<sup class="v">19:33</sup>And untying the colt, his owners said to +them, Why do you untie the colt? <sup class="v">19:34</sup>And they +said, The Lord has need of him. <sup class="v">19:35</sup>And they +brought him to Jesus; and spreading their clothes on the colt they +put Jesus on him. <sup class="v">19:36</sup>And as he proceeded +they spread their clothes in the way. <sup class="v">19:37</sup>And +when he was now approaching, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, +all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God +with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they saw, +<sup class="v">19:38</sup>saying, Blessed is the king who comes in +the name of the Lord; peace be in heaven, and glory in the highest +[heavens]. <sup class="v">19:39</sup>And some of the Pharisees, +from the multitude, said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. +<sup class="v">19:40</sup>And he answered and said to them, I tell +you that if these should be silent the stones would cry out.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">19:41</sup>And when he came near +and saw the city he wept over it, <sup class="v">19:42</sup>saying, +O, that you had known, even you, and indeed in this your day, the +things which are for your peace! But now they are hid from your +eyes. <sup class="v">19:43</sup>For days of [trouble] will come +upon you, and your enemies shall throw an embankment around you, +and shut you in, and press you on every side, <sup class= +"v">19:44</sup>and destroy you and your children with you, and not +leave stone upon stone in you; because you knew not the time of +your visitation.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:45</sup>And going into the +temple he cast out those that sold, <sup class= +"v">19:46</sup>saying to them, it is written, My house shall be a +house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXVI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES AND +SADDUCEES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">19:47</sup>AND he taught daily in +the temple; and the chief priests, and scribes, and the first of +the people sought to destroy him. <sup class="v">19:48</sup>And +they found nothing that they could do; for all the people were +attentive to hear him. <sup class="v">20:1</sup>And on one of those +days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming +the good news, the chief priests and scribes, with the elders, came +upon him, <sup class="v">20:2</sup>and spoke to him saying, Tell us +by what authority you do these things? and who gave you this +authority? <sup class="v">20:3</sup>And he answered and said to +them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me, <sup class= +"v">20:4</sup>Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? +<sup class="v">20:5</sup>And they reasoned with themselves, saying, +If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why did you not believe him? +<sup class="v">20:6</sup>But if we say, From men, all the people +will stone us; for they are persuaded that John is a prophet. +<sup class="v">20:7</sup>And they answered, They did not know +whence. <sup class="v">20:8</sup>And Jesus said to them, Neither do +I tell you by what authority I do these things.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">20:9</sup>And he spoke to the +people this parable; A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to +husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time. <sup class= +"v">20:10</sup>And at the time he sent to the husbandmen a servant, +that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; and the +husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. <sup class= +"v">20:11</sup>And again he sent another servant; and they beat +him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. +<sup class="v">20:12</sup>And again he sent a third; and they +wounded him, and cast him out. <sup class="v">20:13</sup>And the +lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved +son; doubtless, when they see him they will respect him. +<sup class="v">20:14</sup>But seeing him, the husbandmen reasoned +with themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that +the inheritance may be ours. <sup class="v">20:15</sup>And they +cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What, therefore, will +the lord of the vineyard do to them? <sup class="v">20:16</sup>He +will come and destroy those husbandmen, and let the vineyard to +others. And hearing this, they said, By no means. <sup class= +"v">20:17</sup>And he looked at them and said, What, then, is this +which is written? The stone which the builders rejected has become +the head of a corner; <sup class="v">20:18</sup>every one that +falls on that stone shall be bruised; but on whomsoever it shall +fall it shall crush him to atoms. <sup class="v">20:19</sup>And the +scribes and chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that time; +and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this +parable to them.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">20:20</sup>And they sent spies to +watch him, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might take +advantage of his speech, to deliver him to the power and authority +of the procurator. <sup class="v">20:21</sup>And they asked him +saying, Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and +respect no person, but teach the way of God in truth. <sup class= +"v">20:22</sup>Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Cæsar, +or not? <sup class="v">20:23</sup>And perceiving their craftiness, +he said to them, <sup class="v">20:24</sup>Show me a denarius [14 +cents]. Whose figure and inscription has it? And they answered and +said, Cæsar's. <sup class="v">20:25</sup>And he said to them, +Render therefore Cæsar's dues to Cæsar, and God's to +God. <sup class="v">20:26</sup>And they were not able to take +advantage of his word before the people; and they wondered at his +answer, and were silent.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">20:27</sup>And some of the +Sadducees came forward, who deny that there is a resurrection, and +asked him, <sup class="v">20:28</sup>saying, Teacher, Moses wrote +to us, that if one's brother dies, having a wife, and dies +childless, his brother shall take his wife and raise up children +for his brother. <sup class="v">20:29</sup>There were, therefore, +seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died childless; +<sup class="v">20:30</sup>and the second and third took her; +<sup class="v">20:31</sup>and in like manner also the seven; [and +they] left no children, and died. <sup class="v">20:32</sup>And +last, the woman died also. <sup class="v">20:33</sup>In the +resurrection, therefore, which of them has her for a wife? for the +seven had her for a wife. <sup class="v">20:34</sup>And Jesus said +to them, The children of this life marry and are married; +<sup class="v">20:35</sup>but those who are judged worthy to attain +that life, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry nor are +married; <sup class="v">20:36</sup>neither can they die any more; +for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons +of the resurrection. <sup class="v">20:37</sup>But that the dead +are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord, +The God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. <sup class= +"v">20:38</sup>But God is not [a God] of the dead, but of the +living; for all live to him. <sup class="v">20:39</sup>And some of +the scribes answered and said, Teacher, you have spoken well. +<sup class="v">20:40</sup>And they dared not question him any +more.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">20:41</sup>And he said to them, +How do they say that the Christ is the son of David? <sup class= +"v">20:42</sup>And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The +Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, <sup class= +"v">20:43</sup>till I make your enemies your footstool. <sup class= +"v">20:44</sup>David, therefore, calls him Lord; and how is he his +son?</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">20:45</sup>And in the hearing of +all the people he said to them, <sup class="v">20:46</sup>Beware of +the scribes, who delight to walk in long robes, and love +salutations in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, +and the first places at feasts; <sup class="v">20:47</sup>who +devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; they +shall receive a greater judgment.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">21:1</sup>And looking up he saw +the rich casting their gifts into the treasury. <sup class= +"v">21:2</sup>And he saw also a certain poor widow cast in there +two lepta [4 mills]. <sup class="v">21:3</sup>And he said, I tell +you truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than all; +<sup class="v">21:4</sup>for all these have cast among the gifts +from their abundance; but she from her want has cast in all the +living she had.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXVII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND HIS OWN +EXALTATION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">21:5</sup>AND some speaking of +the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive +offerings, he said, <sup class="v">21:6</sup>As to these things +which you see, the days will come in which stone shall not be left +upon stone that shall not be thrown down. <sup class= +"v">21:7</sup>And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when then shall +these things be? and what sign [shall there be], when these things +are about to occur? <sup class="v">21:8</sup>And he said, See that +you be not deceived; for many shall come in my name, saying, I am +[Christ], and the time is at hand; go not after them. <sup class= +"v">21:9</sup>And when you hear of wars and insurrections, be not +terrified, for these things must be first; but the end is not +immediately.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">21:10</sup>Then said he to them, +Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; +<sup class="v">21:11</sup>and in places there shall be great +earthquakes, and famines, and pestilences; and there shall also be +fearful sights and great signs from heaven. <sup class= +"v">21:12</sup>But before all these things they shall lay their +hands on you, and persecute you, committing you to synagogues and +prisons, to be brought before kings and governors on my account; +<sup class="v">21:13</sup>and it shall result to you for a +testimony. <sup class="v">21:14</sup>Settle it in your minds, +therefore, not to premeditate what defense you shall make, +<sup class="v">21:15</sup>for I will give you a mouth and wisdom +which all your enemies shall not be able to resist or dispute. +<sup class="v">21:16</sup>And you shall be delivered up by parents, +and brothers, and relatives, and friends; and they shall kill some +of you; <sup class="v">21:17</sup>and you shall be hated by all on +my account; <sup class="v">21:18</sup>and a hair of your heads +shall by no means perish; <sup class="v">21:19</sup>by your +patience you shall save your souls.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">21:20</sup>But when you see +Jerusalem surrounded with encampments, then know that its +desolation is at hand. <sup class="v">21:21</sup>Then let those in +Judea flee to the mountains; and those in the midst of it depart +out of it; and let those in country places not enter into it. +<sup class="v">21:22</sup>For these are days of judgment, that all +things which are written may be fully accomplished. <sup class= +"v">21:23</sup>But woe to those with child, and having children at +the breast in those days; for there shall be great distress on the +earth, and wrath against this people. <sup class="v">21:24</sup>And +they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried away +captive to all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by +gentiles, till the times of gentiles are fully accomplished.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">21:25</sup>And there shall be +signs in the sun, and moon, and stars; and on the earth distress of +nations, with perplexity [at] the roaring of the sea and waves, +<sup class="v">21:26</sup>men dying with fear and an expectation of +evils to come on the world; for the hosts of the heavens shall be +shaken. <sup class="v">21:27</sup>And then shall they see the Son +of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. <sup class= +"v">21:28</sup>When these things begin to occur, arise and lift up +your heads, for your redemption is near.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">21:29</sup>And he spoke to them a +parable; See the fig tree and all the trees; <sup class= +"v">21:30</sup>when they now put forth, observing you know of +yourselves that summer already is nigh; <sup class= +"v">21:31</sup>so, also, when you see all these things occur, know +that the kingdom of God is nigh. <sup class="v">21:32</sup>I tell +you truly, that this generation shall by no means pass away till +all these things are accomplished. <sup class="v">21:33</sup>Heaven +and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. +<sup class="v">21:34</sup>Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts +be not oppressed with revelling and drunkenness, and worldly cares, +and that day come upon you suddenly; <sup class="v">21:35</sup>for +it shall come like a snare on all who live on the face of the whole +earth. <sup class="v">21:36</sup>But watch continually, praying +that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which +are about to occur, and to stand before the Son of man.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">21:37</sup>And he taught during +the days in the temple, and went out and spent the nights on the +mountain called the Mount of Olives. <sup class="v">21:38</sup>And +all the people came early to him in the temple to hear him.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXVIII.</h2> +<h3>JUDAS AGREES TO BETRAY HIS MASTER, THE LAST SUPPER, AMBITION +DISCOURAGED, THE DISCIPLES WARNED.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">22:1</sup>AND the feast of +unleavened bread approached, called the passover. <sup class= +"v">22:2</sup>And the chief priests and scribes sought how they +might destroy him, for they feared the people. <sup class= +"v">22:3</sup>And Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, who +was of the number of the twelve; <sup class="v">22:4</sup>and he +went and conferred with the chief priests and commanders as to how +he might deliver him to them. <sup class="v">22:5</sup>And they +were glad, and agreed to give him money. <sup class= +"v">22:6</sup>And he promised, and sought a convenient opportunity +to betray him to them in the absence of the people.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">22:7</sup>And the day of +unleavened bread came, in which it was necessary to kill the +paschal lamb. <sup class="v">22:8</sup>And he sent Peter and John, +saying, Go, prepare for us the passover, that we may eat. +<sup class="v">22:9</sup>And they said to him, Where do you wish us +to prepare? <sup class="v">22:10</sup>And he said to them, Behold, +as you enter into the city, a man will meet you, bearing an earthen +vessel of water; follow him into the house where he enters, +<sup class="v">22:11</sup>and say to the master of the house, The +teacher says to you, where is the public room in which I may eat +the passover with my disciples? <sup class="v">22:12</sup>And he +will show you a large upper room furnished; there prepare. +<sup class="v">22:13</sup>And they went and found as he had said to +them and prepared the passover.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">22:14</sup>And when the hour had +come, he sat down, and the apostles with him; <sup class= +"v">22:15</sup>and he said to them, I have greatly desired to eat +this passover with you before I suffer; <sup class= +"v">22:16</sup>for I tell you that I will eat it no more till it is +fulfilled in the kingdom of God. <sup class="v">22:17</sup>And +taking a cup, he gave thanks, and said, Take this and divide it +among you; <sup class="v">22:18</sup>for I tell you that I will not +drink of the product of the vine, till the kingdom of God has come. +<sup class="v">22:19</sup>And taking bread, and giving thanks, he +broke and gave them, saying, This is my body given for you; this do +in remembrance of me. <sup class="v">22:20</sup>And the cup in like +manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] +with my blood, which is poured out for you. <sup class= +"v">22:21</sup>But behold, the hand of the traitor is with me on +the table; <sup class="v">22:22</sup>for the Son of man goes as it +has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed. +<sup class="v">22:23</sup>And they inquired among themselves which +of them it was who was about to do this.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">22:24</sup>And there was a +contention among them as to which of them should be the greatest. +<sup class="v">22:25</sup>And he said to them, The kings of the +nations exercise lordship over them; and those having power are +called their benefactors. <sup class="v">22:26</sup>But you shall +not be so. But let the greater among you be as the younger, and the +chief as he that serves. <sup class="v">22:27</sup>For which is +greater, he that reclines, or he that serves? Is not he that +reclines? But I am with you as he that serves. <sup class= +"v">22:28</sup>And you have continued with me in my trials, +<sup class="v">22:29</sup>and I appoint you, as my Father has +appointed me, a kingdom, <sup class="v">22:30</sup>that you may eat +and drink at my table, in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging +the twelve tribes of Israel.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">22:31</sup>Simon, Simon, behold, +Satan has desired you, to sift like wheat; <sup class= +"v">22:32</sup>but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not +entirely fail; and when you recover yourself, confirm your +brothers. <sup class="v">22:33</sup>And he said to him, Lord, I am +ready to go with you to prison and to death. <sup class= +"v">22:34</sup>And he said, I tell you, Peter, a cock shall not +crow today, before you shall deny thrice that you know me.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">22:35</sup>And he said to them, +When I sent you out without a purse, and provision sack, and +sandals, did you want any thing? And they said, Nothing. +<sup class="v">22:36</sup>Then he said to them, But now let him +that has a purse take it, and a provision sack likewise; and he +that has not a sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one. +<sup class="v">22:37</sup>For I tell you, that this which is +written must be fully accomplished in me, And he was numbered with +transgressors; for also the things concerning me have an end. +<sup class="v">22:38</sup>And they said, Lord, behold, here are two +swords. And he said to them, It is sufficient.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">22:39</sup>AND going out, he +went, according to his custom to the Mount of Olives; and the +disciples followed him. <sup class="v">22:40</sup>And arriving at +the place, he said to them, Pray that you may not enter into trial. +<sup class="v">22:41</sup>And he withdrew from them about a stone's +throw, and kneeling down, prayed, <sup class="v">22:42</sup>saying, +Father, if thou wilt, take this cup away from me; but not my will, +but thine be done. <sup class="v">22:43</sup>And an angel appeared +to him from heaven, strengthening him. <sup class= +"v">22:44</sup>And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and +his sweat was like large drops of blood falling down to the ground. +<sup class="v">22:45</sup>And rising from prayer, and coming to the +disciples, he found them sleeping from grief, <sup class= +"v">22:46</sup>and he said to them, Why do you sleep? Arise, and +pray that you may not enter into trial.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">22:47</sup>And while he was yet +speaking, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of +the twelve, came before them, and he approached Jesus to kiss him. +<sup class="v">22:48</sup>But Jesus said to him, Judas, do you +betray the Son of man with a kiss? <sup class="v">22:49</sup>And +those about him seeing what was about to occur, said, Lord, shall +we strike with the sword? <sup class="v">22:50</sup>And one of them +struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear. +<sup class="v">22:51</sup>But Jesus answered and said, Suffer even +this; and touching his ear he healed him. <sup class= +"v">22:52</sup>And Jesus said to the chief priests, and commanders +of the temple, and elders who came against him, Have you come with +swords and clubs, as against a robber? <sup class= +"v">22:53</sup>When I was daily with you in the temple you +stretched not out your hands upon me but this is your hour, and the +power of darkness.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">22:54</sup>And apprehending him, +they led him away, and conducted him to the house of the chief +priest; and Peter followed at a distance. <sup class= +"v">22:55</sup>And they having kindled a fire in the midst of the +court, and sat down, Peter sat in the midst of them. <sup class= +"v">22:56</sup>And a certain female servant seeing him sitting by +the light, and looking steadily at him, said, This man also was +with him. <sup class="v">22:57</sup>But he denied him, saying, I do +not know him, woman. <sup class="v">22:58</sup>And after a little, +another seeing him, said, You also are one of them. But Peter said, +Man, I am not. <sup class="v">22:59</sup>And about an hour +intervening, another strongly affirmed, saying, Certainly, this man +was also with him; for he is also a Galilean. <sup class= +"v">22:60</sup>But Peter said, Man, I know not what you say. And +immediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crew. <sup class= +"v">22:61</sup>And the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter +was reminded of the Lord's word, that he said to him, Before a cock +crows to-day you shall deny me thrice; <sup class= +"v">22:62</sup>and going out, Peter wept bitterly.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">22:63</sup>And the men having him +in custody mocked him, beating him; <sup class="v">22:64</sup>and +blindfolding him they asked him, saying, Prophecy who it is that +struck you? <sup class="v">22:65</sup>And they reviled him with +many other words.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">22:66</sup>And when it was day, +the eldership of the people, and the chief priests, and scribes +were assembled, and they brought him into their sanhedrim, saying, +<sup class="v">22:67</sup>If you are the Christ, tell us? And he +said to them, If I tell you you will not believe; <sup class= +"v">22:68</sup>and if I ask you will not answer. <sup class= +"v">22:69</sup>But from this time the Son of man will sit on the +right hand of the power of God. <sup class="v">22:70</sup>And they +all said, Are you the Son of God then? And he said to them, I am as +you say. <sup class="v">22:71</sup>And they said, What further need +have we of testimony? for we ourselves have heard from his +mouth.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST BEFORE PILATE AND HEROD, HIS CONDEMNATION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">23:1</sup>AND all the multitude +arose and led him to Pilate. <sup class="v">23:2</sup>And they +accused him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, +and forbidding to pay tribute to Cæsar, saying that he is an +anointed king. <sup class="v">23:3</sup>And Pilate asked him, +saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And he answered and said to +him, As you say. <sup class="v">23:4</sup>And Pilate said to the +chief priests, and the multitudes, I find no fault with this man. +<sup class="v">23:5</sup>And they were more violent, saying, He +excites the people, teaching in all Judea, beginning from Galilee +even to this place. <sup class="v">23:6</sup>And Pilate hearing of +Galilee asked if the man was a Galilean. <sup class= +"v">23:7</sup>And learning that he was of the province of Herod, he +sent him to Herod, who was himself also at Jerusalem in those +days.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">23:8</sup>And when Herod saw +Jesus he was much pleased; for he had wished for a long time to see +him, because he had beard about him, and he hoped to see some +miracle performed by him. <sup class="v">23:9</sup>And he +questioned him with many words; but he answered him nothing. +<sup class="v">23:10</sup>And the chief priests and scribes stood +up, violently accusing him. <sup class="v">23:11</sup>And Herod, +with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, and mocked him, and +put on him a splendid garment, and sent him back to Pilate. +<sup class="v">23:12</sup>And Pilate and Herod became friends to +each other on that day; for they had before been enemies to each +other.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">23:13</sup>And Pilate having +called the chief priests, and rulers, and the people, <sup class= +"v">23:14</sup>said to them, You have brought me this man as one +that perverts the people; and behold, having had an examination +before you, I have found in this man no cause for the charges which +you bring against him, <sup class="v">23:15</sup>but neither has +Herod, for I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death +has been done by him; <sup class="v">23:16</sup>having chastised +him therefore, I will release him. <sup class="v">23:18</sup>And +the whole multitude cried out, saying, Take away this man, and +release to us Barabbas; <sup class="v">23:19</sup>who had been cast +into prison for a certain sedition made in the city, and a +murder.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">23:20</sup>Pilate therefore +addressed them again, wishing to release Jesus; <sup class= +"v">23:21</sup>but they replied, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. +<sup class="v">23:22</sup>And he said to them a third time, [Why], +for what evil has this man done? I have found no cause of death in +him; having chastised him therefore, I will release him. +<sup class="v">23:23</sup>And they beset him with loud cries, +demanding that he should be crucified; and their cries, and those +of the chief priests, prevailed; <sup class="v">23:24</sup>and +Pilate answered, that their demand should be granted. <sup class= +"v">23:25</sup>And he released him that was cast into prison for +sedition and murder, whom they desired, and delivered up Jesus to +their will.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXXI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION, DEATH, AND BURIAL.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">23:26</sup>AND when they led him +away, they took Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the country, +and put on him the cross to bear after Jesus. <sup class= +"v">23:27</sup>And there followed him a great multitude of the +people, and of women; and they bewailed and lamented him. +<sup class="v">23:28</sup>And turning to them, Jesus said, +Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, +and for your children. <sup class="v">23:29</sup>For behold, days +come in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and those who +have not borne children, and the breasts which have not nursed +them! <sup class="v">23:30</sup>Then shall they say to the +mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us; <sup class= +"v">23:31</sup>for if they do these things with the green tree, +what shall be done with the dry? <sup class="v">23:32</sup>And two +other criminals were led out to be put to death with him.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">23:33</sup>And when they arrived +at the place called Cranium, there they crucified him, and the +criminals; one on his right hand, and the other on his left. +<sup class="v">23:34</sup>And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for +they know not what they do. And distributing his garments they cast +lots [for them]. <sup class="v">23:35</sup>And the people stood +beholding. And the rulers also scoffed, saying, He saved others; if +this is the Christ, the elect of God, let him save himself. +<sup class="v">23:36</sup>And the soldiers also mocked him, and +came and presented him vinegar, <sup class="v">23:37</sup>and said, +If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself. <sup class= +"v">23:38</sup>And there was an inscription over him; THIS IS THE +KING OF THE JEWS.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">23:39</sup>And one of the +criminals crucified, reviled him, [saying], Are you not the Christ? +save yourself and us. <sup class="v">23:40</sup>But the other +answered and rebuked him, and said, Do you not fear God, since you +are under the same sentence? <sup class="v">23:41</sup>and we +indeed justly, for we receive the desert of our doings; but this +man has done nothing amiss. <sup class="v">23:42</sup>And he said, +Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom. <sup class= +"v">23:43</sup>And he said to him, I tell you truly, to-day you +shall be with me in paradise.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">23:44</sup>And it was now about +the sixth hour [noon]; and there was a darkness over all the land +till the ninth hour [3 P.M.]. <sup class="v">23:45</sup>And the sun +was obscured; and the vail in the midst of the temple was rent in +two. <sup class="v">23:46</sup>And Jesus crying with a loud voice, +said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having said +this, he expired. <sup class="v">23:47</sup>And the centurion +seeing what was done, glorified God, saying, Truly this was a +righteous man. <sup class="v">23:48</sup>And all the multitudes who +had come together to this spectacle, beholding what was done, +returned beating their breasts. <sup class="v">23:49</sup>And all +his friends stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him +from Galilee, seeing these things.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">23:50</sup>And behold, a man by +the name of Joseph, a counsellor, a good and righteous man, +<sup class="v">23:51</sup>this man had not consented to their +design and doing, [he was] from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and +he expected the kingdom of God. <sup class="v">23:52</sup>This man +coming to Pilate asked for the body of Jesus; <sup class= +"v">23:53</sup>and taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid +it in a tomb cut out of a rock, in which no man had yet been laid. +<sup class="v">23:54</sup>And the day was the preparation; the +sabbath was dawning.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXXII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">23:55</sup>AND women following +him who had come up with him from Galilee saw the tomb, and how his +body was laid. <sup class="v">23:56</sup>And they returned and +prepared spices and ointments, and rested on the sabbath, according +to the commandment.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">24:1</sup>And on the first day of +the week, early in the morning, they came to the tomb bringing the +spices which they had prepared. <sup class="v">24:2</sup>And they +found the stone rolled away from the tomb; <sup class= +"v">24:3</sup>and entering, found not the body. <sup class= +"v">24:4</sup>And while they were in doubt about this, behold, two +men stood by them in shining clothing. <sup class="v">24:5</sup>And +[the women] being afraid, and bowing their faces to the earth, they +said to them, Why do you seek the living with the dead? <sup class= +"v">24:6</sup>He is not here, but is raised. Remember how he told +you while he was yet in Galilee, <sup class="v">24:7</sup>saying, +The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of wicked men to be +crucified, and on the third day rise again. <sup class= +"v">24:8</sup>And they remembered his words; <sup class= +"v">24:9</sup>and returning from the tomb related all these things +to the eleven, and to all the rest. <sup class="v">24:10</sup>And +they were the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of +James, and the others with them, who told these things to the +apostles. <sup class="v">24:11</sup>And their words appeared to +them like idle talk; and they believed them not.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">24:13</sup>And behold, two of +them went the same day to a village about sixty stadiums [7 miles] +from Jerusalem, called Emmaus; <sup class="v">24:14</sup>and they +conversed together of all these things which had happened. +<sup class="v">24:15</sup>And as they conversed and reasoned +together, Jesus also himself approaching walked with them; +<sup class="v">24:16</sup>but their eyes were restrained that they +did not know him. <sup class="v">24:17</sup>And he said to them, +What reports are these which you relate one to the other as you +walk and are sad? <sup class="v">24:18</sup>And one of them +answered, whose name was Cleopas, and said to him, Do you live +alone at Jerusalem and not know the things which have occurred in +it in these days? <sup class="v">24:19</sup>And he said to them, +What things? And they said to him, The things relating to Jesus the +Nazoraean, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God +and all the people; <sup class="v">24:20</sup>and how our chief +priests and rulers delivered him up to the sentence of death, and +crucified him, <sup class="v">24:21</sup>But we hoped that he was +the one who was to redeem Israel. But indeed, also, in addition to +all these things, today is the third day since these things +occurred; <sup class="v">24:22</sup>but some of our women also +astonished us, who being early at the tomb <sup class= +"v">24:23</sup>and not finding his body, came, saying that they had +seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. <sup class= +"v">24:24</sup>And some of those with us went to the tomb, and +found even as the women had said; and him they saw not.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">24:25</sup>And he said to them, O +foolish men, and of a mind slow to believe all that the prophets +have spoken. <sup class="v">24:26</sup>Ought not the Christ to +suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? <sup class= +"v">24:27</sup>And from Moses, and from all the prophets, he +interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning +himself. <sup class="v">24:28</sup>And they approached the village +to which they were going; and he pretended to be going farther. +<sup class="v">24:29</sup>And they urged him, saying, Remain with +us, for it is near evening, and the day is already past. And he +went in to remain with them; <sup class="v">24:30</sup>and when he +reclined with them, taking bread, he blessed, and breaking, gave +them. <sup class="v">24:31</sup>And their eyes were opened, and +they knew him; and he vanished from their sight. <sup class= +"v">24:32</sup>And they said one to the other, Did not our hearts +burn within us when he spoke to us on the way? when he opened to us +the Scriptures? <sup class="v">24:33</sup>And rising up the same +hour they returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven, and those +with them, assembled together, <sup class="v">24:34</sup>saying, +The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon. <sup class= +"v">24:35</sup>And they related the things on the way, and how he +was known to them by the breaking of bread.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">24:36</sup>And as they were +saying these things he stood in the midst of them; <sup class= +"v">24:37</sup>and they being terrified and afraid, thought they +saw a spirit. <sup class="v">24:38</sup>And he said to them, Why +are you troubled? and why do doubts arise in your minds? +<sup class="v">24:39</sup>See my hands and my feet, that I am he; +feel of me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you +see me have. <sup class="v">24:41</sup>And while they yet +disbelieved from joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you any +food here? <sup class="v">24:42</sup>And they gave him part of a +broiled fish, and of a honeycomb; <sup class="v">24:43</sup>and +taking it, he eat before them.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">24:44</sup>And he said to them, +These are my words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, +that all things written in the law of Moses, and Prophets, and +Psalms, concerning me, must be fully accomplished. <sup class= +"v">24:45</sup>Then he opened their understanding to understand the +Scriptures, <sup class="v">24:46</sup>and said to them, Thus it is +written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on +the third day, <sup class="v">24:47</sup>and that a change of mind +and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all +nations, beginning from Jerusalem. <sup class="v">24:48</sup>You +are witnesses of these things. <sup class="v">24:49</sup>Behold, I +send the promise of my Father upon you; but remain in the city till +you are endued with power from on high.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">24:50</sup>And he led them out as +far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, blessed them; <sup class= +"v">24:51</sup>and while he was blessing them he departed from +them. <sup class="v">24:52</sup>And they returned to Jerusalem with +great joy, <sup class="v">24:53</sup>and were continually in the +temple, praising and blessing God.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b43">THE GOSPEL OF + JOHN.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE WORD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>IN the beginning was the +Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <sup class= +"v">1:2</sup>This [Word] was in the beginning with God. <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>All things existed through him, and without him not +one thing existed, which existed. <sup class="v">1:4</sup>In him +was life, and the life was the light of men; <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness +comprehended it not.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:6</sup>There was a man, sent by +God, whose name was John. <sup class="v">1:7</sup>This man came for +a testimony, to testify of the light, that all might believe +through him. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>He was not the light, but to +testify of the light. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>The light was the +true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world. +<sup class="v">1:10</sup>He was in the world, and the world existed +through him, and the world knew him not. <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>He came to his own, and his own received him not. +<sup class="v">1:12</sup>But as many as received him, to them gave +he power to become sons of God, to them that believe on his name, +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>who are born not of superior blood, nor of +a will of the flesh, nor of a will of man, but of God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:14</sup>And the Word became +flesh and tabernacled with us and we beheld his glory, a glory as +of an only child with a father, full of grace and truth. +<sup class="v">1:15</sup>John testified of him, and cried, saying, +This is the one of whom I said, He that comes after me existed +before me, for he was before me. <sup class="v">1:16</sup>For we +all have received of his fullness, and grace for grace; <sup class= +"v">1:17</sup>for the law was given by Moses, the grace and truth +were by Jesus Christ. <sup class="v">1:18</sup>No one has ever seen +God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared +[him].</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST DECLARED TO BE THE MESSIAH, AND COMMENCING HIS +MINISTRY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:19</sup>AND this is the +testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and +Levites to ask him, Who are you? <sup class="v">1:20</sup>And he +confessed and denied not, and confessed, I am not the Christ. +<sup class="v">1:21</sup>And they asked him, What then? are you +Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And he +answered, No. <sup class="v">1:22</sup>Then they said to him, Who +are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us; what say +you of yourself? <sup class="v">1:23</sup>He said, I am the voice +of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, +as Isaiah the prophet said.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:24</sup>And those sent were of +the Pharisees. <sup class="v">1:25</sup>And they asked him, and +said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, +nor Elijah, nor the prophet? <sup class="v">1:26</sup>John answered +them saying, I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom +you know not. <sup class="v">1:27</sup>He is the one coming after +me, the strings of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie. +<sup class="v">1:28</sup>These things occurred in Bethany beyond +the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:29</sup>On the next day he saw +Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes +away the sin of the world. <sup class="v">1:30</sup>This is he of +whom I said, After me comes a man who was before me, for he was +before me. <sup class="v">1:31</sup>And I knew him not; but that he +might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason have I come +baptizing with water. <sup class="v">1:32</sup>And John testified +saying, I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven, and it +remained on him. <sup class="v">1:33</sup>And I knew him not, but +he that sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you +see the Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes +with the Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">1:34</sup>And I have seen and +testified that this is the Son of God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:35</sup>On the next day John +was again standing, and two of his disciples, <sup class= +"v">1:36</sup>and looking at Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold +the Lamb of God. <sup class="v">1:37</sup>And his two disciples +heard him say this, and followed Jesus. <sup class= +"v">1:38</sup>And Jesus turning around, and seeing them following, +said to them, What do you seek? And they said to him, Rabbi, which +interpreted signifies Teacher, where do you stay? <sup class= +"v">1:39</sup>He said to them, Come and see. Then they went and saw +where he staid, and staid with him that day; it was about the tenth +hour. <sup class="v">1:40</sup>Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, +was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him; +<sup class="v">1:41</sup>he first found his brother Simon, and said +to him, We have found the Messiah; which is interpreted, Christ +[Anointed]. <sup class="v">1:42</sup>He brought him to Jesus. Jesus +looking at him said, You are Simon, the son of Jonas; you shall be +called Cephas; which is interpreted, Peter [Rock].</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:43</sup>On the next day he +wished to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to +him, Follow me. <sup class="v">1:44</sup>Now Philip was from +Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. <sup class= +"v">1:45</sup>Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, We have +found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus, +the son of Joseph, from Nazareth. <sup class="v">1:46</sup>And +Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? +Philip said to him, Come and see. <sup class="v">1:47</sup>Jesus +saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, See an Israelite +indeed, in whom is no guile. <sup class="v">1:48</sup>Nathanael +said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him, +Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree I saw +you. <sup class="v">1:49</sup>Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, you +are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. <sup class= +"v">1:50</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you +I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater +things than these. <sup class="v">1:51</sup>And he said to him, I +tell you most truly, you shall see heaven opened and the angels of +God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CHANGING WATER INTO WINE, RESIDING AT CAPERNAUM, AND +PURIFYING THE TEMPLE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>AND on the third day +there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was +there; <sup class="v">2:2</sup>and Jesus also was invited, and his +disciples, to the wedding. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>And the wine +falling short the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>Jesus said to her, What have you to do with +me, woman? My hour has not yet come. <sup class="v">2:5</sup>His +mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>And there were six stone water jars there, placed for +the purification of the Jews, containing two or three metretes +[16.75 or 25.125 gallons] each. <sup class="v">2:7</sup>Jesus said +to them, Fill the water jars with water; and they filled them to +the top. <sup class="v">2:8</sup>And he said to them, Now draw out +and bear to the master of the feast; and they bore it. <sup class= +"v">2:9</sup>And when the master of the feast tasted of the water +made wine, and knew not whence it was,—but the servants knew +who had drawn the water,—the master of the feast called the +bridegroom <sup class="v">2:10</sup>and said to him, Every man +first presents the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, the +poorer; but you have kept the good wine till now. <sup class= +"v">2:11</sup>This first miracle did Jesus perform at Cana in +Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on +him. <sup class="v">2:12</sup>After this he went down to Capernaum, +he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples, and +remained there a few days.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:13</sup>And the passover of the +Jews was nigh; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>And he found in the temple those that sold cattle, +and sheep, and doves, and the brokers sitting; <sup class= +"v">2:15</sup>and making a whip of cords he drove them all out of +the temple, also the sheep and cattle, and poured out the money of +the brokers, and overturned the tables, <sup class= +"v">2:16</sup>and said to those that sold doves, Take these things +hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. +<sup class="v">2:17</sup>And his disciples remembered that it was +written, The zeal of thy house consumes me.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:18</sup>Then the Jews answered +and said to him, What sign do you show us, that you do these +things? <sup class="v">2:19</sup>Jesus answered and said to them, +Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it. <sup class= +"v">2:20</sup>Then the Jews said to him, Forty-six years was this +temple being built, and will you raise it in three days? +<sup class="v">2:21</sup>But he spoke of the temple of his body. +<sup class="v">2:22</sup>When, therefore, he was raised from the +dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed +the Scripture and the word which Jesus spoke.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:23</sup>AND when he was at +Jerusalem at the feast of the passover many believed on him, seeing +his miracles which he performed; <sup class="v">2:24</sup>but Jesus +did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, <sup class= +"v">2:25</sup>for he had no need that any should testify of man, +for he knew what was in man.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>And there was a man of +the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. +<sup class="v">3:2</sup>This man came to him by night and said to +him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no +one can perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with +him. <sup class="v">3:3</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, I tell +you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the +kingdom of God. <sup class="v">3:4</sup>Nicodemus said to him, How +can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of +his mother a second time, and be born? <sup class= +"v">3:5</sup>Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is +born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom +of God. <sup class="v">3:6</sup>That which is born of the flesh is +flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is a spirit. +<sup class="v">3:7</sup>Wonder not that I said to you, You must be +born again. <sup class="v">3:8</sup>The Spirit breathes where it +wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, +nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the +Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:9</sup>Nicodemus answered and +said to him, How can these things be? <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of +Israel and know not these things? <sup class="v">3:11</sup>I tell +you most truly, that we speak what we know, and what we have seen +we testify; and you receive not our testimony. <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>If I have told you earthly things and you believe +not, how will you believe if I should tell you heavenly things? +<sup class="v">3:13</sup>And no one has ascended into heaven but he +that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. +<sup class="v">3:14</sup>And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the +wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>that every one believing in him may have eternal +life. <sup class="v">3:16</sup>For God so loved the world that he +gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish +but have eternal life. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>For God sent not +his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world +through him might be saved. <sup class="v">3:18</sup>He that +believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been +judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only +Son of God. <sup class="v">3:19</sup>And this is the judgment; that +the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather +than the light, because their deeds are evil. <sup class= +"v">3:20</sup>For every one that does evil hates the light, and +comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved; +<sup class="v">3:21</sup>but he that does good comes to the light, +that his deeds may be made manifest, for they are wrought in +God.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST BAPTIZING, AND PREACHING TO THE SAMARITANS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:22</sup>AFTER these things +Jesus and his disciples came into the country of Judea; and there +he staid with them, and baptized. <sup class="v">3:23</sup>And John +also was baptizing at Ænon, near Salim, because there were +many waters there; and they came and were baptized, <sup class= +"v">3:24</sup>for John was not yet cast into prison. <sup class= +"v">3:25</sup>Then there was a controversy of the disciples of John +with a Jew concerning purification. <sup class="v">3:26</sup>And +they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you +beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified, behold, this [man] +baptizes and all men come to him. <sup class="v">3:27</sup>John +answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given him +from heaven. <sup class="v">3:28</sup>You yourselves bear me +witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before him. +<sup class="v">3:29</sup>He that has the bride is the bridegroom; +but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, +rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; this my joy, therefore, +is fully attained. <sup class="v">3:30</sup>He must increase, but I +must decrease. <sup class="v">3:31</sup>He that comes from above is +above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of +the earth. He that comes from heaven is above all; <sup class= +"v">3:32</sup>and what he has seen and heard this he testifies; and +no one receives his testimony. <sup class="v">3:33</sup>He that +receives his testimony has sealed that God is true. <sup class= +"v">3:34</sup>For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for +God gives not the Spirit by measure. <sup class="v">3:35</sup>The +Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. +<sup class="v">3:36</sup>He that believes on the Son has eternal +life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the +wrath of God continues on him.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>When, therefore, the +Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus made and baptized +more disciples than John, <sup class="v">4:2</sup>though Jesus +himself indeed baptized not, but his disciples, <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>he left Judea and departed again to Galilee. +<sup class="v">4:4</sup>And it was necessary that he should pass +through Samaria. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>He came, therefore, to a +city of Samaria called Sychar, near the lot which Jacob gave his +son Joseph. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>And Jacob's well was there. +Jesus, therefore, being fatigued with travelling sat thus by the +well; it was about the sixth hour [noon]. <sup class="v">4:7</sup>A +woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give me a +drink; <sup class="v">4:8</sup>for his disciples had gone away into +the city to buy provisions. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>Then the +Samaritan woman said to him, How do you, being a Jew, ask a drink +of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews do no business with the +Samaritans. <sup class="v">4:10</sup>Jesus answered and said to +her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, +Give me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given +you living water. <sup class="v">4:11</sup>The woman said to him, +Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence +then have you the living water? <sup class="v">4:12</sup>Are you +greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and who drank +of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? <sup class= +"v">4:13</sup>Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinks +of this water will thirst again; <sup class="v">4:14</sup>but +whoever drinks of the water which I will give him shall never +thirst; but the water which I will give him shall be in him a +fountain of water springing up to eternal life. <sup class= +"v">4:15</sup>The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, that +I thirst not, nor come here to draw. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>He +said to her, Go and call your husband, and come here. <sup class= +"v">4:17</sup>The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus +said to her, You have said well, I have no husband; <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now +have is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:19</sup>The woman said to him, +Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. <sup class= +"v">4:20</sup>Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you say +that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. <sup class= +"v">4:21</sup>Jesus said to her, Believe me, woman, the hour comes, +when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, you shall worship +the Father. <sup class="v">4:22</sup>You worship what you know not; +we worship what we know; for salvation is of the Jews. <sup class= +"v">4:23</sup>But the hour comes, and now is, when the true +worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the +Father seeks such to worship him. <sup class="v">4:24</sup>God is a +Spirit, and those that worship him must worship in spirit and +truth. <sup class="v">4:25</sup>The woman said to him, I know that +the Messiah is coming, called Christ; when he comes he will tell us +all things. <sup class="v">4:26</sup>Jesus said to her, I that +speak to you am [the Messiah].</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:27</sup>And upon this his +disciples came, and wondered that he talked with the woman; but no +one said to him, What do you seek? or why do you talk with her? +<sup class="v">4:28</sup>Then the woman left her bucket, and went +to the city, and said to the men, <sup class="v">4:29</sup>Come and +see a man who has told me all things which I have done; is this the +Christ? <sup class="v">4:30</sup>They came out from the city and +came to him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:31</sup>In the meantime the +disciples asked him saying, Rabbi, eat. <sup class= +"v">4:32</sup>But he said to them, I have food to eat which you +know not of. <sup class="v">4:33</sup>Then the disciples said one +to another, Has any one brought him food to eat? <sup class= +"v">4:34</sup>Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him +that sent me, and to finish his work. <sup class="v">4:35</sup>Do +you not say, There are yet four months, and the harvest comes? +behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields; for +they are white for a harvest. <sup class="v">4:36</sup>Already he +that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for life eternal, that +he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. <sup class= +"v">4:37</sup>For in this is the saying true; He that sows is one, +and he that reaps is another. <sup class="v">4:38</sup>I have sent +you to reap that on which you have not labored; others have labored +and you have entered into their labor.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:39</sup>And many of the +Samaritans in that city believed on him, on account of the word of +the woman, testifying, He told me all things which I have done. +<sup class="v">4:40</sup>When, therefore, the Samaritans came to +him, they desired him to remain with them; and he remained there +two days. <sup class="v">4:41</sup>And many more believed on +account of his word, <sup class="v">4:42</sup>and said to the +woman, We no longer believe on account of your report, for we have +heard him ourselves, and know that this is truly the Saviour of the +world.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST IN GALILEE, CURING A NOBLEMAN'S SON.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:43</sup>AND after two days he +departed thence to Galilee. <sup class="v">4:44</sup>For Jesus +himself testified that a prophet is without honor in his native +country. <sup class="v">4:45</sup>When, therefore, he came into +Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all that he did at +Jerusalem at the feast; for they also came to the feast. +<sup class="v">4:46</sup>Then he came again to Cana in Galilee, +where he had made the water wine.</p> +<p class="pin">2 And there was a certain nobleman whose son was +sick at Capernaum. <sup class="v">4:47</sup>Hearing that Jesus had +come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and desired him to +come down and cure his son, for he was about to die. <sup class= +"v">4:48</sup>Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see miracles and +prodigies you will not believe. <sup class="v">4:49</sup>The +nobleman said to him, Lord, come down before my child dies. +<sup class="v">4:50</sup>Jesus said to him, Go; your son lives. The +man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went. +<sup class="v">4:51</sup>And as he was now going down his servants +met him, and told, saying, Your child lives. <sup class= +"v">4:52</sup>Then he inquired of them the hour in which he became +better. Then they said to him, The fever left him yesterday, at the +seventh hour. <sup class="v">4:53</sup>Then the father knew that it +was in that hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives; and he +believed, and all his house. <sup class="v">4:54</sup>This second +miracle did Jesus, having come from Judea into Galilee.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CURING A SICK MAN ON THE SABBATH, AT JERUSALEM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>AFTER these things there +was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. +<sup class="v">5:2</sup>And there is at Jerusalem, by the +sheep-gate, a pool, called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five +porches. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>In these lay a multitude of sick, +blind, lame, withered. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>And there was a +certain man there who had been sick thirty-eight years. <sup class= +"v">5:6</sup>Jesus seeing him lying, and knowing that he had now +been sick a long time, said to him, Do you wish to become well? +<sup class="v">5:7</sup>The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no +man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into the pool; but +while I am coming another goes down before me. <sup class= +"v">5:8</sup>Jesus said to him, Arise, take up your bed and walk. +<sup class="v">5:9</sup>And the man immediately became well, and +took up his bed and walked. That day was the sabbath.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:10</sup>The Jews, therefore, +said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for +you to carry the bed. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>He answered them, He +that made me well, he said to me, Take up your bed and walk. +<sup class="v">5:12</sup>They asked him, Who is the man that said +to you, Take up your bed and walk? <sup class="v">5:13</sup>And the +sick man knew not who it was; for Jesus had gone away, a multitude +being in that place. <sup class="v">5:14</sup>Afterwards Jesus +found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you have become +well; sin no more, lest a worse thing happen to you. <sup class= +"v">5:15</sup>The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus +who had made him well; <sup class="v">5:16</sup>and on this account +the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the +sabbath. <sup class="v">5:17</sup>But Jesus answered them, My +Father works even till now, and I work. <sup class= +"v">5:18</sup>Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to +kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that +God was his Father, making himself equal with God. <sup class= +"v">5:19</sup>Then Jesus answered and said to them, I tell you most +truly, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the +Father do; for whatever he does, these things also does the Son in +like manner. <sup class="v">5:20</sup>For the Father loves the Son, +and shows him all things which he does; and greater works than +these will he show him, that you may wonder. <sup class= +"v">5:21</sup>For as the Father raises the dead, and makes them +alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will. <sup class= +"v">5:22</sup>For the Father judges no man, but has given all +judgment to the Son, <sup class="v">5:23</sup>that all should honor +the Son as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors +not the Father that sent him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:24</sup>I tell you most truly, +he that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal +life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed from death to +life. <sup class="v">5:25</sup>I tell you most truly, that the hour +comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of +God, and those that hear shall live. <sup class="v">5:26</sup>For +as the Father has life in himself, so has he also given to the Son +to have life in himself; <sup class="v">5:27</sup>and has given him +authority and judgment to execute, because he is the Son of man. +<sup class="v">5:28</sup>Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in +which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice <sup class= +"v">5:29</sup>and shall come forth; those that have done good to a +resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to a +resurrection of judgment. <sup class="v">5:30</sup>I can do nothing +of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, for I seek +not my will, but the will of him that sent me.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:31</sup>If I testify of myself +my testimony is not true. <sup class="v">5:32</sup>There is another +who testifies of me, and I know that the testimony which he +testifies of me is true. <sup class="v">5:33</sup>You sent to John, +and he testified to the truth; <sup class="v">5:34</sup>but I +receive not testimony from a man; but I say these things that you +may be saved. <sup class="v">5:35</sup>He was a burning and shining +light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. +<sup class="v">5:36</sup>But I have greater testimony than John's; +for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these works +which I do, testify of me that the Father has sent me; <sup class= +"v">5:37</sup>and the Father who sent me, he has testified of me. +You have not heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form; +<sup class="v">5:38</sup>and his word you have not continuing in +you, for whom he has sent, him you believe not. <sup class= +"v">5:39</sup>You search the Scriptures, because you think by them +to have eternal life; and they testify of me; <sup class= +"v">5:40</sup>and you will not come to me that you may have +life.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:41</sup>I receive not glory +from men, <sup class="v">5:42</sup>but I know you, that you have +not the love of God in you. <sup class="v">5:43</sup>I have come in +my Father's name and you receive me not; if another comes in his +own name, him will you receive. <sup class="v">5:44</sup>How can +you believe, receiving glory one from another, and the glory from +God alone you seek not? <sup class="v">5:45</sup>Think not that I +will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, +Moses, in whom you trust. <sup class="v">5:46</sup>For if you had +believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me. +<sup class="v">5:47</sup>But if you believe not his writings, how +will you believe my words?</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>AFTER these things Jesus +went across the lake of Galilee, the Tiberias. <sup class= +"v">6:2</sup>And a great multitude followed him, because they saw +the miracles which he performed on the sick. <sup class= +"v">6:3</sup>And Jesus went up on the mountain and sat there with +his disciples. <sup class="v">6:4</sup>And the passover was nigh, +the feast of the Jews. <sup class="v">6:5</sup>Then Jesus lining up +his eyes, and seeing many people come to him, said to Philip, +Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:6</sup>But this he said to try +him; for he knew what he was about to do. <sup class= +"v">6:7</sup>Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii [$28] worth +of bread is not sufficient for them, that each may take a little. +<sup class="v">6:8</sup>One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's +brother, said to him, <sup class="v">6:9</sup>There is a boy here +who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what are these for +so many? <sup class="v">6:10</sup>Jesus said, Make the men sit +down. And there was much grass in the place. The men, therefore, +sat down in number about five thousand. <sup class= +"v">6:11</sup>Then Jesus took the bread, and having given thanks, +distributed it to those reclining; likewise also of the fishes, as +much as they wished. <sup class="v">6:12</sup>And when they were +filled he said to his disciples, Collect the fragments that remain +over, that nothing may be lost. <sup class="v">6:13</sup>Then they +collected, and filled twelve traveling-baskets with the fragments +of the five barley loaves which remained over to those who had +eaten.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:14</sup>Then the men, seeing +what a miracle Jesus had performed, said, This is truly the prophet +who was to come into the world. <sup class="v">6:15</sup>And Jesus +knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make +him a king, went up to the mountain himself alone.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:16</sup>And when it was +evening, his disciples went down to the lake, <sup class= +"v">6:17</sup>and entering into the ship were crossing the lake to +Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them, +<sup class="v">6:18</sup>and the lake was made rough by a great +wind blowing. <sup class="v">6:19</sup>Then having gone about +twenty-five or thirty stadiums [3 or 3 1-2 miles], they saw Jesus +walking on the lake and coming near the ship, and they were afraid. +<sup class="v">6:20</sup>But he said to them, It is I; be not +afraid. <sup class="v">6:21</sup>Then they willingly took him into +the ship, and immediately the ship was at the land to which they +were going.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM PROCLAIMING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD AND THE +BREAD OF LIFE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:22</sup>ON the next day, the +multitude standing on the other side of the lake seeing that there +was no other boat there except one, and that Jesus entered not into +the ship with his disciples but his disciples had gone away +alone,— <sup class="v">6:23</sup>but other boats came from +Tiberias near the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord +gave thanks,— <sup class="v">6:24</sup>when, therefore, the +multitude saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they +went into the ships and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. +<sup class="v">6:25</sup>And finding him on the other side of the +lake they said to him, Rabbi, when came you hither? <sup class= +"v">6:26</sup>Jesus answered them and said, I tell you most truly, +you seek me not because you saw miracles, but because you eat of +the bread and were filled. <sup class="v">6:27</sup>Work not for +the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal +life, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the +Father sealed.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:28</sup>Then they said to him, +What shall we do to perform the works of God? <sup class= +"v">6:29</sup>Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of +God; to believe on him whom he has sent. <sup class= +"v">6:30</sup>Then they said to him, What miracle do you perform, +that we may see and believe you? what work do you perform? +<sup class="v">6:31</sup>Our fathers eat the manna in the +wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to +eat. <sup class="v">6:32</sup>Then Jesus said to them, I tell you +most truly, Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father +gives you the true bread from heaven; <sup class="v">6:33</sup>for +the bread of God is he that comes down from heaven and gives life +to the world.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:34</sup>Then they said to him, +Sir, always give us this bread. <sup class="v">6:35</sup>Jesus said +to them, I am the bread of life; he that comes to me shall never +hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst. <sup class= +"v">6:36</sup>But I said to you, that you have seen me and believe +not. <sup class="v">6:37</sup>Every thing which the Father gives to +me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will by no means +cast out; <sup class="v">6:38</sup>for I came down from heaven not +to do my will, but the will of him that sent me. <sup class= +"v">6:39</sup>And this is the will of him that sent me; that I +should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise +it up at the last day. <sup class="v">6:40</sup>For this is the +will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in +him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last +day.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:41</sup>Then the Jews +complained of him because he said, I am the bread which came down +from heaven. <sup class="v">6:42</sup>And they said, Is not this +Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how, +then, does he say, I came down from heaven? <sup class= +"v">6:43</sup>Then Jesus answered and said to them, Complain not +among yourselves. <sup class="v">6:44</sup>No one can come to me +unless the Father who sent me shall draw him; and I will raise him +up at the last day. <sup class="v">6:45</sup>It is written in the +prophets, And all shall be taught of God. Every one who has heard +and learned of the Father comes to me. <sup class="v">6:46</sup>Not +that any one has seen the Father except he that is from God; he has +seen the Father.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">6:47</sup>I tell you most truly, +He that believes has eternal life. <sup class="v">6:48</sup>I am +the bread of life. <sup class="v">6:49</sup>Your fathers eat manna +in the wilderness, and died; <sup class="v">6:50</sup>this is the +bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not +die. <sup class="v">6:51</sup>I am the living bread which came down +from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he shall live forever; +and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my +flesh.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">6:52</sup>Then the Jews contended +one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to +eat? <sup class="v">6:53</sup>Then Jesus said to them, I tell you +most truly, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink +his blood, you have no life in you. <sup class="v">6:54</sup>He +that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will +raise him up at the last day. <sup class="v">6:55</sup>For my flesh +is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. <sup class= +"v">6:56</sup>He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood continues +in me, and I in him. <sup class="v">6:57</sup>As the living Father +sent me and I live by the Father, so he that eats me shall live by +me. <sup class="v">6:58</sup>This is the bread which came down from +heaven; not as your fathers eat and died, he that eats this bread +shall live forever. <sup class="v">6:59</sup>These things he said +in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">6:60</sup>Then many of his +disciples hearing him said, This is a hard saying; who can hear +him? <sup class="v">6:61</sup>And Jesus knowing in himself that his +disciples complained of this, said to them, Does this offend you? +<sup class="v">6:62</sup>[What], then if you should see the Son of +man ascend where he was formerly? <sup class="v">6:63</sup>The +Spirit is that which makes alive; the flesh profits nothing; the +words which I have spoken to you are spirit and life. <sup class= +"v">6:64</sup>But there are some of you who believe not. For Jesus +knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he +was that would betray him. <sup class="v">6:65</sup>And on that +account he said, I told you that no one can come to me unless it +has been given him by my Father.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">6:66</sup>From this time many of +his disciples went away from following him, and walked no more with +him. <sup class="v">6:67</sup>Then Jesus said to the twelve Will +you also go away? <sup class="v">6:68</sup>Simon Peter answered +him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have words of eternal life, +<sup class="v">6:69</sup>and we have believed and know that you are +the Holy [Son] of God. <sup class="v">6:70</sup>He answered them, +Have I not chosen you twelve? and of you one is a devil. +<sup class="v">6:71</sup>But he spoke of Judas the son of Simon +Iscariot, for he was about to betray him, being one of the twelve. +<sup class="v">7:1</sup>And after these things Jesus walked in +Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to +kill him.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">7:2</sup>AND the feast of the +Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles. <sup class= +"v">7:3</sup>Then his brothers said to him, Go down from here, and +go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which +you do; <sup class="v">7:4</sup>for no one does any thing in +secret, and seeks himself to be in public. If you do these things, +show yourself to the world. <sup class="v">7:5</sup>For his +brothers did not believe on him. <sup class="v">7:6</sup>Then Jesus +said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always +ready. <sup class="v">7:7</sup>The world cannot hate you, but me it +hates, because I testify of it that its works are evil. <sup class= +"v">7:8</sup>Do you go up to the feast; I go not up to this feast, +because my time has not yet fully come. <sup class= +"v">7:9</sup>Having said these things he continued in Galilee.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">7:10</sup>But when his brothers +had gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but as +it were in secret. <sup class="v">7:11</sup>Then the Jews sought +him at the feast, and said, Where is he? <sup class= +"v">7:12</sup>And there was much complaining concerning him among +the multitude; some said, He is a good man; others said, No; but he +deceives the people. <sup class="v">7:13</sup>Nevertheless, no one +spoke openly for him from fear of the Jews.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">7:14</sup>And in the midst of the +feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. <sup class= +"v">7:15</sup>Then the Jews wondered, saying, How does this man +know letters, not having learned? <sup class="v">7:16</sup>Then +Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine but his that +sent me. <sup class="v">7:17</sup>If any one will do his will, he +shall know of the teaching whether it is from God or whether I +speak from myself. <sup class="v">7:18</sup>He that speaks from +himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him +that sent him, this [man] is true, and no unrighteousness is in +him. <sup class="v">7:19</sup>Did not Moses give you the law? and +no one of you performs the law. Why do you seek to kill me? +<sup class="v">7:20</sup>The multitude answered, You have a demon; +who seeks to kill you? <sup class="v">7:21</sup>Jesus answered and +said to them, I performed one work and you all wonder. <sup class= +"v">7:22</sup>Moses gave you circumcision, not that it is of Moses +but of the fathers, and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. +<sup class="v">7:23</sup>If a man receives circumcision on the +sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry +with me because I made a man entirely sound on the sabbath? +<sup class="v">7:24</sup>Judge not according to the appearance, but +judge a righteous judgment.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">7:25</sup>Then some of the +inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to +kill? <sup class="v">7:26</sup>And behold, he speaks boldly, and +they say nothing to him. Have the rulers at length learned that +this is the Christ? <sup class="v">7:27</sup>But we know this man +whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is. +<sup class="v">7:28</sup>Then Jesus cried, teaching in the temple +and saying, You both know me and know whence I am; and I have not +come of myself; but he that sent me is true, whom you know not; +<sup class="v">7:29</sup>I know him, because I am from him, and he +sent me. <sup class="v">7:30</sup>Then they sought to take him by +force; but no man laid a hand on him, for his hour had not yet +come.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">7:31</sup>And many of the +multitude believed on him, and said, When the Christ comes will he +perform more miracles than this man has performed? <sup class= +"v">7:32</sup>The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things +concerning him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take +him by force. <sup class="v">7:33</sup>Then Jesus said, Yet a +little while am I with you, and I go to him that sent me. +<sup class="v">7:34</sup>You shall seek and shall not find, and +where I am you cannot come. <sup class="v">7:35</sup>Then the Jews +said one to another, Where is this man about to go, that we shall +not find him? Will he go to the dispersion of the Greeks, and teach +the Greeks? <sup class="v">7:36</sup>What does the word which he +said mean; You shall seek and shall not find me, and where I am you +cannot come?</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">7:37</sup>And on the last day, +the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any +one thirsts, let him come to me and drink. <sup class= +"v">7:38</sup>He that believes in me, as the Scripture has said, +out of him shall flow rivers of living water. <sup class= +"v">7:39</sup>But he said this of the Spirit which those believing +in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], +because Jesus was not yet glorified. <sup class="v">7:40</sup>Then +some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the +prophet; <sup class="v">7:41</sup>others said, This is the Christ; +others said, [No]; for does the Christ come from Galilee? +<sup class="v">7:42</sup>Has not the Scripture said that the Christ +comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village +where David was? <sup class="v">7:43</sup>Then there was a division +among the multitude on his account; <sup class="v">7:44</sup>and +some of them wished to take him by force, but no one laid hands on +him.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">7:45</sup>Then came the officers +to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have +you not brought him? <sup class="v">7:46</sup>The officers +answered, A man never spoke thus. <sup class="v">7:47</sup>The +Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? <sup class= +"v">7:48</sup>Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the +Pharisees? <sup class="v">7:49</sup>But this multitude which know +not the law are accursed. <sup class="v">7:50</sup>Nicodemus, he +that came to him, being one of them, said to them, <sup class= +"v">7:51</sup>Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from +him and knows what he does? <sup class="v">7:52</sup>They answered +and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? search and see; for no +prophet is raised up from Galilee.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">7:53</sup>[An early +interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went to his own +house; <sup class="v">8:1</sup>and Jesus went to the Mount of +Olives. <sup class="v">8:2</sup>And in the morning he went again to +the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat and taught +them. <sup class="v">8:3</sup>And the scribes and Pharisees brought +him a woman taken in adultery, and placing her in the midst +<sup class="v">8:4</sup>said to him, Teacher, this woman was taken +in adultery, in the very act. <sup class="v">8:5</sup>In the law, +Moses commanded us that such should be stoned; what therefore do +you say? <sup class="v">8:6</sup>They said this to try him, that +they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus, +stooping down, wrote with his finger on the ground. <sup class= +"v">8:7</sup>And when they continued asking him, rising up, he said +to them, Let him that has not sinned among you first cast the stone +at her. <sup class="v">8:8</sup>And again stooping down he wrote on +the ground. <sup class="v">8:9</sup>But they hearing, and being +convicted by their consciences, went out, one by one, beginning +with the oldest, even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and +the woman standing in the midst. <sup class="v">8:10</sup>And Jesus +rising up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, +where are those your accusers? Has no man condemned you? +<sup class="v">8:11</sup>And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said +to her, Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST DECLARING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:12</sup>THEN Jesus spoke to +them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me +shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life. +<sup class="v">8:13</sup>Then the Pharisees said to him, You +testify of yourself; your testimony is not true. <sup class= +"v">8:14</sup>Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I testify of +myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I came and whither +I go; but you know not whence I come or whither I go. <sup class= +"v">8:15</sup>You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one; +<sup class="v">8:16</sup>and even if I judge, my judgment is true, +because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. +<sup class="v">8:17</sup>And it is written also in your law, that +the testimony of two men is true; <sup class="v">8:18</sup>I am +one, testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me testifies of +me. <sup class="v">8:19</sup>Then they said to him, Where is your +Father? Jesus answered, You have neither known me nor my Father; if +you had known me you would also have known my Father. <sup class= +"v">8:20</sup>These words he said in the treasury, teaching in the +temple; and no one took him by force, for his hour had not yet +come.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:21</sup>Then Jesus said to them +again, I go away, and you shall seek me and die in your sin; where +I go, you cannot come. <sup class="v">8:22</sup>Then the Jews said, +Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come? +<sup class="v">8:23</sup>And he said to them, You are from below; I +am from above; you are from this world; I am not from this world. +<sup class="v">8:24</sup>Therefore I said to you, You shall die in +your sins; for if you believe not that I am [the Christ], you shall +die in your sins. <sup class="v">8:25</sup>Then they said to him, +Who are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and +what I tell you [now]. <sup class="v">8:26</sup>I have many things +to say and judge of you; but he that sent me is true; and what I +have heard from him, these things I speak in the world. <sup class= +"v">8:27</sup>They understood not that he spoke to them of the +Father. <sup class="v">8:28</sup>Then Jesus said to them, When you +shall lift up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am [the +Christ]; and I do nothing of myself; but I speak these things as +the Father has taught me; <sup class="v">8:29</sup>and he having +sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, for I always do the +things which please him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:30</sup>When he said these +things many believed on him. <sup class="v">8:31</sup>Then Jesus +said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, +you are my disciples indeed; <sup class="v">8:32</sup>and you shall +know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. <sup class= +"v">8:33</sup>They answered him, We are children of Abraham, and +were never in servitude to any one; how say you, You shall become +free? <sup class="v">8:34</sup>Jesus answered them, I tell you most +truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin. +<sup class="v">8:35</sup>But the servant continues not in the house +for ever; the Son continues for ever. <sup class="v">8:36</sup>If, +therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. +<sup class="v">8:37</sup>I know that you are children of Abraham; +but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. +<sup class="v">8:38</sup>What I have seen with my Father I speak, +and you also do what you have heard from your father. <sup class= +"v">8:39</sup>They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. +Jesus said to them, If you were children of Abraham, you would have +done the works of Abraham; <sup class="v">8:40</sup>but now you +seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have +heard from God; Abraham did not do this. <sup class= +"v">8:41</sup>You do the works of your father. They said to him, We +were not born by fornication, we have one father, God. <sup class= +"v">8:42</sup>Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would +have loved me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not +of myself, but he sent me. <sup class="v">8:43</sup>Why do you not +understand my speech? because you cannot hear my word. <sup class= +"v">8:44</sup>You are of your father the devil, and the desires of +your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning +and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks +a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of +him [that lies]. <sup class="v">8:45</sup>But because I tell you +the truth you believe me not. <sup class="v">8:46</sup>Who of you +convicts me of a sin? If I say the truth, why do you not believe +me? <sup class="v">8:47</sup>He that is of God hears the words of +God; you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:48</sup>The Jews answered and +said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a +demon? <sup class="v">8:49</sup>Jesus answered, I have not a demon; +but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. <sup class= +"v">8:50</sup>But I seek not my glory; there is one that seeks and +judges. <sup class="v">8:51</sup>I tell you most truly, if any one +shall keep my word he shall never see death. <sup class= +"v">8:52</sup>The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a +demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, If any one +shall keep my word he shall never taste death. <sup class= +"v">8:53</sup>Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? +and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself? <sup class= +"v">8:54</sup>Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is +nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, He is +our God; <sup class="v">8:55</sup>and you have not known him, but I +have known him; and if I should say I do not know him, I should be +a liar like you; but I know him and keep his word. <sup class= +"v">8:56</sup>Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he +saw, and was glad. <sup class="v">8:57</sup>Then the Jews said to +him, You have not yet fifty years, and have you seen Abraham? +<sup class="v">8:58</sup>Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, +that before Abraham existed, I am. <sup class="v">8:59</sup>Then +they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went +out of the temple.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST CURING A MAN BORN BLIND, AND HIS PARABLE OF THE GOOD +SHEPHERD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>AND passing by he saw a +man that was blind from birth; <sup class="v">9:2</sup>and his +disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his +parents, that he was born blind? <sup class="v">9:3</sup>Jesus +answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but that the +works of God might appear in him. <sup class="v">9:4</sup>I must +perform the works of him that sent me, while it is day; night comes +when no man can work. <sup class="v">9:5</sup>While I am in the +world I am the light of the world. <sup class="v">9:6</sup>Saying +these things he spit on the ground, and made a paste of the +spittle, and put the paste on his eyes, <sup class="v">9:7</sup>and +said to him, Go, and wash in the pool of the Siloam; which is +interpreted, Sent. Then he went away and washed, and came +seeing.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:8</sup>Then the neighbors and +those who had seen him before, because he was a beggar, said, Is +not this he that sat and begged? <sup class="v">9:9</sup>Some said, +This is he; others said, No, but he is like him; he said, I am he. +<sup class="v">9:10</sup>Then they said to him, How then were your +eyes opened? <sup class="v">9:11</sup>He answered, A man called +Jesus made paste and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the +Siloam and wash; then I went and washed, and obtained sight. +<sup class="v">9:12</sup>They said to him, Where is he? He said, I +know not.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:13</sup>They brought to the +Pharisees him that was formerly blind; <sup class="v">9:14</sup>and +it was on the sabbath when Jesus made the paste and opened his +eyes. <sup class="v">9:15</sup>Then the Pharisees also asked him +again how he obtained sight. And he said to them, He put a paste on +my eyes, and I washed, and see. <sup class="v">9:16</sup>Then some +of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep +the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such +miracles? And there was a division among them. <sup class= +"v">9:17</sup>They said to the blind man again, What do you say of +him, because he opened your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">9:18</sup>Then the Jews did not +believe of him that he had been blind and received his sight, till +they called the parents of him that had received his sight. +<sup class="v">9:19</sup>And they asked them, saying, Is this your +son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now +see? <sup class="v">9:20</sup>His parents answered and said, We +know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; <sup class= +"v">9:21</sup>but how he now sees we know not, or who has opened +his eyes we know not; ask him, he is of age, he will speak for +himself. <sup class="v">9:22</sup>His parents said these things +because they feared the Jews; for already the Jews had agreed that +if any one confessed him to be Christ, he should be put out of the +synagogue; <sup class="v">9:23</sup>therefore his parents said, He +is of age, ask him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">9:24</sup>Then they called the +man who had been blind, a second time, and said to him, Give glory +to God; we know that this man is a sinner. <sup class= +"v">9:25</sup>Then he answered, Whether he is a sinner I know not; +one thing I know, that having been blind, I now see. <sup class= +"v">9:26</sup>Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did +he open your eyes? <sup class="v">9:27</sup>He answered them, I +have told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to +hear again? Do you also wish to be his disciples? <sup class= +"v">9:28</sup>They reproached him, and said, You are his disciple, +but we are disciples of Moses. <sup class="v">9:29</sup>We know +that God spoke to Moses, but we know not whence this man is. +<sup class="v">9:30</sup>The man answered and said to them, It is a +strange thing, that you know not whence he is, and he has opened my +eyes. <sup class="v">9:31</sup>We know that God hears not sinners; +but if one is a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears. +<sup class="v">9:32</sup>Since the world began it has not been +heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind; <sup class= +"v">9:33</sup>unless this man was from God he would have been able +to do nothing. <sup class="v">9:34</sup>They answered and said to +him, You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us? And they +cast him without.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">9:35</sup>Jesus heard that they +had cast him without, and finding him he said to him, Do you +believe in the Son of God? <sup class="v">9:36</sup>And he answered +and said, Who is he, sir, that I shall believe on him? <sup class= +"v">9:37</sup>Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and he +that speaks to you is he. <sup class="v">9:38</sup>And he said, +Lord, I believe, and worshipped him. <sup class="v">9:39</sup>And +Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment, that those not +seeing may see, and those seeing become blind.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">9:40</sup>And the Pharisees who +were with him heard these things and said to him, Are we also +blind? <sup class="v">9:41</sup>Jesus said to them, If you were +blind you would not have had sin; but now you say, We see, your sin +remains. <sup class="v">10:1</sup>I tell you most truly, he that +enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs in at some +other place, he is a thief and robber; <sup class="v">10:2</sup>but +he that enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. +<sup class="v">10:3</sup>To him the gate-keeper opens, and the +sheep hear his voice, and he calls his sheep by name, and leads +them out. <sup class="v">10:4</sup>When he puts out all his sheep +he goes before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his +voice. <sup class="v">10:5</sup>But a stranger they will not +follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of +strangers. <sup class="v">10:6</sup>This parable spoke Jesus to +them, but they knew not what the words which he spoke to them +meant.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">10:7</sup>Then said Jesus to them +again, I tell you most truly, I am the door of the sheep. +<sup class="v">10:8</sup>All who came before me are thieves and +robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. <sup class= +"v">10:9</sup>I am the door; by me if any one enters in he shall be +saved, and go in and out, and find pasturage. <sup class= +"v">10:10</sup>The thief comes not, except to steal, and kill, and +destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it +abundantly.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">10:11</sup>I am the good +shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. +<sup class="v">10:12</sup>But the hired servant, and one who is not +a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and +leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them; +<sup class="v">10:13</sup>for he is a hired servant and cares not +for the sheep. <sup class="v">10:14</sup>I am the good shepherd, +and I know mine and mine know me, <sup class="v">10:15</sup>as the +Father knows me and I know the Father; and I give my life for the +sheep.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">10:16</sup>And other sheep I +have which are not of this fold; and them I must lead, and they +shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. +<sup class="v">10:17</sup>Therefore my Father loves me, because I +lay down my life that I may take it again. <sup class= +"v">10:18</sup>No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of +myself. I have a right to lay it down, and I have a right to take +it again; this commandment have I received from my Father. +<sup class="v">10:19</sup>There was a division again among the Jews +on account of these words; <sup class="v">10:20</sup>and many of +them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him? +<sup class="v">10:21</sup>Others said, These are not the words of a +demoniac; can a demon open the eyes of the blind?</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION, AND BEYOND THE +JORDAN.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:22</sup>IT was the dedication +at Jerusalem; it was winter; <sup class="v">10:23</sup>and Jesus +walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. <sup class= +"v">10:24</sup>Then the Jews came around him and said to him, How +long do you hold our minds [in doubt]? If you are the Christ, tell +us plainly. <sup class="v">10:25</sup>Jesus answered them, I have +told you and you believe not; the works which I perform in my +Father's name, these testify of me; <sup class="v">10:26</sup>but +you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you, +<sup class="v">10:27</sup>My sheep hear my voice and I know them, +and they follow me, <sup class="v">10:28</sup>and I give them +eternal life, and they shall never perish nor shall any one pluck +them out of my hand. <sup class="v">10:29</sup>My Father who gave +[them] to me is greater than all, and no one can pluck them out of +my Father's hand. <sup class="v">10:30</sup>I and the Father are +one.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:31</sup>Then the Jews took up +stones again to stone him. <sup class="v">10:32</sup>Jesus answered +them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for which +of these works do you stone me? <sup class="v">10:33</sup>The Jews +answered him, We do not stone you for a good work, but for +blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God. +<sup class="v">10:34</sup>Jesus answered them, Is it not written in +your law, I said you are gods? <sup class="v">10:35</sup>If he +called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture +cannot be broken, <sup class="v">10:36</sup>do you tell him whom +the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, +because I said, I am the Son of God? <sup class="v">10:37</sup>If I +do not my Father's works, believe me not; <sup class= +"v">10:38</sup>but if I do, though you believe not me, believe the +works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me +and I in the Father. <sup class="v">10:39</sup>Then they sought +again to take him by force; and he escaped out of their hand.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:40</sup>And he went away again +beyond the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and +continued there. <sup class="v">10:41</sup>And many came to him and +said, John performed no miracle, but all things which John said of +this man were true. <sup class="v">10:42</sup>And many believed on +him there.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>A CERTAIN man was sick, +Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister. +<sup class="v">11:2</sup>It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with +ointment and wiped his feet with her hairs, whose brother Lazarus +was sick. <sup class="v">11:3</sup>Then the sisters sent to him, +saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. <sup class= +"v">11:4</sup>But Jesus hearing it said, This sickness is not to +death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be +glorified by it. <sup class="v">11:5</sup>And Jesus loved Martha, +and her sister, and Lazarus. <sup class="v">11:6</sup>When, +therefore, he heard that he was sick, he continued in the place +where he was two days.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:7</sup>Then after that he said +to the disciples, Let us go again into Judea. <sup class= +"v">11:8</sup>The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews lately +sought to stone you, and do you go there again? <sup class= +"v">11:9</sup>Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the +day? and if one walks in the day he does not stumble, because he +sees the light of this world; <sup class="v">11:10</sup>but if he +walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in it. +<sup class="v">11:11</sup>He said these things, and after this he +said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go that I +may awake him. <sup class="v">11:12</sup>Then they said to him, +Lord, if he has fallen asleep he will recover. <sup class= +"v">11:13</sup>But Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that +he spoke of the rest of sleep. <sup class="v">11:14</sup>Then +Jesus, therefore, said to them plainly, Lazarus has died; +<sup class="v">11:15</sup>and I am glad for your sakes that I was +not there, that you may believe; but let us go to him. <sup class= +"v">11:16</sup>Then Thomas, who is called The twin, said to the +fellow disciples, Let us go also, that we may die with him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:17</sup>Then Jesus coming +found that he had been four days in the tomb. <sup class= +"v">11:18</sup>And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen +stadiums [1 3-4 miles] distant. <sup class="v">11:19</sup>And many +of the Jews came to those with Martha and Mary, to console them for +their brother. <sup class="v">11:20</sup>Then when Martha heard +that Jesus had come, she went out to meet him; but Mary sat in the +house. <sup class="v">11:21</sup>Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, +if you had been here, my brother would not have died; <sup class= +"v">11:22</sup>but now also I know that whatever you ask of God, +God will give you. <sup class="v">11:23</sup>Jesus said to her, +Your brother shall rise again. <sup class="v">11:24</sup>Martha +said to him, I know that he will rise at the resurrection at the +last day. <sup class="v">11:25</sup>Jesus said to her, I am the +resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, even if he has +died, shall live, <sup class="v">11:26</sup>and no one who lives +and believes in me shall ever die; do you believe this? <sup class= +"v">11:27</sup>She said to him, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are +the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:28</sup>And having said this +she went away and called Mary her sister, privately, saying, The +teacher has come and calls for you. <sup class="v">11:29</sup>When +she heard, she arose quickly and came to him; <sup class= +"v">11:30</sup>but Jesus had not yet entered into the village, but +was at the place where Martha met him. <sup class= +"v">11:31</sup>Then the Jews who were with her in the house and +consoling her, seeing Mary that she arose and went out quickly, +followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb to weep there. +<sup class="v">11:32</sup>Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was, +and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had +been here my brother would not have died.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:33</sup>Then when Jesus saw +her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was greatly +agitated in spirit and affected, <sup class="v">11:34</sup>and +said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and +see. <sup class="v">11:35</sup>Jesus wept. <sup class= +"v">11:36</sup>Then the Jews said, Behold, how he loved him. +<sup class="v">11:37</sup>And some of them said, Could not this man +who opens the eyes of the blind, cause that even he should not have +died? <sup class="v">11:38</sup>Then Jesus again being agitated +within himself came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay +upon it. <sup class="v">11:39</sup>Jesus said, Take away the stone. +Martha, the sister of the dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he +smells; for he has been dead four days. <sup class= +"v">11:40</sup>Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you +will believe you shall see the glory of God? <sup class= +"v">11:41</sup>Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his +eyes above, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me; +<sup class="v">11:42</sup>and I knew that thou hearest me always; +but for the sake of the multitude who stand by I said it, that they +may believe that thou hast sent me. <sup class="v">11:43</sup>And +having said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come +forth. <sup class="v">11:44</sup>And the dead came forth, bound as +to his feet and hands with bandages, and his face was bound with a +napkin. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let him go.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">11:45</sup>Then many of the Jews +who came with Mary, and saw what Jesus did, believed on him; +<sup class="v">11:46</sup>but some of them went away to the +Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">11:47</sup>Then the chief priests +and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, and said, What do we +accomplish? for this man performs many miracles. <sup class= +"v">11:48</sup>If we leave him thus all will believe on him; and +the Romans will come and take away our place and nation. +<sup class="v">11:49</sup>And one of them, Caiaphas, being chief +priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, +<sup class="v">11:50</sup>neither consider that it is expedient for +us that one man should die for the people, and not that all the +nation should perish. <sup class="v">11:51</sup>This he said not of +himself, but being chief priest that year he prophesied that Jesus +was about to die for the nation; <sup class="v">11:52</sup>and not +for the nation only, but to bring together into one [body] all the +children of God scattered abroad. <sup class="v">11:53</sup>From +that day, therefore, they took counsel to kill him.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">11:54</sup>Then Jesus walked no +more openly among the Jews, but went thence to a region near the +wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he staid with his +disciples. <sup class="v">11:55</sup>And the passover of the Jews +was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before +the passover, to purify themselves. <sup class="v">11:56</sup>Then +they sought Jesus, and standing in the temple said one to another, +What do you think? that he will not come to the feast? <sup class= +"v">11:57</sup>And the chief priests and Pharisees had given +commandment, that if any one knew where he was he should make it +known, that they might take him by force.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XV.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT BETHANY, HIS TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM, +ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>THEN Jesus, six days +before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus +had raised from the dead. <sup class="v">12:2</sup>Then they made +him a supper there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those +that reclined with him. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>Then Mary taking a +pound of genuine nard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and +wiped his feet with her hairs. And the house was filled with the +odor of the ointment. <sup class="v">12:4</sup>But the Iscariot, +one of his disciples, who was about to betray him, said, +<sup class="v">12:5</sup>Why was not this ointment sold for three +hundred denarii [$42], and given to the poor? <sup class= +"v">12:6</sup>But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but +because he was a thief, and had the treasure-chest, and carried off +the things put in it. <sup class="v">12:7</sup>Then Jesus said, Let +her alone, that she may keep this for the day of preparation for my +burial; <sup class="v">12:8</sup>the poor you always have with you, +but me you have not always.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:9</sup>A great multitude of +the Jews, therefore, knew that he was there, and came, not on +account of Jesus only, but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised +from the dead. <sup class="v">12:10</sup>And the chief priests took +counsel to kill Lazarus also, <sup class="v">12:11</sup>because +many of the Jews withdrew on his account and believed in Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:12</sup>On the next day a +great multitude having come to the feast, having heard that Jesus +was coming to Jerusalem, <sup class="v">12:13</sup>took branches of +palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed +is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! +<sup class="v">12:14</sup>And Jesus finding a young ass sat on it, +as it is written; <sup class="v">12:15</sup>Fear not, Daughter of +Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the colt of an ass. +<sup class="v">12:16</sup>His disciples did not understand these +things at first; but when Jesus was glorified then they remembered +that these things were written of him, and that they had done these +things to him. <sup class="v">12:17</sup>The multitude, therefore, +which was with him, testified that he called Lazarus from the tomb, +and raised him from the dead. <sup class="v">12:18</sup>On this +account also the multitude met him, because they heard that he had +performed this miracle. <sup class="v">12:19</sup>The Pharisees, +therefore, said among themselves, You see that you have gained +nothing; behold, the world has gone after him. <sup class= +"v">12:20</sup>And there were some Greeks of those who went up to +Jerusalem to worship at the feast; <sup class="v">12:21</sup>these, +therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and +asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. <sup class= +"v">12:22</sup>Philip went and told Andrew, and again Andrew and +Philip went and told Jesus. <sup class="v">12:23</sup>And Jesus +answered them, saying, The hour has come that the Son of man should +be glorified. <sup class="v">12:24</sup>I tell you most truly, that +unless the kernel of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it +continues alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. <sup class= +"v">12:25</sup>He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that +hates his life in this world shall preserve it to eternal life. +<sup class="v">12:26</sup>If any man serves me let him follow me; +and where I am there also shall my servant be. If anyone serves me, +him will the Father honor. <sup class="v">12:27</sup>Now is my soul +troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But +for this cause came I to this hour; <sup class= +"v">12:28</sup>Father, glorify thy name. Then came a voice from +heaven, I have both glorified and will glorify it again. +<sup class="v">12:29</sup>Then the multitude standing and hearing, +said, It was thunder; others said, An angel spoke to him. +<sup class="v">12:30</sup>Jesus answered and said, This voice was +not on my account, but for you. <sup class="v">12:31</sup>There is +now a judgment of this world; the ruler of this world shall now be +cast out; <sup class="v">12:32</sup>and if I am raised on high from +the earth I will draw all men to me. <sup class="v">12:33</sup>But +this he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">12:34</sup>Then the multitude +answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ continues +forever; and how say you, The Son of man must be raised on high? +Who is this Son of man? <sup class="v">12:35</sup>Then Jesus said +to them, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while you +have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; for he that +walks in darkness knows not where he goes. <sup class= +"v">12:36</sup>While you have the light, believe in the light, that +you may be children of light. Jesus said these things, and went +away and concealed himself from them.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">12:37</sup>But though he had +performed so many miracles before them they did not believe in him; +<sup class="v">12:38</sup>that the word of Isaiah the prophet, +which he spoke, might be fulfilled; Lord, who has believed our +report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? +<sup class="v">12:39</sup>For this reason they could not believe, +because, Isaiah said again, <sup class="v">12:40</sup>He has +blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they should not +see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and be +converted, and I should cure them. <sup class="v">12:41</sup>Isaiah +said these things because he saw his glory, and spoke of him. +<sup class="v">12:42</sup>Nevertheless, many of the rulers believed +on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess him, lest +they should be put out of the synagogues; <sup class= +"v">12:43</sup>for they loved the glory of men more than the glory +of God.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">12:44</sup>And Jesus cried and +said, He that believes on me, believes not on me but on him that +sent me; <sup class="v">12:45</sup>and he that beholds me beholds +him that sent me. <sup class="v">12:46</sup>I have come a light +into the world, that no one who believes in me should continue in +darkness. <sup class="v">12:47</sup>And if any one hears my words +and keeps them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the +world but to save the world. <sup class="v">12:48</sup>He that +rejects me and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the +word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day. +<sup class="v">12:49</sup>For I have not spoken of myself; but the +Father who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what to +speak; <sup class="v">12:50</sup>and I know that his commandment is +eternal life. What things I speak, therefore, I so speak as the +Father has told me.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AT THE LAST SUPPER, AND HIS SERMON TO THE ELEVEN.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>AND before the feast of +the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come to depart from +this world to the Father, having loved his own in the world he +loved them to the end. <sup class="v">13:2</sup>And supper being +over, the devil having already put it in the heart that Judas +Iscariot, the son of Simon, should betray him, <sup class= +"v">13:3</sup>he knowing that the Father had given all things into +his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God, +<sup class="v">13:4</sup>arose from supper, and laid aside his +clothes, and taking a towel girded himself: <sup class= +"v">13:5</sup>Then he put water into the wash-basin, and began to +wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with +which he was girded.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">13:6</sup>Then he came to Simon +Peter; he said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet? <sup class= +"v">13:7</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know +not now, but you shall know hereafter. <sup class= +"v">13:8</sup>Peter said to him, You shall never by any means wash +my feet. He answered him, Unless I wash you you have no part with +me. <sup class="v">13:9</sup>Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my +feet only, but my hands and my head. <sup class= +"v">13:10</sup>Jesus said to him, He that is washed needs only that +his feet should be washed, but is wholly pure; and you are pure, +but not all. <sup class="v">13:11</sup>For he knew him that was to +betray him; therefore, he said, You are not all pure.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:12</sup>When, therefore, he +had washed their feet, and taken his clothes and sat down again, he +said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? <sup class= +"v">13:13</sup>You call me Teacher and Lord; and you say well, for +I am. <sup class="v">13:14</sup>If I then, the Lord and the +Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one +another's feet. <sup class="v">13:15</sup>For I have given you an +example, that you also should do as I have done. <sup class= +"v">13:16</sup>I tell you most truly, the servant is not greater +than his lord, nor the apostle greater than he that sent him. +<sup class="v">13:17</sup>If you know these things, blessed are you +if you do them. <sup class="v">13:18</sup>I speak not of you all; I +know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, +He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. +<sup class="v">13:19</sup>I tell you from this time, before it +occurs, that when it occurs you may believe that I am [the Christ]. +<sup class="v">13:20</sup>I tell you most truly, He that receives +one that I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him +that sent me.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:21</sup>Having said these +things Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, I tell +you most truly, that one of you shall betray me. <sup class= +"v">13:22</sup>The disciples looked one on another, doubting of +whom he spoke. <sup class="v">13:23</sup>One of his disciples, whom +Jesus loved, was reclining on the bosom of Jesus. <sup class= +"v">13:24</sup>Then Simon Peter made signs to this man, and said to +him, Ask who it is of whom he speaks. <sup class="v">13:25</sup>He, +falling down on the breast of Jesus, said to him, Lord, who is it? +<sup class="v">13:26</sup>Then Jesus answered, It is he to whom I +will dip and give the mouthful. Then dipping the mouthful, he took +and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. <sup class= +"v">13:27</sup>And after the mouthful, then Satan entered into him. +Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly. <sup class= +"v">13:28</sup>No one of those reclining knew for what purpose he +said this to him, <sup class="v">13:29</sup>for some thought, since +Judas had the treasure-chest, that Jesus said to him, Buy what we +need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. +<sup class="v">13:30</sup>He, therefore, having taken the mouthful, +immediately went out; and it was night.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:31</sup>When he had gone out +Jesus said, Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been +glorified in him. <sup class="v">13:32</sup>If God has been +glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will +immediately glorify him. <sup class="v">13:33</sup>My little +children, I am with you yet a little while. You shall seek me, and +as I said to the Jews, Where I go you cannot come, I now also say +to you. <sup class="v">13:34</sup>I give you a new commandment to +love another, as I have loved you that you also should love one +another. <sup class="v">13:35</sup>By this shall all know that you +are my disciples, if you have love one for another. <sup class= +"v">13:36</sup>Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where do you go? +Jesus answered Where I go you cannot follow me now, but you shall +follow afterwards. <sup class="v">13:37</sup>Peter said to him, +Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for +you. <sup class="v">13:38</sup>Jesus answered, Will you lay down +your life for me? I tell you most truly, a cock shall not crow till +you shall deny me thrice.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>Let not your hearts be +troubled; believe in God and believe in me. <sup class= +"v">14:2</sup>In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were +not I would have told you. <sup class="v">14:3</sup>For I go to +prepare a place for you; and if I go and shall prepare a place for +you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am +you may also be. <sup class="v">14:4</sup>And where I go, you know +the way. <sup class="v">14:5</sup>Thomas said to him, Lord, we know +not where you go, and how do we know the way? <sup class= +"v">14:6</sup>Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and +the life. No one comes to the Father except by me. <sup class= +"v">14:7</sup>If you had known me you would have known my Father; +and from this time you know him and have seen him.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">14:8</sup>Philip said to him, +Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied. <sup class= +"v">14:9</sup>Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with +you and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen +the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father? <sup class= +"v">14:10</sup>Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the +Father in me? The words which I speak to you I speak not of myself, +but the Father continuing in me, he does the works. <sup class= +"v">14:11</sup>Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in +me; but if not, believe on account of the works themselves. +<sup class="v">14:12</sup>I tell you most truly, he that believes +on me, the works that I do shall he do; and greater works than +these shall he do, because I go to the Father; <sup class= +"v">14:13</sup>and whatever you ask in my name I will do, that the +Father may be glorified in the Son. <sup class="v">14:14</sup>If +you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">14:15</sup>If you love me, keep +my commandments; <sup class="v">14:16</sup>and I will pray the +Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you +forever, <sup class="v">14:17</sup>the Spirit of truth, which the +world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but +you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you. +<sup class="v">14:18</sup>I will not leave you orphans; I will come +to you. <sup class="v">14:19</sup>Yet a little while and the world +beholds me no more; but you shall behold me; because I live, you +shall live also. <sup class="v">14:20</sup>In that day you shall +know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. +<sup class="v">14:21</sup>He that has my commandments and keeps +them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved +by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">14:22</sup>Judas said to him, not +the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest +yourself to us, and not to the world? <sup class= +"v">14:23</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me +he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come +to him, and make our mansion with him. <sup class="v">14:24</sup>He +that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which you hear +is not mine, but the Father's that sent me.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">14:25</sup>I have said these +things to you while yet continuing with you, <sup class= +"v">14:26</sup>but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father +will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you +of all things which I have told you. <sup class= +"v">14:27</sup>Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as +the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, +neither let them be afraid. <sup class="v">14:28</sup>You heard +that I said to you, I will go away and come to you. If you loved me +you would rejoice because I go to the Father, for the Father is +greater than I. <sup class="v">14:29</sup>And now I have told you +before it occurs, that when it occurs you may believe. <sup class= +"v">14:30</sup>I will not speak with you much more; for the ruler +of this world comes and has nothing in me; <sup class= +"v">14:31</sup>but [I have said this] that the world may know that +I love the Father, and that as the Father has commanded me, so I +do. Arise, let us go hence.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S SERMON AFTER THE LAST SUPPER.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>I am the true vine, and +my Father is the husbandman. <sup class="v">15:2</sup>Every branch +in me that bears not fruit he takes away; and every branch that +bears fruit he trims, that it may bear more fruit. <sup class= +"v">15:3</sup>You are now pure, by means of the word which I have +spoken to you; <sup class="v">15:4</sup>continue in me, and I in +you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues +in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me. <sup class= +"v">15:5</sup>I am the vine, you are the branches. He that +continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for +separated from me, you can do nothing. <sup class="v">15:6</sup>If +any one continues not in me he is cast without as a branch, and is +withered; and they collect them and cast them into the fire, and +they are burned. <sup class="v">15:7</sup>If you continue in me, +and my words continue in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and +it shall be [given] you. <sup class="v">15:8</sup>By this is my +Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and be my disciples. +<sup class="v">15:9</sup>As the Father has loved me, I also have +loved you; continue in my love. <sup class="v">15:10</sup>If you +keep my commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept +my Father's commandments and continue in his love. <sup class= +"v">15:11</sup>I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be +in you, and your joy be completed. <sup class="v">15:12</sup>This +is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. +<sup class="v">15:13</sup>No man has greater love than this, that +one should give his life for his friends. <sup class= +"v">15:14</sup>You are my friends if you do what I command you; +<sup class="v">15:15</sup>I no longer call you servants, for the +servant knows not what his Lord does; but I have called you +friends: for all things which I have heard from my Father I have +made known to you. <sup class="v">15:16</sup>You have not chosen +me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, +and that your fruit should continue, that whatever you ask the +Father in my name he may give you. <sup class="v">15:17</sup>These +things I charge you, that you love one another.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:18</sup>If the world hates +you, you know that it hated me before you. <sup class= +"v">15:19</sup>If you were of this world, the world would be a +friend to its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have +chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. +<sup class="v">15:20</sup>Remember the word which I said to you, a +servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, +they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will +also keep yours. <sup class="v">15:21</sup>But all these things +they will do to you, on my account, because they know not him that +sent me. <sup class="v">15:22</sup>If I had not come and spoken to +them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no pretext for +their sin. <sup class="v">15:23</sup>He that hates me, hates my +Father also. <sup class="v">15:24</sup>If I had not done among them +the works which no other one has done, they would not have had sin; +but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. +<sup class="v">15:25</sup>But [they do this] that the word written +in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause. +<sup class="v">15:26</sup>But when the Comforter has come, whom I +will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds +from the Father, he shall testify of me; <sup class= +"v">15:27</sup>and you shall also testify, because you have been +with me from the beginning.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>These things I have +said to you, that you may not be offended. <sup class= +"v">16:2</sup>They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the +hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders +God a service. <sup class="v">16:3</sup>And these things they will +do, because they have not known the Father nor me. <sup class= +"v">16:4</sup>But these things I have told you, that when the time +comes you may remember that I told you of them. But I told you not +these things at the beginning, because I was with you. <sup class= +"v">16:5</sup>But now I go to him that sent me, and no one of you +asks me, Where do you go? <sup class="v">16:6</sup>But because I +have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. +<sup class="v">16:7</sup>But I tell you the truth; it is expedient +for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the +Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you. +<sup class="v">16:8</sup>And when he has come, he will convince the +world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: <sup class= +"v">16:9</sup>of sin, because they believe not on me; <sup class= +"v">16:10</sup>and of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and +you behold me no more; <sup class="v">16:11</sup>and of judgment, +because the ruler of this world has been judged.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:12</sup>I have many things yet +to say to you, but you cannot bear them now; <sup class= +"v">16:13</sup>but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will +lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he +will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come. +<sup class="v">16:14</sup>He shall glorify me, because he shall +receive from me and tell you. <sup class="v">16:15</sup>All things +that the Father has, are mine; on this account I said, He shall +receive of me and tell you.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:16</sup>A little while and you +shall not see me; and again a little while and you shall see me. +<sup class="v">16:17</sup>Then some of his disciples said one to +another, What is this that he says to us, A little while and you +shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? +and, Because I go to the Father? <sup class="v">16:18</sup>They +said therefore, What is this that he says, The little while? We do +not know what he says.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">16:19</sup>Jesus knew that they +wished to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among +yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while and you +shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? +<sup class="v">16:20</sup>I tell you most truly, that you shall +weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be +sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy. <sup class= +"v">16:21</sup>For when a woman is in labor she has pain, because +her time has come; but when she has borne the child she no longer +remembers the distress, because of joy that a man is born into the +world. <sup class="v">16:22</sup>And you therefore now indeed have +sorrow; but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, +and your joy no one shall take from you. <sup class= +"v">16:23</sup>And in that day you shall ask me nothing; I tell you +most truly, whatever you shall ask the Father, he will give you in +my name. <sup class="v">16:24</sup>Till now you have asked nothing +in my name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be +complete.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">16:25</sup>These things have I +spoken to you in parables. The time is coming when I will no more +speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the +Father. <sup class="v">16:26</sup>In that day you shall ask in my +name, and I tell you not that I will ask the Father for you; +<sup class="v">16:27</sup>for the Father himself is a friend to +you, because you have been friends to me, and believed that I came +forth from God. <sup class="v">16:28</sup>I came forth from the +Father and have come into the world; again I leave the world and go +to the Father.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">16:29</sup>Then his disciples +said to him, Behold, now you speak plainly, and say no parable; +<sup class="v">16:30</sup>now we know that you know all things, and +have no need that any one should ask you; on this account we +believe that you have come forth from God. <sup class= +"v">16:31</sup>Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? <sup class= +"v">16:32</sup>Behold, the time is coming, and has come, that you +shall be scattered every one to his own, and leave me alone; and I +am not alone, for the Father is with me. <sup class= +"v">16:33</sup>These things have I told you, that in me you may +have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good +courage, I have overcome the world.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVIII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S PRAYER FOR HIS DISCIPLES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">17:1</sup>JESUS spoke these words +and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has +come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee, <sup class= +"v">17:2</sup>as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that as +to all that thou hast given him he should give them eternal life. +<sup class="v">17:3</sup>And this is the eternal life; that they +shall know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast +sent. <sup class="v">17:4</sup>I have glorified thee on the earth; +I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do. <sup class= +"v">17:5</sup>And now glorify thou me, Father, with thyself, with +the glory which I had with thee before the world was.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">17:6</sup>I have manifested thy +name to the men whom thou gayest me out of the world; they were +thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word. +<sup class="v">17:7</sup>Now they have known that all things which +thou hast given me are of thee, <sup class="v">17:8</sup>because +the words which thou hast given me I have given them; and they have +received and known truly that I came forth from thee, and believed +that thou didst send me. <sup class="v">17:9</sup>I pray for them. +I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me, +for they are thine, <sup class="v">17:10</sup>and all mine are +thine, and thine mine, and I am glorified in them. <sup class= +"v">17:11</sup>And I am no longer in the world, and these are in +the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep in thy name those +whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we also are. +<sup class="v">17:12</sup>When I was with them in the world, I kept +them in thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no +one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the +Scripture might be fulfilled; <sup class="v">17:13</sup>but now I +come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may +have my joy made complete in them.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">17:14</sup>I have given them thy +word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the +world, as I am not of the world. <sup class="v">17:15</sup>I ask +not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou +wouldst keep them from evil. <sup class="v">17:16</sup>They are not +of the world, as I am not of the world. <sup class= +"v">17:17</sup>Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth. +<sup class="v">17:18</sup>As thou hast sent me into the world, I +also have sent them into the world: <sup class="v">17:19</sup>and I +sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by +truth.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">17:20</sup>And I ask not for +these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through +their word, <sup class="v">17:21</sup>that 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. <sup class= +"v">17:22</sup>And the glory which thou hast given me I have given +them, that they may be one as we are one, <sup class= +"v">17:23</sup>I in them, and thou in me, that they may be +perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me +and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. <sup class= +"v">17:24</sup>Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they +should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which +thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the +foundation of the world; <sup class="v">17:25</sup>and, righteous +Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and +these have known that thou didst send me. <sup class= +"v">17:26</sup>And I have declared to them thy name, and will +declare it, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in +them, as I also am in them.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIX.</h2> +<h3>THE APPREHENSION OF CHRIST, HIS EXAMINATION BY THE JEWS, +PETER'S DENIAL OF HIM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:1</sup>JESUS having said these +words went out with his disciples across the brook Cedron, where +there was a garden, into which he entered and his disciples. +<sup class="v">18:2</sup>And Judas who betrayed him knew the place, +for Jesus often retired there with his disciples. <sup class= +"v">18:3</sup>Then Judas taking the guard and the officers of the +chief priests and Pharisees, came there with torches, and lamps, +and weapons. <sup class="v">18:4</sup>Jesus, therefore, knowing all +things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, Whom +do you seek? <sup class="v">18:5</sup>They answered him, Jesus the +Nazoraean. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas who betrayed him +stood with them. <sup class="v">18:6</sup>When, therefore, he said +to them, I am he, they went backwards and fell on the ground. +<sup class="v">18:7</sup>Then he asked them again, Whom do you +seek? And they said, Jesus, the Nazoraean. <sup class= +"v">18:8</sup>Jesus answered, I told you that I am he; if, +therefore, you seek me, let these go; <sup class="v">18:9</sup>that +the word might be fulfilled which he said, Of those whom thou +gayest me I have lost none. <sup class="v">18:10</sup>Then Simon +Peter having a sword drew it and struck the servant of the chief +priest, and cut off his right ear; and the name of the servant was +Malchus. <sup class="v">18:11</sup>Then Jesus said to Peter, Put +the sword in the sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, +shall I not drink it?</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">18:12</sup>Then the guard and the +chiliarch and the officers of the Jews apprehended Jesus, and bound +him, <sup class="v">18:13</sup>and led him away to Annas first; for +he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year; +<sup class="v">18:14</sup>and Caiaphas was the one who advised the +Jews that it was expedient that one man should be destroyed for the +people.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">18:15</sup>But Simon Peter +followed Jesus, and the other disciple; and that disciple was known +to the chief priest, and went in with Jesus to the chief priest's +court; <sup class="v">18:16</sup>but Peter stood at the door +without. Then the other disciple who was known to the chief priest +went out and spoke to the door-keeper, and brought in Peter. +<sup class="v">18:17</sup>Then the female servant, the door-keeper, +said to Peter, Are you also one of the disciples of this man? He +said, I am not. <sup class="v">18:18</sup>And the servants and +officers having made a fire because it was cold, stood and warmed +themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">18:19</sup>Then the chief priest +asked Jesus of his disciples, and his teaching. <sup class= +"v">18:20</sup>Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the +world; I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the +Jews always assemble, and in secret I have said nothing. +<sup class="v">18:21</sup>Why do you ask me? Ask those who have +heard me, what I said to them; behold, they know what I said. +<sup class="v">18:22</sup>He having said these things, one of the +officers who stood by gave Jesus a blow, saying, Do you answer the +chief priest thus? <sup class="v">18:23</sup>Jesus answered him, If +I spoke wrong, testify of the wrong; but if well, why do you beat +me? <sup class="v">18:24</sup>Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas +the chief priest.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">18:25</sup>And Simon Peter was +standing and warming himself. Then they said to him, Are you also +one of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not. <sup class= +"v">18:26</sup>One of the servants of the chief priest, being a +relation of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see you in +the garden with him? <sup class="v">18:27</sup>Then Peter denied +again; and immediately a cock crew.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XX.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION BEFORE PILATE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:28</sup>THEN they led him from +Caiaphas to the Prætorium. And it was morning; and they +entered not into the Prætorium, that they might not be +defiled, but might eat the passover. <sup class="v">18:29</sup>Then +Pilate went out to them and said, What accusation do you bring +against this man? <sup class="v">18:30</sup>They answered and said +to him, If he was not a criminal we should not have delivered him +up to you. <sup class="v">18:31</sup>Then Pilate said to them, Take +him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said +to him, It is not lawful for us to put any one to death; +<sup class="v">18:32</sup>that the word of Jesus might be +fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what death he was about to +die.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">18:33</sup>Then Pilate went into +the Prætorium and called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the +king of the Jews? <sup class="v">18:34</sup>Jesus answered, Do you +say this of yourself, or did others tell you of me? <sup class= +"v">18:35</sup>Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the +chief priests have delivered you to me; what have you done? +<sup class="v">18:36</sup>Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this +world. If my kingdom had been of this world my officers would have +fought for me, that I should not be given up to the Jews; but now +my kingdom is not here. <sup class="v">18:37</sup>Then Pilate said +to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, As you say, I am a +king. For this was I born, and for this I came into the world, that +I should testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth hears +my voice. <sup class="v">18:38</sup>Pilate said to him, What is +truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and said +to them, I find no fault in him. <sup class="v">18:39</sup>But you +have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; are +you willing, therefore, that I should release to you the king of +the Jews? <sup class="v">18:40</sup>Then all cried again, saying, +Not this man, but Barabbas. But Barabbas was a robber.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:1</sup>Then Pilate took and +scourged Jesus. <sup class="v">19:2</sup>And the soldiers having +plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head; and they put a purple +garment about him, <sup class="v">19:3</sup>and came to him and +said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they struck him with the open +hand. <sup class="v">19:4</sup>Then Pilate came out again and said +to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I +find no fault in him. <sup class="v">19:5</sup>Then Jesus came out, +wearing the thorny crown and the purple garment. And he said to +them, Behold the man! <sup class="v">19:6</sup>When therefore the +chief priests and officers saw him, they cried, saying, Crucify +him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and +crucify him, for I find no fault in him. <sup class= +"v">19:7</sup>The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law +he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">19:8</sup>When therefore Pilate +heard this charge he was more afraid, <sup class="v">19:9</sup>and +entered into the Prætorium again, and said to Jesus, Whence +are you? But Jesus gave him no answer. <sup class= +"v">19:10</sup>Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you +not know that I have power to release you, and I have power to +crucify you? <sup class="v">19:11</sup>Jesus answered, You would +have had no power against me if it had not been given you from +above; therefore he that delivered me to you has a greater sin.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">19:12</sup>From that time Pilate +sought to release him; but the Jews cried, saying, If you release +this man you are not a friend of Cæsar; every one who makes +himself a king speaks against Cæsar. <sup class= +"v">19:13</sup>Then Pilate hearing these words led Jesus out, and +sat on the tribunal, in a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, +Gabbatha. <sup class="v">19:14</sup>And it was the preparation of +the passover, it was about the sixth hour [noon]; and he said to +the Jews, Behold your king! <sup class="v">19:15</sup>Then they +cried out, Away with him, away with him! crucify him! Pilate said +to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We +have no king but Cæsar. <sup class="v">19:16</sup>Then +therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXI.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION, DEATH, AND BURIAL.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">19:17</sup>THEN they took Jesus, +and putting the cross on him he went out to what is called the +place of a cranium, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha, <sup class= +"v">19:18</sup>where they crucified him, and two others with him, +one on one side and the other on the other, and Jesus between. +<sup class="v">19:19</sup>And Pilate wrote an inscription and put +on the cross. And it was written, JESUS THE NAZORÆAN, THE +KING OF THE JEWS. <sup class="v">19:20</sup>Many of the Jews +therefore read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was +crucified was nigh the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, +and Greek. <sup class="v">19:21</sup>Then the chief priests of the +Jews said to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews, but that he +said, I am King of the Jews. <sup class="v">19:22</sup>Pilate +answered, what I have written I have written.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">19:23</sup>Then the soldiers, +when they crucified Jesus, took his clothes and made four parts, a +part to each soldier, and his coat. But his coat was without seam, +woven from the top through the whole. <sup class= +"v">19:24</sup>They said, therefore, one to another, Let us not +divide this, but cast lots for it whose it shall be; that the +Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments +among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. The soldiers +therefore did indeed these things.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:25</sup>And there stood by the +cross of Jesus, his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary the +wife of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene. <sup class= +"v">19:26</sup>Then Jesus seeing his mother, and the disciple +standing by whom he loved, said to his mother, Woman, behold your +son. <sup class="v">19:27</sup>Then he said to the disciple, Behold +your mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own +[house].</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">19:28</sup>After this, Jesus +knowing that all things were already finished, that the Scripture +might be fully accomplished, said, I thirst. <sup class= +"v">19:29</sup>Then a vessel was set full of vinegar; and filling a +sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a hyssop stalk, they +presented it to his mouth. <sup class="v">19:30</sup>When therefore +Jesus took the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and inclining his +head gave up the spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">19:31</sup>Then the Jews, that +the bodies might not continue on the cross on the sabbath, for it +was the preparation, for that was a great sabbath, asked Pilate +that their legs might be broken and they be taken down. <sup class= +"v">19:32</sup>Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the +first and of the other crucified with him, <sup class= +"v">19:33</sup>and coming to Jesus, when they saw him already dead, +they broke not his legs; <sup class="v">19:34</sup>but one of the +soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came +out blood and water. <sup class="v">19:35</sup>He who saw has +testified, and his testimony is true, for he knows that he says +what is true, that you also may believe. <sup class= +"v">19:36</sup>For these things were done that the Scripture might +be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken; <sup class= +"v">19:37</sup>and again another Scripture says, They shall look on +him whom they have pierced.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">19:38</sup>After these things +Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for +fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take down the body of +Jesus; and Pilate permitted him. Then he came and took his body. +<sup class="v">19:39</sup>And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus +by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a +hundred pounds. <sup class="v">19:40</sup>Then they took the body +of Jesus, and bound it with bandages, with the spices, as the +custom of the Jews is to prepare for burial. <sup class= +"v">19:41</sup>And there was in the place where he was crucified a +garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid. +<sup class="v">19:42</sup>In that therefore they laid Jesus, on +account of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was +near.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXII.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST AFTER THE RESURRECTION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">20:1</sup>AND on the first day of +the week, Mary the Magdalene came in the morning, while it was yet +dark, to the tomb and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. +<sup class="v">20:2</sup>Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and +to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have +taken away the Lord from the tomb, and we know not where they have +laid him. <sup class="v">20:3</sup>Then went Peter and the other +disciple, and came to the tomb. <sup class="v">20:4</sup>And the +two ran together; and the other disciple outran Peter and came +first to the tomb, <sup class="v">20:5</sup>and stooping down saw +the bandages lying, but he went not in. <sup class= +"v">20:6</sup>Then Simon Peter came following him, and went into +the tomb, and beheld the bandages lying, <sup class= +"v">20:7</sup>and the napkin which was on his head not lying with +the bandages but folded up in a place by itself. <sup class= +"v">20:8</sup>Then the other disciple who came first to the tomb +also entered in, and saw and believed; <sup class="v">20:9</sup>for +they did not yet know the Scripture, that he must rise from the +dead. <sup class="v">20:10</sup>Then the disciples went away by +themselves.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">20:11</sup>But Mary stood at the +tomb outside, weeping. Then as she wept she stooped down to the +tomb, <sup class="v">20:12</sup>and saw two angels in white sitting +one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus +had lain. <sup class="v">20:13</sup>And they said to her, Woman, +why do you weep? She said to them, Because they have taken my Lord +and I know not where they have laid him. <sup class= +"v">20:14</sup>Having said these words she turned around and beheld +Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. <sup class= +"v">20:15</sup>Jesus said to her, Woman, why do you weep? whom do +you seek? She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, +Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have laid him, +and I will take him. <sup class="v">20:16</sup>Jesus said to her, +Mary. She, turning around, said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni, which is +interpreted, Teacher. <sup class="v">20:17</sup>Jesus said to her, +Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go +to my brothers and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your +Father, and my God and your God. <sup class="v">20:18</sup>Mary the +Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, +and that he said these things to her.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">20:19</sup>Then when it was +evening, on that first day of the week, and the doors were shut +where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood +in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you. <sup class= +"v">20:20</sup>And having said this he showed them both his hands +and his side; then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. +<sup class="v">20:21</sup>Then he said to them again, Peace be to +you; as the Father has sent me, I also send you. <sup class= +"v">20:22</sup>And having said this he breathed on them, and said +to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">20:23</sup>Those +whose sins you forgive, are forgiven; and whose you retain, are +retained.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">20:24</sup>But Thomas, one of the +twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. +<sup class="v">20:25</sup>Then the other disciples said to him, We +have seen the Lord; but he said to them, Unless I see in his hands +the impression of the nails, and put my finger in the impression of +the nails, and put my hand in his side, I will not believe. +<sup class="v">20:26</sup>And after eight days his disciples were +again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being +shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you. +<sup class="v">20:27</sup>Then he said to Thomas, Reach here your +finger and behold my hands, and reach your hand and put it in my +side, and be not faithless but believing. <sup class= +"v">20:28</sup>Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God. +<sup class="v">20:29</sup>Jesus said to him, Because you have seen +me you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and +believed.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">20:30</sup>Jesus performed also +many other miracles in the presence of his disciples which are not +recorded in this book; <sup class="v">20:31</sup>but these are +recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of +God, and that believing you may have life in his name.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">21:1</sup>After these things he +showed himself again to the disciples at the lake of Tiberias; and +he showed himself thus. <sup class="v">21:2</sup>Simon Peter, and +Thomas called the Twin, and Nathaniel who was from Cana in Galilee, +and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were +together. <sup class="v">21:3</sup>Simon Peter said to them, I am +going a fishing. They said to him, We will also go with you. They +went out and entered into the ship; and on that night caught +nothing, <sup class="v">21:4</sup>but when it was now morning Jesus +stood on the shore; but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. +<sup class="v">21:5</sup>Then Jesus said to them, Children, have +you any thing to eat? They answered him, No. <sup class= +"v">21:6</sup>And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side +of the ship and you shall find. Then they cast it, and they were +not able to draw it from the number of fishes. <sup class= +"v">21:7</sup>Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It +is the Lord. Then Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, girded +on his coat, for he was naked, and cast himself into the lake. +<sup class="v">21:8</sup>But the other disciples came with the +boat, drawing the net of fishes, for they were not far from the +land, but about two hundred cubits distant. <sup class= +"v">21:9</sup>Then when they came to land they saw coals placed, +and a fish laid upon [them], and bread. <sup class= +"v">21:10</sup>Jesus said to them, Bring of the fish that you have +now caught. <sup class="v">21:11</sup>Simon Peter went and drew the +net to the land, full of great fishes a hundred and fifty-three; +and though there were so many the net was not broken. <sup class= +"v">21:12</sup>Jesus said to them, Come and breakfast. No one of +the disciples dared to ask him, Who are you? for they knew that he +was the Lord. <sup class="v">21:13</sup>Jesus came and took the +bread and gave them, and the fish likewise. <sup class= +"v">21:14</sup>This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to +his disciples after he had arisen from the dead.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">21:15</sup>When therefore they +had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do +you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know +that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. +<sup class="v">21:16</sup>Again he said to him a second time; +Simon, son of John, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you +know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. +<sup class="v">21:17</sup>He said to him a third time; Simon, son +of John, are you a friend to me? Peter was grieved that he said to +him the third time, Are you a friend to me? and he said to him, +Lord you know all things; you know that I am a friend to you. Jesus +said to him, Feed my sheep. <sup class="v">21:18</sup>I tell you +most truly, that when you were young you girded yourself and walked +where you would; but when you become old, you shall stretch out +your hands and another shall bind you and carry you where you would +not; <sup class="v">21:19</sup>but he said this signifying by what +death he should glorify God; and having said this, he said to him, +Follow me.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">21:20</sup>And Peter turning +around saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also +reclined at the supper on his breast and said, Lord, who is it that +is to betray you? <sup class="v">21:21</sup>Peter seeing him said +to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man [do]? <sup class= +"v">21:22</sup>Jesus said to him, If I wish him to continue till I +come, what is that to you? follow me. <sup class="v">21:23</sup>The +report then went out among the brothers that this disciple would +not die; but Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, If I +wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you?</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">21:24</sup>This is the disciple +who testifies of these things and has written them; and we know +that his testimony is true. <sup class="v">21:25</sup>And there are +many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written +particularly, I do not suppose the world itself could contain the +books written.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b44">ACTS OF THE + APOSTLES.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST'S ASCENSION, AND THE ELECTION OF AN APOSTLE IN THE PLACE +OF JUDAS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>I WROTE my first +account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught, +<sup class="v">1:2</sup>till the day that having given charge to +the apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up; +<sup class="v">1:3</sup>to whom also he presented himself living +after his suffering, by many proofs, being seen by them during +forty days, and speaking things relating to the kingdom of God. +<sup class="v">1:4</sup>And assembling them, he charged them not to +depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, +which [says he] you have heard from me; <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be +baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:6</sup>They therefore having +come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time +restore the kingdom of Israel? <sup class="v">1:7</sup>And he said +to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons +which the Father has appointed by his own authority; <sup class= +"v">1:8</sup>but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has +come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all +Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. <sup class= +"v">1:9</sup>And having said these words, as they were looking on +he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. +<sup class="v">1:10</sup>And as they looked steadily to heaven +while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing; +<sup class="v">1:11</sup>and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you +stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven +shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to +heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>Then they returned to +Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is +near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant]. <sup class= +"v">1:13</sup>And when they came, they went up into the upper room +where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and +Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon +the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James. <sup class= +"v">1:14</sup>All these continued with one accord in prayer, with +the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:15</sup>And in those days Peter +standing up in the midst of the brothers, said—the multitude +together was about a hundred and twenty— <sup class= +"v">1:16</sup>Men and brothers, it was necessary that the Scripture +should be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth +of David, concerning Judas who became a guide to them that +apprehended Jesus; <sup class="v">1:17</sup>For he was numbered +with us, and obtained the inheritance of this service. <sup class= +"v">1:18</sup>This man therefore purchased a field with the price +of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all +his bowels were poured out; <sup class="v">1:19</sup>and this +became known to all who lived at Jerusalem, so that that field was +called in their language Aceldamach, which is Field of blood. +<sup class="v">1:20</sup>For it is written in the book of Psalms, +Let his dwelling be desolate and let no one dwell in it, and his +superintendency let another take. <sup class="v">1:21</sup>It is +necessary therefore that one of the men who have gone with us all +the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, +<sup class="v">1:22</sup>beginning from the baptism of John till +the day on which he was taken up from us, should be made with us a +witness of his resurrection.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:23</sup>And they proposed two; +Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. +<sup class="v">1:24</sup>And praying, they said, Do thou, Lord, the +searcher of all hearts, show which of these two thou hast chosen +<sup class="v">1:25</sup>to take the place of this service and +apostleship from which Judas fell by transgression to go to his +place. <sup class="v">1:26</sup>And they cast their lots, and the +lot fell to Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven +apostles.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND ITS BLESSINGS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>AND when the day of +Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together. +<sup class="v">2:2</sup>And suddenly there came from heaven a sound +as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where +they were sitting; <sup class="v">2:3</sup>and there appeared to +them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them; +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>and they were all filled with the Holy +Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them +utterance.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:5</sup>And there were Jews +living at Jerusalem, pious men, of every nation under heaven; +<sup class="v">2:6</sup>and when this sound was [heard], the +multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one +heard them speaking in his own language. <sup class= +"v">2:7</sup>And they were astonished and wondered, saying, Are not +all these that speak Galileans? <sup class="v">2:8</sup>And how do +we hear each one in our own language in which we were born, +<sup class="v">2:9</sup>Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those +who live in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, +<sup class="v">2:10</sup>Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts +of Lybia about Cyrene, and the Roman strangers, both Jews and +proselytes, <sup class="v">2:11</sup>Cretes and Arabs, do we hear +them speak in our tongues of the great works of God. <sup class= +"v">2:12</sup>And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying +one to another, What does this mean? <sup class="v">2:13</sup>But +others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:14</sup>But Peter standing up +with the eleven lifted up his voice and said to them, Men of Judea, +and all who live at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and attend to +my words. <sup class="v">2:15</sup>For these are not drunk as you +suppose, for it is the third hour of the day [9 A.M.], <sup class= +"v">2:16</sup>but this is what was said by the prophet; <sup class= +"v">2:17</sup>In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my +Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall +prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men +shall dream dreams; <sup class="v">2:18</sup>and upon my male +servants and upon my female servants in those days will I pour out +of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. <sup class="v">2:19</sup>And +I will show prodigies in heaven above and signs on the earth below, +blood and fire and a cloud of smoke. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>The +sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before +the great and illustrious day of the Lord comes. <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall +be saved.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:22</sup>Men of Israel, hear +these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man approved by God to you by +mighty works and prodigies and miracles, which God performed by him +in the midst of you, as you yourselves know, <sup class= +"v">2:23</sup>this man, delivered up by the determinate counsel and +foreknowledge of God, you have affixed to the cross, and killed by +the hand of the wicked, <sup class="v">2:24</sup>him has God raised +up, having loosed the pains of death, as it was not possible that +he should be held by it. <sup class="v">2:25</sup>For David says of +him, I saw the Lord always before me, he is on my right hand that I +should not be moved; <sup class="v">2:26</sup>therefore my heart +rejoiced and my tongue was glad, and my flesh, moreover, shall also +live in hope; <sup class="v">2:27</sup>for thou wilt not leave my +soul in hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see destruction. +<sup class="v">2:28</sup>Thou hast made me know the ways of life, +thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:29</sup>Men and brothers, let +me speak to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died +and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. <sup class= +"v">2:30</sup>Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore +with an oath to him to set a descendant of his on his throne, +<sup class="v">2:31</sup>foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of +Christ, that he was not left in hades neither did his flesh see +destruction. <sup class="v">2:32</sup>This Jesus has God raised up, +whose witnesses we all are. <sup class="v">2:33</sup>Being +therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the +promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out +which you both see and hear. <sup class="v">2:34</sup>For David +ascended not to heaven, but he says, The Lord said to my lord, Sit +on my right hand <sup class="v">2:35</sup>till I make your enemies +your footstool. <sup class="v">2:36</sup>Let all the house of +Israel therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom +you crucified both Lord and Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:37</sup>And hearing [this] they +were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the +apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do? <sup class= +"v">2:38</sup>And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be +baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the +forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy +Spirit. <sup class="v">2:39</sup>For the promise is to you and your +children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God +shall call. <sup class="v">2:40</sup>And with many other words he +testified and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse +generation.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:41</sup>Then those that +received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day +about three thousand souls; <sup class="v">2:42</sup>and they +attended constantly to the teaching and companionship of the +apostles, the breaking of bread and the prayers. <sup class= +"v">2:43</sup>And fear was on every soul, and many prodigies and +miracles were performed by the apostles. <sup class= +"v">2:44</sup>And all who believed were together and had all things +common; <sup class="v">2:45</sup>and they sold their possessions +and estates, and distributed them to all as any one had need; +<sup class="v">2:46</sup>and continuing day by day with one accord +in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook +of food with gladness and simplicity of mind, <sup class= +"v">2:47</sup>praising God, and having favor with all the people. +And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly +[church].</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>THE IMPRISONMENT OF PETER AND JOHN.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>AND Peter and John went +up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth +hour. <sup class="v">3:2</sup>And a certain man lame from his birth +was carried and placed daily at the gate of the temple which is +called Beautiful, to ask charity of those going into the temple; +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>who seeing Peter and John about to enter +into the temple, asked to receive a charity. <sup class= +"v">3:4</sup>But Peter looking steadily at him with John, said, +Look on us. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>And he gave his attention to +them, expecting to receive something from them. <sup class= +"v">3:6</sup>But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what +I have, this I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraean, +walk. <sup class="v">3:7</sup>And taking him by the right hand he +raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were +strengthened, <sup class="v">3:8</sup>and leaping up he stood and +walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping, +praising God. <sup class="v">3:9</sup>And all the people saw him +walking and praising God; <sup class="v">3:10</sup>and they knew +him, that he was the one who sat for charity at the beautiful gate +of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and astonishment at +what had happened to him.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:11</sup>And as he held Peter +and John, all the people ran to them in the porch which is called +Solomon's, greatly wondering. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>And Peter +seeing it answered the people, Men of Israel, why do you wonder at +this? or why do you look intently at us as if by our power or piety +we had made him walk? <sup class="v">3:13</sup>The God of Abraham, +and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant +Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied before Pilate when he +decided to release him; <sup class="v">3:14</sup>but you denied the +Holy and Righteous One, and asked a murderer to be given you, +<sup class="v">3:15</sup>but killed the Prince of life, whom God +has raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are. <sup class= +"v">3:16</sup>And by the faith of his name, his name has made +strong this man whom you behold and know, and the faith which is by +him has given him this entire soundness before you all. <sup class= +"v">3:17</sup>And now, brothers, I know that you did it without +knowledge, as did also your rulers; <sup class="v">3:18</sup>but +what God had before declared by the mouth of all the prophets that +his Anointed should suffer, he has so accomplished. <sup class= +"v">3:19</sup>Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, +that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may +come from the presence of the Lord, <sup class="v">3:20</sup>and he +send to you Jesus Christ before appointed, <sup class= +"v">3:21</sup>whom heaven must receive till the times of the +restoration of all things of which God has spoken by the mouth of +his holy prophets since the world began. <sup class= +"v">3:22</sup>Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God +raise up to you, of your brothers, like me; him shall you hear in +all things which he shall speak to you; <sup class= +"v">3:23</sup>and every soul which will not hear that prophet shall +be destroyed from the people. <sup class="v">3:24</sup>And all the +prophets, from Samuel and those following him in order, who have +spoken, have also announced these days. <sup class= +"v">3:25</sup>You are the children of the prophets, and of the +promise which God promised to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And +in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. +<sup class="v">3:26</sup>God having raised up his servant has sent +him to you first, to bless you by turning each [one of you] from +your evil ways.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>And while they were +speaking to the people, the priests, and the commander of the +temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>being displeased because they taught the people and +declared by Jesus the resurrection of the dead; <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>and they laid hands on them and put them in prison +till the next day; for it was now evening. <sup class= +"v">4:4</sup>But many of those that heard the word believed, and +the number of the men became about five thousand.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:5</sup>And on the next day the +rulers, and elders, and scribes <sup class="v">4:6</sup>assembled +at Jerusalem, and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, +and Alexander, and all that were of the family of the chief +priesthood, <sup class="v">4:7</sup>and placing them in the midst, +asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this? +<sup class="v">4:8</sup>Then Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, said +to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, <sup class= +"v">4:9</sup>if we are to-day examined concerning the good work +done to the sick man, by what means he has been cured, <sup class= +"v">4:10</sup>be it known to you all, and to all the people of +Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraean, whom you +crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him has this man stood +before you sound. <sup class="v">4:11</sup>This is the stone +rejected by you builders, which has become the head of a corner. +<sup class="v">4:12</sup>And there is salvation in no other; for +there is no other name given under heaven among men, by which we +can be saved.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:13</sup>And seeing the boldness +of Peter and John, and supposing that they were illiterate and +common men, they wondered, and perceived that they had been with +Jesus; <sup class="v">4:14</sup>and seeing the man standing with +them cured, they could not dispute it. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>And +commanding them to withdraw from the Sanhedrim, they conferred one +with another, <sup class="v">4:16</sup>saying, What shall we do to +these men? for that a notable miracle has been performed by them is +manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it; +<sup class="v">4:17</sup>but that it spread no further among the +people, let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak +no more to any man in this name. <sup class="v">4:18</sup>And +calling them, they charged them not to speak or teach at all in the +name of Jesus. <sup class="v">4:19</sup>But Peter and John answered +and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey +you rather than God, judge; <sup class="v">4:20</sup>for we cannot +but tell what we have seen and heard. <sup class="v">4:21</sup>And +threatening them still further, they dismissed them, not being able +to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God +for what was done; <sup class="v">4:22</sup>for the man was more +than forty years old on whom this miracle of the cure was +performed.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:23</sup>And being dismissed +they came to their friends, and related to them what the chief +priests and elders said to them. <sup class="v">4:24</sup>And when +they heard it they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, +and said, Master, thou who hast made heaven, and the earth, the +sea, and all things in them, <sup class="v">4:25</sup>who by the +mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the nations rage and +the peoples devise vain things? <sup class="v">4:26</sup>the kings +of the earth stood up, and the rulers were assembled together +against the Lord, and against his anointed. <sup class= +"v">4:27</sup>For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius +Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled +together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed, +<sup class="v">4:28</sup>to do what thy hand and counsel before +appointed to be done. <sup class="v">4:29</sup>And now, Lord, look +down upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants with all +boldness to speak thy word, <sup class="v">4:30</sup>by stretching +out thy hand, that cures and miracles and prodigies may be +performed by the name of thy holy servant Jesus. <sup class= +"v">4:31</sup>And when they had prayed the place was shaken in +which they were assembled, and they were all filled with the Holy +Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>THE LIBERALITY OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS, ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, +FURTHER PERSECUTION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:32</sup>AND the multitude that +believed had one heart and one soul, and none said that anything of +his possessions was his; but they had all things common. +<sup class="v">4:33</sup>And the apostles delivered the testimony +of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great +favor was towards them all. <sup class="v">4:34</sup>For no one +among them was needy; for those who possessed lands or houses sold +and brought the prices of the things sold, <sup class= +"v">4:35</sup>and laid them at the apostles' feet; and distribution +was made to each as any one had need. <sup class="v">4:36</sup>And +Joseph, called Barnabas by the apostles, which is interpreted, A +son of consolation, a Levite, a Cyprian by birth, <sup class= +"v">4:37</sup>having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid +it at the feet of the apostles.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>And one Ananias by name, +with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, <sup class= +"v">5:2</sup>and he kept back a part of the price, his wife also +being privy to it, and bringing a certain part laid it at the +apostles' feet. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>But Peter said, Ananias, +why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy +Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the +land? <sup class="v">5:4</sup>Continuing unsold was it not yours, +and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you +propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to +God. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>And Ananias hearing these words fell +down and expired; and great fear was upon all who heard. +<sup class="v">5:6</sup>And the young men arose and laid him out, +and having carried him out buried him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:7</sup>And after an interval of +about three hours, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came +in. <sup class="v">5:8</sup>And Peter answered her, Tell me whether +you sold the field for so much? And she said, Yes; for so much. +<sup class="v">5:9</sup>And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed +together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those +that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you +out. <sup class="v">5:10</sup>And she fell down immediately at his +feet, and expired; and the young men coming in found her dead, and +carried her out, and buried her by her husband. <sup class= +"v">5:11</sup>And great fear was on all the assembly [church], and +on all that heard of these things.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:12</sup>And many miracles and +prodigies were performed among the people by the hands of the +apostles; and they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch; +<sup class="v">5:13</sup>and no one of the rest dared to join them, +but the people magnified them; <sup class="v">5:14</sup>and +believers were added the more to the Lord, multitudes both of men +and women; <sup class="v">5:15</sup>so that they brought the sick +into the streets and placed them on little beds and couches, that +as Peter passed along even his shadow might overshadow some of +them. <sup class="v">5:16</sup>And the multitude came together from +the cities about Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled by +impure spirits, all of whom were cured.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:17</sup>And the chief priest +arose, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, and +were filled with wrath, <sup class="v">5:18</sup>and laid hands on +the apostles, and put them in the public prison. <sup class= +"v">5:19</sup>But an angel of the Lord opening the prison doors by +night led them out and said, <sup class="v">5:20</sup>Go, stand and +speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. +<sup class="v">5:21</sup>And hearing this they entered into the +temple early in the morning and taught. And the chief priest +coming, and those with him, called the Sanhedrim together, and all +the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to +have them brought.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:22</sup>But the officers going +did not find them in the prison; and returning they reported, +<sup class="v">5:23</sup>saying, The prison found we shut with all +safety, and the guards standing before the doors, but opening we +found no one within. <sup class="v">5:24</sup>And when they heard +these words, both the priest and the commander of the temple and +the chief priests doubted concerning them, what this could mean. +<sup class="v">5:25</sup>But some one came and told them, Behold, +the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and +teaching the people.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">5:26</sup>Then the commander +going away with the officers brought them without violence, for +they feared the people, lest they should be stoned; <sup class= +"v">5:27</sup>and having brought them they placed them before the +Sanhedrim. And the chief priest asked them, <sup class= +"v">5:28</sup>saying, We charged you strictly not to teach in this +name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and +wish to bring this man's blood on us. <sup class="v">5:29</sup>And +Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to obey +God rather than man. <sup class="v">5:30</sup>The God of our +fathers raised up Jesus, whom you took and hung on a cross; +<sup class="v">5:31</sup>him has God exalted, a Prince and Saviour +at his right hand, to give a change of mind to Israel and the +forgiveness of sins. <sup class="v">5:32</sup>And we are his +witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit which God has +given to those that obey him.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">5:33</sup>And when they heard +this they were highly offended, and took counsel to kill them. +<sup class="v">5:34</sup>But a certain Pharisee in the Sanhedrim, +by the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, in honor with all +the people, standing up requested them to put the men out a little +while; <sup class="v">5:35</sup>and he said to them, Men of Israel, +take heed to yourselves what you are about to do to these men. +<sup class="v">5:36</sup>For before these days Theudas arose, +saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four +hundred, adhered, who was destroyed, and all who obeyed him passed +away and came to nothing.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">5:37</sup>After him arose Judas +the Galilean, in the days of the census, and drew away people after +him; and he was destroyed, and all who obeyed him were dispersed. +<sup class="v">5:38</sup>And now I tell you, abstain from these +men, and let them alone; because if this design, or this work, is +from men, it will be destroyed; <sup class="v">5:39</sup>but if it +is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some +time to be fighting against God. <sup class="v">5:40</sup>And they +were persuaded by him, and calling the apostles and scourging them, +they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed +them. <sup class="v">5:41</sup>They went therefore from the +presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted +worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ]; <sup class= +"v">5:42</sup>and every day in the temple, and from house to house, +they ceased not teaching and preaching the good news of Christ +Jesus.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>THE APPOINTMENT OF SEVEN DEACONS, THE SERMON AND MARTYRDOM OF +STEPHEN, AND A GENERAL PERSECUTION.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>AND in those days the +disciples being multiplied, there was a complaint of the Hellenists +against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily +service. <sup class="v">6:2</sup>And the twelve calling the +multitude of the disciples, said, It is not desirable that we +should leave the word of God to serve tables. <sup class= +"v">6:3</sup>Look out therefore, brothers, from among you seven men +of good repute, full of the Holy Spirit, and of wisdom, whom we may +set over this business; <sup class="v">6:4</sup>but we will attend +continually to prayer, and the ministry of the word.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:5</sup>And the proposition +pleased all the multitude, and they elected Stephen, a man full of +faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus, and Nicanor +and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch, +<sup class="v">6:6</sup>and set them before the Apostles; and they +having prayed imposed hands on them. <sup class="v">6:7</sup>And +the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples was +greatly multiplied at Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the +priests obeyed the faith.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:8</sup>And Stephen, full of +grace and power, performed prodigies and great miracles among the +people. <sup class="v">6:9</sup>But some members of the synagogue +called that of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of +those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen, +<sup class="v">6:10</sup>and were not able to resist the wisdom and +spirit with which he spoke. <sup class="v">6:11</sup>Then they +bribed men who said, We heard him speak blasphemous words against +Moses and God. <sup class="v">6:12</sup>And they stirred up both +the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and coming suddenly +they seized him and led him to the Sanhedrim, <sup class= +"v">6:13</sup>and brought forward false witnesses who said, This +man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the law; +<sup class="v">6:14</sup>for we have heard him say, that Jesus this +Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which +Moses gave us. <sup class="v">6:15</sup>And all who sat in the +Sanhedrin looking steadily at him saw his face like the face of an +angel.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>And the chief priest +said, Are these things then so? <sup class="v">7:2</sup>And he +said, Men, brothers, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared +to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived +in Haran, <sup class="v">7:3</sup>and said to him, Go out from your +country and your kindred, and come to a land which I will show you. +<sup class="v">7:4</sup>Then going out from the land of the +Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And thence, after the death of his +father, he removed into this land in which you now live. +<sup class="v">7:5</sup>And [God] gave him no inheritance in it, +not the breadth of a foot, and promised to give it to him for a +possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no +son. <sup class="v">7:6</sup>And God said thus; that his posterity +should be a stranger in a foreign land, and they shall enslave it +and treat it injuriously four hundred years; <sup class= +"v">7:7</sup>and the nation which they shall serve will I judge, +said God, and after that they shall come forth and serve me in this +place.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">7:8</sup>And he gave him the +ordinance of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac and circumcised +him on the eighth day, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob the twelve +patriarchs. <sup class="v">7:9</sup>And the patriarchs envying +Joseph sold him into Egypt; and God was with him <sup class= +"v">7:10</sup>and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave +him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and +[he] made him governor over Egypt and all his house.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">7:11</sup>And there came a famine +on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our +fathers found no provisions. <sup class="v">7:12</sup>But Jacob +hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers the first +time; <sup class="v">7:13</sup>and the second time Joseph was made +known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was made known to +Pharaoh. <sup class="v">7:14</sup>And Joseph sent and called for +his father Jacob, and all the family of seventy-five souls. +<sup class="v">7:15</sup>And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he +and our fathers; <sup class="v">7:16</sup>and they carried him back +to Shechem and buried him in the tomb which Abraham bought for +money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">7:17</sup>But when the time of +the promise which God made with an oath to Abraham was at hand, the +people increased and became numerous in Egypt, <sup class= +"v">7:18</sup>till another king arose who knew not Joseph. +<sup class="v">7:19</sup>This [king] dealt deceitfully with our +race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to +be exposed that they might not be preserved alive.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">7:20</sup>At that time Moses was +born, and was beautiful in the sight of God, and was nourished +three months in his father's house; <sup class="v">7:21</sup>but +being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and nourished +him as her own son. <sup class="v">7:22</sup>And Moses was educated +in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and +works. <sup class="v">7:23</sup>And when he was forty years old, it +came into his mind to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. +<sup class="v">7:24</sup>And seeing one injured he defended him, +and executed judgment for the oppressed, smiting the Egyptian. +<sup class="v">7:25</sup>And he thought his brothers would +understand that God would give them salvation by his hand; but they +understood not.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">7:26</sup>On the following day +also he showed himself to them as they contended, and urged them to +peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you injure one +another? <sup class="v">7:27</sup>But he that injured his neighbor +repelled him, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? +<sup class="v">7:28</sup>Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian, +yesterday? <sup class="v">7:29</sup>And Moses fled at that saying, +and lived a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two +sons.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">7:30</sup>And forty years being +completed there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, +an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. <sup class= +"v">7:31</sup>And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight; and +coming near to look at it, there was a voice of the Lord, +<sup class="v">7:32</sup>I am the God of your fathers, the God of +Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And Moses being afraid dared not +look at it. <sup class="v">7:33</sup>And the Lord said to him, Put +off your shoes from your feet; for the place on which you stand is +holy ground. <sup class="v">7:34</sup>I have seen the affliction of +my people in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and have come +down to deliver them; and now come, I will send you to Egypt.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">7:35</sup>This is the Moses whom +they denied, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? Him did God +send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel that +appeared to him in the bush. <sup class="v">7:36</sup>This man +brought them out, having performed prodigies and miracles in Egypt, +and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. <sup class= +"v">7:37</sup>This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, +A prophet shall God raise up for you, of your brothers, like me. +<sup class="v">7:38</sup>This is he that was with the assembly in +the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and +with our fathers, who received the living oracles to give us, +<sup class="v">7:39</sup>whom our fathers would not obey, but +thrust him away and turned back in their hearts to Egypt, +<sup class="v">7:40</sup>saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before +us; for this Moses who led us up out of Egypt, we know not what has +happened to him.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">7:41</sup>And they made a calf +in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in +the works of their hands. <sup class="v">7:42</sup>And God turned +and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in +the book of the prophets; Did you offer victims and sacrifices to +me forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel, <sup class= +"v">7:43</sup>and take up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of +the god Rephan, figures which you made to worship? I will even +remove you beyond Babylon.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">7:44</sup>Our fathers in the +wilderness received the tabernacle of the testimony, as he that +spoke to Moses charged him to make it according to the pattern +which he had seen; <sup class="v">7:45</sup>which also our fathers +receiving it in succession brought with Joshua into the possession +of the nations, whom God expelled before the face of our fathers +till the days of David; <sup class="v">7:46</sup>who found favor +with God and desired to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. +<sup class="v">7:47</sup>And Solomon built him a house. <sup class= +"v">7:48</sup>But the Most High dwells not in [temples] made with +hands, as the prophet says; <sup class="v">7:49</sup>Heaven is my +throne, and the earth my footstool; what house will you build me, +says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? <sup class= +"v">7:50</sup>has not my hand made all these things? <sup class= +"v">7:51</sup>Stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, +you always fight against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you +also do. <sup class="v">7:52</sup>Which of the prophets did not +your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the +coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become betrayers +and murderers, <sup class="v">7:53</sup>who have received the law +by orders of angels and have not kept it.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">7:54</sup>And when they heard +these things they were enraged in their minds and gnashed their +teeth upon him. <sup class="v">7:55</sup>But he being full of the +Holy Spirit, looking steadily to heaven saw the glory of God and +Jesus standing on the right hand of God, <sup class= +"v">7:56</sup>and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the +Son of man standing on the right hand of God. <sup class= +"v">7:57</sup>And crying with a loud voice they stopped their ears +and rushed upon him with one accord, <sup class="v">7:58</sup>and +casting him out of the city, stoned him. And the witnesses laid +down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul, +<sup class="v">7:59</sup>and they stoned Stephen, calling and +saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. <sup class="v">7:60</sup>And +kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to +their charge. And having said this he fell asleep. <sup class= +"v">8:1</sup>And Saul consented to his death.</p> +<p class="pin">15 And at that time there was a great persecution +of the church at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad +through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. +<sup class="v">8:2</sup>And pious men buried Stephen and made a +great lamentation for him. <sup class="v">8:3</sup>But Saul +persecuted the church, and going from house to house, seizing men +and women, committed them to prison.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>THE EARLY MINISTRY OF PHILIP THE DEACON, THE CONVERSION OF THE +SAMARITANS, THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:4</sup>Being scattered abroad, +therefore, they went everywhere preaching the good news of the +word; <sup class="v">8:5</sup>and Philip going down to a city of +Samaria preached Christ to them. <sup class="v">8:6</sup>And the +multitudes attended with one accord to the things said by Philip, +when they heard him and saw the miracles which he performed. +<sup class="v">8:7</sup>For impure spirits came out of many who had +them, crying with a loud voice; and many paralytics and lame +persons were cured; <sup class="v">8:8</sup>and there was great joy +in that city.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:9</sup>And there was a man by +the name of Simon who formerly practised magic in that city, and +astonished the nation of Samaria, saying that he was some great +person, <sup class="v">8:10</sup>to whom all from the least to the +greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called +great. <sup class="v">8:11</sup>And they attended to him because +for a long time he had astonished them with his magic arts. +<sup class="v">8:12</sup>But because they believed Philip preaching +the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, +they were baptized both men and women. <sup class="v">8:13</sup>And +Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly +on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were +performed, he was astonished.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:14</sup>And the apostles at +Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent +to them Peter and John, <sup class="v">8:15</sup>who came down and +prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; +<sup class="v">8:16</sup>for it had not yet fallen on any of them, +only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. <sup class= +"v">8:17</sup>Then they laid hands on them and they received the +Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">8:18</sup>And Simon seeing that the +Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the +apostles, offered them money, <sup class="v">8:19</sup>saying, Give +me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the +Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">8:20</sup>But Peter said to him, Your +money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to +purchase the gift of God with money. <sup class="v">8:21</sup>You +have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not +right before God. <sup class="v">8:22</sup>Turn your mind therefore +from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought +of your mind may be forgiven you; <sup class="v">8:23</sup>for I +see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness. +<sup class="v">8:24</sup>And Simon answered and said, Pray to the +Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come +upon me.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:25</sup>They then having fully +testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, +and preached the good news to many villages of the Samaritans. +<sup class="v">8:26</sup>And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, +saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from +Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness. <sup class= +"v">8:27</sup>And he arose and went. And behold a man, an Ethiopian +eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over +all her treasures, who had come to Jerusalem to worship, +<sup class="v">8:28</sup>and he was returning and sitting in his +chariot reading the prophet Isaiah.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:29</sup>And the Spirit said to +Philip, Go forward and join yourself to his chariot. <sup class= +"v">8:30</sup>And Philip running forward heard him reading the +prophet Isaiah, and he said, Do you really understand what you +read? <sup class="v">8:31</sup>And he said [No]; for how can I +unless some one teaches me? And he invited Philip to come up and +sit with him. <sup class="v">8:32</sup>And the passage of Scripture +which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to slaughter, and +as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he opened not his +mouth. <sup class="v">8:33</sup>In his humiliation his judgment was +taken away; and who will tell of his generation? for his life was +taken from the earth.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">8:34</sup>And the eunuch answered +and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you does the prophet say this? +of himself or of some other one? <sup class="v">8:35</sup>And +Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, +preached to him the good news of Jesus. <sup class= +"v">8:36</sup>And as they went on the way they came to a certain +water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from +being baptized? <sup class="v">8:38</sup>And he commanded the +chariot to stop, and they both went down to the water, both Philip +and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <sup class="v">8:39</sup>And +when they went up from the water the Spirit of the Lord caught away +Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he went his way +rejoicing. <sup class="v">8:40</sup>But Philip was found at Azotus, +and passing through he preached the good news to all the cities +till he came to Cæsarea.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>THE CONVERSION OF SAUL, PETER CURING ÆNEAS, AND RAISING +DORCAS FROM THE DEAD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>BUT Saul, yet breathing +out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, +went to the chief priest <sup class="v">9:2</sup>and asked of him +letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of that +way, he might bring them bound, men and women, to Jerusalem. +<sup class="v">9:3</sup>And he was going and had come nigh to +Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven, +<sup class="v">9:4</sup>and falling on the earth he heard a voice +saying to him, Saul, Saul, Why do you persecute me? <sup class= +"v">9:5</sup>And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am +Jesus whom you persecute. <sup class="v">9:6</sup>But arise and +enter into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. +<sup class="v">9:7</sup>And the men travelling with him stood +amazed, hearing indeed the voice, but beholding no one. <sup class= +"v">9:8</sup>And Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes being +opened he saw nothing; and leading him by the hand they conducted +him to Damascus. <sup class="v">9:9</sup>And he was three days +without sight, and neither eat nor drank.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:10</sup>And there was a certain +disciple at Damascus by the name of Ananias, and the Lord said to +him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. +<sup class="v">9:11</sup>And the Lord said to him, Arise and go to +the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for +[a man] by the name of Saul of Tarsus; for behold, he prays, +<sup class="v">9:12</sup>and has seen a man by the name of Ananias +coming and putting a hand on him, that he might receive his sight. +<sup class="v">9:13</sup>And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard +by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at +Jerusalem; <sup class="v">9:14</sup>and here he has power from the +chief priests to bind all that call on your name. <sup class= +"v">9:15</sup>But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen +vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and +the children of Israel; <sup class="v">9:16</sup>for I will show +him how great things he must suffer for my name.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:17</sup>And Ananias went and +entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, +the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which +you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy +Spirit. <sup class="v">9:18</sup>And immediately there fell from +his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight, and rising +up was baptized, <sup class="v">9:19</sup>and having received food +was strengthened.</p> +<p class="pin">4 And he was with the disciples at Damascus some +days; <sup class="v">9:20</sup>and immediately in the synagogues he +preached Jesus, that this is the Son of God. <sup class= +"v">9:21</sup>And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is +not this he that destroyed those who called on this name at +Jerusalem, and has come here for this purpose, that he might lead +them bound to the chief priests? <sup class="v">9:22</sup>But Saul +increased in power and confounded the Jews living at Damascus, +proving that this is the Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">9:23</sup>And when some days had +passed, the Jews took counsel to kill him; <sup class= +"v">9:24</sup>and their design was made known to Saul. And they +watched the gates day and night to kill him; <sup class= +"v">9:25</sup>but the disciples took him by night and sent him away +by the wall, letting him down in a store-basket.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">9:26</sup>And going to Jerusalem +he endeavored to join the disciples; and they all feared him, not +believing that he was a disciple. <sup class="v">9:27</sup>But +Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to +them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to +him, and how he had spoken boldly in Damascus in the name of Jesus. +<sup class="v">9:28</sup>And he was with them, entering in and +going out at Jerusalem, <sup class="v">9:29</sup>and speaking +boldly in the name of the Lord; and he spoke and disputed with the +Hellenists; and they undertook to kill him; <sup class= +"v">9:30</sup>but the brothers knowing it led him away to +Cæsarea and sent him to Tarsus.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">9:31</sup>Then had the church +peace in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and being built up, and +walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy +Spirit, they were multiplied. <sup class="v">9:32</sup>And Peter +passing through all places, went down also to the saints living at +Lydda. <sup class="v">9:33</sup>And he found there a certain man by +the name of Æneas, who had lain on a bed for eight years, and +was a paralytic. <sup class="v">9:34</sup>And Peter said to him, +Æneas, Jesus Christ cures you; arise and make your bed for +yourself. And he immediately arose; <sup class="v">9:35</sup>and +all those who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the +Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">9:36</sup>And there was at Joppa +a certain female disciple called Tabitha, which being interpreted +is called, Dorcas; she was full of good works and charities which +she bestowed. <sup class="v">9:37</sup>And in those days she was +sick and died; and having washed they put her in an upper room. +<sup class="v">9:38</sup>But Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the +disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men to him +requesting, Do not delay to come to us. <sup class= +"v">9:39</sup>And Peter arose and came with them; and when he had +come they led him into the upper room, and all the widows stood by +weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while +she was with them. <sup class="v">9:40</sup>And Peter putting them +all out knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body he said, +Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter sat up. +<sup class="v">9:41</sup>And giving her his hand he raised her up, +and calling the saints and widows presented her living. <sup class= +"v">9:42</sup>And this was known in all Joppa, and many believed on +the Lord. <sup class="v">9:43</sup>And Peter continued many days at +Joppa with one Simon a tanner.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS, AND OTHER GENTILES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>AND a certain man at +Cæsarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort which was +called the Italian, <sup class="v">10:2</sup>a pious man, and one +fearing God with all his house, and bestowing many charities on the +people, and praying to God always, <sup class="v">10:3</sup>saw +clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of +God coming to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. <sup class= +"v">10:4</sup>And looking steadily at him and being afraid, he +said, What is wanted, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and +charities have come up as a memorial before God. <sup class= +"v">10:5</sup>And now send men to Joppa and call for a certain +Simon who is called Peter; <sup class="v">10:6</sup>he lodges with +one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea. <sup class= +"v">10:7</sup>And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, he +called two of the house servants, and a pious soldier of those that +attended constantly on him, <sup class="v">10:8</sup>and having +related all things to them sent them to Joppa.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:9</sup>And on the next day, as +they were pursuing their journey and had come nigh to the city, +Peter went upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour. +<sup class="v">10:10</sup>And he was hungry and wished to eat; and +while they were preparing a trance came upon him, <sup class= +"v">10:11</sup>and he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel +like a great sheet descending, let down by four corners to the +earth, <sup class="v">10:12</sup>in which were all the quadrupeds +and reptiles of the earth, and birds of heaven. <sup class= +"v">10:13</sup>And a voice came to him, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. +<sup class="v">10:14</sup>But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I +have never eaten any thing common and impure. <sup class= +"v">10:15</sup>And a voice came to him again, a second time, What +God has purified, regard not common. <sup class="v">10:16</sup>And +this was done thrice, and immediately the vessel was taken up to +heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:17</sup>And while Peter +doubted with himself what the vision which he had seen meant, +behold, even [then] the men sent by Cornelius, having inquired for +the house of Simon, stood at the gate, <sup class= +"v">10:18</sup>and calling aloud asked if Simon who was called +Peter lodged there. <sup class="v">10:19</sup>And while Peter was +considering of the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men seek +you; <sup class="v">10:20</sup>arise and go down and go with them +without hesitation, for I have sent them. <sup class= +"v">10:21</sup>And Peter went down to the men and said, Behold, I +am the man whom you seek; what is the cause for which you have +come? <sup class="v">10:22</sup>And they said, Cornelius a +centurion, a righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by +all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel +to send for you to his house and hear words from you. <sup class= +"v">10:23</sup>Then he called them in and entertained them.</p> +<p class="pin">4 And the next day he arose and went with them, +and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him. <sup class= +"v">10:24</sup>And on the day following they came to Cæsarea; +and Cornelius was expecting them, and had called together his +relations and particular friends. <sup class="v">10:25</sup>And +when Peter came in Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet +worshipped him. <sup class="v">10:26</sup>But Peter raised him up +saying, Arise, I also am a man. <sup class="v">10:27</sup>And +conversing with him he went in, and found many come together; +<sup class="v">10:28</sup>and he said to them, You know that it is +not lawful for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or +come into his house; and God has taught me not to call any man +common or impure; <sup class="v">10:29</sup>wherefore, being sent +for I also came without objecting. I ask therefore for what reason +you have sent for me? <sup class="v">10:30</sup>And Cornelius said, +From the fourth hour of the day I fasted till this hour, and at the +ninth hour I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood +before me in splendid clothing, <sup class="v">10:31</sup>and said, +Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your charities are remembered +before God. <sup class="v">10:32</sup>Send therefore to Joppa and +call Simon who is called Peter; he lodges at the house of Simon a +tanner, by the sea, who when he has come will speak to you. +<sup class="v">10:33</sup>Immediately therefore I sent to you, and +you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all present before +God to hear all things which God has commanded you.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">10:34</sup>And Peter opening his +mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of +persons, <sup class="v">10:35</sup>but in every nation he that +fears him and does righteousness is acceptable to him. <sup class= +"v">10:36</sup>The word which he sent to the children of Israel, +preaching the good news of peace by Jesus Christ,—he is Lord +of all,— <sup class="v">10:37</sup>you know; the word which +was [preached] through all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the +baptism which John preached, <sup class="v">10:38</sup>Jesus from +Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who +went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the +devil, for God was with him; <sup class="v">10:39</sup>and we are +witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of Judea, +and at Jerusalem, whom also they killed, hanging him on a cross. +<sup class="v">10:40</sup>This [man] did God raise up on the third +day, and permitted him to be made manifest, <sup class= +"v">10:41</sup>not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen +before by God, to us, who eat and drank with him after he rose from +the dead; <sup class="v">10:42</sup>and he commanded us to preach +to the people and testify fully that he is appointed by God the +judge of living and dead. <sup class="v">10:43</sup>To him all the +prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has +forgiveness of sins through his name.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">10:44</sup>While Peter was yet +speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the +word. <sup class="v">10:45</sup>And those of the circumcision who +came with Peter were astonished, that on the gentiles also the gift +of the Holy Spirit was poured out; <sup class="v">10:46</sup>for +they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then +Peter answered, <sup class="v">10:47</sup>Can any forbid water that +these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we +also have? <sup class="v">10:48</sup>And he commanded that they +should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him +to remain some days.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>PETER CALLED TO ACCOUNT FOR ASSOCIATING WITH GENTILES, AND +JUSTIFIED; PREACHING TO THE GENTILES CONTINUED.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>AND the apostles and +brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles received the +word of God. <sup class="v">11:2</sup>And when Peter went up to +Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him, +<sup class="v">11:3</sup>saying, You went in to men that were +uncircumcised, and eat with them. <sup class="v">11:4</sup>And +Peter began and related to them in order, saying, <sup class= +"v">11:5</sup>I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw a +vision in a trance, a vessel like a great sheet descending, let +down by the four corners from heaven, and it came to me; +<sup class="v">11:6</sup>and looking into it attentively I +perceived and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and wild beasts and +reptiles and birds of heaven. <sup class="v">11:7</sup>And I heard +a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. <sup class= +"v">11:8</sup>And I said, By no means, Lord, for nothing common or +impure has ever entered into my mouth. <sup class="v">11:9</sup>And +a voice answered from heaven a second time, What God has purified +do not you regard common. <sup class="v">11:10</sup>And this was +done thrice, and again all were taken up to heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:11</sup>And behold, +immediately three men came to the house in which I was, being sent +for me from Cæsarea. <sup class="v">11:12</sup>And the Spirit +told me to go with them. And these six brothers also went with me, +and we entered into the house of the man. <sup class= +"v">11:13</sup>And he told us how he had seen the angel in his +house standing and saying to him, Send to Joppa and call Simon who +is called Peter, <sup class="v">11:14</sup>who will speak words to +you by which you shall be saved and all your house. <sup class= +"v">11:15</sup>And when I began to speak the Holy Spirit fell on +them as also on us in the beginning. <sup class="v">11:16</sup>And +I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed baptized +with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. +<sup class="v">11:17</sup>If therefore God gave the gift equally to +them and to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I +that I should be able to forbid God? <sup class="v">11:18</sup>And +hearing these things they were silent, and glorified God, saying, +Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given the change of mind +to life.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:19</sup>And those scattered +abroad by the affliction which commenced with Stephen, went even to +Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but +Jews only. <sup class="v">11:20</sup>But some of them, Cyprians and +Cyrenians, who came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks preaching the +good news of the Lord Jesus. <sup class="v">11:21</sup>And the hand +of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned +to the Lord. <sup class="v">11:22</sup>And a report concerning them +was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent +Barnabas to go as far as Antioch; <sup class="v">11:23</sup>who +having come and seen the grace of God rejoiced, and exhorted all to +adhere to the Lord with the purpose of the heart; <sup class= +"v">11:24</sup>for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit +and of faith. And a great multitude were added to the Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:25</sup>And he went to Tarsus +to seek for Saul, <sup class="v">11:26</sup>and found and brought +him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year +with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples +first took the name of Christians at Antioch.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:27</sup>And in those days +prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch; <sup class= +"v">11:28</sup>and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up +signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on +all the world; which also came under Claudius Cæsar. +<sup class="v">11:29</sup>And each of the disciples, according to +his ability, determined to send help to the brethren living in +Judea; <sup class="v">11:30</sup>which they also did, sending to +the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>PERSECUTION BY HEROD AGRIPPA, HIS DEATH.—A.D. 44.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>AND at that time Herod +the king put forth his hands to injure some of the church. +<sup class="v">12:2</sup>And he killed James the brother of John +with the sword. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>And seeing that it pleased +the Jews, he proceeded to apprehend Peter also,—and it was +during the days of unleavened bread,— <sup class= +"v">12:4</sup>and having seized he put him in prison, committing +him to four companies of four soldiers each to guard him, wishing +after the passover to bring him before the people. <sup class= +"v">12:5</sup>Peter therefore was kept by the guard; but prayer was +made incessantly by the church to God for him. <sup class= +"v">12:6</sup>And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on +that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two +chains, and guards kept watch before the door. <sup class= +"v">12:7</sup>And behold, an angel of the Lord came, and a light +shone in the building; and striking Peter on the side he awoke him +saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. +<sup class="v">12:8</sup>And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, +and tie on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Put +your cloak about you, and follow me. <sup class="v">12:9</sup>And +going out he followed him, and knew not that it was real which was +done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision. <sup class= +"v">12:10</sup>And passing through the first guard, and the second, +they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to +them of itself, and going out they went forward one street, and +immediately the angel left him. <sup class="v">12:11</sup>And Peter +coming to himself said, Now I know that the Lord has really sent +his angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and all the +expectation of the Jews.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:12</sup>And considering within +himself he came to the house of Mary the mother of John called +Mark, where a great number were assembled together and praying. +<sup class="v">12:13</sup>And knocking at the door of the gate, a +female servant, called Rhoda, came to listen, <sup class= +"v">12:14</sup>and knowing the voice of Peter she did not open the +gate from joy, but ran in and told that Peter stood before the +gate. <sup class="v">12:15</sup>But they said to her, You are mad. +But she asserted strongly that it was so. And they said, It is his +angel. <sup class="v">12:16</sup>But Peter continued knocking; and +having opened they saw him, and were astonished. <sup class= +"v">12:17</sup>And making signs to them with his hand to be silent, +he related how the Lord had conducted him out of the prison, and +said, Tell these things to James and the brothers. And going out he +departed to another place.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:18</sup>And when it was day +there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what had become of +Peter. <sup class="v">12:19</sup>And Herod seeking and not finding +him, examined the guards, and commanded them to be put to death, +and going down from Judea to Cæsarea remained [there].</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">12:20</sup>And he was displeased +with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one accord to +him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over the king's +bedchamber, desired peace, because their country was nourished by +the king's. <sup class="v">12:21</sup>And on an appointed day Herod +having put on his royal apparel, and sitting on the tribunal, made +a speech to them; <sup class="v">12:22</sup>and the people shouted, +It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. <sup class= +"v">12:23</sup>And an angel of the Lord instantly smote him because +he gave not glory to God, and being eaten with worms he expired. +<sup class="v">12:24</sup>And the word of God grew and was +increased.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>THE FIRST MISSION OF PAUL AND BARNABAS TO CYPRUS AND ASIA +MINOR.—A.D. 46-49.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:25</sup>AND Barnabas and Saul +returned from Jerusalem, having performed the service, taking with +them also John who was called Mark. <sup class="v">13:1</sup>And +there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas +and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and +Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. +<sup class="v">13:2</sup>And while they served the Lord and fasted, +the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to +which I have called them. <sup class="v">13:3</sup>Then having +fasted and prayed and imposed hands on them, they sent them forth. +<sup class="v">13:4</sup>They, therefore, being sent forth by the +Holy Spirit went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus; +<sup class="v">13:5</sup>and coming to Salamis, they preached the +word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John +for a servant.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">13:6</sup>And having gone through +the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false +prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus, <sup class= +"v">13:7</sup>who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an +intelligent man. This man having called for Barnabas and Saul +desired to hear the word of God; <sup class="v">13:8</sup>but +Elymas the magian, for so his name is interpreted, opposed them, +seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. <sup class= +"v">13:9</sup>But Saul, [called] also Paul, filled with the Holy +Spirit, looking steadily at him <sup class="v">13:10</sup>said, O +full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all +righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the +Lord? <sup class="v">13:11</sup>And now, behold, the hand of the +Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a +season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness, +and going about he sought guides. <sup class="v">13:12</sup>Then +the proconsul seeing what was done believed, and was astonished at +the teaching of the Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:13</sup>And those with Paul, +sailing from Paphos, went to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them +and returned to Jerusalem. <sup class="v">13:14</sup>And passing on +from Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going into the +synagogue on the Sabbath they sat down. <sup class= +"v">13:15</sup>And after the reading of the law and the prophets, +the synagogue rulers sent to them, saying, Men and brothers, if you +have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:16</sup>And Paul stood up, and +motioning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you that fear +God, hear. <sup class="v">13:17</sup>The God of this people chose +our fathers, and raised up the people in the exile in the land of +Egypt, and brought them out of it with a high arm. <sup class= +"v">13:18</sup>And when he had borne with their conduct forty years +in the wilderness, <sup class="v">13:19</sup>and had destroyed +seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their land to +them by lot. <sup class="v">13:20</sup>And after this he gave +judges four hundred and fifty years till Samuel the prophet. +<sup class="v">13:21</sup>And then they asked for a king, and God +gave them Saul the son Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty +years; <sup class="v">13:22</sup>and removing him, he raised up for +them David for a king, of whom also he said and testified, I have +found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do +all my will.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:23</sup>Of the posterity of +this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a +Saviour, Jesus; <sup class="v">13:24</sup>John having preached +before his coming the baptism of a change of mind to all the people +of Israel. <sup class="v">13:25</sup>And when John completed his +course, he said, Who do you suppose I am? I am not [the Christ]; +but behold, there comes after me one the sandal of whose feet I am +not worthy to untie.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:26</sup>Men and brothers, +children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of +this salvation is sent to you. <sup class="v">13:27</sup>For those +living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the +words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them +by condemning [him]; <sup class="v">13:28</sup>and [although] they +found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he +might be destroyed; <sup class="v">13:29</sup>and when they had +performed all things written of him, they took him down from the +cross and placed him in a tomb. <sup class="v">13:30</sup>But God +raised him from the dead, <sup class="v">13:31</sup>and he appeared +many days to those who went up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, +who are now his witnesses to the people. <sup class= +"v">13:32</sup>And we declare to you the good news of the promise +made to the fathers, <sup class="v">13:33</sup>that God has +fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is +written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I +begotten you. <sup class="v">13:34</sup>And that he raised him from +the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will +give you the sure promises of David. <sup class= +"v">13:35</sup>Wherefore also in another place he says, Thou wilt +not suffer thy holy one to see destruction. <sup class= +"v">13:36</sup>For David, having in his generation served the will +of God, fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers and saw +destruction; <sup class="v">13:37</sup>but he whom God raised up +saw not destruction. <sup class="v">13:38</sup>Be it known to you +therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to +you the forgiveness of sins, <sup class="v">13:39</sup>and every +one who believes is justified by him from all things from which you +could not be justified by the law of Moses. <sup class= +"v">13:40</sup>See then that what is said by the prophets does not +come upon you; <sup class="v">13:41</sup>Behold, despisers, and +wonder and perish, for I perform a work in your days, a work which +you shall by no means believe even if one declares it to you.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">13:42</sup>And when they had gone +out, [the people] requested that these words might be spoken to +them on the next sabbath. <sup class="v">13:43</sup>And the +congregation being dismissed, many of the Jews and pious proselytes +followed Paul and Barnabas, who gave them additional instructions, +and persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. <sup class= +"v">13:44</sup>And on the following sabbath almost all the city +came together to hear the word of the Lord. <sup class= +"v">13:45</sup>And the Jews seeing the multitudes were filled with +envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, disputing and +blaspheming. <sup class="v">13:46</sup>And both Paul and Barnabas +speaking boldly said, It was necessary that the word of God should +first be spoken to you; but since you cast it away, and judge +yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the +gentiles. <sup class="v">13:47</sup>For thus has the Lord commanded +us; I have set you for a light of nations, that you should be a +salvation even to the end of the earth. <sup class= +"v">13:48</sup>And the gentiles hearing this rejoiced and glorified +the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life +believed; <sup class="v">13:49</sup>and the word of the Lord was +spread through all the country. <sup class="v">13:50</sup>But the +Jews excited the pious and honorable women, and the first men of +the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and +cast them out from their limits. <sup class="v">13:51</sup>And +shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they went to +Iconium; <sup class="v">13:52</sup>and the disciples were filled +with joy and the Holy Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>And at Iconium they +went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a +great multitude of the Jews and Greeks believed. <sup class= +"v">14:2</sup>But the unbelieving Jews excited the minds of the +gentiles against the brothers, and made them ill-disposed. +<sup class="v">14:3</sup>Then they spent a long time in speaking +boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by +granting miracles and prodigies to be performed by their hands. +<sup class="v">14:4</sup>And the multitude of the city were +divided; some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles. +<sup class="v">14:5</sup>And when a design was formed by the +gentiles and Jews with their rulers to treat them injuriously, and +stone them, <sup class="v">14:6</sup>knowing it, they fled to the +cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country, +<sup class="v">14:7</sup>and preached the good news there.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">14:8</sup>And there sat a certain +man at Lystra, infirm in his feet, lame from his birth, who had +never walked. <sup class="v">14:9</sup>This man heard Paul +speaking, who, looking steadily at him and seeing that he had faith +to be cured, <sup class="v">14:10</sup>said with a loud voice, +Stand up erect on your feet. And he leaped, and walked. <sup class= +"v">14:11</sup>And the multitude seeing what Paul did, lifted up +their voice in the language of Lycaonia, saying, The gods have come +down to us in the likeness of men; <sup class="v">14:12</sup>and +they called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercury, because he was a +master of eloquence. <sup class="v">14:13</sup>And the priest of +the Jupiter which was before the city brought bulls and garlands to +the gates, and wished to offer sacrifices with the multitudes. +<sup class="v">14:14</sup>But the apostles Barnabas and Paul +hearing of it, rending their clothes ran among the multitude, +crying <sup class="v">14:15</sup>and saying, Men, why do you do +these things? We are also men subject to like sufferings with you, +preaching that you should turn from these vain [services] to the +living God, who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things +in them, <sup class="v">14:16</sup>who in past generations +permitted all nations to walk in their own ways; <sup class= +"v">14:17</sup>although indeed he left not himself without a +witness, doing good, giving rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, +filling our hearts with food and gladness. <sup class= +"v">14:18</sup>And saying these things they with difficulty +restrained the multitudes from sacrificing to them.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">14:19</sup>But Jews came from +Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, and +having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing +that he was dead. <sup class="v">14:20</sup>But while the disciples +stood around him, he arose and entered into the city. And on the +next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe. <sup class= +"v">14:21</sup>And having preached the good news to that city, and +made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and +Antioch, <sup class="v">14:22</sup>confirming the souls of the +disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that +through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God. +<sup class="v">14:23</sup>And having appointed them elders in every +church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the +Lord in whom they had believed.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">14:24</sup>And passing through +Pisidia they came to Pamphylia, <sup class="v">14:25</sup>and +having spoken the word in Perga they went down to Attalia, +<sup class="v">14:26</sup>and thence sailed to Antioch, whence they +had been commended to the favor of God for the work which they +performed. <sup class="v">14:27</sup>And having arrived, and +assembled the church, they reported what God had done with them, +and that he had opened the door of faith to the gentiles. +<sup class="v">14:28</sup>And they remained there not a little time +with the disciples.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XII.</h2> +<h3>THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM ON CIRCUMCISION.—A.D. 50.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>AND certain persons +having come down from Judea taught the brothers, If you are not +circumcised according to the custom of Moses you cannot be saved. +<sup class="v">15:2</sup>There being therefore no little dissension +and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined +that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the +apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question. +<sup class="v">15:3</sup>They, therefore, being sent forward by the +church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of +the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers. <sup class= +"v">15:4</sup>And when they came to Jerusalem they were received by +the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and related what +things God had done with them. <sup class="v">15:5</sup>But some of +those of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed, rose and said, +that it is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to +keep the law of Moses.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:6</sup>And the apostles and +elders were assembled together to see about this matter. +<sup class="v">15:7</sup>And after there had been much debate, +Peter rose and said to them, Men and brothers, you know that in +former days God chose among you that the gentiles should hear by my +mouth the word of the gospel and believe. <sup class= +"v">15:8</sup>And the heart-searching God testified to them, giving +to them the Holy Spirit even as to us, <sup class="v">15:9</sup>and +made no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by +the faith. <sup class="v">15:10</sup>Now, therefore, why do you try +God, to put on the necks of the disciples a yoke which neither our +fathers nor we could bear? <sup class="v">15:11</sup>But we believe +that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the +same manner as they.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">15:12</sup>And all the multitude +was silent, and heard Barnabas and Paul relate what miracles and +prodigies God performed among the gentiles through them. +<sup class="v">15:13</sup>And after they were silent, James +answered, saying, Men and brothers, hear me. <sup class= +"v">15:14</sup>Simeon has related how God first visited the +gentiles to take a people for his name. <sup class= +"v">15:15</sup>And with this agree the words of the prophets, as it +is written, <sup class="v">15:16</sup>After this will I return and +build up the tabernacle of David which had fallen down, and rebuild +its ruins, and set it up, <sup class="v">15:17</sup>that the rest +of men may seek the Lord, even all the nations on whom my name has +been called, says the Lord who does these things, <sup class= +"v">15:18</sup>known from eternity. <sup class= +"v">15:19</sup>Wherefore I judge that we ought not to trouble those +who turned to God from the gentiles, <sup class="v">15:20</sup>but +to send to them to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and +fornication, and things strangled, and blood. <sup class= +"v">15:21</sup>For Moses from ancient times has those who preach +him in every city, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:22</sup>Then it seemed good to +the apostles and elders, with all the assembly [the church], to +send delegates from themselves to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, +Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, +<sup class="v">15:23</sup>writing by their hand, The apostles and +elders and brothers, to the brothers in Antioch and Syria and +Cilicia, who are of the gentiles, greeting. <sup class= +"v">15:24</sup>Since we heard that some going out from us have +troubled you with words subverting your souls, to whom we gave no +charge, <sup class="v">15:25</sup>it seemed good to us, being of +one opinion, to send delegates to you with our beloved Barnabas and +Paul, <sup class="v">15:26</sup>men who have hazarded their lives +for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup class="v">15:27</sup>We +have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they will tell you the +same things by word. <sup class="v">15:28</sup>For it seemed good +to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you +except these necessary things; <sup class="v">15:29</sup>that you +should abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and blood, and +things strangled, and fornication, from which if you keep +yourselves you will do well. Farewell.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:30</sup>They, therefore, being +dismissed went to Antioch, and assembling the multitude delivered +the epistle. <sup class="v">15:31</sup>And reading it they rejoiced +at the exhortation. <sup class="v">15:32</sup>And Judas and Silas +being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brothers with much +argument, and confirmed them. <sup class="v">15:33</sup>And having +staid [some] time, they were dismissed in peace by the brothers to +those that sent them. <sup class="v">15:35</sup>But Paul and +Barnabas remained at Antioch, teaching and preaching with many +others the word of the Lord.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIII.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S SECOND MISSION TO ASIA MINOR.—A.D. 51-52.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:36</sup>AND after some days +Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in +every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how +they do. <sup class="v">15:37</sup>And Barnabas wished to take with +them John called Mark; <sup class="v">15:38</sup>but Paul thought +not best to take with them one who deserted them at Pamphylia and +did not go with them to the work. <sup class="v">15:39</sup>And +there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each +other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:40</sup>But Paul choosing +Silas went out, commended to the favor of the Lord by the brothers. +<sup class="v">15:41</sup>And he passed through Syria and Cilicia +confirming the churches. <sup class="v">16:1</sup>And he went to +Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by +the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a +Greek father, <sup class="v">16:2</sup>who was commended by the +brothers in Lystra and Iconium. <sup class="v">16:3</sup>Him Paul +wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on +account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his +father was a Greek.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:4</sup>And when he went +through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had +been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:5</sup>Then the churches were +strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. +<sup class="v">16:6</sup>And passing through Phrygia and the +country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the +word in Asia, <sup class="v">16:7</sup>coming by Mysia they +endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not +permit them; <sup class="v">16:8</sup>and passing by Mysia they +went down to Troas. <sup class="v">16:9</sup>And a vision appeared +by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, +and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. <sup class= +"v">16:10</sup>And when he saw the vision we immediately sought to +go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach +the good news to them.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIV.</h2> +<h3>PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT PHILIPPI ON THEIR FIRST MISSION TO +EUROPE.—A.D. 52-53.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">16:11</sup>AND sailing from Troas +we came in a direct course to Samothracia, and on the next day to +Neapolis, <sup class="v">16:12</sup>and thence to Philippi, which +is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony. And we +spent some days in that city. <sup class="v">16:13</sup>And on the +sabbath we went out of the gate, by the river, where the proseuche +[place of prayer] usually was, and sitting down we spoke to the +women who came together. <sup class="v">16:14</sup>And a certain +woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of +Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to +attend to the [words] spoken by Paul.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">16:15</sup>And when she was +baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged +me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she +constrained us.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:16</sup>And when we went to +the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, +met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining. <sup class= +"v">16:17</sup>She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men +are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of +salvation; <sup class="v">16:18</sup>and this she did for many +days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, +I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And +it came out of her in that hour. <sup class="v">16:19</sup>And her +masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seizing Paul +and Silas dragged them to the market, to the rulers, <sup class= +"v">16:20</sup>and bringing them before the prefects said, These +men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city, <sup class= +"v">16:21</sup>and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, +being Romans, to receive or observe. <sup class="v">16:22</sup>And +the multitude came together against them, and the prefects tearing +off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, <sup class= +"v">16:23</sup>and having inflicted many blows on them cast them +into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; <sup class= +"v">16:24</sup>who, having received such a charge, cast them into +the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:25</sup>But at midnight Paul +and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard +them. <sup class="v">16:26</sup>And suddenly there was a great +earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and +all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were +removed. <sup class="v">16:27</sup>And the jailer awaking from +sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and +was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had +escaped. <sup class="v">16:28</sup>But Paul cried with a loud +voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here. +<sup class="v">16:29</sup>And asking for a light he sprang in, and +fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, <sup class= +"v">16:30</sup>and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to +be saved? <sup class="v">16:31</sup>And they said, Believe on the +Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house. <sup class= +"v">16:32</sup>And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and all +those in his house.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:33</sup>And taking them that +hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was +baptized, he and all his, immediately, <sup class= +"v">16:34</sup>and conducting them up into his house he set a +table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. +<sup class="v">16:35</sup>And when it was day the prefects sent the +lictors, saying, Let those men go. <sup class="v">16:36</sup>And +the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent to let +you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">16:37</sup>But Paul said to him, +They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us +into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but +let them come themselves and conduct us out. <sup class= +"v">16:38</sup>And the lictors told these words to the prefects, +and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; +<sup class="v">16:39</sup>and they came and besought them, and +conducting them out desired them to leave the city. <sup class= +"v">16:40</sup>And going out of the prison they entered into the +house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, +and departed.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XV.</h2> +<h3>PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT THESSALONICA, BEREA, AND +ATHENS.—A.D. 53.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">17:1</sup>AND travelling through +Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was +a synagogue of the Jews. <sup class="v">17:2</sup>And according to +his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three +sabbaths from the Scriptures, <sup class="v">17:3</sup>explaining +and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the +dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. +<sup class="v">17:4</sup>And some of them believed and adhered to +Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the +chief women not a few. <sup class="v">17:5</sup>But the unbelieving +Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and +exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of +Jason sought to bring them out to the people; <sup class= +"v">17:6</sup>but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some +brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have +turned the world upside down have come here also, <sup class= +"v">17:7</sup>and Jason has received them; and they all do things +contrary to the ordinances of Cæsar, saying that there is +another king, Jesus. <sup class="v">17:8</sup>And they excited the +multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things, +<sup class="v">17:9</sup>and taking security of Jason and the rest +they let them go.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">17:10</sup>And the brothers +immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when +they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews; <sup class= +"v">17:11</sup>but these were more noble than those in +Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, +examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so. +<sup class="v">17:12</sup>Many of them therefore believed, both of +honorable Grecian women, and of men not a few. <sup class= +"v">17:13</sup>And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word +of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the +multitudes.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">17:14</sup>Then the brothers +immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and +Timothy remained there. <sup class="v">17:15</sup>And those +conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to +Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they +departed.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">17:16</sup>And while Paul waited +for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the +city wholly devoted to idolatry. <sup class="v">17:17</sup>Then he +reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, +and in the market every day with those he met. <sup class= +"v">17:18</sup>And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers +disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to +say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; +because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. <sup class= +"v">17:19</sup>And laying hold of him they brought him to the +Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is +taught by you? <sup class="v">17:20</sup>for you bring certain +strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these +things mean. <sup class="v">17:21</sup>And all the Athenians and +the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but +telling or hearing something new.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">17:22</sup>And Paul standing in +the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in +all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons. +<sup class="v">17:23</sup>For as I passed through, and observed +your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was +inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as +unknown, this I declare to you. <sup class="v">17:24</sup>The God +who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of +heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, <sup class= +"v">17:25</sup>neither is he served by the hands of men as needing +any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; +<sup class="v">17:26</sup>and he made of one blood every nation of +men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their +appointed times and the bounds of their habitation, <sup class= +"v">17:27</sup>that they should seek God, if perhaps they might +feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of +us. <sup class="v">17:28</sup>For in him we live, and move, and +are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his +offspring. <sup class="v">17:29</sup>Being therefore an offspring +of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver +or stone, a work of art and human device.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">17:30</sup>Overlooking therefore +the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to +change their minds, <sup class="v">17:31</sup>because he has +appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in +righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance +to all by raising him from the dead. <sup class="v">17:32</sup>But +when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but +others said, We will hear you again of this. <sup class= +"v">17:33</sup>So Paul went out from the midst of them; <sup class= +"v">17:34</sup>but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom +were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and +others with them.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVI.</h2> +<h3>PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT CORINTH, HIS VISIT TO SYRIA AND ASIA +MINOR.—A.D. 53-55.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:1</sup>AND after this Paul +left Athens and came to Corinth. <sup class="v">18:2</sup>And +finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, +who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because +Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, +<sup class="v">18:3</sup>and because he was of the same trade +continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. +<sup class="v">18:4</sup>And he reasoned in the synagogue every +sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">18:5</sup>And when Silas and +Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching +the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. <sup class= +"v">18:6</sup>But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his +garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, +from this time will go to the gentiles.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">18:7</sup>And departing thence he +came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and +whose house adjoined the synagogue. <sup class="v">18:8</sup>And +Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his +house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were +baptized. <sup class="v">18:9</sup>And the Lord said to Paul, in a +vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent, <sup class= +"v">18:10</sup>for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to +hurt you, for I have many people in this city. <sup class= +"v">18:11</sup>And he remained there a year and six months, +teaching among them the word of God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">18:12</sup>And when Gallio was +proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with one consent against Paul +and brought him to the tribunal, <sup class="v">18:13</sup>saying, +This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. +<sup class="v">18:14</sup>And when Paul was about to open his mouth +Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil +imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner; +<sup class="v">18:15</sup>but if it is a question of doctrine, and +of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be +a judge of these things. <sup class="v">18:16</sup>And he drove +them from the tribunal. <sup class="v">18:17</sup>And they all took +Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and +Gallio cared for none of these things.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">18:18</sup>And Paul having +remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to +Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his +head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. <sup class="v">18:19</sup>And +they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself +into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. <sup class= +"v">18:20</sup>And they asking him to stay a longer time with them +he did not consent, <sup class="v">18:21</sup>but taking leave of +them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed +from, Ephesus, <sup class="v">18:22</sup>and coming down to +Cæsarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down +to Antioch; <sup class="v">18:23</sup>and having spent some time +there he went away, passing in order through the country of Galatia +and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVII.</h2> +<h3>PAUL AT EPHESUS.—A.D. 55-58.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">18:24</sup>AND a certain Jew by +the name of Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came +to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures. <sup class= +"v">18:25</sup>This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and +being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines +concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John; <sup class= +"v">18:26</sup>and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, +and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more +accurately the way. <sup class="v">18:27</sup>And he wishing to go +into Achaia, the brothers sent him, and wrote to the disciples to +receive him. And when he came he helped those much who had believed +through the grace; <sup class="v">18:28</sup>for he argued +powerfully against the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures +that Jesus is the Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">19:1</sup>And when Apollos was at +Corinth, Paul, passing through the higher portions of the country, +came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples; <sup class= +"v">19:2</sup>and he said to them, Have you received the Holy +Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard +that there is a Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">19:3</sup>And he said +to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With +John's baptism. <sup class="v">19:4</sup>Paul said, John indeed +baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling +the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, +on Jesus. <sup class="v">19:5</sup>And hearing this they were +baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus: <sup class= +"v">19:6</sup>and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit +came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. +<sup class="v">19:7</sup>And all the men were about twelve.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:8</sup>And going into the +synagogue he spoke boldly, for three months, reasoning and +persuading in favor of the kingdom of God. <sup class= +"v">19:9</sup>But when some were hardened and believed not, +speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and +separated the disciples from them, and reasoned day by day in the +school of one Tyrannus. <sup class="v">19:10</sup>And this was done +for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the +Lord, both Jews and Greeks.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">19:11</sup>And God performed +unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, <sup class="v">19:12</sup>so +that napkins and aprons were brought from him to the sick, and +their diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them. +<sup class="v">19:13</sup>And some of the travelling Jewish +exorcists undertook to call over those that had evil spirits the +name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul +preaches. <sup class="v">19:14</sup>And there were some seven sons +of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. <sup class= +"v">19:15</sup>But the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, +and Paul I know, but who are you? <sup class="v">19:16</sup>And the +man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, and overcome +them, and prevailed against them, so that they escaped from his +house, naked and wounded. <sup class="v">19:17</sup>And this was +known both to all the Jews and Greeks who lived at Ephesus, and +fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was +magnified; <sup class="v">19:18</sup>and many of those who believed +came and confessed, and showed their practices. <sup class= +"v">19:19</sup>And many of those who practised secret arts brought +their books, and burnt them before all; and they computed the price +of them, and found it to be fifty thousand [didrachmas] of silver +[$8,333]. <sup class="v">19:20</sup>So the word of the Lord +increased powerfully and prevailed.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">19:21</sup>And when these things +were accomplished, Paul was disposed by the Spirit, passing through +Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been +there I must see Rome. <sup class="v">19:22</sup>And sending two +that served him into Macedonia, Timothy and Erastus, he continued a +time in Asia.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">19:23</sup>And there was at that +time no small tumult about the way [of the Lord]. <sup class= +"v">19:24</sup>For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, who +made silver temples of Diana, and afforded his artisans no small +gain, <sup class="v">19:25</sup>assembling them together and +laborers of like employments, said, Men, you know that our +prosperity is derived from this employment, <sup class= +"v">19:26</sup>and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but +in almost all Asia, this Paul has led away a great multitude by +persuasion, saying that things which are made by hands are not +gods. <sup class="v">19:27</sup>And not only this work of ours is +in danger of coming into contempt, but even the temple of the great +goddess Diana of being set at nought, and her majesty also which +all Asia and the world worships, of being destroyed.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">19:28</sup>And hearing this they +were full of wrath, and cried, saying, Great is Diana of the +Ephesians! <sup class="v">19:29</sup>And the whole city was full of +confusion; and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, taking +Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow travellers of Paul. +<sup class="v">19:30</sup>And Paul wishing to go in to the people, +the disciples did not permit him; <sup class="v">19:31</sup>and +some of the rulers of Asia also, who were friendly to him, sending +to him, besought him not to expose himself in the theatre. +<sup class="v">19:32</sup>Some therefore cried one thing, and some +another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew +not for what reason they had come together. <sup class= +"v">19:33</sup>And they advanced Alexander from the multitude, the +Jews putting him forward; and Alexander motioning with his hand, +wished to defend himself before the people. <sup class= +"v">19:34</sup>But knowing that he was a Jew, there was one voice +from all, for about two hours, crying, Great is Diana of the +Ephesians.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">19:35</sup>And the clerk having +stilled the multitude, said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who +does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the +great Diana, and of the Jove descended [image]? <sup class= +"v">19:36</sup>These things therefore being indisputable, it is +best to be quiet, and do nothing rashly. <sup class= +"v">19:37</sup>For you have brought these men here, who are neither +temple-robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess. <sup class= +"v">19:38</sup>If, therefore, Demetrius and the artisans with him +have a charge against any, court days are held, and there are +pro-consuls; let them accuse one another. <sup class= +"v">19:39</sup>And if you desire any thing of other matters, let it +be determined in a lawful assembly. <sup class="v">19:40</sup>For +we are in danger of being called to account for the tumult of +to-day, there being no cause by which we can excuse this concourse. +<sup class="v">19:41</sup>And having said these words he dismissed +the assembly.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XVIII.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S VISIT TO GREECE AND MACEDONIA AND HIS RETURN TO +MILETUS.—A.D. 58, 59.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">20:1</sup>AFTER the tumult was +allayed, Paul calling the disciples and embracing them departed to +go into Macedonia. <sup class="v">20:2</sup>And going through those +parts, and exhorting them with many words, he went into Greece; +<sup class="v">20:3</sup>and when he had staid there three months, +and a conspiracy was formed against him by the Jews as he was about +to sail to Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia. +<sup class="v">20:4</sup>And there followed him to Asia, Sopater +the son of Pyrrhus of Berea, and of those of Thessalonica, +Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and +those of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus; <sup class= +"v">20:5</sup>these going before waited for us at Troas. +<sup class="v">20:6</sup>And we sailed from Philippi, after the +days of unleavened bread, and came to those at Troas in five days, +where we staid seven days.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">20:7</sup>And on the first day of +the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul preached to them, +being about to depart on the next day, and continued his discourse +till midnight; <sup class="v">20:8</sup>and there were many lamps +in the upper room where we were assembled. <sup class= +"v">20:9</sup>And a young man by the name of Eutychus sitting in a +window, falling into a deep sleep while Paul preached long, and +being overcome by sleep, fell from the third story down, and was +taken up dead. <sup class="v">20:10</sup>But Paul going down fell +on him, and embracing him, said, Be not troubled, for his life is +in him. <sup class="v">20:11</sup>And going up and breaking bread, +and tasting it, and conversing a long time till the break of day, +he departed. <sup class="v">20:12</sup>And they brought away the +child alive, and were not a little comforted.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">20:13</sup>And we going before by +ship sailed to Assos, being about to take in Paul at that place; +for so had he appointed, being about to go on foot himself. +<sup class="v">20:14</sup>And when he met us at Assos, we took him +in and came to Mitylene, <sup class="v">20:15</sup>and sailing +thence, on the next day we came opposite to Chios, and in another +day we touched at Samos, and stopping at Trogylium, on the day +following we came to Miletus. <sup class="v">20:16</sup>For Paul +had determined to sail by Ephesus, that it might not be necessary +for him to spend a long time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was +possible for him, to be at Jerusalem at the day of Pentecost.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">20:17</sup>And from Miletus +sending to Ephesus he called for the elders of the church. +<sup class="v">20:18</sup>And when they had come to him, he said to +them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was +with you at all times, <sup class="v">20:19</sup>serving the Lord +with all humility, and tears and trials that befell me by the +conspiracies of the Jews, <sup class="v">20:20</sup>how I kept not +back from declaring to you and teaching you publicly and from house +to house any thing that was profitable, <sup class= +"v">20:21</sup>testifying both to Jews and Greeks the change of +mind to God, and the faith in our Lord Jesus. <sup class= +"v">20:22</sup>And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to +Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, +<sup class="v">20:23</sup>except that the Holy Spirit testifies to +me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. +<sup class="v">20:24</sup>But life precious to myself, I make of no +account that I may finish my course and the service which I +received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of +God.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">20:25</sup>And now, behold, I +know that you all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom +shall see my face no more. <sup class="v">20:26</sup>Wherefore I +call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all +men; <sup class="v">20:27</sup>for I have not kept back from +declaring to you all the counsel of God. <sup class= +"v">20:28</sup>Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the +flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the +church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood. +<sup class="v">20:29</sup>For I know that after my departure +grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock, +<sup class="v">20:30</sup>and of yourselves men will arise speaking +perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. <sup class= +"v">20:31</sup>Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, +night and day, I ceased not to admonish every one of you with +tears. <sup class="v">20:32</sup>And now I commend you to God, and +the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you +an inheritance with all the sanctified. <sup class="v">20:33</sup>I +have coveted no man's silver or gold or clothing; <sup class= +"v">20:34</sup>you yourselves know that these hands have served my +necessities and those with me. <sup class="v">20:35</sup>I have +showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, +and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is +more blessed to give than to receive.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">20:36</sup>And having said these +words he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. <sup class= +"v">20:37</sup>And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and +kissed him, <sup class="v">20:38</sup>grieving most of all for the +word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they +accompanied him to the ship.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XIX.</h2> +<h3>PAUL AND HIS COMPANY PURSUING THEIR JOURNEY TO CÆSAREA +AND JERUSALEM, ETC.—A.D. 59.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">21:1</sup>AND when we had torn +ourselves from them we set sail, and going in a straight course +came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara. +<sup class="v">21:2</sup>And finding a ship crossing to Phenicia, +going on board we set sail. <sup class="v">21:3</sup>And observing +Cyprus, and leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria, and landed +at Tyre; for there the ship was to discharge her cargo. <sup class= +"v">21:4</sup>And finding the disciples we continued there seven +days; and they told Paul, by the Spirit, not to go on to Jerusalem. +<sup class="v">21:5</sup>And when we had completed the days we went +out and proceeded on our journey, they all attending us with their +wives and children till without the city, and kneeling down on the +shore we prayed, <sup class="v">21:6</sup>and having saluted each +other we went to the ship, and they returned to their homes.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">21:7</sup>Having completed our +voyage from Tyre we went to Ptolemais, and having saluted the +brothers continued with them one day. <sup class="v">21:8</sup>And +departing on the next day we came to Cæsarea, and going to +the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we +staid with him. <sup class="v">21:9</sup>This man had four virgin +daughters who prophesied. <sup class="v">21:10</sup>And having +continued there many days, there came down a certain prophet from +Judea by the name of Agabus, <sup class="v">21:11</sup>and coming +to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he +said, These things, says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at +Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and deliver him into +the hands of the gentiles. <sup class="v">21:12</sup>And when we +heard these things, we and the people of the place besought him not +to go up to Jerusalem. <sup class="v">21:13</sup>But Paul answered, +What do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only +to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord +Jesus. <sup class="v">21:14</sup>And he not being persuaded, we +were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">21:15</sup>And after these days, +having made preparation, we went up to Jerusalem; <sup class= +"v">21:16</sup>and some of the disciples from Cæsarea went up +with us, conducting [us] to Mnason a Cyprian, an early disciple +with whom we lodged.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">21:17</sup>And when we arrived at +Jerusalem the brothers received us gladly. <sup class= +"v">21:18</sup>And on the following day Paul went with us to James, +and all the elders were present. <sup class="v">21:19</sup>And +having saluted them, he related particularly what God had done +among the gentiles by his ministry; <sup class="v">21:20</sup>and +having heard, they glorified God, and said to him, You see, +brother, how many ten thousands there are of those who have +believed, among the Jews, and all are zealots of the law; +<sup class="v">21:21</sup>and they have been informed of you, that +you teach all the Jews among the gentiles to apostatize from Moses, +telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk +according to the customs. <sup class="v">21:22</sup>What then is +[to be done]? They will hear everywhere that you have come. +<sup class="v">21:23</sup>Do this, therefore, which we tell you. We +have four men having a vow upon them; <sup class= +"v">21:24</sup>take them and be purified with them, and pay their +expenses, that they may shave their heads, and all will know that +the information which they have of you is not correct, but that you +walk also yourself keeping the law. <sup class="v">21:25</sup>But +concerning the gentiles who have believed, we have sent, judging +that they should avoid things offered to idols, and blood, and +things strangled, and fornication. <sup class="v">21:26</sup>Then +Paul taking the men, on the following day being purified with them +went into the temple, announcing the completion of the days of +purification till an offering should be offered for each one of +them.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XX.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S APPREHENSION BY THE JEWS, HIS RESCUE BY THE ROMANS, HIS +ADDRESS, ETC.—A.D. 59.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">21:27</sup>AND when the seven +days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia seeing him in the +temple excited all the multitude, and laid hands on him, +<sup class="v">21:28</sup>crying, Men of Israel, help; this is the +man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, +and this place, and besides he has brought Greeks into the temple, +and defiled this holy place. <sup class="v">21:29</sup>For they had +before seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and +supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. <sup class= +"v">21:30</sup>And all the city was moved, and there was a +concourse of the people, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him +without the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">21:31</sup>And while they were +seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chiliarch of the +cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion; <sup class= +"v">21:32</sup>who immediately taking soldiers and centurions ran +down upon them; and seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they +ceased beating Paul. <sup class="v">21:33</sup>Then the chiliarch +approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two +chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done. <sup class= +"v">21:34</sup>But some cried one thing, and some another, in the +multitude, and not being able to learn the truth, on account of the +tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the fortress. +<sup class="v">21:35</sup>And when he was on the steps, it happened +that he was borne by the soldiers, on account of the violence of +the multitude; <sup class="v">21:36</sup>for the multitude of the +people followed, crying, Take him away.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">21:37</sup>And being about to be +carried into the fortress, Paul said to the chiliarch, May I have +permission to speak to you? And he said, Do you understand Greek? +<sup class="v">21:38</sup>Are you not the Egyptian who before these +days excited a sedition, and led out into the wilderness the four +thousand men who were murderers? <sup class="v">21:39</sup>And Paul +said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of a not +undistinguished city, I beg of you, permit me to speak to the +people. <sup class="v">21:40</sup>And he giving him permission, +Paul stood up on the steps, and motioned with his hand to the +people; and when there was great silence, he spoke in the Hebrew +language, and said, <sup class="v">22:1</sup>Men, brothers and +fathers, hear my present defense before you. <sup class= +"v">22:2</sup>And hearing that he spoke to them in the Hebrew +language, they kept the greater silence.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">22:3</sup>And he said, I am a +Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, +instructed at the feet of Gamaliel in the accurate interpretation +of the law of our fathers, and am a zealous worshipper of God as +you all are to-day; <sup class="v">22:4</sup>and I persecuted this +way to death, binding and committing to prison both men and women, +<sup class="v">22:5</sup>as the chief priest also bears me witness, +and all the eldership, from whom also receiving letters to the +brothers I went to Damascus, to bring those who were there bound to +Jerusalem to be punished.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">22:6</sup>And when I was on the +way and had come nigh to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great +light from heaven shone around me, <sup class="v">22:7</sup>and I +fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why +do you persecute me? <sup class="v">22:8</sup>And I answered, Who +are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazoraean, whom +you persecute. <sup class="v">22:9</sup>And those that were with me +saw the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to +me. <sup class="v">22:10</sup>And I said, What shall I do, Lord? +And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go to Damascus, and there it +shall be told you of all things which are appointed for you to +do.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">22:11</sup>And when I could not +see from the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by +those with me, I came to Damascus. <sup class="v">22:12</sup>And a +certain Ananias, a man [living] according to the law, approved by +all the Jews living [there], <sup class="v">22:13</sup>coming and +standing by, said to me, Brother Saul, Receive your sight. And in +that hour I looked upon him. <sup class="v">22:14</sup>And he said, +The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the +Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth, <sup class= +"v">22:15</sup>for you shall be a witness for him to all men of +what you have seen and heard. <sup class="v">22:16</sup>And now, +why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling +on his name.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">22:17</sup>And when I returned to +Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I was in a trance, +<sup class="v">22:18</sup>and saw him [Christ], saying to me, +Hasten and depart immediately from Jerusalem, for they will not +receive your testimony of me. <sup class="v">22:19</sup>And I said, +Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in the synagogues those +who believed on you; <sup class="v">22:20</sup>and when the blood +of your martyr Stephen was poured out, I also stood by and +consented, and kept the clothes of those that killed him. +<sup class="v">22:21</sup>And he said to me, Go, for I will send +you to nations far away.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">22:22</sup>And they heard him to +this word, and lifted up their voice saying, Take away such a man +from the earth; it is not fit that he should live. <sup class= +"v">22:23</sup>And as they cried and rent their clothes and cast +dust in the air, <sup class="v">22:24</sup>the chiliarch commanded +him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be +examined with scourges, that he might know for what reason they +cried so against him. <sup class="v">22:25</sup>But when they +extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is +it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned? +<sup class="v">22:26</sup>And the centurion hearing this, went and +told the chiliarch, saying, What are you about to do? for this man +is a Roman. <sup class="v">22:27</sup>And the chiliarch came to him +and said, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes. <sup class= +"v">22:28</sup>And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this +citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was +also born [one]. <sup class="v">22:29</sup>Then those about to +examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was +afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound +him.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXI.</h2> +<h3>PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, AND SENT TO CÆSAREA FOR SAFE +KEEPING.—A.D. 59.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">22:30</sup>AND on the next day, +wishing to know the truth in respect to what he was accused of by +the Jews, [the chiliarch] released him, and commanded the chief +priests and all the Sanhedrim to come together; and bringing Paul +down he set him before them. <sup class="v">23:1</sup>And Paul +looking steadily at the Sanhedrim, said, Men and brothers, I have +lived before God in all good conscience to this day. <sup class= +"v">23:2</sup>And the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing +by to strike him on the mouth. <sup class="v">23:3</sup>Then Paul +said to him, God is about to strike you, whitewashed wall; and do +you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be +struck contrary to the law? <sup class="v">23:4</sup>And those +standing by said, Do you revile God's chief priest? <sup class= +"v">23:5</sup>And Paul said, I knew not brothers that he was a +chief priest; for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the +ruler of your people.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">23:6</sup>And Paul knowing that +one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried in the +Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of +Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I under +trial. <sup class="v">23:7</sup>And having said this, there was a +dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude +were divided. <sup class="v">23:8</sup>For the Sadducees say that +there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit, but the +Pharisees confess both. <sup class="v">23:9</sup>And there was a +great cry, and the scribes of the party of the Pharisees rising up +contended, saying, We find no evil in this man; but [what] if a +spirit or an angel has spoken to him? <sup class="v">23:10</sup>And +there being a great dissension, the chiliarch, fearing that Paul +would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the troops to come down +and take him by force from the midst of them, and conduct him to +the fortress.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">23:11</sup>And on the following +night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good courage, for as +you have testified of me at Jerusalem, so you must also testify at +Rome. <sup class="v">23:12</sup>And when it was day, the Jews +formed a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath, saying that +they would not eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. <sup class= +"v">23:13</sup>And there were more than forty who took this oath, +<sup class="v">23:14</sup>who came to the chief priests and elders +and said, We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing +till we kill Paul. <sup class="v">23:15</sup>Now, therefore, speak +to the chiliarch, with the Sanhedrim, to bring him down to you +tomorrow, as if you were about to investigate his case more +accurately, and we, before he comes nigh, are ready to kill +him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">23:16</sup>But a son of Paul's +sister hearing of this lying in wait, went and entering into the +fortress told Paul. <sup class="v">23:17</sup>And Paul calling one +of the centurions, said, Lead this young man to the chiliarch, for +he has something to tell him. <sup class="v">23:18</sup>He +therefore took him and led him to the chiliarch, and said, Paul the +prisoner called me and asked me to lead this young man to you, who +has something to tell you. <sup class="v">23:19</sup>And the +chiliarch taking him by the hand and leading him aside, inquired, +What is it that you have to tell me? <sup class="v">23:20</sup>And +he said, The Jews have entered into a compact to ask you to bring +down Paul to the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if about to learn more +accurately of something concerning him. <sup class= +"v">23:21</sup>But do not therefore be persuaded by them; for more +than forty men of them lie in wait, who have taken an oath not to +eat nor drink till they have killed him, and now they are ready, +awaiting an answer from you. <sup class="v">23:22</sup>Then the +chiliarch dismissed the young man, charging him, Tell no one that +you have informed me of these things.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">23:23</sup>And calling two of the +centurions he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to +Cæsarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred light armed +troops, after the third hour of the night. <sup class= +"v">23:24</sup>And provide animals to put Paul on, and take him +safely to Felix the procurator. <sup class="v">23:25</sup>And he +wrote a letter having this form; <sup class="v">23:26</sup>Claudius +Lysias to the most excellent procurator Felix, greeting. +<sup class="v">23:27</sup>I went with the soldiery and rescued this +man, when he was seized by the Jews, and about to be killed by +them, having learned that he is a Roman; <sup class= +"v">23:28</sup>and wishing to know the cause for which they accuse +him, I took him down to their Sanhedrim, <sup class= +"v">23:29</sup>and found him criminated in respect to questions of +their law, but charged with nothing worthy of death or bonds. +<sup class="v">23:30</sup>Being informed that a conspiracy was +about to be formed against the man, I immediately sent to you, +commanding also his accusers to speak before you.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">23:31</sup>The soldiers therefore +took Paul as they were commanded and brought him by night to +Antipatris, <sup class="v">23:32</sup>and the next day leaving the +horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress. <sup class= +"v">23:33</sup>And when they came to Cæsarea, and had +delivered the letter to the procurator, they also presented Paul to +him. <sup class="v">23:34</sup>And having read, he asked of what +province he was; and learning that he was of Cilicia, <sup class= +"v">23:35</sup>I will hear you, he said, when your accusers have +come; and he commanded him to be kept in the Prætorium of +Herod.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXII.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE FELIX THE PROCURATOR.—A.D. 59, +60.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">24:1</sup>AND after five days the +chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator, +Tertullus, went down and gave information to the procurator against +Paul. <sup class="v">24:2</sup>And he being called, Tertullus began +to accuse him, saying, Having obtained great peace by you, and +things being happily arranged for this nation by your oversight in +all things and in all places <sup class="v">24:3</sup>we accept +[it] most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. <sup class= +"v">24:4</sup>But that I may not further weary you, I beg you to +hear us briefly, with your clemency. <sup class="v">24:5</sup>For +finding this man a pestilence and a mover of sedition among all the +Jews throughout the world, and a chief of the sect of the +Nazoraeans, <sup class="v">24:6</sup>who also endeavored to profane +the temple, whom we also took, <sup class="v">24:8</sup>from whom +you will be able to learn by examination of all these things of +which we accuse him. <sup class="v">24:9</sup>And the Jews also +assented, saying, These things are so.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">24:10</sup>And the procurator +making a sign to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing that you have +been for many years a judge of this nation, I shall defend myself +cheerfully, <sup class="v">24:11</sup>you being able to know that +it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at +Jerusalem. <sup class="v">24:12</sup>And they did not find me in +the temple disputing with any one, or making a disturbance of the +multitude, neither in the synagogues nor in the city; <sup class= +"v">24:13</sup>neither can they prove the things of which they now +accuse me.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">24:14</sup>But this I confess to +you, that in the way which they call a heresy, so worship I the God +of my fathers; believing all things written in the law and the +prophets, <sup class="v">24:15</sup>having a hope in God which they +also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous +and wicked. <sup class="v">24:16</sup>And in this also I endeavor +always to have a conscience without offense towards God and +man.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">24:17</sup>But after many years I +came to bring charities and offerings to my nation, <sup class= +"v">24:18</sup>in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in +the temple, not with a multitude, nor with a tumult, <sup class= +"v">24:19</sup>who ought to be present and accuse me before you, if +they have any thing against me. <sup class="v">24:20</sup>Or let +them say whether they found any unrighteousness in me when I stood +before the Sanhedrim, <sup class="v">24:21</sup>except in this one +statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am under +trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">24:22</sup>But Felix put them +off, saying, Having learned more accurately of this way, when +Lysias the chiliarch comes down I will decide concerning your +matters, <sup class="v">24:23</sup>and he commanded the centurion +that Paul should be kept, and be freed from bonds, and that he +should forbid none of his friends to serve him.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">24:24</sup>And after some days +Felix coming with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, sent for +Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. <sup class= +"v">24:25</sup>And as he discoursed of righteousness, and +temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified +answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you. +<sup class="v">24:26</sup>At the same time also he hoped that money +would be given him by Paul; and on this account sent for him the +oftener, and conversed with him. <sup class="v">24:27</sup>But +after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; +and wishing to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIII.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE FESTUS, HIS APPEAL TO CÆSAR, AND HIS +SUBSEQUENT DEFENSE BEFORE AGRIPPA.—A.D. 61.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">25:1</sup>FESTUS therefore coming +into the province, after three days went up from Cæsarea to +Jerusalem. <sup class="v">25:2</sup>And the chief priests and the +first men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, +<sup class="v">25:3</sup>asking favor against him, that he would +send for him to Jerusalem, having provided an ambuscade to kill him +on the way. <sup class="v">25:4</sup>Then Festus answered that Paul +should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he would go down there +shortly; <sup class="v">25:5</sup>and then, he said, the principal +men among you may go down with me; if there is any thing against +this man they may prosecute him. <sup class="v">25:6</sup>And +staying with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to +Cæsarea, and on the next day, sitting on the tribunal, +commanded Paul to be brought.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">25:7</sup>And when he had come, +the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, +bringing many and weighty accusations which they could not prove, +<sup class="v">25:8</sup>while Paul maintained in his defense, +Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor +against Cæsar, have I done any wrong.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">25:9</sup>But Festus wishing to +gratify the Jews, answered Paul and said, Are you willing to go up +to Jerusalem, and there be tried by me for these things? +<sup class="v">25:10</sup>And Paul said, I stand at the tribunal of +Cæsar, where I ought to be tried. I have not injured the +Jews, as you also know very well. <sup class="v">25:11</sup>If +indeed I have done wrong or committed any thing worthy of death, I +refuse not to die; but if those things of which they accuse me are +nothing, no man may give me up to them; I appeal to Cæsar. +<sup class="v">25:12</sup>Then Festus having conferred with the +council answered, You have appealed to Cæsar; to Cæsar +you shall go.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">25:13</sup>But after some days +king Agrippa and Bernice came down to Cæsarea to salute +Festus. <sup class="v">25:14</sup>And when they had staid there +many days, Festus proposed the case of Paul to the king, saying, +There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix, <sup class= +"v">25:15</sup>concerning whom when I was at Jerusalem the chief +priests and elders of the Jews gave me information, asking judgment +against him; <sup class="v">25:16</sup>to whom I answered, It is +not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused +has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to +defend himself against the accusation.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">25:17</sup>When therefore, they +came here, making no delay, the next day I sat on the tribunal, and +ordered the man to be brought; <sup class="v">25:18</sup>concerning +whom his accusers standing up brought no charge of such things as I +supposed, <sup class="v">25:19</sup>but had certain questions with +him concerning their religion, and concerning one Jesus that was +dead, who Paul said was alive. <sup class="v">25:20</sup>Being in +doubt on the question concerning these things, I asked if he was +willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried by me there on these +charges. <sup class="v">25:21</sup>But Paul appealing, to be kept +for the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I +could send him to Cæsar. <sup class="v">25:22</sup>And +Agrippa [said] to Festus, I should like to hear the man also +myself. And he said, To-morrow you shall hear him.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">25:23</sup>On the next day, +therefore, Agrippa and Bernice coming with great pomp, and entering +into the place of hearing with chiliarchs and men of distinction in +the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought. <sup class= +"v">25:24</sup>And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all the men +present with us, you see this man, of whom all the multitude of the +Jews besought me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he +ought no longer to live. <sup class="v">25:25</sup>But finding that +he had done nothing deserving death, and he having appealed to +Augustus, I have determined to send him. <sup class= +"v">25:26</sup>But I have nothing certain to write to the sovereign +concerning him, wherefore I have brought him before you, and +especially before you, King Agrippa, that on examination I may have +something to write; <sup class="v">25:27</sup>for it seems to me +unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to signify the charges +against him.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">26:1</sup>And Agrippa said to +Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched +out his hand and made his defense. <sup class="v">26:2</sup>I think +myself happy, King Agrippa, in being allowed to make my defense +before you to-day in respect to all things of which I am accused by +the Jews, <sup class="v">26:3</sup>especially as you are acquainted +with all the customs and questions of the Jews; wherefore, I beg +you to hear me patiently. <sup class="v">26:4</sup>My mode of life +from my childhood, the early part of it being with my nation at +Jerusalem, know all the Jews, <sup class="v">26:5</sup>who knew me +from the first, if they would testify, that according to the +strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. <sup class= +"v">26:6</sup>And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise +made by God to our fathers, <sup class="v">26:7</sup>which our +twelve tribes, serving God continually, day and night, hope to +attain; of this hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. +<sup class="v">26:8</sup>Why is it judged by you incredible that +God raises the dead? <sup class="v">26:9</sup>I indeed thought with +myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus +the Nazoraean, <sup class="v">26:10</sup>which I also did at +Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having +received authority from the chief priests, and when they were +killed I gave my vote against them. <sup class="v">26:11</sup>And +punishing them often in all the synagogues, I compelled them to +blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I pursued them +even to cities abroad.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">26:12</sup>In which +[persecutions] also, going to Damascus with authority, and a +commission from the chief priests, <sup class="v">26:13</sup>at +midday I saw in the way O king, a light from heaven shining around +me and those going with me, exceeding the brightness of the sun; +<sup class="v">26:14</sup>and when we had all fallen on the earth, +I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, +Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick +against the goads. <sup class="v">26:15</sup>And I said, Who are +you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. +<sup class="v">26:16</sup>But rise and stand on your feet; for I +have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and +witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I +will appear to you, <sup class="v">26:17</sup>delivering you from +the people, and the gentiles, to whom I send you <sup class= +"v">26:18</sup>to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to +light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive +forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by +faith in me. <sup class="v">26:19</sup>Whence, King Agrippa, I was +not disobedient to the heavenly vision, <sup class= +"v">26:20</sup>but preached first to those at Damascus and +Jerusalem, and in all the country of Judea, and to the gentiles, +that they should change their minds and turn to God, performing +works worthy of a change of mind.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">26:21</sup>On this account the +Jews seized me in the temple and endeavored to kill me. <sup class= +"v">26:22</sup>Having obtained therefore help from God, I have +continued to this day, testifying to small and great, saying +nothing but what the prophets and Moses said should take place; +<sup class="v">26:23</sup>that the Christ should suffer, and that +he first from the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light +both to the people and the nations.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">26:24</sup>And when Paul had +said these words, Festus said with a loud voice, You are mad, Paul; +much learning has driven you to madness. <sup class= +"v">26:25</sup>But he said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, +but utter words of truth and sobriety. <sup class= +"v">26:26</sup>For the king knows of these things, before whom I +speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things have +escaped his notice; for this was not done in a corner. <sup class= +"v">26:27</sup>King Agrippa, believe you the prophets? I know that +you believe. <sup class="v">26:28</sup>And Agrippa said to Paul, +You almost persuade me to be a Christian. <sup class= +"v">26:29</sup>And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but +also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such +as I am, except these bonds. <sup class="v">26:30</sup>And the king +arose, and the procurator, and Bernice, and those who sat with +them, <sup class="v">26:31</sup>and departing they conversed with +each other, saying, This man has done nothing deserving death or +bonds. <sup class="v">26:32</sup>And Agrippa said to Festus, If he +had not appealed to Cæsar, this man might be released.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXIV.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S VOYAGE TO ROME.—A.D. 61, 62.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">27:1</sup>AND when it was +determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and +certain other prisoners to a centurion by the name of Julius, of +the cohort of Augustus. <sup class="v">27:2</sup>And going on board +of a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places in +Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being +with us; <sup class="v">27:3</sup>and on the next day we came to +Sidon, and Julius treating Paul with humanity allowed him to go to +his friends, and receive attention.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">27:4</sup>Proceeding thence we +sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary, <sup class= +"v">27:5</sup>and sailing through the sea by Cilicia and Pamphylia +we came to Myra in Lycia; <sup class="v">27:6</sup>and the +centurion finding there an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, put +us into it. <sup class="v">27:7</sup>And sailing slowly in those +days, and scarcely being by Cnidus, the wind not permitting us [to +proceed in a direct course] we sailed under Crete, by Salmone, +<sup class="v">27:8</sup>and sailing by it with difficulty, we came +to a place called Fair Havens, near which is the city Lasea.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">27:9</sup>But some time being +spent and navigation not being safe, because the fast had already +passed by, Paul advised, <sup class="v">27:10</sup>saying to them, +Men, I see that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not +only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives. <sup class= +"v">27:11</sup>But the centurion believed the master and owner +rather than the words spoken by Paul. <sup class="v">27:12</sup>And +the harbor being inconvenient to winter in, the greater part +advised to depart thence, and, if they were able, to come to +Phenice to winter, a harbor of Crete, which opens to the South and +Southwest.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">27:13</sup>And the South wind +blowing gently, supposing that they had attained their purpose, +setting sail they proceeded along the coast of Crete. <sup class= +"v">27:14</sup>But not long after a tempestuous wind, called +Euroclydon, rushed against it, <sup class="v">27:15</sup>and the +ship being caught and not being able to bear up against the wind, +we gave up, and were borne along. <sup class="v">27:16</sup>And +running a little under the island called Clauda, we with difficulty +became masters of the boat, <sup class="v">27:17</sup>and taking it +out they used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they +should fall on the shoal, letting down the mast they were driven in +that condition. <sup class="v">27:18</sup>And we being exceedingly +pressed with the storm, on the next day they cast the cargo +overboard, <sup class="v">27:19</sup>and on the third day with our +own hands we cast overboard the furniture of the ship. <sup class= +"v">27:20</sup>And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, +and no slight storm being upon us, at last all hope that we should +be saved was taken away.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">27:21</sup>Then there having been +long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and +said, You ought, men, taking my advice, not to have sailed from +Crete, and to have saved this injury and loss. <sup class= +"v">27:22</sup>And now I advise you to be of good courage; for +there shall be no loss of a life of you, but only of the ship. +<sup class="v">27:23</sup>For an angel of the God whose I am, and +whom I serve, came to me this night <sup class="v">27:24</sup>and +said, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Cæsar, and +behold, God has given you all that sail with you. <sup class= +"v">27:25</sup>Wherefore, men, be of good courage; for I believe +God, that it will be as he has told me; <sup class= +"v">27:26</sup>but we must be cast on a certain island.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">27:27</sup>And on the fourteenth +night, when we were borne along in the Adriatic, at about midnight +the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them. +<sup class="v">27:28</sup>And sounding they found twenty fathoms, +and going a little distance and sounding again they found fifteen +fathoms; <sup class="v">27:29</sup>and fearing lest we should fall +on rough places, casting out four anchors from the stern, they +prayed for day. <sup class="v">27:30</sup>And the sailors seeking +to escape from the ship, and letting down the boat into the sea, +with the pretence that they were about to put out anchors from the +fore part of the ship, <sup class="v">27:31</sup>Paul said to the +centurion and soldiers, Unless these continue in the ship you +cannot be saved. <sup class="v">27:32</sup>Then the soldiers cut +the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">27:33</sup>And when day was about +to appear, Paul exhorted all to take food, saying, It is the +fourteenth day to-day that you have watched and continued without +food, taking nothing. <sup class="v">27:34</sup>Wherefore I exhort +you to partake of food; for this is necessary to your safety, for +there shall not a hair perish from the head of any one of you. +<sup class="v">27:35</sup>And having said these things, and taken +bread, he thanked God before all, and having broken began to eat. +<sup class="v">27:36</sup>And all being in good spirits they also +partook of food; <sup class="v">27:37</sup>and all the souls in the +ship were two hundred and seventy-six. <sup class= +"v">27:38</sup>And being satisfied with food they lightened the +ship, casting the wheat into the sea.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">27:39</sup>And when it was day +they did not know the land, but they perceived a bay having a +shore, on which they wished if possible to thrust the ship. +<sup class="v">27:40</sup>And taking up the anchors, they committed +[the ship] to the sea, loosening at the same time the fastenings of +the rudder and raising the top sail to the wind, they bore down +towards the shore. <sup class="v">27:41</sup>And falling on a place +with a sea on both sides, they run the ship aground. And the bow +being firmly fixed, remained immoveable; and the stern was broken +by violence.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">27:42</sup>And the design of the +soldiers was to kill the prisoners, that none might escape by +swimming; <sup class="v">27:43</sup>but the centurion wishing to +save Paul, prohibited them from this design, and commanded those +able to swim to cast themselves into the water first, and go to the +land; <sup class="v">27:44</sup>and the rest, some on boards, and +some on parts of the ship; and in this way all were brought safely +to land.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">28:1</sup>And when they were +saved, they learned that the island was called Melita. <sup class= +"v">28:2</sup>And the barbarians showed us no ordinary humanity; +for kindling a fire they received us all, on account of the rain +which was falling, and the cold. <sup class="v">28:3</sup>And Paul +having collected a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a +viper coming out from the heat fastened on his hand. <sup class= +"v">28:4</sup>And when the barbarians saw the creature hanging from +his hand, they said one to another, This man is undoubtedly a +murderer, whom though saved from the sea justice has not permitted +to live. <sup class="v">28:5</sup>Then shaking off the creature +into the fire he suffered no harm; <sup class="v">28:6</sup>but +they expected that he would swell up, or suddenly fall down dead. +And waiting a long time, and seeing nothing extraordinary happen to +him, they thought differently, and said, He is a god.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">28:7</sup>Near that place were +the lands of the first man in the island, whose name was Poplius, +who received and entertained us kindly three days. <sup class= +"v">28:8</sup>And the father of Poplius lay sick with a fever and +dysentery, and Paul came to him, and prayed, and put his hands on +him, and cured him. <sup class="v">28:9</sup>And this being done, +the rest also who had sicknesses in the island came and were cured, +<sup class="v">28:10</sup>and they bestowed on us many rewards, and +when we left supplied us with things that we needed.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">28:11</sup>And after three +months we sailed away in an Alexandrian vessel, that had wintered +in the island, with the sign of Castor and Pollux. <sup class= +"v">28:12</sup>And coming to Syracuse we remained there three days; +<sup class="v">28:13</sup>and proceeding thence we came to Rhegium, +and after one day, a south wind blowing, we came the second day to +Puteoli, <sup class="v">28:14</sup>where finding brothers we were +invited to remain with them seven days; and thus we came to Rome. +<sup class="v">28:15</sup>And thence, the brothers hearing of us +came out to meet us even to the Forum of Appius, and the Three +Taverns [fifty-one miles]; and when Paul saw them, thanking God he +took courage.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XXV.</h2> +<h3>PAUL AT ROME.—A.D. 62, 64.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">28:16</sup>AND when we came to +Rome the centurion committed the prisoners to the prefect of the +camp, and Paul was allowed to remain by himself, with a soldier to +guard him. <sup class="v">28:17</sup>And after three days he called +the chief men of the Jews together; and when they had convened, +said to them, Men and brothers, having done nothing contrary to the +people or to the customs of the fathers, I was delivered up from +Jerusalem a prisoner into the hands of the Romans, <sup class= +"v">28:18</sup>who on trial wished to release me, because they +found no cause of death in me; <sup class="v">28:19</sup>but the +Jews opposing it I was compelled to appeal to Cæsar; not that +I have any thing of which to accuse my nation. <sup class= +"v">28:20</sup>For this reason, therefore, I have called you to see +and converse with you, because I am loaded with this chain on +account of the hope of Israel.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">28:21</sup>And they said to him, +We have neither received letters concerning you from Judea, nor has +any one of the brothers come and reported or told any evil of you. +<sup class="v">28:22</sup>But we would like to hear from you what +you think, for it is known to us concerning this sect, that it is +everywhere spoken against.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">28:23</sup>And appointing him a +day they came in great numbers to his lodging, to whom he set forth +and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus +both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till +evening. <sup class="v">28:24</sup>And some believed the things +which were spoken, and others believed not; <sup class= +"v">28:25</sup>and disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed +by Paul, saying one word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah +the prophet to our fathers, <sup class="v">28:26</sup>saying, Go to +this people and say, Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and +seeing you shall see and not perceive; <sup class= +"v">28:27</sup>for the heart of this people has become hard, and +they hear imperfectly with their ears, and they have shut their +eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear +with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I +should cure them. <sup class="v">28:28</sup>Be it known to you, +therefore, that the salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and +they will hear it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">28:30</sup>But Paul continued two +entire years in his hired house, and received all who came to him, +<sup class="v">28:31</sup>preaching the kingdom of God, and +teaching the doctrines concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all +boldness and without hindrance.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<h1 style="font-size:24pt; margin-top:3em; margin-bottom:.5em"><A name="tep">THE +EPISTLES OF PAUL.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b52">FIRST EPISTLE TO THE + THESSALONIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>CORINTH, A.D. 53. (ACTS 16, 3.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL TO THE THESSALONIANS, TIMOTHY'S +VISIT AND REPORT, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL and Sylvanus +[Silas] and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the +Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:2</sup>We thank God always for +you all, making mention of you in our prayers, <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>remembering without ceasing your work of faith and +labor of love and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ +before God even our Father, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>knowing, +brothers beloved by God, your election, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>that our gospel came not to you in word only, but with +power and with the Holy Spirit and with full assurance, as you know +what we were among you for your sakes.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:6</sup>And you became followers +of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction +with the joy of the Holy Spirit, <sup class="v">1:7</sup>so that +you became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. +<sup class="v">1:8</sup>For from you the word of the Lord was +proclaimed not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith with +respect to God went into every place, so that we had no need to say +any thing; <sup class="v">1:9</sup>for they declare of us what +introduction we had to you, and how you turned from idols to God, +to serve the living and true God, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>and to +wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, +who delivers us from the wrath to come.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>For you know, brothers, +our introduction to you that it was not in vain, <sup class= +"v">2:2</sup>but having suffered before, and been injuriously +treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak +to you the gospel of God with much contention. <sup class= +"v">2:3</sup>For our exhortation was not of error, nor of impurity, +nor with deceit, <sup class="v">2:4</sup>but as we were judged +worthy by God to be intrusted with the gospel so we speak, not as +pleasing men, but God who tries our hearts. <sup class= +"v">2:5</sup>For we used at no time a word of flattery, as you +know, nor a pretext for covetousness, God is witness, <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>neither did we seek glory of men, either of you or of +others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ; +<sup class="v">2:7</sup>but we were gentle among you, as a nurse +would cherish her own children; <sup class="v">2:8</sup>so being +greatly desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you not +only the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you were dear to +us. <sup class="v">2:9</sup>For you remember, brothers, our labor +and weariness; that working night and day not to be burdensome to +any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. <sup class= +"v">2:10</sup>You are witnesses, and God, how piously, and +righteously, and blamelessly we were with you that believe, +<sup class="v">2:11</sup>as you know how we exhorted and comforted +you, as a father each one of his own children, <sup class= +"v">2:12</sup>and charged you to walk worthily of God who calls you +into his kingdom and glory.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:13</sup>For this cause also we +thank God without ceasing, that receiving the word of God heard +from us, you received not a word of men, but, as it is in truth, a +word of God, who also works in you that believe. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>For you, brothers, became followers of the churches +of God in Christ Jesus which were in Judea, for you also suffered +the same things from your countrymen, which they did from the Jews +<sup class="v">2:15</sup>who also killed the Lord Jesus and the +prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile +to all men, <sup class="v">2:16</sup>forbidding us to speak to the +gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins +always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:17</sup>But we, brothers, being +deprived of you for a short time in presence, not in heart, used +greater diligence to see your face, with much desire. <sup class= +"v">2:18</sup>For which reason we wished to come to you; I Paul +indeed once and again, and Satan hindered us. <sup class= +"v">2:19</sup>For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? +Is it not even you before our Lord Jesus at his coming? <sup class= +"v">2:20</sup>For you are our glory and joy.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>When therefore we could +no longer refrain, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens, +<sup class="v">3:2</sup>and sent Timothy, our brother and God's +co-laborer in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and to exhort +you in behalf of your faith, <sup class="v">3:3</sup>that no one +should be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are +appointed for this; <sup class="v">3:4</sup>for indeed when we came +to you, we told you before that we were about to suffer affliction, +as it also happened, and you know. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>For this +reason, being no longer able to forbear, I sent to know your faith, +lest in some way the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor +be in vain.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">3:6</sup>But now Timothy having +come to us from you and told us the good news of your faith and +love, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring +to see us, as we also you, <sup class="v">3:7</sup>therefore we +were comforted, brothers, on your account in all our affliction and +distress by your faith, <sup class="v">3:8</sup>for now we live, if +you stand firm in the Lord. <sup class="v">3:9</sup>For what +thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with +which we rejoice on your account before our God, <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>desiring exceedingly, night and day, to see your +face, and to perfect what is lacking of your faith?</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">3:11</sup>And may God himself, +even our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you; +<sup class="v">3:12</sup>and the Lord cause you to be full and +abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you, +<sup class="v">3:13</sup>to confirm your hearts without blame in +holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord +Jesus with all his saints.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>CHASTITY, BROTHERLY LOVE, THE STATE OF THE DEAD, THE COMING OF +CHRIST, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>FINALLY, therefore, +brothers, we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, as you have +received from us how you ought to walk and please God, that you +abound still more. <sup class="v">4:2</sup>For you know what +commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>For this is the will of God, your purity, that you +should abstain from fornication, <sup class="v">4:4</sup>that each +one should know how to have his wife in purity and honor, +<sup class="v">4:5</sup>not with inordinate desires like the +gentiles who know not God, <sup class="v">4:6</sup>that he should +not go beyond and defraud his brother in the matter, because the +Lord is a punisher of all these, as we also told you before and +fully testified. <sup class="v">4:7</sup>For God has not called us +to impurity, but to purity. <sup class="v">4:8</sup>He therefore +that despises, despises not man, but God, who also gives us his +Holy Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:9</sup>But concerning brotherly +love, you have no need that I should write to you; for you are +taught by God to love one another; <sup class="v">4:10</sup>for you +also do the same to all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we +exhort you, brothers, to abound still more, <sup class= +"v">4:11</sup>and strive to be quiet and pursue your own business, +and work with your hands, as we charged you, <sup class= +"v">4:12</sup>that you may walk becomingly towards those without +and have need of nothing.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:13</sup>And we wish you not to +be ignorant, brothers, concerning those that have fallen asleep, +that you may not grieve as others who have no hope. <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so +also will God bring with him those that have fallen asleep on +account of Jesus. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>For we tell you this by +the word of the Lord, that we who live and remain till the coming +of the Lord, shall not anticipate those that have fallen asleep, +<sup class="v">4:16</sup>for the Lord himself will descend from +heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the +trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, +<sup class="v">4:17</sup>then we the living who remain shall be +caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the +air; and so we shall be always with the Lord. <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>Comfort one another, therefore, with these words.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>But concerning the times +and season, brothers, you have no need that I should write to you; +<sup class="v">5:2</sup>for you yourselves know perfectly that the +day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. <sup class= +"v">5:3</sup>When they say, Peace and safety, then sudden +destruction comes, like pain upon a woman with child, and they +shall not escape. <sup class="v">5:4</sup>But you, brothers, are +not in darkness, that the day should come upon you like a thief; +<sup class="v">5:5</sup>for you are all children of light, and +children of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:6</sup>Therefore let us not +sleep as others, but let us watch and be sober. <sup class= +"v">5:7</sup>For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that +are drunk drink in the night; <sup class="v">5:8</sup>but let us +who are of day be sober, putting on a cuirass of faith and love, +and for a helmet the hope of salvation, <sup class="v">5:9</sup>for +God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our +Lord Jesus Christ, <sup class="v">5:10</sup>who died for us, that, +whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him. +<sup class="v">5:11</sup>Wherefore exhort one another, and edify +one another, as you also do.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:12</sup>And we beseech you, +brothers, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you +in the Lord and admonish you, <sup class="v">5:13</sup>and to +esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at +peace among yourselves. <sup class="v">5:14</sup>And we exhort you, +brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist +the sick, be of long suffering towards all men. <sup class= +"v">5:15</sup>See that no one renders evil for evil, but always +pursue the good both one to another and to all.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">5:16</sup>Rejoice always; +<sup class="v">5:17</sup>pray without ceasing, <sup class= +"v">5:18</sup>give thanks on every occasion; for this is the will +of God in Christ Jesus to us. <sup class="v">5:19</sup>Quench not +the Spirit, <sup class="v">5:20</sup>despise not prophecies. +<sup class="v">5:21</sup>Prove all things, hold fast the good; +<sup class="v">5:22</sup>abstain from every form of evil. +<sup class="v">5:23</sup>And may the God of peace himself purify +you wholly, and your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved +blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup class= +"v">5:24</sup>Faithful is he that calls you, who will also +perform.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">5:25</sup>Brothers, pray for us. +<sup class="v">5:26</sup>Salute all the brothers with a holy kiss. +<sup class="v">5:27</sup>I charge you by the Lord that this epistle +be read to all the holy brothers. <sup class="v">5:28</sup>The +grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b53">SECOND EPISTLE TO + THE THESSALONIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>CORINTH, A.D. 53. (ACTS, 16:3.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S LOVE AND PRAYERS FOR THE THESSALONIAN CHRISTIANS, THE +COMING OF CHRIST, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL and Silvanus +[Silas] and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our +Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. <sup class="v">1:2</sup>Grace be +to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>We ought to thank God +always for you, brothers, as is fit, because your faith increases +greatly, and the love of every one of you all one for another +abounds, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>so that we boast of you in the +churches of God, of your patience and faith, in all your +persecutions and the afflictions which you endure, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>a token of the righteous judgment of God that you +should be deemed worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also +suffer, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>since it is just with God to repay +affliction to those who afflict you, <sup class="v">1:7</sup>and to +you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord +Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels <sup class="v">1:8</sup>in +a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and +obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; <sup class="v">1:9</sup>who +shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the +presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and +to be admired by all that believe in that day, for our testimony +was believed by you. <sup class="v">1:11</sup>For which also we +pray always for you, that our God will account you worthy of the +calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of [his] goodness and +the work of faith with power; <sup class="v">1:12</sup>that the +name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, +according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>And we beseech you, +brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and +our being brought together to him, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>that you +be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor +by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of +the Lord was at hand. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>Let no one deceive +you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes +first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>who opposes and exalts himself above every +thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits +in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. <sup class= +"v">2:5</sup>Do you not remember that when I was with you I told +you of these things? <sup class="v">2:6</sup>And now you know what +hinders him from being revealed in his time. <sup class= +"v">2:7</sup>For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] +only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way; +<sup class="v">2:8</sup>and then shall the wicked one be revealed, +whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy +with the brightness of his coming, <sup class="v">2:9</sup>whose +coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and +miracles and false prodigies <sup class="v">2:10</sup>and with +every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because +they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. +<sup class="v">2:11</sup>And therefore, God sends them a power of +delusion that they should believe a lie, <sup class= +"v">2:12</sup>that they all may be condemned who believe not the +truth but have pleasure in wickedness.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:13</sup>But we ought to thank +God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God from +the beginning chose you to salvation by purification of spirit, and +belief of the truth, <sup class="v">2:14</sup>to which he called +you by our gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup class="v">2:15</sup>Therefore, brothers, stand firm, and hold +the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by +our epistle; <sup class="v">2:16</sup>and our Lord Jesus Christ +himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us +eternal consolation and a good hope by grace, <sup class= +"v">2:17</sup>comfort and confirm your hearts in every good work +and word.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>Finally, brothers, pray +for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, as also +with you, <sup class="v">3:2</sup>and that we may be delivered from +unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith. <sup class= +"v">3:3</sup>But the Lord is faithful, who will confirm you, and +guard you from evil. <sup class="v">3:4</sup>And we trust in the +Lord with respect to you, that you both do and will do what we +direct. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>And may the Lord direct your hearts +in the love of God, and in the patience of Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:6</sup>And we charge you, +brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from +every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the +tradition which you received from us. <sup class="v">3:7</sup>For +you know yourselves how you ought to follow us, for we walked not +disorderly among you, <sup class="v">3:8</sup>neither did we eat +bread of any one for nought, but worked with labor and fatigue, +night and day, not to be burdensome to any of you; <sup class= +"v">3:9</sup>not that we have not a right [to a support], but that +we may make ourselves an example for you to follow us. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, +that if any one will not work, neither let him eat. <sup class= +"v">3:11</sup>For we hear that some go about among you in a +disorderly manner, not working, but being above work; <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>we charge and exhort such, by our Lord Jesus Christ, +to work quietly, and eat their own bread. <sup class= +"v">3:13</sup>But, brothers, be not weary of well doing. +<sup class="v">3:14</sup>But if any one obeys not our word by this +epistle, mark that one, and have no association with him, that he +may be ashamed; <sup class="v">3:15</sup>and account him not as an +enemy, but admonish him as a brother. <sup class="v">3:16</sup>And +may the Lord of peace give you peace always in every way. The Lord +be with you all.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">3:17</sup>The salutation by my +hand, Paul's, which is [the] sign in every epistle; so I write. +<sup class="v">3:18</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with +you all.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b48">EPISTLE TO THE + GALATIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>EPHESUS, A.D. 56. (ACTS, 17:3.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF AND OF THE GOSPEL.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL an apostle, not +from men nor by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who +raised him from the dead, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>and all the +brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia. <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>Grace be to you and peace from God the Father and our +Lord Jesus Christ, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>who gave himself for our +sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil life according +to the will of God even our Father, <sup class="v">1:5</sup>to whom +be the glory forever and ever; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:6</sup>I wonder that you have +so quickly turned away from him that called you in the grace of +Christ to another gospel, <sup class="v">1:7</sup>which is not +another; but there are some who disturb you and wish to subvert the +gospel of Christ. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>But if we or an angel +from heaven preach you another gospel contrary to what we have +preached you let him be accursed. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>As we +said before I now also say again, If any one preaches you a gospel +contrary to what you have received let him be accursed. <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>For do I now obey man, or God? or do I seek to please +men? For if I yet pleased men, I could not have been a servant of +Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:11</sup>For I certify you, +brothers, of the gospel preached by me, that it is not according to +man; <sup class="v">1:12</sup>for I neither received it from man +nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ. +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>For you heard of my conduct formerly in +Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God and destroyed +it; <sup class="v">1:14</sup>and was a proficient in Judaism beyond +many of my age among my people, being more exceedingly zealous for +the traditions of my fathers. <sup class="v">1:15</sup>But when God +who gave me being and called me by his grace, <sup class= +"v">1:16</sup>was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might +preach him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with +flesh and blood, <sup class="v">1:17</sup>neither did I go to +Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went to +Arabia and returned again to Damascus.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:18</sup>Then after three years +I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and staid with him fifteen +days; <sup class="v">1:19</sup>and I saw no other of the apostles +except James, the Lord's brother. <sup class="v">1:20</sup>And what +I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:21</sup>Then I went into the +regions of Syria and Cilicia. <sup class="v">1:22</sup>But I was +unknown by face to the churches of Christ in Judea, <sup class= +"v">1:23</sup>only they heard that he who persecuted us formerly, +now preached the faith which he formerly destroyed; <sup class= +"v">1:24</sup>and they glorified God in me.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>Then after fourteen +years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking also +Titus; <sup class="v">2:2</sup>and I went up by a revelation, and +proposed to them the gospel which I preach to the gentiles, but +privately to persons of distinction, lest I should run or had run +in vain. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>But Titus who was with me, and was +a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised; <sup class= +"v">2:4</sup>but on account of false brothers brought in secretly +to act as spies against our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, +to bring us into servitude, <sup class="v">2:5</sup>we did not +yield to them by subjection, for an hour, that the truth of the +gospel might continue with you. <sup class="v">2:6</sup>But from +those of distinction, whatever they were it makes no difference to +me,—God is partial to no man,—for those of distinction +added nothing to me, <sup class="v">2:7</sup>but on the contrary +seeing that I was intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, +as Peter was of the circumcision,— <sup class= +"v">2:8</sup>for he that operated in Peter for the apostleship of +the circumcision, operated also in me for the gentiles,— +<sup class="v">2:9</sup>and knowing the grace given me, James and +Cephas and John, who were manifest pillars, gave to me and Barnabas +the right hand of fellowship that we should go to the gentiles and +they to the circumcision; <sup class="v">2:10</sup>only [they +wished] that we should remember the poor, which I was also forward +to do.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:11</sup>But when Peter came to +Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he was to blame. +<sup class="v">2:12</sup>For before some came from James he eat +with the gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated +himself; fearing those of the circumcision; <sup class= +"v">2:13</sup>and the other Jews also dissembled with him, so that +Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>But when I saw that they walked not correctly, +according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, +If you being a Jew live after the manner of the gentiles, and not +after the manner of the Jews, why do you compel the gentiles to +practise Judaism? <sup class="v">2:15</sup>For we Jews by race and +not sinners of the gentiles, <sup class="v">2:16</sup>knowing that +a man is not justified by works of the law but by the faith of +Jesus Christ, we also have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be +justified by faith and not by works of the law, because by works of +the law shall no flesh be justified. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>But +if seeking to be justified by Christ we are found to be ourselves +also sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? By no means. +<sup class="v">2:18</sup>For if I build up again what I have +destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. <sup class= +"v">2:19</sup>For by a law I have died to the law, that I may live +to God. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>I am crucified with Christ; and I +no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life +which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, +who loved me and gave himself for me. <sup class="v">2:21</sup>I do +not reject the grace of God; for if rightousness is through the +law, then Christ died for nothing.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPLAINED.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>O FOOLISH Galatians, who +has fascinated you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been set +forth among you crucified? <sup class="v">3:2</sup>This only would +I learn of you. Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or +by a hearing of faith? <sup class="v">3:3</sup>Are you so foolish? +Having begun in the Spirit do you now end in the flesh? <sup class= +"v">3:4</sup>Have you suffered so much in vain? if indeed also it +is in vain. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>He then that imparts to you the +Spirit, and exercises miraculous powers among you, does he do it by +works of the law, or by the doctrine of faith? <sup class= +"v">3:6</sup>As Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him a +righteousness.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>Know, therefore, that +those of faith, these are children of Abraham. <sup class= +"v">3:8</sup>And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify +the nations by faith, promised before to Abraham, In you shall all +the nations be blessed. <sup class="v">3:9</sup>Those of faith, +therefore, are blessed with believing Abraham. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>For as many as are of works of the law are under a +curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in +all things written in the book of the law to do them. <sup class= +"v">3:11</sup>And it is evident that no one is justified by the law +before God, because the just shall live by faith, <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>but the law is not of faith, but he that does these +things shall live by them. <sup class="v">3:13</sup>Christ redeemed +us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it +is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree, <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, +in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit +through the faith.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:15</sup>Brothers, I speak +according to man. But no one abolishes a man's covenant when it is +established, or makes additions to it. <sup class="v">3:16</sup>The +promises were spoken to Abraham and his offspring. He said not, And +to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your offspring, +which is Christ. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>And this I say; that the +law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate +the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of +no effect. <sup class="v">3:18</sup>For if the inheritance is by +the law, it is no longer by the promise. But God gave it to Abraham +by the promise. <sup class="v">3:19</sup>What then? The law was +added on account of transgressions, till the offspring should come +to which the promise was made, being appointed by angels by the +hand of a mediator. <sup class="v">3:20</sup>But there is no +mediator of one; but God is one.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">3:21</sup>Is the law then against +the promises of God? By no means. For if a law had been given, able +to give life, righteousness would really have been by the law; +<sup class="v">3:22</sup>but the Scripture has shut up all under +sin, that the promise of the faith of Jesus Christ may be given to +them that believe. <sup class="v">3:23</sup>But before the faith +came, we were kept shut up under the law for the faith to be +revealed. <sup class="v">3:24</sup>So that the law was our +schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by +faith; <sup class="v">3:25</sup>but the faith having come, we are +no longer under a schoolmaster. <sup class="v">3:26</sup>For you +are all children of God by the faith in Jesus Christ; <sup class= +"v">3:27</sup>for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have +put on Christ. <sup class="v">3:28</sup>There is neither Jew nor +Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male +nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. <sup class= +"v">3:29</sup>And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's +children and heirs according to the promise.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>But I say, that as long +as the heir is a child, he differs not from a servant, though he is +lord of all, <sup class="v">4:2</sup>but is under tutors and +stewards till the time appointed by the father. <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>So also we, when we were children, were in servitude +under the rudiments of the world; <sup class="v">4:4</sup>but when +the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, +born under the law, <sup class="v">4:5</sup>that he might redeem +those under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. +<sup class="v">4:6</sup>And because you are sons, God has sent +forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. +<sup class="v">4:7</sup>So that you are no longer a servant, but a +son; and if a son, also an heir of God.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:8</sup>But formerly, not +knowing God you served beings which are not really Gods; +<sup class="v">4:9</sup>but now knowing God, or rather being known +by God, how do you turn again to the weak and imperfect rudiments, +which you wish again to serve? <sup class="v">4:10</sup>Do you +observe days, and months, and times, and years? <sup class= +"v">4:11</sup>I am afraid of you, lest I have expended labor on you +in vain.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">4:12</sup>I beseech you, +brothers, be as I am, for I am as you [ought to be]. You did not +injure me; <sup class="v">4:13</sup>but you knew I preached the +gospel to you on my former [visit] in weakness of the flesh, +<sup class="v">4:14</sup>and my trial in my flesh you despised not +nor rejected, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. +<sup class="v">4:15</sup>What then was your blessedness? For I bear +you witness that, if possible, you would have dug out your eyes and +have given them to me. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>Have I therefore +become your enemy, by telling you the truth? <sup class= +"v">4:17</sup>They are zealous for you, but not well, but they wish +to exclude you that you may be zealous for them. <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>It is good to be zealous for a good object always, +and not only when I am present with you. <sup class= +"v">4:19</sup>My little children, with whom I am again in pain till +Christ is formed in you, <sup class="v">4:20</sup>I wish to be +present with you now and change my voice with you, for I am in +doubt of you.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">4:21</sup>Tell me, you that wish +to be under the law, do you not hear the law? <sup class= +"v">4:22</sup>For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by +a servant woman, and the other by a free woman. <sup class= +"v">4:23</sup>But he by the servant woman was born of the flesh, +and he by the free woman, by the promise. <sup class= +"v">4:24</sup>These things are allegorical, for those [women] are +two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for +servitude, which is Hagar; <sup class="v">4:25</sup>for Hagar is +Mount Sinai in Arabia; and the present Jerusalem answers to her, +for she is in servitude with her children. <sup class= +"v">4:26</sup>But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother +of us; <sup class="v">4:27</sup>for it is written, Rejoice, barren +woman, that did not bear, break forth and cry, woman that had no +pain, for the children of the desolate are more numerous than those +of her who had a husband. <sup class="v">4:28</sup>But we, +brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise. <sup class= +"v">4:29</sup>But as then he that was born of the flesh persecuted +him that was born of the Spirit, so also now. <sup class= +"v">4:30</sup>But what says the Scripture? Cast out the +servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant woman shall +not be an heir, with the son of the free. <sup class= +"v">4:31</sup>Wherefore, brothers, we are not children of the +servant woman, but of the free.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>MORAL DUTIES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>STAND firm in the +liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again +subject to a yoke of servitude. <sup class="v">5:2</sup>Behold, I +Paul tell you, that if you are circumcised Christ will not profit +you. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>For I testify again to every man that +is circumcised, that he is bound to perform the whole law. +<sup class="v">5:4</sup>You have departed from Christ, whoever of +you are justified by the law, you have fallen from the grace. +<sup class="v">5:5</sup>For we wait in spirit for the hope of +righteousness, by faith. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>For in Christ +Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing nor uncircumcision, but +faith which works by love.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:7</sup>You ran well; who +hindered you from obeying the truth? <sup class="v">5:8</sup>This +persuasion is not of him that calls you. <sup class="v">5:9</sup>A +little leaven leavens the whole mass. <sup class="v">5:10</sup>I +have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will not be of +another mind; but he that troubles you shall bear his sin, whoever +he is. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>And I, brothers, if I preach +circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then has the offense of the +cross ceased. <sup class="v">5:12</sup>I would that they were cut +off that disturb you. <sup class="v">5:13</sup>For you are called +to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for +the flesh, but by love serve one another. <sup class= +"v">5:14</sup>For all the law is fully contained in one precept; +you shall love your neighbor as yourself. <sup class= +"v">5:15</sup>But if you bite and devour one another, see that you +be not consumed one by another.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:16</sup>And I say, walk in the +Spirit and perform not the desire of the flesh. <sup class= +"v">5:17</sup>For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the +Spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed one to another, so +that you do not what you wish. <sup class="v">5:18</sup>But if you +are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. <sup class= +"v">5:19</sup>For the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, +fornication, impurity, lewdness, <sup class="v">5:20</sup>idolatry, +magic, enmities, strife, envy, anger, contentions, dissensions, +heresies, <sup class="v">5:21</sup>murders, drunkenness, revellings +and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously +told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the +kingdom of God. <sup class="v">5:22</sup>But the fruit of the +Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, +faith, <sup class="v">5:23</sup>meekness, temperance; against such +there is no law. <sup class="v">5:24</sup>And the [subjects] of +Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its affections and +desires. <sup class="v">5:25</sup>If we live in the Spirit, let us +also walk in the Spirit. <sup class="v">5:26</sup>Let us not be +desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one +another.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>Brothers, if a man is +overtaken with any fault, do you that are spiritual restore such a +one with a spirit of meekness, considering yourself; lest you also +be tried. <sup class="v">6:2</sup>Bear one another's burdens, and +so perform the law of Christ. <sup class="v">6:3</sup>For if any +one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives +himself. <sup class="v">6:4</sup>But let each one prove his work, +and then shall he have joy in himself alone and not in another, +<sup class="v">6:5</sup>for every one shall bear his own +burden.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">6:6</sup>Let him that is taught +the word communicate with him that teaches of all good things. +<sup class="v">6:7</sup>Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For +what a man sows, that shall he also reap; <sup class= +"v">6:8</sup>for he that sows for his flesh, shall of the flesh +reap destruction; but he that sows for the Spirit, shall of the +Spirit reap life eternal. <sup class="v">6:9</sup>Let us not be +weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint +not. <sup class="v">6:10</sup>As we have opportunity, therefore, +let us do good to all, but especially to the members of the family +of the faith.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">6:11</sup>You see with how long a +letter I have written to you. <sup class="v">6:12</sup>Those who +wish to make a fair appearance in the flesh compel you to be +circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of +Christ. <sup class="v">6:13</sup>For the circumcised themselves do +not keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised that they may +glory in your flesh. <sup class="v">6:14</sup>But far be it from me +to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the +world is crucified to me and I to the world. <sup class= +"v">6:15</sup>For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision any +thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. <sup class= +"v">6:16</sup>And whoever walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on +them, and on the Israel of God.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">6:17</sup>Finally, let no man +trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of Jesus. <sup class= +"v">6:18</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your +spirit, brothers; amen.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b46">FIRST EPISTLE TO + THE CORINTHIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>EPHESUS, A.D. 57. (ACTS, 19:10.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>SALUTATION, EXHORTATION TO UNITY, THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, +ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, called to be an +apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes the +brother, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>to the church of God which is at +Corinth, to the sanctified in Jesus Christ, called to be saints, +with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every +place, both theirs and ours. <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Grace and +peace be to you from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:4</sup>I thank my God always +for you, for the grace of God given you in Christ Jesus, +<sup class="v">1:5</sup>that in every thing you are enriched in +him, in all speech and all knowledge, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>as +the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, <sup class= +"v">1:7</sup>so that you are behind in no gift, waiting for the +revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, <sup class="v">1:8</sup>who +also will confirm you to the end, without blame, in the day of our +Lord Jesus Christ. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>God is faithful by whom +you are called into the society of his Son Jesus Christ our +Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:10</sup>I exhort you, brothers, +by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same +thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be +perfected in the same mind and the same will. <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the +family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. <sup class= +"v">1:12</sup>I mean this; that each one of you says I indeed am of +Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for +you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? <sup class= +"v">1:14</sup>I thank God I baptized none of you, except Crispus +and Gaius; <sup class="v">1:15</sup>that no one may say that I +baptized in my name. <sup class="v">1:16</sup>And I also baptized +the family of Stephanus; besides I do not know that I baptized any +other. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>For Christ sent me not to baptize +but to preach the good news, not with a wisdom of speech lest the +cross of Christ should be without effect. <sup class= +"v">1:18</sup>For the word of the cross is to the lost foolishness, +but to the saved the power of God. <sup class="v">1:19</sup>For it +is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring +to nothing the understanding of the intelligent. <sup class= +"v">1:20</sup>Where is the wise? where the scribe? where the +disputer of this life? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the +world? <sup class="v">1:21</sup>For since, in the wisdom of God, +the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased by the +foolishness of preaching to save those that believe; <sup class= +"v">1:22</sup>and since the Jews seek signs, and the Greeks seek +wisdom, <sup class="v">1:23</sup>we preach Christ crucified, to the +Jews indeed an offense, and to the gentiles foolishness, +<sup class="v">1:24</sup>but to the called, both Jews and Greeks, +Christ the power of God and wisdom of God; <sup class= +"v">1:25</sup>for the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the +weakness of God is stronger than men. <sup class="v">1:26</sup>For +you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the +flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called]; <sup class= +"v">1:27</sup>but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to +confound the wise, and the weak things of the world has God chosen +to put to shame the mighty, <sup class="v">1:28</sup>and the +ignoble things of the world and things that are despised has God +chosen, and things that are not, to destroy things that are, +<sup class="v">1:29</sup>that no flesh may glory in the sight of +God. <sup class="v">1:30</sup>But you are of him in Christ Jesus, +who has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and +sanctification and redemption, <sup class="v">1:31</sup>that as it +is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>And when I came to you, +brothers, I came not with excellency of speech, or wisdom, +declaring to you the mystery of God. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>For I +determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him +crucified. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>And I was with you in weakness, +and with fear and with much trembling, <sup class="v">2:4</sup>and +my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of +wisdom, but with a demonstration of the spirit and power, +<sup class="v">2:5</sup>that your faith might not be in the wisdom +of men but in the power of God.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:6</sup>But we speak wisdom +among the perfect, but not the wisdom of this life, nor of the +rulers of this life, who are destroyed; <sup class="v">2:7</sup>but +we speak a wisdom of God hid in mystery, which God appointed from +eternity for our glory, <sup class="v">2:8</sup>which none of the +rulers of this life knew, for if they had known they would not have +crucified the Lord of glory; <sup class="v">2:9</sup>but as it is +written, An eye has not seen, an ear has not heard, neither have +entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for +those that love him; <sup class="v">2:10</sup>but God has revealed +them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even +the depths of God. <sup class="v">2:11</sup>For who knows the +[things] of man, except the spirit of man which is in him? So also +no one knows the [things] of God except the Spirit of God. +<sup class="v">2:12</sup>And we have received not the spirit of the +world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things +given us by God, <sup class="v">2:13</sup>which we also speak, not +in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, +comparing spiritual things with spiritual. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>But the natural man receives not the [things] of the +Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know +them, for they are spiritually discerned. <sup class= +"v">2:15</sup>But the spiritual man discerns all things, and is +himself perceived by no one. <sup class="v">2:16</sup>For who has +known the mind of the Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the +mind of Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>And I, brothers, was not +able to speak to you as spiritual, but as carnal, as babes in +Christ. <sup class="v">3:2</sup>I have fed you milk, not solid +food; for you were not yet able; but you are not able even now; +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>for you are yet carnal. For when there is +envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men? +<sup class="v">3:4</sup>For when one says, I am of Paul, and +another, I, of Apollos, are you not men? <sup class= +"v">3:5</sup>Who then is Apollos? and who is Paul? but ministers by +whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave. <sup class= +"v">3:6</sup>I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused [the seed] +to grow; <sup class="v">3:7</sup>so neither is he that plants any +thing, nor he that waters, but God that causes it to grow. +<sup class="v">3:8</sup>He that plants and he that waters are one; +and each shall receive his reward according to his labor. +<sup class="v">3:9</sup>For we are God's co-laborers; you are God's +field, God's building.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">3:10</sup>According to the grace +of God given me as a wise architect I have laid a foundation, and +another builds on it. But let each one see how he builds on it. +<sup class="v">3:11</sup>For no one can lay another foundation +besides that laid, which is Christ Jesus. <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>And if any man builds on this foundation, gold, +silver, precious stones, wood, grass, reeds, <sup class= +"v">3:13</sup>each one's work shall be manifest; for the day shall +show it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the same fire +shall try every man's work what it is. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>If +any one's work continues which he has built, he shall receive a +reward; <sup class="v">3:15</sup>if any one's work is consumed, he +shall suffer loss, and he shall be saved, but so as by fire.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">3:16</sup>Know you not that you +are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? +<sup class="v">3:17</sup>If any one destroys the temple of God, him +shall God destroy; for the temple of God which you are is holy. +<sup class="v">3:18</sup>Let no one deceive himself; if any one +seems to be wise among you in this life, let him be a fool, that he +may be wise. <sup class="v">3:19</sup>For the wisdom of this world +is foolishness with God. For it is written; He takes the wise in +their craftiness. <sup class="v">3:20</sup>And again; The Lord +knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain. <sup class= +"v">3:21</sup>Let no one therefore glory in men; for all things are +yours, <sup class="v">3:22</sup>whether Paul, or Apollos, or +Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or +things to come, all are yours, <sup class="v">3:23</sup>and you +Christ's, and Christ God's.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>Let a man so regard us +as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. +<sup class="v">4:2</sup>But, moreover, it is required of stewards +that one should be found faithful. <sup class="v">4:3</sup>But it +is of little account to me that I should be judged by you or by +man's day [judgment]; but I judge not myself; <sup class= +"v">4:4</sup>for I am not conscious to myself [of wrong], but I am +not on this account justified; but he that judges me is the Lord. +<sup class="v">4:5</sup>Judge nothing therefore before the time, +till the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden deeds +of darkness, and make known the purposes of the hearts; and then +shall each one have praise from God.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">4:6</sup>I have applied these +things figuratively, brothers, to myself and Apollos on your +account, that you may learn by us not to [go beyond] what is +written, that you may not be puffed up for one against another. +<sup class="v">4:7</sup>For who made you to differ? And what have +you that you did not receive? And if you received, why do you boast +as one that receives not? <sup class="v">4:8</sup>You are already +full, you are already enriched; you have reigned without us; and I +would that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. +<sup class="v">4:9</sup>For I think that God has shown us the +apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a +spectacle to the world, both to angels and men. <sup class= +"v">4:10</sup>For we are foolish for Christ's sake, but you are +wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; and you are +glorious, but we are infamous. <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Even to +this hour we suffer hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are +beaten, and are unsettled, <sup class="v">4:12</sup>and labor, +working with our hands; being reviled we bless, being persecuted we +endure, <sup class="v">4:13</sup>being defamed we entreat; we are +made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all +things, even till now.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">4:14</sup>I write these things +not to shame you, but as my beloved children, I admonish you. +<sup class="v">4:15</sup>For if you have ten thousand teachers in +Christ still you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have +begotten you by the gospel. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>I exhort you +therefore, be followers of me. <sup class="v">4:17</sup>For this +reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in +the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach +everywhere, in every church. <sup class="v">4:18</sup>Some are +puffed up as though I would not come to you; <sup class= +"v">4:19</sup>but I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and +will know not the word of those who are puffed up but the power; +<sup class="v">4:20</sup>for the kingdom of God is not in word, but +in power. <sup class="v">4:21</sup>What do you wish? shall I come +to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>INCEST, LITIGATION, EXPEDIENCY, AND CHASTITY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>IT is commonly reported +that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not +among the gentiles, that a man should have his father's wife. +<sup class="v">5:2</sup>And you are puffed up, and have not rather +mourned, that he who has done this deed should be removed from +among you. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>For I indeed as absent in body, +but present in spirit, have already judged as present him that has +so done this, <sup class="v">5:4</sup>in the name of our Lord Jesus +you being assembled together and my spirit with the power of our +Lord Jesus <sup class="v">5:5</sup>to deliver such a one to Satan +for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in +the day of the Lord. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>Your rejoicing is not +good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass? +<sup class="v">5:7</sup>Remove the old leaven, that you may be a +new mass, as you are unleavened; for Christ our passover was also +sacrificed for us. <sup class="v">5:8</sup>Let us therefore keep +the feast, not with old leaven, nor with a leaven of vice and +wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and +truth.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:9</sup>I wrote to you in the +epistle not to associate with fornicators; <sup class= +"v">5:10</sup>not altogether the fornicators of this world, or the +covetous and rapacious, or idolaters, since then you would have to +go out of the world. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>But now I have +written to you not to associate, if any one called a brother is a +fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a +drunkard, or rapacious, even to eat with such a one. <sup class= +"v">5:12</sup>For what business have I to judge those without? Do +you not judge those within? <sup class="v">5:13</sup>but those +without, God judges. Remove therefore the evil man from among +you.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>Dare any of you having a +business with another be judged by the wicked, and not by the +saints? <sup class="v">6:2</sup>Do you not know that the saints +shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you +unworthy of the lowest courts? <sup class="v">6:3</sup>Know you not +that we shall judge angels? Much more then things pertaining to +this life? <sup class="v">6:4</sup>If then you have courts for the +business of this life, do you constitute them of the most abject in +the church? <sup class="v">6:5</sup>I speak to your shame. Is there +not now a wise man among you? not one who can judge between his +brothers? <sup class="v">6:6</sup>But brother goes to law with +brother, and that before unbelievers. <sup class="v">6:7</sup>Now +therefore there is a great fault among you, that you go to law one +with another. Why not rather suffer injustice? why not rather be +defrauded? <sup class="v">6:8</sup>But you injure and defraud, and +that your brothers. <sup class="v">6:9</sup>Know you not that the +unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; +neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the +effeminate, nor sodomites, <sup class="v">6:10</sup>nor thieves, +nor covetous persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor the +rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God. <sup class= +"v">6:11</sup>And such were some of you; but you are washed, you +are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord +Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:12</sup>All things are lawful +for me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, +but I will not be brought under the power of any. <sup class= +"v">6:13</sup>Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but +God will destroy both it and them. And the body is not for +fornication but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body; +<sup class="v">6:14</sup>and God both raised the Lord, and will +raise us up by his power. <sup class="v">6:15</sup>Know you not +that your bodies are Christ's members? Shall I then take the +members of Christ and make them a harlot's members? by no means. +<sup class="v">6:16</sup>Know you not that he who is joined to a +harlot is one body [with her]? For the two, says he, shall be one +flesh. <sup class="v">6:17</sup>But he that is joined to the Lord +is one spirit [with him]. <sup class="v">6:18</sup>Avoid +fornication. Every crime that a man commits is out of his body; but +he that commits fornication sins in his body. <sup class= +"v">6:19</sup>Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the +Holy Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your +own? <sup class="v">6:20</sup>For you are bought with a price; +therefore glorify God in your body.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>MARRIAGE, CELIBACY, ETC., AND THINGS OFFERED TO IDOLS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>CONCERNING what you +wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman; <sup class= +"v">7:2</sup>but on account of fornications, let each man have his +wife, and each woman have her husband. <sup class="v">7:3</sup>Let +the husband render to the wife her due, and in like manner also the +wife the husband. <sup class="v">7:4</sup>The wife has not the +right to her body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband +has not the right to his body, but the wife. <sup class= +"v">7:5</sup>Withhold not yourselves from one another, except by +agreement for a time that you may be at leisure for prayer, and +come together again, that Satan may not tempt you by your +incontinence. <sup class="v">7:6</sup>But this I say by suggestion, +not by command. <sup class="v">7:7</sup>For I wish that all men +were even as I am; but each one has his gift from God, and one is +of one kind and another of another.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">7:8</sup>And I say to the +unmarried and to the widows, that it is good for them to continue +as I am; <sup class="v">7:9</sup>but if they have not self-control, +let them marry; it is better to marry than to be incontinent. +<sup class="v">7:10</sup>But the married I charge, not I, but the +Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband, <sup class= +"v">7:11</sup>and also if she is separated let her remain unmarried +or be reconciled to the husband, and let not a husband leave his +wife.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">7:12</sup>But to the rest I +speak, not the Lord, If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and +she is pleased to live with him, let him not leave her; <sup class= +"v">7:13</sup>and if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he is +pleased to live with her, let her not leave the husband. +<sup class="v">7:14</sup>For the unbelieving husband is sanctified +by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by +the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy. +<sup class="v">7:15</sup>But if the unbelieving companion departs, +let him depart; the brother or the sister is not bound in such +cases; but God has called us to peace. <sup class="v">7:16</sup>For +how do you know, wife, that you will not save your husband? or how +do you know, husband, that you will not save your wife?</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">7:17</sup>Unless as the Lord has +imparted to each one, as God has called each one, so let him walk; +and so I appoint in all the churches. <sup class="v">7:18</sup>Is +any one called being circumcised, let him not be uncircumcised; is +any one called in uncircumcision, let him not be circumcised. +<sup class="v">7:19</sup>Circumcision is nothing, and +uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping God's commandments. +<sup class="v">7:20</sup>Let each one remain in the calling in +which he was called; <sup class="v">7:21</sup>were you called being +a servant, care not for it; but if you can be free, use it rather. +<sup class="v">7:22</sup>For the servant called in the Lord is the +Lord's freeman; in like manner the called freeman is Christ's +servant. <sup class="v">7:23</sup>You are bought with a price; be +not servants of men. <sup class="v">7:24</sup>Let each one +continue, brothers, in the calling in which he was called under +God.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">7:25</sup>And concerning the +virgins I have no ordinance of the Lord, but I give an opinion as +one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. <sup class= +"v">7:26</sup>I think then that this is good on account of the +present necessity, because it is good for man to be so. <sup class= +"v">7:27</sup>Are you bound to a wife, seek not a release; are you +released from a wife, seek not a wife. <sup class="v">7:28</sup>But +if you marry, you do not sin and if the virgin marries she does not +sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh; but I spare you. +<sup class="v">7:29</sup>But this I say, brothers, the time is +short, so that in future those who have wives should be as those +not having them, <sup class="v">7:30</sup>and those who weep as +those not weeping, and those who rejoice as those not rejoicing, +and those who buy as not possessing, <sup class="v">7:31</sup>and +those who use the world as those not abusing it; for the fashion of +this world passes away. <sup class="v">7:32</sup>But I wish you to +be without cares. The unmarried man cares for the things of the +Lord, how he shall please the Lord; <sup class="v">7:33</sup>but he +that is married cares for the things of the world, how he shall +please the wife. <sup class="v">7:34</sup>And the wife and the +virgin are different; the unmarried woman cares for the things of +the Lord, that she may be holy in body and spirit; but she that is +married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please the +husband. <sup class="v">7:35</sup>But I say this for your own +profit; not to impose a snare on you, but for [your] honor, and +[your] attending on the Lord without distraction.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">7:36</sup>But if any one thinks +that he behaves improperly to his virgin, if she is past her prime, +and it must be so, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin; let +them marry. <sup class="v">7:37</sup>But he that stands firm in +mind, not having a necessity, but has power over his will, and has +determined in his mind to keep his virgin, does well. <sup class= +"v">7:38</sup>He that gives in marriage therefore does well, and he +that gives not in marriage does better.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">7:39</sup>A woman is bound as +long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead then she is +free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. <sup class= +"v">7:40</sup>But she is happier if she continues thus, in my +opinion, and I think also I have the Spirit of God.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>And concerning things +offered to idols we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but +love edifies. <sup class="v">8:2</sup>And if any one thinks he +knows any thing, he yet knows nothing as he ought to know; +<sup class="v">8:3</sup>but if any one loves God, this [man] is +known by him. <sup class="v">8:4</sup>Concerning eating things +offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and +that there is no other God but one. <sup class="v">8:5</sup>For +even if there are those called Gods, whether in heaven or on earth, +as there are many gods and many lords, <sup class="v">8:6</sup>yet +to us there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we +in him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and +we through him. <sup class="v">8:7</sup>But all have not this +knowledge; and some with the conscience [unenlightened] even till +now eat an idol's [sacrifice] as an idol's sacrifice, and their +conscience being weak is defiled. <sup class="v">8:8</sup>But food +does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat not are we worse, +nor if we eat are we better. <sup class="v">8:9</sup>But beware +lest your liberty should become an offense to the weak. <sup class= +"v">8:10</sup>For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining +in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be +emboldened to eat things offered to idols? <sup class= +"v">8:11</sup>And will not the weak brother for whom Christ died +perish by your knowledge? <sup class="v">8:12</sup>But when you +thus sin against the brothers, and wound their weak conscience, you +sin against Christ. <sup class="v">8:13</sup>Wherefore, if food +offends my brother, I will eat no meat forever, that I may not +offend my brother.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY ENTITLED TO A SUPPORT, PAUL'S LABORS +WITHOUT CHARGE.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>AM I not a freeman? Am I +not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not you +my work in the Lord? <sup class="v">9:2</sup>If I am not an apostle +to others, I certainly am to you; for you are a seal of my +apostleship in the Lord. <sup class="v">9:3</sup>My defense to +those who condemn me is this; <sup class="v">9:4</sup>Have we not a +right to eat and drink? <sup class="v">9:5</sup>Have we not a right +to lead about a sister, a wife, as also the other apostles; and the +brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? <sup class="v">9:6</sup>Or I only +and Barnabas, have we not a right to abstain from labor? +<sup class="v">9:7</sup>Who ever goes on a military expedition at +his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and eats not the fruit of +it? or who feeds a flock and eats not of the milk of the flock? +<sup class="v">9:8</sup>Do I say these things in the manner of men? +or does not the law also say the same? <sup class="v">9:9</sup>For +it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox that +threshes. Does God care for oxen? <sup class="v">9:10</sup>or does +he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, doubtless, it was +written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and that he who +threshes in hope should partake of it. <sup class="v">9:11</sup>If +we have sown for you spiritual things, is it too much if we reap +your earthly things? <sup class="v">9:12</sup>And if others have +this right, do we not have it more? But we have not used this +right, but endure all things, that we may not impede the gospel of +Christ. <sup class="v">9:13</sup>Know you not that those who +perform sacred rites eat from the temple? Those who wait on the +altar partake of the altar? <sup class="v">9:14</sup>So also the +Lord has appointed to those who preach the gospel to live by the +gospel. <sup class="v">9:15</sup>But I have used none of these +things, and I have not written these things that it should be so +done to me; for I prefer to die, rather than that any one should +make my boasting vain.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:16</sup>For if I preach the +gospel I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; +for woe is me, if I preach not the gospel. <sup class= +"v">9:17</sup>For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if +unwillingly, I am intrusted with a stewardship. <sup class= +"v">9:18</sup>What then is my reward? That preaching I may make the +gospel without expense, that I may not abuse my right in the +gospel. <sup class="v">9:19</sup>For being free from all men, I +have made myself a servant of all, that I may gain more; +<sup class="v">9:20</sup>to the Jews I have been as a Jew, that I +might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, not +being myself under the law, that I might gain those under the law; +<sup class="v">9:21</sup>to those without law, as without law, +being not without law to God, but with law to Christ, that I might +gain those without law; <sup class="v">9:22</sup>to the weak I have +been as weak, that I might gain the weak; I have been all things to +all men, that I may save some in all conditions; <sup class= +"v">9:23</sup>and I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that +I may be a partaker of it.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:24</sup>Know you not that those +who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run +that you may obtain. <sup class="v">9:25</sup>And every one that +contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to +obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable. <sup class= +"v">9:26</sup>I therefore so run, not as uncertainly, and so +strike, not as one who beats the air; <sup class="v">9:27</sup>but +I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest having +preached to others I should myself be a reprobate.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>For I wish you not to +be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, +and all passed through the sea, <sup class="v">10:2</sup>and all +were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea, <sup class= +"v">10:3</sup>and all eat the same spiritual food, <sup class= +"v">10:4</sup>and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they +drank of the spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was +Christ; <sup class="v">10:5</sup>but with many of them God was not +pleased; for they were destroyed in the wilderness. <sup class= +"v">10:6</sup>But these things are examples for us, that we should +not desire evil things, as they did. <sup class= +"v">10:7</sup>Neither be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is +written; The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. +<sup class="v">10:8</sup>Neither let us commit fornication, as some +of them did and fell in one day twenty-three thousand. <sup class= +"v">10:9</sup>Neither let us try Christ, as some of them did and +were destroyed by serpents. <sup class="v">10:10</sup>Neither do +you complain as some of them complained and were destroyed by the +destroyer. <sup class="v">10:11</sup>All these things happened to +them as examples, and are recorded for our admonition on whom the +ends of the ages have come; <sup class="v">10:12</sup>so that he +who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall. <sup class= +"v">10:13</sup>For no trial has befallen you but what is common to +man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried +beyond what you are able, but with the trial will order the event, +that you may be able to endure.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">10:14</sup>Wherefore, my beloved, +avoid idolatry. <sup class="v">10:15</sup>I speak as to wise men; +judge what I say. <sup class="v">10:16</sup>The cup of blessing +which we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of Christ? +The bread which we break, is it not a participation of the body of +Christ? <sup class="v">10:17</sup>For we, being many, are one +bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread. <sup class= +"v">10:18</sup>Consider Israel after the flesh; are not those who +eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar? <sup class= +"v">10:19</sup>What then do I say? that an idol sacrifice is any +thing, or that an idol is any thing? <sup class="v">10:20</sup>But +what the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to +God; and I do not wish you to be partakers with demons. <sup class= +"v">10:21</sup>You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of +demons; you cannot partake at the Lord's table and the table of +demons. <sup class="v">10:22</sup>Do we provoke the Lord to anger? +Are we stronger than he?</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">10:23</sup>All things are lawful, +but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, but all +things do not edify. <sup class="v">10:24</sup>Let no one seek his +own but the good of another. <sup class="v">10:25</sup>Whatever is +sold in the market eat, asking no questions for conscience' sake; +<sup class="v">10:26</sup>for the earth is the Lord's and all it +contains. <sup class="v">10:27</sup>But if an unbeliever invites +you and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no +questions for conscience' sake. <sup class="v">10:28</sup>But if +any one says to you, This has been offered to an idol, eat not for +his sake that informed you, and for conscience' sake. <sup class= +"v">10:29</sup>I mean not your conscience, but that of the other. +For why is my freedom limited by the conscience of another? +<sup class="v">10:30</sup>If I partake with thanks, why am I blamed +for that for which I give thanks? <sup class="v">10:31</sup>Whether +then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of +God. <sup class="v">10:32</sup>Be without offense both to Jews and +Greeks, and the church of God, <sup class="v">10:33</sup>as I also +please all in all things, not seeking my own profit but that of +many, that they may be saved. <sup class="v">11:1</sup>Be followers +of me as I also am of Christ.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>PUBLIC WORSHIP, THE LORD'S SUPPER.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:2</sup>I COMMEND you, +brothers, that you have remembered all my [instructions], and that +you retain the traditions as I delivered them to you. <sup class= +"v">11:3</sup>But I wish you to know that the head of every man is +Christ, and the head of the woman, the man, and the head of Christ, +God. <sup class="v">11:4</sup>Every man praying or prophesying with +his head covered disgraces his head. <sup class="v">11:5</sup>But +every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered +disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as if she was +shaved. <sup class="v">11:6</sup>For if a woman is not veiled then +let her hair be cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to +have her hair cut off, or to be shaved, let her wear a veil.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:7</sup>For a man ought not to +cover his head, being an image and glory of God; but the woman is a +glory of man. <sup class="v">11:8</sup>For man is not of woman, but +woman of man; <sup class="v">11:9</sup>for man also was not created +because of the woman, but woman because of the man. <sup class= +"v">11:10</sup>For this reason ought the woman to have a power +[veil] on her head because of the angels. <sup class= +"v">11:11</sup>But neither is woman without man, nor man without +woman in the Lord; <sup class="v">11:12</sup>for as the woman is of +the man, so also the man is through the woman, but all things are +from God. <sup class="v">11:13</sup>Judge of yourselves; is it +becoming that a woman should pray to God unveiled? <sup class= +"v">11:14</sup>Does not nature herself teach you that if a man +wears long hair it is a disgrace to him? <sup class= +"v">11:15</sup>but if a woman wears long hair it is her glory; for +the hair is given her for a covering. <sup class="v">11:16</sup>But +if any one is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom +neither have the churches of God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:17</sup>But I tell you this, +not to praise you, that you come together not for the better but +for the worse. <sup class="v">11:18</sup>For first, when you come +together in an assembly, I hear that there are divisions among you, +and some part of it I believe. <sup class="v">11:19</sup>For it is +necessary that there should be heresies among you, that the +approved may be manifest among you. <sup class="v">11:20</sup>When +you come together therefore, it is not to eat the Lord's supper, +<sup class="v">11:21</sup>for each one in eating takes his supper +before the rest, and one is hungry and another drunk. <sup class= +"v">11:22</sup>Have you not [food] to eat and drink at your houses? +or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have not +[houses]? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you? In this I +commend you not.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:23</sup>For I received of the +Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he +was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread <sup class= +"v">11:24</sup>and giving thanks broke, and said, This is my body, +which is for you; this do in remembrance of me. <sup class= +"v">11:25</sup>In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, +This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood; this do, as +often as you drink, in remembrance of me. <sup class= +"v">11:26</sup>For as often as you eat this bread and drink this +cup, you declare the Lord's death till he comes. <sup class= +"v">11:27</sup>So that whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup +of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the +Lord. <sup class="v">11:28</sup>But let a man prove himself, and so +let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup; <sup class= +"v">11:29</sup>for he eats and drinks judgment to himself, who eats +and drinks not discerning the body.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:30</sup>For this reason many +are weak and sick among you and some sleep. <sup class= +"v">11:31</sup>For if we judged ourselves we should not be judged; +<sup class="v">11:32</sup>but being judged, we are chastened by the +Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. <sup class= +"v">11:33</sup>Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to +eat, wait one for another. <sup class="v">11:34</sup>If any one is +hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for +judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>SPIRITUAL GIFTS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>AND I wish you not to +be ignorant, brothers, of the spiritual gifts. <sup class= +"v">12:2</sup>You know that when you were gentiles, you followed +dumb idols as you were led. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>I assure you, +therefore, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus an +accursed thing, and no one can call Jesus Lord, except by the Holy +Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:4</sup>And there are +diversities of gifts but the same Spirit; <sup class= +"v">12:5</sup>and there are diversities of services and the same +Lord; <sup class="v">12:6</sup>and there are diversities of +operations and the same God, who performs all things in all. +<sup class="v">12:7</sup>But a manifestation of the Spirit is given +to each one for a useful purpose. <sup class="v">12:8</sup>For to +one is given by the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word +of knowledge by the same Spirit, <sup class="v">12:9</sup>and to +another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of +performing cures by the same Spirit, <sup class="v">12:10</sup>and +to another the performance of mighty works, and to another +prophecy, and to another discrimination of spirits, and to another +different tongues, and to another an interpretation of tongues; +<sup class="v">12:11</sup>but all these [works] performs one and +the same Spirit, distributing to each in particular as it +wills.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:12</sup>For as the body is one +and has many members, and all the members of the body being many +are one body, so also is Christ; <sup class="v">12:13</sup>for we +have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or +Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to +drink one Spirit. <sup class="v">12:14</sup>For the body also is +not one member but many. <sup class="v">12:15</sup>If the foot +says, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it +therefore not of the body? <sup class="v">12:16</sup>and if the ear +says, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it +therefore not of the body? <sup class="v">12:17</sup>If the whole +body was an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole was a +hearing, where would be the smelling? <sup class="v">12:18</sup>But +now God has placed the members each one of them in the body, as he +pleased. <sup class="v">12:19</sup>But if all were one member, +where would be the body? <sup class="v">12:20</sup>But now there +are many members, but one body. <sup class="v">12:21</sup>The eye +cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you, or again, the head +to the feet, I have no need of you; <sup class="v">12:22</sup>but +much more those members of the body which seem to be weak are +necessary, <sup class="v">12:23</sup>and those which we esteem to +be less honorable members of the body, on these we bestow more +abundant honor, and our uncomely members have more abundant +comeliness, <sup class="v">12:24</sup>for our comely ones have no +need. But God has commingled the body, giving more abundant honor +to that part which was lacking, <sup class="v">12:25</sup>that +there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should +have the same care one for another. <sup class="v">12:26</sup>And +if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; and if one +member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">12:27</sup>And you are a body of +Christ, and members in particular. <sup class="v">12:28</sup>And +God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, +thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing cures, +aids, governments, different tongues. <sup class="v">12:29</sup>Are +all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers? +<sup class="v">12:30</sup>have all gifts of performing cures? do +all speak with tongues? do all interpret? <sup class= +"v">12:31</sup>But desire earnestly the best gifts: and I will +still more fully show you the way.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>If I speak with the +tongues of men and of angels and have not love, I am a sounding +brass and a tinkling cymbal. <sup class="v">13:2</sup>And if I have +prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I +have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am +nothing. <sup class="v">13:3</sup>And if I deal out all my property +to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, and have +not love, I shall not be profited.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:4</sup>Love suffers long and +is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up, +<sup class="v">13:5</sup>does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not +her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil, <sup class= +"v">13:6</sup>rejoices not in wickedness, but rejoices in the +truth; <sup class="v">13:7</sup>bears all things, believes all +things, hopes for all things, and endures all things.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">13:8</sup>Love never fails; but +if there are prophecies, they shall pass away; if tongues, they +shall cease; if knowledge, it shall pass away. <sup class= +"v">13:9</sup>And we know in part and we prophesy in part; +<sup class="v">13:10</sup>when the perfect has come, that which is +in part shall pass away. <sup class="v">13:11</sup>When I was a +child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a +child; when I became a man I put away childish things. <sup class= +"v">13:12</sup>For now we see by a mirror darkly, but then we shall +see face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully +as I also am known. <sup class="v">13:13</sup>And now remain faith, +hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>Cherish love, and be +earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, but rather that you may +prophesy. <sup class="v">14:2</sup>For he that speaks with a tongue +speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in +spirit he speaks mysteries; <sup class="v">14:3</sup>but he that +prophesies speaks to men to edification and exhortation and +consolation. <sup class="v">14:4</sup>He that speaks with a tongue +edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies an assembly. +<sup class="v">14:5</sup>I wish you all to speak with tongues, but +rather that you should prophesy; and he that prophesies is greater +than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, that the +assembly may receive edification.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">14:6</sup>But now, brothers, if I +come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless +I speak to you by a revelation, or by a knowledge, or by a +prophecy, or by a doctrine? <sup class="v">14:7</sup>So of +irrational objects making a sound, whether a flute or harp; if it +makes no distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is +played on the flute or harp? <sup class="v">14:8</sup>For also if +the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for +the battle? <sup class="v">14:9</sup>So also you by a tongue if you +utter a word not easily understood, how shall it be known what is +spoken? for you will speak to the air. <sup class= +"v">14:10</sup>There are perhaps as many kinds of voices in the +world, and no one is without significance; <sup class= +"v">14:11</sup>if therefore I do not know the meaning of the voice, +I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks will +be a barbarian to me. <sup class="v">14:12</sup>So also you, since +you are earnestly desirous of spirits [spiritual gifts], seek to +abound for the edification of the church. <sup class= +"v">14:13</sup>Let him therefore that speaks with a tongue pray +that he may interpret, <sup class="v">14:14</sup>For if I pray with +a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. +<sup class="v">14:15</sup>What then is [to be done]? I will pray +with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will +sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding; +<sup class="v">14:16</sup>since if you bless with the spirit, how +shall he that occupies the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to +your thanksgiving, since he knows not what you say? <sup class= +"v">14:17</sup>For you indeed give thanks well; but the other is +not edified. <sup class="v">14:18</sup>I thank God I speak with a +tongue more than you all; <sup class="v">14:19</sup>but in an +assembly I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that +I may also teach others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">14:20</sup>Brothers, be not +children in understanding, but in malice be children, and in +understanding be perfect men. <sup class="v">14:21</sup>For it is +written in the law, With other tongues, and with other lips will I +speak to this people, and so they shall not understand me, says the +Lord. <sup class="v">14:22</sup>Tongues therefore are a sign, not +for believers but for unbelievers, but prophecy is not for +unbelievers but for believers. <sup class="v">14:23</sup>If, +therefore, the whole church comes together, and all speak with +tongues, and there come in the unlearned and unbelieving, will they +not say that you are mad? <sup class="v">14:24</sup>But if all +prophesy, and there comes in an unbeliever or an unlearned man, he +is convinced by all, he is examined by all, <sup class= +"v">14:25</sup>and the secrets of his heart are made manifest, and +so falling down on his face he worships God, declaring that God is +really among you.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">14:26</sup>What then is [to be +done] brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a +psalm, has a doctrine, has a revelation, has an interpretation; let +all things be done for edification. <sup class="v">14:27</sup>If +any one speaks with a tongue, let it be by two or at most by three, +and by turns, and let one interpret; <sup class="v">14:28</sup>and +if there is no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly, and +let him speak to himself and to God. <sup class="v">14:29</sup>Let +two or three prophets speak, and let the rest judge; <sup class= +"v">14:30</sup>but if any thing is revealed to another sitting by, +let the first be silent. <sup class="v">14:31</sup>For you can all +prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all be comforted. +<sup class="v">14:32</sup>And the spirits of prophets are subject +to the prophets; <sup class="v">14:33</sup>for God is not [the +friend] of disorder but of peace.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">14:34</sup>As in all the +churches of the saints, let your women keep silence in the +assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be in +subjection, as the law also says. <sup class="v">14:35</sup>But if +they wish to learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home; +for it is a shame for a woman to speak in an assembly. <sup class= +"v">14:36</sup>Did the word of God go out from you, or did it come +to you alone?</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">14:37</sup>If any one thinks he +is a prophet, or a spiritual man, let him acknowledge the [things] +which I write to you, that they are the Lord's; <sup class= +"v">14:38</sup>but if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant. +<sup class="v">14:39</sup>Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to +prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues; <sup class= +"v">14:40</sup>but let all things be done becomingly and in +order.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>I DECLARE to you, +brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also +received, in which also you stand, <sup class="v">15:2</sup>by +which also you are saved, if you adhere to the word we preached to +you, unless indeed you believed in vain. <sup class= +"v">15:3</sup>For I delivered to you at first, what I also +received, that Christ died for our sins according to the +Scriptures, <sup class="v">15:4</sup>and that he was buried, and +that he rose on the third day according to the Scriptures, +<sup class="v">15:5</sup>and that he appeared to Cephas, then to +the twelve. <sup class="v">15:6</sup>Afterwards he appeared to more +than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the most continue even +to the present time, but some have fallen asleep. <sup class= +"v">15:7</sup>Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, +<sup class="v">15:8</sup>and last of all he appeared to me also, as +one born out of due time. <sup class="v">15:9</sup>For I am the +least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, +because I persecuted the church of God; <sup class= +"v">15:10</sup>but by the grace of God I am what I am, and his +grace to me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than +they all, but not I but the grace of God with me. <sup class= +"v">15:11</sup>Whether therefore it is I or they, so we preach, and +so you believed.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:12</sup>But if Christ is +preached that he was raised from the dead, how say some among you +that there is no resurrection of the dead? <sup class= +"v">15:13</sup>But if there is not a resurrection of the dead, +Christ has not been raised; <sup class="v">15:14</sup>and if Christ +has not been raised, then both our preaching is vain, and your +faith also vain; <sup class="v">15:15</sup>and we are found also +false witnesses of God, because we testified in regard to God that +he raised up Christ, whom he raised not up if indeed the dead are +not raised. <sup class="v">15:16</sup>For if the dead are not +raised, Christ was not raised; <sup class="v">15:17</sup>and if +Christ was not raised, your faith is vain, you are yet in your +sins, <sup class="v">15:18</sup>and those then who have fallen +asleep in Christ have perished. <sup class="v">15:19</sup>If in +this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most +miserable.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">15:20</sup>But now Christ has +been raised from the dead, a first fruit of those that have slept. +<sup class="v">15:21</sup>For since by a man came death, by a man +also came the resurrection of the dead. <sup class= +"v">15:22</sup>For as in Adam all die, so in Christ also shall all +be made alive. <sup class="v">15:23</sup>But each one in his own +order; Christ a first fruit, then those who are Christ's at his +coming; <sup class="v">15:24</sup>then is the end, when he delivers +up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will destroy every +principality and every authority and power. <sup class= +"v">15:25</sup>For he must reign till he has put all enemies under +his feet. <sup class="v">15:26</sup>The last enemy, death, shall be +destroyed, <sup class="v">15:27</sup>for he put all things under +his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is +clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him; +<sup class="v">15:28</sup>and when all things have been put under +him, then will the Son also himself be subject to him that put all +things under him, that God may be all in all.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:29</sup>Else what will they do +who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why +are they baptized for them? <sup class="v">15:30</sup>Why also do +we encounter danger every hour? <sup class="v">15:31</sup>By the +joy on account of you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die +daily. <sup class="v">15:32</sup>If after the manner of men I have +fought with beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage is it to me? If +the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. +<sup class="v">15:33</sup>Be not deceived; evil companionships +corrupt good morals. <sup class="v">15:34</sup>Awake to +righteousness and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God. I +speak to your shame.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:35</sup>But some one will say, +How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? +<sup class="v">15:36</sup>Foolish man, what you sow is not made +alive unless it dies; <sup class="v">15:37</sup>and what you sow, +you sow not the body which shall be, but the naked grain, it may be +of wheat, or some of the other grains; <sup class= +"v">15:38</sup>but God gives it a body as he pleases, and to each +of the grains its own body. <sup class="v">15:39</sup>All flesh is +not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, and another +flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. +<sup class="v">15:40</sup>And there are heavenly bodies and earthly +bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and of the earthly +another. <sup class="v">15:41</sup>There is one glory of the sun, +and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for +star differs from star in glory. <sup class="v">15:42</sup>So also +is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in destruction, it is +raised in indestructibleness; <sup class="v">15:43</sup>it is sown +in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is +raised in power; <sup class="v">15:44</sup>it is sown a natural +body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, +there is also a spiritual body. <sup class="v">15:45</sup>And thus +it is written; The first man Adam became a living soul; the last +Adam is a life-giving spirit. <sup class="v">15:46</sup>But the +spiritual was not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. +<sup class="v">15:47</sup>The first man was from the earth, +earthly, the second man is from heaven. <sup class= +"v">15:48</sup>Like the earthly, such also are the earthly; and +like the heavenly, such also are the heavenly; <sup class= +"v">15:49</sup>and as we have borne the image of the earthly, we +shall also bear the image of the heavenly.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">15:50</sup>But I say this, +brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, +nor shall destruction inherit indestructibleness. <sup class= +"v">15:51</sup>Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all +sleep, but we shall all be changed, <sup class="v">15:52</sup>in a +moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the +trumpet shall sound, and the dead be raised, indestructible, and we +shall be changed. <sup class="v">15:53</sup>For this destructible +must put on indestructibleness, and this mortal must put on +immortality. <sup class="v">15:54</sup>And when this destructible +has put on indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on +immortality, then shall the word be accomplished that is written; +Death was swallowed up in victory. <sup class="v">15:55</sup>Where, +death, is your sting? where, death, is your victory? <sup class= +"v">15:56</sup>And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin +is the law; <sup class="v">15:57</sup>but thanks be to God who +gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup class= +"v">15:58</sup>Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, +immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that +your labor is not in vain in the Lord.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>CHARITABLE COLLECTIONS, TIMOTHY, APOLLOS, FAMILY OF STEPHANAS, +SALUTATIONS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>CONCERNING the +collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, +so also do you. <sup class="v">16:2</sup>On the first day of the +week let each one of you lay aside by himself in store as God has +prospered him, that there may be no collections made when I come. +<sup class="v">16:3</sup>And when I come, whom you shall approve, +these will I send with letters to carry your charity to Jerusalem; +<sup class="v">16:4</sup>and if it seems best that I should go, +they shall go with me. <sup class="v">16:5</sup>And I will come to +you when I pass through Macedonia; for I will pass through +Macedonia <sup class="v">16:6</sup>and perhaps remain and spend the +winter, that you may send me forward wherever I go. <sup class= +"v">16:7</sup>For I do not wish now to see you by the way; for I +hope to continue some time with you, if the Lord permits. +<sup class="v">16:8</sup>But I will remain at Ephesus till +Pentecost, <sup class="v">16:9</sup>for a great and effectual door +is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">16:10</sup>If Timothy comes, see +that he is with you without fear, for he performs the work of the +Lord, as I also do; <sup class="v">16:11</sup>let no one therefore +despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come to me; +for I look for him with the brothers.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:12</sup>But concerning Apollos +the brother, I have exhorted him much to come to you with the +brothers; but he was entirely indisposed to come now, but he will +come when he has a convenient time.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:13</sup>Be watchful, stand +firm in the faith, be manly, be strong, <sup class= +"v">16:14</sup>let all your [works] be in love.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:15</sup>And I exhort you, +brothers, know the family of Stephanas, for it is a first fruit of +Achaia, and they devoted themselves to serving the saints; +<sup class="v">16:16</sup>that you also be in subjection to such, +and to every one that works and labors with us. <sup class= +"v">16:17</sup>I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus +and Achaiacus, for they supplied your lack, <sup class= +"v">16:18</sup>and refreshed my spirit and yours. Know therefore +such.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">16:19</sup>The churches of Asia +salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with +the assembly [church] at their house. <sup class="v">16:20</sup>All +the brothers salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">16:21</sup>The salutation with my +hand, Paul's. <sup class="v">16:22</sup>If any one is not a friend +to the Lord, let him be accursed. The Lord comes. <sup class= +"v">16:23</sup>The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. <sup class= +"v">16:24</sup>My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b47">SECOND EPISTLE TO THE + CORINTHIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>PHILIPPI, A.D. 58. (ACTS, 16:1.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE APOSTLE'S LOVE OF THE CORINTHIANS, HIS TRIALS, HIS DESIGN +TO VISIT THEM, HIS FORMER LETTER, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, an apostle of +Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the +church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in +all Achaia. <sup class="v">1:2</sup>Grace be to you, and peace from +God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Blessed be the God and +lather of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of +all comfort, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>who comforts us in all our +affliction, that we may be able to comfort those in every +affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted +by God, <sup class="v">1:5</sup>because as Christ's sufferings +abound in us, so also through Christ does our comfort abound. +<sup class="v">1:6</sup>And if we are afflicted, it is for your +comfort and salvation, wrought by a patient endurance the same +sufferings which we also suffer, and our hope for you is strong; +and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation, +<sup class="v">1:7</sup>knowing that as you are partakers of the +sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:8</sup>For we wish you not to +be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, +that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we +despaired even of life; <sup class="v">1:9</sup>but we had the +sentence of death in ourselves, that we might not trust in +ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>who delivered us from so great a death and will +deliver, in whom we hope that he will also still deliver, +<sup class="v">1:11</sup>you also striving together for us in +prayer, that thanks may be rendered for us by many persons for the +gift bestowed on us by many.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>For this is our +rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that in purity and godly +sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a divine grace, we +have conducted ourselves in the world, and most abundantly towards +you. <sup class="v">1:13</sup>For we do not write to you of other +things, but of what you read and acknowledge; and I hope you will +also acknowledge to the end, <sup class="v">1:14</sup>as you have +also acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing as you +also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:15</sup>And in this confidence +I wished to come to you before, that you might have a second +benefit, <sup class="v">1:16</sup>and to pass by you into +Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to +be sent forward to Judea. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>Wishing this +therefore, did I use lightness? or what I wish do I wish according +to the flesh, that with me there may be the yes, yes, and the no, +no? <sup class="v">1:18</sup>But as God is faithful, our word to +you was not yes and no. <sup class="v">1:19</sup>For Jesus Christ, +the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, by me and +Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but was yes in him; +<sup class="v">1:20</sup>for all the promises of God, the yes in +him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us. <sup class= +"v">1:21</sup>And he that establishes us with you in Christ, and +has anointed us, is God, <sup class="v">1:22</sup>who has also +sealed us and given us the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">1:23</sup>But I call God to +witness on my soul, that to spare you I have not yet come to +Corinth. <sup class="v">1:24</sup>Not that we are lords of your +faith, but co-laborers of your joy; for you stand firm by the +faith. <sup class="v">2:1</sup>But I determined this with myself, +not to come again to you in sorrow; <sup class="v">2:2</sup>for if +I grieve you, who is he that gladdens me, but he that is grieved by +me? <sup class="v">2:3</sup>And I wrote the same to you that coming +I might not have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, +having trusted in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>For I wrote to you in much affliction and +distress of mind with many tears, not that you should be grieved, +but that you might know the love which I have abundantly for +you.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:5</sup>But if any one has +caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not be +hard upon you, [has grieved you] all, <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>Sufficient for such a one is this rebuke by many; +<sup class="v">2:7</sup>so that on the other hand you ought to +forgive and comfort him, that he may not be overwhelmed with +excessive sorrow. <sup class="v">2:8</sup>I exhort you, therefore, +to confirm your love to him; <sup class="v">2:9</sup>for I wrote +for this purpose, that I might know the proof of you, whether you +are obedient in all things. <sup class="v">2:10</sup>But whom you +favor I also will favor; for what favor I have shown, if I have +shown any favor, has been for your sakes, in the presence of +Christ, <sup class="v">2:11</sup>that we may not be circumvented by +Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">2:12</sup>But when I came to +Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the +Lord, <sup class="v">2:13</sup>I had no rest in my spirit from not +finding Titus my brother; but leaving them I went to Macedonia. +<sup class="v">2:14</sup>But thanks be to God, who always triumphs +over us in Christ and reveals the odor of his knowledge by us in +every place; <sup class="v">2:15</sup>for we are a sweet odor of +Christ to God, in the saved and in the lost, <sup class= +"v">2:16</sup>in one an odor of death to death, and in the other an +odor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? +<sup class="v">2:17</sup>For we are not as many, who adulterate the +word of God, [for gain]; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we +speak before God in Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>Do we begin again to +commend ourselves? or need we, as some, commendatory epistles to +you or from you? <sup class="v">3:2</sup>You are our epistle, +written by our hearts, known and read by all men, <sup class= +"v">3:3</sup>for you are manifestly an epistle of Christ delivered +by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, +not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hearts of flesh. +<sup class="v">3:4</sup>And we have such confidence through Jesus +Christ in God; <sup class="v">3:5</sup>not that we are sufficient +of ourselves to reason out any thing as of ourselves, but our +sufficiency is of God, <sup class="v">3:6</sup>who also has made us +able ministers of the new covenant, not of the writing but of the +spirit; for the writing kills, but the spirit makes alive.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>But if the ministry of +death engraved in a writing on stones was glorious, so that the +children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses on +account of the brightness of his face, which passed away, +<sup class="v">3:8</sup>how shall not the ministry of the spirit be +glorious? <sup class="v">3:9</sup>For if the ministry of +condemnation was a glory, much more will the ministry of +righteousness abound in glory. <sup class="v">3:10</sup>For that +which was made glorious was not glorious in this respect, on +account of the surpassing glory. <sup class="v">3:11</sup>For if +that which has passed away was with glory, much more will that +which continues be in glory.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">3:12</sup>Having therefore this +hope we use great boldness, <sup class="v">3:13</sup>and not as +Moses put a vail on his face, that the children of Israel might not +see to the end of that which has passed away; <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>but their minds were blinded. For to this day in +reading the old covenant the same vail remains, not taken away +because it is taken away in Christ; <sup class="v">3:15</sup>but to +this day when Moses is read a vail lies upon their minds; +<sup class="v">3:16</sup>but when they turn to the Lord the vail is +taken away. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>And the Lord is the Spirit; +and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. <sup class= +"v">3:18</sup>And we all with unvailed face beholding as in a glass +the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness, from +glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>Therefore, having this +ministry, as we have obtained mercy we faint not, <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not +walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but +commending ourselves by the manifestation of the truth to every +conscience of men before God. <sup class="v">4:3</sup>But if our +gospel is vailed it is vailed among the lost, <sup class= +"v">4:4</sup>in whom the god of this life has blinded the minds of +the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of +Christ, who is the likeness of God, may not shine. <sup class= +"v">4:5</sup>For we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord, +and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. <sup class= +"v">4:6</sup>For God who commanded the light to shine out of +darkness, has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the +knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">4:7</sup>But we have this +treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may +be of God and not of us, <sup class="v">4:8</sup>being afflicted in +every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in despair, +<sup class="v">4:9</sup>being persecuted but not deserted, being +cast down but not destroyed, <sup class="v">4:10</sup>always +carrying about the death of Jesus in the body, that the life of +Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. <sup class= +"v">4:11</sup>For we who live are always delivered to death for +Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in +our mortal flesh. <sup class="v">4:12</sup>So that death works in +us, but life in you. <sup class="v">4:13</sup>And having the same +spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, therefore +I spoke, we also believe and therefore speak, <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will +also raise us up with Jesus, and present us with you. <sup class= +"v">4:15</sup>For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant +grace may abound through the thanksgiving of many to the glory of +God.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">4:16</sup>Wherefore we faint +not, but if our outward man is destroyed our inward man is renewed +day by day. <sup class="v">4:17</sup>For the light affliction which +is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal weight +of glory, <sup class="v">4:18</sup>while we look not on the things +which are seen but on the things which are not seen; for the things +which are seen are for a time, but those which are unseen are +eternal.</p> +<p class="pin">15 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>For we know that if our +earthly house of this tabernacle was destroyed, we have an edifice +from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. +<sup class="v">5:2</sup>For in this we also groan, earnestly +desiring to put on our dwelling which is from heaven, <sup class= +"v">5:3</sup>if indeed also having put it on we may not be found +naked. <sup class="v">5:4</sup>For being in this tabernacle we +groan, being burdened, because we do not wish to put it off, but to +put on [the other], that the mortal may be swallowed up by life. +<sup class="v">5:5</sup>And he that has made us for this is God, +who has given us the pledge of the Spirit. <sup class= +"v">5:6</sup>Being always confident therefore, and knowing that +while we are present in the body we are absent from the +Lord,— <sup class="v">5:7</sup>we walk by faith, not by +sight;— <sup class="v">5:8</sup>but we are confident, and are +pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with +the Lord. <sup class="v">5:9</sup>Wherefore also we strive, whether +present or absent, to be well pleasing to him. <sup class= +"v">5:10</sup>For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, +that each one may receive through the body for what he has done, +whether it is good or evil.</p> +<p class="pin">16 <sup class="v">5:11</sup>Knowing therefore the +fear of the Lord we persuade men, but are made manifest to God; and +I hope also to be made manifest in your consciences. <sup class= +"v">5:12</sup>For we do not again commend ourselves to you, but +give you occasion to glory on our account, that you may have +something for those that glory in appearance and not in heart. +<sup class="v">5:13</sup>For if we are beside ourselves it is for +God; and if we are sober it is for you. <sup class= +"v">5:14</sup>For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, +that if one died for all then were all dead; <sup class= +"v">5:15</sup>and he died for all, that those who live should no +more live for themselves but for him that died for them and rose +again. <sup class="v">5:16</sup>So that from henceforth we know no +man after the flesh; and if we have known Christ after the flesh, +we now know him no more. <sup class="v">5:17</sup>So that if any +one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, +behold, all things have become new. <sup class="v">5:18</sup>And +all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus +Christ, and given us the ministry of the reconciliation, +<sup class="v">5:19</sup>to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling +the world to himself, not imputing to them their offenses, and has +given to us the word of reconciliation. <sup class="v">5:20</sup>We +are embassadors therefore for Christ, as though God besought you by +us; we pray you, for Christ, be reconciled to God. <sup class= +"v">5:21</sup>For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, +that we might become God's righteousness in him.</p> +<p class="pin">17 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>And being also +co-laborers we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in +vain,— <sup class="v">6:2</sup>for he says, In an acceptable +time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; behold, +now is an acceptable time, behold, now is a day of +salvation,— <sup class="v">6:3</sup>giving no offense in any +thing, that the ministry may not be blamed, <sup class= +"v">6:4</sup>but in every thing commending ourselves as ministers +of God, in great patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in +distresses, <sup class="v">6:5</sup>in stripes, in imprisonments, +in dissensions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, <sup class= +"v">6:6</sup>in purity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in +kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, <sup class= +"v">6:7</sup>in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the +arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, +<sup class="v">6:8</sup>with honor and dishonor, with evil report +and good report; as deceivers and true, <sup class="v">6:9</sup>as +unknown and well-known, as dying and behold we live, as chastened +and not killed, <sup class="v">6:10</sup>as grieving but always +rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and +possessing all things.</p> +<p class="pin">18 <sup class="v">6:11</sup>Our mouth is opened to +you, Corinthians, our heart is enlarged; <sup class= +"v">6:12</sup>you are not straitened in us, but you are straitened +in your own souls; <sup class="v">6:13</sup>and now as a return of +benefits, I speak as to children, do you also be enlarged.</p> +<p class="pin">19 <sup class="v">6:14</sup>Be not unequally yoked +with unbelievers; for what participation has righteousness with +wickedness? or what communion has light with darkness? <sup class= +"v">6:15</sup>and what agreement has Christ with Beliar, or what +part has a believer with an unbeliever? <sup class= +"v">6:16</sup>and what agreement has a temple of God with idols? +For you are a temple of the living God; as God said, I will dwell +in them, and I will walk in them, and I will be to them a God and +they shall be to me a people. <sup class="v">6:17</sup>Go out +therefore from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and +touch not the impure; and I will receive you, <sup class= +"v">6:18</sup>and will be to you a father, and you shall be to me +sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. <sup class= +"v">7:1</sup>Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us +purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, +perfecting holiness in the fear of God.</p> +<p class="pin">20 <sup class="v">7:2</sup>Receive us; we have +injured no one, we have destroyed no one, we have defrauded no one. +<sup class="v">7:3</sup>I say this not to condemn you, for I have +said before that you are in our hearts both to die and live +together. <sup class="v">7:4</sup>I have great boldness towards +you, and great glorying on your account; I am full of comfort, I +have a super-abounding joy in all our afflictions. <sup class= +"v">7:5</sup>For when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, +but we were distressed on every hand; without were conflicts, +within fears; <sup class="v">7:6</sup>but God who comforts the +humble comforted us by the coming of Titus; <sup class= +"v">7:7</sup>and not only by his coming but also by the comfort +with which he was comforted on your account, telling us of your +great desire, your deep sorrow, your zeal for me, so that I rather +rejoiced. <sup class="v">7:8</sup>For if I even grieved you by the +epistle, I do not repent, though I did repent; for because I see +that the epistle grieved you but for a time, <sup class= +"v">7:9</sup>now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you +grieved to a change of mind; for you were grieved in a godly +manner, to suffer injury from us in nothing. <sup class= +"v">7:10</sup>For godly sorrow produces a change of mind to +salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world +produces death. <sup class="v">7:11</sup>For behold, this same +thing, that you grieved in a godly manner, how great diligence it +produced in you, what a defense, what indignation, what fear, what +desire, what zeal, what a punishment! In every thing you proved +yourselves to be clear in this matter.</p> +<p class="pin">21 <sup class="v">7:12</sup>If therefore I wrote +to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor on +account of him that suffered wrong, but that our diligence in your +behalf might be manifest before God. <sup class="v">7:13</sup>On +this account we were comforted. And in addition to our comfort, we +rejoiced more abundantly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit +was refreshed by you all; <sup class="v">7:14</sup>for if I had +boasted of you to him I was not ashamed, but as we said all things +to you in truth, so also the boasting of you to Titus was truth. +<sup class="v">7:15</sup>And his affection is more abundant for +you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and +trembling you received him. <sup class="v">7:16</sup>I rejoice that +I have confidence in you in every thing.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>A CONTRIBUTION SOLICITED FOR THE SAINTS AT JERUSALEM.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>AND I make known to you, +brothers, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, +<sup class="v">8:2</sup>that in much trying affliction the +abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the +riches of their liberality. <sup class="v">8:3</sup>For according +to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, of their own +accord, <sup class="v">8:4</sup>with much entreaty they desired of +us the favor of a participation in the service to the saints; +<sup class="v">8:5</sup>and not as we hoped, but they first gave +themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God, <sup class= +"v">8:6</sup>so that we requested Titus, as he before began, that +he would complete also this charity with you. <sup class= +"v">8:7</sup>But as you abound in every thing, in faith, and +speech, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for +us, [we desire] that you may abound in this grace also.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:8</sup>I do not speak by +command, but on account of the diligence of others, and to prove +the genuineness of your love; <sup class="v">8:9</sup>for you know +the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he became +poor, though rich, that you by his poverty might be rich. +<sup class="v">8:10</sup>And in this case I give an opinion; for +this is expedient for you, who began before to act in this matter +and to act willingly a year ago. <sup class="v">8:11</sup>And now, +therefore, perform the doing also, that as there was a readiness to +will, so also there may be a performance from what you have. +<sup class="v">8:12</sup>For if there is a willing mind, a man is +acceptable according to what he has, and not according to what he +has not. <sup class="v">8:13</sup>Not that others may be relieved +and you burdened, <sup class="v">8:14</sup>but that there may be an +equality; that at the present time your abundance may supply their +deficiency, and that their abundance may supply your deficiency, +that there may be an equality, <sup class="v">8:15</sup>as it is +written; He that [gathered] much had nothing over, and he that +[gathered] little had no deficiency.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:16</sup>But thanks be to God, +who put this care for you into the heart of Titus, <sup class= +"v">8:17</sup>for he received the exhortation, and being extremely +diligent went to you of his own accord. <sup class= +"v">8:18</sup>And we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the +gospel is in all the churches, <sup class="v">8:19</sup>and not +only so, but he has also been chosen by the churches as our +travelling companion in this charity ministered by us for the glory +of the same Lord and our promptitude, <sup class= +"v">8:20</sup>guarding against this, that no one may blame us in +this abundance administered by us; <sup class="v">8:21</sup>for we +provide things honorable not only before the Lord, but also before +men. <sup class="v">8:22</sup>And we have sent with them our +brother, whom we have often proved in many services to be diligent, +and who is now much more diligent from the great confidence in you. +<sup class="v">8:23</sup>If [any one inquires] respecting Titus, he +is my companion and co-laborer for you; if our brothers, they are +apostles of churches and the glory of Christ. <sup class= +"v">8:24</sup>Show them therefore the proof of your love, and of +our boasting of you before the churches.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>For concerning the +service for the saints it is superfluous for me to write to you; +<sup class="v">9:2</sup>for I know your readiness, of which I +boasted in your behalf to the Macedonians that Achaia was ready a +year ago, and your zeal has excited many. <sup class= +"v">9:3</sup>But I sent the brothers, that our boasting of you may +not be in vain in this respect, as I said you were prepared, +<sup class="v">9:4</sup>lest if the Macedonians should come with me +and find you unprepared, we, not to say you, should be ashamed of +this confidence. <sup class="v">9:5</sup>I thought it necessary, +therefore, to exhort the brothers to go to you before, and to make +ready your free gift before announced, that it may be ready as a +free gift and not as an exaction.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">9:6</sup>And [consider] this, He +that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he that sows +liberally shall reap also liberally. <sup class="v">9:7</sup>Let +each one contribute as he chooses in his heart, not with regret or +from necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. <sup class= +"v">9:8</sup>And God is able to make every favor abound to you, +that having always every sufficiency in every thing you may abound +in every good work; <sup class="v">9:9</sup>as it is written, He +scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness continues +forever. <sup class="v">9:10</sup>And may he that supplies seed to +the sower and bread for eating multiply your grain, and increase +the products of your righteousness; <sup class="v">9:11</sup>that +you may be enriched in every thing for all liberality, which +produces through us thanksgiving to God. <sup class= +"v">9:12</sup>For the performance of this service not only supplies +the need of the saints, but also abounds with the thanksgivings of +many to God; <sup class="v">9:13</sup>[they] glorifying God on +account of the proof of this ministry for your professed subjection +to the gospel of Christ and the liberality of the contribution to +them and to all, <sup class="v">9:14</sup>and by their prayer for +you, greatly longing for you on account of the abounding grace of +God upon you. <sup class="v">9:15</sup>Thanks be to God for his +unspeakable gift.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S REPLY TO HIS DETRACTORS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>I PAUL also exhort you +by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in appearance am +humble among you, but being absent am bold towards you; <sup class= +"v">10:2</sup>and I desire that I may not be bold when present, +with that confidence which I design to use against some who speak +of us as if we walked according to the flesh. <sup class= +"v">10:3</sup>For though we walk in the flesh we do not war +according to the flesh, <sup class="v">10:4</sup>for the arms of +our warfare are not of flesh, but mighty with God to the pulling +down of strongholds, <sup class="v">10:5</sup>destroying [false] +reasonings and every height which is exalted against the knowledge +of God, and subjecting every thought to the obedience of Christ, +<sup class="v">10:6</sup>and being ready to punish every +disobedience, when your obedience is completed.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:7</sup>You see things +according to appearances. If any one trusts in himself that he is +Christ's, let him consider again with himself that as he is +Christ's so also are we. <sup class="v">10:8</sup>For if I should +even boast some of our authority which the Lord gave for your +edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed. +<sup class="v">10:9</sup>[But I forbear,] that I may not seem as +though I would terrify you by epistles. <sup class= +"v">10:10</sup>For the epistles, say they, are weighty and +powerful, but the bodily presence is weak and speech contemptible. +<sup class="v">10:11</sup>Let such a one think, that such as we are +in word by epistles when absent, such also will we be in work when +present. <sup class="v">10:12</sup>For we dare not judge or compare +ourselves with some who commend themselves; but they, measuring +themselves with themselves, and comparing themselves with +themselves, are not wise. <sup class="v">10:13</sup>But we will not +boast of things not measured, but according to the measure of the +rule which God has given us, to come even to you. <sup class= +"v">10:14</sup>For we do not stretch ourselves out too far, as if +we had not come to you, for we came even to you with the gospel of +Christ; <sup class="v">10:15</sup>not boasting of things unmeasured +in the labors of others, but having a hope, your faith being +increased, that we shall be magnified among you according to our +rule abundantly, <sup class="v">10:16</sup>to preach the gospel in +the parts beyond you, not to boast of things prepared by another's +rule. <sup class="v">10:17</sup>But let him that glories glory in +the Lord; <sup class="v">10:18</sup>for not he that commends +himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>I wish you would bear a +little with my folly; and indeed do bear with me. <sup class= +"v">11:2</sup>For I am zealous for you with a godly zeal, for I +joined you, a chaste virgin, to one husband, to present to Christ; +<sup class="v">11:3</sup>but I fear lest as the serpent deceived +Eve with his craftiness, so also your minds may be corrupted from +the simplicity which is in Christ. <sup class="v">11:4</sup>For if +he that comes preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, or you +receive another spirit which you did not receive, or another gospel +which you did not receive, you might well bear it; <sup class= +"v">11:5</sup>for I judge that I am not behind the chief of the +apostles. <sup class="v">11:6</sup>And even if I am rude in speech, +I certainly am not in knowledge, but we have been made fully +manifest to you in all things. <sup class="v">11:7</sup>Have I done +wrong to humble myself that you might be exalted, that I preached +the gospel of God to you gratuitously? <sup class="v">11:8</sup>I +robbed other churches taking wages to serve you; <sup class= +"v">11:9</sup>and when I was with you and was in want, I was +burdensome to no one; for the brothers who came from Macedonia +supplied beforehand my need; and in every thing I kept myself +without being burdensome to you, and will keep myself so.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:10</sup>As the truth of Christ +is in me, this boasting in respect to myself shall not be silenced +in the regions of Achaia. <sup class="v">11:11</sup>Why? Because I +love you not? God knows. <sup class="v">11:12</sup>But what I do I +also will do, that I may take away an occasion from those who wish +an occasion, that wherein they boast they may be found even as we +are. <sup class="v">11:13</sup>For such false apostles, deceitful +laborers, transform themselves into apostles of Christ. <sup class= +"v">11:14</sup>And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself +into an angel of light. <sup class="v">11:15</sup>It is no great +thing, therefore, if his ministers transform themselves as +ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their +works.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:16</sup>Again, I say let no +one think me to be foolish; but if otherwise, even as a foolish man +bear with me that I may boast a little. <sup class= +"v">11:17</sup>What I say, I do not say according to the Lord, but +as it were in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. +<sup class="v">11:18</sup>Since many boast of the flesh, I also +will boast. <sup class="v">11:19</sup>You endure fools patiently +being wise; <sup class="v">11:20</sup>for you endure it if any one +reduces you to servitude, if any one devours you, if any one takes +from you, if any one exalts himself against you, if any one beats +you in the face.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">11:21</sup>I speak of reproach as +if we were weak; wherein any one is bold, I speak foolishly, I am +bold also. <sup class="v">11:22</sup>Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are +they Israelites? so am I. Are they the posterity of Abraham? so am +I. <sup class="v">11:23</sup>Are they ministers of Christ? I speak +foolishly, I am more; in labors most abundant, in stripes above +measure, in imprisonments most abundant, in deaths often; +<sup class="v">11:24</sup>five times I received of the Jews forty +[stripes] lacking one, <sup class="v">11:25</sup>thrice was I +beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice have I been +shipwrecked, a night and a day have I spent in the deep; +<sup class="v">11:26</sup>often on journeys, in dangers from +rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] race, in +dangers from gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the +wilderness, in dangers on the sea, in dangers among false brothers, +<sup class="v">11:27</sup>in labor and weariness, in watchings +often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and +nakedness. <sup class="v">11:28</sup>Besides things without, that +which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches. +<sup class="v">11:29</sup>Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is +offended, and I am not displeased? <sup class="v">11:30</sup>If it +is necessary to boast, I will boast of my infirmities. <sup class= +"v">11:31</sup>The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is +blessed forever, knows that I lie not. <sup class="v">11:32</sup>In +Damascus, the ethnarch, when Aretas was king, guarded the city of +the Damascenes, desiring to take me, <sup class="v">11:33</sup>and +I was let down in a rope-basket, by a window in the wall, and +escaped from his hands.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>It is not expedient +therefore for me to boast [of these things]; for I will come to +visions and revelations of the Lord. <sup class="v">12:2</sup>I +know a man, in Christ above fourteen years, whether in the body I +know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows,—such a +one caught up to the third heaven. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>I know +even such a man,—whether in the body or out of the body I +know not, God knows,— <sup class="v">12:4</sup>that he was +caught up to paradise, and heard unutterable words, which it is not +lawful for man to speak. <sup class="v">12:5</sup>Of such a one +will I boast, but of myself I will not boast except of my +infirmities. <sup class="v">12:6</sup>For if I shall wish to boast +I shall not be foolish, for I will tell the truth. But I forbear, +lest any one should think of me beyond what he sees or hears of +me.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">12:7</sup>And that I might not be +elated with my extraordinary revelations, there was given me a +thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to beat me, that I should not +be too much exalted. <sup class="v">12:8</sup>For this I besought +the Lord thrice that it might leave me. <sup class= +"v">12:9</sup>And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; +for power is perfected in weakness. <sup class="v">12:10</sup>Most +gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power +of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I am well pleased with +infirmities, with injuries, with necessities, with persecutions, +with distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I +strong.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">12:11</sup>I have become foolish; +you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in +nothing am I behind the chief of the apostles, though I also am +nothing. <sup class="v">12:12</sup>The signs of an apostle were +performed among you with all patience, in miracles, and prodigies, +and mighty works. <sup class="v">12:13</sup>For what is there in +which you were inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I +was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">12:14</sup>Behold, I am ready to +come to you a third time, and I will not be burdensome to you; for +I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up +treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children. +<sup class="v">12:15</sup>And I most gladly will spend and will be +spent for your souls, even if the more abundantly I love you the +less I am loved. <sup class="v">12:16</sup>Be it so, I was not +burdensome to you; but being crafty I caught you with deceit. +<sup class="v">12:17</sup>Did I make any thing out of you by any of +those I sent to you? <sup class="v">12:18</sup>I requested Titus, +and sent the brother with him; did Titus make any thing out of you? +Did we not walk in the same spirit, in the same steps?</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>PROPOSED VISIT, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:19</sup>Do you again think +that we are defending ourselves? We speak in Christ before God; all +these things, beloved, are for your edification. <sup class= +"v">12:20</sup>For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you +such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; +lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil +speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions; <sup class= +"v">12:21</sup>lest when I come again my God shall humble me before +you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned, and not changed +their minds, in respect to impurity and fornication and lewdness +which they have committed.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>This third time I am +coming to you; by the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every +word be established. <sup class="v">13:2</sup>I have said before, +and I now foretell as if present a second time, although absent, to +those who have already sinned and to all the rest, that if I come +again I will not spare; <sup class="v">13:3</sup>since you seek a +proof in me of Christ speaking, who is not weak to you but powerful +in you; <sup class="v">13:4</sup>for though he was crucified in +weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; and we also are weak in +him, but live with him by the power of God in you.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:5</sup>Try yourselves, whether +you are in the faith; prove yourselves; or know you not yourselves +that Christ is in you unless you are reprobates? <sup class= +"v">13:6</sup>But I hope you will know that we are not reprobates. +<sup class="v">13:7</sup>We wish to God that you may do no evil, +not that we may appear approved, but that you may do good though we +should be as reprobates. <sup class="v">13:8</sup>For we can do +nothing against the truth, but for the truth. <sup class= +"v">13:9</sup>For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong; +and we desire this, your perfection. <sup class="v">13:10</sup>For +this reason, being absent, I write these things, that I may not use +sharpness when present, with the power which the Lord has given me +for building up, and not for pulling down.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:11</sup>Finally, brothers, +rejoice, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of the same mind, live +in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you. +<sup class="v">13:12</sup>Salute one another with a holy kiss. +<sup class="v">13:13</sup>All the saints salute you. <sup class= +"v">13:14</sup>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of +God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b45">THE EPISTLE TO THE + ROMANS.</A></h1> +<h3>CORINTH, A.D., 58. (ACTS, 18:1)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>HIMSELF, JESUS CHRIST, AND THE GOSPEL.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, a servant of +Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart to the gospel of +God,— <sup class="v">1:2</sup>which he promised by his +prophets in the Holy Scriptures,— <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>concerning his Son born of the posterity of David as +to the flesh, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>declared to be the Son of God +in power as to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the +dead,—Jesus Christ our Lord,— <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>through whom we have received grace and an apostleship +for the obedience of the faith in all nations in behalf of his +name, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>among whom are you also the called of +Jesus Christ,— <sup class="v">1:7</sup>to all who are at +Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. Grace be to you and +peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:8</sup>First, indeed, I thank +my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is +proclaimed in all the world. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>For God is my +witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how +incessantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>asking if by any means I may now at some time have a +prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you. <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to +you some spiritual gift, that you may be strengthened, <sup class= +"v">1:12</sup>that is, that I may be comforted in you by the mutual +faith both of you and me.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:13</sup>But I wish you not to +be ignorant, brothers, that I often purposed to come to you, and +was hindered hitherto, that I might have some fruit also among you, +as among the other gentiles. <sup class="v">1:14</sup>I am a debtor +both to the Greeks and the Barbarians, both to the wise and the +ignorant; <sup class="v">1:15</sup>so that as far as depends upon +me I am ready also to preach the gospel to those at Rome. +<sup class="v">1:16</sup>For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it +is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes, the +Jew first and also the Greek. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>For God's +righteousness is revealed in it by faith in the faith [the gospel]; +as it is written; The righteous shall live by faith.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>WICKEDNESS DESTROYS GENTILES AND JEWS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:18</sup>FOR the wrath of God is +revealed from heaven against all impiety and wickedness of men who +hold the truth in wickedness, <sup class="v">1:19</sup>because what +can be known of God is manifest among them; for God has manifested +[himself] to them. <sup class="v">1:20</sup>For his invisible +[attributes] are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being +perceived by the things which are made, even his eternal power and +deity, so that they have no defense, <sup class= +"v">1:21</sup>because having known God they glorified him not as +God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and +their ignorant mind was darkened. <sup class="v">1:22</sup>Saying +that they were wise they became foolish, <sup class= +"v">1:23</sup>and changed the glory of the imperishable God into +the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and +quadrupeds, and reptiles.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:24</sup>Wherefore God also gave +them up with the desires of their hearts to impurity, to disgrace +their bodies among themselves, <sup class="v">1:25</sup>who changed +the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creation +more than the Creator, who is blessed forever, amen.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:26</sup>Therefore God gave them +up to infamous affections; for their females changed a natural +enjoyment for that which is against nature, <sup class= +"v">1:27</sup>and in like manner also the males, leaving the +natural enjoyment of the female, became the subjects of inordinate +desires for each other, males with males committing indecency, and +receiving in return the recompense of their error which was +fit.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:28</sup>And as they did not +choose to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a +reprobate mind, to do things which are not proper, <sup class= +"v">1:29</sup>being filled with all wickedness, malice, +covetousness, vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil +dispositions, whisperers, <sup class="v">1:30</sup>evil speakers, +haters of God, injurious, proud, boasters, inventors of evil +things, disobedient to parents, <sup class= +"v">1:31</sup>unintelligent, covenant-breakers, without natural +affection, unmerciful, <sup class="v">1:32</sup>who knowing the +ordinance of God, that those who do such things deserve death, not +only do the same, but have pleasure in those who do them.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>Wherefore you are +inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that judge, for in that in +which you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge do +the same things. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>But we know that the +judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such +things. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>But do you think this, O man, who +judge those doing such things and do the same, that you shall +escape the judgment of God? <sup class="v">2:4</sup>or do you +despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long +suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to a +change of mind? <sup class="v">2:5</sup>But according to your +hardness and unchanged heart you treasure up wrath for yourself in +the day of wrath and of a revelation of the righteous judgment of +God, <sup class="v">2:6</sup>who will render to each according to +his works; <sup class="v">2:7</sup>to those who by patience in good +works seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; +<sup class="v">2:8</sup>but to those who are contentions and +disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. +<sup class="v">2:9</sup>Affliction and distress [shall be] on every +soul of man that does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek; +<sup class="v">2:10</sup>and glory and honor and peace to every one +that does good, both the Jew first and the Greek.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:11</sup>For there is no respect +of persons with God. <sup class="v">2:12</sup>For as many as have +sinned without the law shall perish without the law, and as many as +have sinned with the law shall be judged by the law,— +<sup class="v">2:13</sup>for not the hearers of the law are +righteous with God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; +<sup class="v">2:14</sup>for when the nations which have not the +law perform by nature [the commandments] of the law, these who have +not the law are a law to themselves, <sup class="v">2:15</sup>and +they show the work of the law written in their minds, their +consciences testifying with them, and their judgments mutually +accusing or defending one another;— <sup class= +"v">2:16</sup>in the day when God shall judge the secret [doings] +of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:17</sup>But [what] if you are +called a Jew and rest on the law, and boast of God, <sup class= +"v">2:18</sup>and know his will, and approve of things which are +excellent, being instructed by the law, <sup class= +"v">2:19</sup>and believe yourself to be a guide of the blind, a +light of those in darkness, <sup class="v">2:20</sup>an instructor +of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge +and of the truth in the law; <sup class="v">2:21</sup>you that +teach another, do you not teach yourself? You that preach not to +steal, do you steal? <sup class="v">2:22</sup>You that command not +to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You that abhor idols, +do you commit sacrilege? <sup class="v">2:23</sup>You who boast of +the law, by the transgression of the law do you dishonor God? +<sup class="v">2:24</sup>For the name of God is blasphemed on your +account among the nations as it is written.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">2:25</sup>For circumcision indeed +is profitable if you perform the law, but if you are a transgressor +of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. <sup class= +"v">2:26</sup>If therefore the uncircumcision keeps the ordinances +of the law, shall not its uncircumcision be accounted for +circumcision? <sup class="v">2:27</sup>And the uncircumcision by +nature which keeps the law shall judge you who with the written law +and circumcision are a transgressor of the law. <sup class= +"v">2:28</sup>For not that which is external is the Jew, nor is +that which is external in the flesh circumcision. <sup class= +"v">2:29</sup>But that which is in secret is the Jew, and +circumcision of the heart is in the spirit not in the writing, the +commendation of which is not of men but of God.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>What then is the +preeminence of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision? +<sup class="v">3:2</sup>Much in every way. For first, indeed, that +they were entrusted with the oracles of God. <sup class= +"v">3:3</sup>For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief +destroy the faith of God? <sup class="v">3:4</sup>By no means; but +let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou +mayest be justified in thy sayings and overcome when thou art +judged.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">3:5</sup>But if our +unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we +say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak as a +man;— <sup class="v">3:6</sup>by no means;—since [if he +was] how shall God judge the world? <sup class="v">3:7</sup>For if +the truth of God abounded by my falsehood to his glory, why am I +also yet judged as a sinner? <sup class="v">3:8</sup>And as we are +falsely accused and as some declare that we say, [do we say] Let us +do evil that good may come? Whose judgment is just.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">3:9</sup>What defense then have +we? None at all; for we before asserted that both Jews and Greeks +are all under sin, <sup class="v">3:10</sup>as it is written, There +is none righteous not one, <sup class="v">3:11</sup>there is none +that understands, there is none that seeks God; <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>all have turned aside, they have together become +unprofitable; there is no one that does good, there is not even +one; <sup class="v">3:13</sup>their throat is an opened tomb, with +their tongues they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under +their lips. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>Their mouth is full of cursing +and bitterness. <sup class="v">3:15</sup>Their feet are swift to +shed blood, <sup class="v">3:16</sup>destruction and misery are in +their ways, <sup class="v">3:17</sup>and the way of peace they have +not known. <sup class="v">3:18</sup>There is no fear of God before +their eyes. <sup class="v">3:19</sup>But we know that whatever the +law says, it says to those having the law, that every mouth may be +stopped and all the world become guilty before God. <sup class= +"v">3:20</sup>Wherefore by the works of the law there shall no +flesh be justified is his sight, for by the law there is an +acknowledgment of sin.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH SAVES BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:21</sup>BUT now God's +righteousness has been made manifest without the law, being +testified to by the law and the prophets, <sup class= +"v">3:22</sup>but God's righteousness is through the faith of Jesus +Christ, in all and upon all that believe. For there is no +difference; <sup class="v">3:23</sup>for all have sinned and come +short of the glory of God, <sup class="v">3:24</sup>being justified +freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, +<sup class="v">3:25</sup>whom God set forth [to be] a propitiator +through faith in his blood, to show his righteousness because of +the passing by of the errors committed previously in the +forbearance of God, <sup class="v">3:26</sup>to show his +righteousness at the present time, that he may be righteous and +justify him that is of faith.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:27</sup>Where then is the +boasting [of the Jew]? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No; +but by the law of faith. <sup class="v">3:28</sup>We conclude then +that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law. +<sup class="v">3:29</sup>Is God [a God] of the Jews alone? and not +also of the gentiles? Yes, also of the gentiles, <sup class= +"v">3:30</sup>since there is one God who will justify the +circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through the [same] +faith. <sup class="v">3:31</sup>Do we then abrogate the law by the +faith? By no means; but we establish the law.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>What shall we say then +that Abraham our father found according to the flesh? <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>For if Abraham was justified by works he has [occasion +for] boasting, but not before God. <sup class="v">4:3</sup>For what +says the Scripture? And Abraham believed God and it was accounted +to him for righteousness. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>But to one that +works the reward is not accounted by grace but by debt. <sup class= +"v">4:5</sup>But to one that works not, but believes on him that +justifies the wicked, his faith is [accounted] for righteousness. +<sup class="v">4:6</sup>As David describes the blessedness of the +man to whom the Lord accounts righteousness without works, +<sup class="v">4:7</sup>Blessed are they whose transgressions are +forgiven and whose sins are covered; <sup class= +"v">4:8</sup>blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not account +sin.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:9</sup>Is this blessedness then +on the circumcision? or also on the uncircumcision? [Also on the +uncircumcision.] For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for +righteousness. <sup class="v">4:10</sup>How then was it accounted? +when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in +circumcision, but in uncircumcision. <sup class="v">4:11</sup>And +he received the symbol of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness +of the faith which was in uncircumcision, so that he became the +father of all that believe in uncircumcision, that righteousness +may also be accounted to them, <sup class="v">4:12</sup>and a +father of circumcision not to those of the circumcision only, but +to those also who walk in the steps of the faith of our father +Abraham which was in uncircumcision.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:13</sup>For the promise to +Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not +through the law but through the righteousness of faith. <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>For if the subjects of the law are heirs, the faith +is done away and the promise abrogated. <sup class= +"v">4:15</sup>For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law +there is no transgression. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>Therefore it is +by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to +all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the +faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all, <sup class= +"v">4:17</sup>as it is written, I have made you a father of many +nations before God in whom he believed, who makes the dead alive +and calls things which do not exist as existing.— <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>who against hope believed in hope that he should +become a father of many nations according to the saying shall your +posterity be. <sup class="v">4:19</sup>And being not weak in faith, +he did not regard himself as dead, being now about a hundred years +old, nor Sarah's incapacity for child-bearing, <sup class= +"v">4:20</sup>and he did not doubt the promise of God by unbelief, +but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, <sup class= +"v">4:21</sup>being fully persuaded that what he had promised he +was able to perform. <sup class="v">4:22</sup>Wherefore also it was +accounted to him for righteousness. <sup class="v">4:23</sup>But it +was not written for his sake alone, that it was accounted to him, +<sup class="v">4:24</sup>but also for our sakes, to whom it is +about to be accounted if we believe on him that raised Jesus our +Lord from the dead, <sup class="v">4:25</sup>who was delivered up +for our sins and raised for our justification.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>Having been justified +therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus +Christ, <sup class="v">5:2</sup>through whom also we have been +introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the +hope of the glory of God. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>And not only +[this], but we rejoice also in afflictions, knowing that affliction +works out patience, <sup class="v">5:4</sup>and patience, +experience, and experience, hope; <sup class="v">5:5</sup>and the +hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out +in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us. <sup class= +"v">5:6</sup>For when we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for +the wicked; <sup class="v">5:7</sup>for scarcely for a righteous +man will one die, but for a good man some one perhaps would even +dare to die; <sup class="v">5:8</sup>but God commends his love to +us, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us; <sup class= +"v">5:9</sup>much more then being now justified by his blood, we +shall be saved through him from wrath. <sup class="v">5:10</sup>For +if when enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his +Son, much more having become reconciled we shall be saved in his +life. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>And not only so, but we also rejoice +in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we received the +present reconciliation.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">5:12</sup>Therefore, as through +one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so +came upon all men because all sinned,— <sup class= +"v">5:13</sup>for till the law there was sin in the world, but sin +is not accounted where there is no law <sup class="v">5:14</sup>but +death reigned from Adam till Moses even over those that sinned not +after the similitude Adam's transgression, who is a type of him +that was to come; <sup class="v">5:15</sup>but not as the fall so +also is the gift; for if by the fall of one the many died, much +more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is of the one man +Jesus Christ, abounded to the many; <sup class="v">5:16</sup>and +not as through one that sinned is the gift; for the judgment was by +one to condemnation, but the gift was from many sins to a righteous +ordinance; <sup class="v">5:17</sup>for if by one fall death +reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance +of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life +through the one, Jesus Christ;— <sup class= +"v">5:18</sup>therefore, as through the fall of one [judgment came] +on all men to condemnation, so also through the righteous ordinance +of one [the gift comes] on all men to justification of life; +<sup class="v">5:19</sup>for as through the disobedience of the one +man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the +obedience of the one shall the many be constituted righteous. +<sup class="v">5:20</sup>For the law supervened that the fall might +abound; but where the sin abounded the grace was superabundant, +<sup class="v">5:21</sup>that as sin reigned in death, so the grace +shall reign through righteousness in life eternal through Jesus +Christ our Lord.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>SIN IS ON NO ACCOUNT TO BE ALLOWED.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>WHAT shall we say then? +Shall we continue in sin, that the grace may abound? <sup class= +"v">6:2</sup>By no means. How shall we who died to sin any longer +live in it? <sup class="v">6:3</sup>Do you not know that as many of +us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? +<sup class="v">6:4</sup>We have been buried therefore with him +through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead +through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness +of life. <sup class="v">6:5</sup>For if we have been planted +together in the likeness of his death, we shall much more be of his +resurrection; <sup class="v">6:6</sup>knowing this that our old man +was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, +that we should no longer serve sin; <sup class="v">6:7</sup>for he +that died was justified from sin. <sup class="v">6:8</sup>And if we +died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; +<sup class="v">6:9</sup>knowing that Christ being raised from the +dead dies no more; death has no longer a lordship over him. +<sup class="v">6:10</sup>For [the death] which he died, he died to +sin once; but [the life] which he lives, he lives to God. +<sup class="v">6:11</sup>So also account yourselves dead indeed to +sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:12</sup>Let not sin therefore +reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires, <sup class= +"v">6:13</sup>neither present your members as instruments of +wickedness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living from the +dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. +<sup class="v">6:14</sup>For sin shall not have a Lordship over +you; for you are not under the law but under the grace.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:15</sup>What then? Shall we sin +because we are not under the law but under the grace? By no means. +<sup class="v">6:16</sup>Know you not that to whom you present +yourselves servants for obedience, his servants you are whom you +obey, whether of sin in death or of obedience in righteousness? +<sup class="v">6:17</sup>But thanks be to God that you were +servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart the form of teaching in +which you were instructed, <sup class="v">6:18</sup>and having +become free from sin you served righteousness. <sup class= +"v">6:19</sup>I speak after the manner of men on account of the +weakness of your flesh. For as you presented your members servants +to impurity and to wickedness in wickedness, so now present your +members servants to righteousness in sanctification. <sup class= +"v">6:20</sup>For when you were servants of sin, you were free from +righteousness. <sup class="v">6:21</sup>What fruit had you +therefore then in things of which you are now ashamed? for the end +of them is death. <sup class="v">6:22</sup>But now having been made +free from sin and made servants to God, you have your fruit in +sanctification, and the end eternal life. <sup class= +"v">6:23</sup>For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is +eternal life by Christ Jesus our Lord.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>THOSE IN CHRIST DEAD TO THE LAW, THE FLESH THE PRINCIPLE OF +SIN, ITS DOMINION OVER THE MIND, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>ARE you ignorant, +brothers, for I speak to them who understand law, that the law has +authority over a man as long as he lives? <sup class= +"v">7:2</sup>For a woman under a husband is bound by law to a +living husband; but if the husband has died she is released from +the law of the husband. <sup class="v">7:3</sup>Therefore while the +husband lives, she shall be called an adulteress if she is married +to another man; but if the husband has died, she is free from the +law, so that she is not an adulteress if married to another man. +<sup class="v">7:4</sup>So, my brothers, you have also died to the +law through the body of Christ, that you should be married to +another, to him that was raised from the dead, that we should bear +fruit to God. <sup class="v">7:5</sup>For when we were in the +flesh, the sinful affections operated through the law in our +members to bear fruit to death; <sup class="v">7:6</sup>but now we +are released from the law by which we were held having died, that +we should serve [God] in newness of spirit, not in the old age of a +writing.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">7:7</sup>What shall we say then? +Is the law sin? By no means. On the contrary I knew not sin except +through the law; for I had not known inordinate desire, unless the +law had said, You shall not desire inordinately. <sup class= +"v">7:8</sup>But Sin having taken occasion through the commandment +wrought in me every inordinate desire; for without the law sin was +dead.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">7:9</sup>And I was alive without +the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I +died, <sup class="v">7:10</sup>and the commandment which was for +life was found to be for death. <sup class="v">7:11</sup>For sin +having taken occasion through the commandment deceived me, and +through it killed me. <sup class="v">7:12</sup>The law therefore is +holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good. <sup class= +"v">7:13</sup>Did then that which is good become death to me? By no +means, but sin; that sin might be made manifest, producing death to +me through that which is good, that sin might become exceedingly +sinful through the commandment. <sup class="v">7:14</sup>For we +know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. +<sup class="v">7:15</sup>For what I do this I approve not; for I do +not what I wish, but what I hate, this I do. <sup class= +"v">7:16</sup>But if what I wish not this I do, I consent to the +law that it is good; <sup class="v">7:17</sup>and now I no longer +do it, but the sin that dwells in me. <sup class="v">7:18</sup>For +I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good. For +to wish is present with me, but to do the good is not; <sup class= +"v">7:19</sup>for the good which I wish I do not, but the evil +which I wish not this I do.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">7:20</sup>But if what I wish not +this I do, I no longer do it, but sin which dwells in me. +<sup class="v">7:21</sup>I find therefore the law, that when I wish +to do good evil is present with me; <sup class="v">7:22</sup>for I +consent to the law of God as to my inward man, [my soul], +<sup class="v">7:23</sup>but I see another law in my members +warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive to the +law of sin which is in my members. <sup class= +"v">7:24</sup>Miserable man that I am; who will deliver me from the +body of this death? <sup class="v">7:25</sup>Thanks be to God +through Jesus Christ our Lord; therefore I myself with the mind +serve the law of God, and with the flesh the law of sin.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>THOSE IN CHRIST NOT SUBJECT TO CONDEMNATION, NOR TO THE FLESH, +BUT RULED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>THERE is no condemnation +therefore to those in Christ Jesus; <sup class="v">8:2</sup>for the +law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law +of sin and death. <sup class="v">8:3</sup>For what the law could +not do because it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his +Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned the sin +in the flesh, <sup class="v">8:4</sup>that the righteous ordinance +of the law may be performed by us who walk not according to the +flesh, but according to the spirit. <sup class="v">8:5</sup>For +they who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh, +but they who are according to the spirit the things of the spirit; +<sup class="v">8:6</sup>for the minding of the flesh is death, but +the minding of the Spirit is life and peace. <sup class= +"v">8:7</sup>Because the minding of the flesh is enmity against +God; for it is not subject to the law of God; for it can not be. +<sup class="v">8:8</sup>And they that are in the flesh cannot +please God. <sup class="v">8:9</sup>But you are not in the flesh +but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And +if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his. <sup class= +"v">8:10</sup>But if Christ is in you, the body is dead on account +of sin, but the spirit is life on account of righteousness. +<sup class="v">8:11</sup>And if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus +from the dead dwells in you, he that raised Christ from the dead +shall make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells +in you.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:12</sup>Therefore, brothers, we +are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. +<sup class="v">8:13</sup>For if you live according to the flesh, +you shall die; but if by the spirit you kill the deeds of the body, +you shall live. <sup class="v">8:14</sup>For as many as are led by +the Spirit of God they are sons of God. <sup class= +"v">8:15</sup>For you received not the spirit of servitude again to +fear, but you received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry; +Abba, Father. <sup class="v">8:16</sup>The Spirit itself is a +co-witness with our spirits that we are children of God. +<sup class="v">8:17</sup>And if children, [we are] also heirs, +heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him +that we may also be glorified with him.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:18</sup>For I think that the +sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with +the glory to be revealed in us. <sup class="v">8:19</sup>For the +earnest expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the +sons of God. <sup class="v">8:20</sup>For the creation was +subjected to a perishable condition, not willingly, but by him that +subjected it, in hope <sup class="v">8:21</sup>that the same +creation will be delivered from the servitude of destruction and +[brought] into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. <sup class= +"v">8:22</sup>For we know that all the creation groans and is in +pain till now; <sup class="v">8:23</sup>and not only it, but we +ourselves also who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even +ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the +redemption of our bodies. <sup class="v">8:24</sup>For we are saved +by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one +hope for what he sees? <sup class="v">8:25</sup>but if we hope for +what we see not, we wait for it with patience.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:26</sup>And in like manner also +the Spirit helps our weakness. For we know not what to pray for as +we ought, but the Spirit makes intercession for us with groanings +unutterable; <sup class="v">8:27</sup>and he that searches the +hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because it makes +intercession with God for the saints. <sup class="v">8:28</sup>And +we know that all things work together for good to those who love +God, to those who are called according to [his] purpose. +<sup class="v">8:29</sup>For whom he foreknew, he also +predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he +may be a first-born among many brothers; <sup class= +"v">8:30</sup>and whom he predestinated them he also called; and +whom he called them he also justified; and whom he justified them +he also glorified.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:31</sup>What shall we say then +to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? <sup class= +"v">8:32</sup>He who spared not his Son, but gave him up for us +all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? +<sup class="v">8:33</sup>Who will bring a charge against God's +elect? It is God that justifies; <sup class="v">8:34</sup>who is he +that condemns? Is it Christ who died, and still more, who has also +been raised, and who is on the right hand of God, and who makes +intercession for us? <sup class="v">8:35</sup>Who shall separate us +from the love of Christ? Shall affliction or distress, persecution +or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? <sup class= +"v">8:36</sup>As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the +day; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter. <sup class= +"v">8:37</sup>But in all these things we more than conquer, through +him who loved us. <sup class="v">8:38</sup>For I am persuaded that +neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things +present nor things to come, nor powers, <sup class= +"v">8:39</sup>nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall +be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our +Lord.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>THE REJECTION OF THE UNBELIEVING JEWS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>I SPEAK the truth in +Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness with the Holy +Spirit, <sup class="v">9:2</sup>that I have great grief and +continual pain in my heart; <sup class="v">9:3</sup>for I have +wished that I was myself accursed from Christ for my brothers, my +kindred according to the flesh, <sup class="v">9:4</sup>who are +Israelites, whose are the adoption and the glory, and the covenants +and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises, +<sup class="v">9:5</sup>whose are the fathers, and of whom is +Christ, according to the flesh. He who is over all is God blessed +forever, amen. <sup class="v">9:6</sup>Not that the word of God has +failed of being accomplished. For all are not Israel who are of +Israel; <sup class="v">9:7</sup>neither, because they are a +posterity of Abraham, are they all children; but in Isaac shall +your posterity be called; <sup class="v">9:8</sup>that is, the +children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children +of the promise are accounted the posterity. <sup class= +"v">9:9</sup>For this was the word of promise; According to this +time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son. <sup class= +"v">9:10</sup>And not only this, but Rebecca also being with child +by one, by our father Isaac— <sup class="v">9:11</sup>for the +children not yet being born, nor having done any thing good or +evil, that the purpose of God according to election might continue, +not of works but of him that calls,— <sup class= +"v">9:12</sup>it was said to her that the older shall serve the +younger; <sup class="v">9:13</sup>as it is written; Jacob I loved, +but Esau I hated.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">9:14</sup>What shall we say then? +Is there unrighteousness with God? By no means. <sup class= +"v">9:15</sup>For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to him to +whom I may be merciful, and I will compassionate him whom I may +compassionate. <sup class="v">9:16</sup>Therefore, it is not of him +that wills nor of him that runs, but of God that exercises mercy. +<sup class="v">9:17</sup>For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For +this same cause I raised you up, to show my power in you, and that +my name may be declared in all the earth. <sup class= +"v">9:18</sup>He therefore has mercy on whom he will, and whom he +will he hardens. <sup class="v">9:19</sup>You will say to me then, +Why then does he yet find fault? for who has resisted his will? +<sup class="v">9:20</sup>Yes indeed, O man, who are you that reply +against God? Shall the work say to him that made it, Why did you +make me thus? <sup class="v">9:21</sup>or has not the potter a +right, in respect to the clay, to make of the same mass one vessel +to honor and another to dishonor? <sup class="v">9:22</sup>But if +God wishing to show his wrath and to make known his power endured +with much long suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, +<sup class="v">9:23</sup>and that he might make known the riches of +his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for +glory, <sup class="v">9:24</sup>whom he also called, us not of the +Jews only but also of the gentiles, <sup class="v">9:25</sup>as he +says also in Hosea, I will call them that were not my people, my +people, and her that was not beloved, beloved, <sup class= +"v">9:26</sup>and in the place where it was said to them, You are +not my people, there they shall be called children of the living +God. <sup class="v">9:27</sup>But Isaiah cries concerning Israel, +Though the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the +sea, a remnant shall be saved; <sup class="v">9:28</sup>for he +executes and performs his word in righteousness, for a finished +work will the Lord perform on the earth. <sup class= +"v">9:29</sup>As also Isaiah said before, Unless the Lord of +Sabaoth had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, +and should have resembled Gomorrah.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:30</sup>What shall we say then? +That nations who did not pursue righteousness attained a +righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith; <sup class= +"v">9:31</sup>but Israel who pursued the law of righteousness did +not attain to the law of righteousness. <sup class= +"v">9:32</sup>For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but +as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of +stumbling, <sup class="v">9:33</sup>as it is written; Behold, I lay +in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and he that +believes on him shall not be ashamed.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>Brothers, the earnest +desire and prayer of my heart for Israel is for their salvation. +<sup class="v">10:2</sup>For I bear them witness that they have a +zeal for God but not according to knowledge; <sup class= +"v">10:3</sup>for not knowing God's righteousness, and seeking to +set up their righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to +God's righteousness. <sup class="v">10:4</sup>For Christ is the end +of the law for righteousness to every one that believes. +<sup class="v">10:5</sup>For Moses describes the righteousness of +the law, that the man that does these things shall live by them. +<sup class="v">10:6</sup>But the righteousness by faith speaks +thus; Say not in your mind, who shall ascend into +heaven?—that is, to bring Christ down,— <sup class= +"v">10:7</sup>or who shall descend into the abyss?—that is, +to bring Christ up from the dead. <sup class="v">10:8</sup>But what +does it say? The word is nigh you, in your mouth and in your mind; +that is, the word of the faith which we preach. <sup class= +"v">10:9</sup>For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, +and believe with your mind that God raised him from the dead, you +shall be saved; <sup class="v">10:10</sup>for with the mind we +believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to +salvation. <sup class="v">10:11</sup>For the Scripture says, No one +that believes in him shall be ashamed. <sup class= +"v">10:12</sup>For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; +for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him. +<sup class="v">10:13</sup>For every one that calls on the name of +the Lord shall be saved. <sup class="v">10:14</sup>How 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 one preaching? <sup class="v">10:15</sup>and how shall they +preach unless they have been sent? as it is written, How beautiful +are the feet of those that publish good news of peace, that publish +good news of good things.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">10:16</sup>But all did not obey +the gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who believed our report? +<sup class="v">10:17</sup>Faith therefore comes by the report, and +the report by the word of God. <sup class="v">10:18</sup>But I say, +Did they not hear? Yes indeed; their voice went into all the earth, +and their words to the ends of the world. <sup class= +"v">10:19</sup>But I say, did not Israel know? First, Moses says, I +will provoke you by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish +nation will I excite you to anger. <sup class="v">10:20</sup>But +Isaiah is more bold and says, I was found by them that sought me +not, I was made manifest to them that inquired not after me. +<sup class="v">10:21</sup>But in respect to Israel he says, All the +day I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contradicting +people.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>THE SALVATION OF BELIEVING JEWS AND THE CALLING OF THE +GENTILES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>I SAY then, has God +cast away his people? By no means; for I also am an Israelite, of +the race of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. <sup class= +"v">11:2</sup>God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. +Know you not what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he intercedes +with God against Israel? <sup class="v">11:3</sup>Lord, they have +killed thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars, and I am left +alone, and they seek my life. <sup class="v">11:4</sup>But what +says the response to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand +men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. <sup class= +"v">11:5</sup>So then also at the present time there is a remnant +according to the election of grace; <sup class="v">11:6</sup>but if +by grace, no longer by works; for otherwise grace is no longer +grace; but if by works, it is no longer grace; for otherwise a work +is no longer a work. <sup class="v">11:7</sup>What then? What +Israel seeks, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained; +and the rest were hardened,— <sup class="v">11:8</sup>as it +is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should +not see, and ears that they should not hear—to this day. +<sup class="v">11:9</sup>And David says, Let their table become a +trap and a snare and an offense and a stumbling block to them; +<sup class="v">11:10</sup>let their eyes be darkened that they may +not see, and bow down their back always.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:11</sup>I say then, have they +stumbled that they should fall? By no means; but by their fall the +nations have salvation to excite them to emulation. <sup class= +"v">11:12</sup>But if their fall is the riches of the world, and +their diminution the riches of nations, how much more will their +fullness be. <sup class="v">11:13</sup>For I speak to you, +gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my +ministry, <sup class="v">11:14</sup>if perhaps I may excite my +flesh [race] to emulation and save some of them. <sup class= +"v">11:15</sup>For if their falling away is the reconciling of the +world, what will their recovery be but life from the dead? +<sup class="v">11:16</sup>And if the first fruit is holy, the mass +is also; and if the root is holy, the branches also are.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">11:17</sup>But if some of the +branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted +in among them and became a partaker of the root and excellence of +the olive, <sup class="v">11:18</sup>boast not against the +branches; but if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root +you. <sup class="v">11:19</sup>You will say then, The branches were +broken off that I might be grafted in. <sup class= +"v">11:20</sup>Well; they were broken off by unbelief, and you +stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear; <sup class= +"v">11:21</sup>for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps +he will not spare you. <sup class="v">11:22</sup>See then the +goodness and severity of God; towards those that fell, severity, +but towards you, the goodness of God, if you continue in goodness, +for otherwise you also will be cut off. <sup class= +"v">11:23</sup>And they, if they continue not in unbelief, will be +grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. <sup class= +"v">11:24</sup>For if you have been cut from an olive wild by +nature, and grafted contrary to nature into a good olive, how much +more shall they according to nature be grafted into their own +olive.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:25</sup>For I wish you not to +be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery; that you may not be wise in +your own conceit. For hardness in part has come upon Israel, till +the fullness of the gentiles shall come in, <sup class= +"v">11:26</sup>and so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, +A deliverer shall come from Zion, he shall turn away impiety from +Jacob. <sup class="v">11:27</sup>And this is the promise to them +from me, when I take away their sins. <sup class="v">11:28</sup>As +to the gospel, they are enemies on your account, but as to the +election, they are beloved on account of the fathers; <sup class= +"v">11:29</sup>for the gifts and calling of God are without a +change of mind. <sup class="v">11:30</sup>For as you once disobeyed +God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, <sup class= +"v">11:31</sup>so also they now have disobeyed that they may obtain +mercy by your mercy. <sup class="v">11:32</sup>For God has +concluded all in disobedience that he may have mercy on all. +<sup class="v">11:33</sup>O the depth of the riches both of the +wisdom and knowledge of God! how inscrutable are his judgments, and +his ways can not be explored! <sup class="v">11:34</sup>For who +knew the mind of the Lord? or who was his counsellor? <sup class= +"v">11:35</sup>or who first gave to him, and it shall be repaid +him? <sup class="v">11:36</sup>For of him and through him, and in +him are all things; to him be glory forever; amen.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>MORAL AND POLITICAL DUTIES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>I EXHORT you, +therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies +a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable +service; <sup class="v">12:2</sup>and be not conformed to this +life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may +prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and +perfect. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>For I say through the grace given +me, to every one among you, not to be higher-minded than he ought +to be, but to think soberly, as God has distributed to each the +measure of faith. <sup class="v">12:4</sup>For as we have many +members in one body, and all the members have not the same office, +<sup class="v">12:5</sup>so we, the many, are one body in Christ, +and each one members one of another; <sup class="v">12:6</sup>but +having different gifts according to the grace given us, if prophecy +[let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the faith, +<sup class="v">12:7</sup>if a service [let us labor] in the +service, if one teaches, in teaching, <sup class="v">12:8</sup>if +one exhorts in the exhortation, he that gives, with simplicity, he +that rules, with diligence, he that exercises mercy, with +cheerfulness.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:9</sup>Let love be without +hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good, <sup class= +"v">12:10</sup>be kindly disposed one to another with brotherly +love, in honor prefer one another, <sup class="v">12:11</sup>be not +slothful in business, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord, +<sup class="v">12:12</sup>rejoice in the hope, be patient in +affliction, be persevering in prayer, <sup class= +"v">12:13</sup>contribute to the necessity of saints, practise +hospitality. <sup class="v">12:14</sup>Bless those that persecute, +bless and curse not. <sup class="v">12:15</sup>Rejoice with the +rejoicing, weep with the weeping. <sup class="v">12:16</sup>Desire +the same thing one for another; desire not the high, but be +satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in your own conceit. +<sup class="v">12:17</sup>Render evil for evil to no one, provide +things honorable in the sight of all men; <sup class= +"v">12:18</sup>if possible, as much as may be in your power, live +peaceably with all men, <sup class="v">12:19</sup>not vindicating +yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, +Judgment is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. <sup class= +"v">12:20</sup>If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if +he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals +of fire on his head. <sup class="v">12:21</sup>Be not overcome by +evil, but overcome evil with good.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>Let every soul be +subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from +God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God. +<sup class="v">13:2</sup>So that he who resists the power resists +the ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment +on themselves. <sup class="v">13:3</sup>For rulers are not a terror +to good works, but to evil. Will you not fear the power? Do good, +and you shall have praise from it; <sup class="v">13:4</sup>for +[the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, +fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister +of justice for punishment to him that does evil. <sup class= +"v">13:5</sup>Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not +only on account of punishment, but also on account of +conscience.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:6</sup>For on this account +also you pay taxes; for [magistrates] are servants of God attending +constantly to this same thing. <sup class="v">13:7</sup>Pay to all +their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is +due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor. <sup class= +"v">13:8</sup>Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for +he that loves another has fully performed the law. <sup class= +"v">13:9</sup>For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall +not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, +and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended +in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. <sup class= +"v">13:10</sup>Love does no evil to a neighbor; love therefore is +the sum of the law. <sup class="v">13:11</sup>And [do] this, +knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we should be +waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we +believed. <sup class="v">13:12</sup>The night is far advanced, and +the day is at hand; let us lay aside therefore the works of +darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. <sup class= +"v">13:13</sup>Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in +revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife +and envy; <sup class="v">13:14</sup>but put on the Lord Jesus +Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>DUTIES TO THE WEAK, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>RECEIVE the weak in +faith, not to doubtful reasonings. <sup class="v">14:2</sup>For one +has faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eats vegetables. +<sup class="v">14:3</sup>Let not him that eats despise him that +eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for +God has accepted him. <sup class="v">14:4</sup>Who are you that +judge another man's servant? To his master he stands or falls; and +he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">14:5</sup>One judges one day to +be better than another, but another judges every day [to be alike]. +Let each one be fully persuaded in his mind. <sup class= +"v">14:6</sup>He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and +he that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he +that eats eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that +eats not eats not to the Lord, and gives God thanks. <sup class= +"v">14:7</sup>For no one of us lives for himself; and no one dies +for himself; <sup class="v">14:8</sup>for if we live, we live for +the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; whether therefore we +live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's. <sup class= +"v">14:9</sup>For this end Christ died and lived again, that he +might exercise lordship over the dead and living. <sup class= +"v">14:10</sup>But why do you judge your brother? why do you set at +nought your brother? for we must all stand at the tribunal of God. +<sup class="v">14:11</sup>For it is written, [As] I live, says the +Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess to God. +<sup class="v">14:12</sup>Each of us therefore shall give account +of himself to God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:13</sup>Let us not therefore +judge one another, but judge this rather, not to place a +stumbling-block or an offense before a brother. <sup class= +"v">14:14</sup>I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that +nothing is defiled in itself, except to him that thinks any thing +to be defiled; to him it is defiled. <sup class="v">14:15</sup>For +if your brother is grieved by your food, you no longer walk in +love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died. +<sup class="v">14:16</sup>Let not your good therefore be +injuriously spoken of. <sup class="v">14:17</sup>For the kingdom of +God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and +joy in the Holy Spirit; <sup class="v">14:18</sup>for he that in +this serves Christ is well pleasing to God and approved by men. +<sup class="v">14:19</sup>Let us therefore pursue the things of +peace and those which edify one another. <sup class= +"v">14:20</sup>On account of food destroy not the work of God. All +things indeed are pure, but evil is to the man that eats with +offense; <sup class="v">14:21</sup>it is good not to eat meat nor +drink wine, nor [do] any thing by which your brother stumbles. +<sup class="v">14:22</sup>You have faith; have it for yourself +before God, Blessed is he that condemns not himself in what he +approves; <sup class="v">14:23</sup>but he that doubts is condemned +if he eats, because it is not of faith; and every thing which is +not of faith is sin.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>And we, the strong, +ought to bear the infirmities of those who are not strong, and not +to please ourselves. <sup class="v">15:2</sup>Let us each please +our neighbor in that which is good for edification; <sup class= +"v">15:3</sup>for Christ also pleased not himself, but, as it is +written, The reproaches of those that reproached thee fell on me. +<sup class="v">15:4</sup>For those things which were written before +were written for our instruction, that through patience and the +consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope. <sup class= +"v">15:5</sup>And the God of patience and consolation grant you to +have the same mind one to another, according to Christ Jesus, +<sup class="v">15:6</sup>that being of one mind you may glorify the +God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one mouth.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">15:7</sup>Wherefore receive one +another, as Christ also received you to the glory of God. +<sup class="v">15:8</sup>For I say that Christ was made a minister +of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises +of the fathers, <sup class="v">15:9</sup>and that the nations +should glorify God for mercy; as it is written, For this cause will +I praise thee among nations, and sing to thy name. <sup class= +"v">15:10</sup>And again he says, Rejoice nations with his people. +<sup class="v">15:11</sup>And again, Praise the Lord, all nations, +and let all peoples praise him. <sup class="v">15:12</sup>And +again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse and he shall +stand up to rule nations, in him shall nations hope. <sup class= +"v">15:13</sup>And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and +peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the +Holy Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">15:14</sup>And I am persuaded, my +brothers, even I myself, concerning you, that you are full of +kindness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one +another; <sup class="v">15:15</sup>but I have written more boldly +to you in part, to refresh your minds on account of the grace given +me by God <sup class="v">15:16</sup>that I should be a servant of +Christ Jesus to the nations, administering as a priest the gospel +of God, that the offering of the nations may be acceptable, +sanctified by the Holy Spirit. <sup class="v">15:17</sup>I have +therefore cause of boasting in Christ Jesus in respect to things +relating to God; <sup class="v">15:18</sup>for I dare not to speak +of what Christ has not performed by me for the obedience of the +nations, by word and work, <sup class="v">15:19</sup>by the power +of miracles and prodigies, by the power of the Spirit, so that from +Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the +gospel of Christ. <sup class="v">15:20</sup>And I have been anxious +so to preach where Christ was not named, that I might not build on +another's foundation; <sup class="v">15:21</sup>but as it is +written, They shall see to whom nothing was told concerning him, +and they who have not heard shall understand.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">15:22</sup>Wherefore I was also +much hindered from coming to you; <sup class="v">15:23</sup>but now +having no longer a place in these regions, and having a desire to +come to you for many years, <sup class="v">15:24</sup>should I go +to Spain I will come to you; for I hope, going by, to see you, and +to be sent forward by you there, when first I am in part filled +with you. <sup class="v">15:25</sup>But now I am going to Jerusalem +to serve the saints. <sup class="v">15:26</sup>For Macedonia and +Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor of +the saints at Jerusalem. <sup class="v">15:27</sup>They have been +pleased indeed, and their debtors they are; for if the nations have +participated in their spiritual things, they ought also to serve +them in things pertaining to the flesh. <sup class= +"v">15:28</sup>Having therefore performed this, and sealed to them +this service, I will go by you to Spain; <sup class= +"v">15:29</sup>and I know that when I come to you I shall come in +the fullness of the blessing of Christ. <sup class= +"v">15:30</sup>But I exhort you by the Lord Jesus Christ, and by +the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to +God for me, <sup class="v">15:31</sup>that I may be delivered from +those that obey not in Judea, and that my service which is for +Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, <sup class= +"v">15:32</sup>that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, +and be refreshed together with you. <sup class="v">15:33</sup>And +may the God of peace be with you all; amen.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>COMMENDATION OF PHOEBE, SALUTATIONS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>AND I commend to you +Phoebe our sister, who is a minister of the church in Cenchrea, +<sup class="v">16:2</sup>that you receive her in the Lord worthily +of the saints, and assist her in any thing in which she may have +need of you; for she has been an assistant of many, and of myself +also.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">16:3</sup>Salute Prisca +[Priscilla] and Aquila my co-laborers in Christ Jesus, <sup class= +"v">16:4</sup>who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only +I give thanks but all the churches of the nations; <sup class= +"v">16:5</sup>and [salute] the assembly at their house. Salute +Epenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ. +<sup class="v">16:6</sup>Salute Mary, who labored much for us. +<sup class="v">16:7</sup>Salute Andronicus and Junius, my relatives +and my fellow-captives, who are distinguished among the apostles, +and who were before me in Christ. <sup class="v">16:8</sup>Salute +Amplias my beloved in the Lord. <sup class="v">16:9</sup>Salute +Urbanus our co-laborer in Christ, and Stachus my beloved. +<sup class="v">16:10</sup>Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. +Salute those of the [family] of Aristobulus. <sup class= +"v">16:11</sup>Salute Herodion, my relative. Salute those of the +[family] of Narcissus who are in the Lord. <sup class= +"v">16:12</sup>Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labored in the +Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. +<sup class="v">16:13</sup>Salute Rufus the elect in the Lord, and +his mother and mine. <sup class="v">16:14</sup>Salute Asyncritus, +Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them. +<sup class="v">16:15</sup>Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and +his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them. <sup class= +"v">16:16</sup>Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the +churches of Christ salute you.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:17</sup>I exhort you, +brothers, to observe those that cause dissensions and offenses +contrary to the teaching which you learned, and avoid them; +<sup class="v">16:18</sup>for such serve not our anointed Lord, but +themselves, And by kind and complimentary words deceive the minds +of the simple. <sup class="v">16:19</sup>For your obedience has +come to all; I rejoice in you therefore, but I wish you to be wise +for that which is good, and simple for evil. <sup class= +"v">16:20</sup>And the God of peace shall crush Satan under your +feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:21</sup>Timothy my co-laborer +salutes you, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relatives. +<sup class="v">16:22</sup>I, Tertius, who wrote the epistle, salute +you in the Lord. <sup class="v">16:23</sup>Gaius my entertainer, +and the entertainer of all the church, salutes you. Erastus the +treasurer of the city and Quartus the brother salute you. +<sup class="v">16:24</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you all; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:25</sup>And to him that is +able to confirm you according to my gospel, and the preaching of +Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery not +revealed in ancient times, <sup class="v">16:26</sup>but made +manifest now by the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of +the eternal God, for the obedience of the faith among all nations, +<sup class="v">16:27</sup>to the only wise God, through Jesus +Christ, to him be the glory forever; amen.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b57">THE EPISTLE TO + PHILEMON.</A></h1> +<h3 style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:4em">ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS 25:4.)</h3> +<h3>CONCERNING ONESIMUS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, a prisoner of +Jesus Christ, and Timothy the brother, to the beloved. Philemon and +our fellow-laborer, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>and to the beloved +Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly at +your house. <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Grace be to you and peace from +God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:4</sup>I thank my God, always +making mention of you in my prayers, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>hearing of your love and faith which you have for the +Lord Jesus and for all the saints, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>that +your participation of the faith may be made effectual by a +knowledge of all the good which we have in Christ Jesus. +<sup class="v">1:7</sup>For I have great joy and comfort in your +love, because the saints are refreshed by you, brother. <sup class= +"v">1:8</sup>Wherefore, having great boldness to command you what +is fit, <sup class="v">1:9</sup>on account of love I rather +request; being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of +Christ Jesus, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>I request you for my son +Onesimus, whom I obtained in my bonds, <sup class="v">1:11</sup>who +was formerly not useful to you but is now most useful to you and +me, <sup class="v">1:12</sup>whom I have sent back. And do you +receive him, that is, my soul, <sup class="v">1:13</sup>whom I +should like to retain for myself, that he might serve me for you in +the bonds of the gospel, <sup class="v">1:14</sup>but without your +consent I will do nothing, that your service may not be compulsory +but voluntary; <sup class="v">1:15</sup>for perhaps he has been +separated from you for a time that you may have him back forever, +<sup class="v">1:16</sup>no longer as a servant, but above a +servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more to +you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>If +therefore you regard me as a friend receive him as myself. +<sup class="v">1:18</sup>If he injured you, or owes you any thing, +set it to my account. <sup class="v">1:19</sup>I, Paul, have +written with my hand; I will pay; not to tell you that you owe +yourself to me. <sup class="v">1:20</sup>Yes, brother, let me be +profited by you in the Lord; refresh my soul in Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:21</sup>I have written to you, +having confidence in your obedience, knowing that you will do even +more than I say. <sup class="v">1:22</sup>But at the same time also +prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall +be given to you. <sup class="v">1:23</sup>Epaphras, who is my +fellow-captive in Christ Jesus, <sup class="v">1:24</sup>Mark, +Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my co-laborers, salute you. <sup class= +"v">1:25</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your +spirit.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b51">THE EPISTLE TO THE + COLOSSIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS 25:4.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S PRAYERS FOR THE COLOSSIANS, THE DIGNITY OF CHRIST, +PAUL'S MINISTRY, FALSE TEACHERS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, an apostle of +Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, +<sup class="v">1:2</sup>to the saints in Colosse and the faithful +brothers in Christ. Grace be to you and peace from God our +Father.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>We thank the God and +Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, +<sup class="v">1:4</sup>having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus +and the love which you have for all the saints, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of +which you heard before in the true word of the gospel <sup class= +"v">1:6</sup>which is present with you as also in all the world, +and is fruitful and increases, as also with you, from the day that +you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; <sup class= +"v">1:7</sup>as you learned from Epaphras our beloved +fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you, +<sup class="v">1:8</sup>and who made known to us your love in the +Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:9</sup>Therefore we also, from +the day that we heard, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that +you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and +spiritual understanding, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>that you may walk +worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being +fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; +<sup class="v">1:11</sup>being strengthened with all power, +according to his glorious power, for all patience and long +suffering with joy; <sup class="v">1:12</sup>giving thanks to the +Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the +saints in light, <sup class="v">1:13</sup>who delivered us from the +power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of +his love, <sup class="v">1:14</sup>in whom we have redemption, the +forgiveness of sins, <sup class="v">1:15</sup>who is the likeness +of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation, <sup class= +"v">1:16</sup>for by him were all things created which are in +heaven and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether +thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or powers. All things +were created through him and for him, <sup class="v">1:17</sup>and +he is before all things, and in him all things consist, <sup class= +"v">1:18</sup>and he is the head of the body, the church; who is +the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself +be preeminent in all things, <sup class="v">1:19</sup>for in him +[God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell, <sup class= +"v">1:20</sup>and through him to reconcile all things to himself, +making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether +things on the earth or things in the heavens. <sup class= +"v">1:21</sup>And you, formerly alienated and enemies in mind by +evil works, he has now reconciled <sup class="v">1:22</sup>by the +body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without +blame and without fault before him, <sup class="v">1:23</sup>if +indeed you continue founded and established in the faith, and not +moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was +preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was +made a minister.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:24</sup>Now I rejoice in +sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions +of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church, +<sup class="v">1:25</sup>of which I was made a minister according +to the dispensation of God given me for you, to complete the word +of God, <sup class="v">1:26</sup>the mystery concealed from ages +and from generations, but now it has been manifested to his saints, +<sup class="v">1:27</sup>to whom God was pleased to make known what +is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which +is Christ in you, the hope of glory, <sup class="v">1:28</sup>whom +we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all +wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ; +<sup class="v">1:29</sup>for which I also labor, striving with his +power which operates in me with power.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>For I wish you to know +what a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many +as have not seen my face in the flesh, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>that +your hearts may be comforted, being united in love and [raised] to +all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the +knowledge of the mystery of God, <sup class="v">2:3</sup>in which +are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. <sup class= +"v">2:4</sup>But I say this that no one may mislead you with +persuasive words. <sup class="v">2:5</sup>For if I am absent in the +flesh, still I am present in spirit with you, rejoicing and +beholding your order and the strength of your faith in Christ. +<sup class="v">2:6</sup>As therefore you have received Christ Jesus +the Lord, walk in him, <sup class="v">2:7</sup>founded and built up +in him, and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding +in thanksgiving.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:8</sup>See that no one leads +you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to +the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and +not according to Christ, <sup class="v">2:9</sup>for in him dwells +all the fullness of the Deity bodily <sup class="v">2:10</sup>and +you are made perfect in him, who is the head of all principality +and power, <sup class="v">2:11</sup>in whom you are also +circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the +putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of +Christ, <sup class="v">2:12</sup>having been buried with him in +baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the +effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead; <sup class= +"v">2:13</sup>and you being dead in sins and in the uncircumcision +of your flesh, he has made you alive with him, having forgiven us +all sins, <sup class="v">2:14</sup>having blotted out what was +written by the hand in ordinances which was against us, and has +taken it away from between [us], having nailed it to the cross; +<sup class="v">2:15</sup>[and] having subjugated principalities and +powers, he made a public exhibition of them, leading them in +triumph by it.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:16</sup>Let no man therefore +judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect to a feast, or +new moon, or sabbath, <sup class="v">2:17</sup>which are a shadow +of things that were to come; but the body is Christ's. <sup class= +"v">2:18</sup>Let no one wishing [it] deprive you of your reward by +humility and a worship of angels, intruding into what he has not +seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind, <sup class= +"v">2:19</sup>and not holding the head, from which all the body +being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows +with an increase of God. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>If therefore you +died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do you +practice ordinances as living in the world,— <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>you shall not touch, you shall not taste, you shall +not feel,— <sup class="v">2:22</sup>all which are to perish +in the using—according to the commandments and instructions +of men? <sup class="v">2:23</sup>Which have an appearance of wisdom +in voluntary worship and humiliation, and in a rigorous treatment +of the body, [which is held] in no respect for the surfeiting of +the flesh.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>MORAL DUTIES, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>IF you, therefore, have +been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits +on the right hand of God; <sup class="v">3:2</sup>employ your minds +on things above, not on things on the earth. <sup class= +"v">3:3</sup>For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in +God; <sup class="v">3:4</sup>when Christ your life shall be made +manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:5</sup>Put to death, therefore, +your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, +passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry, +<sup class="v">3:6</sup>for which comes the wrath of God. +<sup class="v">3:7</sup>In which also you walked formerly when you +lived in them; <sup class="v">3:8</sup>but now do you put away also +all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, vile conversation out +of your mouth; <sup class="v">3:9</sup>lie not one to another; put +off the old man with his doings, <sup class="v">3:10</sup>and put +on the new man, renewed in knowledge in the likeness of him that +created him, <sup class="v">3:11</sup>where there are not Greek and +Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, servant, +freeman, but Christ is all things and in all.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:12</sup>Put on, therefore, as +elect and beloved saints of God, hearts of compassion, kindness, +humility, meekness, long-suffering, <sup class= +"v">3:13</sup>forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if +any one has a charge against any, as Christ forgave you, so [do] +you also, <sup class="v">3:14</sup>and in addition to all these +[put on] love, which is the bond of perfection. <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for +which you have been called in one body; and be thankful. +<sup class="v">3:16</sup>Let the word of Christ dwell in you +richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with +psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts +to God, <sup class="v">3:17</sup>and whatever you do in word or in +work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the +God [and] Father through him.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">3:18</sup>Wives, be subject to +the husbands, as is fit in the Lord. <sup class= +"v">3:19</sup>Husbands, love the wives and be not bitter to them. +<sup class="v">3:20</sup>Children, obey [your] parents in all +things; for this is well pleasing in the Lord. <sup class= +"v">3:21</sup>Fathers, be not fault-finding with your children, +that they be not discouraged. <sup class="v">3:22</sup>Servants, +obey in all things masters according to the flesh, not with eye +service, as those pleasing men, but with a sincere heart, fearing +the Lord. <sup class="v">3:23</sup>And whatever you do, work +heartily, as for the Lord and not for men; <sup class= +"v">3:24</sup>knowing that you will receive from the Lord the +recompense of the inheritance. You serve Christ the Lord; +<sup class="v">3:25</sup>for he that does wrong shall receive for +the wrong which he has done, and there is no respect of persons. +<sup class="v">4:1</sup>Masters, render to your servants what is +just and equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:2</sup>Be constant in prayer, +watching in it with thanksgiving, <sup class="v">4:3</sup>praying +also at the same time for us, that God will open to us a door of +utterance to declare the mystery of Christ, for which also I am +bound, <sup class="v">4:4</sup>that I may declare it plainly, as I +ought to speak. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>Walk in wisdom towards +those without, redeeming the time. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>Let your +words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may +know how to answer every one.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:7</sup>Tychicus will inform you +of all things relating to me, who is a beloved brother, and +faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord, <sup class= +"v">4:8</sup>whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that he may +know your affairs and comfort your hearts, <sup class= +"v">4:9</sup>with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is +of you; they will tell you of all things here.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">4:10</sup>Aristarchus my +fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark the nephew of +Barnabas,—concerning whom you received commandments, if he +comes to you receive him,— <sup class="v">4:11</sup>and Jesus +called Justus, who are of the circumcision; these are the only +co-laborers for the kingdom of God who have been a comfort to me. +<sup class="v">4:12</sup>Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of +Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers that +you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. +<sup class="v">4:13</sup>For I bear him witness that he has great +zeal for you and for those in Laodicea, and for those in +Hierapolis. <sup class="v">4:14</sup>Luke the beloved physician, +and Demas, salute you. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>Salute the brothers +in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly at his house. +<sup class="v">4:16</sup>And when this letter has been read with +you, cause that it be also read by the church of the Laodiceans; +and do you also read that from Laodicea. <sup class= +"v">4:17</sup>And say to Archippus, Attend to your ministry which +you received in the Lord, to perform it fully. <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>The salutation with my hand, Paul's. Remember my +bonds. The grace be with you.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b49">THE EPISTLE TO THE + EPHESIANS [LAODICEANS].</A></h1> +<h3>ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS 25:4.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE BENEFICENCE OF GOD TO THE ELECT, CHRIST THE SAVIOUR, THE +SALVATION OF THE GENTILES, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, an apostle of +Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in [Ephesus] and the +faithful in Christ Jesus. <sup class="v">1:2</sup>Grace be to you +and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Blessed be the God and +Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every +spiritual blessing in the heavenly [worlds] in Christ, <sup class= +"v">1:4</sup>as he chose us in him before the foundation of the +world, that we should be holy and blameless before him, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>having predestinated us in love to an adoption through +Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his +will, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>to the praise of his glorious grace, +which he bestowed upon us in the beloved, <sup class= +"v">1:7</sup>in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the +forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, +<sup class="v">1:8</sup>which he bestowed on us abundantly with all +wisdom and knowledge <sup class="v">1:9</sup>making known to us the +mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he +purposed in himself <sup class="v">1:10</sup>in respect to the +dispensation of the fullness of times, to bring all things into one +in Christ, the things which are in heaven and the things which are +on earth, in him <sup class="v">1:11</sup>in whom also we have been +called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him +who works out all things according to the counsel of his will, +<sup class="v">1:12</sup>that we should be for a praise of his +glory, who first trusted in Christ; <sup class="v">1:13</sup>in +whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your +salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the +Holy Spirit of promise, <sup class="v">1:14</sup>which is a pledge +of our inheritance for the redemption of the purchased possession, +to the praise of his glory.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:15</sup>Therefore, I also, +having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love to all the +saints, <sup class="v">1:16</sup>do not cease to give thanks for +you, making mention of you in my prayers, <sup class= +"v">1:17</sup>that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of +glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the +knowledge of him; <sup class="v">1:18</sup>the eyes of your minds +being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, +and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, +<sup class="v">1:19</sup>and what the exceeding greatness of his +power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his +mighty power, <sup class="v">1:20</sup>which he performed in +Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his +right hand in the heavenly [worlds], <sup class="v">1:21</sup>above +every principality and authority and power and lordship, and every +name that is named, not only in this life but also in that to come, +<sup class="v">1:22</sup>and put all things in subjection under his +feet, and made him head over all things to the church, <sup class= +"v">1:23</sup>which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all +things in all.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>And you being dead in +trespasses and sins,— <sup class="v">2:2</sup>in which you +formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to +the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in +the children of disobedience, <sup class="v">2:3</sup>among whom +also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, performing +the wishes of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children +of wrath even as others; <sup class="v">2:4</sup>but God who is +rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved +us,— <sup class="v">2:5</sup>even when we were dead in sins +he made us alive with Christ,—by grace are you saved, +<sup class="v">2:6</sup>and raised us up and seated us together +with Christ Jesus in the heavenly worlds, <sup class= +"v">2:7</sup>that he might show in the ages to come the +transcendent riches of his grace in goodness to us by Jesus Christ. +<sup class="v">2:8</sup>For by grace are you saved through the +faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God; <sup class= +"v">2:9</sup>not of works, that no one may boast; <sup class= +"v">2:10</sup>for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for +good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:11</sup>Wherefore, remember +that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by +that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand, <sup class= +"v">2:12</sup>that at that time you were without Christ, alienated +from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of +promise, having no hope and without God in the world; <sup class= +"v">2:13</sup>but now, in Christ Jesus you who were formerly far +off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>For he is our peace, who made both one and broke down +the middle wall of partition, <sup class="v">2:15</sup>the enmity, +and abolished by his flesh the law of commandments [consisting] of +ordinances, that of the two he might create in himself one new man, +making peace, <sup class="v">2:16</sup>and reconcile both in one +body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity by it. +<sup class="v">2:17</sup>And he came and preached the good news of +peace to you who were far off, and peace to those nigh, <sup class= +"v">2:18</sup>for through him we both have access by one spirit to +the Father. <sup class="v">2:19</sup>Therefore you are no longer +strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints +and of the family of God, <sup class="v">2:20</sup>being built on +the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself +being the chief corner-stone, <sup class="v">2:21</sup>by which all +the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the +Lord, <sup class="v">2:22</sup>in which you also are built up +together for a spiritual habitation of God.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>For this cause I Paul, a +prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles, <sup class= +"v">3:2</sup>if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace +of God given to me for you, <sup class="v">3:3</sup>that by +revelation the mystery was made known to me,—as I wrote +before in a few words, <sup class="v">3:4</sup>by reading which you +can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,— +<sup class="v">3:5</sup>which in other generations was not made +known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his +holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, <sup class= +"v">3:6</sup>that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body +and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the +gospel, <sup class="v">3:7</sup>of which I was made a minister by +the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his +power. <sup class="v">3:8</sup>To me, who am the least of all +saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the +unsearchable riches of Christ, <sup class="v">3:9</sup>and to +enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed +from eternity in God who created all things, <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>that now to the principalities and powers in the +heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the +manifold wisdom of God, <sup class="v">3:11</sup>according to the +eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord, <sup class= +"v">3:12</sup>in whom we have boldness and access with confidence +through faith in him.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">3:13</sup>Wherefore I desire you +not to faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your +glory. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>For this reason I bow my knees to +the Father, <sup class="v">3:15</sup>of whom all the family in +heaven and on earth is named, <sup class="v">3:16</sup>that he +would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be +strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man, +<sup class="v">3:17</sup>that Christ may dwell in your hearts +through the faith, you being founded and established in love, +<sup class="v">3:18</sup>that you may be able to apprehend with all +the saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height, +<sup class="v">3:19</sup>and to know the love of Christ which +exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of +God. <sup class="v">3:20</sup>To him that is able to do far beyond +all that we ask or think, by the power which operates in us, +<sup class="v">3:21</sup>to him be the glory in the church in Jesus +Christ to all generations, for ever and ever; amen.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DUTIES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>I THEREFORE, the +prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with +which you were called, <sup class="v">4:2</sup>with all humility +and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, +<sup class="v">4:3</sup>using diligence to keep the unity of the +spirit in the bond of peace. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>There is one +body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your +call; <sup class="v">4:5</sup>one Lord, one faith, one baptism; +<sup class="v">4:6</sup>one God and Father of all, who is over all +and through all and in all. <sup class="v">4:7</sup>And to each one +of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of +Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:8</sup>Wherefore he says, When +he ascended on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts to +men. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>But this, that he ascended, what is it +but that he first descended into the lower parts of the earth? +<sup class="v">4:10</sup>He that descended is the same also that +ascended above all heavens, that he might fill all [places]. +<sup class="v">4:11</sup>And he gave some apostles, and some +prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, +<sup class="v">4:12</sup>for the perfecting of the saints, for the +work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ, +<sup class="v">4:13</sup>till we all come to the unity of the faith +and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the +measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>that we may be no longer children, driven about like +waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of +men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles, <sup class= +"v">4:15</sup>but speaking the truth with love we may grow to him +in all things, who is the head, Christ; <sup class="v">4:16</sup>by +whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the supply +of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of every +part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in +love.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:17</sup>This I say then and +testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the other gentiles +walk, in the vanity of their minds, <sup class="v">4:18</sup>with +their understandings darkened, alienated from the life of God on +account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the +hardness of their hearts, <sup class="v">4:19</sup>who being +without feeling have given themselves up to lewdness, to commit +every impurity with greediness. <sup class="v">4:20</sup>But you +have not so learned Christ, <sup class="v">4:21</sup>if you have +indeed heard him, and been instructed by him as the truth is in +Jesus, <sup class="v">4:22</sup>that you should lay aside your +former mode of life the old man destroyed by deceitful desires, +<sup class="v">4:23</sup>and be renewed in the spirit of your +minds, <sup class="v">4:24</sup>and put on the new man, created +after God in righteousness and true holiness.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:25</sup>Wherefore, laying aside +lying let every one speak the truth to his neighbor, for we are +members one of another. <sup class="v">4:26</sup>Be angry and sin +not; let not the sun go down on your wrath, <sup class= +"v">4:27</sup>neither give place to the devil. <sup class= +"v">4:28</sup>Let him that has stolen steal no more, but rather let +him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he may +have to give to him that needs. <sup class="v">4:29</sup>Let no +evil word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for +useful edification, that it may afford benefit to those that hear. +<sup class="v">4:30</sup>And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by +which you were sealed to the day of redemption. <sup class= +"v">4:31</sup>Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, +and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice. +<sup class="v">4:32</sup>But be kind one to another, merciful, +giving one to another, as God also in Christ gave to you. +<sup class="v">5:1</sup>Be therefore followers of God, as dear +children, <sup class="v">5:2</sup>and walk in love, as Christ also +loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God +of good odor.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:3</sup>Let not fornication and +any impurity or covetousness be named among you, as becomes saints, +<sup class="v">5:4</sup>nor indecorum and foolish talking, or +jesting, things not becoming, but rather giving of thanks. +<sup class="v">5:5</sup>For you know this, that no fornicator, or +impure, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance +in the kingdom of Christ and of God. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>Let no +man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the +wrath of God on the children of disobedience. <sup class= +"v">5:7</sup>Be not therefore partakers with them. <sup class= +"v">5:8</sup>For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light +in the Lord. Walk as children of light,— <sup class= +"v">5:9</sup>for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and +righteousness and truth,— <sup class="v">5:10</sup>proving +what is well pleasing to the Lord, <sup class="v">5:11</sup>and be +not partakers of the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather +reprove them. <sup class="v">5:12</sup>For the things which are +done by them in secret it is base even to mention; <sup class= +"v">5:13</sup>but all things proved to be wrong are made manifest +by the light; for every thing which makes manifest is light. +<sup class="v">5:14</sup>Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, +and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:15</sup>See then that you walk +discreetly, not as unwise but as wise, <sup class= +"v">5:16</sup>redeeming the time, because the days are evil. +<sup class="v">5:17</sup>Be not foolish therefore, but understand +what the will of the Lord is. <sup class="v">5:18</sup>And be not +drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit, +<sup class="v">5:19</sup>speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns +and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the +Lord, <sup class="v">5:20</sup>giving thanks always for all things +in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father, +<sup class="v">5:21</sup>being subject one to another in the fear +of Christ. <sup class="v">5:22</sup>Let wives [be subject] to their +husbands as to the Lord, <sup class="v">5:23</sup>for the husband +is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; +he is the savior of the body. <sup class="v">5:24</sup>But as the +church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to +husbands in every thing. <sup class="v">5:25</sup>Husbands, love +your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it, +<sup class="v">5:26</sup>that he might sanctify it, purifying it +with the washing of water with the word, <sup class= +"v">5:27</sup>that he might present the church to himself glorious, +not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it +should be holy and blameless. <sup class="v">5:28</sup>Husbands +ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his +wife loves himself; <sup class="v">5:29</sup>for no one ever hated +his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the +church; <sup class="v">5:30</sup>for we are members of his body. +<sup class="v">5:31</sup>For this cause a man shall leave his +father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be +one flesh. <sup class="v">5:32</sup>This is a great mystery; but I +speak of Christ and the church. <sup class="v">5:33</sup>But do you +also, individually, each one so love his wife as himself, and the +wife [see] that she reverences the husband.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>Children, obey your +parents in the Lord; for this is right. <sup class= +"v">6:2</sup>Honor your father and your mother, which is the first +commandment with a promise, <sup class="v">6:3</sup>that it may be +well with you, and you shall live long in the land. <sup class= +"v">6:4</sup>And, fathers, provoke not your children, but bring +them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">6:5</sup>Servants, be subject to +masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the +sincerity of your hearts as to Christ, <sup class="v">6:6</sup>not +with eye service as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ doing +the will of God from the heart, <sup class="v">6:7</sup>performing +service kindly as to the Lord and not to men, <sup class= +"v">6:8</sup>knowing that whatever good each one does, for this he +shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or a freeman. +<sup class="v">6:9</sup>And, masters, do the same things to them, +forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is +in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">6:10</sup>Finally, be strong in +the Lord and in the power of his might. <sup class= +"v">6:11</sup>Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to +stand against the wiles of the devil; <sup class="v">6:12</sup>for +our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against +principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the +darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in +the heavenly [worlds]. <sup class="v">6:13</sup>Take therefore the +whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, +and having done all to stand. <sup class="v">6:14</sup>Stand, +therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on +the cuirass of righteousness, <sup class="v">6:15</sup>and bound +your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; <sup class= +"v">6:16</sup>over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which +you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil. +<sup class="v">6:17</sup>And take the helmet of salvation, and the +sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, <sup class= +"v">6:18</sup>praying with all prayer and supplication on every +occasion with the spirit, and watching in the same with all +perseverance and supplication for all the saints, <sup class= +"v">6:19</sup>and for me, that a word may be given me at the +opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, +<sup class="v">6:20</sup>in behalf of which I perform an embassy in +bonds, that I may speak boldly in them, as I ought to speak.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">6:21</sup>But that you may also +know the things concerning me, how I do, Tichycus the beloved +brother and faithful minister in the Lord will inform you of all +things; <sup class="v">6:22</sup>whom I have sent to you for this +purpose, that you may know the things concerning us and that he may +comfort your hearts. <sup class="v">6:23</sup>Peace and love be to +the brothers with faith, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus +Christ. <sup class="v">6:24</sup>The grace be with all who love our +Lord Jesus Christ with constancy.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b50">THE EPISTLE TO THE + PHILIPPIANS.</A></h1> +<h3>ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS, 25:4.)</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>PAUL'S LOVE FOR THE PHILIPPIANS, AFFAIRS AT ROME, MORAL DUTIES, +ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL and Timothy, +servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at +Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. <sup class= +"v">1:2</sup>Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the +Lord Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>I thank my God at every +remembrance of you, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>always in every prayer +of mine for you all making request with joy, <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day +till now, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>having this same confidence, that +he who has begun a good work in you will carry it on till the day +of Jesus Christ, <sup class="v">1:7</sup>as it is right for me to +think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my +bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being +all partakers of my grace. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>For God is my +witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of +Christ Jesus. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>And this I pray, that your +love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all +understanding, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>that you may prove the +excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the +day of Christ, <sup class="v">1:11</sup>filled with the fruit of +righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of +God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>But I wish you to know, +brothers, that the things as to me have resulted in the advancement +of the gospel, <sup class="v">1:13</sup>so that my bonds in Christ +are manifest in all the Prætorium and in all other places, +<sup class="v">1:14</sup>and many of the brothers having been made +confident by my bonds in the Lord have more abundant courage to +speak the word without fear. <sup class="v">1:15</sup>For some +indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also +because of good will; <sup class="v">1:17</sup>those from love, +knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, <sup class= +"v">1:16</sup>but those from contention preach Christ not +sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds. +<sup class="v">1:18</sup>What then? nevertheless, in every way, +whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I +rejoice. But I also will rejoice; <sup class="v">1:19</sup>for I +know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, +and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, <sup class= +"v">1:20</sup>according to my expectation and hope that I shall be +ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ +shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. +<sup class="v">1:21</sup>Because for me to live is Christ and to +die is gain. <sup class="v">1:22</sup>But if to live in the flesh +[is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and which I shall +choose I know not. <sup class="v">1:23</sup>But I am in a strait +between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; for +this is far better; <sup class="v">1:24</sup>but to continue in the +flesh is more necessary for you. <sup class="v">1:25</sup>And fully +believing this, I know that I shall continue, and continue with you +all, for your advancement and joy of the faith, <sup class= +"v">1:26</sup>that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus by me +through my coming again to you.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:27</sup>Only conduct yourselves +as citizens worthily of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come +and see you, or be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you +stand firm in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the +faith of the gospel, <sup class="v">1:28</sup>terrified in nothing +by the adversaries, which is to them a token of destruction, but to +you of salvation, and this from God; <sup class= +"v">1:29</sup>because it was given to you in behalf of Christ, not +only to believe on him but also to suffer for him, <sup class= +"v">1:30</sup>having the same conflict which you saw in me and now +hear of in me.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>If therefore there is +any consolation in Christ, if any comfort in love, if any +participation of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions, +<sup class="v">2:2</sup>fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, +having the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one +opinion. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>Do nothing in strife or vain +glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself, +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>and let each consider not his own +interests, but also those of others. <sup class="v">2:5</sup>Let +this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>who being in the form of God thought it not a robbery +to be equal with God; <sup class="v">2:7</sup>but he abased +himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness +of man, <sup class="v">2:8</sup>and being found in form like a man, +he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the +death of the cross. <sup class="v">2:9</sup>Wherefore God also +highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name, +<sup class="v">2:10</sup>that at the name of Jesus every knee shall +bow, of beings in heaven and in the earth and under the earth, +<sup class="v">2:11</sup>and every tongue shall confess that Jesus +Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:12</sup>And so, my beloved, as +you always obeyed, not in my presence only, but now much more in my +absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; +<sup class="v">2:13</sup>for God works in you both to will and to +work of his good pleasure. <sup class="v">2:14</sup>Do all things +without complainings and disputations, <sup class= +"v">2:15</sup>that you may be blameless and sincere, children of +God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse +generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world, +<sup class="v">2:16</sup>holding fast the word of life, for my +glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor +labor in vain. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>But if I am even poured out +as a libation on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice +and congratulate you all; <sup class="v">2:18</sup>do you also +rejoice with the same joy and congratulate me.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:19</sup>But I hope in the Lord +Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I may be refreshed when +I know your affairs. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>For I have no one +like minded who really will care for your interests; <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus +Christ. <sup class="v">2:22</sup>But you know his tried virtue, +that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. +<sup class="v">2:23</sup>Him therefore I hope to send to you as +soon as I know how it will be with me; <sup class="v">2:24</sup>and +I hope in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">2:25</sup>But I thought it +necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother and my +fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, but your apostle and servant of +my need, <sup class="v">2:26</sup>for he greatly desired you all +and was anxious, because you heard that he was sick. <sup class= +"v">2:27</sup>For indeed he was sick nigh to death; but God had +mercy on him, and not on him only but on me also, lest I should +have sorrow upon sorrow. <sup class="v">2:28</sup>I have sent him +therefore the more diligently, that seeing him again you may +rejoice and I be less sorrowful. <sup class="v">2:29</sup>Receive +him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and have such in +estimation, <sup class="v">2:30</sup>because on account of the work +he was nigh to death, not having consulted properly for his life, +that he might fully supply your lack of service to me.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>JUDAIZING TEACHERS, EXHORTATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>FINALLY, my brothers, +rejoice in the Lord; for to write the same things to you is not +grievous to me, and is safe for you. <sup class="v">3:2</sup>Beware +of the dogs, beware of evil laborers, beware of the concision. +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>We are the circumcision, who serve God in +spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and trust not in the flesh, +<sup class="v">3:4</sup>although I have ground of confidence in the +flesh. If any other one thinks he may trust in the flesh, I [may] +more; <sup class="v">3:5</sup>circumcised the eighth day, of the +race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, +as to the law a Pharisee, <sup class="v">3:6</sup>as to zeal +persecuting the church, as to righteousness by the law being +blameless. <sup class="v">3:7</sup>But whatever things were my +gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ. +<sup class="v">3:8</sup>But for the same reason also I consider all +things to be a loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge +of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of +all things, and consider them worthless that I may gain Christ +<sup class="v">3:9</sup>and be found in him, not having my +righteousness by the law, but that which is through the faith of +Christ, the righteousness of God by the faith, <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>that I may know him, and the power of his +resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being +conformed to his death, <sup class="v">3:11</sup>that I may attain +the resurrection from the dead. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>Not that I +have already obtained it, or have been already made perfect; but I +follow on that I may attain that for which also I was arrested by +Christ. <sup class="v">3:13</sup>I consider not myself, brothers, +to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things +behind, and reaching forward to those before, <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high +call of God in Christ Jesus. <sup class="v">3:15</sup>Let us, as +many as are perfect therefore, be of this mind; and if any one +thinks at all otherwise, God shall also reveal this to you; +<sup class="v">3:16</sup>but in what we have attained, in this let +us walk.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:17</sup>Be followers of me, +brothers, and observe those who walk so as you have us for an +example. <sup class="v">3:18</sup>For many walk, of whom I told you +often and now also tell you weeping, that they are enemies of the +cross of Christ; <sup class="v">3:19</sup>whose end is destruction, +whose God is their stomach, and their glory in their shame; who +regard earthly things. <sup class="v">3:20</sup>But our kingdom is +in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus +Christ, <sup class="v">3:21</sup>who will change our humble body, +and make it like his glorious body, by the power by which he is +able also to subject all things to himself. <sup class= +"v">4:1</sup>So, my beloved and much desired brothers, my joy and +crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:2</sup>I beseech Euodias and I +beseech Syntyche to have the same mind in the Lord. <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>Yes, I beseech you also, faithful yoke-fellow, help +those women who strove in the gospel with me, with Clement and the +rest of my co-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:4</sup>Rejoice in the Lord +always; again I say, rejoice. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>Let your +gentleness be known to all men; the Lord is near. <sup class= +"v">4:6</sup>Be anxious for nothing, but with all prayer and +supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to +God. <sup class="v">4:7</sup>And may the peace of God which passes +all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:8</sup>Finally, brothers, +whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever +things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are +lovely, whatever things are reputable, if there is any virtue, and +if there is any praise, consider these things; <sup class= +"v">4:9</sup>and what you learned and received and heard and knew +in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:10</sup>But I rejoice greatly +in the Lord, that now at length you began again to care for me, for +whom also you did care, but had no opportunity [to serve me]. +<sup class="v">4:11</sup>Not that I speak of want; for I have +learned in whatever circumstances I am to be contented. <sup class= +"v">4:12</sup>I know both how to be humbled, and I know how to +abound; in every thing and in all conditions I am instructed both +to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer want. +<sup class="v">4:13</sup>I endure all things with him that +strengthens me. <sup class="v">4:14</sup>But you did well to +communicate with my affliction, <sup class="v">4:15</sup>And you +know also, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I +went out from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in the +matter of giving and receiving except you only; <sup class= +"v">4:16</sup>for even in Thessalonica and once and again you sent +to my need. <sup class="v">4:17</sup>Not that I desire a gift, but +I desire the fruit which abounds to your account. <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>But I have all things and abound, I am fully +supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, a +perfume of good odor, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to +God. <sup class="v">4:19</sup>And God shall fully supply all your +need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. <sup class= +"v">4:20</sup>To our God and Father be the glory forever and ever; +amen.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">4:21</sup>Salute every saint in +Christ Jesus. The brothers with me salute you. <sup class= +"v">4:22</sup>All the saints salute you, especially those of +Cæsar's family. <sup class="v">4:23</sup>The grace of the +Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b56">THE EPISTLE TO + TITUS.</A></h1> +<h3>PHILIPPI, A.D. 64.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>A CHARGE TO TITUS IN RESPECT TO HIS MINISTRY.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, a servant of God, +and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's +elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to piety, +<sup class="v">1:2</sup>for the hope of eternal life, which God who +cannot lie announced before eternal ages, <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>but manifested his word in the times which were +suitable for it by the preaching with which I was intrusted, +according to the command of our Saviour God, <sup class= +"v">1:4</sup>to Titus my faithful son in the common faith; grace +and peace from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:5</sup>For this cause I left +you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, +and appoint elders in every city, as I charged you, <sup class= +"v">1:6</sup>if any one is blameless, a husband of one wife, having +faithful children, not accused of intemperance or of +insubordination. <sup class="v">1:7</sup>For a bishop must be +blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, +not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain, +<sup class="v">1:8</sup>but a lover of hospitality, kind, sober, +just, holy, self-denying, <sup class="v">1:9</sup>holding firmly +the faithful word taught, that he may be able both to exhort with +sound instruction and to convince those who contradict. <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>For there are many disorderly wranglers and +deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>whom it is necessary to silence, who mislead whole +families, teaching for base gain what they ought not.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>A certain one of them, +their own poet, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy +gormandizers. <sup class="v">1:13</sup>This testimony is true. +Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, +<sup class="v">1:14</sup>not attending to Jewish myths, and +commandments of men who subvert the truth. <sup class= +"v">1:15</sup>To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled +and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and conscience are +defiled. <sup class="v">1:16</sup>They profess to know God, but by +works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and as to every +good work reprobate.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>Speak things which +become sound teaching. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>That the aged men be +sober, grave, of sound mind, sound in faith, in love, in patience; +<sup class="v">2:3</sup>that the aged women, in like manner, be of +behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much +wine, teachers of what is good, <sup class="v">2:4</sup>that they +may instruct the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers +of their children, <sup class="v">2:5</sup>sober, pure, fond of +home, kind, subject to their husbands, that the word of God may not +be blasphemed.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:6</sup>In like manner exhort +the younger to be of a sound mind, <sup class= +"v">2:7</sup>presenting yourself as an example of good works in all +things, in teaching [exhibiting] integrity, gravity, <sup class= +"v">2:8</sup>sound argument not to be condemned, that the adversary +may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of us. <sup class= +"v">2:9</sup>Let servants be subject to their masters, please them +in all things, not contradicting, <sup class="v">2:10</sup>not +pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the +doctrine of our Saviour God in all things.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:11</sup>For the grace of God +that pertains to salvation appeared to all men, <sup class= +"v">2:12</sup>teaching us, that denying impiety and worldly desires +we should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in the present +life, <sup class="v">2:13</sup>looking for the blessed hope and +appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus +Christ, <sup class="v">2:14</sup>who gave himself for us, that he +might redeem us from all wickedness, and purify for himself a +peculiar people, zealous of good works.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:15</sup>These things speak, and +exhort, and reprove with all authority; let no man despise you. +<sup class="v">3:1</sup>Admonish them to be subject to +principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for +every good work, <sup class="v">3:2</sup>to speak evil of no one, +to be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men. +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, +deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice +and envy, detestable, and hating one another; <sup class= +"v">3:4</sup>but when the goodness and philanthropy of the Saviour +our God appeared, <sup class="v">3:5</sup>not by works of +righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us +through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy +Spirit, <sup class="v">3:6</sup>which he poured out on us richly +through Jesus Christ our Saviour; <sup class="v">3:7</sup>that +having been justified by his grace we should become heirs according +to the hope of eternal life. <sup class="v">3:8</sup>The word is +true, and I wish you to insist strongly concerning these things, +that those who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good +works. For these things are honorable and useful to men. +<sup class="v">3:9</sup>But foolish questions, and genealogies, and +strifes and contentions about the law, avoid; for they are +unprofitable and vain. <sup class="v">3:10</sup>A man that is a +heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject, <sup class= +"v">3:11</sup>knowing that such a one is subverted, and sins, being +self-condemned.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">3:12</sup>When I send you +Artemas, or Tychicus, make haste to come to me at Nicopolis; for +there I have determined to spend the winter. <sup class= +"v">3:13</sup>Send forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos with +diligence, and let nothing be wanting to them; <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>and let ours also learn to maintain good works for +necessary purposes, that they may not be unfruitful. <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>All who are with me salute you. Salute those who love +us in the faith. The grace be with you all.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b54">FIRST EPISTLE TO + TIMOTHY.</A></h1> +<h3>PHILIPPI, A.D. 65.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>A CHARGE TO TIMOTHY CONCERNING THE GOSPEL, PUBLIC PRAYER, AND +THE DUTIES OF WOMEN.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, an apostle of +Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus +our hope, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>to Timothy my true son in the +faith; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus +our Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>As I requested you to +remain at Ephesus, when going into Macedonia, that you might charge +some not to preach another doctrine, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>nor +attend to myths or interminable genealogies, which occasion +disputes rather than a dispensation of God by faith, [do.] +<sup class="v">1:5</sup>But the end of the commandment is love from +a pure heart and good conscience and faith unfeigned, <sup class= +"v">1:6</sup>which some having missed turned aside to vain words, +<sup class="v">1:7</sup>desiring to be teachers of the law, not +understanding what they say nor about what they make confident +assertions. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>But we know that the law is +good if one uses it lawfully; <sup class="v">1:9</sup>knowing this, +that a law is not made for a righteous man, but for the wicked and +disorderly, the impious and sinful, the unholy and profane, +murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers and murderers of +their fellow-men, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>fornicators, sodomites, +men-stealers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to +sound doctrine, <sup class="v">1:11</sup>according to the glorious +gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been intrusted. +<sup class="v">1:12</sup>And I thank our Lord Jesus Christ who has +empowered me [to preach,] that he accounted me faithful, putting me +in the ministry, <sup class="v">1:13</sup>who formerly was a +blasphemer and persecutor and an injurious man; but I obtained +mercy because I did those things ignorantly in unbelief; +<sup class="v">1:14</sup>and the grace of our Lord greatly abounded +with the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. <sup class= +"v">1:15</sup>The word is true and worthy of all acceptation, that +Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am +chief; <sup class="v">1:16</sup>but on this account I obtained +mercy, that Jesus Christ might exhibit in me first all +long-suffering, for an example to those who should hereafter +believe in him to life eternal. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>And to the +King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory +forever and ever; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:18</sup>This charge I commit to +you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before +concerning you, that by them you may perform an honorable service, +<sup class="v">1:19</sup>having faith and a good conscience, which +some having cast away have suffered shipwreck of the faith; +<sup class="v">1:20</sup>of whom are Hymenæus and Alexander, +whom I delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to +blaspheme.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>I exhort therefore, +first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings +should be offered for all men, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>for kings +and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in +all piety and sanctity. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>For this is good +and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, <sup class= +"v">2:4</sup>who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a +knowledge of truth. <sup class="v">2:5</sup>For there is one God, +and one mediator of God and man, the man Christ Jesus, <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>who gave himself a ransom for all, a testimony for its +own times, <sup class="v">2:7</sup>of which I was made a herald and +an apostle,—I speak the truth, I lie not,—a teacher of +nations in faith and truth.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:8</sup>I wish also that men +should pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and +disputations; <sup class="v">2:9</sup>and in like manner also, that +women in becoming apparel with modesty and sobriety adorn +themselves, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly +clothing, <sup class="v">2:10</sup>but with good works, which +become women professing godliness. <sup class="v">2:11</sup>Let a +woman learn quietly in all subjection; <sup class="v">2:12</sup>but +I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over a man, +but to be quiet. <sup class="v">2:13</sup>For Adam was first +formed, then Eve. <sup class="v">2:14</sup>And Adam was not +deceived; but the woman being deceived fell into transgression; +<sup class="v">2:15</sup>but she shall be saved through +child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, +with sobriety.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>THE APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, THE DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL, +WIDOWS, ELDERS, SERVANTS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>IT is a true saying, If +any one desires an episcopate he desires a good work. <sup class= +"v">3:2</sup>It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be +blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, +hospitable, apt to teach, <sup class="v">3:3</sup>not a +wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, +not avaricious, <sup class="v">3:4</sup>ruling well his own house, +having his children in subjection with all dignity,— +<sup class="v">3:5</sup>but if any one knows not how to rule his +own house, how will he take care of the church of God?— +<sup class="v">3:6</sup>not a novice, lest being inflated with +pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. <sup class= +"v">3:7</sup>And he must also have a good name from those without, +that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:8</sup>The deacons in like +manner ought to be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much +wine, not devoted to base gain, <sup class="v">3:9</sup>having the +mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>And let these be proved first, then let them serve, +being found blameless. <sup class="v">3:11</sup>The women in like +manner must be grave, not slanderers, circumspect, faithful in all +things. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>Let the deacons be husbands of one +wife, ruling well their children and their own houses. <sup class= +"v">3:13</sup>For they who exercise the deaconship well, procure +for themselves an honorable standing, and great boldness in the +faith which is in Christ Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:14</sup>These things I write to +you, hoping to come to you shortly; <sup class="v">3:15</sup>but if +I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the +house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and +foundation of the truth. <sup class="v">3:16</sup>And confessedly +great is the mystery of piety; [Christ,] who was manifested in the +flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen by angels, was +preached to the nations, was believed on in the world, was received +up into glory.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>But the Spirit says +expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the +faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons, +<sup class="v">4:2</sup>[misled] by the hypocrisy of false +teachers, whose consciences are cauterized, <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, +which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful +and those who know the truth. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>For every +creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be +received with thanksgiving; <sup class="v">4:5</sup>for it is +sanctified through the word of God and prayer.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:6</sup>Suggesting these things +to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, +nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction +which you have followed; <sup class="v">4:7</sup>but avoid profane +and silly myths; exercise yourself in piety; <sup class= +"v">4:8</sup>for bodily exercise profits little; but piety is +profitable in all things, having a promise of the present life and +of the life to come. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>It is a faithful +saying, and worthy of all acceptation. <sup class="v">4:10</sup>For +to this end we also labor and suffer reproach, because we hope in +the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the +faithful.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:11</sup>These things command +and teach. <sup class="v">4:12</sup>Let no one despise your youth, +but be an example to the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in +faith, in purity. <sup class="v">4:13</sup>Till I come attend to +reading, exhortation, teaching. <sup class="v">4:14</sup>Neglect +not the gift which is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with +the imposition of hands of the eldership. <sup class= +"v">4:15</sup>Study these things, be much in them, that your +improvement may be manifest to all. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>Attend +to yourself, and to teaching; continue in it, for doing this you +will both save yourself and those that hear you.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>Rebuke not an aged man, +but entreat him as a father, the younger men as brothers, +<sup class="v">5:2</sup>the aged women as mothers, the younger as +sisters, with all purity. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>Support the +widows who are widows indeed. <sup class="v">5:4</sup>But if any +widow has children or relatives, let them learn first to support +their family and to make returns to their parents, for this is +acceptable in the sight of God. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>But one +that is a widow indeed and alone hopes in God, and continues in +petitions and prayers night and day; <sup class="v">5:6</sup>but a +woman that lives voluptuously is dead while she lives. <sup class= +"v">5:7</sup>And command these things, that they be blameless. +<sup class="v">5:8</sup>And if any one provides not for his own, +and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, +and is worse than an unbeliever.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">5:9</sup>Let not a widow be +enrolled under sixty years of age, a wife of one husband, +<sup class="v">5:10</sup>well reputed for good works, if she has +brought up children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has +washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the distressed, if she +has pursued every good work. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>But reject +the younger widows; for when they fall into pleasure to the neglect +of Christ, they wish to marry, <sup class="v">5:12</sup>being +condemned because they have rejected the first faith; <sup class= +"v">5:13</sup>and at the same time also, being idle, they learn to +go from house to house, and not only are they idle, they are also +tattlers and mischief makers, saying what they ought not. +<sup class="v">5:14</sup>I wish therefore the younger women to +marry, bear children, keep house, give no occasion of reproach to +the enemy; <sup class="v">5:15</sup>for some have already turned +back after Satan. <sup class="v">5:16</sup>If any faithful man or +faithful woman has widows, let them give them relief, and let not +the church be burdened, that it may be able to relieve those really +widows.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">5:17</sup>Let the elders who rule +well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those +who labor in word and teaching. <sup class="v">5:18</sup>For the +Scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes; and, The +laborer is worthy of his reward. <sup class="v">5:19</sup>Against +an elder receive not an accusation, except by two or three +witnesses. <sup class="v">5:20</sup>Those that sin, rebuke before +all, that others also may fear.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">5:21</sup>I charge you before +God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you keep these +things without prejudice, doing nothing from partiality. +<sup class="v">5:22</sup>Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither +partake of others' sins. Keep yourself pure. <sup class= +"v">5:23</sup>Drink no longer water, but use a little wine on +account of your stomach and your frequent infirmities. <sup class= +"v">5:24</sup>The sins of some men are manifest, going before to +judgment; but some they follow; <sup class="v">5:25</sup>in like +manner also good works are manifest, and those which are otherwise +cannot be hid.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>Let as many servants as +are under the yoke account their masters worthy of all honor, that +the name and doctrine of God may not be blasphemed. <sup class= +"v">6:2</sup>And let those who have believing masters not despise +them, because they are brothers, but rather serve, because they are +believers and beloved, who partake of the benefit.</p> +<p class="pin">12 These things teach and exhort. <sup class= +"v">6:3</sup>If any one teaches differently, and consents not to +sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine +which is according to piety, <sup class="v">6:4</sup>he is blinded +and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of +words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil +suspicions, <sup class="v">6:5</sup>and wranglings of men of +unsound judgments and destitute of the truth, supposing that piety +is gain. <sup class="v">6:6</sup>But piety with contentment is +great gain. <sup class="v">6:7</sup>For we brought nothing into the +world; it is clear that we can carry nothing out of it; <sup class= +"v">6:8</sup>but having food and clothing let us be contented with +them. <sup class="v">6:9</sup>But those who wish to be rich fall +into trial and a snare, and many foolish and injurious desires, +which plunge men into destruction and perdition. <sup class= +"v">6:10</sup>For the love of money is a root of all evils, which +some having desired have been misled from the faith, and pierced +themselves through with many sorrows.</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">6:11</sup>But do you, O man of +God, avoid these things; but pursue righteousness, piety, faith, +love, patience, meekness. <sup class="v">6:12</sup>Fight the good +fight of the faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were +called and made the good profession before many witnesses. +<sup class="v">6:13</sup>I charge you before the God who gives life +to all [creatures], and Christ Jesus who made the good profession +before Pontius Pilate, <sup class="v">6:14</sup>that you keep the +charge without spot, without blame, till the appearing of our Lord +Jesus Christ, <sup class="v">6:15</sup>which the blessed and only +Potentate will show in its times, the King of kings and Lord of +Lords, <sup class="v">6:16</sup>who only has immortality, dwelling +in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen nor can see; to whom +be honor and power eternal; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">6:17</sup>Charge the rich in the +present life not to be high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, +but in the living God who gives us all things richly to enjoy, +<sup class="v">6:18</sup>to perform good works, to be rich in good +works, to be liberal, benevolent, <sup class= +"v">6:19</sup>treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for +the future, that they may lay hold on the true life.</p> +<p class="pin">15 <sup class="v">6:20</sup>O Timothy, keep the +trust, turning away from profane and empty words, and +contradictions of mis-named science, <sup class="v">6:21</sup>which +some having professed have erred from the faith. The grace be with +you.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b55">SECOND EPISTLE TO + TIMOTHY.</A></h1> +<h3>ROME, A.D. 65.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>INFORMATION, ADMONITION, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PAUL, an apostle of +Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life +in Christ Jesus, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>to Timothy my beloved son. +Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our +Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>I thank God, whom I +serve from my ancestors with a pure conscience, that I mention you +incessantly in my prayers night and day, <sup class= +"v">1:4</sup>desiring to see you, remembering your tears, that I +might be filled with joy, <sup class="v">1:5</sup>having a +remembrance of the unfeigned faith in you, which dwelt first in +your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded +that [it dwells] also in you. <sup class="v">1:6</sup>For which +cause I admonish you to stir up the gift of God which is in you +through the imposition of my hands. <sup class="v">1:7</sup>For God +gave us not a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a +sound mind.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:8</sup>Be not ashamed therefore +of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but endure +affliction with us in the gospel according to the power of God, +<sup class="v">1:9</sup>who saved us, and called us with a holy +calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose +and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity, <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>but made known now through the appearing of our +Saviour Jesus Christ, who destroyed death, and brought life and +immortality to light through the gospel, <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>of which I was made a herald, and an apostle, and a +teacher of the nations; <sup class="v">1:12</sup>for which cause I +suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I +have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep my trust to +that day.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:13</sup>Retain the form of +sound words which you heard from me in faith and the love in Christ +Jesus. <sup class="v">1:14</sup>Guard the good trust, through the +Holy Spirit which dwells in us. <sup class="v">1:15</sup>You know +this, that all those in Asia left me, of whom are Phygelus and +Hermogenes. <sup class="v">1:16</sup>May the Lord show mercy to the +house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not +ashamed of my chains, <sup class="v">1:17</sup>but being at Rome he +sought most diligently, and found me. <sup class="v">1:18</sup>The +Lord grant him to find mercy with the Lord in that day. And what +services he performed at Ephesus, you know very well.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>Do you therefore, my +son, be strong in the grace in Christ Jesus, <sup class= +"v">2:2</sup>and what you heard from me through many witnesses, +these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to +teach others also. <sup class="v">2:3</sup>Endure evil as a good +soldier of Jesus Christ. <sup class="v">2:4</sup>No one who serves +as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may +please him who has employed him as a soldier. <sup class= +"v">2:5</sup>And if a man contends as an athlete, he is not crowned +unless he contends lawfully. <sup class="v">2:6</sup>The husbandman +who labors must first partake of the fruits of the earth. +<sup class="v">2:7</sup>Consider what I say; for the Lord shall +give you understanding in all things.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:8</sup>Remember Jesus Christ +raised from the dead, a descendant of David, according to my +gospel, <sup class="v">2:9</sup>in which I suffer even to chains as +an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound. <sup class= +"v">2:10</sup>Therefore I endure all things for the elect, that +they may obtain the salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. +<sup class="v">2:11</sup>The saying is true, For if we died +together we shall live together; <sup class="v">2:12</sup>if we +endure patiently we shall reign together; if we deny him he will +deny us; <sup class="v">2:13</sup>if we believe not he continues +faithful; for he cannot deny himself.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:14</sup>Call to mind these +things, charging [men] before the Lord not to debate about words, +to no profit, to the subversion of the hearers. <sup class= +"v">2:15</sup>Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a +workman that will not be put to shame, rightly dividing the word of +truth. <sup class="v">2:16</sup>But profane and vain words, avoid; +for they greatly increase impiety, <sup class="v">2:17</sup>and +their word will eat like a gangrene; of whom are Hymenæus and +Philetus, <sup class="v">2:18</sup>who have erred from the truth, +saying that the resurrection has passed already, and overturn the +faith of some. <sup class="v">2:19</sup>But the foundation of God +stands firm, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his; +and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from +wickedness. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>But in a great house there are +not only vessels of gold and silver, but those also of wood and +clay, and some for honor and some for dishonor; <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>if therefore any one purifies himself from these +[errors], he shall be a vessel for honor, sanctified, of good use +to the master, prepared for every good work.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">2:22</sup>But avoid youthful +desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those +who call on the Lord from a pure heart. <sup class= +"v">2:23</sup>But foolish and trifling disputes avoid, knowing that +they produce contentions; <sup class="v">2:24</sup>and the servant +of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to +teach, patient under evil, <sup class="v">2:25</sup>in meekness +correcting the adversaries, that God may give them a change of mind +to a knowledge of the truth, <sup class="v">2:26</sup>and that they +may recover themselves from the snare of the devil, who are made +captives by him to his will.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>THE LAST TIME, HIS APPROACHING MARTYRDOM, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>AND know this, that in +the last days perilous times shall come. <sup class= +"v">3:2</sup>Men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, +blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>without natural affection, covenant +breakers, slanderers, intemperate, ungentle, despisers of the good, +<sup class="v">3:4</sup>traitors, rash, boasters, lovers of +pleasure more than lovers of God, <sup class="v">3:5</sup>having a +form of piety but denying its power; and these avoid. <sup class= +"v">3:6</sup>Of these are those who go into the houses and take +captive foolish women loaded with sins, and led by various desires, +<sup class="v">3:7</sup>always learning and never able to come to a +knowledge of the truth. <sup class="v">3:8</sup>As Jannes and +Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, men of no +judgment, reprobate in respect to the faith. <sup class= +"v">3:9</sup>But they shall proceed no further; for their +foolishness shall become manifest to all, as theirs also was. +<sup class="v">3:10</sup>But you have followed my +instruction,—mode of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, +love, patience, <sup class="v">3:11</sup>persecutions, sufferings, +which befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the great +persecutions which I suffered, and the Lord delivered me from all. +<sup class="v">3:12</sup>And all who will live piously in Christ +Jesus shall be persecuted. <sup class="v">3:13</sup>But evil men +and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being +deceived. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>But do you continue in what you +learned and understood, knowing from whom you learned, <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>and that from a child you have known the sacred +Scriptures, which can make you wise to salvation through faith in +Christ Jesus. <sup class="v">3:16</sup>All Scripture is divinely +inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for +correction, for education in righteousness, <sup class= +"v">3:17</sup>that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fitted +for every good work.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>I earnestly charge you +before God and Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and +dead, and [by] his appearing and his kingdom, <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>preach the word, press it in season, out of season, +reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and instruction; +<sup class="v">4:3</sup>for the time will come when they will not +endure sound instruction, but will accumulate for themselves +teachers according to their desires, pleasing their ear, +<sup class="v">4:4</sup>and they will turn away their ears from the +truth, and be turned to myths. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>But do you +be sober in all things, endure evil, do the work of an evangelist, +perform fully your ministry. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>For I am +already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. +<sup class="v">4:7</sup>I have fought the good fight, I have +finished the race, I have kept the faith; <sup class= +"v">4:8</sup>henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of +righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in +that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:9</sup>Make haste to come to me +quickly; <sup class="v">4:10</sup>for Demas forsook me having loved +the present life and went to Thessalonica, Cresces to Galatia, +Titus to Dalmatia; <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Luke only is with me. +Take Mark and bring him with you; for [he will be] useful to me for +service. <sup class="v">4:12</sup>But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. +<sup class="v">4:13</sup>The cloak which I left at Troas with +Carpus, when you come, bring, and the books, especially the +parchments.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:14</sup>Alexander the +coppersmith did me much harm; may the Lord reward him according to +his work. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>And do you beware of him, for he +greatly opposed our words. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>At my first +defense no one stood by me, but all forsook me; may it not be set +to their account; <sup class="v">4:17</sup>but the Lord stood by +me, and strengthened me, that the word should be fully declared by +me, and all the nations should hear, and I was delivered from the +mouth of the lion. <sup class="v">4:18</sup>The Lord will deliver +me from every evil work, and bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom; +to whom be the glory forever and ever; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:19</sup>Salute Prisca +[Priscilla] and Aquila and the house of Onesiphorus. <sup class= +"v">4:20</sup>Erastus remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left +sick at Miletus. <sup class="v">4:21</sup>Make haste to come before +winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the +brothers, salute you. <sup class="v">4:22</sup>The Lord be with +your spirit. The grace be with you.</p> +<p class="pin"></p> +<h1 style="font-size:24pt"><A name="tce">THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b59">THE EPISTLE OF + JAMES.</A></h1> +<h3>JERUSALEM, A.D. 61-66.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>TRIALS, PRAYER, FAITH AND WORKS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>JAMES, a servant of God +and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the +dispersion, greeting. <sup class="v">1:2</sup>Account it all joy, +my brothers, when you fall into various trials, <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>knowing that the trial of your faith produces +patience. <sup class="v">1:4</sup>But let patience have a perfect +work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. +<sup class="v">1:5</sup>And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him +ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it +shall be given him. <sup class="v">1:6</sup>But let him ask in +faith, not doubting; for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea, +driven with the wind and agitated. <sup class="v">1:7</sup>For let +not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord, +<sup class="v">1:8</sup>a double-minded man, unstable in all his +ways. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>But let the brother that is humble +rejoice in his exaltation, <sup class="v">1:10</sup>and the rich in +his humiliation, for he shall pass away like a flower of the grass. +<sup class="v">1:11</sup>For the sun rose hot, and withered the +grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance +perished; so also shall the rich man perish in his ways.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>Blessed is the man who +endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, +which the Lord promised to those who love him. <sup class= +"v">1:13</sup>Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God +is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one. +<sup class="v">1:14</sup>But every one is tempted when he is drawn +away by his desires, and enticed; <sup class="v">1:15</sup>then the +desire taking effect produces sin, and sin being finished brings +forth death.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:16</sup>Be not deceived, my +beloved brothers. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>All good giving, and +every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of +lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning. +<sup class="v">1:18</sup>Of his own will begat he us by the word of +truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his +creatures.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:19</sup>Understand, my beloved +brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow +to anger; <sup class="v">1:20</sup>for man's anger performs not +God's righteousness. <sup class="v">1:21</sup>Wherefore, laying +aside all filthiness and abounding vice, receive with meekness the +engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. <sup class= +"v">1:22</sup>But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, +deceiving yourselves. <sup class="v">1:23</sup>For if any one is a +hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his +natural face in a glass; <sup class="v">1:24</sup>for he perceived +himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what kind of a man +he was. <sup class="v">1:25</sup>But he that looks into the perfect +law of liberty and continues in it, not being a forgetful hearer +but a doer of work, he shall be blessed in his doing. <sup class= +"v">1:26</sup>But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and +bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion +is vain. <sup class="v">1:27</sup>Pure religion and undefiled with +the God and Father is this, to visit the orphans and widows in +their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the +world.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>My brothers, have not +the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with a respect of +persons. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>For if there comes into your +assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid clothing, and there +also comes in a poor man in vile clothing, <sup class= +"v">2:3</sup>and you look upon him who wears the splendid clothing, +and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, +Stand there, or sit under my footstool, <sup class="v">2:4</sup>are +you not condemned in yourselves and judges of evil thoughts?</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:5</sup>Hear, my beloved +brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world rich in faith +and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him? +<sup class="v">2:6</sup>But you dishonor the poor. Do not the rich +oppress you and drag you to tribunals? <sup class="v">2:7</sup>And +do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called? +<sup class="v">2:8</sup>If you keep indeed the royal law according +to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do +well; <sup class="v">2:9</sup>but if you respect persons, you +commit sin, convicted by the law as transgressors. <sup class= +"v">2:10</sup>For whoever shall keep the whole law, and offend in +one point, is guilty of all. <sup class="v">2:11</sup>For he that +said, You shall not commit adultery, said also, You shall not kill; +and if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you are a transgressor +of the law. <sup class="v">2:12</sup>So speak and so do, as being +about to be judged by the law of liberty. <sup class= +"v">2:13</sup>For he shall have judgment without mercy who shows +not mercy; mercy rejoices over judgment.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:14</sup>What is the profit, my +brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith +save him? <sup class="v">2:15</sup>And if a brother or sister is +naked, or destitute of daily food, <sup class="v">2:16</sup>and one +of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, but +gives them not the necessary supplies for the body, what is the +profit? <sup class="v">2:17</sup>So also faith, if it has not +works, is dead, being alone. <sup class="v">2:18</sup>But some one +will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith +without works, and I will show you my faith by works. <sup class= +"v">2:19</sup>You believe that there is one God? You do well; +demons also believe and tremble. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>But will +you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when +he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? <sup class= +"v">2:22</sup>You see that faith cooperated with his works, and by +works was faith made perfect, <sup class="v">2:23</sup>and the +Scripture was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God and it +was accounted to him a righteousness, and he was called God's +friend. <sup class="v">2:24</sup>You see then that a man is +justified by works and not by faith only. <sup class= +"v">2:25</sup>And in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot +justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them +out another way? <sup class="v">2:26</sup>For as the body without a +spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>ON CENSORIOUSNESS, WISDOM, CONTENTION, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>BE not many of you +teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive a severer +judgment. <sup class="v">3:2</sup>For in many things we all offend; +if one offends not in word he is a perfect man, able to keep in +subjection also the whole body. <sup class="v">3:3</sup>But we put +bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, and direct +their whole body; <sup class="v">3:4</sup>behold also the ships, +though of so great size and driven by powerful winds, are directed +by a very small helm wherever the will of the pilot chooses; +<sup class="v">3:5</sup>so also the tongue is a small member and +boasts of great things. Behold, how much wood a little fire +kindles! <sup class="v">3:6</sup>And the tongue is a fire, the +tongue is made a world of wickedness among our members, it defiles +the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature and is set on +fire by hell. <sup class="v">3:7</sup>For every kind of beasts, and +birds, and reptiles, and fishes, is tamed and has been tamed by the +human race, <sup class="v">3:8</sup>but the tongue can no man tame; +it is a disorderly evil, full of a deadly poison. <sup class= +"v">3:9</sup>With it bless we the Lord and Father, and with it +curse we men made in the likeness of God. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>Out of the same mouth proceeds a blessing and a +curse. My brothers, these things ought not so to be. <sup class= +"v">3:11</sup>Does a fountain send forth sweet water and bitter +from the same opening? <sup class="v">3:12</sup>Can a fig tree, my +brothers, produce olives, or a vine, figs? So you cannot make salt +water sweet.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:13</sup>What wise and +intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good +conduct, in the meekness of wisdom. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>But if +you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and +lie not against the truth. <sup class="v">3:15</sup>This wisdom +comes not from above, but is earthly, natural, demoniacal. +<sup class="v">3:16</sup>For where envy and strife are, there are +disorder and every evil work. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>But the +wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be +persuaded, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, +without hypocrisy. <sup class="v">3:18</sup>And the fruit of +righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>Whence come wars and +contentions among you? Come they not thence, from your pleasures +that war in your members? <sup class="v">4:2</sup>You desire and +have not; you kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; you fight and +carry on war. You have not, because you do not ask; <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, to +expend on your pleasures. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>Adulteresses, +know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity against +God? Whoever therefore wishes to be a friend of the world, is made +an enemy of God. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>Or do you suppose that the +Scripture says in vain, The spirit which dwells in us desires to +envy? <sup class="v">4:6</sup>But he gives more grace; wherefore he +says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. +<sup class="v">4:7</sup>Be subject therefore to God; resist the +devil and he will flee from you; <sup class="v">4:8</sup>draw nigh +to God and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, +purify your hearts, double-minded. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>Lament, +and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and +your joy into sorrow. <sup class="v">4:10</sup>Humble yourselves +before the Lord and he will exalt you.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Speak not one against +one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother or judges +his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you +judge the law you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. +<sup class="v">4:12</sup>There is one law-giver and judge, who is +able to save and to destroy; but who are you that judge a +neighbor?</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:13</sup>Come now, you that say, +To-day and to-morrow we will go to such a city and engage in +business there a year, and trade and make profits, <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>who know not what will be on the morrow; for what is +your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then +vanishes away; <sup class="v">4:15</sup>for you ought to say, If +the Lord wills, we shall both live and do this or that. <sup class= +"v">4:16</sup>But now you glory in your boasting; all such glorying +is evil. <sup class="v">4:17</sup>He therefore that knows how to do +good and does it not, to him it is sin.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>Come now, rich men, weep +and lament for the miseries which are coming upon you. <sup class= +"v">5:2</sup>Your riches have decayed, and your garments are +moth-eaten, <sup class="v">5:3</sup>your gold and silver are +destroyed with rust, and their rust will be a witness against you, +and consume your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasures for +the last days. <sup class="v">5:4</sup>Behold, the wages of the +laborers who harvested your fields, kept back by you, cry, and the +loud calls of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of +sabaoth. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>You have lived in luxury on the +earth and in pleasure, you have nourished your hearts in a day of +slaughter. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>You have condemned and killed +the just, and he does not resist you.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">5:7</sup>Wait patiently +therefore, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the +husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and is of +long patience, till he receives the autumnal and vernal rain. +<sup class="v">5:8</sup>Do you also have long patience, confirm +your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. <sup class= +"v">5:9</sup>Complain not, brothers, against one another, that you +be not judged; behold, the judge stands before the doors. +<sup class="v">5:10</sup>You have the prophets who spoke in the +name of the Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and +long-suffering. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>Behold, we account them +blessed who are patient. You have heard of the patience of Job, and +you know the purpose of the Lord, that he is very merciful and +compassionate.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">5:12</sup>Above all things, my +brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, nor the earth, nor any +other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, that you may +not fall under condemnation.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">5:13</sup>If any one among you is +afflicted, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing psalms; +<sup class="v">5:14</sup>if any one is sick among you, let him send +for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing +him with oil in the name of the Lord. <sup class="v">5:15</sup>And +the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise +him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. +<sup class="v">5:16</sup>Confess your faults one to another, and +pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the +righteous operates with great power. <sup class= +"v">5:17</sup>Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he +prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not on the land for +three years and six months; <sup class="v">5:18</sup>and again he +prayed, and heaven gave rain, and the earth yielded her fruit.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">5:19</sup>Brothers, if any one +among you errs from the truth, and one converts him, <sup class= +"v">5:20</sup>let him know that he who converts a sinner from an +error of [his] way, shall save a soul from death, and hide a +multitude of sins.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b60">FIRST EPISTLE OF + PETER.</A></h1> +<h3>BABYLON, A.D. 64.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>A FIRM ADHERENCE TO CHRIST, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>PETER, an apostle of +Jesus Christ, to the elect strangers of the dispersion of Pontus, +Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, <sup class= +"v">1:2</sup>according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by +sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and the sprinkling of +the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to +you.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Blessed be the God and +Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has +begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus +Christ from the dead, <sup class="v">1:4</sup>to an inheritance +incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you +<sup class="v">1:5</sup>who are kept by the power of God through +faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. +<sup class="v">1:6</sup>In which you rejoice, though now for a +little while if need be made sad by manifold trials, <sup class= +"v">1:7</sup>that the trial of your faith, which is much more +precious than gold that is destroyed but proved by fire, may be +found to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus +Christ, <sup class="v">1:8</sup>whom not having seen you love, in +whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy +unspeakable and glorious, <sup class="v">1:9</sup>receiving the end +of the faith, the salvation of souls. <sup class= +"v">1:10</sup>Concerning which salvation the prophets also who +prophesied concerning the grace [bestowed] on us inquired +diligently and sought, <sup class="v">1:11</sup>inquiring as to +what person or what time the Spirit of Christ which was in them +signified, when it declared before the sufferings of Christ and +after these the glories, <sup class="v">1:12</sup>to whom it was +revealed that they ministered not to themselves but to us those +things which have now been declared to you by those who preached to +you the good news, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, into +which the angels desire to look.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:13</sup>Wherefore, girding up +the loins of your minds, be sober, and hope to the end for the gift +to be brought to you by the revelation of Jesus Christ. <sup class= +"v">1:14</sup>As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to +the desires of your former ignorance, <sup class="v">1:15</sup>but +as he that called you is holy be you also holy in all [your] +conduct, <sup class="v">1:16</sup>because it is written, Be you +holy, for I am holy. <sup class="v">1:17</sup>And if you call on +the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each +one's work, spend the time of your life with fear, <sup class= +"v">1:18</sup>knowing that you were not redeemed from your vain +mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, with +destructible things, silver or gold, <sup class="v">1:19</sup>but +with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, +and without a spot; <sup class="v">1:20</sup>who was foreknown +before the foundation of the world, but made manifest in these last +times for you, <sup class="v">1:21</sup>who through him believed in +God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your +faith and hope may be in God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:22</sup>Having purified your +souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one +another fervently, from the heart, <sup class="v">1:23</sup>having +been born again, not from destructible seed but from +indestructible, through the word of God which lives and endures. +<sup class="v">1:24</sup>For all flesh is like grass, and all its +glory like the flower of the grass; the grass has withered, and its +flower fell off; <sup class="v">1:25</sup>but the word of the Lord +continues forever. And this is the word preached to you.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>Laying aside therefore +all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil +speakings, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>as new born babes desire +earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to +salvation, <sup class="v">2:3</sup>if indeed you have tasted that +the Lord is good. <sup class="v">2:4</sup>To whom coming, a living +stone, rejected indeed by men but approved by God, elect, precious, +<sup class="v">2:5</sup>do you also yourselves be built up living +stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual +sacrifices well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ, <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>for it is said in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion +a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believes on him +shall not be ashamed. <sup class="v">2:7</sup>To you therefore who +believe he is precious; but to the disobedient, the stone which the +builders rejected has become the head of a corner <sup class= +"v">2:8</sup>and a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, who +stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were +appointed. <sup class="v">2:9</sup>But you are an elect race, a +royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should +declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his +glorious light; <sup class="v">2:10</sup>who formerly were not a +people, but now are a people of God, who had not obtained mercy, +but now have obtained mercy.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>PERSONAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL DUTIES, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:11</sup>BELOVED, I exhort you +as strangers and foreigners, abstain from carnal desires, which war +against the soul, <sup class="v">2:12</sup>having your conduct +honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you +as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify +God in the day of visitation.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:13</sup>Be subject therefore to +every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, +as superior, <sup class="v">2:14</sup>to governors, sent by him for +the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well; +<sup class="v">2:15</sup>for this is the will of God, that by +well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men; +<sup class="v">2:16</sup>as free, and not using freedom for a cloak +of vice, but as servants of God. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>Honor all +men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:18</sup>Let servants be subject +with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also +to the perverse. <sup class="v">2:19</sup>For this deserves thanks, +if on account of a knowledge of God one endures pain, suffering +unjustly. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>For what glory is it if when you +sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and +suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is +acceptable to God. <sup class="v">2:21</sup>For to this you were +called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you a copy +that you should follow his steps, <sup class="v">2:22</sup>who +committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth, +<sup class="v">2:23</sup>who being reviled reviled not, suffering +threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges +righteously, <sup class="v">2:24</sup>who himself bore our sins in +his body on the cross, that we having died to sins, may live to +righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. <sup class= +"v">2:25</sup>For you were like lost sheep, but are now returned to +the shepherd and bishop of your souls.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>In like manner let the +women be subject to their husbands, that even if some disobey the +word, they may be gained through the conduct of their wives without +the word, <sup class="v">3:2</sup>seeing your pure mode of life in +the fear [of God]. <sup class="v">3:3</sup>Whose ornament let it +not be the external [ornament] of braided hair and the putting on +of chains of gold or of clothing, <sup class="v">3:4</sup>but let +the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable +[ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price +before God. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>For so formerly also the holy +women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their +husbands, <sup class="v">3:6</sup>as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling +him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear. +<sup class="v">3:7</sup>In like manner let the husbands [do], +living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less +strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, +that your prayers may not be hindered.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">3:8</sup>Finally, be all of one +mind, sympathising, loving as brothers, compassionate, humble, +<sup class="v">3:9</sup>not returning evil for evil or railing for +railing, but on the contrary blessing [your enemies], because to +this you are called, that you may inherit blessing. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>For he that will love life and see good days, let him +withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit, +<sup class="v">3:11</sup>let him abstain from evil and do good, let +him seek peace and pursue it, <sup class="v">3:12</sup>for the eyes +of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears attend to their +prayer, but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:13</sup>And who is he that will +injure you if you are followers of what is good? <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>But even if you suffer on account of righteousness, +you are blessed. But fear not with their fear, neither be troubled; +<sup class="v">3:15</sup>and sanctify the anointed Lord in your +hearts, and be always ready with a defense to every one that asks +you a reason for the hope that is in you; but with meekness and +fear, <sup class="v">3:16</sup>having a good conscience, that in +what they speak evil of you they may be ashamed who slander your +good conduct in Christ. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>For it is better +to suffer doing good, if the will of God allows, than doing evil. +<sup class="v">3:18</sup>For Christ also suffered once for sins, +the just for the unjust, that he might lead us to God, being put to +death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, <sup class= +"v">3:19</sup>in which also he went and preached to the spirits in +prison, <sup class="v">3:20</sup>who were formerly disobedient when +the long suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark +was being prepared, in which a few, that is eight souls, were saved +by water. <sup class="v">3:21</sup>The archetype of which, baptism, +also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, +but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the +resurrection of Jesus Christ, <sup class="v">3:22</sup>who is on +the right hand of God, having gone to heaven, angels and +authorities and powers being made subject to him.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>Christ therefore having +suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same +mind, for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, +<sup class="v">4:2</sup>that you may no longer live the rest of +your time in the flesh according to the desires of men, but +according to the will of God. <sup class="v">4:3</sup>For the time +past is sufficient for us to have performed the will of the +gentiles, walking in lewdness, inordinate desires, drunkenness, +revellings, drinkings and unlawful idolatries, <sup class= +"v">4:4</sup>in which they think it strange that you run not with +them to the same excessive intemperance, blaspheming, <sup class= +"v">4:5</sup>who shall give an account to him that is ready to +judge the living and dead. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>And for this +cause was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might be +judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in +the Spirit.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">4:7</sup>But the end of all +things is at hand. Be sober therefore, and watch in prayers; +<sup class="v">4:8</sup>above all things have fervent love one for +another, for love hides a multitude of sins. <sup class= +"v">4:9</sup>Be hospitable one to another, without complaining; +<sup class="v">4:10</sup>as each has received a gift, minister the +same among yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of +God. <sup class="v">4:11</sup>If any one speaks, let him speak as +the oracles of God, if any one serves, let it be as of the strength +which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through +Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the power for ever and ever; +amen.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>TRIALS, ADMONITIONS TO PRESBYTERS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:12</sup>BELOVED, think not +strange of the fiery trial which is to try you, as if some strange +thing happened to you, <sup class="v">4:13</sup>but as you partake +of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice +exulting at the revelation of his glory. <sup class= +"v">4:14</sup>If you are reproached for the name of Christ, happy +are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. +<sup class="v">4:15</sup>But let none of you suffer as a murderer, +or a thief, or an evil doer, or as a meddler in other men's +affairs; <sup class="v">4:16</sup>but as a Christian, let him not +be ashamed, let him glorify God on this account. <sup class= +"v">4:17</sup>For it is time for judgment to begin at the house of +God; and if it first begins with us, what will the end be of those +that obey not the gospel of God? <sup class="v">4:18</sup>And if +the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the +sinner appear? <sup class="v">4:19</sup>Let those therefore who +suffer by the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing +as a faithful creator.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>The elders among you I +exhort, who am a co-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, +and a partaker of the glory to be revealed; <sup class= +"v">5:2</sup>feed the flock of God which is among you, not by +constraint but willingly, not for base gain but of a ready mind, +<sup class="v">5:3</sup>not as having a lordship over God's +inheritance but being examples to the flock; <sup class= +"v">5:4</sup>and when the chief shepherd shall appear, you shall +receive an unfading crown of glory.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:5</sup>Let the younger in like +manner be subject to the elder, and do you all be subject one to +another, and be clothed with humility; for God resists the proud +but gives grace to the humble. <sup class="v">5:6</sup>Humble +yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may +exalt you in due time; <sup class="v">5:7</sup>casting all your +care upon him, for he cares for you.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:8</sup>Be sober, be watchful. +Your adversary the devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking +whom he may devour; <sup class="v">5:9</sup>whom resist, firm in +the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished by +your brothers in the world. <sup class="v">5:10</sup>And may the +God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ +Jesus, when you have suffered a little while, himself make you +perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish you. <sup class= +"v">5:11</sup>To him be the glory and the power for ever; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:12</sup>I have written to you +in a few words by Silvanus [Silas], a faithful brother as I +suppose, exhorting you, and testifying that this is the true grace +of God in which you stand. <sup class="v">5:13</sup>The co-elect +[church] at Babylon salutes you, and Mark my son. <sup class= +"v">5:14</sup>Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to +you all in Christ.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b61">SECOND EPISTLE OF + PETER.</A></h1> +<h3>BABYLON, A.D. 67.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>THE PURSUIT OF THE VIRTUES, THE GLORY OF CHRIST, FALSE +TEACHERS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>SIMEON Peter, a servant +and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like +precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Saviour +Jesus Christ. <sup class="v">1:2</sup>Grace and peace be multiplied +to you by a knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>As his divine power has +given us all things which pertain to life and piety, through the +knowledge of him that has called us to his own glory and virtue, +<sup class="v">1:4</sup>through which have been given us very great +and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the +divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the +world by inordinate desire, <sup class="v">1:5</sup>and for the +same purpose also, giving all diligence add to your faith virtue, +and to virtue knowledge, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>and to knowledge +temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience piety, +<sup class="v">1:7</sup>and to piety brotherly kindness, and to +brotherly kindness love. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>For if these are +in you and abound, they will make you not inactive nor unfruitful +in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; <sup class= +"v">1:9</sup>for a man that is without these is blind, not seeing +to a distance, and has forgotten the purification from his former +errors. <sup class="v">1:10</sup>Wherefore, brothers, use the +greater diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing +these things you shall never fall. <sup class="v">1:11</sup>For +thus shall you have an abundant entrance given you into the eternal +kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>Wherefore I will not +neglect always to remind you of these things, although you have +known them, and have been established in the present truth. +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>I think it right as long as I am in this +tabernacle, to excite you by remembrance, <sup class= +"v">1:14</sup>knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is at +hand, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. <sup class= +"v">1:15</sup>But I will also be diligent and especially that you +may be able to make mention of these things after my departure. +<sup class="v">1:16</sup>For we did not follow skilfully +constructed myths in making known to you the power and appearing of +our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye witnesses of his majesty. +<sup class="v">1:17</sup>For he received from God the Father honor +and glory, when this voice was brought to him from the magnificent +glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. +<sup class="v">1:18</sup>And this voice we heard brought from +heaven when we were with him on the holy mount. <sup class= +"v">1:19</sup>And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which +you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, +till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts, +<sup class="v">1:20</sup>knowing this first, that no prophecy of +Scripture is of its own solution. <sup class="v">1:21</sup>For +prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but moved by the +Holy Spirit men spoke from God.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>But there were also +false prophets among the people, as there shall also be false +teachers among you, who shall bring in by stealth destructive +heresies, even denying the master that bought them, bringing on +themselves swift destruction; <sup class="v">2:2</sup>and many +shall follow their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth +shall be reviled, <sup class="v">2:3</sup>and with covetousness +they will make a gain of you with feigned words, whose judgment a +long time lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not. +<sup class="v">2:4</sup>For if God spared not the angels that +sinned, but plunging them into Tartarus delivered them up in chains +to be kept in darkness till the judgment, <sup class= +"v">2:5</sup>and spared not the old world, but preserved Noah a +preacher of righteousness, with seven others, bringing the flood on +the world of the ungodly, <sup class="v">2:6</sup>and condemned +Sodom and Gomorrah to be overthrown, reducing them to ashes, making +them an example to those who should afterwards be wicked, +<sup class="v">2:7</sup>and delivered righteous Lot, vexed by the +lewd conduct of the wicked;— <sup class="v">2:8</sup>for that +righteous man living among them vexed his righteous soul from day +to day by seeing and hearing their wicked deeds;— <sup class= +"v">2:9</sup>the Lord knows how to deliver the pious from trial, +and to keep the wicked to the day of judgment to be punished, +<sup class="v">2:10</sup>but especially those who walk after the +flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise government. Presumptuous, +self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories, <sup class= +"v">2:11</sup>where the angels who are greater in strength and +power do not bring against them a reproachful judgment; <sup class= +"v">2:12</sup>but these, like irrational animals, brutes made to be +taken and destroyed, reviling things which they do not understand, +will also be destroyed in their depravity, <sup class= +"v">2:13</sup>receiving the wages of wickedness, accounting luxury +in the day-time a pleasure, spots and blemishes, revelling in their +deceptions while feasting with you, <sup class="v">2:14</sup>having +eyes full of an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin, enticing +unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, cursed +children, <sup class="v">2:15</sup>having left the right way they +have gone astray, following in the way of Balaam the son of Beor +who loved the wages of wickedness, <sup class="v">2:16</sup>but had +a rebuke of his transgression; the dumb ass, speaking with a man's +voice, forbade the madness of the prophet.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:17</sup>These are fountains +without water, clouds driven by a tempest, to which is reserved the +blackness of darkness. <sup class="v">2:18</sup>For speaking +extravagant words of vanity, they entice with carnal desires of +lewdness those scarcely escaped from them, those living in error, +<sup class="v">2:19</sup>promising them liberty, when they +themselves are servants of corruption; for by whatever a man is +overcome, to this is he made a servant. <sup class= +"v">2:20</sup>For if having escaped the defilements of the world by +a knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again +entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is +worse than the first. <sup class="v">2:21</sup>For it is better for +them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, having +known, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. +<sup class="v">2:22</sup>But it has happened to them according to +the true proverb, The dog returned to his vomit, and the swine that +was washed to wallowing in filth.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>THE COMING OF CHRIST, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>THIS second epistle, +beloved, I now write to you, in which I excite your pure minds by +remembrance, <sup class="v">3:2</sup>to remember the words spoken +before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us the apostles +of the Lord and Saviour, <sup class="v">3:3</sup>knowing this +first, that in the last days scoffers shall come with scoffing +walking after their inordinate desires, <sup class="v">3:4</sup>and +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 world. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>For of this they are willingly +ignorant, that the heavens were of old, and the earth was made of +water and by water by the word of God, <sup class="v">3:6</sup>by +which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, was +destroyed. <sup class="v">3:7</sup>But the present heavens and the +earth have been preserved by his word, being kept for fire, at the +day of the judgment and destruction of wicked men.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">3:8</sup>But let not this one +thing escape you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a +thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. <sup class= +"v">3:9</sup>The Lord is not slow in respect to his promise, as +some men account slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not +willing that any should perish, but that all should come to a +change of mind.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">3:10</sup>But the day of the Lord +will come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with a +crash, and the elements be melted with heat, and the earth and the +works in it be consumed. <sup class="v">3:11</sup>All these things +therefore being dissolved, what persons ought we to be in holy +conduct and piety, <sup class="v">3:12</sup>expecting and hastening +the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being burnt up +will be dissolved and the elements be melted with heat. <sup class= +"v">3:13</sup>But we, according to his promise, look for a new +heaven and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">3:14</sup>Wherefore, beloved, +looking for these things, be diligent that you may be found in him +without a spot and blemish, in peace, <sup class="v">3:15</sup>and +consider the long-suffering of the Lord our salvation; as also our +beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him wrote to +you, <sup class="v">3:16</sup>as also in all his epistles speaking +of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, +which the unlearned and unstable wrest as they also do the other +Scriptures to their destruction. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>Do you +therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] before, be on your guard +not to be carried away with the error of the wicked and fall from +your steadfastness, <sup class="v">3:18</sup>but grow in grace and +in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be +the glory both now and forever.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b65">THE EPISTLE OF + JUDAS</A></h1> +<h3 style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:4em">A.D. 67.</h3> +<h3>FALSE TEACHERS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>JUDAS, a servant of +Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the beloved in God the +Father, and the called who are kept by Jesus Christ. <sup class= +"v">1:2</sup>Mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Beloved, giving all +diligence to write to you concerning the common salvation, I was +under a necessity to write and exhort you to contend earnestly for +the faith once delivered to the saints. <sup class="v">1:4</sup>For +some men have come in by deception, who were of old appointed to +this judgment, impious, changing the grace of our God into +lewdness, and denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:5</sup>But I wish to remind +you, though you once knew all, that the Lord having saved his +people from Egypt, afterwards destroyed those that believed not, +<sup class="v">1:6</sup>and the angels who kept not their own +province, but left their habitation, he has kept under darkness in +eternal chains, for the judgment of the great day; <sup class= +"v">1:7</sup>as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, +committing fornication in the same manner as these and going after +unnatural lewdness, are made an example, enduring the punishment of +eternal fire.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:8</sup>In like manner also +these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme +glories. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>But Michael the arch-angel, when +disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, dared +not bring against him a charge of blasphemy, but said, The Lord +rebuke you. <sup class="v">1:10</sup>But these blaspheme what they +do not understand, and what they know naturally, as brute beasts, +in these things they corrupt themselves. <sup class= +"v">1:11</sup>Woe to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, +and rushed into the error of Balaam for a reward, and perished in +the contradiction of Korah. <sup class="v">1:12</sup>These are +breakers at your love-feasts, feasting with you without fear, +feeding themselves, clouds without water driven about by winds, +autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots, +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>wild waves of the sea foaming with their +own shame, wandering stars to which is reserved the blackness of +darkness for ever.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:14</sup>And Enoch also, the +seventh from Adam, prophesied of them, saying, Behold, the Lord +came with ten thousand of his saints <sup class="v">1:15</sup>to +execute judgment on all, and to convict all the wicked among them +of all the deeds of impiety which they have impiously committed, +and of all the hard speeches which impious sinners have spoken +against him. <sup class="v">1:16</sup>These are complainers, +censorious, walking after their inordinate desires, and their mouth +speaks proud words, showing admiration of persons for the sake of +gain.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">1:17</sup>But do you, beloved, +remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus +Christ, <sup class="v">1:18</sup>that they said to you, That in the +last time there shall be scoffers, walking in their own impious +desires. <sup class="v">1:19</sup>These are they who separate +themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. <sup class= +"v">1:20</sup>But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most +holy faith, pray with the Holy Spirit. <sup class= +"v">1:21</sup>Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the +mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. <sup class= +"v">1:22</sup>And reprove some, separatists, <sup class= +"v">1:23</sup>and some save, plucking them from the fire, but have +mercy on others with fear, hating even the garment that is defiled +by the flesh.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">1:24</sup>And to him that is able +to keep you without falling, and to present you blameless before +his glory, with great joy, <sup class="v">1:25</sup>to God our only +Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power +and authority before all worlds, both now and for ever more; +amen.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b62">FIRST EPISTLE OF + JOHN.</A></h1> +<h3>A. D. 68.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST THE LIFE, GOD IS LIGHT, WALKING WITH HIM, FALSE +TEACHERS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>THAT which was from the +beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with +our eyes, that which we beheld and our hands felt, concerning the +Word of life,— <sup class="v">1:2</sup>and the life was made +manifest, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the +eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to +us,— <sup class="v">1:3</sup>that which we have seen and +heard, we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with +us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus +Christ. <sup class="v">1:4</sup>And these things we write to you, +that your joy may be complete.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:5</sup>And this is the message +which we have heard from him and declare to you, That God is light, +and with him there is no darkness. <sup class="v">1:6</sup>If we +say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie +and observe not the truth; <sup class="v">1:7</sup>but if we walk +in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with +another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. +<sup class="v">1:8</sup>If we say we have not sin, we deceive +ourselves, and the truth is not in us. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>If +we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, +and to cleanse us from all wickedness. <sup class="v">1:10</sup>If +we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is +not in us.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>My little children, +these things I write to you that you may not sin. But if any one +has sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the +righteous, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>and he is a propitiation for our +sins, and not for ours only but for all the world. <sup class= +"v">2:3</sup>And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep +his commandments. <sup class="v">2:4</sup>He that says, I have +known him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth +is not in him; <sup class="v">2:5</sup>but whoever keeps his word, +in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we +are in him. <sup class="v">2:6</sup>He that says he continues in +him, ought also himself so to walk as he walked.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:7</sup>Beloved, I write not a +new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you had from +the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you heard. +<sup class="v">2:8</sup>Again, a new commandment I write you, which +is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past and the +true light now appears. <sup class="v">2:9</sup>He that says he is +in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness till now. +<sup class="v">2:10</sup>He that loves his brother continues in the +light, and there is no offense in him; <sup class="v">2:11</sup>but +he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, +and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his +eyes.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">2:12</sup>I write to you, little +children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name. +<sup class="v">2:13</sup>I write to you, fathers, because you have +known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, +because you have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little +children, because you have known the Father. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him +that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you +are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have +overcome the evil one. <sup class="v">2:15</sup>Love not the world, +nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love +of the Father is not in him; <sup class="v">2:16</sup>for all that +is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes +and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. +<sup class="v">2:17</sup>And the world passes away, and its +desires; but he that does the will of God continues for ever.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">2:18</sup>Little children, it is +the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now +many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last +time. <sup class="v">2:19</sup>They went out from us, but they were +not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued +with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest +that they are not all of us. <sup class="v">2:20</sup>And you have +an anointing from the Holy One, and know all things. <sup class= +"v">2:21</sup>I have not written to you because you know not the +truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. +<sup class="v">2:22</sup>Who is a liar but he that denies that +Jesus is the Christ? This is the anti-christ, [the man that] denies +the Father and the Son. <sup class="v">2:23</sup>No one that denies +the Son has the Father; he that confesses the Son has the Father +also. <sup class="v">2:24</sup>Let that which you heard from the +beginning continue in you. If that which you heard from the +beginning continues in you, you also shall continue in the Son and +in the Father. <sup class="v">2:25</sup>And this is the promise +which he promised us, the eternal life.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">2:26</sup>I have written these +things to you concerning those who deceive you. <sup class= +"v">2:27</sup>And the anointing which you received from him +continues in you, and you have no need that any one should teach +you; but as his anointing teaches you of all things, and is true +and is not a lie, even as it has taught you, continue in him.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">2:28</sup>And now, little +children, continue in him, that when he shall appear we may have +boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his coming. <sup class= +"v">2:29</sup>If you know that he is righteous, you know that every +one who does righteousness has been born of him.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>See what love the Father +has given us, that we should be called children of God. The world +therefore knows us not, because it knew him not.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">3:2</sup>Beloved, now are we +children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We +know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall +see him as he is. <sup class="v">3:3</sup>And every one that has +this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure. <sup class= +"v">3:4</sup>Every one that commits sin commits also wickedness, +and sin is wickedness. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>And we know that he +was manifested to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. +<sup class="v">3:6</sup>No one that continues in him sins; no one +that sins has seen him, or known him.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>Little children, let no +one deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous, as he is +righteous; <sup class="v">3:8</sup>he that commits sin is of the +devil, for the devil sinned from the beginning. For this was the +Son of God manifested, to destroy the works of the devil. +<sup class="v">3:9</sup>No one that has been born of God commits +sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he +has been born of God. <sup class="v">3:10</sup>By this are the +children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one +that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not +his brother. <sup class="v">3:11</sup>For this is the message which +you heard from the beginning; that we should love one another; +<sup class="v">3:12</sup>not as Cain was of the evil one and killed +his brother; and why did he kill him? because his works were evil, +and his brother's righteous.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">3:13</sup>Wonder not, brothers, +if the world hates you. <sup class="v">3:14</sup>We know that we +have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he +that loves not, continues in death. <sup class="v">3:15</sup>Every +one that hates his brother is a murderer; and we know that no +murderer has eternal life continuing in him. <sup class= +"v">3:16</sup>By this we have known love, because he laid down his +life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. +<sup class="v">3:17</sup>And whoever has the goods of the world and +sees his brother have need, and withholds his compassions from him, +how continues the love of God in him?</p> +<p class="pin">13 <sup class="v">3:18</sup>My little children, +let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth. +<sup class="v">3:19</sup>And by this we know that we are of the +truth, and shall assure our hearts before him; <sup class= +"v">3:20</sup>for if our minds condemn us, God is greater than our +minds and knows all things.</p> +<p class="pin">14 <sup class="v">3:21</sup>Beloved, if our minds +do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, <sup class= +"v">3:22</sup>and what we ask we receive from him, because we keep +his commandments and do the things which are pleasing in his sight. +<sup class="v">3:23</sup>And this is his commandment; that we +should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one +another as he gave commandment. <sup class="v">3:24</sup>And he +that keeps his commandments continues in him and he in him; and by +this we know that he continues in us, by the Spirit which he gave +us.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>FALSE SPIRITS, BROTHERLY LOVE, THE LOVE OF GOD, THE THREE +WITNESSES, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>BELOVED, believe not +every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God; for +many false prophets have gone out into the world. <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit which +confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, +<sup class="v">4:3</sup>and every spirit which does not confess +Jesus is not of God. And this is the [spirit] of anti-christ, of +which you have heard that he is coming, and he is now in the world +already.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:4</sup>You are of God, little +children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in +you than he that is in the world. <sup class="v">4:5</sup>They are +of the world; therefore they speak of the world and the world hears +them. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>We are of God; he that knows God +hears us, he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know +the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:7</sup>Beloved, let us love one +another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born +of God and knows God. <sup class="v">4:8</sup>He that loves not has +not known God; for God is love. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>The love of +God was manifested to us in this; that God has sent his only Son +into the world that we may live through him. <sup class= +"v">4:10</sup>In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he +loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Beloved, if God so +loved us, we ought also to love one another. <sup class= +"v">4:12</sup>No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God +continues in us and his love is perfected in us. <sup class= +"v">4:13</sup>By this we know that we continue in him and he in us, +that he has given us of his Spirit. <sup class="v">4:14</sup>And we +have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, the Saviour +of the world. <sup class="v">4:15</sup>Whoever confesses that Jesus +is the Son of God, God continues in him and he in God. <sup class= +"v">4:16</sup>And we have known and believed the love which God has +for us. God is love; and he that continues in love continues in God +and God in him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">4:17</sup>By this is love +perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of +judgment, that as he is we also are in this world. <sup class= +"v">4:18</sup>There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out +fear; for fear has pain; and he that is afraid is not made perfect +in love. <sup class="v">4:19</sup>We love, because he first loved +us. <sup class="v">4:20</sup>If any one says, I love God, and hates +his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom +he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? <sup class= +"v">4:21</sup>And we have this commandment from him, that he who +loves God should also love his brother.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>Every one who believes +that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who +loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him. <sup class= +"v">5:2</sup>By this we know that we love the children of God, when +we love God and keep his commandments. <sup class="v">5:3</sup>For +this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his +commandments are not grievous; <sup class="v">5:4</sup>for every +child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is +the victory which overcomes the world, our faith. <sup class= +"v">5:5</sup>Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that +believes that Jesus is the Son of God?</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">5:6</sup>This is he that came by +water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not by water only, but by water +and by blood; and the Spirit is that which testifies, for the +Spirit is the truth. <sup class="v">5:7</sup>For there are three +that testify; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the +three are one. <sup class="v">5:9</sup>If we receive the testimony +of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony +of God that he has testified concerning his Son. <sup class= +"v">5:10</sup>He that believes on the Son of God has the testimony +in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar, because +he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified +concerning his Son. <sup class="v">5:11</sup>And this is the +testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his +Son. <sup class="v">5:12</sup>He that has the Son has the life; he +that has not the Son has not the life.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">5:13</sup>These things have I +written to you, that you who believe in the name of the Son of God +may know that you have eternal life. <sup class="v">5:14</sup>And +this is the confidence which we have in respect to him, that if we +ask any thing according to his will he hears us. <sup class= +"v">5:15</sup>And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask, we +know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. +<sup class="v">5:16</sup>If any one sees his brother commit a sin, +not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, for those +who sin not to death. There is a sin to death; I say not that you +should pray for it. <sup class="v">5:17</sup>All wickedness is sin, +and there is sin not to death.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">5:18</sup>We know that every one +who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of +God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him. <sup class= +"v">5:19</sup>We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies +in wickedness. <sup class="v">5:20</sup>And we know that the Son of +God has come, and has given us understanding that we may know the +true One; and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this +is the true God, and eternal life. <sup class="v">5:21</sup>Little +children, keep yourselves from idols.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b63">SECOND EPISTLE OF + JOHN.</A></h1> +<h3 style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:4em">A.D. 68.</h3> +<h3>A COMMENDATION OF CURIA'S CHILDREN, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>THE elder to the elect +Curia and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but +also all who have known the truth, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>on +account of the truth which continues in you, and shall be with you +forever. <sup class="v">1:3</sup>Grace, mercy, peace, from God the +Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, shall be with +you in truth and love.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:4</sup>I rejoiced exceedingly +that I found your children walking in the truth as we received +commandment from the Father. <sup class="v">1:5</sup>And now I +beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but +[one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one +another. <sup class="v">1:6</sup>And this is love, that we should +walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you +heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. <sup class= +"v">1:7</sup>For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who +do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh; this is the +deceiver, and the antichrist. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>Take heed to +yourselves, that ye lose not the labor which you performed, but +receive a full reward. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>Every one who goes +beyond, and continues not in the doctrine of Christ, is without +God. He that continues in the doctrine has both the Son and the +Father. <sup class="v">1:10</sup>If any one comes to you and brings +not this doctrine, receive him not into your houses, and salute him +not; <sup class="v">1:11</sup>for he that salutes him is a partaker +of his evil works.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>Having many things to +write, I do not wish to write with paper and ink, but I hope to be +with you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be full. +<sup class="v">1:13</sup>The children of your elect sister salute +you.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b64">THIRD EPISTLE OF + JOHN.</A></h1> +<h3 style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:4em">A.D. 68.</h3> +<h3>A COMMENDATION OF GAIUS AND DEMETRIUS, AND A DENUNCIATION OF +DIOTREPHES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>THE elder to the beloved +Gaius, whom I love in truth. <sup class="v">1:2</sup>Beloved, I +desire above all things that you may prosper and be in health, as +your soul prospers. <sup class="v">1:3</sup>For I rejoiced +exceedingly when the brothers came and testified of your truth, as +you walk in truth. <sup class="v">1:4</sup>I have no greater joy +than this, that I hear of my children walking in the truth.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:5</sup>Beloved, you did +faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and that to strangers, +<sup class="v">1:6</sup>who testified of your love before the +church, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God. +<sup class="v">1:7</sup>For they went out for his name, taking +nothing of the gentiles. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>We therefore ought +to receive such, that we may be co-laborers for the truth.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:9</sup>I wrote something to the +church, but Diotrephes desiring the pre-eminence does not receive +us. <sup class="v">1:10</sup>Therefore if I come I will remember +his works which he performs, prating against us with evil words, +and not being satisfied, in addition to these [things] he does not +receive the brothers, and forbids and casts out of the church those +wishing to do it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:11</sup>Beloved, do not imitate +evil but good. He that does good is of God; he that does evil has +not seen God. <sup class="v">1:12</sup>Testimony is borne to +Demetrius by all, and by the truth itself; and we also testify, and +you know that our testimony is true.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:13</sup>I had many things to +write, but wish not to write to you with ink and pen; <sup class= +"v">1:14</sup>but hope soon to see you, and we will speak face to +face. Peace be to you. The friends salute you; salute the friends +by name.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b58">[THE EPISTLE] TO THE + HEBREWS.</A></h1> +<h3>A.D. 68.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST THE SON OF GOD SUPERIOR TO ANGELS AND TO MOSES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>GOD, who at many times +and in many ways spoke anciently to the fathers by the prophets, +<sup class="v">1:2</sup>in these last days spoke to us by his Son, +whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the +worlds, <sup class="v">1:3</sup>who being the brightness of his +glory and the express image of his substance, and sustaining all +things by the word of his power, having made a purification of +sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high, +<sup class="v">1:4</sup>being made as much greater than the angels +as he has inherited a more excellent name than they. <sup class= +"v">1:5</sup>For to which of the angels said he at any time, You +are my Son, to-day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him +a Father and he shall be to me a Son? <sup class="v">1:6</sup>And +again, when be brings the first-born into the world he says, And +let all the angels of God worship him. <sup class="v">1:7</sup>And +of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his +ministers a flame of fire; <sup class="v">1:8</sup>but of the Son, +Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is +a sceptre of rectitude. <sup class="v">1:9</sup>Thou hast loved +righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, +anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. +<sup class="v">1:10</sup>And thou, Lord, in the beginning didst +build from its foundations the earth, and the heavens are works of +thy hands; <sup class="v">1:11</sup>they shall perish, but thou +shalt continue; and they shall all become old like a garment, +<sup class="v">1:12</sup>and like a mantle thou shalt fold them up, +and they shall be changed, but thou art the same and thy years +shall not fail. <sup class="v">1:13</sup>And to which of the angels +said he at any time, Sit on my right hand till I make thy enemies +thy footstool? <sup class="v">1:14</sup>Are they not all +ministering spirits, sent forth to serve on account of those who +are about to inherit salvation?</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>We ought therefore to +attend the more to the things which we heard, lest at any time we +should glide away [from them]. <sup class="v">2:2</sup>For if the +word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and +disobedience received a just recompense, <sup class= +"v">2:3</sup>how shall we escape who have neglected so great a +salvation? which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was affirmed +to us by those who heard, <sup class="v">2:4</sup>God bearing them +witness with signs and prodigies, and various mighty works and +gifts of the holy Spirit, according to his will.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:5</sup>For he did not subject +to angels the world to come, of which we speak. <sup class= +"v">2:6</sup>But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that +thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him? +<sup class="v">2:7</sup>Thou didst make him a little lower than +angels, thou didst crown him with glory and honor, <sup class= +"v">2:8</sup>thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in +subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. +But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. <sup class= +"v">2:9</sup>But we see Jesus, made a little less than angels, on +account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, +that by the grace of God he should taste death for every [man]. +<sup class="v">2:10</sup>For it became him, for whom are all things +and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the +prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory. <sup class= +"v">2:11</sup>For both he that sanctifies and the sanctified are +all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them +brothers, <sup class="v">2:12</sup>saying, I will declare thy name +to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly will I sing to thee. +<sup class="v">2:13</sup>And again, I will trust in him. And again, +Behold me and the children which God gave me. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>Since then the children have partaken of blood and +flesh, he in like manner also partook of them, that through death +he might destroy him that has the power of death, that is the +devil, <sup class="v">2:15</sup>and liberate those who all their +life were subjects of servitude to the fear of death. <sup class= +"v">2:16</sup>For indeed he helped not angels, but he helped the +descendants of Abraham. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>Whence he ought in +all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a +merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to +make propitiation for the sins of the people. <sup class= +"v">2:18</sup>For because he has himself suffered, having been +tried, he is able to help the tried.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>Whence, holy brothers, +partakers of the heavenly call, consider the apostle and chief +priest of our profession, Jesus, <sup class="v">3:2</sup>who is +faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was in his house. +<sup class="v">3:3</sup>For this man is judged worthy of more glory +than Moses, as much as he has more honor than the house +[tabernacle] which he built. <sup class="v">3:4</sup>For every +house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God. +<sup class="v">3:5</sup>And Moses indeed was faithful in all his +house, as a servant, for a testimony of things to be spoken; +<sup class="v">3:6</sup>but Christ as a son over his house, whose +house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the +hope.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>Wherefore, as the Holy +Spirit says, To-day if you will hear his voice, <sup class= +"v">3:8</sup>harden not your hearts as in the provocation, in the +day of the trial in the wilderness, <sup class="v">3:9</sup>where +your fathers fully proved and saw my works forty years. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>Wherefore I was displeased with that generation and +said, They always err in mind, and they did not know my ways, +<sup class="v">3:11</sup>so I swore in my wrath, They shall not +enter into my rest. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>See, brothers, that +there be not at any time in any one of you an evil mind of unbelief +in departing from the living God; <sup class="v">3:13</sup>but +exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of +you may be hardened by the deception of sin; <sup class= +"v">3:14</sup>for we have been made partakers of Christ, if we hold +the beginning of the confidence firm to the end. <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>It was said, To-day if you will hear his voice, +harden not your hearts as in the provocation; <sup class= +"v">3:16</sup>for who having heard committed provocation? Did not +all indeed who came out of Egypt with Moses? <sup class= +"v">3:17</sup>And with whom was he displeased forty years? Was it +not with those that sinned? whose bodies fell in the wilderness? +<sup class="v">3:18</sup>And to whom did he swear that they should +not enter into his rest? was it not to them that disobeyed? +<sup class="v">3:19</sup>And we see that they could not enter in +because of unbelief.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>Let us fear, therefore, +lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, +any one of you should seem to come short. <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>For we have also received the good news as they did; +but the word of the report did not profit them, not being +accompanied with faith in those who heard. <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I +swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although +of works made from the foundation of the world. <sup class= +"v">4:4</sup>For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, +thus; And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. +<sup class="v">4:5</sup>And in this place again, They shall not +enter into my rest. <sup class="v">4:6</sup>Since then it remains +that some entered into it, and those to whom it was first preached +entered not in on account of unbelief, <sup class= +"v">4:7</sup>again he defines a certain day, To-day, saying in +David, after so long a time, as it was said before, To-day if you +will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. <sup class= +"v">4:8</sup>For if Joshua caused them to rest he would not have +spoken of another day afterwards.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">4:9</sup>Therefore a sabbatism +remains for the people of God. <sup class="v">4:10</sup>For he +[Christ] who entered into his rest, also himself rested from his +works, as God from his.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Let us use diligence, +therefore to enter into that rest [the heavenly rest], that no one +may fall, after the same example of disobedience. <sup class= +"v">4:12</sup>For the word of God is living, and effective, and +sharper than any two-edged sword, and reaching even to the division +of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and distinguishes +thoughts and intentions of mind; <sup class="v">4:13</sup>and there +is nothing which is not manifest in his sight; for all things are +naked and exposed to his eyes, to whom our discourse relates.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST A CHIEF PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:14</sup>HAVING therefore a +great chief priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus, the Son +of God, let us hold fast the profession. <sup class= +"v">4:15</sup>For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise +with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, +without sin. <sup class="v">4:16</sup>Let us therefore approach +with boldness the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and +find grace for timely aid.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>For every chief priest +taken from men is appointed in behalf of men over things relating +to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins, +<sup class="v">5:2</sup>being able to deal gently with the ignorant +and erring, since he is himself encompassed with infirmity, +<sup class="v">5:3</sup>and as for the people, so also for himself, +he is obliged to present offerings for sins. <sup class= +"v">5:4</sup>And no one takes the honor on himself but he that is +called by God, even as Aaron also was. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>So +also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief +priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I +begotten thee; <sup class="v">5:6</sup>as also in another place he +says, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. +<sup class="v">5:7</sup>Who in the days of his flesh having offered +both prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him +from death, with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and +delivered] from fear,— <sup class="v">5:8</sup>although he +was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered, <sup class= +"v">5:9</sup>and being made perfect became to all who obey him an +author of eternal salvation, <sup class="v">5:10</sup>being called +by God a chief priest after the order of Melchisedec.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">5:11</sup>Concerning whom we have +much to say, and that which is difficult to explain, because you +have become dull of hearing. <sup class="v">5:12</sup>For you who +ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one +should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles +of God, and have need of milk and not solid food. <sup class= +"v">5:13</sup>For every one that partakes of milk is unskilful in +the word of righteousness, for he is a babe; <sup class= +"v">5:14</sup>but solid food is for the perfect, having their +perceptive faculties exercised by practice to distinguish both good +and evil.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>Wherefore leaving the +account of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not +laying again the foundation of a change of mind from dead works, +and of faith in God, <sup class="v">6:2</sup>of baptisms taught, +and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, +and of the eternal judgment. <sup class="v">6:3</sup>And this we +will do if God permits. <sup class="v">6:4</sup>For those once +enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made +partakers of the Holy Spirit, <sup class="v">6:5</sup>and having +tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the life to come, +<sup class="v">6:6</sup>and having fallen away, it is impossible +again to renew to a change of mind, they having crucified again and +exposed to shame the Son of God. <sup class="v">6:7</sup>But the +land which drinks in the rain that often falls on it, and produces +plants beneficial to those by whom it is cultivated, receives a +blessing from God; <sup class="v">6:8</sup>but that which produces +thorns and thistles is disapproved, and is nigh to a curse, the end +of which is to be burned.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">6:9</sup>But we are persuaded +better things of you, beloved, and things pertaining to salvation, +though we thus speak. <sup class="v">6:10</sup>For God is not +unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his +name, having served the saints and [still] serving them. +<sup class="v">6:11</sup>But we desire each of you to show the same +diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end, <sup class= +"v">6:12</sup>that you be not stupid, but followers of those who +through faith and patience inherit the promises. <sup class= +"v">6:13</sup>For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not +swear by a greater, swore by himself, <sup class= +"v">6:14</sup>saying, Surely, blessing I will bless you, and +multiplying I will multiply you; <sup class="v">6:15</sup>and so +having waited long he obtained the promise. <sup class= +"v">6:16</sup>For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for +confirmation is to them an end of all dispute; <sup class= +"v">6:17</sup>for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show +to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, +interposed with an oath, <sup class="v">6:18</sup>that by two +immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we +might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set +before us, <sup class="v">6:19</sup>which we have as an anchor of +the soul, sure and firm, and entering within the vail, <sup class= +"v">6:20</sup>where our forerunner Jesus entered, made after the +order of Melchisedec a chief priest forever.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>For this Melchisedec, +king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he +returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, +<sup class="v">7:2</sup>to whom also Abraham gave a tenth of all, +first being interpreted king of righteousness, and then also king +of Salem, which is king of peace, <sup class="v">7:3</sup>without +father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither a +beginning of days nor end of life, but being made like the Son of +God, continues a priest forever.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">7:4</sup>And behold, how great +this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of +the spoils. <sup class="v">7:5</sup>And the sons of Levi who +receive the priesthood, have a commandment to tithe the people +according to the law, that is their brothers, although descended +from Abraham; <sup class="v">7:6</sup>but he whose descent is not +reckoned from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who +has the promises. <sup class="v">7:7</sup>But beyond all +contradiction, the less is blessed by the greater. <sup class= +"v">7:8</sup>And here, men who die receive tithes, but there, one +of whom it is testified that he lives. <sup class="v">7:9</sup>And +so to speak, Levi also who receives tithes paid tithes through +Abraham; <sup class="v">7:10</sup>for he was yet in his father when +Melchisedec met him.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">7:11</sup>If therefore there was +perfection through the Levitical priesthood,—for the people +received the law under it,—what need was there that another +priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec and not to be +called after the order of Aaron? <sup class="v">7:12</sup>For the +priesthood being changed, of necessity also there is made a change +of the law. <sup class="v">7:13</sup>For he of whom these things +are said belonged to another tribe, of which no one attended to the +altar; <sup class="v">7:14</sup>for it is evident that our Lord +arose from Judah, in respect to which tribe Moses said nothing +concerning priests. <sup class="v">7:15</sup>And moreover, [this] +is still further evident, if another priest is raised up according +to the likeness of Melchisedec, <sup class="v">7:16</sup>who was +not a priest after the law of an external commandment, but after +the power of imperishable life. <sup class="v">7:17</sup>For it is +testified, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of +Melchisedec. <sup class="v">7:18</sup>For there is an abrogation of +the commandment which goes before, on account of its weakness and +unprofitableness; <sup class="v">7:19</sup>for the law made nothing +perfect, but was the introduction of a better hope through which we +draw nigh to God. <sup class="v">7:20</sup>And as he was not +[constituted] without swearing,— <sup class="v">7:21</sup>for +they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by +him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You +are a priest forever;— <sup class="v">7:22</sup>by so much is +Jesus the pledge of a better covenant. <sup class="v">7:23</sup>And +they indeed were made many priests, on account of being forbidden +by death to continue; <sup class="v">7:24</sup>but he, on account +of his continuing for ever, has a priesthood which passes not away, +<sup class="v">7:25</sup>whence also he is able to save forever +those who come to God through him, always living to intercede for +them.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">7:26</sup>For such a chief priest +also was suitable for us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from +sinners, and made higher than the heavens, <sup class= +"v">7:27</sup>who has no need daily as the chief priests first to +present sacrifices for their sins, then for those of the people; +for this he did once for all, having offered himself. <sup class= +"v">7:28</sup>For the law constitutes men chief priests having +infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son +made perfect forever.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF A NEW COVENANT AND OF ITS BLESSINGS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>BUT the chief thing in +addition to what has been said is, that we have such a chief priest +who sat on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the +heavens, <sup class="v">8:2</sup>a minister of the sanctuary, and +of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man. <sup class= +"v">8:3</sup>For every chief priest is constituted to offer gifts +and sacrifices, whence it was necessary that this man also should +have something to offer. <sup class="v">8:4</sup>For if he had been +on earth he would not have been a priest, there being priests to +offer, the gifts according to the law, <sup class="v">8:5</sup>who +serve for a symbol and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was +divinely instructed when about to make the tabernacle; for see, he +says, that you make all things after the pattern shown you in the +Mount; <sup class="v">8:6</sup>but now he has obtained a more +excellent service, by as much also as he is the mediator of a +better covenant, which is established on better promises.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:7</sup>For if that first +covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for +the second. [But it was not]. <sup class="v">8:8</sup>For finding +fault with them he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that +I will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, a new +covenant, <sup class="v">8:9</sup>not according to the covenant +which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the +hand to lead them out of Egypt, for they continued not in my +covenant, and I neglected them, says the Lord. <sup class= +"v">8:10</sup>This is the covenant that I will make with the house +of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in +their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I will be to +them a God, and they shall be to me a people. <sup class= +"v">8:11</sup>And they shall not teach every one his [fellow] +citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all +shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them. <sup class= +"v">8:12</sup>For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their +sins and transgressions will I remember no more. <sup class= +"v">8:13</sup>By saying new, he made the first old; but that which +is ancient and weak is about to perish.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>The first covenant then +had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary. +<sup class="v">9:2</sup>For the first tabernacle was provided, in +which were the candlestick and the table and the show bread, which +is called the sanctuary. <sup class="v">9:3</sup>But behind the +second vail is the tabernacle, called the inner sanctuary, +<sup class="v">9:4</sup>having the golden censer and the ark of the +covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which were the golden +vase that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tables +of the covenant, <sup class="v">9:5</sup>and over it were the +cherubs of glory, overshadowing the propitiation; of which it is +not necessary now to speak particularly.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">9:6</sup>And these being thus +provided, the priests enter into the first tabernacle continually, +performing the services, <sup class="v">9:7</sup>but into the +second once a year only the chief priest [enters], not without +blood, which he offers for his errors and those of the people, +<sup class="v">9:8</sup>the Holy Spirit showing this, that the way +into the sanctuary is not made manifest while the first tabernacle +yet has a standing, <sup class="v">9:9</sup>which is a type of the +time at hand, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot +perfect the worshipper as to the conscience, <sup class= +"v">9:10</sup>only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and +external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">9:11</sup>But Christ having come, +a chief priest of the good times that were to come, with a greater +and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of +this creation, <sup class="v">9:12</sup>not with blood of goats and +bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the sanctuary +having found eternal redemption. <sup class="v">9:13</sup>For if +the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling +the defiled, sanctifies to the purification of the flesh, +<sup class="v">9:14</sup>how much more shall the blood of Christ, +who with an eternal spirit offered himself without fault to God, +purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">9:15</sup>And for this cause he +is the mediator of the new covenant, that death having been for a +redemption of transgressions [transgressors] under the first +covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal +inheritance. <sup class="v">9:16</sup>For where there is a +covenant, there must follow the death of the covenant-maker. +<sup class="v">9:17</sup>For a covenant is strong for the dead, +since it is never strong [unalterable] when the covenant-maker +lives; <sup class="v">9:18</sup>whence also the first [covenant] +was not initiated without blood. <sup class="v">9:19</sup>For every +commandment of the law having been spoken by Moses to all the +people, taking the blood of bullocks and goats with water and +scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all +the people, <sup class="v">9:20</sup>saying, This is the blood of +the covenant which God has enjoined upon you. <sup class= +"v">9:21</sup>And he sprinkled also the tabernacle, and all the +implements of the service, in like manner, with blood. <sup class= +"v">9:22</sup>And almost all things, according to the law, are +purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is +no forgiveness.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">9:23</sup>It was necessary, +therefore, that the symbols of things in the heavens should be +purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better +sacrifices than these. <sup class="v">9:24</sup>For Christ did not +enter into the sanctuary made with hands, a type of the true, but +into heaven itself, and already has appeared before God for us, +<sup class="v">9:25</sup>not that he may often present himself, as +the chief priest enters into the sanctuary once a year with the +blood of another [being]; <sup class="v">9:26</sup>since it was +necessary that it should suffer often from the foundation of the +world, but now once at the consummation of the world he has been +manifested to destroy sins by the sacrifice of himself. <sup class= +"v">9:27</sup>And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after +this is the judgment, <sup class="v">9:28</sup>so also Christ +having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a +second time without sin, to those who look for him for +salvation.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>For the law having a +shadow of the good things that were to come, not the very likeness +of the things, could not by the sacrifices which they offered +continually every year perfect the offerers; <sup class= +"v">10:2</sup>if they could, would they not have ceased to be +offered, because those serving would have had no longer a knowledge +of sins, having been once purified? <sup class="v">10:3</sup>But in +them there was a remembrance of sins, year by year; <sup class= +"v">10:4</sup>for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and +goats should take away sins. <sup class="v">10:5</sup>Wherefore, +coming into the world, he says, A sacrifice and offering thou didst +not desire, but a body didst thou prepare me. <sup class= +"v">10:6</sup>Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou +wast not pleased with; <sup class="v">10:7</sup>then I said, +Behold, I come,—in the volume of the book it is written of +me,—to do thy will, O God. <sup class="v">10:8</sup>Saying +before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and +[sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased +with, which are offered according to the law, <sup class= +"v">10:9</sup>then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will. He takes +away the first, that he may establish the second, <sup class= +"v">10:10</sup>by which will we have been sanctified through the +offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">10:11</sup>And every priest stood +daily performing service and presenting often the same sacrifices, +which can never take away sins; <sup class="v">10:12</sup>but this +[priest] having offered one sacrifice forever for sins, sat down on +the right hand of God, <sup class="v">10:13</sup>henceforth waiting +till his enemies are made his footstool. <sup class= +"v">10:14</sup>For by one offering he has perfected forever the +sanctified. <sup class="v">10:15</sup>The Holy Spirit also +testifies [this] to us; for after it had said before, <sup class= +"v">10:16</sup>This is the covenant which I will make with them +after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws in their +hearts, and in their minds will I write them, <sup class= +"v">10:17</sup>and their sins and transgressions will I remember no +more. <sup class="v">10:18</sup>But where there is a forgiveness of +these, an offering for sin is no longer required.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>THE CONTEMPLATION OF CHRIST, FAITH AND ITS MARTYRS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:19</sup>HAVING therefore, +brothers, confidence in respect to the entrance into the sanctuary +by the blood of Jesus, <sup class="v">10:20</sup>which [entrance] +he consecrated for us a new and living way through the vail, that +is his flesh, <sup class="v">10:21</sup>and [having] a great priest +over the house of God, <sup class="v">10:22</sup>let us approach +with a true heart in a full assurance of faith, sprinkled in heart +from an evil conscience, and washed in body with pure water, +<sup class="v">10:23</sup>let us hold firmly the profession of the +faith, without declining; for he is faithful that promised; +<sup class="v">10:24</sup>and let us observe one another for a +provocation of love and of good works, <sup class= +"v">10:25</sup>not forsaking our own congregation as some are in +the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more +as you see the day approaching.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:26</sup>For if we sin +willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there +is no longer a sacrifice left for sins, <sup class= +"v">10:27</sup>but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery +indignation, which is about to consume the adversaries. <sup class= +"v">10:28</sup>Any one who despised the law of Moses died without +mercy by two or three witnesses; <sup class="v">10:29</sup>of how +much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, +who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the +blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated +injuriously the Spirit of grace. <sup class="v">10:30</sup>For we +know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And +again, The Lord will judge his people. <sup class="v">10:31</sup>It +is fearful to fall into the hands of the living God.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:32</sup>But remember the +former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great +conflict with sufferings, <sup class="v">10:33</sup>partly in being +made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being +companions of those so treated. <sup class="v">10:34</sup>For you +sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder +of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better +possession, and one that endures. <sup class="v">10:35</sup>Cast +not away therefore your confidence, which has a great reward. +<sup class="v">10:36</sup>For you have need of patience, that +having done the will of God you may receive the promise. +<sup class="v">10:37</sup>For yet a very little while, and he that +is to come will come and will not delay; <sup class= +"v">10:38</sup>but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he +draws back my soul takes no pleasure in him. <sup class= +"v">10:39</sup>But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, +but of faith to the saving of the soul.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>But faith is a +confidence in respect to things hoped for, a conviction of things +not seen. <sup class="v">11:2</sup>For by it the ancients obtained +a good repute. <sup class="v">11:3</sup>We know by faith that the +worlds were made by the word of God, that the seen was not made +from the apparent. <sup class="v">11:4</sup>By faith Abel offered +to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was declared +to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and through the same, +having died, he speaks still. <sup class="v">11:5</sup>By faith +Enoch was translated without seeing death, and was not found +because God translated him. For before the translation he was said +to have pleased God; <sup class="v">11:6</sup>but without faith it +is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe +that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:7</sup>By faith Noah having +been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing +built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned +the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">11:8</sup>By faith Abraham being +called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for +an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going. +<sup class="v">11:9</sup>By faith he resided temporarily in the +land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac +and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise; <sup class= +"v">11:10</sup>for he looked for the city which has foundations +[fixed abodes] whose designer and builder is God. <sup class= +"v">11:11</sup>By faith also Sarah herself received power to become +a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him +faithful that promised. <sup class="v">11:12</sup>Wherefore also +there were born of one, and those of one dead, [a posterity] like +the stars of heaven for multitude, and like the sands on the +sea-shore innumerable.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">11:13</sup>All these died in +faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted +them from a distance, and having professed that they were +foreigners and strangers on the earth. <sup class= +"v">11:14</sup>For those who say such things show that they seek a +native country. <sup class="v">11:15</sup>And if they had +remembered that country from which they went out, they would have +had opportunity to return; <sup class="v">11:16</sup>but now they +seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not +ashamed of them to be called their God; for he has prepared for +them a city.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">11:17</sup>By faith Abraham when +tried offered Isaac, and he that received the promises offered his +only son, <sup class="v">11:18</sup>of whom it was said, In Isaac +shall your posterity be called, <sup class="v">11:19</sup>judging +that God was able to raise even from the dead; whence also in a +figure he received him. <sup class="v">11:20</sup>By faith also +Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in respect to things to come. +<sup class="v">11:21</sup>By faith Jacob dying, blessed each of the +sons of Joseph and worshipped leaning on the top of his staff. +<sup class="v">11:22</sup>By faith Joseph at the close of life made +mention of the exodus of the children of Israel and gave charge +concerning his bones.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">11:23</sup>By faith Moses when he +was born was hid three months by his parents, because they saw that +the child was beautiful, and they feared not the command of the +king. <sup class="v">11:24</sup>By faith Moses when he became a man +refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, <sup class= +"v">11:25</sup>choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people +of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time, <sup class= +"v">11:26</sup>judging the reproach of Christ greater riches than +the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the reward. +<sup class="v">11:27</sup>By faith he left Egypt, not having feared +the displeasure of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is +invisible. <sup class="v">11:28</sup>By faith he observed the +passover and the pouring out of blood, that the destroyer of the +first-born might not touch them. <sup class="v">11:29</sup>By faith +they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the +Egyptians attempting were swallowed up. <sup class= +"v">11:30</sup>By faith the walls of Jericho fell down when they +had been surrounded seven days. <sup class="v">11:31</sup>By faith +Rahab the harlot escaped destruction with the disobedient, having +received the spies in peace.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">11:32</sup>And why should I say +more? For time would fail me to relate of Gideon and Barak, and +Sampson and Jepthah, and David and Samuel and the prophets, +<sup class="v">11:33</sup>who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed +righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, +<sup class="v">11:34</sup>extinguished the power of fire, escaped +the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became +mighty in war, put to flight encampments of foreigners; <sup class= +"v">11:35</sup>women received their dead from a resurrection, +others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that they +might obtain a better resurrection; <sup class="v">11:36</sup>and +others had trial of mockings and scourges, and besides of bonds and +imprisonment; <sup class="v">11:37</sup>they were stoned, they were +cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death +of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, +destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated, <sup class= +"v">11:38</sup>of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in +deserts and mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth. +<sup class="v">11:39</sup>And none of these who became martyrs +through faith received the promise, <sup class="v">11:40</sup>God +having provided something better for us, that they without us +should not be made perfect.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>Therefore also we, +having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside +every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run +with patience the race set before us, <sup class= +"v">12:2</sup>looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the +faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and +endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God. +<sup class="v">12:3</sup>For consider him that has endured such a +contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary +in your minds.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>DIVINE CHASTENING, MOUNT SINAI AND MOUNT ZION, MORAL DUTIES, +ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">12:4</sup>You have not yet +resisted to blood contending against sin. <sup class= +"v">12:5</sup>And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to +you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and +faint not when rebuked by him, <sup class="v">12:6</sup>for the +Lord corrects those whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he +receives. <sup class="v">12:7</sup>If you endure correction, God +deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does +not correct? <sup class="v">12:8</sup>But if you are without +correction of which all are partakers, then you are of foreign +birth, and not sons. <sup class="v">12:9</sup>Moreover, we have had +fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we respected them; shall +we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? +<sup class="v">12:10</sup>For they for a few days corrected us as +seemed good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of +his holiness. <sup class="v">12:11</sup>And no correction seems to +be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the +peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">12:12</sup>Wherefore hold up the +hands that hang down, and the feeble knees, <sup class= +"v">12:13</sup>and make straight courses for your feet, that the +lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed. +<sup class="v">12:14</sup>Follow peace with all men and holiness, +without which no one shall see the Lord, <sup class= +"v">12:15</sup>taking care that no one may come short of the grace +of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make trouble +and by it many be defiled, <sup class="v">12:16</sup>that no one +may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal +sold his birthright. <sup class="v">12:17</sup>For you know that +afterwards, wishing also to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; +for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it +with tears. <sup class="v">12:18</sup>For you have not come to a +mountain that may be touched, and to a burning fire, and blackness +and darkness and a tempest <sup class="v">12:19</sup>and the sound +of a trumpet and the voice of words, which those who heard desired +that the word might not be spoken to them any more,— +<sup class="v">12:20</sup>for they could not bear what was +commanded, And if a beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned; +<sup class="v">12:21</sup>and so fearful was the sight, that Moses +said, I fear and tremble,— <sup class="v">12:22</sup>but you +have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the +heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly, +<sup class="v">12:23</sup>and to the church of the first-born who +are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to +spirits of the righteous made perfect, <sup class= +"v">12:24</sup>and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and +to a sprinkled blood which speaks better than Abel.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:25</sup>See that you refuse +not him that speaks; for if they did not escape who refused him +that gave answers on earth, much more shall we [not escape] who +turn ourselves away from him in heaven; <sup class= +"v">12:26</sup>whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has +been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only +the earth, but also heaven. <sup class="v">12:27</sup>And this, +Hereafter once for all, signifies the removal of the things shaken +as of things made, that those not shaken may continue. <sup class= +"v">12:28</sup>Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be +shaken, let us have grace through which we may serve God +acceptably, with piety and fear; <sup class="v">12:29</sup>for our +God is also a consuming fire.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>Let brotherly love +continue. <sup class="v">13:2</sup>Forget not hospitality; for by +this some without knowing it have entertained angels. <sup class= +"v">13:3</sup>Remember those bound as bound with them, and those +injured as being yourselves also in the body. <sup class= +"v">13:4</sup>Marriage is honorable in all, and married life +without blame; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. +<sup class="v">13:5</sup>Let your life be without avarice, and be +contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, +I will never forsake you; <sup class="v">13:6</sup>so that we may +boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what can +man do to me?</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">13:7</sup>Remember your guides +who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their +life follow the faith. <sup class="v">13:8</sup>Jesus Christ is the +same yesterday, to-day, and forever. <sup class="v">13:9</sup>Be +not carried about with various and strange doctrines; for it is +good that the mind should be established with grace, not with +aliments, in which those walking are not profited.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:10</sup>We have an altar of +which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. +<sup class="v">13:11</sup>For the bodies of those animals whose +blood is carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt +without the encampment. <sup class="v">13:12</sup>Wherefore also +Jesus, that he might purify the people through his blood, suffered +without the gate. <sup class="v">13:13</sup>Let us therefore go out +to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach; <sup class= +"v">13:14</sup>for we have not here a city that continues, but we +seek that which is to come. <sup class="v">13:15</sup>Through him, +therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, +that is, the fruit of lips confessing his name. <sup class= +"v">13:16</sup>And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with +such sacrifices God is well pleased.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">13:17</sup>Obey your guides and +be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give +an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for +this is unprofitable for you.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">13:18</sup>Pray for us; for we +trust we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to live +well. <sup class="v">13:19</sup>And I exhort you do this the more, +that I may sooner be restored to you.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">13:20</sup>And may the God of +peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep +with the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, <sup class= +"v">13:21</sup>perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing +in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to +whom be the glory forever; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">13:22</sup>And I beseech you, +brothers, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have sent to you a +letter in a few words. <sup class="v">13:23</sup>Know that brother +Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see +you. <sup class="v">13:24</sup>Salute all your guides and all the +saints. Those from Italy salute you. <sup class="v">13:25</sup>The +grace be with you all; amen.</p> +<h1 style="margin-top:6em; margin-bottom:1em"><A name="b66">REVELATION BY + JOHN.</A></h1> +<hr width="10%"> +<h3>PATMOS, A.D. 68.</h3> +<h2>CHAPTER I.</h2> +<h3>INTRODUCTION, A VISION OF CHRIST</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">1:1</sup>A REVELATION of Jesus +Christ, which God gave him, to show his servants [things] which +must shortly occur, and he sent and made them known by his angel to +his servant John, <sup class="v">1:2</sup>who declared the word of +God and the testimony of Jesus Christ which he saw. <sup class= +"v">1:3</sup>Blessed is he that reads, and those that hear the +words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the +time is at hand.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">1:4</sup>John, to the seven +churches in Asia. Grace and peace be to you, from the Is and the +Was and the Is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before +his throne, <sup class="v">1:5</sup>and from Jesus Christ, the +faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of +the kings of the earth. To him that loved us and washed us from our +sins with his blood, <sup class="v">1:6</sup>and made us a kingdom, +priests to God even his Father, to him be the glory and the power +forever; amen.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">1:7</sup>Behold, he comes with +the clouds, and every eye shall see him and those who pierced him, +and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes, +amen. <sup class="v">1:8</sup>I am the Alpha and the Omega, says +the Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the +Almighty.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">1:9</sup>I, John, your brother +and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience in Christ +Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of +God and the testimony of Jesus. <sup class="v">1:10</sup>I was in +the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice as +of a trumpet, <sup class="v">1:11</sup>saying, What you see write +in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna +and to Pergamus and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia +and to Laodicea.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">1:12</sup>And I turned to see the +voice which spoke with me; and having turned around I saw seven +golden candlesticks, <sup class="v">1:13</sup>and in the midst of +the candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a robe +extending down to his feet, girded about the breasts with a golden +girdle; <sup class="v">1:14</sup>and his head and hairs were white +as white wool, as snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire, +<sup class="v">1:15</sup>and his feet like fine brass as if they +were burned in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many +waters, <sup class="v">1:16</sup>and he had in his right hand seven +stars, and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and +his face shone like the sun in his strength.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">1:17</sup>And when I saw him I +fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right hand on me, saying, +Fear not; I am the first and the last <sup class="v">1:18</sup>and +the living, and I was dead, and behold, I am living forever and +ever; and I have the keys of death and of hades. <sup class= +"v">1:19</sup>Write therefore the things which you saw, and which +are, and which are about to appear hereafter, <sup class= +"v">1:20</sup>the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my +right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are +angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks the seven +churches.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> +<h3>LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">2:1</sup>To the angel of the +church in Ephesus write, These things says he that holds the seven +stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden +candlesticks, <sup class="v">2:2</sup>I know your works and your +labor and your patience, and that you cannot bear the wicked, and +you tried those who say they are apostles and are not, and found +them false; <sup class="v">2:3</sup>and you have patience, and +suffered for my name, and did not faint. <sup class= +"v">2:4</sup>But I have against you that you have left your first +love. <sup class="v">2:5</sup>Remember therefore whence you have +fallen, and change your minds, and do the first works, otherwise I +will come to you and remove your candlestick from its place, unless +you change your minds. <sup class="v">2:6</sup>But you have this, +that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. +<sup class="v">2:7</sup>Let him that has an ear hear what the +Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give to +eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">2:8</sup>And to the angel of the +church in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, +who was dead and lived, <sup class="v">2:9</sup>I know your +affliction and poverty, but you are rich, and the blasphemy of +those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of +Satan. <sup class="v">2:10</sup>Fear not what you are about to +suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, +that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be +faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life. +<sup class="v">2:11</sup>Let him that has an ear hear what the +Spirit says to the churches; He that conquers shall not be injured +by the second death.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">2:12</sup>And to the angel of the +church in Pergamus write, These things says he that has the +two-edged sharp sword, <sup class="v">2:13</sup>I know your works +and where you live; where Satan's throne is; and you hold my name, +and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas my faithful +martyr was killed among you, where Satan dwells. <sup class= +"v">2:14</sup>But I have a few things against you; you have there +those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put an +occasion of sin before the children of Israel, both to eat things +offered to idols and to commit fornication. <sup class= +"v">2:15</sup>So in like manner you have also those who hold the +doctrine of the Nicolaitans. <sup class="v">2:16</sup>Change your +minds therefore; otherwise I will come to you quickly, and fight +with them with the sword of my mouth. <sup class="v">2:17</sup>Let +him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To +him that conquers will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give +him a white token, and on the token a new name engraved, which no +one knows but he that receives it.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">2:18</sup>And to the angel of the +church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, he that +has his eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass, +<sup class="v">2:19</sup>I know your works and love and faith and +service and your patience, and your last works more than the first. +<sup class="v">2:20</sup>But I have against you that you allow your +wife Jezebel, who says she is a prophetess and teaches and deceives +my servants to commit fornication and eat things offered to idols. +<sup class="v">2:21</sup>And I gave her time to change her mind, +and she will not change her mind from her fornication. <sup class= +"v">2:22</sup>Behold, I will cast her on a [sick] bed, and those +committing adultery with her into great affliction, unless they +change their minds from her works. <sup class="v">2:23</sup>And her +children will I kill with pestilence, and all the churches shall +know that I am he that searches the minds and hearts, and I will +give you each one according to your works. <sup class= +"v">2:24</sup>But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira who have not +this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, +I will put on you no other burden; <sup class="v">2:25</sup>but +what you have, hold fast till I come. <sup class="v">2:26</sup>And +to him that conquers and keeps my works till the end, I will give +power over the nations, <sup class="v">2:27</sup>and he shall rule +them with a rod of iron, and crush them like earthen vessels, as I +also have received of my Father, <sup class="v">2:28</sup>and I +will give him the star of the morning. <sup class="v">2:29</sup>Let +him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">3:1</sup>And to the angel of the +church in Sardis write, These things says he that has the seven +spirits of God and the seven stars, I know your works, that you +have a name to live, and are dead. <sup class="v">3:2</sup>Be +watchful, confirm the rest who are about to die. For I have not +found your works perfect before my God. <sup class= +"v">3:3</sup>Remember therefore how you have received and heard, +and watch, and change your minds. If therefore you do not watch, I +will come as a thief, and you shall not know at what hour I will +come upon you. <sup class="v">3:4</sup>But you have a few names in +Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk +with me in white, for they are worthy. <sup class="v">3:5</sup>He +that conquers shall be clothed in white robes, and I will not +obliterate his name from the book of life, and I will confess his +name before my Father and before his angels. <sup class= +"v">3:6</sup>Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to +the churches.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">3:7</sup>And to the angel of the +church in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy One, the +True, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no one shall +shut, and shuts and no one shall open, <sup class="v">3:8</sup>I +know your works; behold, I have placed before you an opened door, +which no man can shut; because you have a little power, and kept my +word, and did not deny my name. <sup class="v">3:9</sup>Behold, I +will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, +and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them come and worship at +your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you. <sup class= +"v">3:10</sup>Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also +will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come on all the +world, to try those who dwell on the earth. <sup class= +"v">3:11</sup>I come quickly; keep what you have, that no man may +take your crown. <sup class="v">3:12</sup>Him that overcomes will I +make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out of it no +more, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of +the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of +heaven from my God, and my new name. <sup class="v">3:13</sup>Let +him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">3:14</sup>And to the angel of the +church in Laodicea write, These things says the Amen, the faithful +and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, <sup class= +"v">3:15</sup>I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. +I wish you were cold or hot. <sup class="v">3:16</sup>Because +therefore you are warm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to +spew you out of my mouth. <sup class="v">3:17</sup>For you say, I +am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not +that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and +naked. <sup class="v">3:18</sup>I advise you to buy of me gold +purified in the fire that you may be rich, and white robes that you +may put on, and the shame of your nakedness not appear, and an +eye-salve to anoint your eyes that you may see. <sup class= +"v">3:19</sup>As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous +therefore and change your minds. <sup class="v">3:20</sup>Behold, I +stand at the door and knock; if any one shall hear my voice and +open the door, I will enter in to him, and feast with him, and he +with me. <sup class="v">3:21</sup>To him that conquers will I give +to sit down with me on my throne, as I conquered and sat down with +my Father on his throne. <sup class="v">3:22</sup>Let him that has +an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER III.</h2> +<h3>THE HEAVENLY WORLD, THE THRONE OF GOD AND HIS COURT—THE +ELDERS, CHERUBS, SEALED BOOK, LAMB, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">4:1</sup>AFTER this I saw, and +behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I +heard was of a trumpet speaking to me, saying, Come up hither, and +I will show you things that must occur hereafter. <sup class= +"v">4:2</sup>And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a +throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. <sup class= +"v">4:3</sup>And he that sat was like a jasper and sardine stone, +and there was an iris about the throne, similar in appearance to an +emerald. <sup class="v">4:4</sup>And about the throne were +twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting +clothed in white robes, and having crowns of gold on their +heads.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">4:5</sup>And there proceeded from +the throne lightnings and voices and thunders; and seven lamps of +fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of +God, <sup class="v">4:6</sup>and before the throne was as it were a +sea of glass like crystal; and in the midst of the throne and about +the throne were four living ones [cherubs] full of eyes before and +behind. <sup class="v">4:7</sup>And the first cherub was like a +lion, and the second cherub like a bullock, and the third cherub +had the face of a man, and the fourth cherub was like a flying +eagle.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">4:8</sup>And the four cherubs had +each six wings apiece. And they were full of eyes around and +within, and they had no rest day nor night, saying, Holy, holy, +holy is the Lord God Almighty the Was and the Is and the Is to +come. <sup class="v">4:9</sup>And when the cherubs gave glory and +honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne who lives forever +and ever, <sup class="v">4:10</sup>the twenty-four elders fell down +on their faces before him that sat on the throne, and worshipped +him that lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before his +throne, saying, <sup class="v">4:11</sup>Thou art worthy, our Lord +and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou hast +created all things, and on account of thy will they are and were +created.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">5:1</sup>And I saw at the right +hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the +backside, sealed with seven seals. <sup class="v">5:2</sup>And I +saw a mighty angel proclaim with a loud voice, Who is worthy to +open the book and to break its seven seals? <sup class= +"v">5:3</sup>And no one in heaven above, nor on the earth, nor +under the earth, could open the book, or look in it. <sup class= +"v">5:4</sup>And I wept much because no one was found worthy to +open the book or to look in it. <sup class="v">5:5</sup>And one of +the elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the lion of the tribe of +Judah, the root of David, has conquered, he is opening the book and +its seven seals.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">5:6</sup>And I saw in the midst +of the throne and of the four cherubs and in the midst of the +elders, a lamb standing as if killed, having seven horns and seven +eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. +<sup class="v">5:7</sup>And he came and took [the book] from the +right hand of him that sat on the throne.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">5:8</sup>And when he took the +book, the four cherubs and the twenty-four elders fell down before +the lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, +which is the prayers of the saints: <sup class="v">5:9</sup>And +they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and +to open its seals, for thou wast killed and hast redeemed to God +with thy blood [men] from every tribe and tongue and people and +nation, <sup class="v">5:10</sup>and hast made them a kingdom and +priests, and they shall reign on the earth. <sup class= +"v">5:11</sup>And I saw, and heard a voice of many angels about the +throne, and of the cherubs, and of the elders,—and the number +of them was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of +thousands,— <sup class="v">5:12</sup>saying with a loud +voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was killed to receive power, and +riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and +blessing. <sup class="v">5:13</sup>And every creature which is in +heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those which are +on the sea, and all things in them, all heard I saying, To him that +sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory +and power forever and ever. <sup class="v">5:14</sup>And the four +cherubs said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped:</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IV.</h2> +<h3>THE FIRST SIX SEALS OF THE BOOK OF PROPHECY, THE SEALING OF +GOD'S SERVANTS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">6:1</sup>AND I saw when the Lamb +opened one of the seven seals, and heard one of the four cherubs +say like the sound of thunder, Come. <sup class="v">6:2</sup>And I +saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it had a bow, +and a crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to +conquer.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">6:3</sup>And when he opened the +second seal, I heard the second cherub say, Come. <sup class= +"v">6:4</sup>And there went out another fiery horse, and it was +given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that +they should kill one another, and there was given him a great +sword.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">6:5</sup>And when he opened the +third seal, I heard the third cherub say, Come. And I saw, and +behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it had a pair of scales +in his hand. <sup class="v">6:6</sup>And I heard a voice in the +midst of the four cherubs, saying, A choenix [a quart] of wheat for +a denarius [14 cents], and three choenices of barley for a +denarius; and injure not the oil and wine.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">6:7</sup>And when he opened the +fourth seal, I heard the fourth cherub say, Come. <sup class= +"v">6:8</sup>And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and one sat on +it, whose name was Death, and Hades followed him, and there was +given him power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the +sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the beasts of the +earth.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">6:9</sup>And when he opened the +fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the +word of God and for the testimony which they had. <sup class= +"v">6:10</sup>And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, +Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on +those that dwell on the earth? <sup class="v">6:11</sup>And a white +robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little +while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those +about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their +testimony].</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">6:12</sup>And I saw when he +opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the +sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and all the moon became as +blood, <sup class="v">6:13</sup>and the stars of heaven fell to the +earth, as a fig tree casts down its unseasonable figs when shaken +with a mighty wind, <sup class="v">6:14</sup>and heaven departed +like a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved +from their places. <sup class="v">6:15</sup>And the kings of the +earth and the great men and the chiliarchs and the rich and the +mighty and every servant and freeman hid themselves in caves and in +the rocks of the mountains, <sup class="v">6:16</sup>and said to +the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of +him that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, +<sup class="v">6:17</sup>for the great day of his wrath has come, +and who can stand?</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">7:1</sup>And after this I saw +four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the +four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on the earth, nor +on the sea, nor on any tree. <sup class="v">7:2</sup>And I saw +another angel ascend 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 injure the earth and the sea, <sup class= +"v">7:3</sup>saying, Injure not the earth nor the sea nor the +trees, till we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads. +<sup class="v">7:4</sup>And I heard the number of the sealed, a +hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed from every tribe of the +children of Israel.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">7:5</sup>From the tribe of Judah +were sealed twelve thousand, from the tribe of Reuben twelve +thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, <sup class= +"v">7:6</sup>from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the +tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh +twelve thousand, <sup class="v">7:7</sup>from the tribe of Simeon +twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the +tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, <sup class="v">7:8</sup>from the +tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve +thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">7:9</sup>After this I saw, and +behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of every +nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before +the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and +having palm branches in their hands; <sup class="v">7:10</sup>and +they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation be to our God who +sits on the throne and to the Lamb. <sup class="v">7:11</sup>And +all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four +cherubs, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and +worshipped God, <sup class="v">7:12</sup>saying, Amen, blessing and +glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength +be to our God forever and ever.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">7:13</sup>And one of the elders +answered and said to me, Who are those clothed with white robes, +and whence did they come? <sup class="v">7:14</sup>And I said to +him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come +out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them +white in the blood of the Lamb. <sup class="v">7:15</sup>Therefore +they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in +his temple, and he that sits on the throne will dwell among them. +<sup class="v">7:16</sup>And they shall hunger no more, neither +thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat, +<sup class="v">7:17</sup>for the Lamb who is in the midst of the +throne shall feed them and lead them to fountains of the waters of +life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER V.</h2> +<h3>THE SEVENTH SEAL, THE FIRST FIVE TRUMPETS, THE STAR THAT FELL +FROM HEAVEN, THE LOCUSTS, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">8:1</sup>AND when he opened the +seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour. +<sup class="v">8:2</sup>And I saw the seven angels who stand before +God, and there were given them seven trumpets. <sup class= +"v">8:3</sup>And another angel came and stood by the altar, having +a golden censer, and there was given him much incense to present +with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the +throne. <sup class="v">8:4</sup>And a cloud of incense ascended +with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before +God. <sup class="v">8:5</sup>And the angel took the censer and +filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth; and +there were thunders and lightning and voices and an earthquake.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">8:6</sup>And the seven angels +having the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. <sup class= +"v">8:7</sup>And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire +mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth; and a third part +of the earth was consumed, and a third part of the trees were +consumed, and all the green grass was consumed.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">8:8</sup>And the second angel +sounded; and the appearance of a great mountain burning with fire +was cast into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood, +<sup class="v">8:9</sup>and a third part of the creatures in the +sea having life died, and a third part of the ships were +destroyed.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">8:10</sup>And the third angel +sounded; and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a +lamp, and it fell on a third part of the rivers and on the +fountains of waters. <sup class="v">8:11</sup>And the name of the +star was called Bitterness. And a third part of the waters became +bitter, and many men died by the waters, because they were +bitter.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">8:12</sup>And the fourth angel +sounded; and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part +of the moon, and a third part of the stars, and a third part of +them were darkened, and the day did not appear a third part of it, +nor the night. <sup class="v">8:13</sup>And I saw, and heard an +eagle flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, +woe, woe, to those who live on the earth on account of the other +voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to +sound.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">9:1</sup>And the fifth angel +sounded; and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth, and there +was given him the key of the pit of the abyss. <sup class= +"v">9:2</sup>And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there arose up +a smoke from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the +sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. <sup class= +"v">9:3</sup>And from the smoke went out locusts on the earth, and +power was given them like the power which scorpions of the earth +have. <sup class="v">9:4</sup>And it was told them not to injure +the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but the +men who had not the seal of God on their foreheads. <sup class= +"v">9:5</sup>And it was given them not to kill them, but to sting +them five months; and their sting was like the sting of a scorpion, +when he strikes a man. <sup class="v">9:6</sup>And in those days +men shall seek death and not find it, and shall desire to die and +death flee from them.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">9:7</sup>And the forms of the +locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and upon their heads +were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the +faces of men, <sup class="v">9:8</sup>and they had hair like the +hair of women, and their teeth were like [those] of lions, +<sup class="v">9:9</sup>and they had cuirasses like steel +cuirasses, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of +chariots with many horses running to battle. <sup class= +"v">9:10</sup>And they had tails like scorpions and stings, and in +their tails was their power to injure men five months. <sup class= +"v">9:11</sup>They had over them a king, an angel of the abyss, +whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he is called +Apollyon. <sup class="v">9:12</sup>One woe has passed; behold, +there come yet two woes after this.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">9:13</sup>And the sixth angel +sounded; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden +altar before God, <sup class="v">9:14</sup>saying to the sixth +angel who had the trumpet, Unbind the four angels bound by the +river, the great Euphrates. <sup class="v">9:15</sup>And the four +angels were unbound, who were prepared for the hour, and day, and +month, and year, to kill a third part of men. <sup class= +"v">9:16</sup>And the number of the armies of the horse was two ten +thousands of ten thousands; I heard the number of them. <sup class= +"v">9:17</sup>And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those +sitting on them, having cuirassess of fire, of hyacinth and of +sulphur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, +and from their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and sulphur.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">9:18</sup>By these three plagues +a third part of men were killed, by the fire and the smoke and the +sulphur which proceeded from their mouths. <sup class= +"v">9:19</sup>For the power of the horses was in their mouths and +in their tails; for their tails were like serpents, having heads, +and with them they did injury. <sup class="v">9:20</sup>And the +rest of men, who were not killed with these plagues, did not change +their minds [to turn] from the works of their hands, not to worship +demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, +which cannot see nor hear nor walk, <sup class="v">9:21</sup>and +did not change their minds [to turn] from their murders, nor from +their magic arts, nor from their fornication, nor from their +thefts.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VI.</h2> +<h3>THE LITTLE BOOK AND THE TWO WITNESSES.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">10:1</sup>AND I saw another +mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and an +iris was about his head, and his face was like the sun, and his +feet like pillars of fire, <sup class="v">10:2</sup>and he had in +his hand a little book opened. And he set his right foot on the +sea, and his left on the land, <sup class="v">10:3</sup>and cried +with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried, seven +thunders spoke their words. <sup class="v">10:4</sup>And when the +seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice +from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and +write it not.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">10:5</sup>And the angel whom I +saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted up his right hand +to heaven, <sup class="v">10:6</sup>and swore by him that lives +forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the +earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that +time should be no longer, <sup class="v">10:7</sup>but in the days +of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, +then the mystery of God shall be finished, as he told his servants +the prophets.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">10:8</sup>And the voice which I +heard from heaven [I heard] again speak to me and say, Go and take +the little opened book in the hand of the angel who stands on the +sea and on the land. <sup class="v">10:9</sup>And I went to the +angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, +Take and eat it, and it will embitter your stomach, but in your +mouth it will be sweet as honey. <sup class="v">10:10</sup>And I +took the little book from the hand of the angel and eat it; and it +was in my mouth as sweet as honey; and when I eat it, my stomach +was bitter. <sup class="v">10:11</sup>And they said to me, You must +prophesy again before peoples and nations and tongues and many +kings.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">11:1</sup>And a rod was given me +like a staff, and he said, Arise and measure the temple of God and +the altar and those that worship in it. <sup class= +"v">11:2</sup>And leave out the exterior court of the temple and +measure it not, for it has been given to the gentiles, and they +shall tread the holy city under foot forty-two months [three years +and a half]. <sup class="v">11:3</sup>And I will give charge to my +two witnesses, and they shall prophesy twelve hundred and sixty +days [three years and a half] clothed with sackcloth. <sup class= +"v">11:4</sup>These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps, +which stand before the Lord of the earth. <sup class= +"v">11:5</sup>And if any one will injure them, fire proceeds from +their mouth and devours their adversaries; and if any one will +injure them, he must thus be killed. <sup class="v">11:6</sup>These +have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain in the days of +their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them +into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as +they will.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">11:7</sup>And when they shall +finish their testimony, the beast which ascends from the abyss +shall make war with them, and conquer them, and kill them. +<sup class="v">11:8</sup>And their dead bodies shall lie in the +streets of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and +Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <sup class= +"v">11:9</sup>And the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations +shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not +permit their dead bodies to be buried. <sup class= +"v">11:10</sup>And those that dwell on the earth shall be glad, and +rejoice over them, and shall send gifts one to another, because +these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth. +<sup class="v">11:11</sup>And after three days and a half the +spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their +feet, and great fear fell on those that saw them. <sup class= +"v">11:12</sup>And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, +Ascend hither; and they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their +enemies beheld them. <sup class="v">11:13</sup>And in that hour +there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell, +and seven thousand men were killed by the earthquake, and the rest +were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. <sup class= +"v">11:14</sup>The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe +comes quickly.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VII.</h2> +<h3>THE SEVENTH TRUMPET, THE WOMAN, THE DRAGON AND THE BEASTS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">11:15</sup>AND the seventh angel +sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, the kingdom +of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall +reign forever and ever. <sup class="v">11:16</sup>And the +twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on +their faces, and worshipped God, <sup class="v">11:17</sup>saying, +We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou +didst take thy great power and reign, <sup class="v">11:18</sup>and +the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the +dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants the +prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and +great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">11:19</sup>And the temple of God +was opened in heaven, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his +temple, and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and great +hail.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">12:1</sup>And a great symbol +appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon +under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars, +<sup class="v">12:2</sup>and being with child she cried out in pain +and distress to give it birth. <sup class="v">12:3</sup>And there +appeared another symbol in heaven, and behold, a great fiery +dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and upon his heads seven +diadems, <sup class="v">12:4</sup>and his tail drew a third of the +stars of heaven, and cast them on the earth. And the dragon stood +before the woman who was about to bear [a child], that when she had +borne he might devour her son. <sup class="v">12:5</sup>And she +bore a male child, who is about to rule all nations with a rod of +iron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. +<sup class="v">12:6</sup>And the woman fled into the wilderness, +where she has a place prepared by God, that they may nourish her +there twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half].</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">12:7</sup>And there was a war in +heaven, Michael and his angels fighting with the dragon. And the +dragon fought and his angels, <sup class="v">12:8</sup>and were not +strong, neither was their place found any longer in heaven. +<sup class="v">12:9</sup>And the great dragon, the old serpent, who +is called the devil and Satan, and who deceives all the world, was +cast to the earth, and his angels were cast [to the earth] with +him. <sup class="v">12:10</sup>And I heard a loud voice in heaven +saying, Now has come the salvation and power and kingdom of our +God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of the brothers, +that accused them day and night before God, has been cast [to the +earth]. <sup class="v">12:11</sup>And they conquered him by the +blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and exposed +their lives to death. <sup class="v">12:12</sup>Therefore rejoice, +heavens, and those who dwell in them; woe to the earth and the sea, +for the devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing +that he has a short time.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">12:13</sup>And when the dragon +saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who bore +the male child. <sup class="v">12:14</sup>And there were given to +the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly to the +wilderness to her place, where she is nourished a time and times +and half a time [three years and a half], from before the serpent. +<sup class="v">12:15</sup>And the serpent cast out of his mouth +after the woman water like a river, that he might carry her away. +<sup class="v">12:16</sup>And the earth helped the woman, and the +earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon +cast out of his mouth. <sup class="v">12:17</sup>And the dragon was +angry with the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her +children who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony +of Jesus.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">13:1</sup>And I stood on the sand +of the sea. And I saw a beast come up out of the sea, having ten +horns and seven heads, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his +heads names of blasphemy. <sup class="v">13:2</sup>And the beast +which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet like those of a bear, +and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his +power and his throne and great authority. <sup class= +"v">13:3</sup>And one of his heads [was as if] mortally wounded, +and its mortal wound was healed. And all the earth wondered after +the beast, <sup class="v">13:4</sup>and they worshipped the dragon, +because he gave power to the beast, and worshipped the beast, +saying, Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with +him? <sup class="v">13:5</sup>And there was given him a mouth +speaking great things and blasphemy, and power was given him to +continue forty-two months [three years and a half]. <sup class= +"v">13:6</sup>And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, +to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those that dwell in +heaven. <sup class="v">13:7</sup>And it was given him to make war +with the saints and to conquer them, and power was given him over +every tribe and people and tongue and nation. <sup class= +"v">13:8</sup>And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, +[every one] whose name is not enrolled in the Lamb's book of life +who was killed from the foundation of the world. <sup class= +"v">13:9</sup>If any one has an ear let him hear. <sup class= +"v">13:10</sup>If any one [leads] into captivity, he shall go into +captivity; if any one kills with the sword, he shall be killed with +the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">13:11</sup>And I saw another +beast come up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb +and spoke like a dragon. <sup class="v">13:12</sup>And he exercised +all the power of the first beast in his presence. And he caused the +earth and those that dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose +mortal wound was healed. <sup class="v">13:13</sup>And he performs +great miracles, so as even to make fire come down from heaven to +the earth in the sight of men. <sup class="v">13:14</sup>And he +deceives those that dwell on the earth by the miracles which it was +given him to perform before the beast, telling those that dwell on +the earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound with +the sword and lived. <sup class="v">13:15</sup>And it was given him +to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the +beast should both speak, and cause that all who would not worship +the image of the beast should be killed. <sup class= +"v">13:16</sup>And he caused all, small and great, and rich and +poor, and freemen and servants, to receive the mark on their right +hand or on their forehead, <sup class="v">13:17</sup>and that no +one should buy or sell unless he had the mark, the name of the +beast or the number of his name. <sup class="v">13:18</sup>Here is +wisdom. Let him that has a mind count the number of the beast; for +the number is man's. And his number is six hundred and +sixty-six.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> +<h3>THE LAMB ON MOUNT ZION, AND HIS JUDGMENTS.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">14:1</sup>AND I saw, and behold, +the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four +thousand having his name and the name of his father written on +their foreheads. <sup class="v">14:2</sup>And I heard a voice from +heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud +thunder, and the voice which I heard was like harpers playing on +their harps. <sup class="v">14:3</sup>And they sung a new song +before the throne and before the four cherubs and the elders; and +no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four +thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth. <sup class= +"v">14:4</sup>These are they who were not defiled with women; for +they are virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he +goes. These were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the +Lamb, <sup class="v">14:5</sup>and in their mouth was found no +deceit; for they are blameless.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">14:6</sup>And I saw another angel +flying in mid-heaven, having the eternal gospel to preach to those +who dwell on the earth and to every nation and tribe and tongue and +people, <sup class="v">14:7</sup>saying with a loud voice, Fear God +and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come, and +worship him that made heaven and the earth and the sea and +fountains of waters.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">14:8</sup>And another, a second +angel, followed, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, who made all +nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">14:9</sup>And another, a third +angel, followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any one worships +the beast and his image, and receives the mark on his forehead or +on his hand, <sup class="v">14:10</sup>he shall drink of the wine +of the wrath of God, mingled undiluted in the cup of his +indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur before +the angels and before the Lamb. <sup class="v">14:11</sup>And the +smoke of their torment rises up forever and ever, and they have no +rest day nor night who worship the beast and his image, and whoever +receives the mark of his name. <sup class="v">14:12</sup>Here is +the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and +the faith of Jesus. <sup class="v">14:13</sup>And I heard a voice +from heaven, saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the +Lord from henceforth. Yes, says the Spirit, they shall rest from +their labors; and their works follow after them.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">14:14</sup>And I saw, and behold, +a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like the Son of man, +having on his head a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle. +<sup class="v">14:15</sup>And another angel came out of the temple, +crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send your +sickle and reap, for the time has come to harvest, for the harvest +of the earth is dry. <sup class="v">14:16</sup>And he that sat on +the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was +harvested.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">14:17</sup>And another angel came +out of the temple in heaven, and he had a sharp sickle; <sup class= +"v">14:18</sup>and another angel came out from the altar, who had +power over fire, and cried with a loud voice to him who had the +sharp sickle, saying, Send your sharp sickle and gather the grapes +of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe. <sup class= +"v">14:19</sup>And the angel cast his sharp sickle on the earth, +and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great +wine-press of the wrath of God. <sup class="v">14:20</sup>And the +wine-press was trodden without the city, and the blood went out +from the wine-press to the horses' bridles, a distance of sixteen +hundred stadia [158 English miles].</p> +<h2>CHAPTER IX.</h2> +<h3>THE LAST SEVEN PLAGUES OF THE KINGDOM OF THE BEAST.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">15:1</sup>AND I saw another +symbol in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels having the last +seven plagues, because by them the wrath of God was finished. +<sup class="v">15:2</sup>And I saw as it were a sea of glass +mingled with fire, and those becoming victors over the beast and +his image and the number of his name standing on the sea of glass, +having harps of God. <sup class="v">15:3</sup>And they sing the +song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, +Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true +are thy ways, king of the nations; <sup class="v">15:4</sup>who +shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art +holy, for all the nations shall come and worship before thee, for +thy righteous ordinances have been made manifest.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">15:5</sup>And after this I saw, +and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony was opened in +heaven, [the inner temple], <sup class="v">15:6</sup>and the seven +angels went out who have the last seven plagues, clothed with pure +bright linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles. +<sup class="v">15:7</sup>And one of the four cherubs gave the seven +angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of the God who lives +forever and ever. <sup class="v">15:8</sup>And the temple was +filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no +one could enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven +angels were finished.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">16:1</sup>And I heard a loud +voice saying to the seven angels, Go, pour out the seven bowls of +the wrath of God on the earth. <sup class="v">16:2</sup>And the +first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there was an +evil and malignant ulcer on the men who have the mark of the beast +and those who worship his image.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">16:3</sup>And the second poured +out his bowl on the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead body, +and every living soul died, the [creatures] in the sea.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">16:4</sup>And the third poured +out his bowl on the rivers and the fountains of waters; and they +became blood. <sup class="v">16:5</sup>And I heard the angel of the +waters say, Thou art just, the Is and the Was, [the] Holy One, +because thou hast judged thus, <sup class="v">16:6</sup>for they +shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them +blood to drink; they are worthy. <sup class="v">16:7</sup>And I +heard the altar say, Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are +thy judgments.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">16:8</sup>And the fourth poured +out his bowl on the sun, and it was given it to scorch men with +fire. <sup class="v">16:9</sup>And men were scorched with great +heat, and blasphemed the name of God who had power over these +plagues, and changed not their minds to give him glory.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">16:10</sup>And the fifth poured +out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was +darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from painful labor, +<sup class="v">16:11</sup>and blasphemed the God of heaven on +account of their painful labors and their ulcers, and they changed +not their minds to turn from their works.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">16:12</sup>And the sixth poured +out his bowl on the river, the great Euphrates; and its water was +dried up, that the way of the kings from the East might be +prepared. <sup class="v">16:13</sup>And I saw three impure spirits +like frogs [proceed] from the mouth of the dragon and from the +mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet;— +<sup class="v">16:14</sup>for [these] are spirits of demons that +perform miracles, that go to the kings of all the world, to +assemble them for the battle of that great day of God Almighty. +<sup class="v">16:15</sup>Behold, I come as a thief; blessed is he +that watches and keeps on his clothes, lest he walk naked and they +see his shame. <sup class="v">16:16</sup>And they assembled them in +the place called in Hebrew Armagedon.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">16:17</sup>And the seventh angel +poured out his bowl on the air; and there came out a loud voice +from the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done. <sup class= +"v">16:18</sup>And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, +and there was a great earthquake, such as has not been since a man +was on the earth, such an earthquake and one so great. <sup class= +"v">16:19</sup>And the great city was divided into three parts, and +the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was +remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of his +indignant wrath. <sup class="v">16:20</sup>And every island fled, +and the mountains were not found. <sup class="v">16:21</sup>And +great hail of about the weight of a talent [the Attic talent, 56 +pounds, the Jewish, 113] came down from heaven upon men; and men +blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail because its +plague was very great.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER X.</h2> +<h3>THE FALL OF BABYLON.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">17:1</sup>AND one of the seven +angels having the seven bowls came and spoke to me, saying, Come, I +will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many +waters, <sup class="v">17:2</sup>with whom the kings of the earth +have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were +made drunk with the wine of her fornication.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">17:3</sup>And he bore me away +into the wilderness in the Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a +scarlet beast, [the beast] full of blasphemous names, having seven +heads and ten horns. <sup class="v">17:4</sup>And the woman was +clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious +stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of +abominations and the impurities of the fornication of the earth, +<sup class="v">17:5</sup>and on her forehead the names inscribed, +MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE +ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. <sup class="v">17:6</sup>And I saw the +woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the +martyrs of Jesus, and I wondered when I saw her with great +wonder.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">17:7</sup>And the angel said to +me, Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman +and of the beast which carries her, having the seven heads and ten +horns. <sup class="v">17:8</sup>The beast which you saw was and is +not, and is about to come up from the abyss, and goes to +destruction; and those who live on the earth, whose names are not +written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will +wonder, when they see the beast that he was and is not and is to +come. <sup class="v">17:9</sup>Here is the mind which has wisdom. +The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits, +<sup class="v">17:10</sup>and are seven kings; five have fallen, +one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes must continue +a short time. <sup class="v">17:11</sup>And the beast which was and +is not, he also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to +destruction.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">17:12</sup>And the ten horns +which you saw are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, +but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. <sup class= +"v">17:13</sup>These have one will, and give their power and their +authority to the beast. <sup class="v">17:14</sup>They shall make +war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them,—for he is +Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and +chosen and faithful. <sup class="v">17:15</sup>And he said to me, +The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and +multitudes and nations and tongues. <sup class="v">17:16</sup>And +the ten horns which you saw and the beast shall hate the harlot, +and make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her +with fire; <sup class="v">17:17</sup>for God has put it into their +hearts to do his will and to have one will and give their kingdom +to the beast, till the words of God are finished. <sup class= +"v">17:18</sup>And the woman which you saw is the great city which +reigns over the kings of the earth.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">18:1</sup>After this I saw +another angel come down from heaven, having great power, and the +earth was lighted by his glory. <sup class="v">18:2</sup>And he +cried with a loud voice, saving, Babylon the great has fallen, has +fallen, and has become a habitation of demons, and a haunt of every +impure spirit, and a haunt of every impure and hateful bird, +<sup class="v">18:3</sup>because all nations have drank of the wine +of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth +committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth +became rich from the greatness of her luxury.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">18:4</sup>And I heard another +voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may +not partake of her sins, and receive of her plagues; <sup class= +"v">18:5</sup>for her sins have reached to heaven and God has +remembered her wickedness. <sup class="v">18:6</sup>Render to her +as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her +works; of the cup that she has mixed, mix to her double; +<sup class="v">18:7</sup>as much as she glorified herself, and +lived luxuriously, so much distress and sorrow give her. For she +says in her mind, I sit a queen and am not a widow and I see not +sorrow. <sup class="v">18:8</sup>Therefore in one day shall her +plagues come, death and sorrow and famine, and she shall be burnt +with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">18:9</sup>And the kings of the +earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her +shall weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her +burning, <sup class="v">18:10</sup>standing at a distance on +account of fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, +Babylon the mighty city, for in one hour your judgment has come. +<sup class="v">18:11</sup>And the merchants of the earth shall weep +and lament for her, because no one buys their wares any more, +<sup class="v">18:12</sup>wares of gold and silver and precious +stones and pearls, and linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and +all thyine wood, and every implement of ivory and every implement +of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, <sup class= +"v">18:13</sup>cinnamon and amomum and incense and ointment and +frankincense, and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle +and sheep, and of horses and chariots and servants, and souls of +men. <sup class="v">18:14</sup>And the fruit of your soul's desire +has gone from you, and all precious and shining stores have +perished from you, and you shall find them no more.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">18:15</sup>And dealers in these +things, and those who became rich by her, shall stand afar off for +fear of her distress, weeping and lamenting, <sup class= +"v">18:16</sup>saying, Alas, alas, the great city, that was clothed +with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and +precious stones and pearls, <sup class="v">18:17</sup>for in one +hour are so great riches made a desolation. And every +sailing-master and every one who sails to the place, and sailors +and all that work on the sea, shall stand afar off, <sup class= +"v">18:18</sup>and looking on the smoke of its burning, cry, +saying, What city is like this great city? <sup class= +"v">18:19</sup>And they shall cast dust on their heads, and cry +weeping and lamenting, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, by which +all were enriched who had ships on the sea on account of her costly +merchandise, for in one hour is it made desolate. <sup class= +"v">18:20</sup>Rejoice over her, heaven, and you holy angels and +apostles and prophets, for God has executed your judgment on +her.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">18:21</sup>And a mighty angel +took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, +saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast +down, and shall be found no more. <sup class="v">18:22</sup>And the +voice of harpers and singers and of those that play on flutes and +trumpets shall be heard in you no more. And no artisan of any art +shall be found in you any more, and the sound of a mill shall be +heard in you no more, <sup class="v">18:23</sup>and the light of a +candle shall shine in you no more, and the voice of a bridegroom +and of a bride shall be heard in you no more, for your merchants +were the great ones of the earth, for all nations were deceived by +your magic arts, <sup class="v">18:24</sup>and in her was found the +blood of prophets and saints, and of all that have been killed on +the earth.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XI.</h2> +<h3>SATAN CONQUERED AND IMPRISONED, HIS RELEASE AND FINAL +OVERTHROW.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">19:1</sup>AFTER this I heard a +loud voice as of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Halleluia, +the salvation and glory and power of our God, <sup class= +"v">19:2</sup>for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has +judged the great harlot who destroyed the earth with her +fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. +<sup class="v">19:3</sup>And again they said, Halleluia, and her +smoke ascends forever and ever. <sup class="v">19:4</sup>And the +twenty-four elders fell down, and the four cherubs, and worshipped +God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen, Halleluia. <sup class= +"v">19:5</sup>And a voice came out from the throne, saying, Praise +our God, all his servants and those that fear him, small and great. +<sup class="v">19:6</sup>And I heard them as the voice of a great +multitude, and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of +mighty thunders, saying, Halleluia, for the Lord our God the +Almighty reigns. <sup class="v">19:7</sup>Let us rejoice and be +glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come +and his wife has prepared herself, <sup class="v">19:8</sup>and it +was given her to be arrayed in fine linen white and +clean;—for fine linen represents the righteous ordinances of +the saints.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">19:9</sup>And he said to me, +Write, Blessed are those who are called to the wedding supper of +the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true words of God. +<sup class="v">19:10</sup>And I fell before his feet to worship +him. And he said to me, See [that you do it] not; I am your +fellow-servant and of your brothers who have the testimony of +Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of +prophecy.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">19:11</sup>And I saw heaven +opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called +faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. +<sup class="v">19:12</sup>And his eyes are a flame of fire, and on +his head are many diadems; he has a name written that no man knows +except himself, <sup class="v">19:13</sup>and he is clothed in a +mantle dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. +<sup class="v">19:14</sup>And the armies of heaven follow him upon +white horses, clothed with fine white clean linen. <sup class= +"v">19:15</sup>And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that +with it he may smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod +of iron, and he shall tread the wine-press of the indignant wrath +of God Almighty. <sup class="v">19:16</sup>And he has on the mantle +and on the thigh his name written, King of kings and Lord of +lords.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">19:17</sup>And I saw an angel +standing on the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all +the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, assemble yourselves to the +great supper of God, <sup class="v">19:18</sup>that you may eat the +flesh of kings and the flesh of chiliarchs and the flesh of mighty +[men] and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the +flesh of all, both free-men and servants and both small and great. +<sup class="v">19:19</sup>And I saw the beast and the kings of the +earth and their armies assembled together to make war with him that +sat on the horse and with his army. <sup class="v">19:20</sup>And +the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who performed +miracles before him, with which he deceived those who received the +mark of the beast and those who worship his image; and the two were +cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. <sup class= +"v">19:21</sup>And the rest were killed with the sword of him that +sits on the horse, which proceeded out of his mouth, and all the +birds were filled with their flesh.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">20:1</sup>And I saw an angel +descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great +chain in his hand. <sup class="v">20:2</sup>And he took the dragon, +which is the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him +a thousand years, <sup class="v">20:3</sup>and cast him into the +abyss, and shut him up and put a seal over him, that he should +deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were finished; +after that he must be released a short time.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">20:4</sup>And I saw thrones, and +they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of +those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the +word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and +did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; +and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years; +<sup class="v">20:5</sup>the rest of the dead did not live till the +thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. +<sup class="v">20:6</sup>Blessed and holy is he that has part in +the first resurrection; on these the second death has no power, but +they shall be priests of God and Christ, and reign with him a +thousand years.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">20:7</sup>And when the thousand +years are finished, Satan shall be released from his prison, +<sup class="v">20:8</sup>and go forth to deceive the nations which +are in the four quarters of the earth, the Gog and the Magog [the +king and the people], and to assemble them together to battle, +whose number is as the sand of the sea. <sup class= +"v">20:9</sup>And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and +surrounded the encampment of the saints and the beloved city; and +fire came down from heaven and consumed them. <sup class= +"v">20:10</sup>And the devil who deceived them was cast into the +lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false +prophet [were cast], and they shall be tormented day and night +forever and ever.</p> +<h2>CHAPTER XII.</h2> +<h3>THE FINAL JUDGMENT, THE NEW JERUSALEM, ETC.</h3> +<p class="pin">1 <sup class="v">20:11</sup>AND I saw a great +white throne and him that sat on it, from whose presence the earth +and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. <sup class= +"v">20:12</sup>And I saw the dead, great and small, stand before +the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, +which is of life. And the dead were judged from the things written +in the books according to their works. <sup class= +"v">20:13</sup>And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and +Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were +judged each according to their works. <sup class="v">20:14</sup>And +Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second +death, the lake of fire. <sup class="v">20:15</sup>And whoever was +not found enrolled in the book of life was cast into the lake of +fire.</p> +<p class="pin">2 <sup class="v">21:1</sup>And I saw a new heaven +and new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed +away, and the sea was no more. <sup class="v">21:2</sup>And I saw +the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, +prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <sup class= +"v">21:3</sup>And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, Behold, +the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will tabernacle with +them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with +them, their God, <sup class="v">21:4</sup>and he will wipe away +every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor shall +lamentation nor crying nor pain be any more, for the former things +have passed away.</p> +<p class="pin">3 <sup class="v">21:5</sup>And he that sits on the +throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write that +these words are faithful and true. <sup class="v">21:6</sup>And he +said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning +and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the +water of life freely. <sup class="v">21:7</sup>He that conquers +shall inherit these things, and I will be to him a God and he shall +be to me a son. <sup class="v">21:8</sup>But the fearful and +unbelieving and abominable and murderers and fornicators and +sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the +lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second +death.</p> +<p class="pin">4 <sup class="v">21:9</sup>And one of the seven +angels who had the seven bowls full of the last seven plagues came, +and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the wife, the +bride of the Lamb. <sup class="v">21:10</sup>And he bore me away in +the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the city, +the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, <sup class= +"v">21:11</sup>having the glory of God; its luminary was like the +most precious stone, like a crystalline jasper. <sup class= +"v">21:12</sup>It had a great and high wall, it had twelve gates, +and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the +names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. <sup class= +"v">21:13</sup>On the east were three gates, and on the north three +gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. +<sup class="v">21:14</sup>And the wall of the city has twelve +foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of +the Lamb.</p> +<p class="pin">5 <sup class="v">21:15</sup>And he that spoke with +me had a golden measuring rod, to measure the city and its gates +and its wall. <sup class="v">21:16</sup>And the city was square, +and its length equal to its breadth. And he measured the city with +the rod, twelve thousand stadia [1372 English miles]; and the +length and breadth and height of it are equal. <sup class= +"v">21:17</sup>And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four +cubits, the measure of a man, which was of the angel. <sup class= +"v">21:18</sup>And the building of its wall was jasper, and the +city was of pure gold like clear glass. <sup class= +"v">21:19</sup>And the foundations of the wall of the city were +adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation was jasper, +the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, +<sup class="v">21:20</sup>the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardine +stone, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, +the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh hyacinth, and the twelfth +amethyst.</p> +<p class="pin">6 <sup class="v">21:21</sup>And the twelve gates +were twelve pearls; each of the gates was of one pearl. And the +street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass. +<sup class="v">21:22</sup>And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord +God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. <sup class= +"v">21:23</sup>And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the +moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God lights it, and +its light the Lamb. <sup class="v">21:24</sup>And the nations shall +walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory to +it, <sup class="v">21:25</sup>and its gates shall not be shut by +day,—for there shall be no night there,— <sup class= +"v">21:26</sup>and they shall bring the glory and honor of the +nations into it. <sup class="v">21:27</sup>And there shall not +enter into it any thing that is defiled, nor any one that commits +an abomination and falsehood, but those enrolled in the Lamb's book +of life.</p> +<p class="pin">7 <sup class="v">22:1</sup>And he showed me a +river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the +throne of God and the Lamb. <sup class="v">22:2</sup>In the midst +of its broad plain and along the river on each side was the tree of +life, bearing twelve fruits, and yielding monthly each of its +fruits, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the +nations. <sup class="v">22:3</sup>And no curse shall be there any +more. And the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his +servants shall serve him, <sup class="v">22:4</sup>and shall see +his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads. <sup class= +"v">22:5</sup>And there shall be no night, and they shall have no +need of a lamp and light, for the Lord God shall shed light on +them, and they shall reign forever and ever.</p> +<p class="pin">8 <sup class="v">22:6</sup>And he said to me, +These words are faithful and true, and the Lord God of the spirits +of the prophets sent his angel to show his servants what must +shortly occur. <sup class="v">22:7</sup>Behold, I come quickly. +Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this +book.</p> +<p class="pin">9 <sup class="v">22:8</sup>And I am John who heard +and saw these thing; and when I heard and when I saw I fell down to +worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things. +<sup class="v">22:9</sup>And he said to me, See [that you do it] +not; for I am your fellow servant and of your brothers the prophets +and of those that keep the words of this book; worship God. +<sup class="v">22:10</sup>And he said to me, Seal not up the words +of the prophecy of this book; the time is at hand. <sup class= +"v">22:11</sup>Let the unjust be unjust still, and let the filthy +be filthy still, and let the righteous do righteousness still, and +let the holy be made holy still.</p> +<p class="pin">10 <sup class="v">22:12</sup>Behold, I come +quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every one as his work +is. <sup class="v">22:13</sup>I am the Alpha and the Omega, first +and last, the beginning and end. <sup class="v">22:14</sup>Blessed +are they that keep his commandments, that they may have a right to +the tree of life, and enter by the gates into the city. <sup class= +"v">22:15</sup>Without are dogs and sorcerers, and fornicators, and +murderers and idolaters and whoever loves and practises +falsehood.</p> +<p class="pin">11 <sup class="v">22:16</sup>I Jesus sent my angel +to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and +offspring of David, and the bright star of the morning. <sup class= +"v">22:17</sup>And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him +that hears say, Come. And let him that thirsts, come; let him that +will, take the water of life freely.</p> +<p class="pin">12 <sup class="v">22:18</sup>I testify to every +one that hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If any one +adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues written in this +book; <sup class="v">22:19</sup>and if any one takes away from the +words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part +from the tree of life, and the holy city, described in this book. +<sup class="v">22:20</sup>He that testifies these things says, Yes, +I come quickly. Amen, come Lord Jesus. <sup class= +"v">22:21</sup>The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.</p> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The New Testament, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT *** + +***** This file should be named 25901-h.htm or 25901-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/9/0/25901/ + +Produced by Keith G. Richardson. This file was produced +from scans obtained from The Digital Christian Library +(www.thedcl.org). + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The New Testament + Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological + Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions + of Chapters and Verses. + +Author: Various + +Translator: Leicester Ambrose Sawyer + +Release Date: June 26, 2008 [EBook #25901] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT *** + + + + +Produced by Keith G. Richardson. This file was produced +from scans obtained from The Digital Christian Library +(www.thedcl.org). + + + + + + THE + + NEW TESTAMENT, + + + TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, WITH CHRONOLOGICAL + ARRANGEMENT OF THE SACRED BOOKS, AND IMPROVED + DIVISIONS OF CHAPTERS AND VERSES + + + BY + LEICESTER AMBROSE SAWYER. + + + BOSTON: + JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY. + CLEVELAND, OHIO: + HENRY P. B. JEWETT. + LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON AND COMPANY. + 1858. + + + Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by + JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY, + In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of + Massachusetts. + + + LITHOTYPED BY COWLES AND COMPANY, + 17 WASHINGTON ST., + BOSTON. + Press of Allen and Farnham. + + +PREFACE. + +THIS is not a work of compromises, or of conjectural interpretations of +the sacred Scriptures, neither is it a paraphrase, but a strict literal +rendering. It neither adds nor takes away; but aims to express the +original with the utmost clearness, and force, and with the utmost +precision. It adopts, however, except in the prayers, a thoroughly +modern style, and makes freely whatever changes are necessary for this +purpose. + +Besides being a contribution to Biblical science, it is designed to be +a still more important contribution to practical religion, for which +the Bible in its original languages and in all its translations is +chiefly valuable. The translation depends mainly on its superior +adaptation to this end, under the blessing of God, for its success and +usefulness. If it shall be found on trial to be a superior instrument +of piety and virtue, it will doubtless meet with favor and do good. The +ascendency of practical religion is not so general or complete, that +any additional help for its promotion can be deemed unnecessary. + +New translations of the Scriptures are generally introduced with +apologies and received with caution and distrust. In many cases men +have resisted them as dangerous innovations, and attempted to +exterminate them with fire and sword. This was the case with the +translations of Wickliffe and of Tindal. But truth and the kind +providence of God were too mighty for their enemies, and these +translations lived to see their persecutors in the dust, and to laugh +them to scorn. Wickliffe's translation was published in 1380, in a dark +age. Many good men anticipated from it the greatest calamities, and +resisted it with the most intemperate zeal, and every species of +denunciation was used against it. It was made from the Vulgate, and not +from the Greek and Hebrew, and was imperfect; but it was a great +improvement on what existed before, and it proved a great blessing. + +Tindal was contemporary with Luther, and undertook to give a new +translation of the Bible to England, as Luther did to Germany. He +completed his New Testament against the greatest opposition, and +published it in 1526, and was engaged on the Old Testament, when he was +arrested, imprisoned a year, and then brought to the stake and +strangled and burnt, at the age of fifty-nine, A.D. 1536. He was the +morning star of the Reformation in England, and became by his +translation of the New Testament and a part of the Old, and by the +interest he excited in the subject of improved translations in England, +one of the great benefactors of his race. He was a man of great +gentleness, kindness, simplicity of character, and benevolence, and his +life is without a stain. Coverdale translated the whole Bible, and +published it in 1535 while Tindal was in prison waiting for his crown +of martyrdom. Several other translations followed, and that of King +James last of all, in 1611. + +King James's translation was made by forty-seven translators, divided +into six companies, and laboring on their work three years. The Douay +Bible was first translated and published complete in 1609, almost +simultaneously with the Bible of King James. It has the disadvantage of +having been made from the Latin Vulgate, and not directly from the +original Greek and Hebrew, but is a valuable version, and like the +Bible of King James, is one of the great monuments of the times which +produced it, as well as of the church which has adhered to it. It is +good but not perfect; and it is hoped that its friends will not be +unwilling to accept an improvement. + +From the publication of Wickliffe's Bible in 1380, to that of Tindal's +New Testament in 1526, was one hundred and forty-six years. From the +publication of Tindal's New Testament in 1526, to that of King James's +Bible in 1611, was eighty-five years. There was considerable progress +made in knowledge, and the English language was considerably changed, +in the interval of one hundred and forty-six years between the +publication of Wickliffe's Bible and Tindal's New Testament. There was +also considerable progress in knowledge, and some changes were made in +the English language, in the interval of eighty-five years between the +publication of Tindal's New Testament and King James's Bible. + +The period that has elapsed between the publication of King James's +Bible in 1611 and the present time (1858) is two hundred and +forty-seven years, sixteen years more than the entire period from the +publication of Wickliffe's Bible in 1380 to that of King James's in +1611. Besides, this has been a period of unparalleled activity in the +investigation of Biblical subjects, and the prosecution of Biblical +studies. Two hundred and forty-seven years, reckoning, thirty-three +years to a generation, are seven generations and a half; and these +seven generations and a half have been engaged in Biblical studies with +unprecedented diligence and success, making great improvements in the +text, detecting numerous interpolations and errors, making great +improvements in the rendering, and detecting numerous errors in it; but +the almost exclusive Bible of common life, of the family, the school, +the church, and of private and devotional reading and study, with +English Protestants, is still the Bible of King James, with its errors +uncorrected, its interpolations unremoved, and its defects unsupplied. + +Several new translations have been made since King James's time, but +none of them have as yet been received with any considerable favor. +King James's Bible, though extravagantly eulogized, was an excellent +version for the times that produced it; yet it made much less +improvement on the Bishop's Bible, the Geneva Bible, and Tindal's, +Coverdale's, and others which it superseded, than Tindal's and +Coverdale's did on Wickliffe's. Tindal, in the face of constant +persecution, and cut off from many of the advantages and facilities +which in more auspicious times he might have enjoyed, did more for the +English Bible than all King James's translators. So did Luther for the +Bible in Germany. + +It is an unfortunate result of King James's translation of the Bible by +an imposing council of learned men, that it has tended to discourage +individual effort in respect to a labor of this kind, and to create a +prejudice against it as necessarily incompetent and untrustworthy. +Societies and councils have their spheres in which they are useful; yet +they often transcend them and intrude on those of individuals. But +there are great works which individuals can perform better than +multitudes or councils. Councils did not make the Bible at first. It +was made by individuals, each man acting for himself, and giving +utterance to the mighty thoughts that God had given him. A council did +not make Paradise Lost, and could not; nor has a council ever produced +any immortal work of genius or learning, unless it is the English Bible +of King James. With this exception, these are all the works of +individuals. As individuals, therefore, have generally been the +prosecutors of literary enterprises, in the department of Bible +translation no less than in other departments, and as individuals have +been eminently successful and useful in this department of labor +heretofore, both in England and other countries, let it be hoped that +they may be again. + +There is a vast accumulation of knowledge to be made available by some +one, or in some way, for the production of an improved English Bible, +that shall bear the same relation to the advanced knowledge of these +times, which Tindal's, Coverdale's, and that of King James did to +theirs. More study has been expended on the sacred text and its +interpretation, and more progress made in Biblical knowledge in the +last seven generations, than in all time before. This knowledge is +treasured up in critical editions of the original Scriptures, critical +commentaries on them in Latin and other languages, in Greek and Hebrew +Lexicons, and in other works in the various departments of Biblical +learning, embracing commentaries on the English Scriptures, several of +which are extensive and valuable. No man can gainsay them, no man can +disparage them. They are monuments of the most precious and valuable +learning of their times. Scholars with ample means and ample time for +critical research, and those whose tastes and professions and +convictions of duty incline them in that direction, may in a long +series of years become masters of much of this learning, and receive +the benefit of it. A few are masters of it, but how few! But how are +the people to obtain it? When are they to find the time to obtain it? +Where are they to find the means? The clergy are the instructors of the +people on sacred subjects. Biblical learning is a part of their +profession. They study it by day and by night, from youth to old age; +but how are the great mass of clergymen even, amidst their parish cares +and homiletical labors, and with their limited means and restricted +libraries, to obtain much of this knowledge? Some of it they may +obtain, but much of it they will not, and cannot. + +The only way in which the vast stores of Biblical learning accumulated +during the last two hundred and forty-seven years, by the labors of +seven and a half generations toiling in succession, each generation +beginning where that which preceded it left off, and each adding +something to the stock which it received, can become available for the +general benefit of the people, is by an improved text and translation +of the Bible, into which, as far as possible, they shall all be +brought, and to the perfection of which they shall contribute. This is +the task which has been undertaken in the present work, and with what +degree of success, the public will judge. The text which has been +followed in this translation, is that of Tischendorf, published at +Leipsic in 1850. It is not only a great improvement on the received +text, but on the critical texts that are in general use in this +country. Tischendorf follows Griesbach, Lachman and others, and +availing himself of their labors, together with his own accurate +collations of manuscripts extending to nearly all the most ancient +manuscripts in the world, and following in the steps of Lachman by +editing solely from ancient authority, has brought the text of the New +Testament to a degree of perfection not anticipated or even hoped for +in past ages. It is a high recommendation of this translation, and will +command for it an additional respect from all competent judges, that it +follows this highly improved text. Readers will be able by this to see +what is the Bible and what is not. It is not claimed for the text of +Tischendorf that it is perfect; no text can be; but it is claimed for +it, that it retains no known interpolation in the sacred books, and +omits nothing known to belong to them. Future laborers will doubtless +make some improvements on the text of Tischendorf, as he has done on +that of Lachman; but they cannot be expected to change it essentially. + +I have deviated from Tischendorf in omitting Jesus as the proper name +of Barabbas in two instances in Matt. xxv. 4, and occasionally in +punctuation, and have retained two important interpolations in the +text, duly noted as such, Mark, xvii. and John, x. 8. + +The recent work of Trench on the English Bible came to hand after +considerable progress had been made in stereotyping this volume. The +translator was highly gratified to find that nearly all the +improvements and corrections suggested by that eminent scholar were +already made in this work, together with many others. + +The arrangement of the books and divisions of the chapters and verses +in this Translation are believed to be great improvements on those in +common use. As such they are commended to the attention of translators +and editors in different languages, and it is hoped will be found +satisfactory. + +The chronology of the New Testament is involved in great obscurity. The +Christian Era was first proposed by Dionysius Exiguus, about A.D. 550, +and was gradually adopted in the seventh and eighth centuries. By a +mistake of Dionysius it was made to commence from four to six years too +late. The birth of Christ was from 4 to 6 B.C.; his baptism, in the +fifteenth year of Tiberius, A.D. 24; his death, probably, A.D. 28; and +the events recorded in the first part of Acts prior to the death of +Herod, A.D. 44, occurred considerably earlier than the dates usually +assigned to them. + +Matthew and Luke probably wrote their gospels A.D. 62 or 63; Mark and +John, theirs A.D. 65-68. Acts was written A.D. 63. All the books of the +New Testament were probably written before the destruction of +Jerusalem, in the interval of seventeen years from A.D. 53 to 70. + +The author of Revelation bears the same name as one of the Evangelists. +But this does not prove that he was the same person, neither is the +church tradition on the subject entitled to undoubted confidence. The +author of Revelation does not claim to be an apostle; and by not making +that claim in a book so extraordinary, virtually teaches that he is not +such. His style also presents points of diversity from that of the +Evangelist, that seem to be incompatible with the supposition that the +same author wrote both works. + +With these few explanations I commend this volume to the acceptance and +blessing of our kind Father in heaven, and send it forth, accompanied +with many prayers, to call men from sin to holiness, and from death and +sorrow to the only true life and joy. + +BOSTON, Mass., October, 1858. + + + + +CONTENTS. + +THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. + + 1. The Gospel of Matthew + 2. The Gospel of Mark + 3. The Gospel of Luke + 4. The Gospel of John + 5. Acts of the Apostles + +THE EPISTLES OF PAUL. + + 1. First Epistle to the Thessalonians + 2. Second Epistle to the Thessalonians + 3. The Epistle to the Galatians + 4. First Epistle to the Corinthians + 5. Second Epistle to the Corinthians + 6. The Epistle to the Romans + 7. The Epistle to Philemon + 8. The Epistle to the Colossians + 9. The Epistle to the Ephesians [Laodiceans] + 10. The Epistle to the Philippians + 11. The Epistle to Titus + 12. First Epistle to Timothy + 13. Second Epistle to Timothy + +THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES. + + 1. The Epistle of James + 2. First Epistle of Peter + 3. Second Epistle of Peter + 4. The Epistle of Judas + 5. First Epistle of John + 6. Second Epistle of John + 7. Third Epistle of John + 8. The Epistle to the Hebrews + + 1. REVELATION + + + + +THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF CHRIST. + +1 [1:1]AN account of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the +son of Abraham. [1:2]Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and +Jacob begat Judah and his brothers; [1:3]and Judah begat Pharez and +Zarah by Thamar; and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, +[1:4]and Ram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Nashon, and Nashon +begat Salmon, [1:5]and Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed +by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, [1:6]and Jesse begat David the king. + +2 And David begat Solomon by the wife of Uriah, [1:7]and Solomon begat +Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa, [1:8]and Asa +begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram, and Jehoram begat +Uzziah, [1:9]and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz +begat Hezekiah, [1:10]and Hezekiah begat Manassah, and Manassah begat +Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, [1:11] and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his +brothers at the Babylonian exile. + +3 [1:12]After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel, and +Shealtiel begat Zerubabel, [1:13]and Zerubabel begat Abiud, and Abiud +begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azar, [1:14]and Azar begat Zadoc, and +Zadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, [1:15]and Eliud begat +Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, [1:16]and +Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, called +Christ. [1:17]All the generations therefore, from Abraham to David, are +fourteen generations; and from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen +generations; and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ, fourteen +generations. + +4 [1:18]The birth of Christ was thus. His mother Mary having been +espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with +child by the Holy Spirit. [1:19]But Joseph her husband being a +righteous man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing to +put her away privately. [1:20]But while he was thinking of these +things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, +saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that +which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit, [1:21]and she shall +bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his +people from their sins. + +5 [1:22]But all this was done, that the word of the Lord might be +fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying; [1:23]Behold, the +virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call +his name Emmanuel; which is interpreted, God is with us. [1:24]And when +Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had +commanded him, and took his wife, [1:25]and knew her not till she bore +a son, and he called his name Jesus. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +THE INFANCY OF CHRIST. + +1 [2:1]AND Jesus being born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of Herod +the king, behold Magi came from the East to Jerusalem, saying, +[2:2]Where is the king of the Jews born? For we have seen his star in +the East, and have come to worship him. [2:3]And Herod the king hearing +this was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; [2:4]and assembling all +the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where +the Christ is born. [2:5]And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; +for thus it is written by the prophet; [2:6]And you Bethlehem, land of +Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah, for out of +you shall come a governor who shall rule my people Israel. + +2 [2:7]Then Herod, calling the Magi secretly, asked them the precise +time when the star appeared; [2:8]and sending them to Bethlehem, said, +Go and inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found +him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him. [2:9]And hearing +the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the +East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young +child was. [2:10]And seeing the star they rejoiced with great joy; +[2:11]and coming into the house they saw the young child with Mary his +mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their +treasures they presented him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. +[2:12] And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, +they departed to their country another way. + +3 [2:13]And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord +appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child +and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; +for Herod will seek the young child to destroy it. [2:14]And he arose +and took the young child and his mother by night, and fled into Egypt, +[2:15]and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be +fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt +have I called my son. + +4 [2:16]Then Herod seeing that he was despised by the Magi, was +exceedingly angry, and sent and destroyed all the children in +Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, +according to the precise time which he had learned of the Magi. +[2:17]Thus was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, +saying; [2:18]A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and great +mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted +because they were not. + +5 [2:19]And when Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared +to Joseph in a dream, in Egypt, saying, [2:20]Arise, and take the young +child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead +that sought the young child's life. [2:21]And he arose and took the +young child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel. [2:22]But +hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his +father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a +dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, [2:23] and went and lived +in a city called Nazareth, that the word spoken by the prophets might +be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazoraean. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION. + +1 [3:1]AND in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the +wilderness of Judea, saying, [3:2]Change your minds, for the kingdom of +Heaven is at hand. [3:3]For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the +prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the +way of the Lord, make his paths straight. [3:4]And this John had his +clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his +food was locusts and wild honey. [3:5]Then went out to him Jerusalem, +and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, [3:6] and were +baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. + +2 [3:7]And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the +baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to +flee from the wrath to come? [3:8]Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a +change of mind; [3:9]and think not to say within yourselves, We have +Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones +to raise up children to Abraham; [3:10]and already the axe lies at the +root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is +cut down and cast into the fire. [3:11]I indeed baptize you with water +to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, +whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy +Spirit, and fire; [3:12]whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he +will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into +the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable +fire. + +3 [3:13]Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be +baptized by him. [3:14]But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be +baptized by you, and do you come to me? [3:15]But Jesus answered and +said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all +righteousness. Then he suffered him; [3:16] and Jesus being baptized +went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were +opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon +him. [3:17]And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my +beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. + +4 [4:1]Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be +tempted by the devil. [4:2]And having fasted forty days and forty +nights, he was afterwards hungry. [4:3]And the tempter came and said to +him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. +[4:4]And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by +bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. +[4:5]Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the +pinnacle of the temple, [4:6]and said to him, If you are the Son of +God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels +charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest +at any time you dash your foot against a stone. [4:7]Jesus said to him, +Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. [4:8]Again +the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the +kingdoms of the world, and their glory, [4:9]and said to him, All these +things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. +[4:10]Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, +You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. +[4:11]Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +CHRIST COMMENCING HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY. + +1 [4:12]AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to +Galilee; [4:13]and leaving Nazareth he came and lived at Capernaum on +the lake, in the bounds of Zebulon and Naphtali, [4:14]that the word +might be fulfilled, spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; [4:15]Land of +Zebulon and Naphtali, by the way of the lake, beyond the Jordan, +Galilee of the nations, [4:16]the people who sat in darkness have seen +a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death +has light arisen. [4:17]From that time Jesus began to preach, and to +say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. + +2 [4:18]And walking by the lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, +called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for +they were fishermen. [4:19]And he said to them, Come after me, and I +will make you fishermen of men. [4:20]And they left their nets, +immediately, and followed him. [4:21]And going forward thence, he saw +two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in +the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called +them. [4:22]And they immediately left the ship and their father, and +followed him. + +3 [4:23]And he went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, +preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and +every infirmity among the people. [4:24]And his fame went out into all +Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various +diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and +he cured them; [4:25] and great multitudes followed him from Galilee, +and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT. + +1 [5:1]AND seeing the multitudes, he went on the mountain and sat down; +and his disciples came to him. [5:2]And he opened his mouth and taught +them, saying; [5:3]Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the +kingdom of heaven. [5:5] Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit +the earth. [5:4]Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be +comforted. [5:6]Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for +righteousness, for they shall be filled. [5:7]Blessed are the +merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. [5:8]Blessed are the pure in +heart, for they shall see God. [5:9]Blessed are the peace makers, for +they shall be called children of God. [5:10]Blessed are the persecuted +for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [5:11]Blessed +are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every +evil against you, falsely, for my sake. [5:12] Rejoice and exult, for +great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who +were before you. + +2 [5:13]You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its +strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, +except being cast out to be trodden upon by men. [5:14]You are the +light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid. +[5:15]Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a modius [1.916 +gallon measure], but on a candlestick, and it shines to all in the +house. [5:16]Let your light so shine before men that they may see your +good works, and glorify your father in heaven. [5:17]Think not that I +have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to +destroy but to complete. [5:18]For I tell you truly, that till heaven +and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away +from the law till all things are accomplished. [5:19]Whoever therefore +shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, +shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do +and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [5:20]For +I tell you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes +and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven. + +3 [5:21]You have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not +kill; and whoever kills shall be subject to the judgment. [5:22]But I +tell you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be subject +to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Worthless fellow, +shall be subject to the Sanhedrim; and whoever says, You fool, shall be +subject to the hell of fire. [5:23]If, therefore, you offer your gift +on the altar, and there remember that your brother has any thing +against you, [5:24]leave there your gift before the altar, and go and +first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. +[5:25]Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are with him in the +way, lest the accuser deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver +you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. [5:26]I tell you +truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans +[4 mills]. + +4 [5:27]You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery; +[5:28] but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire +her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. +[5:29]But if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from +you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, +and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. [5:30]And if +your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is +better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that +your whole body should go into hell. [5:31]And it was said, Whoever +would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement. [5:32] +But I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, +causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put +away, commits adultery. [5:33]Again, you have heard that it was said by +the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the +Lord your oaths. [5:34]But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by +heaven, for it is God's throne; [5:35]nor by the earth, for it is his +footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King; +[5:36]nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or +black. [5:37]But let your speech be, yes, yes, and no, no; for any +thing more than this is evil. + +5 [5:38]You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth +for a tooth. [5:39]But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but +whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other +also; [5:40]and if a man wishes to have a law suit with you, and take +away your coat, let him have your cloak also; [5:41]and whoever shall +compel you to go one mile, go two miles with him. [5:42]Give to him +that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away. +[5:43]You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, +and hate your enemy. [5:44]But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray +for those that persecute you; [5:45]that you may be children of your +Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the +good, and rains on the just and unjust. [5:46]For if you love those +that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same? +[5:47]And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than +[others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same? [5:48]Be therefore +perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. + +6 [6:1]But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to +be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father +in heaven. [6:2] When, therefore, you give in charity, sound not a +trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the +streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you truly, they have +their reward. [6:3]But when you give in charity let not your left hand +know what your right hand does, [6:4]that your charity may be in +secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you. + +7 [6:5]And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to +pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, +that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward. +[6:6]But when you pray enter into your private room, and having shut +your door pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who +sees in secret shall reward you. [6:7]And when you pray use not vain +repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for +their much speaking. [6:8]Be not, therefore, like them; for your +Father knows what you need before you ask him. [6:9]Pray, therefore, +thus; Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name; [6:10]thy kingdom +come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth; [6:11]give us to-day +our essential bread, [6:12]and forgive us our debts as we forgive our +debtors; [6:13]and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil. +[6:14]For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will +forgive you; [6:15]but if you forgive not men, neither will your Father +forgive your offenses. + +8 [6:16]And when you fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad +countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men +to fast. I tell you truly, they have their reward. [6:17]But when you +fast, anoint your head, and wash your face, [6:18]that you may not +appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret; and your Father +who sees in secret shall reward you. + +9 [6:19]Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth +and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal. +[6:20]But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither a +moth nor corrosion destroys, and where thieves dig not through nor +steal; [6:21]for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +10 [6:22]The light of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is +sound, your whole body will be light; [6:23]but if your eye is evil, +your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you +is darkness, how great is the darkness! [6:24]No one can serve two +masters; for either he will hate the first, and love the other, or he +will adhere to the first, and despise the other. You cannot serve God +and riches. [6:25]On this account I tell you, be not anxious for your +soul, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, +what you shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body +more than clothing? [6:26]Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, +neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly +Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? [6:27]Which of +you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature? [6:28]And why +are you anxious concerning clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, +how they grow; they perform no hard labor, neither do they spin; +[6:29]but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like +one of these. [6:30]And if God so clothes the grass of the field, +which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much +more clothe you, men of little faith? [6:31]Be not anxious, therefore, +saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or with what shall +we be clothed? [6:32]For after all these things the gentiles seek; and +your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. [6:33]But +seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be +added to you. [6:34]Be not anxious, therefore, for to-morrow, for +to-morrow will be anxious for its; sufficient for the day is its evil. + +11 [7:1]Judge not, that you be not judged; [7:2]for with what judgment +you judge you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure it +shall be measured to you. [7:3]And why do you see a speck in your +brother's eye, and not consider a beam in your own eye? [7:4]or how +will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the speck from your eye, +and behold a beam in your own eye? [7:5] Hypocrite, cast out first the +beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out the speck +from your brother's eye. [7:6]Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither +cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their +feet, and turn and rend you. [7:7]Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, +and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. [7:8]For +every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him +that knocks, it shall be opened. [7:9]Or is there any man of you, who, +if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone? [7:10]or if he +asks a fish, will give him a serpent? [7:11]If you then, being evil, +know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your +Father in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him. [7:12]All +things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to +them; for this is the law and the prophets. + +12 [7:13]Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and +spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that +enter in by it; [7:14]for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way +which leads to life, and few are those who find it. [7:15]But beware of +false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they +are rapacious wolves. [7:16]You shall know them by their fruits. Do men +gather grapes from thorns? or figs from thistles? [7:17]So every good +tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree bears bad fruits; [7:18]a good +tree cannot bear bad fruits, nor a bad tree good fruits. [7:19] Every +tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. +[7:20] By their fruits, therefore, you shall know them. + +13 [7:21]Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into +the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in +heaven. [7:22]Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not +prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your +name performed many mighty works? [7:23]and then will I confess to +them, I never knew you; depart from me you that commit wickedness. + +14 [7:24]Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and +performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the +rock; [7:25]and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds +blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on the +rock. [7:26]And every one who hears these words of mine and performs +them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the +sand; [7:27]and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds +blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great. +[7:28]And when Jesus had finished these words the multitudes were +astonished at his teaching; [7:29]for he taught them as having +authority, and not as their scribes. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +CHRIST'S MIRACLES, PREVIOUS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS TWELVE APOSTLES. + +1 [8:1]AND when he went down from the mountain great multitudes +followed him; [8:2]and behold, a leper came and worshipped him, saying, +Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me. [8:3]And stretching out his +hand, he touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed; and his leprosy was +immediately cleansed. [8:4]And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no +man, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which +Moses commanded for a testimony to them. + +2 [8:5]And when he entered into Capernaum a centurion came to him, +beseeching him, [8:6]and saying; Lord, my servant lies sick in my house +with paralysis, exceedingly distressed. [8:7]He said to him, I will +come and cure him. [8:8] And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I +am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word +and my servant will be cured. [8:9]For I also am a man under +authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he +goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, +and he does it. [8:10]Jesus hearing wondered and said to those that +followed him, I tell you truly, I have not found so great a faith with +any one in Israel; [8:11]and I tell you that many shall come from the +East and from the West, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and +Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, [8:12]but the children of the kingdom +shall be cast into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and +gnashing of teeth. [8:13]And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; as you +have believed be it to you; and the servant was cured at that hour. + +3 [8:14]And Jesus coming into the house of Peter, saw his wife's mother +lying and sick with a fever. [8:15]And he touched her hand, and the +fever left her; and she arose and waited on them. [8:16]And when it +was evening they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the +spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick, [8:17]that the word +might be fulfilled spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; He took our +infirmities and bore our diseases. + +4 [8:18]And Jesus seeing great multitudes around him commanded them to +go away to the other side. [8:19]And a certain scribe came and said to +him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. [8:20]And Jesus said +to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have places of +shelter, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head. +[8:21]Another of the disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go +away and bury my father. [8:22]But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and +let the dead bury their dead. [8:23]And he entered into a ship, and his +disciples followed him. [8:24]And behold there was a great tempest on +the lake, so that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was +asleep. [8:25] And they came and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we +perish. [8:26]And he said to them, Why are you afraid, men of little +faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the lake, and there was +a great calm. [8:27]And the men wondered, saying, What kind of a man is +this, that the winds and the lake obey him? + +5 [8:28]And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the +Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly +fierce, so that no man could pass that way. [8:29]And behold they +cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come +hither before the time to torment us? [8:30]And there was far off from +them a herd of many swine feeding. [8:31]And, the demons besought him, +saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. [8:32]And +he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of +swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the +lake, and died in the waters; [8:33]and those who fed them fled, and +going away into the city reported all things, and the events relating +to the demoniacs. [8:34]And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus; +and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds. + +6 [9:1]And entering a ship, he crossed over, and came to his own city; +[9:2] and behold they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And +Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Son, be of good +courage; your sins are forgiven. [9:3]And behold some of the scribes +said within themselves, This man blasphemes. [9:4]And Jesus observing +their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? [9:5]For in +what respect is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, than to say, +Arise and walk? [9:6]But that you may know that the Son of man has +power on the earth to forgive sins, then he said to the paralytic, +Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. [9:7]And he arose and +departed to his house. [9:8]And when the multitudes saw it they were +afraid, and glorified God who had given such power to men. + +7 [9:9]And Jesus departing thence saw a man sitting at the +custom-house, called Matthew; and he said to him, Follow me. And he +arose and followed him. [9:10] And he was reclining in the house, and +behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his +disciples. [9:11]And when the Pharisees saw them they said to his +disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners? +[9:12]And hearing it he said, The well need not a physician, but the +sick. [9:13]Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a +sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. + +8 [9:14]Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and +the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples fast not? [9:15]And Jesus +said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the +bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom +will be taken from them, and then they shalt fast. [9:16]But no one +puts a piece of unfilled cloth on an old garment; for it takes away its +fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse. [9:17]Neither do +they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise the bottles break, and +the wine is poured out and the bottles destroyed; but they put new wine +into new bottles, and both are preserved. + +9 [9:18]While he was saying these words to them, behold a ruler came +and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now dead, but come and put +your hand on her and she shall live. [9:19]And Jesus arose and followed +him, and his disciples. [9:20]And behold a woman having a hemorrhage of +twelve years approached him from behind, and touched the fringe of his +garment; [9:21]for she said within herself, If I can only touch his +garment I shall be cured. [9:22]And Jesus turning around and seeing +her, said, Daughter, be of good courage, your faith has cured you. And +the woman was cured from that hour. + +10 [9:23]And Jesus coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the +musicians and the multitude making a tumultuous noise, [9:24]said, Go +away; for the girl is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him. +[9:25]But when the multitude were removed he went in and took her hand, +and the girl arose. [9:26]And the report went out into all that land. + +11 [9:27]And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him, +crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David! [9:28]And when he +had gone into the house the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to +them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, +Lord. [9:29]Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith +be it to you; [9:30]and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them +strictly, saying, See that no one knows it. [9:31]But they went out and +made him known in all that land. + +12 [9:32]And when they had gone away, behold, the people brought to him +a man, a dumb demoniac. [9:33]And the demon being cast out, the dumb +spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in +Israel. [9:34]But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler +of the demons. + +13 [9:35]And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in +their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and +curing every disease, and every infirmity. [9:36]And seeing the +multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and +scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. [9:37]Then he said to his +disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few. +[9:38]Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest to thrust laborers into +his harvest. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. + +1 [10:1]AND calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power over +impure spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every +infirmity. [10:2] And the names of the twelve apostles are these; +First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the +son of Zebedee, and John his brother; [10:3]Philip and Bartholomew; +Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and +Lebbeus, called Thaddeus; [10:4]Simon, the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, +who also betrayed him. [10:5]These twelve Jesus sent out and charged +them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and enter not into a city +of Samaritans, [10:6]but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of +Israel; [10:7]and as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is +at hand. [10:8] Cure the sick, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; you +have received gratuitously, gratuitously give. [10:9]Take not gold, nor +silver, nor copper for your purses, [10:10]nor a provision sack for the +way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staves; for the laborer is worthy of +his support; [10:11]and into whatever city or village you enter, +inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you leave. +[10:12]And when you go into a house, salute it; [10:13]and if the house +is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is not +worthy, your blessing shall return to you. [10:14]And if any one does +not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or +that city, shake off the dust of your feet. [10:15]I tell you truly, it +shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in a day of +judgment, than for that city. + +2 [10:16]Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be +therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves. [10:17]But beware of +men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their +synagogues, [10:18]and you shall be brought before governors, and +kings, for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations. [10:19]But +when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or +what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say; +[10:20]for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that +speaks in you. [10:21]And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, +and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents +and put them to death; [10:22]and you shall be hated by all men for my +sake. But he that endures to the end shall be saved. [10:23]And when +they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly, +that you will not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall +come. + +3 [10:24]A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his +master. [10:25]It is sufficient for the disciple to be as his teacher, +and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the +house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his family +by that name. [10:26]Fear them not, therefore, for there is nothing +concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known. +[10:27]What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you +hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops. [10:28]And fear not those +who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear +him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. + +4 [10:29]Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and +one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father. [10:30]Even +the hairs of your head are all numbered. [10:31]Fear not, therefore, +you are of more value than many sparrows. [10:32]Every one, therefore, +who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my +Father in heaven; [10:33]and whoever denies me before men, him will I +also deny before my Father in heaven. + +5 [10:34]Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have +not come to send peace, but a sword. [10:35]I have come to set a man at +variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a +bride against her mother-in-law; [10:36]and a man's enemies shall be +those of his own house. [10:37]He that loves father or mother more than +me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me +is not worthy of me; [10:38]and he that does not take up his cross and +follow me is not worthy of me. [10:39]He that finds his life shall lose +it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. [10:40]He +that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him +that sent me. [10:41]He that receives a prophet in the name of a +prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he that receives a +righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous +man's reward. [10:42]And whoever shall give one of these little ones a +cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you truly, he +shall by no means lose his reward. [11:1]And when Jesus had finished +his charge to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and +preach in their cities. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +JOHN THE BAPTIST QUESTIONING CHRIST'S MESSIAHSHIP. + +1 [11:2]AND John hearing in the prison of the works of Christ, sending +by his disciples, [11:3]said to him, Are you he that was coming, or +look we for another? [11:4]And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and +tell John what you see and hear; [11:5]the blind see, the lame walk, +the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the +poor have the good news preached to them; [11:6]and blessed is he that +is not offended with me. + +2 [11:7]And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, +concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed +shaken with the wind? [11:8]But what went you out to see? A man wearing +fine clothes? Behold, they that wear fine clothes are in the houses of +kings. [11:9]But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, +and more than a prophet. [11:10]For this is he of whom it is written; +Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare your way +before you. [11:11]I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those +born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the +kingdom of heaven is greater than he. [11:12]And from the days of John +the Baptist till now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the +violent take it by force. [11:13]For all the prophets and the law +prophesied till John. [11:14]And if you will receive it, this is +Elijah, who was to come. + +3 [11:15]He that has ears, let him hear. [11:16]To what shall I liken +this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who +call to their companions, [11:17]and say, We have played on pipes for +you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not +lamented. [11:18]For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they +say, He has a demon; [11:19]the Son of man came eating and drinking, +and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of +publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children. + +4 [11:20]Then he began to rebuke those cities in which most of his +mighty works had been done, because they changed not their minds. +[11:21]Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty +works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they +would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes. +[11:22]But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in +a day of judgment than for you. [11:23]And you, Capernaum, which are +exalted even to heaven, shall go down even to hades; for if the mighty +works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have +remained to this day. [11:24]But I tell you, that it shall be more +tolerable for the land of Sodom in a day of judgment, than for you. + +5 [11:25]At that time Jesus answering said, I thank thee, Father, Lord +of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and +intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes. [11:26]Yes, Father, for +so it has seemed good in thy sight. [11:27]All things are given me by +my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows +the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. +[11:28]Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy laden, and I +will give you rest. [11:29]Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for +I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls; +[11:30]for my yoke is easy, and my burden light. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF THE SABBATH. + +1 [12:1]AT that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the +sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pick the heads and +eat. [12:2]And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your +disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. [12:3]But he +said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and +those who were with him? [12:4]how he entered into the house of God and +eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for +those with him, but only for the priests? [12:5]Or have you not read in +the law, that the priests profane the sabbath in the temple, and are +blameless? [12:6]But I tell you that here is an object greater than +the temple. [12:7]But if you had known what, I wish for mercy and not a +sacrifice, means, you would not have condemned the innocent; [12:8]for +the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. + +2 [12:9]And departing thence he went into their synagogue, [12:10]and +behold a man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him, +saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse +him. [12:11]And he said to them, What man is there of you having one +sheep, who if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not take hold +of it and lift it out? [12:12]How much then is a man better than a +sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. [12:13] Then he +said to the man, Stretch out your hand; and he stretched it out, and it +was restored as sound as the other; [12:14]and the Pharisees went out +and took counsel against him to destroy him. + +3 [12:15]But Jesus knowing it departed thence, and great multitudes +followed him; and he cured them all, [12:16]and charged them not to +make him known; [12:17]that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by +Isaiah the prophet, saying; [12:18]Behold my servant, whom I have +chosen; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my +spirit on him, and he shall declare judgment to the nations. [12:19]He +shall not strive nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the +streets. [12:20]A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax +shall he not extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory. +[12:21]And in his name shall nations hope. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +CHRIST'S MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO DEMONS. HIS RELATIONS. + +1 [12:22]THEN a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he +cured him, so that the blind and dumb spoke and saw. [12:23]And all +the multitudes wondered and said, Is this the Son of David? [12:24]But +the Pharisees hearing it, said, This man does not cast out demons, +except by Beelzebul, a ruler of the demons. [12:25]But knowing their +thoughts, he said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is +destroyed; and no city or house divided against itself can stand. +[12:26]If Satan casts out Satan he is divided against himself. How then +can his kingdom stand? [12:27]And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, +by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your +judges. [12:28] But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the +kingdom of God has come upon you. [12:29]Or how can one enter into the +house of a strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the +strong man, and then he will plunder his house. + +2 [12:30]He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not +with me scatters. [12:31]Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy +shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be +forgiven men. [12:32] And if one speaks a word against the Son of man +it shall be forgiven him; but if one speaks against the Holy Spirit it +shall not be forgiven him either in this life or in that to come. +[12:33]Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree +bad, and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. +[12:34]Offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? +For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. [12:35]The good +man, out of his good treasury, casts forth good things; and the evil +man, out of his evil treasury, casts forth evil things. [12:36]But I +tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an +account in a day of judgment; [12:37] for by your words you shall be +justified, and by your words you shall be condemned. + +3 [12:38]Then answered some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, +Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you. [12:39]But he answered and +said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and +no sign shall be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah. [12:40]For +as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so +shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the +earth. [12:41]The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with +this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the +preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. [12:42]The +queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation +and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the +wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here. +[12:43]But when the impure spirit has gone out of a man, it goes +through dry places seeking a rest, and finds none. [12:44]Then it says, +I will return to my house from which I went out; and coming, it finds +it empty, swept, and adorned. [12:45]Then it goes and takes with itself +seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell +there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall +it be also with this evil generation. + +4 [12:46]And while he was speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother +and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak to him. [12:47]And +some one said to him, Behold your mother and your brothers stand +without, desiring to speak to you. [12:48]And he answered and said to +him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? +[12:49]and stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my +mother, and my brothers! [12:50]For whoever does the will of my Father +in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +CHRIST'S PARABLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE. + +1 [13:1]AND on that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the +lake. [13:2] And great multitudes came together to him; and he went +into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the shore. +[13:3]And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a +sower went out to sow; [13:4]and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and +the birds came and devoured it. [13:5]And some fell on rocky places, +where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had +no depth of earth; [13:6]and when the sun arose it was scorched, and +because it had no root it was dried up. [13:7]And some fell among +thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it. [13:8]But some fell on +good ground, and bore fruit; some a hundred, some sixty, and some +thirty-fold. [13:9]He that has ears let him hear. + +2 [13:10]And his disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to +them in parables? [13:11]And he answered and said to them, Because it +is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to +them it is not given; [13:12]for whoever has, to him shall be also +given, and he shall abound; but whoever has not, from him shall be +taken away even what he has. [13:13]For this reason I speak to them in +parables; because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, +nor understand. [13:14]And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, +which says; Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you +shall see and not perceive; [13:15]for the hearts of this people have +become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes +have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with +their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should +heal them. [13:16]But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your +ears, for they hear. [13:17]For I tell you truly, that many prophets +and righteous men have desired to see what you see and have not seen +it, and to hear what you hear and have not heard it. + +3 [13:18]Hear, therefore, the parable of the sower. [13:19]When any one +hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one +comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that +received seed by the way. [13:20]He that received seed on the rocky +places is he that hears the word and immediately receives it with joy +[13:21]but has no root in himself, but is only a temporary [disciple]; +and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he is +immediately offended. [13:22]And he that received seed among thorns is +he that hears the word, and the cares of this life and the +deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. +[13:23]But he that received the seed in the good ground is he that +hears the word, and understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces +some one hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty-fold. + +4 [13:24]And he delivered them another parable, saying; The kingdom of +heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field; [13:25]and while +the men slept, his enemy came and sowed poisonous darnel in the midst +of the wheat, and went away. [13:26]But when the stalk grew up and +bore fruit, then the poisonous darnel appeared. [13:27]And the servants +of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed +in your field? Whence then has it poisonous darnel? [13:28]And he said +to them, An enemy has done this. And they said to him, Do you wish us +to go and take them out? [13:29]And he said, No; lest in taking out the +poisonous darnel, you pull up the wheat with it; [13:30]let both grow +together till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say +to the reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in +bundles to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse. + +5 [13:31]He delivered them another parable, saying, The kingdom of +heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field, +[13:32]which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the +greatest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven +come and lodge on its branches. [13:33]He spoke another parable to +them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid +in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened. +[13:34]All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in parables; and +without a parable spoke he not to them; [13:35]that it might be +fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth +in parables; I will declare things which have been concealed from the +foundation of the world. + +6 [13:36]Then leaving the multitudes; he went into the house, and his +disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the +poisonous darnel of the field. [13:37]And he answered and said to them, +He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; [13:38]the field is the +world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the poisonous +darnel are the children of the wicked one; [13:39] the enemy that sowed +them is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the world; and +the reapers are angels. [13:40]As, therefore, poisonous darnel is +collected and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of +the world. [13:41]The Son of man will send his angels, and they shall +collect out of his kingdom all offenses, and all that commit +wickedness, [13:42]and cast them into a furnace of fire; and there +shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. [13:43] Then the righteous +shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that +has ears, let him hear. + +7 [13:44]The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which +a man found, and concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that +he had and bought that field. [13:45]Again; the kingdom of heaven is +like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, [13:46]who, finding one very +costly, went and sold all that he had and bought it. [13:47]Again; the +kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and collecting +[fish] of every kind, [13:48]which, when it was full, men drew to the +shore, and sifting down put up the good in vessels and cast the bad +away. [13:49]So shall it be at the consummation of the world. The +angels shall come forth and separate the evil from the midst of the +good, [13:50]and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be +weeping and gnashing of teeth. [13:51]Have you understood all these +thing? They said to him, Yes, Lord. [13:52]And he said to them, Every +scribe therefore that is instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like a +householder who casts out of his treasury things new and old. + +8 [13:53]And when Jesus had finished these parables he departed thence, +[13:54] and coming to his native country he taught them in their +synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has this man +this wisdom and these mighty works? [13:55]Is not this the carpenter's +son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and +Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? [13:56]And are not his sisters all with +us? Whence then has this man all these things? [13:57]And they were +offended with him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without +honor, except in his native country, and in his own house; [13:58] and +he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.--CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND +WALKING ON THE LAKE. + +1 [14:1]AT that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, +[14:2]and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is raised +from the dead; and on that account the mighty works are performed by +him. [14:3]For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in +prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. [14:4]For +John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. [14:5]And +he wished to kill him; but feared the people, because they regarded him +as a prophet. [14:6]And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of +Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, [14:7]on account of +which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask; +[14:8]and she, having been put forward by her mother, said, Give me +here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. + +2 [14:9]And the king was sorry; but on account of the oath, and those +reclining with him, he commanded it to be given. [14:10]And he sent and +beheaded John in the prison; [14:11]and his head was brought on a plate +and given to the girl, and she carried it to her mother. [14:12]And his +disciples went and took up the body and buried it, and came and told +Jesus. + +3 [14:13]And when Jesus heard of it he departed thence in a ship to a +solitary place by himself. And the multitudes hearing of it followed +him on foot from the cities. + +4 [14:14]And going out he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on +them, and cured their sick. [14:15]And when it was evening his +disciples came to him, saying, The place is solitary, and the hour is +already past; dismiss the multitudes that they may go to the villages +and buy themselves food. [14:16]But Jesus said to them, They need not +go away; give them food to eat. [14:17]And they said to him, We have +here only five loaves and two fishes. [14:18]And he said, Bring them +here to me. [14:19]And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the +grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and, looking up to +heaven, blessed them, and having broken them gave the bread to the +disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. [14:20]And they all eat +and were filled; and they took up the fragments which remained over, +twelve travelling-baskets full; [14:21]and those that eat were about +five thousand men, besides women and children. + +5 [14:22]And he immediately constrained the disciples to go into a ship +and go before him to the other side, till he should dismiss the +multitudes. [14:23]And having dismissed the multitudes, he went on a +mountain by himself to pray. And when it was evening he was there +alone. [14:24]But the ship was now in the midst of the lake tossed by +the waves, for the wind was contrary. [14:25]And in the fourth watch of +the night he came to them walking on the lake. [14:26]And when the +disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were troubled and said, It +is an apparition; and they cried out for fear. [14:27]But Jesus +immediately spoke to them, saying, Be of good courage; it is I; be not +afraid. [14:28]And Peter answered and said to him, Lord, if it is you, +command me to come to you on the waters. [14:29]And he said, Come. And +Peter going down from the ship walked on the waters to go to Jesus. +[14:30]But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink, +cried, saying, Lord save me! [14:31]and Jesus immediately stretching +out his hand, took hold of him and said, Man of little faith, why did +you doubt? [14:32]And when they entered into the ship, the wind +ceased; [14:33]and those in the ship came and worshipped him; saying, +Truly you are the Son of God. + +6 [14:34]And having crossed over, they came to Gennesaret. [14:35]And +when the men of that place knew him, they sent to all the country +around, and brought to him all that were sick, [14:36]and requested of +him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many +as touched it were entirely cured. + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF JEWISH TRADITIONS, ETC. + +1 [15:1]THEN came the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying, +[15:2]Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, for +they wash not their hands when they eat bread? [15:3]And he answered +and said to them, Why do you transgress the command of God by your +tradition? [15:4]For God said, Honor your father and mother; and he +that reviles father or mother, let him surely die. [15:5]But you say, +Whoever says to his father or mother what you might be profited with by +me is a gift, [15:6]then he shall not honor his father or his mother; +and you have made the law of God of no effect by your tradition. [15:7] +Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophecy of you, saying; [15:8]This people +honors me with the lips, but their heart is far from me. [15:9]But in +vain do they worship me, teaching teachings and commandments of men. + +2 [15:10]And having called the multitude, he said, Hear and understand. +[15:11] Not that which enters into the mouth, defiles the man; but that +which proceeds out of the mouth that defiles the man. [15:12]Then the +disciples came to him, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees +were offended when they heard this word? [15:13]And he answered and +said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be +rooted up. [15:14]Let them go; they are blind guides of the blind. But +if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into the pit. +[15:15]And Peter answered and said to him, Explain the parable to us. +[15:16]And he said, Are you so entirely without understanding? +[15:17]Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes +into the stomach, and is cast out on the earth? [15:18]But the things +which proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the +man. [15:19]For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, +adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies: +[15:20]these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with +unwashed hands does not defile the man. + +3 [15:21]And Jesus going out thence departed to the regions of Tyre and +Sidon. [15:22]And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out +and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is +badly affected with a demon. [15:23]But he answered her not a word. And +his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries +after us. [15:24]But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the +lost sheep of the house of Israel. [15:25]And she came and worshipped +him, saying, Lord, help me! [15:26]But he answered and said, It is not +right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs. [15:27]But she +said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from +the table of their masters. [15:28]Then Jesus answered and said to her, +O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her +daughter was cured from that hour. + +4 [15:29]And returning thence Jesus came to the lake of Galilee, and +going up on the mountain sat down there. [15:30]And great multitudes +came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the +crippled, and many others; and they cast them at Jesus' feet, and he +cured them; [15:31]so that the multitude wondered, seeing the dumb +talk, the crippled sound, the lame walk, and the blind see; and they +glorified the God of Israel. + +5 [15:32]And Jesus calling his disciples, said, I pity the multitude, +for it is now three days that they have continued with me, and they +have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting lest they faint by +the way. [15:33]But his disciples said to him, Whence shall we obtain +so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude? +[15:34]And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, +Seven, and a few small fishes. [15:35]And he commanded the people to +sit down on the ground, [15:36]and taking the seven loaves and the +fishes, and giving thanks, he broke, and gave them to the disciples, +and the disciples to the multitudes. [15:37]And they all eat and were +filled; and they took up the fragments that remained, seven +store-baskets full. [15:38]And those who eat were four thousand men, +besides women and children. [15:39]And dismissing the multitude he went +into the ship, and came into the bounds of Magadan. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +CHRIST REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES, ETC. + +1 [16:1]AND the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to Jesus to try him +desired him to show them a sign from heaven. [16:2]But he answered and +said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather for +the sky is red; [16:3]and in the morning, It will rain to-day for the +sky is red and lowering. You know how to distinguish the face of the +sky, but you cannot distinguish the signs of the times. [16:4]An evil +and adulterous generation seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it +except the sign of Jonah. And he left them and departed. + +2 [16:5]And when his disciples came to the other side they forgot to +take bread. [16:6]And Jesus said to them, Observe and beware of the +leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. [16:7]But they reasoned within +themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread. [16:8]But +Jesus knowing it, said, Why do you reason within yourselves, men of +little faith, because you have not taken bread? [16:9]Do you not yet +understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how +many travelling-baskets you took up? [16:10]nor the seven loaves of the +four thousand, and how many store-baskets you took up? [16:11]Why do +you not understand that I spoke to you not of bread, to beware of the +leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? [16:12]Then they understood that +he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the +teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. + +3 [16:13]And Jesus coming into the parts of Cesarea Philippi, asked his +disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? [16:14]And +they said, Some, John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and others, +Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. [16:15]And he said to them, Who say +you that I am? [16:16]And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the +Christ, the Son of the living God. [16:17] And Jesus answered and said +to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has +not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. [16:18] And I tell +you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my +assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it. +[16:19]And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and +whatever you bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever +you unbind on the earth shall be unbound in heaven. [16:20]Then he +charged his disciples to tell no man that he was the Christ. + +4 [16:21]From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must +go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief +priests, and scribes, and be killed, and raised on the third day. +[16:22]And Peter taking hold of him said, rebuking him, Far be it from +you, Lord! This shall not be to you. [16:23]But he turned and said to +Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me! For you regard +not the things of God, but those of men. + +5 [16:24]Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one will come after +me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. +[16:25]For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever +loses his life for my sake, shall find it. [16:26]For what is a man +profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what +will a man give as an exchange for his life? [16:27]For the Son of man +is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then +shall he render to every one according to his doing. [16:28]I tell you +truly, that some of those standing here shall not taste death till they +see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +CHRIST TRANSFIGURED.--CURING A DEMONIAC, AND PAYING THE SACRED TRIBUTE. + +1 [17:1]AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, his +brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. [17:2]And +he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and +his garments were white as the light. [17:3]And behold there appeared +to them Moses and Elijah conversing with him. [17:4]And Peter answered +and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you please, +we will make here three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, +and one for Elijah. [17:5]While he was yet speaking, behold a bright +cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying, +This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him. +[17:6]And when they heard this the disciples fell on their faces, and +were greatly afraid. [17:7]And Jesus came and touched them, and said, +Arise, and be not afraid. [17:8]And lifting up their eyes they saw no +man, except Jesus alone. + +2 [17:9]And when they went down from the mountain Jesus charged them, +saying, Tell no man the vision till the Son of man is raised from the +dead. [17:10]And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the +scribes say that Elijah must first come? [17:11]And he answered and +said, Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things. [17:12]But I +tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him +what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to +suffer from them. [17:13]Then the disciples understood that he spoke to +them of John the Baptist. + +3 [17:14]And when they came to the multitude, a man came to him, +kneeling to him and saying, [17:15]Lord, have mercy on my son, for he +is a lunatic, and suffers greatly. For he often falls into the fire, +and often into the water. [17:16]And I brought him to your disciples +and they could not cure him. [17:17] Jesus answered and said, O +unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How +long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to me. [17:18]And Jesus rebuked +him, and the demon went out of him, and the child was cured from that +hour. [17:19]Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why +could we not cast it out? [17:20]And Jesus said to them, On account of +your unbelief. For I tell you truly, if you have a faith like a mustard +seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed thence to that place, +and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be impossible to you. +[17:21]But this kind goes not out, except by prayer and fasting. + +4 [17:22]And as they were returning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The +Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, [17:23]and +they will kill him, and on the third day he shall be raised; and they +were grieved exceedingly. + +5 [17:24]And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the +didrachma [28 cents], came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher +pay the didrachma? [17:25]He said, Yes. And when he came into the +house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From +whom do the kings of the earth receive taxes, or a tribute? From their +children, or from strangers? [17:26]He said to him, From strangers. +Jesus said to him; Then are the children free; [17:27]but that we may +not offend them, go to the lake, and cast in a hook, and take the first +fish that comes up, and opening its mouth you will find a stater [56 +cents]. Take that and give it to them, for me and you. + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF GREATNESS.--OFFENSES AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. + +1 [18:1]AT that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is the +greatest in the kingdom of heaven? [18:2]And calling a little child, he +set it in the midst of them, [18:3]and said, I tell you truly, that if +you do not turn and become like little children, you can by no means +enter into the kingdom of heaven. [18:4]Whoever humbles himself like +this little child, shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven; +[18:5]and whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives +me; [18:6]but whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in +me, it would be better for him that a millstone should be hung to his +neck, and that he should be plunged into the depths of the sea. + +2 [18:7]Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must +necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! +[18:8]If your hand or foot offends you, cut it off and cast it from +you. It is better for you to enter into life lame, or crippled, than +having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. +[18:9]And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you. +It is better for you to enter into life having one eye, than having two +eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. + +3 [18:10]See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I tell +you that their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven. +[18:12]What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is +lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and +seek for the lost one? [18:13]And if he finds it, I tell you truly that +he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which were not lost. +[18:14]So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these +little ones should perish. + +4 [18:15]But if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him +between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your +brother. [18:16]But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two +more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be +established; [18:17]and if he will not hear them, tell the assembly; +and if he will not hear the assembly, let him be to you as a gentile +and a publican. [18:18]I tell you truly, that whatever you bind on the +earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you unbind on the earth +shall be unbound in heaven. [18:19]Again, I tell you, that if two of +you shall agree on the earth concerning any thing for which they shall +ask, they shall have it from my Father in heaven; [18:20]for where two +or three are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of +them. + +5 [18:21]Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how many times shall my +brother sin against me and I forgive him? Till seven times? +[18:22]Jesus said to him, I say not to you till seven times, but till +seventy times seven. [18:23]On this account, the kingdom of heaven is +like a king who wished to settle with his servants. [18:24]And +beginning to settle, a debtor of ten thousand talents [$10,000,000] was +brought to him. [18:25]And he having nothing to pay, the lord commanded +him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and +payment to be made. [18:26]Then the servant fell down and worshipped +him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay all. [18:27]And the +lord of that servant having compassion on him released him, and forgave +him the debt. + +6 [18:28]But that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants +who owed him one hundred denarii [$14], and seizing him, he choked him, +saying, Pay what you owe me. [18:29]Then his fellow-servant fell down +and besought him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you. +[18:30]But he would not; but went and cast him into prison till he +should pay the debt. [18:31]Then his fellow-servants seeing what was +done, were greatly displeased, and went and related to their lord all +things that were done. [18:32]Then his lord called him, and said to +him, Evil servant; I forgave you all that debt because you besought me +[to do it]. [18:33]Ought you not also to pity your fellow-servant, as I +pitied you? [18:34]And his lord was displeased, and delivered him to +the tormentors till he should pay all the debt. [18:35]So also will my +heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not each one his brother from +your hearts. + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, ETC. + +1 [19:1]AND when Jesus had finished these words he departed from +Galilee, and came into the bounds of Judea beyond the Jordan; [19:2]and +great multitudes followed him, and he cured them there. [19:3]And the +Pharisees came to him to try him, and said, Is it lawful [for a man] to +put away his wife for every cause? [19:4]And he answered and said, +Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and +female? [19:5]and he said, On this account shall a man leave his father +and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. +[19:6]So that they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God +has yoked together, let not man separate. + +2 [19:7]They said to him, Why then did Moses command us to give a bill +of divorcement, and put her away? [19:8]He said to them, Moses, on +account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives; +but from the beginning it was not so. [19:9]And I tell you, that +whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, and marries another, +commits adultery; and whoever marries her that is put away, commits +adultery. + +3 [19:10]The disciples said to him, If the case of a man is thus with +his wife, it is not expedient to marry. [19:11]And he said to them, All +do not receive this word, but those to whom it is given. [19:12]For +there are eunuchs from birth, who were born so from their mother; and +there are eunuchs who are made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs +who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. +He that is able to receive [this doctrine] let him receive it. + +4 [19:13]Then little children were brought to him that he should put +his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. [19:14]But +Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them +not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. [19:15]And he put his hands +on them and departed thence. + +5 [19:16]And behold one came and said to him, Teacher, what good [work] +shall I do that I may have eternal life? [19:17]And he said to him, Why +do you ask me of the good? one is the good. But if you wish to enter +into life, keep the commandments. [19:18]He said to him, What? And +Jesus said, this; You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; +You shall not steal; You shall not testify falsely; [19:19]Honor your +father and mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. +[19:20]The young man said to him, All these have I kept; what do I lack +yet? [19:21]Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell your +property, and give to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in +heaven; and come and follow me. [19:22]And when the young man heard +[this] he went away sad, for he had great possessions. + +6 [19:23]And Jesus said to his disciples, I tell you truly, that a rich +man will enter into the kingdom of heaven with difficulty. [19:24]And +again I tell 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. +[19:25]And the disciples hearing this, were greatly astonished, and +said, Who then can be saved? [19:26]But Jesus looking on them, said, +With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. + +7 [19:27]Then Peter answered and said, Behold we have left all and +followed you; what shall we have therefore? [19:28]And Jesus said to +them, I tell you truly, that you who have followed me, in the +regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, +shall yourselves also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes +of Israel; [19:29]and whoever has left brothers or sisters, or a father +or mother, or children, or lands or houses, for my name's sake, shall +receive many times as much, and inherit eternal life. [19:30]But many +first shall be last; and last, first. + +8 [20:1]For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out +early in the morning to hire laborers in his vineyard. [20:2]And +agreeing with the laborers for a denarius [14 cents] a day, he sent +them into his vineyard. [20:3] And going out about the third hour, he +saw others standing idle in the market; [20:4]and he said to them, go +also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they +went. [20:5]Again going out about the sixth and ninth hours, he did +likewise. [20:6]And going out about the eleventh hour he found others +standing, and said to them, Why stand you all the day idle? [20:7]They +said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into +the vineyard. [20:8]And when it was evening the lord of the vineyard +said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them the wages +[stipulated], beginning from the last even to the first. [20:9]And +those who came about the eleventh hour, received a denarius [14 cents] +each. [20:10]And those who came first supposed that they should receive +more. And they also received a denarius [14 cents] each; [20:11]and +when they had received it, they complained of the householder, +[20:12]saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made +them equal with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day. +[20:13]But he answered and said to one of them, Neighbor, I do you no +wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius [14 cents]? [20:14]Take +what belongs to you, and go, for I will give to the last even as to +you. [20:15]Is it not right for me to do what I will with my own? Is +your eye evil because I am good? [20:16]So the last shall be first, +and the first last. + +9 [20:17]And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took his twelve disciples +aside privately, and said to them on the way, [20:18]Behold we go up to +Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests +and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, [20:19]and deliver him +to the gentiles, to mock, and scourge, and crucify him; and on the +third day he shall be raised. + +10 [20:20]Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her +sons, worshipping, and asking a certain thing of him. [20:21]And he +said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Say that these my two +sons shall sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in +your kingdom. [20:22]But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you +ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said +to him, We can. [20:23]He said to them; you shall drink indeed of my +cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, +but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. [20:24]And the ten +hearing this were displeased with the two brothers. [20:25]But Jesus +called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the gentiles +exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over +them; but it shall not be so among you. [20:26]But whoever wishes to be +great among you, let him be your minister; [20:27]and whoever wishes to +be first among you, let him be your servant, [20:28]as the Son of man +came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for +many. + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +CHRIST CURING TWO BLIND MEN.--ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, AND +CURSING THE FIG TREE. + +1 [20:29]AND as they proceeded from Jericho a great multitude followed +him. [20:30]And behold two blind men who sat by the way, hearing that +Jesus was passing by cried, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of +David! [20:31]And the multitude charged them to be still; but they +cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David! [20:32]And +Jesus stopped, and called them and said, What do you wish me to do for +you? [20:33]They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. +[20:34]And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes; and +immediately they recovered their sight and followed him. + +2 [21:1]And when they approached Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at +the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, [21:2]and said to +them, Go into the village opposite to you, and you will immediately +find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them, and lead them to me: +[21:3]and if any one asks you why, say that the Lord has need of them, +and he will immediately send them. [21:4] But all this was done that +the words spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, who says; +[21:5]Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, +seated on an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. + +3 [21:6]And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them, +[21:7]and brought the ass and the colt, and put garments on them, and +he sat on them. [21:8]And a vast multitude spread their garments in the +way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them in the +way; [21:9]and the multitudes that went before, and those that +followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that +comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]! + +4 [21:10]And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was moved, +saying, Who is this? [21:11]And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the +prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee. [21:12]And Jesus entered into +the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, +and overturned the tables of the brokers, and the seats of those that +sold doves, [21:13]and said to them, It is written, my house shall be +called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers. + +5 [21:14]And the blind and crippled came to him in the temple, and he +cured them. [21:15]And when the chief priests and scribes saw the +wonderful works which he performed, and the children crying in the +temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were displeased, +[21:16]and said to him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to +them, Yes. Have you never read, that out of the mouths of babes and +nursing infants, you have perfected praise? [21:17]And he left them, +and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there. + +6 [21:18]And returning into the city in the morning he was hungry; +[21:19]and seeing a fig tree by the way he went to it, and found +nothing on it, except leaves only, and he said to it, Let there be no +fruit on you forever. And the fig tree immediately withered, [21:20]and +the disciples seeing it, wondered and said, How soon is this fig tree +withered! [21:21]Jesus answered and said to them, I tell you truly, +that if you have faith and doubt not, you shall not only do this of the +fig tree, but if you should say to this mountain, Be taken up and be +cast into the sea, it would be done; [21:22]and all things whatever +which you ask in prayer believing, you shall receive. + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +CHRIST QUESTIONED BY THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS. THE PARABLE OF THE +VINEYARD. + +1 [21:23]AND Jesus having gone into the temple, the chief priests and +elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what +authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority? +[21:24]Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one +question, which, if you tell me, I will tell you by what authority I do +these things. [21:25]Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or +from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we say from +heaven, he will say to us, Why did you not believe him? [21:26]But if +we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a +prophet. [21:27] And they answered Jesus, and said, We do not know. And +he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these +things. + +2 [21:28]But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the +first, and said, Son, go and work to-day in the vineyard. [21:29]But +he answered and said, I will not; but afterwards he repented, and went. +[21:30]And he came to the other, and said the same. And he answered and +said, I will go sir, but went not. [21:31]Which of the two did the +will of the father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, I +tell you truly, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of +God before you. [21:32]For John came to you in a way of righteousness, +and you believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him; +and when you saw this, you did not afterwards repent, that you might +believe him. + +3 [21:33]Hear another parable: There was a man, a householder, who +planted a vineyard, and made a hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in +it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. +[21:34]And when the time of the fruits approached he sent his servants +to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. [21:35]And the husbandmen took +his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. +[21:36]Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they +treated them in the same manner. [21:37]And afterwards he sent them his +son, saying, They will reverence my son. [21:38]But when the husbandmen +saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us +kill him and take his inheritance. [21:39]And they took him, and cast +him out of the vineyard, and killed him. [21:40]When, therefore, the +lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? +[21:41]They said to him, He will inflict on those men a miserable +death, and let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render +him the fruits in their seasons. + +4 [21:42]Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures, The +stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of a +corner? this is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes? [21:43]I +tell you, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, +and given to a nation yielding its fruits. + +5 [21:45]And the chief priests and Pharisees hearing his parables, knew +that he spoke of them; [21:46]and they sought to take him, but feared +the people, because they regarded him as a prophet. + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING, AND QUESTIONS OF THE PHARISEES AND +SADDUCEES. + +1 [22:1]AND Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables saying, +[22:2] The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made a wedding +for his son. [22:3]And he sent his servants to call the invited to the +wedding, and they would not come. [22:4]Again he sent other servants, +saying, Tell the invited, Behold, I have prepared my supper, my oxen +and fatted creatures are killed, and all things are ready; come to the +wedding. [22:5]But they neglected it, and went away, one to his farm, +and another to his merchandise; [22:6]and the rest took his servants +and treated them injuriously, and killed them. [22:7]And the king was +angry, and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up +their city. + +2 [22:8]Then he said to his servants, The wedding indeed is ready, but +the invited were not worthy. [22:9]Go, therefore, to the crossings of +the ways, and invite all you find to the wedding. [22:10]And those +servants went out into the highways, and collected all whom they found, +both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with guests. + +3 [22:11]And the king coming in to see the guests observed there a man +who had not on a wedding garment, [22:12]and said to him, Friend, how +came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. +[22:13]Then the king said to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and +cast him into the darkness outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing +of teeth. [22:14]For many are called, but few chosen. + +4 [22:15]Then the Pharisees went and took counsel to ensnare him in his +words. [22:16]And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, +saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in +truth, and care not for any man; for you regard not the face of men. +[22:17]Tell us, therefore, what you think; is it right to pay tribute +to Caesar or not? [22:18]Jesus knowing their wickedness, said, Why do +you hypocrites try me? [22:19]Show me the tribute money. And they +brought him a denarius [14 cents]. [22:20]And he said to them, Whose is +this image and this inscription? [22:21]They said to him, Caesar's. +Then he said to them, Give therefore Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's +to God. [22:22]And hearing, they wondered, and went away and left him. + +5 [22:23]On that day the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no +resurrection, and asked him, [22:24]saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any +one dies having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and +raise up children for his brother. [22:25]Now there were with us seven +brothers; and the first married, and died; and having no children he +left his wife to his brother; [22:26]in like manner also the second, +and third, till the seventh; [22:27] last of all the woman died also. +[22:28]In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the +seven? for they all had her. [22:29]And Jesus answered and said to +them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. +[22:30]For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are married, but +are as angels in heaven. [22:31]But concerning the resurrection of the +dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, [22:32]I +am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God +is not a God of the dead, but of the living. [22:33]And the multitudes +who heard were astonished at his teaching. + +6 [22:34]And the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, +were assembled together, [22:35]and one of them, a lawyer, asked him, +to try him, [22:36]Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law? +[22:37]And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all +your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind. [22:38]This is the +great and first commandment. [22:39]And the second is like it, You +shall love your neighbor as yourself. [22:40]On these two commandments +hang all the law and the prophets. + +7 [22:41]And the Pharisees being assembled together, Jesus asked them, +[22:42] saying, What do you think of the Christ? whose son is he? They +said to him, David's. [22:43]He said to them, How then does David in +spirit call him Lord, saying, [22:44]The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on +my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool? [22:45]If then +David calls him Lord, how is he his son? [22:46]And no one was able to +answer him a word, neither dared any one after that day to question him +farther. + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +CHRIST DENOUNCING THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. + +1 [23:1]THEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes and his disciples, +[23:2]saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. [23:3]All +things therefore which they tell you, do and keep. But do not their +works. For they say and do not, [23:4]but bind heavy burdens and put +them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger. +[23:5]And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make +broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes, [23:6] and love +the first tables at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues, +[23:7]and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi. +[23:8] But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you +are all brothers. [23:9]And call no man your father on the earth, for +one is your heavenly Father. [23:10]Neither be called leaders, for one +is your leader, the Christ. [23:11]But the greatest of you shall be +your servant, [23:12]and whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and +he that humbles himself shall be exalted. + +2 [23:13]But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut +up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither +do you suffer those entering to go in. [23:15]Woe to you scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass the sea and the dry land to make +one proselyte; and when he is gained you make him twice as much a child +of hell as yourselves. [23:16]Woe to you blind guides, who say, Whoever +swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of +the temple, he is bound. [23:17]Fools and blind! for which is greater, +the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold? [23:18] If a man +swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if he swears by the gift which +is on it, he is bound. [23:19]Fools and blind! For which is greater, +the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? [23:20]He then that +swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it; [23:21]and +he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that inhabits +it; [23:22]and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, +and by him that sits on it. + +3 [23:23]Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe +mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters +of the law, justice, mercy, and faith. These you ought to do, and not +neglect the others. [23:24] Blind guides! who strain out a gnat and +swallow down a camel. [23:25]Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, +hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and platter, but +within they are full of plunder and excess. [23:26]Blind Pharisee! +cleanse first that which is in the cup and platter, that its outside +may be clean also. [23:27]Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! +For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair without, but +within are full of the bones of the dead and of all impurity. +[23:28]So also you on the outside appear just to men, but within you +are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. [23:29]Woe to you scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and +adorn the tombs of the righteous, [23:30]and 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. [23:31]So that you testify to yourselves that +you are children of those who killed the prophets; [23:32]and you have +filled up the measure of your fathers. [23:33]Serpents, offspring of +vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell? + +4 [23:34]Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and +scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you +will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; +[23:35]that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood +of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom +you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you. +[23:36]I tell you truly, that all these [crimes] shall come on this +generation. + +5 [23:37]Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those +sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as +a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not! +[23:38]Behold, your house is left to you desolate; [23:39]for I tell +you that you shall not see me henceforth, till you say, Blessed is he +that comes in the name of the Lord! + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT +OF HIS KINGDOM. + +1 [24:1]AND Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his +disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. +[24:2]And he answered and said to them, Do you not see all these +things? I tell you truly, there shall not be left here stone upon stone +that shall not be thrown down. [24:3]And as he sat on the Mount of +Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us when these +things shall be; and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the +consummation of the world? [24:4]And Jesus answered and said to them, +See that no man deceives you; [24:5]for many shall come in my name, +saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many. [24:6]And you shall +hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you be not terrified, for all +things must be accomplished; but the end is not yet. [24:7]For nation +shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall +be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in different places; +[24:8]but all these things are the beginning of sorrows. + +2 [24:9]Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and +you shall be hated by all nations on my account; [24:10]and then many +shall be offended, and shall betray one another, and hate one another; +[24:11]and many false prophets shall be raised up and deceive many, +[24:12]and because wickedness shall abound the love of the many shall +become cold: [24:13]but he that endures to the end shall be saved. +[24:14]And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the +world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come. + +3 [24:15]When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, spoken +of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place--let him that reads +understand,-- [24:16]then let those in Judea flee to the mountains. +[24:17]Let not him that is on his house come down to take the things +from his house; [24:18]and let not him that is in the field return back +to take his clothes; [24:19]and woe to those with child and giving +nurse in those days! [24:20]But pray that your flight may not be in +the winter, nor on the Sabbath; [24:21]for at that time there shall be +great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world +even till now, nor ever shall be. [24:22]And unless those days were +shortened no flesh would be saved: but on account of the elect those +days shall be shortened. + +4 [24:23]Then if one says to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there! +believe it not. [24:24]For false Christs and false prophets shall be +raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if +possible, even the elect. [24:25]Behold, I have told you before. +[24:26]If, therefore, they say to you, Behold he is in the wilderness, +go not forth; Behold he is in private rooms, believe it not. [24:27]For +as the lightning comes forth from the East, and shines even to the +West, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. [24:28] Wherever the +dead body is, there will the eagles be gathered together. + +5 [24:29]And immediately after the affliction of those days the sun +shall 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. +[24:30]And 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 on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. +[24:31]And he shall send his angels with a loud sound of a trumpet, and +they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from the one end of +heaven to the other. + +6 [24:32]But learn the parable of the fig tree. When its branch is now +green, and puts forth leaves, you know that the summer is nigh. +[24:33]So also when you see all these things, know that [the Son of +man] is nigh, at the doors. [24:34]I tell you truly, that this +generation shall not pass away till all these things shall be +accomplished. [24:35]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words +shall not pass away. + +7 [24:36]But of that day and hour no man knows, nor the angels of +heaven; but my Father only. [24:37]And as the days of Noah, so shall +the coming of the Son of man be. [24:38]For as in the days before the +flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, +till the day that Noah entered the ark, [24:39]and knew not till the +flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of +man be. [24:40]Then two shall be in the field; one is taken and the +other left. [24:41]Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is +taken and the other left. + +8 [24:42]Watch, therefore, for you know not on what day your Lord +comes, [24:43]But know this, that if the householder had known in what +watch the thief comes, he would have watched, and not have suffered his +house to be broken into. [24:44]Therefore be you also ready, for in +such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. [24:45]Who then is +the faithful and wise servant whom the Lord has placed over his family +to give them food in due season? [24:46]Blessed is that servant whom +his Lord, when he comes, shall find so doing. [24:47]I tell you truly, +that he will place him over all his estates. + +9 [24:48]But if that evil servant says in his heart, My Lord delays his +coming, [24:49]and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eats and +drinks with drunkards, [24:50]the Lord of that servant will come on a +day when he looks not for him, and at an hour that he knows not of, +[24:51]and will punish him with the utmost severity, and appoint his +portion with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of the +teeth. + +10 [25:1]Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who +took their own lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom; [25:2]and +five of them were foolish, and five wise. [25:3]The foolish took their +lamps and took no oil with them; [25:4]but the wise took oil in the +vessels with their lamps. [25:5] And while the bridegroom delayed, all +slumbered and slept; [25:6]but at midnight there was a cry, Behold the +bridegroom; go out to meet him. [25:7]Then all those virgins arose and +trimmed their own lamps. [25:8]And the foolish said to the wise, Give +us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out. [25:9]But the wise +answered, saying, [No]; lest there be not enough for us and you; go +rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves. [25:10]And while +they went to buy the bridegroom came; and the ready went in with him to +the wedding, and the door was shut. [25:11]And afterwards the other +virgins came, and said, Lord, Lord, open to us. [25:12]But he answered +and said, I tell you truly I know you not. [25:13]Watch, therefore, for +you know not the day nor the hour. + +11 [25:14]For, as a man going abroad called his servants, and delivered +to them his estates; [25:15]to one he gave five talents [$5,000], to +another two [$2,000], and to another one [$1,000]; to each according to +his ability, and immediately went abroad. [25:16]And he that received +the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five; +[25:17]in like manner, also, he that received the two gained two +others; [25:18]but he that received the one went away and dug in the +earth and hid his lord's money. [25:19]And after a long time the lord +of those servants came, and had a settlement with them. [25:20] And he +that received the five talents came and brought five other talents, +saying, Lord, you committed to me five talents; behold, I have gained +five other talents. [25:21]His lord said to him, Well done, good and +faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will +place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord. [25:22]And he +that received the two talents also came to him and said, Lord, you +committed to me two talents; behold, I have gained two others. +[25:23]His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you +have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: +enter into the joy of your lord. + +12 [25:24]And he that received the one talent also came and said, Lord, +I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sowed, +and gathering where you have not scattered, [25:25]and being afraid I +went away and hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have what is +yours. [25:26]And his Lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful +servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather whence +I have not scattered? [25:27]And you ought then to have given my money +to the brokers, and at my coming, I should have received my own with +interest. [25:28]Take his talent, therefore, from him, and give it to +him that has ten talents; [25:29]for to every one that has shall be +given, and he shall have an abundance; but from him that has not, even +what he has shall be taken away; [25:30]and cast the unprofitable +servant into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing +of the teeth. + +13 [25:31]But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the +angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory, +[25:32]and all the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall +separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from +the goats; [25:33]and he shall place the sheep on his right hand, and +the goats on his left. + +14 [25:34]Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, +blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the +foundation of the world; [25:35]for I was hungry and you gave me food; +I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me +in; [25:36]naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I +was in prison, and you came to me. [25:37]Then shall the righteous +answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? or +thirsty, and give you drink? [25:38]when did we see you a stranger, and +take you in? or naked, and clothe you? [25:39]when did we see you sick, +or in prison, and come to you? [25:40]And the king shall answer and say +to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of +the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me. + +15 [25:41]Then shall he say to those on his left hand, Depart from me +accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. +[25:42]For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you +gave me no drink; [25:43] a stranger, and you took me not in; sick and +in prison and you visited me not. [25:44]Then shall they also answer +and say, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, +or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you? [25:45]Then he +shall answer them saying, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have +not done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have not done +it to me. [25:46]And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but +the righteous into life eternal. + + + +CHAPTER XXIII. + +CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S SUPPER, ETC. + +1 [26:1]WHEN Jesus had finished all these words he said to his +disciples, [26:2]You know that after two days is the passover, and the +Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. [26:3]Then the chief +priests and the elders of the people were assembled in the court of the +chief priest, who was called Caiaphas, [26:4]and they took counsel to +seize Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. [26:5]But they said, Not at +the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people. + +2 [26:6]And Jesus being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, +[26:7]a woman came to him having a vase of very costly ointment, and +poured it on his head, as he reclined. [26:8]And his disciples seeing +it were displeased, and said, Why is this waste? [26:9]This could have +been sold for much and given to the poor. [26:10]But Jesus knowing it, +said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? for she has done a good +work for me; [26:11]for the poor you always have with you, but me you +have not always. [26:12]For in putting this ointment on my body, she +has done it to prepare me for burial. [26:13]I tell you truly, that +wherever this good news is preached in all the word, what this woman +has done shall be told for a memorial of her. + +3 [26:14]Then went one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot to the chief +priests, [26:15]and said, What will you give me to deliver him to you? +And they gave him thirty [shekels] of silver [$16.80]. [26:16]And from +that time he sought a good opportunity to deliver him up. [26:17]And on +the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, +Where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the passover? [26:18]And +he said, Go into the city to such a one, and say to him, The Teacher +says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover with you, together +with my disciples. [26:19]And the disciples did as Jesus commanded +them, and prepared the passover; [26:20]and when it was evening he +reclined with the twelve. [26:21]And as they were eating, he said, I +tell you truly, that one of you will betray me. [26:22]And being +grieved exceedingly, they each one began to say to him, Lord, is it I? +[26:23]But he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the +dish, he shall betray me. [26:24]The Son of man goes indeed, as it is +written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! +it would be good for him if that man had not been born. [26:25]And +Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He said to +him, As you say. + +4 [26:26]And as they were eating Jesus took the bread, and having +blessed, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is +my body. [26:27] And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to +them, saying, Drink you all of it; [26:28]this is my blood of the new +covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. +[26:29]And I tell you that I will not drink henceforth of this product +of the vine, till that day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom +of my Father. [26:30]And having sung a hymn they went out to the Mount +of Olives. + +5 [26:31]Then Jesus said to them, You will all be offended with me this +night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of +the flock shall be scattered; [26:32]but after I have risen I will go +before you into Galilee. [26:33]And Peter answered and said to him, If +all men shall be offended with you, I will not. [26:34]Jesus said to +him, I tell you truly, that this night, before the cock crows, you will +deny me thrice. [26:35]Peter said to him, If it should be necessary +for me to die with you, I will by no means deny you. And all the +disciples said the same. + + + +CHAPTER XXIV. + +CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE, AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM. + +1 [26:36]THEN Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and +said to the disciples, Sit here, till I go and pray there. [26:37]And +taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and +dejected. [26:38]Then he said to them, My soul is sorrowful even to +death; remain here and watch with me. [26:39]And going forward a +little, he fell on his face, and prayed and said, My Father, if it is +possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou +wilt. [26:40]And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and +said to Peter, Are you so unable to watch with me one hour? +[26:41]Watch and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed +is willing, but the flesh is weak. + +2 [26:42]Going away again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, +if this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, thy will be done. +[26:43]And he came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were +heavy. [26:44]And leaving them, again he went away and prayed, saying +the same words. [26:45]Then he came to the disciples and said to them, +Do you sleep still and take your rest? Behold the hour is at hand, and +the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners. [26:46]Arise, +let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand. + +3 [26:47]And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the +twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, +from the chief priests and elders of the people. [26:48]And he that +betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, The one that I shall kiss is he; +take him. [26:49]And immediately coming forward to Jesus, he said, +Hail, Rabbi, and kissed him. [26:50]But Jesus said to him, Comrade, +for what have you come? Then they came forward, and laid hands on +Jesus, and took him. [26:51]And behold, one of those with Jesus, +stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the servant of +the chief priest cut off his ear. [26:52]Then Jesus said to him, Put up +your sword in its place; for all who take the sword shall perish by the +sword. [26:53]Do you think that I could not ask my Father, and he would +furnish me more than twelve legions of angels? [26:54]How then would +the Scriptures be accomplished, that it must be so? + +4 [26:55]At that time Jesus said to the multitudes, Have you come out +as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily +teaching in the temple, and you did not take me; [26:56]but all this +was done that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the +disciples all forsook him and fled. [26:57]And having taken Jesus, +they led him away to Caiaphas, the chief priest, where the scribes and +elders were assembled. [26:58]But Peter followed him at a distance, +even to the court of the chief priest, and going in sat with the +officers to see the end. + +5 [26:59]And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim sought false +testimony against Jesus to kill him, [26:60]and did not find it, though +many false witnesses came forward. But afterwards, two coming forward +[26:61]said, This man said, I can destroy the temple of God and build +it in three days. [26:62] And the chief priest rising up said to him, +Do you answer nothing? What do these testify against you? [26:63]But +Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering, said to him, I adjure +you, by the living God, to tell me if you are the Christ, the Son of +God. [26:64]Jesus said to him, As you say; but I tell you that +hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the +power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. + +6 [26:65]Then the chief priest rent his clothes, saying, He has +blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you +have heard the blasphemy. [26:66]What do you think? And they answered +and said, He is worthy of death. [26:67]Then they spit in his face, and +struck him with their fists, and some struck him with the palms of +their hands, [26:68]saying, Prophesy to us, Christ, who is it that +struck you? + +7 [26:69]But Peter sat without in the court; and a female servant came +to him, saying, You also were with Jesus the Galilean. [26:70]But he +denied it before all, saying, I know not what you say. [26:71]And going +out into the porch, another [female servant] saw him, and said to those +there, This man was also with Jesus the Nazoraean. [26:72]And again he +denied with an oath, saying, I know not the man. [26:73]But after a +little while those standing by came forward, and said to Peter, +Certainly you are also one of them, for your speech makes you manifest. +[26:74]Then he began to curse and swear, saying, I know not the man. +And immediately a cock crew; [26:75]and Peter remembered the word of +Jesus, who said, Before a cock crows you will deny me thrice; and he +went out and wept bitterly. + + + +CHAPTER XXV. + +CHRIST BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE. + +1 [27:1]AND when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of +the people took counsel against Jesus to kill him. [27:2]And having +bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the +procurator. [27:3]Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was +condemned, repenting, returned the thirty shekels of silver [$16.80] to +the chief priests and elders, [27:4] saying, I have sinned, betraying +innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it. +[27:5]And throwing down the silver in the temple he departed; and +having gone away strangled himself. + +2 [27:6]And the chief priests taking the silver said, It is not lawful +to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. +[27:7]And taking counsel, they bought with it the potter's field for a +burying place for strangers. [27:8]For this reason, the field is called +a field of blood to this day. [27:9]Then was fulfilled the word spoken +by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; And they took the thirty shekels of +silver, the price of him that was prized, whom [men] from the sons of +Israel set a price upon, [27:10]and gave them for the potter's field, +as the Lord commanded me. + +3 [27:11]And Jesus stood before the procurator; and the procurator +asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, +As you say. [27:12] And when he was accused by the chief priests and +elders he answered nothing. [27:13]Then Pilate said to him, Do you not +hear how many things they testify against you? [27:14]And he answered +him not a word; so that the procurator wondered greatly. + +4 [27:15]And at the feast the procurator was accustomed to release to +the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose; [27:16]and he then had a +noted prisoner called Barabbas. [27:17]When, therefore, they were +assembled together, Pilate said to them, Which do you wish me to +release to you? Barabbas? or Jesus, called Christ? [27:18]For he knew +that they had delivered him up from envy. [27:19]And as he sat on the +tribunal his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that +just man, for I have suffered much to-day on his account, from a dream. + +5 [27:20]But the chief priests and elders persuaded the people to ask +for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus. [27:21]And the procurator answered +and said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release to you? +And they said, Barabbas. [27:22]Pilate said to them, What then shall I +do to Jesus, called Christ? They all said, Let him be crucified. +[27:23]But he said, [No]; for what evil has he done? And they cried +more vehemently, saying, Let him be crucified. + +6 [27:24]And Pilate seeing that he accomplished nothing, but that +rather a tumult was made, took water and washed his hands before the +multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see you to +it. [27:25]And all the people answered and said, His blood be upon us +and upon our children. [27:26]Then he released Barabbas to them, and +having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified. + + + +CHAPTER XXVI. + +CHRIST'S DEATH AND BURIAL. + +1 [27:27]THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the +Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort, [27:28]and stripped +him, and put on him a crimson cloak, [27:29]and making a crown of +thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they +knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! +[27:30]And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his +head. [27:31]And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off from +him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him. + +2 [27:32]And going out, they found a Cyrenian by the name of Simon, +whom they compelled to bear his cross. [27:33]And coming to a place +called Golgotha, which is called A place of a cranium, [27:34]they gave +him vinegar to drink mixed with gall; and when he had tasted of it he +would not drink. + +3 [27:35]And having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting +lots, [27:36]and sat down and watched him there. [27:37]And they put +over his head his accusation, written; THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE +JEWS. [27:38]Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right +hand, and the other on the left. + +4 [27:39]And those who went by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, +[27:40]and saying, You that destroy the temple and build it in three +days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the +cross. [27:41]And the chief priests in like manner also mocked him, +with the scribes and elders, and said, [27:42]He saved others, himself +he cannot save. If he is the king of Israel let him come down now from +the cross, and we will believe on him; [27:43]he trusted in God; let +him deliver him if he wishes for him; for he said, I am a Son of God. +[27:44]The robbers also that were crucified with him did the same, and +reproached him. [27:45]And from the sixth hour there was darkness on +all the land till the ninth hour; [27:46]and at about the ninth hour +Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that +is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [27:47]And some of those +standing there hearing him, said, He calls for Elijah. [27:48]And one +of them ran immediately to him, and took a sponge, and filled it with +vinegar, and putting it on a reed gave it to him to drink. [27:49]But +the rest said, Let him alone; let us see if Elijah will come and save +him. [27:50]And Jesus crying again with a loud voice, gave up the +spirit. + +5 [27:51]And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two, from top +to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks rent, [27:52]and the +tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints that slept arose, +[27:53]and going out of the tombs, after his resurrection entered into +the holy city, and appeared to many. + +6 [27:54]And the centurion and those with him watching Jesus, seeing +the earthquake, and the [other] events which occurred, were greatly +afraid, and said, Certainly, this was a Son of God. [27:55]And there +were many women there, beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from +Galilee, to wait upon him; [27:56]among whom were Mary the Magdalene, +and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of +Zebedee. + +7 [27:57]And when it was evening a rich man came from Arimathea, by the +name of Joseph, who himself also was a disciple of Jesus; [27:58]this +man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate +commanded it to be given him; [27:59]and Joseph took the body, and +wrapped it in clean linen, [27:60] and placed it in a new tomb of his +which he had excavated in a rock, and having rolled a great stone to +the door of the tomb he went away; [27:61]and Mary the Magdalene and +the other Mary were there, sitting opposite to the tomb. + + + +CHAPTER XXVII. + +CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION. + +1 [27:62]AND on the next day, which is after the preparation, the chief +priests and Pharisees were assembled together to Pilate, [27:63]and +said, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said when he was yet alive, +After three days I will rise. [27:64]Command, therefore, the tomb to be +made safe till the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal +him, and say to the people, He is raised from the dead, and the last +error be worse than the first. [27:65]Pilate said to them, You have a +guard; go and make it as safe as you can. [27:66]And they went and made +the tomb safe with a guard, having sealed the stone. + +2 [28:1]And after the sabbath, when it began to dawn on the first day +of the week, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the +tomb. [28:2]And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of +the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat +upon it. [28:3]And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing +as white as snow; [28:4]and from fear of him the keepers shook and +became like dead men. [28:5]And the angel answered and said to the +women, Fear not, for I know that you seek Jesus the crucified. [28:6]He +is not here, for he is raised, as he said. Come and see the place where +the Lord lay, [28:7]and go immediately and tell his disciples that he +is raised from the dead; and behold, he will go before you into +Galilee; there shall you see him. Behold, I have told you. [28:8]And +going out immediately from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran +to tell his disciples. + +3 [28:9]And behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail! And they +approached him, and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. +[28:10]Then Jesus said to them, Fear not; go and tell my brothers to go +to Galilee, and there they shall see me. [28:11]And as they went, +behold, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests +all the things which had happened. [28:12]And being assembled with the +elders, and taking counsel, they gave large sums of money to the +soldiers, [28:13]saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole +him while we slept; [28:14]and if this is heard of by the procurator we +will satisfy him and secure you. [28:15]And they took the silver and +did as they were told; and this report is circulated among the Jews to +this day. + +4 [28:16]And the eleven disciples went to Galilee on the mountain where +Jesus had appointed them; [28:17]and they saw and worshipped him; but +some doubted. [28:18]And Jesus coming near spoke to them, saying, All +power is given me in heaven and on the earth; [28:19]go and disciple +all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, +and of the Holy Spirit; [28:20]teaching them to keep all things which I +have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the +consummation of the world. + + + + +THE GOSPEL OF MARK. + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, HIS +TEMPTATIONS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS MINISTRY. + +1 [1:1]THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, +[1:2]as it is written in Isaiah the prophet; Behold, I send my +messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way. [1:3]A voice of +one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his +paths straight. + +2 [1:4]John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a +change of mind for the forgiveness of sins. [1:5]And all the country of +Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were baptized +by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. + +3 [1:6]And John was clothed with camel's hairs and a leather girdle +about his loins, and he eat locusts and wild honey, [1:7]and preached, +saying, After me comes one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes +I am not fit to stoop down and untie; [1:8]I have baptized you with +water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit. + +4 [1:9]In those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee, and was +baptized in the Jordan by John; [1:10]and going up immediately out of +the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a +dove upon him; [1:11]and there was a voice from heaven, You are my +beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. [1:12]And the Spirit +immediately drove him into the wilderness, [1:13]and he was in the +wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the beasts; and +the angels waited on him. + +5 [1:14]And after John was delivered up Jesus came into Galilee +preaching the good news of God, [1:15]saying, The time is completed, +and the kingdom of God is at hand; change your minds and believe in the +good news. [1:16]And passing along by the lake of Galilee, he saw +Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the lake, for +they were fishermen. [1:17]And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I +will make you fishermen of men. [1:18]And immediately leaving their +nets they followed him. [1:19]And proceeding a little further on he +saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; and they were in +the ship mending the nets; [1:20]and he immediately called them. And +leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired men, they went +away after him. + +6 [1:21]And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the sabbath +he taught in the synagogues. [1:22]And they were astonished at his +teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the +scribes. + +7 [1:23]And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an +impure spirit, and he cried out, [1:24]saying, What have you to do with +us, Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you +are, the holy [Son] of God! [1:25]And Jesus rebuked him saying, Be +still, and come out of him. [1:26]And the impure spirit affecting him +with convulsions, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. +[1:27]And all were astonished, so that they inquired among themselves, +saying, What is this? a new teaching with authority, and does he +command the impure spirits and they obey him? [1:28]And his fame went +out immediately into all the country about Galilee. + +8 [1:29]And going immediately out of the synagogue, they came into the +house of Simon and Andrew with James and John; [1:30]and Simon's +mother-in-law was lying with a fever; and immediately they told him of +her. [1:31]And coming, he took her by the hand, and raised her up, and +the fever immediately left her, and she waited on them. + +9 [1:32]And at evening when the sun went down they brought to him all +that were sick, and the demoniacs; [1:33]and the whole city was +assembled at the door. [1:34]And he healed many that were sick with +various diseases, and cast out many demons, and suffered not the demons +to say that they knew him. + +10 [1:35]And in the morning while it was quite dark he arose and went +out, and departed to a solitary place, and there prayed. [1:36]And +Simon and those with him followed him, [1:37]and said to him, All men +seek you. [1:38]And he said to them, Let us go elsewhere to the +adjoining villages to preach there; because for this purpose have I +come. [1:39]And he preached in their synagogues in all Galilee, and +cast out demons. + +11 [1:40]And a leper came to him beseeching him, saying to him, If you +will, you can cleanse me. [1:41]And having compassion on him, he +stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I will; be +cleansed. [1:42]And the leprosy immediately left him, and he was +cleansed. [1:43]And giving him a strict charge, he immediately sent him +away, [1:44]and said to him, See that you say nothing to any one, but +go and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what +Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. [1:45]And going out he spread +and published abroad the report, to such an extent that he [Jesus] +could no longer go openly into a city, but was without in solitary +places; and they came to him from every quarter. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +CHRIST FORGIVING SINS, EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, AND HIS +DOCTRINE OF FASTING, OF THE SABBATH, ETC. + +1 [2:1]AND entering again into Capernaum after some days, it was +reported that he was in the house. [2:2]And many came together +immediately, so that there was no room, not even in the places about +the door; and he spoke to them the word. [2:3]And they came to him +bringing a paralytic, borne by four; [2:4]and not being able to +approach him on account of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where +he was, and having made an opening let down the bed on which the +paralytic was laid. [2:5]And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the +paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven. + +2 [2:6]And some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoned in +their minds, [2:7]Why does this man speak so? he blasphemes. Who can +forgive sins but God alone? [2:8]And Jesus immediately knowing in his +spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, Why do +you reason in your minds? [2:9]in what respect is it easier to say to +the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven you, than to say, Arise, take up +your bed and walk? [2:10]But that you may know that the Son of man has +power to forgive sins on the earth, he said to the paralytic, [2:11]I +tell you, arise, take your bed and go to your house. [2:12]And he was +raised up and immediately taking his bed he went away before all; so +that all were astonished, and glorified God, saying, We never saw the +like. + +3 [2:13]And he went out again by the lake, and all the multitude came +to him, and he taught them. [2:14]And passing by he saw Levi, the son +of Alpheus, sitting at the custom house, and said to him, Follow me; +and he arose and followed him. [2:15]And he was reclining in his house, +and many publicans and sinners also reclined with Jesus and his +disciples, for many also followed him. [2:16]And the scribes and +Pharisees seeing him eating with sinners and publicans, said to his +disciples, Why does he eat and drink with sinners and publicans? +[2:17]And Jesus hearing it, said to them, The well need not a +physician, but the ill; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. + +4 [2:18]And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted. And +they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and the +disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples fast not? +[2:19]And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast as +long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the +bridegroom with them, they cannot fast, [2:20]but days will come when +the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast at +that time. [2:21]No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old +garment; if he does the new piece takes away its fullness from the old, +and the rent is made worse. [2:22]And no one puts new wine into old +bottles; if he does the wine breaks the bottles, and the wine and the +bottles are destroyed. + +5 [2:23]And he was passing on the sabbath through the grain fields, and +his disciples began to make their way, picking heads of grain. +[2:24]And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on the sabbath, +which it is not lawful to do. [2:25]And he said to them, Have you never +read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry? both he and +those with him? [2:26]How he entered into the house of God under +Abiathar the chief priest, and eat the show bread, which it was not +lawful to eat, except for the priests, and gave also to them that were +with him? [2:27]And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and +not man for the sabbath; [2:28]so that the Son of man is Lord even of +the sabbath. + +6 [3:1]And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man +there having a withered hand. [3:2]And they watched him [to see] if he +would cure him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. [3:3]And he +said to the man having the withered hand, Arise in the midst. [3:4]And +he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? +to save life, or to kill? And they were silent. [3:5]And looking around +on them in anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he +said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and +his hand was restored. [3:6]And the Pharisees went out immediately with +the Herodians, and took counsel against him to kill him. + +7 [3:7]And Jesus went away with his disciples to the lake; and a great +multitude followed him from Galilee, [3:8]and from Jerusalem, and from +Judea, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan. And those about Tyre and +Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what he did, came to him. [3:9]And he +told his disciples to have a boat constantly attend him on account of +the multitude, that they might not throng him. [3:10]For he cured many, +so that all who had diseases fell down before him, that they might +touch him; [3:11]and the impure spirits when they saw him fell down +before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God. [3:12] And he +strictly charged them not to make him known. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +CHRIST CALLING THE TWELVE APOSTLES, THE CHARACTER OF HIS MIRACLES, +ETC., AND HIS LOVE FOR HIS DISCIPLES. + +1 [3:13]AND he went up on the mountain, and called whom he would; and +they went to him. [3:14]And he appointed twelve, that they should be +with him, and that he might send them out to preach, [3:15]and have +power to cast out demons. [3:16]And he gave to Simon the name of Peter. +[He appointed him], [3:17]and James the son of Zebedee, and John the +brother of James--and he gave them the names of Boanerges, which is, +Sons of thunder-- [3:18]and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and +Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and +Simon the Zealot, [3:19]and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And +they came into a house, [3:20]and again a multitude came together, so +that they could not eat bread. [3:21]And those with him hearing of it, +went out to take him; for they said, He is beside himself. + +2 [3:22]And the scribes coming down from Jerusalem said, He has +Beelzebul, and casts out demons by the ruler of demons. [3:23]And +calling them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out +Satan? [3:24]And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom +cannot stand; [3:25]and if a house is divided against itself, that +house cannot stand; [3:26]and if Satan has risen up against himself, +and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. [3:27]But no one can +enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he +first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. [3:28]I +tell you truly, That all sins and blasphemies with which they blaspheme +shall be forgiven the children of men; [3:29]but whoever blasphemes +against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness, but is the +subject of an eternal mistake; [3:30]because they said, He has an +impure spirit. + +3 [3:31]Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing without, +sent to him to call him. [3:32]And a multitude sat around him. And they +said to him, Behold your mother, and your brothers, and your sisters +seek you without. [3:33] And he answered them and said, Who is my +mother, or my brothers? [3:34]And looking round on those sitting about +him, he said, Behold my mother, and my brothers! [3:35]Whoever shall do +the will of God, this is my brother, and sister, and mother. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +CHRIST'S PARABLES BY THE LAKE, AND HIS STILLING A TEMPEST. 1 [4:1]AND +again he taught by the lake; and a very great multitude came together +to him, so that entering into a ship he sat on the lake, and all the +multitude were by the lake on the land. [4:2]And he taught them many +things in parables, and said to them, in his teaching, [4:3]Hear! +behold a sower went out to sow; [4:4]and in sowing, some fell on the +way, and the birds came and devoured it. [4:5]And some fell on a rocky +place, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because +it had no depth of earth; [4:6]and when the sun rose, it was scorched, +and because it had no root it was dried up. [4:7]And some fell among +thorns; and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. +[4:8]And some fell on good ground, and produced fruit, growing up and +increasing, and bore one thirty, one sixty, and one a hundred. [4:9]And +he said, He that has ears, let him hear. + +2 [4:10]And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, asked +him the parable. [4:11]And he said to them, To you is given the mystery +of the kingdom of God, but to those without all things are in parables; +[4:12]that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may +hear, and not understand, lest at any time they should turn, and be +forgiven. [4:13]And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How +then will you know all parables? + +3 [4:14]The sower sows the word. [4:15]And these are those where the +word is sown by the way; and when they hear, Satan comes immediately +and takes away the word which was sown upon them. [4:16]And these in +like manner are those sown on the rocky places; when they hear the +word, they immediately receive it with joy, [4:17]and have no root in +themselves, but are temporary [disciples]. Then, when affliction or +persecution occurs on account of the word, they are immediately +offended. [4:18]And those sown among thorns are different. They are +those who hear the word, [4:19]and the cares of life, and the +deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things coming in, +choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. [4:20]And these are those +sown in good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit, +one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. + +4 [4:21]And he said to them, Does a light come to be put under a modius +[1.916 gallon measure], or under a bed? and not to be put in a +candlestick? [4:22]For there is nothing hid that shall not be made +manifest, nor any thing concealed that shall not come to light. +[4:23]If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. [4:24]And he said to +them, Consider what you hear. With what measure you measure it shall be +measured to you, and more shall be given you. [4:25]For whoever has, +to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him even what he has +shall be taken away. + +5 [4:26]And he said, So is the kingdom of God as a man casts the seeds +into the earth, [4:27]and sleeps and wakes, night and day, and the seed +germinates, and grows he knows not how. [4:28]The earth produces +spontaneously, first the stalk, then the head, then the full wheat in +the head. [4:29]And when the wheat delivers itself, he immediately +sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come. [4:30]And he said, +To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? or with what parable shall I +present it? [4:31]It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the +earth is the least of all seeds on the earth; [4:32]but when sown, it +comes up, and becomes the greatest of all plants, and produces great +branches, so that the birds of heaven can dwell under its shade. +[4:33]And with many such parables spoke he the word to them as they +could hear; [4:34]but without a parable spoke he not to them; and, +privately, he explained all things to his disciples. + +6 [4:35]And on that day, when it was evening, he said to them, Let us +cross over to the other side. [4:36]And dismissing the multitude, they +took him as he was in the ship; and other ships also were with him. +[4:37]And there was a great tempest of wind, and the waves beat over +the ship, so that the ship was already filled. [4:38]And he was in the +stern, on the pillow, asleep. And they awoke him and said to him, +Teacher, do you not care that we perish? [4:39]And he arose, and +rebuked the wind, and said to the lake, Hush! Be still! And the wind +ceased, and there was a great calm. [4:40]And he said to them, Why are +you so fearful? How have you no faith? [4:41]And they were greatly +afraid, and said one to another, What man is this, that even the wind +and the lake obey him? + + + +CHAPTER V. + +CHRIST CURING A DEMONIAC AND THE WOMAN WITH A HEMORRHAGE, AND RAISING A +DEAD CHILD. + +1 [5:1]AND they came across the lake to the country of the Gerasenes. +[5:2]And as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit +immediately met him from the tombs, [5:3]who lived in the tombs, and +none could bind him with a chain; [5:4]for he was often bound with +fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters +crushed, and no one could subdue him. [5:5]And he was always night and +day in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself +with stones. [5:6]And seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran and worshipped +him, [5:7]and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with +me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to +torment me. [5:8] For he said to him, Impure spirit, come out of the +man. [5:9]And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My +name is Legion, for we are many. + +2 [5:10]And they besought him much that he would not send them out of +the country. [5:11]And there was there on the mountain a great herd of +swine feeding. [5:12]And they besought him, saying, Send us to the +swine, that we may go into them. [5:13]And Jesus immediately permitted +them. And the impure spirits going out entered into the swine, and the +herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, about two thousand, and +were drowned in the lake. + +3 [5:14]And those who fed them fled and told it in the city and in the +country; and they came out to see what was done. [5:15]And they came to +Jesus, and saw the demoniac who had the legion, sitting down, clothed, +and in his right mind, and they were afraid. [5:16]And those who saw +related to them how it had been with the demoniac, and concerning the +swine. [5:17]And they besought him to depart from their bounds. +[5:18]And entering into the ship, the man that had been a demoniac +besought him that he might go with him; [5:19]and he permitted him not, +but said to him, Go to your home, to your friends, and relate to them +what the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you. +[5:20]And he went away and proclaimed in the Decapolis what great +things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered. + +4 [5:21]And Jesus having crossed again in the ship to the other side, a +great multitude came together to him; and he was by the lake. [5:22]And +one of the synagogue rulers came, Jairus by name, and seeing him, fell +at his feet, [5:23] and besought him much, saying, My little daughter +is at the point of death; come and lay hands on her, that she may be +restored, and she shall live. [5:24]And he went away with him; and a +great multitude followed him, and thronged him. [5:25]And a certain +woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years, [5:26]and having taken many +things by many physicians, and expended all her property, and not being +benefited, but rather growing worse, [5:27]hearing of Jesus, came in +the crowd behind him and touched his clothes. [5:28]For she said, If I +can touch his clothes I shall be cured. + +5 [5:29]And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she +knew in herself that she was cured of the plague. [5:30]And Jesus +immediately knowing in himself that a power had gone out from him, +turning round in the crowd said, Who touched my clothes? [5:31]And his +disciples said to him, You see the multitude throng you, and do you +say, Who touched me? [5:32]And he looked round to see her that had done +this. [5:33]And the woman being afraid, and trembling, knowing what was +done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. +[5:34]And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in +peace, and be well of your plague. + +6 [5:35]And while he was yet speaking persons came from the house of +the synagogue ruler, saying, Your daughter is dead; why trouble the +teacher? [5:36] And Jesus hearing the word spoken, said to the +synagogue ruler, Fear not, only believe. [5:37]And he permitted no man +to accompany him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of +James. [5:38]And they came to the house of the synagogue ruler, and saw +the tumult, and the people weeping and lamenting much. [5:39]And he +went in and said to them, Why do you make a tumult and weep? the little +child is not dead, but sleeps. [5:40]And they derided him. And putting +them all out, he took the father and mother of the little child, and +those with him, and went in where the little child was; [5:41]and +taking the hand of the little child, he said to her, Talitha cum, which +is interpreted, Girl, I tell you arise; [5:42]and immediately the girl +arose and walked about, for she was twelve years old. And they were +astonished with great astonishment. [5:43]And he charged them strictly +that no one should know it, and directed that food should be given her. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +CHRIST AT NAZARETH, SENDING OUT HIS TWELVE APOSTLES TO PREACH, THE +DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE REPORT OF THE APOSTLES, FEEDING FIVE +THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE. + +1 [6:1]AND he departed thence, and came into his own country. And his +disciples followed him. [6:2]And when it was the sabbath, he taught in +the synagogue; and many heard him and were astonished, and said, Whence +has this man these things? and what is the wisdom given to him? And +[what are] these mighty works done by his hands? [6:3]Is not this the +carpenter? the son of Mary? and a brother of James, and Joset, and +Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were +offended with him. [6:4]And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not +without honor, except in his own country, and with his relations, and +in his own house. [6:5]And he could not do any mighty work there, +except that he laid hands on a few sick persons, and cured them. +[6:6]And he wondered at their unbelief. And he went about the villages +in order, teaching. + +2 [6:7]And he called the twelve, and sent them out two and two, and +gave them power over impure spirits; [6:8]and charged them to take +nothing for the way, except a staff only; not bread, nor a provision +sack, nor copper in the girdle, [6:9]but to wear sandals, and not to +put on two coats. [6:10]And he said to them, Where you enter into a +house, there remain till you go out thence. [6:11] And whatever place +will not receive you, nor hear you, when you go out thence shake off +the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them. [6:12]And +going out, they preached that [men] should change their minds, +[6:13]and cast out many demons, and anointed many sick persons with +oil, and cured them. + +3 [6:14]And Herod the king, heard [of Jesus], for his name was widely +known, and said, John the Baptist has risen from the dead; and on this +account the mighty works are performed by him. [6:15]But others said, +he is Elijah; and others said, He is a prophet, like one of the +prophets. [6:16]But Herod hearing of him, said, This is John whom I +beheaded; he has been raised up. [6:17]For Herod had sent and taken +John, and, put him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother +Philip's wife, because he had married her. [6:18]For John said to +Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. [6:19]And +Herodias was displeased with him, and wished to kill him, but was not +able. [6:20]For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and +holy man, and he preserved him, and hearing him, did many things, and +heard him gladly. [6:21] And on a convenient day, when Herod made a +supper in honor of his birthday, for his great men, and the chiliarchs, +and the first men of Galilee, [6:22]the daughter of this Herodias came +in and danced, and pleased Herod, and those that reclined with him. And +the king said to the girl, Ask me what you will and I will give it to +you; [6:23]and he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me I will +give you, to half of my kingdom. [6:24]And she went out and said to her +mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. +[6:25]And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, +saying, I wish you to give me immediately on a plate the head of John +the Baptist. + +4 [6:26]And the king was extremely sorry, but on account of the oaths, +and those reclining with him, he was not willing to refuse her. +[6:27]And the king immediately sending an executioner, commanded him to +bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison, +[6:28]and brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the girl, and the +girl gave it to her mother. [6:29]And his disciples hearing of it, came +and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb. + +5 [6:30]And the apostles came together to Jesus and reported to him all +things, both what they had done and what instructions they had given. +[6:31]And he said to them, Come to a solitary place by yourselves, and +rest a little; for many were coming and going, and there was no +convenient time to eat. [6:32]And they went away to a solitary place in +the ship by themselves. [6:33]And many saw them going, and knew them; +and they ran together there from all the cities on foot, and went +before them. [6:34]And going out he saw a great multitude, and had +compassion on them, for they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and +he taught them much. + +6 [6:35]And when much time had already passed, his disciples came to +him and said, This is a solitary place, and much time has already +passed; [6:36]dismiss them, that they may go to the farms and villages +around, and buy them something to eat. [6:37]And he answered and said +to them, Give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go +and buy two hundred denarii [$28] worth of bread, and give them to eat? +[6:38]And he said to them, How many loaves have you? go and see. And +knowing, they said, Five, and two fishes. [6:39]And he commanded them +to cause all to recline in companies on the green grass. [6:40]And they +sat down in squares, by hundreds and by fifties. [6:41]And taking the +five loaves and two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and +broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them. +And he divided the two fishes to all. [6:42]And they all eat, and were +filled; [6:43]and they took up of fragments twelve traveling-baskets +full, and of the fishes. [6:44] And they that eat the bread were five +thousand men. + +7 [6:45]And he immediately constrained his disciples to go into the +ship, and to go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he +dismissed the multitude; [6:46]and having dismissed them, he went away +to the mountain to pray. [6:47]And when it was evening, the ship was in +the midst of the lake, and he alone on the land. [6:48]And seeing them +troubled to proceed, for the wind was against them, about the fourth +watch of the night he came to them walking on the lake, and wished to +pass by them. [6:49]And seeing him walking on the lake, they thought it +was an apparition, and cried out, [6:50]for they all saw and were +troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them, Be of +good courage; it is I; be not afraid. [6:51]And he went up to them into +the ship, and the wind ceased, and they were astonished in themselves +above measure, and wondered; [6:52]for they understood not concerning +the bread, for their heart was hardened. + +8 [6:53]And crossing over they came to the land of Gennesaret, and came +to anchor. [6:54]And going out of the ship, they immediately knew him, +[6:55]and ran about through that whole country, and brought those that +were sick on beds where they heard that he was. [6:56]And wherever he +went, in villages, or cities, or country places, they placed the sick +in the markets, and besought him that they might touch the fringe of +his garment, and as many as touched him were cured. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF DEFILEMENT; CURING A GENTILE DEMONIAC, AND A DEAF +AND DUMB PERSON. + +1 [7:1]AND the Pharisees and some of the scribes having come from +Jerusalem came together to him, [7:2]and seeing some of his disciples +eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands, [they found fault]. +[7:3]For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not unless they wash their +hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders. [7:4]And from +a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other +[customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and +sextuses [1 1-2 pint measures], and brass vessels, and beds. [7:5]And +the Pharisees and scribes asked, Why do not your disciples conform to +the tradition of the elders; but eat bread with defiled hands? + +2 [7:6]And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophecy of you, +hypocrites, as it is written; This people honors me with the lips, but +their heart is far from me; [7:7]but in vain do they worship me, +teaching for teachings the commandments of men; [7:8]for leaving the +commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men. + +3 [7:9]And he said to them, Well do you reject the commandment of God, +to keep your tradition; [7:10]for Moses said, Honor your father and +your mother, and, He that reviles father or mother, let him surely die. +[7:11]But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is a +corban, which is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me, [he +shall be free]; [7:12]and suffer him no longer to do any thing for his +father or his mother; [7:13]making the word of God of no effect by your +tradition which you have delivered; and many such things you do. +[7:14]And again calling all the people, he said to them, Hear me, all +of you, and understand. [7:15]Nothing which being out of a man entering +into him, can defile him; but those things which proceed from the man, +these are the things which defile the man. + +4 [7:17]And when he had gone from the multitude into the house, his +disciples asked him concerning the parable. [7:18]And he said to them, +Are you also so without understanding? Do you not understand that +nothing which enters into a man from without can defile him, +[7:19]because it enters not into his heart, but into the stomach, and +goes out to the earth, purifying all aliments? [7:20] But he said, +that which comes out of the man, this defiles him; [7:21]for from +within, from the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, fornications, +[7:22] thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousness, malice, deceit, +lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. [7:23]All these +evil things proceed from within, and defile the man. + +5 [7:24]And he rose up, and departed thence to the regions of Tyre. And +entering into a house he wished no one to know it; and he could not be +hid. [7:25]But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure +spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; [7:26]and she +was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the +demon out of her daughter. [7:27]And he said to her, Suffer the +children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's +bread, and cast it to the little dogs. [7:28]And she answered and said +to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the +children's crumbs. [7:29]And he said to her, For this speech, go; the +demon has gone out of your daughter. [7:30]And departing to her house, +she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out. + +6 [7:31]And again going out of the bounds of Tyre, he came through +Sidon, to the lake of Galilee, in the midst of the bounds of Decapolis. +[7:32]And they brought him a dumb man that stammered, and besought him +to put his hand on him. [7:33]And taking him from the multitude by +himself, he put his fingers in his ears, and spit, and touched his +tongue, [7:34]and looking up to heaven he groaned, and said to him, +Ephphatha, which is, Be opened. [7:35]And immediately his ears were +opened, and the cord of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke correctly. +[7:36]And he charged them to tell no one; but as much as he charged +them, so much the more they proclaimed [his works]. [7:37]And they were +astonished above measure, and said, He has done all things well; he +makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +CHRIST FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND, REFUSING TO GIVE A SIGN FROM HEAVEN, +WARNING HIS DISCIPLES AGAINST THE PHARISEES, CURING A BLIND MAN, +CALLING FORTH PETER'S CONFESSION, AND PREDICTING HIS OWN DEATH. + +1 [8:1]IN those days, again a very great multitude being [around him], +and not having any thing to eat, calling his disciples, he said to +them, [8:2]I have compassion on the multitude, because already they +have continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat; [8:3]and if +I send them fasting to their homes, they will faint by the way, for +some of them are from afar. [8:4]And his disciples answered him, Whence +will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a wilderness? +[8:5]And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven. +[8:6]And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and +taking the seven loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to +his disciples to set before them, and they set them before the people. +[8:7]And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he +commanded to present them also. [8:8]And they eat and were filled; and +they took up of the fragments that remained over, seven store-baskets; +[8:9]and they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them. + +2 [8:10]And entering immediately into the ship, with his disciples, he +came into the parts of Dalmanutha. [8:11]And the Pharisees went out and +questioned him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, to try him. +[8:12]And groaning in his spirit, he said, Why does this generation +seek a sign? I tell you truly, there shall no sign be given to this +generation. [8:13]And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and +went away to the other side. + +3 [8:14]And they forgot to take bread, and had but one loaf with them +in the ship. [8:15]And he charged them, saying, Observe and beware of +the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. [8:16]And they +reasoned with themselves, because they had no bread. [8:17]And Jesus +knowing it, said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? +Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened? +[8:18]Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? +And do you not remember? [8:19]When I broke the five loaves for the +five thousand, how many traveling baskets of fragments took you up? +They said to him, Twelve. [8:20]And when I broke the seven loaves for +the four thousand, how many store-baskets of fragments took you up? And +they said, Seven. [8:21]And he said to them, Do you not yet understand? + +4 [8:22]And they came to Bethsaida; and they brought him a blind man, +and besought him to touch him. [8:23]And taking the hand of the blind +man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his eyes, and +putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any thing? [8:24]And +looking up he said, I see men, as trees walking. [8:25]Then he put his +hands on his eyes again, and he looked, and was restored, and saw all +things clearly. [8:26]And he sent him to his house, saying, Go not into +the village. + +5 [8:27]And Jesus went away, and his disciples, to the villages of +Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to +them, Who do men say that I am? [8:28]And they spoke to him, saying, +John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others still, One of the +prophets. [8:29]And he asked them, And who say you that I am? Peter +answered and said to him, You are the Christ. [8:30] And he charged +them to tell no one of him. [8:31]And he began to teach them that the +Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and +the chief priests, and the scribes; and be killed, and after three days +be raised again. [8:32]And he spoke this word plainly; and Peter taking +hold of him, rebuked him. [8:33]But turning round, and looking on his +disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, Get behind me, Satan! for you +regard not the things of God, but the things of men. + +6 [8:34]And calling the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, +Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up +his cross and follow me. [8:35]For whoever wishes to save his life, +shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, and that of +the good news, shall save it. [8:36]For what will it profit a man to +gain the whole world and lose his life? [8:37]for what is the exchange +for his life? [8:38]For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, in +this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also +be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father, with the holy +angels. [9:1]And he said to them, I tell you truly, that there are some +of those standing here, who shall not taste death till they see the +kingdom of God having come with power. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +CHRIST TRANSFIGURED, CURING A DEMONIAC, AGAIN PREDICTING HIS DEATH, THE +PRINCIPLES OF HIS KINGDOM. + +1 [9:2]AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and +brought them up on a high mountain by themselves alone, and was +transfigured before them; [9:3]and his garments became shining, +extremely white, so that no fuller on the earth could whiten them. +[9:4]And Elijah appeared to them; with Moses, and they conversed with +Jesus. [9:5]And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for +us to be here; and we will make three tabernacles, one for you, and one +for Moses, and one for Elijah; [9:6]for he knew not what he answered, +for they were afraid. [9:7]And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice +came from the cloud, This is my beloved Son; hear him. [9:8]And looking +round immediately they no longer saw any one but Jesus alone with them. + +2 [9:9]And coming down from the mountain he charged them to tell no man +what they had seen, till the Son of man should have risen from the +dead. [9:10]And they kept the word, inquiring with themselves what the +rising from the dead meant. [9:11]And they asked him, saying, Why do +the scribes say that Elijah must first come? [9:12]And he said to them, +Elijah comes first, and restores all things; as also it is written of +the Son of man, That he shall suffer many things, and be set at naught; +[9:13]but I tell you, that Elijah has come, and they have done to him +what they wished, as it was written of him. + +3 [9:14]And coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude about +them, and the scribes disputing with them. [9:15]And immediately all +the multitude seeing him, were highly pleased, and ran forward and +saluted him. [9:16]And he asked, What were you disputing about with +them? [9:17]And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I have +brought my son to you, having a dumb spirit; [9:18]and wherever it +takes him it convulses him, and he foams and grates his teeth, and +becomes emaciated. And I spoke to your disciples to cast it out, and +they could not. [9:19]And he answered and said to them, O faithless +and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I +suffer you? Bring him to me. [9:20]And they brought him to him. And +seeing him, the spirit immediately affected him with convulsions, and +he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming. [9:21]And he asked +his father, How long a time is it since this came upon him? And he +said, From a little child; [9:22]and it often casts him into fire, and +into waters, to destroy him; but if you are able, help us, and have +mercy on us. [9:23]And Jesus said to him, If you are able? all things +are possible to him that believes. [9:24]And the father of the little +child immediately crying out, said, I believe; help my unbelief. + +4 [9:25]And Jesus seeing that a multitude ran together, rebuked the +impure spirit, saying to him, Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come +out of him, and enter into him no more. [9:26]And crying out and +affecting him with many convulsions, he went out. And he was like a +dead person, so that many said, He is dead. [9:27]But Jesus took him +by the hand and raised him up, and he stood up. [9:28]And when he went +into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not +cast it out? [9:29]And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing +but prayer. + +5 [9:30]And departing thence, he passed through Galilee, and desired +that no one should know him, [9:31]for he taught his disciples, and +said to them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and +they shall kill him. And when he is killed, on the third day he shall +rise again. [9:32]And they understood not the word, and were afraid to +ask him. + +6 [9:33]And he came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he +asked them, What did you dispute about on the way? [9:34]And they were +silent; for they had disputed with each other on the way as to who was +the greatest. [9:35]And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to +them, If any one wishes to be first, he shall be last of all, and a +servant of all. [9:36]And taking a little child, he put it in the midst +of them, and taking it in his arms, said to them, [9:37] Whoever +receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever +receives me, receives not me, but him that sent me. [9:38]And John +spoke to him, saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in +your name, who follows not us, and we forbade him. [9:39]And Jesus +said, Forbid him not; for no one will perform a mighty work in my name, +and be able lightly to speak evil of me. [9:40]For whoever is not +against us is for us; [9:41]and whoever gives you a cup of water +because you are Christ's, truly he shall not lose his reward. + +7 [9:42]And whoever shall offend one of the little ones having faith, +it would be better for him if a millstone was put about his neck and he +was cast into the sea. [9:43]And if your hand offends you, cut it off; +it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having two hands +to go away into hell, into the inextinguishable fire. [9:45]And if your +foot offends you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life +lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell. [9:47]And if your eye +offends you, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the +kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell, +[9:48]where the worm dies not and the fire is not extinguished. [9:49] +For every man shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be +salted with salt. [9:50]Salt is good; but if the salt has become +insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be +at peace one with another. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN AND THE WAY OF SALVATION, HIS +DEATH PREDICTED, AND SIGHT RESTORED TO BARTIMEUS. + +1 [10:1]AND he arose and went thence into the bounds of Judea, and +beyond the Jordan; and again multitudes came together to him, and again +he taught them as he was accustomed. [10:2]And the Pharisees came and +asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? +[10:3]And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you? +[10:4]And they said, Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorcement +and put her away. [10:5]And Jesus said to them, Because of your +hardness of heart, he wrote you this ordinance; [10:6]but from the +beginning of creation, he made them male and female. [10:7]For this +cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and the two shall be one +flesh; [10:8] so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. [10:9]What +God therefore has yoked together, let not man separate. + +2 [10:10]And his disciples asked him again, in the house, concerning +this. [10:11]And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and +marries another, commits adultery with her; [10:12]and if a woman puts +away her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. + +3 [10:13]And they brought him little children that he should touch +them; and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. [10:14]But +Jesus seeing it, was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little +children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom +of God. [10:15]I tell you truly, that whoever does not receive the +kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. [10:16]And +he took them in his arms, and laid his hands on them, and blessed them. + +4 [10:17]And as he was going on the way, one ran before and kneeled +down to him, and asked him, Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit +eternal life? [10:18]And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? +none is good but one, God. [10:19]You know the commandments; You shall +not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall +not testify falsely, You shall not defraud, Honor your father and +mother. [10:20]And he answered and said to him, Teacher, all these have +I kept from my youth. [10:21]And Jesus looking at him, loved him, and +said to him, One thing you lack; go and sell what you have, and give to +the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and come and take up +your cross and follow me. [10:22]And he was grieved at this saying, and +went away sad, for he had great possessions. + +5 [10:23]And Jesus looking around said to his disciples, With what +difficulty shall those having riches enter into the kingdom of God! +[10:24]And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus +answered again and said to them, Children, with what difficulty shall +those who trust in riches enter into the kingdom of God! [10:25]It is +easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, than for a +rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. [10:26]And they were greatly +astonished, and said to themselves, Who then can be saved? [10:27]Jesus +looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for +with God all things are possible. + +6 [10:28]Peter said to him, Behold we have left all things and followed +you. [10:29]Jesus said, I tell you truly, there is no one who has left +a house, or brothers, or sisters, or a mother, or father, or children, +or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the good news, [10:30]who +shall not receive a hundred fold now at this present time, houses, and +brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with +persecutions, and in the life to come eternal life. [10:31]But many +first shall be last, and the last first. + +7 [10:32]And they were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went +before them; and they were amazed, and afraid, as they followed him. +And again taking the twelve aside, he told them the things that were +about to befall him; [10:33] Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son +of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they +will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the gentiles, [10:34]and +they will mock him, and spit on him, and scourge him, and kill him, and +after three days he shall rise again. + +8 [10:35]And James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, +Teacher, we wish you to do for us what we will ask of you. [10:36]And +he said to them, What do you wish me to do for you? [10:37]And they +said to him, Grant us that we may sit one on your right hand, and the +other on your left, in your glory. [10:38] And Jesus said to them, You +know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be +baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? [10:39] And they +said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall drink of the cup +of which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am +baptized; [10:40]but to sit on my right hand, or left, is not mine to +give but to those for whom it is prepared. + +9 [10:41]And the ten, hearing this, were displeased with James and +John. [10:42]And Jesus called them and said to them, You know that +those who desire to rule the gentiles exercise lordship over them, and +their great men exercise authority over them; [10:43]but it shall not +be so with you. But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be +your minister; [10:44]and whoever wishes to be first of you, let him be +a servant of all. [10:45]For the Son of man also came not to be +served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many. + +10 [10:46]And they came to Jericho. And as he went from Jericho, and +his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timeus, Bartimeus, a +blind beggar, sat by the way. [10:47]And hearing that Jesus was the +Nazarene, he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. +[10:48]And many charged him to be still. But he cried much more, Son +of David, have mercy on me. [10:49]And Jesus stopping, said, Call him. +And they called the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage; +arise, he calls you. [10:50]And he cast aside his garment, and leaping +up went to Jesus. [10:51]And Jesus answered him and said, What do you +wish me to do for you? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I +may receive my sight. [10:52]And Jesus said to him, Go; your faith has +cured you. And he immediately received sight, and followed him in the +way. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, CURSING THE BARREN FIG TREE, +PURIFYING THE TEMPLE, INCULCATING FAITH IN GOD, AND REPLYING TO THE +PHARISEES. + +1 [11:1]AND when they came near to Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, +at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, [11:2]and said to +them, Go into the village opposite to you, and as you enter it you will +immediately find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; untie him and +bring him. [11:3]And if any one says to you, Why do you do this? say, +The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him. [11:4]And +they went and found a colt tied at the door without, at the crossing of +the streets, and they untied him. [11:5]And some of those standing +there said to them, Why do you untie the colt? [11:6]And they said as +Jesus directed, and they let them go. + +2 [11:7]And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put on it their +clothes, and he sat on it. [11:8]And many spread their clothes in the +way; and others cutting branches from the trees spread them in the way; +[11:9]and those who went before, and those who followed, cried, +Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! +[11:10]Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, which is coming! +Hosanna in the highest [heavens]! [11:11]And Jesus went into Jerusalem, +and into the temple, and looking round on all things when it was now +evening he went out to Bethany with the twelve. + +3 [11:12]And on the next day as they returned from Bethany he was +hungry; [11:13]and seeing a fig tree at a distance having leaves, he +went to see if he could find any thing on it. And having come to it, he +found nothing except leaves, for it was not time for figs. [11:14]And +he spoke and said to it, Let no one eat fruit of you forever! And his +disciples heard him. + +4 [11:15]And they came to Jerusalem, and going into the temple he cast +out those that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables +of the brokers, and the seats of those that sold doves, [11:16]and +permitted no one to carry a vessel through the temple. [11:17]And he +taught them, saying, It is written, my house shall be called a house of +prayer for all nations; but you have made it a den of robbers. +[11:18]And the scribes and chief priests came and sought how they might +destroy him, for they feared him, because all the people were +astonished at his teaching. [11:19]And when it was evening he went out +of the city. + +5 [11:20]And passing along in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried +up from the roots. [11:21]And Peter remembering, said to him, Rabbi, +behold the fig tree which you cursed is dried up. [11:22]And Jesus +answered and said to them, Have faith in God; [11:23]I tell you truly, +that whoever shall say to this mountain, be raised up and be cast into +the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what +he says will be done, whatever he says shall be done for him. +[11:24]Therefore I tell you, all things whatever which you ask in +prayer, believe that you shall receive them, and you shall have them. +[11:25] And when you stand praying, forgive if you have any thing +against any, that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses. + +6 [11:27]And they came again to Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the +temple, the chief priests, and scribes, and elders came to him, +[11:28]and said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or +who gave you this authority to do them? [11:29]And Jesus said to them, +I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what +authority I do these things. [11:30]The baptism of John; was it from +heaven, or of men? answer me. [11:31]And they reasoned with +themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say, Why did you not +believe him? [11:32]But if we say from men, they feared the people, for +all considered John as a prophet indeed. [11:33]And they answered and +said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither do I +tell you by what authority I do these things. + +7 [12:1]And he said to them, in parables, A man planted a vineyard and +made a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let +it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. [12:2]And he sent a servant to +the husbandmen at the time to receive from the husbandmen of the fruits +of the vineyard; [12:3] and they took him, and beat him, and sent him +away empty. [12:4]And again he sent another servant to them, and they +wounded him on the head, and treated him shamefully. [12:5]And he sent +another, and they killed him; and many others, and they beat some, and +killed some. [12:6]Having yet one beloved son, he sent him last to +them, saying, They will reverence my son. + +8 [12:7]But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; +come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. [12:8]And +seizing him, they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. +[12:9]What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy +those husbandmen, and let the vineyard to others. [12:10]Have you not +read this Scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, has become +the head of a corner; [12:11]this is from the Lord, and it is wonderful +in our eyes? [12:12]And they sought to take him, and feared the +multitude, for they knew that he spoke this parable against them. And +they left him, and went away. + +9 [12:13]And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and Herodians to +ensnare him in his words. [12:14]And they came and said to him, +Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no one, for you +respect not the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it +lawful to pay tribute to Caesar or not? [12:15]Shall we pay? or shall +we not pay? But he knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you +try me? Bring me a denarius [14 cents], that I may see it. [12:16]And +they brought him one. And he said to them, Whose is this figure, and +the inscription? And they said to him, Caesar's. [12:17]And Jesus said, +Render Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's to God. And they wondered at +him. + +10 [12:18]And the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no +resurrection, and asked him, saying, [12:19]Teacher, Moses wrote to us, +that if one's brother dies and leaves a wife, and leaves no child, his +brother shall take his wife and raise up children for his brother. +[12:20]There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died, +and left no child; [12:21]and the second took her, and died leaving no +child; and the third in like manner. [12:22]And the seven left no +child. Last of all, the woman died also. [12:23]In the resurrection, +when they rise, whose wife shall she be? for the seven had her as a +wife. [12:24]Jesus said to them, Do you not err on this account, not +knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? [12:25]For when they rise +from the dead, they neither marry nor are married, but are like angels +in heaven. [12:26]But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not +read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I +am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? +[12:27]He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; you greatly err. + +11 [12:28]And one of the scribes coming forward hearing them disputing, +knowing that he answered them well, asked him, What commandment is +first of all? [12:29] Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, the Lord +our God is one Lord; [12:30]and you shall love the Lord your God with +all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. +[12:31]Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There +is no other commandment greater than these. [12:32]And the scribe said +to him, Well, teacher, you have said truly; there is one [God], and no +other but him; [12:33]and to love him with all the heart, and all the +understanding, and all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as +himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. [12:34]And +Jesus seeing him, that he answered understandingly, said to him, You +are not far from the kingdom of God; and no one dared to question him +more. + +12 [12:35]And Jesus answered and said, teaching in the temple, How do +the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? [12:36]David +himself said, by the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my +right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. [12:37]David +himself calls him Lord, and whence is he his son? And the great +multitude heard him gladly. + +13 [12:38]And he said to them in his teaching, Beware of the scribes +who desire to walk in long robes, and desire salutations in the +markets, [12:39]and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first +places at feasts; [12:40]who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence +make long prayers. They shall receive a greater judgment. + +14 [12:41]And sitting opposite to the treasury, he observed how the +multitude cast copper into the treasury. And many rich men cast in +much; [12:42]and one poor widow came and cast in two lepta, which is a +quadrans [4 mills]. [12:43] And calling his disciples, he said to them, +I tell you truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than all who +have cast into the treasury. [12:44]For all [others] have cast in of +their abundance; but she of her want has cast in all that she had her +entire living. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE JEWISH +COMMONWEALTH. + +1 [13:1]AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to +him, Teacher, see what stones, and what buildings! [13:2]And Jesus +said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be left +a stone upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down. [13:3]And as he +sat on the mount of Olives, opposite to the temple, Peter, and James, +and John, and Andrew, asked him privately, [13:4]Tell us when shall +these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things are +about to be accomplished? [13:5]And Jesus said to them, See that no man +deceives you; [13:6]for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [the +Christ], and shall deceive many. [13:7]And when you hear of wars and +rumors of wars, be not afraid, for these things must be; but the end is +not yet. [13:8]For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom +against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in [different] places, +and there shall be famines. These are the beginnings of sorrows. + +2 [13:9]But take heed to yourselves; they shall deliver you up to +Sanhedrims, and you shall be beaten in synagogues, and shall be brought +before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. +[13:10]And the good news must first be preached to all nations. +[13:11]And when they deliver you to afflictions, be not anxious +beforehand what you shall say; but whatever is given you in that hour, +this speak; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit. +[13:12]And brother shall deliver brother to death, and father, son; and +children shall rise up against their parents and kill them; [13:13]and +you shall be hated by all on my account; but he that endures to the end +shall be saved. + +3 [13:14]And when you see the abomination of desolation standing where +it ought not, let him that reads understand, then let those in Judea +flee to the mountains; [13:15]and let not him that is on the house go +down into the house, nor enter to take any thing out of his house; +[13:16]and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his +garment. [13:17]And woe to those with child, and those giving nurse in +those days! [13:18]But pray that it may not be in the winter, +[13:19]for those days shall be an affliction, such as has not been from +the beginning of the creation that God created till now, and shall not +be. [13:20]And unless the Lord had shortened those days no flesh would +be saved; but for the elects' sake, whom he has chosen, he has +shortened the days. + +4 [13:21]And then if any one says to you, Behold the Christ is here! +Behold there! believe it not. [13:22]For false prophets shall arise, +and perform miracles and wonders, to deceive, if possible, the elect. +[13:23]But beware; I have foretold you all things. + +5 [13:24]But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be +darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, [13:25]and the stars +shall fall from heaven, and the powers in the heavens shall be shaken. +[13:26]And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with +great power and glory. [13:27] And then shall he send his angels and +gather together the elect, from the four winds, from the end of the +earth to the end of heaven. + +6 [13:28]But learn the parable of the fig tree. When its branch is now +tender and it puts forth leaves, it is known that the summer is nigh; +[13:29]so also when you see all these things occur, know that [the Son +of man] is nigh, at the doors. [13:30]I tell you truly, that this +generation shall not pass away till all these things are accomplished. +[13:31]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass +away. [13:32]But of that day, and hour, knows no man, not an angel in +heaven, nor the Son; but the Father. [13:33]Observe, watch, for you +know not when the time is. + +7 [13:34]As a man leaving his house to go abroad, and giving authority +to his servants, and to each one his work, commanded the porter to +watch, [13:35] watch, therefore, for you know not when the master of +the house comes; at evening, at midnight, at the cock crowing, or in +the morning; [13:36]lest, coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping. +[13:37]And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch. + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE CONSPIRACY OF JUDAS, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S +SUPPER, ETC. + +1 [14:1]AND after two days was the passover and the unleavened bread. +And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might take him by +deception, and kill him. [14:2]But they said, Not at the feast, lest +there be a tumult of the people. [14:3]And when he was at Bethany, and +was reclining at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came, having a +vase of ointment of genuine nard, extremely costly, and breaking the +vase she poured it out on his head. + +2 [14:4]And some were displeased, [and said] to themselves, Why was +this waste of the ointment? [14:5]For this ointment could have been +sold for more than three hundred denarii [$42] and given to the poor; +and they blamed her. [14:6] But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do you +trouble her? She has performed a good work on me. [14:7]The poor you +have always with you, and you can do them good when you will; but me +you have not always. [14:8]She has done what she could. She anticipated +anointing my body for the burial. [14:9]I tell you truly, that wherever +this good news shall be preached in all the world, this also which she +has done shall be told for a memorial of her. + +3 [14:10]And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief +priests to betray him to them. [14:11]And when they heard him they were +glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might betray +him at a convenient time. + +4 [14:12]And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the +passover, his disciples said to him, Where do you wish us to go and +prepare to eat the passover? [14:13]And he sent two of his disciples, +and said to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you bearing an +earthen pitcher of water. Follow him, [14:14]and where he enters in, +say to the master of the house, The teacher says, where is the public +room in which I may eat the passover with my disciples? [14:15]And he +will show you a large upper room, furnished, ready; and there prepare +for us. [14:16]And his disciples went out, and came into the city, and +found as he had said to them, and prepared the passover. + +5 [14:17]And when it was evening he came, with the twelve, [14:18]And +as they reclined, and were eating, Jesus said, I tell you truly, that +one of you who eats with me will betray me. [14:19]And they were +sorry, and said to him, one by one, Is it I? And another, Is it I? +[14:20]And he said to them, It is one of the twelve who dips with me in +the dish. [14:21]The Son of man goes indeed as it is written of him, +but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would be +good for him if that man had not been born. + +6 [14:22]And as they eat he took the bread, and having blessed, broke +and, gave to them, and said, Take, this is my body. [14:23]And he took +the cup, and having given thanks gave them, and they all drank of it. +[14:24]And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is +poured out for many. [14:25]I tell you truly, that I will drink of the +product of the vine no more till that day when I drink it new in the +kingdom of God. [14:26]And having sung a hymn they went out to the +Mount of Olives. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +CHRIST AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND IN GETHSEMANE. + +1 [14:27]AND Jesus said to them, You will all be offended; for it is +written, I will smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered; +[14:28]but after I am raised I will go before you into Galilee. +[14:29]But Peter said to him, Even if all should be offended, yet I +will not. [14:30]And Jesus said to him, I tell you truly, that to-day, +on this night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me thrice. +[14:31]And he said, more strongly, If it should be necessary for me to +die with you I will by no means deny you; and they all said the same. + +2 [14:32]And they came to a place which was called Gethsemane; and he +said to his disciples, Sit here, till I pray. [14:33]And he took Peter, +and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed and dejected. +[14:34]And he said to them, My soul is extremely sorrowful, even to +death; remain here and watch. [14:35] And going forward a little he +fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour might +pass away from him. [14:36]And he said, Abba, father, all things are +possible to thee. Take away this cup from me; but not what I will but +what thou wilt. [14:37]And he came and found them sleeping, and said to +Peter, Simon, do you sleep? Could you not watch one hour? [14:38]Watch +and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed is willing, +but flesh is weak. [14:39]And again going away he prayed, saying the +same words. [14:40]And again coming he found them sleeping; for their +eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him. [14:41]And he +came a third time, and said to them, Sleep henceforth, and be +refreshed. It is enough; the hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is +betrayed into the hands of sinners! [14:42]arise, let us go; behold, he +that betrays me is at hand! + +3 [14:43]And immediately, while he was yet speaking, Judas the +Iscariot, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with +swords and clubs, from the chief priests, and scribes, and elders. +[14:44]And the traitor had given them this signal, saying, Whom I shall +kiss, he is the one; take him, and lead him away safely. [14:45]And +coming, he immediately approached him, and said, Rabbi! Rabbi! and +kissed him. [14:46]And they laid hands on him and took him. + +4 [14:47]And one of those who stood by drew a sword and struck the +servant of the chief priest, and cut off his car. [14:48]And Jesus +answered and said to them, Have you come out as against a robber, with +swords and clubs to apprehend me? [14:49]I was daily with you in the +temple teaching, and you did not take me. But [it was done] that the +Scriptures might be fulfilled. [14:50]And all forsook him and fled. +[14:51]And one young man followed him with a linen cloth wrapped about +his naked body. And the young men caught him; [14:52]and leaving the +linen cloth he escaped from them naked. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +CHRIST BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, AND BEFORE PILATE. + +1 [14:53]AND they led away Jesus to the chief priest; and all the chief +priests, and elders, and scribes came together to him. [14:54]And +Peter followed him at a distance, till he came into the court of the +chief priest; and he sat with the officers and warmed himself before +the light. [14:55]And the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim sought +testimony against Jesus to kill him, and did not find it. [14:56]For +many testified falsely against him, but their testimony did not agree; +[14:57]and some arose and testified falsely against him, saying, +[14:58]We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands, +and in three days will build another made without hands. [14:59]And +neither in this did their testimony agree. [14:60]And the chief priest +standing up in the midst asked Jesus, saying, Do you not answer any +thing to what these testify against you? [14:61]And he was silent, and +answered nothing. + +2 Again the chief priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the +Christ, the Son of the Blessed? [14:62]And Jesus said, I am; and you +shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power, and +coming with the clouds of heaven. [14:63]And the high priest rent his +clothes, and said, What further need have we of witnesses? [14:64]You +have heard the blasphemy; what do you think? And they all condemned him +to be deserving of death. [14:65]And some spit on him; and they +blindfolded him, and beat him with the fist, and said to him, Prophesy. +And the officers beat him with open hands. + +3 [14:66]And Peter being in the court below, one of the female servants +of the chief priest came, [14:67]and seeing Peter warming himself, +looked at him, and said, You also were with Jesus the Nazarene. +[14:68]But he denied it, saying, I do not know [him]; neither do I know +what you say. And he went out into the porch, and a cock crew. +[14:69]And the female servant seeing him said to those standing by, +This is one of them. [14:70]But he again denied it. And after a short +time those standing by again said to Peter, You are certainly one of +them, for you are also a Galilean. [14:71]And he cursed and swore, I +know not this man of whom you speak. [14:72]And a cock crew a second +time. And Peter was reminded of the word, how Jesus said to him, Before +a cock crows twice, you will deny me thrice. And he wept bitterly. + +4 [15:1]And immediately in the morning, the chief priests taking +counsel with the elders, and scribes, and all the Sanhedrim, bound +Jesus, and brought and delivered him to Pilate. [15:2]And Pilate asked +him, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus answered and said to him, +As you say. [15:3]And the chief priests accused him of many things. +[15:4]And Pilate again asked him saying, Do you answer nothing? see how +many things they charge against you. [15:5]And Jesus answered him not +any more; so that Pilate wondered. + +5 [15:6]And at the feast he released to them a prisoner, whomsoever +they chose. [15:7]And there was a man called Barabbas, bound with the +insurgents, who had committed murder in a sedition. [15:8]And the +multitude went up and requested as he had always done to them. +[15:9]And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you wish me to release to +you the king of the Jews? [15:10]For he knew that the chief priests had +delivered him up from envy. [15:11]But the chief priests moved the +people that he should rather release Barabbas to them. + +6 [15:12]And Pilate again answered and said to them, What, then, do you +wish me to do to him whom you call the king of the Jews? [15:13]And +they cried again, Crucify him! [15:14]And Pilate said to them, [Why]? +for what evil has he done? But they cried more violently, Crucify him! +[15:15]And Pilate wishing to satisfy the multitude released to them +Barabbas; and having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified. + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +CHRIST CRUCIFIED, HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION. + +1 [15:16]AND the soldiers led him away into the court which is the +Praetorium, and called together all the cohort. [15:17]And they put on +him a purple garment, and plaiting a thorny crown put it on him. +[15:18]And they saluted him, Hail, king of the Jews! [15:19]And they +struck his head with a reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped +him. [15:20]And when they had mocked him they took off the purple +garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to +crucify him, [15:21]and compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was +passing along, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and +Rufus, to bear his cross. + +2 [15:22]And they brought him to Golgotha, which is interpreted A place +of a cranium, [15:23]and gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did +not take it. [15:24]And they crucified him, and divided his clothes, +casting lots for them which should take any thing. [15:25]And it was +the third hour when they crucified him, [15:26]and the inscription of +his accusation was written, THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +3 [15:27]And they crucified with him two robbers, one on his right hand +and the other on his left. [15:29]And those who passed by reviled him, +wagging their heads, and saying, Aha, you that destroy the temple and +build it in three days! [15:30]save yourself, and come down from the +cross. [15:31]In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with +the scribes, said one to another, He saved others; himself he cannot +save; [15:32]let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the +cross, that we may see and believe. And those crucified with him +reproached him. + +4 [15:33]And when it was the sixth hour, there was darkness over all +the earth till the ninth hour. [15:34]And at the ninth hour Jesus cried +with a loud voice, saying, Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani? which is +interpreted, my God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me? [15:35]And some +of those standing by, hearing him, said, See, he calls Elijah. +[15:36]And one ran, and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on +a reed gave it to him to drink, saying, Let him alone; let us see if +Elijah will come to take him down. + +5 [15:37]And Jesus crying with a loud voice, expired. [15:38]And the +vail of the temple was rent in two, from top to bottom; [15:39]and the +centurion who stood near, opposite to him, seeing that he so expired, +said, Truly, this man was a Son of God. + +6 [15:40]And the women also saw from afar, among whom were Mary the +Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joset, and +Salome, [15:41]who also followed him when he was in Galilee, and waited +on him, and many others who had come up with him to Jerusalem. + +7 [15:42]And when it was now evening, because it was the preparation, +which is before the sabbath, [15:43]Joseph came, who was from +Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also himself expected the +kingdom of God, and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of +Jesus. [15:44]And Pilate wondered that he was already dead; and calling +the centurion asked him if he had been dead for some time. [15:45]And +knowing [his death,] from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. +[15:46]And having bought linen, he took him down and wrapped him in the +linen, and placed him in a tomb which was cut from a rock, and rolled a +stone against the door of the tomb. [15:47]And Mary the Magdalene and +Mary the mother of Joset saw where he was laid. + +8 [16:1]And when the sabbath was passed, Mary the Magdalene and Mary +the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come +and anoint him. [16:2] And very early in the morning, on the first day +of the week, they came to the tomb at the rising of the sun. [16:3]And +they said to themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the +door of the tomb?-- [16:4]and looking up they saw that the stone was +rolled away--for it was very great. + +9 [16:5]And coming to the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the +right side, clothed with a white robe; and they were astonished. +[16:6]And he said to them, Be not astonished; you seek Jesus the +Nazarene, who was crucified. He is raised; he is not here. See the +place where they laid him. [16:7]But go, tell his disciples and Peter +that he goes before you to Galilee; there you shall see him as he said +to you. [16:8]And they went out and fled from the tomb; and trembling +and amazement seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they +were afraid. + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +AN ADDITION BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER. + +1 [16:9]AND having arisen early on the first day of the week, he +appeared first to Mary the Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven +demons. [16:10]She went and told those who had been with him, who were +weeping and lamenting; [16:11] and when they heard that he was alive, +and had been seen by her, they did not believe it. + +2 [16:12]Afterwards he appeared in another form to two of them as they +walked, going into the country. [16:13]And they went and announced it +to the rest; they did not believe it. + +3 [16:14]And afterwards he appeared to the eleven, as they reclined, +and reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they +believed not those who had seen him since he rose from the dead. +[16:15]And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach the good news +to all the creation; [16:16]he that believes and is baptized shall be +saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned. [16:17]And these +signs shall follow those that believe; in my name they shall cast out +demons, they shall speak with new tongues, [16:18]they shall take up +serpents, and if they drink any deadly [poison] it shall not hurt them; +and they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well. + +4 [16:19]Then the Lord, after speaking with them, was taken up to +heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. [16:20]And they went abroad +and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the +word by the accompanying miracles. + + + + +THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. + + +CHAPTER I. + +INTRODUCTION, AND THE TWO ANNUNCIATIONS. + +1 [1:1]SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the +things fully believed among us, [1:2]as they delivered them to us who, +from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word, +[1:3]it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately +from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus, +[1:4]that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you +have been taught. + +2 [1:5]In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain +priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife +was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. [1:6]And +they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments +and ordinances of the Lord blameless. [1:7] And they had no son, +because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. + +3 [1:8]And when he was performing the priest's office in the order of +his class before God, it fell to his lot, [1:9]according to the custom +of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense; +[1:10]and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the +hour of incense. [1:11]And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, +standing on the right side of the altar of incense; [1:12]and Zachariah +was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. + +4 [1:13]And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer +is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall +call his name John. [1:14]And he shall be to you a joy and rejoicing; +and many shall rejoice at his birth; [1:15]for he shall be great in the +sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall +be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth; [1:16]and many of +the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. [1:17]And +he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the +hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the +righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. [1:18] And +Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old +man, and my wife advanced in years. [1:19]And the angel answered and +said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God; and I was sent to +speak to you, and to tell you this good news. [1:20]And behold you +shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are +accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall be +fulfilled in their time. + +5 [1:21]And the people waited for Zachariah, and wondered that he staid +so long in the temple. [1:22]And when he came out he could not speak to +them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. And +he made signs to them, and continued dumb. [1:23]And when the days of +his service were completed he departed to his house. [1:24]And after +these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and hid herself five +months, saying, [1:25]Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in the days in +which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men. + +6 [1:26]And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a +city of Galilee, by the name of Nazareth, [1:27]to a virgin espoused to +a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the +virgin was Mary. [1:28]And coming in to her, he said, Hail, favored +one! The Lord is with you! [1:29]And she was troubled at his word, and +doubted what this salutation meant. [1:30]And the angel said to her, +Fear not, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [1:31]And behold you +shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall call his name Jesus. +[1:32]He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. +And the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, +[1:33]and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his +kingdom there shall be no end. + +7 [1:34]And Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not +a man? [1:35]And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit +shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow +you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God. +[1:36]And behold Elizabeth, your relative, even she is pregnant with a +son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her called barren; +[1:37]for nothing is impossible with God. [1:38] And Mary said, Behold, +I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. +And the angel departed from her. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +MARYS VISIT TO ELIZABETH, AND THE BIRTH OF JOHN. + +1 [1:39]AND Mary arose in those days and went in haste to the +mountainous country, to the city of Juda. [1:40]And she went unto the +house of Zachariah and saluted Elizabeth. [1:41]And when Elizabeth +heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. And +Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, [1:42]and cried with a loud +voice, and said, Blessed are you among women! and blessed is the fruit +of your womb! [1:43]And whence is this to me, that the mother of my +Lord has come to me? [1:44]For, behold, when the voice of your +salutation came to my ears, the babe leaped in my womb with exultation. +[1:45] And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be an +accomplishment of the words spoken to her by the Lord. + +2 [1:46]And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, [1:47]and my spirit +exults in God my Saviour; [1:48]for he has looked on the low condition +of his servant; for, behold, from this time all generations shall call +me blessed, [1:49] because the mighty One has done great things for me, +and holy is his name; [1:50]and his mercy is to generations and +generations of them that fear him. [1:51]He has made strong his arm; +he has scattered the proud with the thought of their hearts; [1:52]he +has brought down the mighty from thrones, and exalted the humble; +[1:53]he has filled the hungry with goods, and sent the rich away +empty. [1:54]He has helped Israel his servant, and remembered his +mercy, [1:55] as he said to our fathers, to Abraham and his posterity +forever. [1:56]And Mary remained with her about three months, and +returned to her house. + +3 [1:57]And when Elizabeth's time to bear had fully come, she bore a +son; [1:58]and her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had +magnified his mercy to her, and congratulated her. [1:59]And they came +on the eighth day to circumcise the little child, and called it by the +name of its father, Zachariah. [1:60]And his mother answered and said, +No; but he shall be called John. [1:61] And they said to her, There is +no one of your relations who is called by this name; [1:62]and they +made signs to his father, what he wished it to be called. [1:63]And +asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And +all wondered. [1:64]And his mouth was immediately opened, and his +tongue [loosed], and he spoke and blessed God. [1:65]And fear came on +all living around them. All these things were talked of in all the +mountainous country of Judea. [1:66]And all who heard laid them to +heart, saying, What then is this child to be? For the hand of the Lord +was also with him. + +4 [1:67]And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and +prophesied, saying, [1:68]Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, +because he has visited and redeemed his people, [1:69]and raised up a +horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant; [1:70]as he +said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old; [1:71]A salvation +from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, [1:72]to +perform his mercy with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, +[1:73]the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, [1:74]to grant us +without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve +him [1:75]in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. +[1:76]And you, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Most +High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, +[1:77]to give a knowledge of salvation to his people, with a +forgiveness of sins, [1:78]on account of the compassionate mercies of +our God, by which a morning from on high has visited us, [1:79]to +illuminate those sitting in darkness and the shade of death, to direct +our feet in the way of peace. [1:80]And the child grew, and became +strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness till the day of his +manifestation to Israel. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, HIS INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD. + +1 [2:1]In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus +that a census should be taken of all the world. [2:2]This first census +was taken when Cyrenius was proconsul of Syria. [2:3]And all went to be +enrolled, each one to his own city. [2:4]And Joseph went up from +Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, +which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of +David, [2:5]to be enrolled with Mary his espoused [wife,] who was with +child. [2:6]And while they were there the days for her delivery were +completed; [2:7]and she bore her first-born son, and wrapped him in +bandages, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them +in the khan. + +2 [2:8]And there were shepherds in that country staying in the fields +and watching their flock by night. [2:9]And behold, an angel of the +Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and +they were greatly afraid. [2:10]And the angel said to them, Fear not; +for, behold, I bring you good news of a great joy, which shall be for +all people. [2:11]For to you was born to-day in the city of David, a +Saviour who is the anointed Lord. [2:12]And this shall be a sign to +you. You shall find the babe wrapped in bandages, lying in a manger. +[2:13]And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly +host, praising God, and saying, [2:14]Glory to God in the highest +[heavens], on earth peace, and among men good will! + +3 [2:15]And when the angels had departed from them to heaven, the +shepherds said one to another, Let us go now to Bethlehem, and see this +thing which has occurred, which the Lord has made known to us. +[2:16]And they came in haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe +lying in the manger. [2:17]And when they saw it they related the word +spoken to them concerning this child; [2:18] and all who heard wondered +at the things told them by the shepherds. [2:19]But Mary kept all +these words, revolving them in her mind. [2:20]And the shepherds +returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and +seen, as it was told them. + +4 [2:21]And when eight days were completed, [the time] to circumcise +him, his name was called Jesus, the name given him by the angel before +he was conceived in the womb. [2:22]And when the days of their +purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they carried +him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, [2:23]as it is written +in the law of the Lord that every male which is a first born shall be +called holy to the Lord, [2:24]and to offer a sacrifice according to +what is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle doves, or two +young pigeons. + +5 [2:25]And behold, there was a man at Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; +and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel, +and the Holy Spirit was on him. [2:26]And he was informed by the Holy +Spirit that he should not see death till he had seen the Lord's +anointed. [2:27]And he came by the spirit into the temple, and when the +parents brought in the child Jesus, to do according to the custom of +the law concerning him, [2:28]he also took it in his arms, and blessed +God, and said, [2:29]Now, Master, dismiss thy servant according to thy +word, in peace; [2:30]for my eyes have seen thy salvation, [2:31]which +thou hast prepared before all people; [2:32]a light for enlightening +Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel. [2:33]And his father and +mother wondered at the words spoken of him. + +6 [2:34]And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, +this child is set for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a +sign spoken against, [2:35]and a sword shall pierce your own soul also, +that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. + +7 [2:36]And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the +tribe of Asher; she was far advanced in years, having lived with a +husband seven years from her virginity; [2:37]and she had been a widow +eighty-four years, and departed not from the temple, serving God night +and day with fastings and prayers. [2:38]And she coming by at that +time, praised God, and spoke of him [the child] to all who expected a +redemption in Jerusalem. [2:39]And when they had finished all things +according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their +city Nazareth. [2:40]And the little child grew, and became strong, +being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon it. + +8 [2:41]And his parents went up yearly to Jerusalem to the feast of the +passover. [2:42]And when he was twelve years old they went up to +Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast. [2:43]And having +completed the days, on their return, the child Jesus remained behind at +Jerusalem. And his parents knew it not. [2:44]But supposing that he +was in the company went a day's journey and sought him among their +relations and acquaintances. [2:45]And not finding him they returned +to Jerusalem to seek him. [2:46]And after three days they found him +sitting in the temple in the midst of the teachers, both hearing and +questioning them. [2:47]And all who heard him were astonished at his +understanding and his answers. + +9 [2:48]And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said +to him, Son, why have you dealt thus with us? Behold, your father and I +have sought you with sorrow. [2:49]And he said to them, Why did you +seek me? did you not know that I must be in [the courts] of my father? +[2:50]And they understood not the word which he spoke to them. +[2:51]And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject +to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart. [2:52]And +Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY. + +1 [3:1]AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, +Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of +Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of +Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, [3:2]under the +chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son +of Zachariah, in the wilderness. [3:3]And he went into all the region +about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the +forgiveness of sins; [3:4]as it is written in the book of the words of +Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare +the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. [3:5]Every ravine shall +be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the +crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; [3:6]and all +flesh shall see the salvation of God. + +2 [3:7]Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by +him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to +come? [3:8] Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say +not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you +that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. +[3:9]And already also the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree +therefore which bears not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the +fire. [3:10]And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we +do? [3:11]And he answered and said to them, Let him that has two coats +give to him that has none; and let him that has food do the same. +[3:12]And publicans, also, came to be baptized, and said to him, +Teacher, what shall we do? [3:13]And he said to them, Do nothing more +than is appointed for you. [3:14]And the soldiers asked him, saying, +And what shall we do? And he said to them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, +no one; and be contented with your wages. + +3 [3:15]And the people being in expectation, and all doubting in their +minds concerning John, whether he was the Christ, [3:16]John answered +all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I is +coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he shall +baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. [3:17]His winnowing shovel +is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and +gather the wheat into his storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with +an inextinguishable fire. + +4 [3:18]With many other exhortations, also, he preached the good news +to the people. [3:19]But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on +account of Herodias his brother's wife and for all the evil deeds which +Herod had done, [3:20]added also this to all, and shut up John in +prison. + +5 [3:21]And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also being +baptized, and praying, heaven was opened, [3:22]and the Holy Spirit +descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice +from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased. + +6 [3:23]And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, +the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, [3:24]the son of Matthat, the son of +Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, +[3:25]the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son +of Esli, the son of Naggai, [3:26] the son of Maath, the son of +Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Josech, the son of Juda, +[3:27]the son of Joannas, the son of Resa, the son of Zerubabel, the +son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, [3:28]the son of Melchi, the son of +Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, [3:29]the +son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of +Matthat, the son of Levi, [3:30]the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, +the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, [3:31]the son +of Meleas, the son of Mennas, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, +the son of David, [3:32]the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of +Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Naason, [3:33]the son of Aminadab, +the son of Admein, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of +Pharez, the son of Judah, [3:34]the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the +son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, [3:35]the son of +Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of +Selah, [3:36]the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, +the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, [3:37]the son of Methusaleh, the +son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahaleel, the son of Cainan, +[3:38]the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the Son of God. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +CHRIST'S FASTING, TEMPTATION, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS MINISTRY. + +1 [4:1]AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, +and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, [4:2]being tempted by the +devil forty days. And he eat nothing in those days; and when they were +completed he was hungry. [4:3]And the devil said to him, If you are the +Son of God, command this stone to become bread. [4:4]And Jesus answered +him, It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone. [4:5]And +taking him up he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment +of time. [4:6]And the devil said to him, All this power will I give +you, and the glory of these; for it is given to me, and I give it to +whom I will. [4:7]If you, therefore, will worship me, it all shall be +yours. [4:8]And Jesus answered and said to him, It is written, You +shall worship the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve. +[4:9]And he brought him to Jerusalem and placed him on the pinnacle of +the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself +down from here; [4:10]for it is written, He will charge his angels +concerning you, to guard you, [4:11]and they shall bear you up on their +hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. [4:12]And +Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not try the Lord +your God. [4:13]And the devil having finished all the temptation, +departed from him for a time. + +2 [4:14]And Jesus returned with the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and +his fame went out into all the region around. [4:15]And he taught in +their synagogues, glorified by all. + +3 [4:16]And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, +according to his custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and +stood up to read. [4:17]And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to +him. And unrolling the book he found the place where it was written, +[4:18]The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to +preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to +the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the +oppressed away free, [4:19]to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord. +[4:20]And folding up the book, he gave it to the minister, and sat +down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were steadfastly fixed upon +him. + +4 [4:21]And he said to them, To-day is this scripture fulfilled in your +ears. [4:22]And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious +words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of +Joseph? [4:23]And he said to them, You will undoubtedly tell me this +proverb; Physician, cure yourself; things which we heard were done in +Capernaum, do also here in your own country. [4:24]And he said, I tell +you truly, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country. [4:25]I +also tell you of a truth, that there were many widows in Israel in the +days of Elijah, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, so +that there was a great famine over all the land; [4:26]and to none of +them was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, of Sidon, to a widow woman. +[4:27]And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the +prophet, and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. [4:28]And +all in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with +wrath; [4:29]and they arose and cast him out of the city, and led him +even to the brow of the mountain on which the city was built, to +precipitate him down. [4:30]But he passed through the midst of them +and went away. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM, AND HIS PREACHING AND MIRACLES IN GALILEE. + +1 [4:31]AND he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught +them on the sabbath; [4:32]and they were astonished at his teaching, +for his word was with power. [4:33]And there was a man in the synagogue +having a spirit of an impure demon; and he cried with a loud voice, +[4:34]Alas! what have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? Have you come +to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy [Son] of God! [4:35]And +Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush! and come out of him. And the demon +casting him into the midst came out of him, doing him no injury. +[4:36]And they were all amazed, and talked with each other, saying, +What word is this, that with authority and power he commands the impure +spirits, and they come out? [4:37]And a report of him went abroad into +every place in the country about. + +2 [4:38]And going up from the synagogue he entered into the house of +Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a violent fever; and +they asked him in her behalf. [4:39]And standing over her he rebuked +the fever, and it left her. And she immediately arose and waited on +them. + +3 [4:40]And when the sun went down, all who had friends sick with +various diseases brought them to him; and putting his hands on each one +of them he cured them; [4:41]and demons also went out of many, crying +and saying, You are the Son of God! And he rebuked them, and charged +them not to say that they knew him to be the Christ. + +4 [4:42]And when it was day, coming out he went to a solitary place; +and the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and urged him not to +depart from them. [4:43]But he said to them, I must preach the good +news of the kingdom of God in the other cities also, because for this +am I sent; [4:44]and he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. + +5 [5:1]And as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, +and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, [5:2]he saw two boats +standing by the lake; and the fishermen having gone out of them were +washing their nets. [5:3] And entering into one of the ships, which was +Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land, and sat down +and taught the multitudes from the ship. [5:4]And when he ceased +speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the deep water, and let down +your nets for a draught. [5:5]And Simon answered and said to him, +Master, we have labored all night and taken nothing; but at your word I +will let down the net. [5:6]And doing this he enclosed a great number +of fishes; and their net broke. [5:7]And he made signs to his +companions in the other ship to come and help him; and they came, and +filled both ships, so that they began to sink. [5:8]And Simon Peter +seeing it fell on his knees to Jesus, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for +I am a sinful man. [5:9]For he was amazed, and all that were with him, +at the draught of fishes which they had taken. [5:10]So also were +James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And +Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from this time you shall take men. +[5:11]And bringing the ships to the land they left all and followed him. + +6 [5:12]And he was in one of the cities, and behold, a man full of +leprosy; and seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and asked him, saying, +Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me. [5:13]And stretching out his +hand he touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately the +leprosy left him. [5:14]And he charged him to tell no one, but go and +show yourself to the priest, and present an offering for your +purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. [5:15]And +the report concerning him went abroad extensively; and great multitudes +came together to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases. [5:16] +And he withdrew into solitary places and prayed. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +CHRIST FORGIVING SINS, CALLING LEVI, EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, +AND EXPOUNDING THE LAWS OF FASTING AND THE SABBATH. + +1 [5:17]AND on one of those days he was teaching, and the Pharisees and +teachers of the law were present, having come from every village of +Galilee, and of Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord +was present to cure them. [5:18]And behold, men bringing on a bed a man +who was paralytic; and they sought to bring him in to place him before +him. [5:19]And not finding how they could bring him in, on account of +the multitude, they went up on the house, and let him down through the +tiles, with his little bed, into the midst before Jesus. [5:20]And +seeing their faith, he said, Man, your sins are forgiven you. + +2 [5:21]And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is +this that speaks blasphemies? who can forgive sins, but God alone? +[5:22]And Jesus knowing their thoughts answered and said to them, Why +do you reason in your minds? [5:23]in what is it easier to say, Your +sins are forgiven you, than to say, Arise and walk? [5:24]But that you +may know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, he +said to the paralytic, I tell you, arise, and take up your little bed, +and go to your house. [5:25]And he arose immediately before them, and +taking up that on which he had lain departed to his house, glorifying +God. [5:26]And all were astonished, and glorified God, and were filled +with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day. + +3 [5:27]And after these things he went out and saw a publican by the +name of Levi, sitting at the custom house, and said to him, Follow me. +[5:28]And leaving all he arose and followed him. [5:29]And Levi made a +great feast for him at his house; and there was a great multitude of +publicans and of others who reclined with them. [5:30]And the Pharisees +and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, Why do you eat +and drink with publicans? [5:31]And Jesus answered and said to them, +The well need not a physician, but the ill. [5:32]I have not come to +call the righteous, but sinners to a change of mind. + +4 [5:33]And they said to him, The disciples of John fast much and make +prayers; and likewise those of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink. +[5:34]And he said to them, Can you make the children of the +bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? [5:35]But days +will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them; then shall they +fast in those days. + +5 [5:36]And he spoke also a parable to them; That no one puts a piece +of a new garment on an old garment; if he does, the new both tears the +old, and that from the new disagrees with the old. [5:37]And no one +puts new wine into old bottles; if he does, the new wine will break the +bottles, and itself be poured out, and the bottles be destroyed. +[5:38]But new wine must be put into new bottles. [5:39]And no one +drinking old wine desires new; for he says the old is good. + +6 [6:1]And on the second-first sabbath he went through the grain +fields, and his disciples picked the heads and eat, rubbing them in +their hands. [6:2]And some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is +not lawful on the sabbath? [6:3]And Jesus answered and said to them, +Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with +him? [6:4]He entered into the house of God, and took the show bread, +and eat, and gave to those with him, which it was not lawful for any to +eat, except the priests alone. [6:5]And he said to them, The Son of man +is Lord even of the sabbath. + +7 [6:6]And on another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught. +And there was a man there whose right hand was withered. [6:7]And the +scribes and Pharisees watched him [to see] if he would perform a cure +on the sabbath, that they might find [something of which] to accuse +him. [6:8]But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the +withered hand, Arise, and stand in the midst. And he arose and stood. +[6:9]And Jesus said to them, I will ask you whether it is lawful on the +sabbath to do good or to do evil? to save a life or to destroy? +[6:10]And looking round upon them all he said to him, Stretch out your +hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored. [6:11]And they were +filled with madness, and conferred with each other as to what they +should do to Jesus. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +CHRIST CALLING THE TWELVE APOSTLES. + +1 [6:12]AND in those days he went out on the mountain to pray, and +spent the whole night in prayer to God. [6:13]And when it was day he +called his disciples; and having chosen twelve of them, whom he named +apostles, [6:14] Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his +brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, [6:15]Matthew and +Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zealot, [6:16]Judas +the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor, [6:17]he +went down with them and stood on a plain; and a multitude of his +disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and +Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, +and to be cured of their diseases; [6:18]and those troubled with impure +spirits were cured. [6:19]And all the multitude sought to touch him, +for a power went out from him and cured all. + +2 [6:20]And he lifted up his eyes upon his disciples and said, Blessed +are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. [6:21]Blessed are you +that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep +now, for you shall laugh. [6:22]Blessed are you when men shall hate +you, and when they shall exclude you from their company, and reproach +and cast out your names as evil, on account of the Son of man. +[6:23]Rejoice in that day, and be exceedingly glad; for behold, your +reward is great in heaven. For in this manner did their fathers to the +prophets. [6:24]But woe to you rich! for you have your consolation. +[6:25]Woe to you full! for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh +now! for you shall mourn and weep. [6:26]Woe, when all men speak well +of you! for in this manner did their fathers of the false prophets. + +3 [6:27]But I tell you that hear, Love your enemies; do good to those +that hate you; [6:28]bless those that curse you; pray for those that +injure you; [6:29] to him that strikes you on the cheek, present also +the other; and forbid not him who takes away your cloak to take your +coat also. [6:30]Give to every one that asks; and from him who takes +that which is yours, ask it not back. [6:31]And as you wish men to do +to you, do you also in like manner to them. [6:32]And if you love those +that love you, what thanks have you? for sinners also love those that +love them. [6:33]And if you do good to those who do good to you, what +thanks have you? for sinners do the same. [6:34]And if you lend to +those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? sinners also +lend to sinners, to receive back as much again. [6:35]But love your +enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your +reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for +he is good to the unthankful and evil. [6:36]Be merciful, as your +father is merciful; [6:37]and judge not, and you shall not be judged; +and condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release, and you shall +be released; [6:38]give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, +pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your +bosom. For with what measure you measure it shall be measured back to +you. + +4 [6:39]And he spoke also a parable to them; Can the blind lead the +blind? Will not both fall into the pit? [6:40]A disciple is not above +his teacher, but every perfect one will be as his teacher. [6:41]And +why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, and observe not the +beam in your own eye? [6:42]How can you say to your brother, Brother, +let me cast out the speck in your eye, and you yourself see not the +beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your +eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your +brother's eye. [6:43]For there is no good tree which bears bad fruit, +nor, again, a bad tree which bears good fruit. [6:44]For every tree is +known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do +they pick grapes from brambles. [6:45]The good man out of the good +treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil man out of the +evil brings forth evil; for out of the abundance of the heart its mouth +speaks. + +5 [6:46]And why do you call me Lord! Lord! and do not what I say? +[6:47]Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I +will show you whom he is like. [6:48]He is like a man building a house, +who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when +there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not +shake it, because it was built on a rock. [6:49]But he that hears and +does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a +foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and +the ruin of that house was great. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM AND NAIN, HIS REPLY TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, ETC. + +1 [7:1]WHEN he had finished all his discourses in the hearing of the +people, he entered into Capernaum. [7:2]And a certain centurion's +servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and about to die; [7:3]and he +hearing of Jesus, sent to him the elders of the Jews, asking him to +come and cure his servant. [7:4]And having come to Jesus they besought +him earnestly, saying, He is worthy for whom you should do this; +[7:5]for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue. [7:6]And +Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the +centurion sent friends to him, saying, Lord, trouble not yourself, for +I am not fit that you should come under my roof. [7:7]Wherefore I did +not think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my +servant shall be cured; [7:8] for I also am a man placed under +authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to one, Go, and he goes, +and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he +does it. [7:9]And Jesus hearing these things wondered at him, and +turning around said to the multitude following him, I tell you I have +not found in Israel so great a faith; [7:10]and those sent returning to +the house found the sick servant well. + +2 [7:11]And on the next day he went to a city called Nain, and a +considerable number of his disciples and a great multitude went with +him. [7:12]And as he approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead +man was carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. +And a great multitude from the city was with her. [7:13]And seeing her, +the Lord had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not. [7:14]And +approaching he touched the bier, and those who bore it stopped. And he +said, Young man, I tell you, arise! [7:15]And the dead sat up, and +began to speak; and he gave him to his mother. [7:16]And fear seized +all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is raised up among +us; and, God has visited his people. [7:17]And this report of him went +out into all Judea, and into all the region around. + +3 [7:18]And his disciples told John of all these things. [7:19]And +calling two of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying, Are you he +that was to come, or look we for another? [7:20]And coming to him the +men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, Are you he that +was to come, or look we for another? [7:21]And in that hour he cured +many of diseases, and plagues, and of evil spirits, and gave sight to +many blind. [7:22]And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell +John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, +the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the +poor have the good news preached to them; [7:23]and blessed is he who +shall not be offended with me. + +4 [7:24]And when the messengers of John had gone away, he said to the +multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to +see? A reed shaken with a wind? [7:25]But what went you out to see? A +man dressed in fine clothes? Behold, those who wear fine clothes, and +live in luxury, are in royal palaces. [7:26]But what went you out to +see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. [7:27]This is +he of whom it is written; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, +who shall prepare your way before you. [7:28]I tell you, that among +those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but the +least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. [7:29]And all the +people who heard this, and the publicans, justified God, having +received the baptism of John. [7:30]But the Pharisees and lawyers +rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been baptized +by him. + +5 [7:31][And he said], To what then shall I compare the men of this +generation? and what are they like? [7:32]They are like little children +sitting in the market, and they call to each other, saying, We have +played on pipes to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to +you, and you have not lamented. [7:33] For John the Baptist came +neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon. +[7:34]The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold +a glutton and a wine drinker! a friend of publicans and sinners! [7:35] +And Wisdom is justified by all her children. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +CHRIST ANOINTED BY THE WOMAN, HIS TRAVELS AND ATTENDANTS, THE PARABLE +OF THE SOWER. + +1 [7:36]AND one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and going +into the Pharisee's house he reclined. [7:37]And behold, a certain +woman in the city, a sinner, knowing that he was reclining in the house +of the Pharisee, brought a vase of ointment, [7:38]and standing behind, +by his feet, weeping, washed his feet with tears, and wiped them with +the hairs of her head; and she kissed his feet, and anointed them with +the ointment. [7:39]And the Pharisee who invited him, seeing it, spoke +within himself, saying, If this was a prophet he would have known who +and what kind of a woman this is who touches him; for she is a sinner. + +2 [7:40]And Jesus answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to +say to you. And he said, Teacher, say it. [7:41]A certain creditor had +two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other +fifty [$7]. [7:42]And having nothing to pay, he gave [the debt] to +both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most? [7:43]Simon +answered and said, I suppose the one to whom he gave most. And he said +to him, You have judged rightly. [7:44]And turning to the woman, he +said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I came into your house; you gave +me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped +them with her hairs. [7:45]You gave me no kiss; but she, from the time +that I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. [7:46]You anointed not +my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with ointment. +[7:47]Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; +for she has loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven, loves +little. [7:48]And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven. [7:49]And +those who reclined with him said within themselves, Who is this that +forgives sins also? [7:50]And he said to the woman, Your faith has +saved you; go in peace. + +3 [8:1]And he travelled in order through the cities and villages, +proclaiming and preaching the good news of the kingdom of God; and the +twelve were with him, [8:2]and certain women who had been cured of evil +spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went out +seven demons, [8:3]and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and +Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property. + +4 [8:4]And a great multitude having come together, and persons having +come to him from every city, he said in a parable, [8:5]A sower went +out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and was +trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it; [8:6]and some fell +on the rock, and springing up it was dried up, because it had no +moisture; [8:7]and some fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns +springing up choked it; [8:8]and some fell on good ground, and growing +up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, he cried, He +that has ears to hear, let him hear. + +5 [8:9]And his disciples asked him, What does this parable mean? +[8:10]And he said, It is given to you to know the mysteries of the +kingdom of God, but to others in parables; that seeing they may not +see, and hearing they may not understand. [8:11]But the parable +signifies this; the seed is the word of God; [8:12]those by the way are +those who hear, then comes the devil and takes away the word from their +hearts, that they may not believe and be saved; [8:13]those on the rock +are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and they have +no root; they believe for a time, and in a time of trial fall away; +[8:14] and that which fell among thorns signifies those who hear, and +going away are choked by cares and riches and the pleasures of this +life, and bring no fruit to perfection. [8:15]But that on the good +ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the +word retain it, and bear fruit persistently. + +6 [8:16]But no one lights a candle and covers it with a vessel, or puts +it under a bed; but he puts it in a candlestick, that those coming in +may see the light. [8:17]For there is nothing hid which shall not be +manifest, nor concealed which shall not be known and come to light. +[8:18]See therefore how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be +given, and whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he +seems to have. + +7 [8:19]And his mother and brothers came to him, and were not able to +approach him on account of the multitude. [8:20]And it was told him by +some, saying, Your mother and your brothers stand without, wishing to +see you. [8:21]And he answered and said to them, My mother and my +brothers are those who hear the word of God and perform it. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +CHRIST STILLING A TEMPEST, CURING A DEMONIAC, RAISING THE DAUGHTER OF +JAIRUS. + +1 [8:22]AND on one of those days both he and his disciples went into +the ship; and he said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of +the lake. And they set sail; [8:23]and as they were sailing he fell +asleep. And a tempest of wind came down on the lake, and they were +flooded with water, and in peril. [8:24] And they came and awoke him, +saying, Master! Master! we are perishing! And he arose, and rebuked the +wind and the waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. [8:25]And he +said to them, Where is your faith? And they were afraid, and wondered, +saying one to another, What man then is this, that he commands the +winds and the water and they obey him? + +2 [8:26]And they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is +opposite to Galilee. [8:27]And as he went out on the land, there met +him a certain man from the city who had had demons for a long time; and +he wore no clothes, and remained not in a house, but in the tombs. +[8:28]And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with +a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High +God? I beg of you not to torment me; [8:29]for he had commanded the +impure spirit to go out of the man; for it had often seized him; and he +had been bound with chains, and confined with fetters; and breaking his +bonds he had been driven by the demon into solitary places. [8:30]And +Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion; +because many demons had entered into him. [8:31]And he besought him not +to command them to go into the abyss. [8:32]And there was a herd of +many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him to permit +them to enter into them; and be permitted them. [8:33]And the demons +going out of the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down +the precipice into the lake and were drowned. + +3 [8:34]And those who fed them, seeing what was done, fled and reported +it in the city and in the country places. [8:35]And they went out to +see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom +the demons had gone out sitting, clothed and of a sound mind, at the +feet of Jesus; and they were afraid. [8:36]And those who had seen +related to them how the demoniac had been cured. [8:37]And all the +multitude of the region about the Gerasenes requested him to depart +from them, because they were seized with great fear. And entering into +the ship, he returned. [8:38]And the man from whom the demons had gone +out desired to be with him; but he sent him away, saying, [8:39]Return +to your house, and declare how great things God has done for you. And +he went away proclaiming in all the city what great things Jesus had +done for him. + +4 [8:40]And when Jesus returned the multitude received him; for they +were all waiting for him. [8:41]And behold, a man by the name of Jairus +came; and he was the ruler of a synagogue. And falling at the feet of +Jesus, he besought him to come to his house, [8:42]for he had an only +daughter twelve years old, and she was dying. And when he was going, +the multitudes thronged him. [8:43]And a woman having a hemorrhage of +twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not +be cured by any one, [8:44]coming up behind, touched the fringe of his +garment, and immediately her flow of blood was stopped. [8:45] And +Jesus said, Who touched me? And all denying, Peter and those with him +said, Master, the multitudes press upon and throng you, and do you say, +Who touched me? [8:46]And Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I +perceived a power going from me. [8:47]And the woman seeing that she +was not concealed, came trembling, and falling down related to him in +the presence of all the people for what cause she had touched him, and +how she was immediately cured. [8:48]And he said to her, Daughter, your +faith has cured you; go in peace. + +5 [8:49]While he was yet speaking some one came from the synagogue +ruler's house and said to him, Your daughter has died; trouble not the +teacher. [8:50] But Jesus hearing it answered him, Fear not; only +believe, and she shall be cured. [8:51]And when he entered into the +house, he permitted no one to go in with him, except Peter, and John, +and James, and the father and mother of the child. [8:52]And all wept +and lamented her. But he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps. +[8:53]And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. [8:54]And +taking her hand, he called, saying, Child, arise! [8:55]And her spirit +returned, and she arose immediately. And he commanded food to be given +her. [8:56]And her parents were astonished; and he commanded them to +tell no one what was done. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +CHRIST ENDOWING THE TWELVE APOSTLES WITH MIRACULOUS POWERS, THE +PERPLEXITY OF HEROD, THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND, PETER'S +CONFESSION, ETC. + +1 [9:1]AND calling together the twelve, he gave them power and +authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, [9:2]and sent them out +to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to cure the sick. [9:3]And he said +to them, Take for the way neither a staff nor a provision sack, nor +bread, nor silver, and have not two coats apiece. [9:4]And into +whatever house you enter, there remain and thence depart. [9:5]And +whoever does not receive you, when you go out of that city shake off +the dust from your feet for a testimony to them. [9:6]And they went out +and passed through the villages, everywhere proclaiming the good news +and performing cures. + +2 [9:7]And Herod the tetrarch heard all things which were done, and was +perplexed, because it was said by some that John was raised from the +dead, [9:8] and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that +one of the old prophets had arisen. [9:9]And Herod said, John I +beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he sought to +see him. + +3 [9:10]And the apostles returned and reported to him all things which +they had done. And taking them aside, he departed privately to the city +called Bethsaida. [9:11]And the multitudes knowing it followed him. And +having received them, he spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and cured +those having need of cure. [9:12] And the day began to decline; and the +twelve came and said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to +the villages and farms around, and lodge, and find provisions; for we +are here in a solitary place. [9:13]And he said to them, Give them +something to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and +two fishes, unless we go and buy provisions for all this multitude; +[9:14]for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his +disciples, Make them recline in companies of fifty each; [9:15]and they +did so, and caused them all to recline. [9:16]And taking the five +loaves and two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and +broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. [9:17]And +they eat and were all filled; and there was taken up what remained over +to them, twelve traveling-baskets of fragments. + +4 [9:18]And when he was praying alone, the disciples came to him, and +he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am? [9:19]And +they answered and said, John the Baptist; and some Elijah, and others +that one of the old prophets has arisen. [9:20]And he said to them, +Who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said, The Christ of +God. [9:21]And he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one; +[9:22]saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected +by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be +raised on the third day. + +5 [9:23]And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him +deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. [9:24]For whoever +wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life +for my sake, shall save it. [9:25]For what is a man profited if he +gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life? +[9:26]For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son +of man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and that of the Father, +and of the holy angels. [9:27]And I tell you of a truth, there are some +of those standing here who shall not taste death till they see the +kingdom of God. + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +CHRIST TRANSFIGURED, CURING A DEMONIAC, AND REPROVING AMBITION. + +1 [9:28]AND about eight days after these words, taking Peter, and +James, and John, he went up on the mountain to pray. [9:29]And while he +was praying, the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothes +became white and shining; [9:30]and behold, two men conversed with him, +who were Moses and Elijah, [9:31] who appearing in glory spoke of his +departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. [9:32]And +Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep; and when they awoke +they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him. [9:33] And when +they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good +for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and +one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said. [9:34]And +when he had said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they +were afraid when they entered into the cloud. [9:35]And there was a +voice from the cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him. +[9:36]And when the voice had passed, Jesus was found alone. And they +were silent and told no man in those days any thing of what they had +seen. + +2 [9:37]And on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a +great multitude met him. [9:38]And behold, a man from the multitude +cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my +only child; [9:39]and behold a spirit takes him, and suddenly cries out +and convulses him, with foam and crushing him departs from him with +difficulty; [9:40]and I desired your disciples to cast it out, and they +could not. [9:41]And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse +generation! How long shall I be with you, and suffer you! Bring your +son hither. [9:42]And while he was coming, the demon tore him with +spasms and convulsed him. And Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and +cured the child, and gave him back to his father. [9:43]And they were +all astonished at the majesty of God. + +3 And while all wondered at all things which he did, he said to his +disciples, [9:44]Commit these words to your ears; for the Son of man is +about to be delivered into the hands of men. [9:45]But they understood +not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that they might not +perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning this saying. + +4 [9:46]And there arose a debate among them, which of them should be +the greatest. [9:47]And Jesus perceiving the debate in their minds, +took a little child and set it by him, [9:48]and said to them, Whoever +receives this little child in my name, receives me; and whoever +receives me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you +all, he shall be the greatest. [9:49]And John answered and said, +Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, +because he follows not with us. [9:50]And Jesus said to him, Forbid +him not; for whoever is not against us is for us. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +CHRIST ON HIS LAST JOURNEY FROM GALILEE TO JERUSALEM. + +1 [9:51]AND when the days were completed for his being taken up, he set +his face firmly to go to Jerusalem. [9:52]And he sent messengers before +him; and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to +prepare for him. [9:53]And they did not receive him, because he was +going to Jerusalem. [9:54] And his disciples James and John seeing it, +said, Lord, do you wish us to call fire to come down from heaven and +consume them? [9:55]And he turned around and rebuked them; and they +went to another village. + +2 [9:57]And as they were traveling on the way, one said to him, I will +follow you wherever you go. [9:58]And Jesus said to him, The foxes have +holes, and the birds of heaven places of shelter; but the Son of man +has not where to lay his head. [9:59]And he said to another, Follow me. +And he said, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. [9:60]But +he said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but do you go and +proclaim abroad the kingdom of God. [9:61]And another also said, Lord, +I will follow you, but permit me first to bid farewell to those in my +house. [9:62]But Jesus said, No man putting his hand on the plow, and +looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. + +3 [10:1]And after these things the Lord designated seventy others also, +and sent them out, two by two, before his face, into every city and +place where he was about to come. [10:2]And he said to them, The +harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few; pray, therefore, the +Lord of the harvest to thrust out laborers into his harvest. [10:3]Go; +behold I send you as lambs in the midst of wolves. [10:4]Carry neither +a purse, nor provision sack, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way. +[10:5]And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace to this +house! [10:6]And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon +him; but if not, it shall return to you. [10:7]And in the same house +remain, eating and drinking the things with them; for the laborer is +worthy of his reward. Go not about from house to house. [10:8]And into +whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat what is set before +you; [10:9]and cure the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God +has come nigh to you. [10:10] And into whatever city you enter, and +they receive you not, going out into its streets, say, [10:11]Even the +dust of your city which adheres to our feet we wipe off for you; but +know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand. [10:12]I tell you, it +shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city. +[10:13]Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty +works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they +would long ago have changed their minds, sitting in sackcloth and +ashes. [10:14]But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the +judgment, than for you. [10:15]And you, Capernaum, even to heaven will +you be exalted? even to hades shall you be cast down. [10:16]He that +hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that +rejects me, rejects him that sent me. + +4 [10:17]And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the +demons are subject to us by your name. [10:18]And he said to them, I +saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. [10:19]Behold, I give you +power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the +enemy; and nothing shall by any means injure you; [10:20]but in this +rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your +names are written in heaven. + +5 [10:21]In the same hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee +Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from +the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for +so it has seemed good in thy sight. [10:22]And turning to his +disciples, he said, All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no +one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is but the +Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. [10:23]And turning +around to his disciples he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which +see what you see! [10:24]For I tell you that many prophets and kings +have desired to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, +and to hear the things which you hear, and have not heard them. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +THE WAY OF SALVATION, MARY'S CHOICE, AND LESSONS ON PRAYER. + +1 [10:25]AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, +Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? [10:26]And he said +to him, What is written in the law? how do you read? [10:27]And he +answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your +heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all +your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. [10:28] And he said to him, +You have answered well; do this, and you shall live. + +2 [10:29]But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is +my neighbor? [10:30]And Jesus replied and said, A certain man went down +from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who both stripped +him and inflicted blows upon him, and went away leaving him half dead. +[10:31]And, providentially, a certain priest went down that way, and +seeing him passed by on the other side. [10:32]And in like manner a +Levite also, being at the place, came and saw him, and passed by on the +other side. [10:33]But a certain Samaritan, on a journey, came where +he was, and seeing him had compassion on him; [10:34]and he came and +bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and putting him on his +own beast, brought him to a khan, and took care of him. [10:35]And on +the next day, putting out two denarii [28 cents], he gave them to the +khan-keeper, and said, Take care of him, and whatever you expend more, +when I return I will pay you. [10:36]Which of these three think you +was a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers? [10:37]And he said, +He that had mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Do you go and do +likewise. + +3 [10:38]And as they were pursuing their journey he entered into a +certain village. And a woman by the name of Martha received him into +her house. [10:39] And she had a sister called Mary, and she sat at the +feet of the Lord and heard his word. [10:40]But Martha was distracted +with much serving, and came and said, Lord, do you not care that my +sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me. +[10:41]And the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are +anxious and disturbed about many things, [10:42]but of one thing there +is need; and Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken +away from her. + +4 [11:1]And as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased one of +his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught +his disciples. [11:2]And he said to them, When you pray, say, Father, +hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; [11:3]give us daily our +essential bread; [11:4]and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also +forgive every one who is indebted to us; and bring us not into trial. + +5 [11:5]And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and go +to him at midnight, and say, Friend, lend me three loaves, [11:6]for a +friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set +before him; [11:7]and he will answer from within, and say, Trouble me +not, for the door is already shut, and my little children are with me +in bed, I cannot arise and give you; [11:8]I tell you if he will not +arise and give him on account of being his friend, yet, on account of +his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs. +[11:9]And I tell you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you +shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; [11:10]for every one +that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, +it shall be opened. [11:11] And what father is there of you, who, if +his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? or if he asks also for a +fish, will for a fish give him a serpent? [11:12]or if he asks also for +an egg, will give him a scorpion? [11:13]If you then, being evil, know +how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father +from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him. + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +CHRIST DEFENDS THE DIVINE CHARACTER OF HIS MIRACLES, AND DENOUNCES THE +PHARISEES. + +1 [11:14]AND he cast out a demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon +had gone out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered. [11:15]But +some of them said, He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of +demons; [11:16]and others, trying him, asked of him a sign from heaven. +[11:17]But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom +divided against itself is desolated, and house falls upon house. +[11:18]And if Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom +stand? because you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. [11:19]But +if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? +they, therefore, shall be your judges. [11:20]But if by a finger of God +I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. +[11:21]When a strong man armed keeps his court, his goods are in peace; +[11:22]but when a stronger man than he comes upon him, and overcomes +him, he takes away all his arms in which he trusted, and distributes +his spoils. [11:23]He that is not with me is against me; and he that +gathers not with me scatters. + +2 [11:24]When an impure spirit has gone out of a man, it passes through +places destitute of water, seeking a rest; and not finding one, says, I +will return to my house from which I came out. [11:25]And coming, it +finds it swept and adorned. [11:26]Then it goes and takes seven other +spirits more evil than itself; and they come and dwell there; and the +last condition of that man is worse than the first. + +3 [11:27]And when he was saying these things, a certain woman from the +multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed is the mother +that bore you, and the breasts which you nursed! [11:28]And he said, +Yes indeed, blessed are those that hear the word of God and keep it. + +4 [11:29]And multitudes being assembled, he said, This generation is an +evil generation. It seeks for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but +the sign of Jonah. [11:30]For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so +also shall the Son of man be to this generation. [11:31]The queen of +the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation +and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the +wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. +[11:32]The men of Nineveh shall arise in the judgment with this +generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the +preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. + +5 [11:33]No one lights a candle and puts it in a secret place, or under +a modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, that all who go +in may see the light. [11:34]The light of the body is the eye; when, +therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body is light; but when your +eye is evil, your whole body is dark. [11:35]See, therefore, that the +light which is in you be not darkness. [11:36]If, therefore, your whole +body is light, not having any part dark, the whole will be light, as +when a candle lights you clearly. + +6 [11:37]And when he was speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him to +breakfast with him; and he went in and immediately sat down. +[11:38]And the Pharisee seeing him, wondered that he was not first +baptized before breakfast. [11:39] And the Lord said to him, Now you +Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and plate, but your inside is +full of plunder and wickedness. [11:40]Senseless men! did not he that +made the outside make also the inside? [11:41]But give the things +within in charity, and behold, all things are pure to you. + +7 [11:42]But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint, and rue, and +every kind of plant, and omit justice and the love of God. These +things you ought to do, and not to omit those. [11:43]Woe to you, +Pharisees! for you love the first seat in the synagogues, and +salutations in the markets. [11:44]Woe to you! for you are like +concealed tombs; and men walk over them and know it not. + +8 [11:45]And one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, in +saying these things you reproach us also. [11:46]And he said, Woe to +you, lawyers! for you load men with burdens difficult to be borne, and +you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. +[11:47]Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your +fathers killed them; [11:48]therefore you are witnesses, and approve +the deed of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build. +[11:49]Therefore also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets +and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute, [11:50] +that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out since the +foundation of the world may be required of this generation, [11:51]from +the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the +altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this +generation. [11:52]Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key +of knowledge; you do not enter in yourselves, and you forbid those +entering. + +9 [11:53]And when he had gone out thence the scribes and Pharisees were +extremely angry, and questioned him on many subjects, [11:54]watching +him, to catch something from his mouth. + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF HYPOCRISY, OF THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, OF WORLDLY +CARES, AND OF THE TIMES. + +1 [12:1]AT that time, the multitude being assembled by ten thousands, +so that they trod one on another, he said to his disciples, Beware, +first, of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; [12:2]for +there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that +shall not be known. [12:3]Whatever, therefore, you have said in the +darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken to the +ear in private rooms, shall be proclaimed on the houses. [12:4]And I +tell you, my friends, fear not those that kill the body, and after this +have [power] to do nothing more. [12:5]But I will show you whom to +fear; Fear him, who after killing has power to cast into hell; yes, I +tell you, Fear him. [12:6]Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions +[3 cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God? [12:7]But even +the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, for you +are of more value than many sparrows. + +2 [12:8]And I tell you, that whoever shall confess me before men, him +will the Son of man confess before the angels of God; [12:9]but he that +has denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God. +[12:10]And every one that speaks a word against the Son of man shall +have forgiveness; but he that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall +not be forgiven. [12:11]And when they bring you to the synagogues, and +powers, and authorities, be not anxious how you shall defend +yourselves, or what you shall say; [12:12]for the Holy Spirit shall +teach you in that hour what you ought to say. + +3 [12:13]And one of the multitude said to him, Teacher, tell my brother +to divide with me the inheritance. [12:14]And he said to him, Man, who +made me a judge or a divider over you? [12:15]And he said to them, See, +and beware of all covetousness; for one's life depends not on the +abundance of his property. [12:16]And he told them a parable, saying, +The farm of a certain rich man produced abundantly; [12:17]and he +reasoned in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have no place where +I shall bring together my fruits? [12:18]And he said, I will do this; I +will take down my storehouses and build greater; and there will I bring +together all my produce and my goods; [12:19]and I will say to my soul, +Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and +enjoy yourself. [12:20]But God said to him, Foolish man, this night +they shall require your soul from you; and who then will have the goods +which you have provided? [12:21]So is every one that lays up treasures +for himself and is not rich in God. + +4 [12:22]And he said to his disciples, I tell you, therefore, be not +anxious for your soul what you shall eat, nor for the body what you +shall put on. [12:23]Is not the soul more than the food, and the body +than the clothing? [12:24]Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor +reap, and they have no private room, no storehouse; and God feeds them. +How much are you better than the birds! [12:25]And which of you can add +a cubit to his stature? [12:26]And if you cannot do the least, why are +you anxious for the rest? [12:27]Consider the lilies; how they neither +spin nor weave; but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not +arrayed like one of them. [12:28]And if God so clothes the grass in the +field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he +not much more clothe you, men of little faith? [12:29]And seek not +what you shall eat, and what you shall drink, and be not of a doubtful +mind; [12:30]for all these things do the nations of the world seek; and +your Father knows that you need them. [12:31]But seek his kingdom, and +these shall be added to you. [12:32]Fear not, little flock, for your +Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. [12:33]Sell your +property and bestow charity; make yourselves purses that become not +old, and a treasury that fails not, in heaven, where no thief +approaches, nor moth destroys; [12:34]for where your treasury is, there +will your heart be also. + +5 [12:35]Stand with your loins girded, and your candles lighted, +[12:36]and be like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he +shall return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may +open to him immediately. [12:37] Blessed are those servants whom their +lord when he comes shall find watching. I tell you truly, that he will +gird himself, and cause them to recline, and he will come and wait upon +them. [12:38]And if he comes in the second watch, and comes in the +third watch, and finds them thus, blessed are they. [12:39]But know +this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief comes, +he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken +through. [12:40]Be you also ready; for in an hour when you think not +the Son of man comes. + +6 [12:41]And Peter said to him, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, +or also to all? [12:42]And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a +wise steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them +their proper food in due time? [12:43]Blessed is that servant whom his +lord when he comes shall find so doing. [12:44]I tell you truly, that +he will set him over all his property. [12:45]But if that servant says +in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to beat the younger +servants, and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, +[12:46]the lord of that servant will come in a day that he looks not +for him, and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him +severely, and give him his part with the faithless. [12:47]And that +servant who knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, nor did +according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; [12:48]but he +that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with +few. And from any one to whom much is given, much will be demanded; and +of him with whom men have deposited much, they will ask more. + +7 [12:49]I have come to send a fire on the earth; and what will I if it +is already kindled? [12:50]But I have a baptism to be baptized with; +and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished! [12:51]Do you +think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but +rather division. [12:52]For from this time there shall be five in one +house divided, three against two, and two shall be divided against +three; [12:53]a father against a son, and a son against a father; a +mother against the daughter, and a daughter against the mother; a +mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law +against the mother-in-law. + +8 [12:54]And he also said to the multitudes, When you see a cloud rise +in the west you immediately say, There comes a shower; and it is so. +[12:55]And when the south wind blows you say, There will be heat; and +there is. [12:56] Hypocrites! You know how to distinguish the +appearance of the earth and sky, and how do you not distinguish this +time? [12:57]And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right? +[12:58]For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor +to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge +deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison; +[12:59] I tell you that you shall not go out thence till you have paid +even the last lepton [2 mill]. + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +CHRIST COMMENTING ON THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN GALILEANS, CURING A +DEMONIAC ON THE SABBATH, THE SAVED, ETC. + +1 [13:1]AND some were present at that time, telling him of the +Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices. [13:2]And +he answered and said to them, Do you think those Galileans were sinners +above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? [13:3]I +tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like +manner be destroyed. [13:4]Or those eighteen on whom the tower in the +Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think they were sinners above all +men that live at Jerusalem? [13:5]I tell you, No; but unless you change +your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed. + +2 [13:6]And he spoke this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted +in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. +[13:7]And he said to his vine dresser, Behold, I have come three years +seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none; cut it down; why should +it make the ground unproductive? [13:8] And he answered and said to +him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and put on +manure; [13:9]and if it bears fruit, well; but if not, at a future time +you shall cut it down. + +3 [13:10]And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, +[13:11] and behold, there was a woman who had been subject to a spirit +of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent down, and was not able to +lift herself up at all. [13:12]And Jesus seeing her, called to her and +said, Woman, you are released from your infirmity; [13:13]and he put +his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified +God. [13:14]And the synagogue ruler answered, being angry because Jesus +had performed a cure on the sabbath, and said to the multitude, There +are six days in which you ought to work; in them, therefore, come and +be cured, and not on the sabbath. [13:15]Then the Lord answered him and +said, Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or +his ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink? [13:16]And ought +not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, +behold, eighteen years, to be released from this bond on the sabbath? +[13:17]And when he had said these things all his enemies were ashamed; +and all the people rejoiced on account of all the glorious works +performed by him. + +4 [13:18]And he said, What is the kingdom of God like? and to what +shall I liken it? [13:19]It is like a mustard seed which a man took and +cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the +birds of heaven lodged in its branches. [13:20]Again he said, To what +shall I liken the kingdom of God? [13:21]It is like leaven which a +woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole +was leavened. + +5 [13:22]And he went through the cities and villages teaching, and +making his way towards Jerusalem. [13:23]And some one said to him, +Lord, are there few who are saved? And he said to them, [13:24]Strive +to enter in by the narrow gate; for many, I tell you, shall seek to +enter in, and shall not be able. [13:25] When the householder has risen +and shut the door, and you stand without and knock at the door, saying, +Lord, open to us, and he will answer and say to you, I know you not +whence you are, [13:26]then you will say, We eat and drank in your +presence, and you have taught in our streets; [13:27]and he will say to +you, I know not whence you are; depart from me, all doers of +wickedness. [13:28] There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when +you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in +the kingdom of God, and you cast out. [13:29]And they shall come from +the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline in +the kingdom of God. [13:30]And behold, there are last who shall be +first, and there are first who shall be last. + +6 [13:31]On the same day some of the Pharisees came to him, saying, Go +out and depart hence, for Herod wishes to kill you. [13:32]And he said +to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish +[performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall +finish my course. [13:33]But I must go on to-day and to-morrow, and the +day following; for it is not possible for a prophet to be destroyed out +of Jerusalem. [13:34]Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and +stoning those sent to her, how often would I have gathered your +children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you +would not! [13:35]Behold, your house is left to you. And I tell you, +that you shall not see me, till [the day] shall come when you shall +say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +CHRIST DINING WITH A RULER ON THE SABBATH, THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT +SUPPER, QUALIFICATIONS FOR DISCIPLESHIP. + +1 [14:1]AND he came into the house of one of the rulers of the +Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath; and they watched him closely. +[14:2]And behold, there was a man before him having the dropsy. +[14:3]And Jesus answered and said to the lawyers and Pharisees, Is it +lawful to cure on the sabbath, or not? [14:4]And they were silent. And +he took and cured him, and dismissed him. [14:5]And he answered and +said to them, If a son or an ox of any of you shall fall into a pit, +will he not immediately take him out on the sabbath day? [14:6]And they +could not answer to these things. + +2 [14:7]And he spoke a parable to the invited, when he observed how +they selected the first places at the table; saying to them, [14:8]When +you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the first +place, lest at some time a more honorable man than you should have been +invited by him, [14:9] and he that invited you and him come and say to +you, Give this man a place; and then with shame you take the last +place. [14:10]But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last +place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, +go up higher; then you shall have honor in the presence of those that +recline with you; [14:11]for every one that exalts himself shall be +humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. + +3 [14:12]And he said also to him that had invited him, When you make a +breakfast, or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor +your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also at some time +invite you in return, and a compensation be made to you. [14:13]But +when you make a feast, invite the poor, crippled, lame, blind, +[14:14]and you shall be blessed; for they cannot compensate you; for +you shall be compensated at the resurrection of the just. + +4 [14:15]And one of those reclining with him, hearing these things, +said to him, Blessed is he that eats bread in the kingdom of God. +[14:16]And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and +invited many. [14:17]And he sent his servant at the time of the supper +to say to the invited, Come, for all things are now ready. [14:18]And +they all with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I +have bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me +excused. [14:19]And another said, I have bought five yokes of oxen and +I go to try them; I pray you have me excused. [14:20]And another said, +I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come. [14:21]And +the servant came and reported to 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 hither the poor, and +maimed, and blind, and lame. [14:22]And the servant said, Lord, it is +done as you commanded, and yet there is room. [14:23]And the Lord said +to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the hedges, and compel +them to come in, that my house may be filled; [14:24]for I tell you +that none of those men that were invited shall taste of my supper. + +5 [14:25]And great multitudes were travelling with him; and turning +around he said to them, [14:26]If any one comes to me, and hates not +his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and +sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. +[14:27]And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot +be my disciple. [14:28]For what man of you wishing to build a tower, +does not first sit down and estimate the expense, whether he has the +means to finish? [14:29]lest having laid its foundation, and not being +able to finish, all who see ridicule him, [14:30]saying, This man began +to build and was not able to finish. [14:31]Or what king going to +engage in war with another king, does not first sit down and consult +whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him +with twenty thousand? [14:32]And if not, while he is yet a great way +off, sending an embassy he desires conditions of peace. [14:33]So, +therefore, no one of you can be my disciple who does not forsake all +that he has. [14:34]Salt, therefore, is good; but if the salt has lost +its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? [14:35] It is not fit for +land, nor for manure; they cast it away. He that has ears to hear, let +him hear. + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +PARABLES OF THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST MONEY, AND THE PRODIGAL SON. + +1 [15:1]AND all the publicans and sinners came near him to hear him. +[15:2]And both the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, This man +receives sinners and eats with them. [15:3]And he spoke to them this +parable; saying, [15:4]What man of you having a hundred sheep, and +losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, +and go after the lost sheep till he finds it. [15:5]And finding it, he +puts it on his shoulders rejoicing; [15:6]and coming to the house, he +calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for +I have found my sheep that was lost. [15:7]So, I tell you, there shall +be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over +ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind. + +2 [15:8]Or what woman having ten drachmas [140 cents], if she loses one +drachma [14 cents], does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and +seek carefully till she finds it? [15:9]And when she finds it, she +calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, Congratulate +me, for I have found the drachma which I lost. [15:10]So, I tell you, +there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his +mind. + +3 [15:11]And he said, A certain man had two sons. [15:12]And the +youngest of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the +estate that falls to me; and he divided to them his living. [15:13]And +not many days after, the youngest son, collecting all his property, +went abroad to a distant country; and there wasted his property, living +intemperately. [15:14]And when he had spent all, there was a severe +famine in that country; and he began to be in want. [15:15]And he went +and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he +sent him into his field to feed swine. [15:16]And he desired to fill +his stomach with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no man gave +him. + +4 [15:17]And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my +father abound in bread, but I perish here with hunger! [15:18]I will +arise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned to +Heaven, and before you; [15:19]I am no longer worthy to be called your +son; make me as one of your hired servants. [15:20]And he arose, and +came to his father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, +and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed +him. [15:21]And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, +and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. [15:22] +But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put on +him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; [15:23]and +bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice; [15:24]for +this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. +And they began to rejoice. + +5 [15:25]But his older son was in the field; and when he came and +approached the house he heard music and the dancers. [15:26]And calling +one of the servants he inquired what these things meant. [15:27]And he +said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the +fatted calf, because he has received him back in health. [15:28]And he +was angry, and would not go in; but his father came out and entreated +him. [15:29]And he answered and said to his father, Behold, I have +served you so many years, and have never disobeyed your command; and +you have never given me a kid, that I might rejoice with my friends; +[15:30]but when this your son came who has consumed his living with +harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf. [15:31]But he said to him, +Son, you are always with me, and all mine is yours. [15:32]We ought +also to rejoice and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is +alive again; and was lost, and is found. + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +THE UNFAITHFUL STEWARD, AND THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. + +1 [16:1]AND he also said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man +that had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his property. +[16:2]And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I hear of +you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer a +steward. [16:3]And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, +because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong +enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. [16:4]I know what I will do, that +when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their +houses. [16:5]And calling each one of his lord's debtors, he said to +the first, How much do you owe my lord? [16:6]And he said, A hundred +baths [1,350 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and +sit down quickly, and write fifty. [16:7]Then he said to another, And +how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors [1,445 bushels] of +wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty. [16:8]And +the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the +children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the +children of light. + +2 [16:9]And I tell you, Make yourselves friends of the riches procured +by injustice, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal +tabernacles. [16:10]He that is faithful in the least is faithful also +in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. +[16:11]If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the riches procured +by injustice, who will commit to you the true? [16:12]And if you have +not been faithful in another's, who will give you yours? [16:13]No +domestic can serve two masters; for he will either hate the first and +love the other, or he will adhere to the first and despise the other. +You cannot serve God and riches. + +3 [16:14]And the Pharisees, who are avaricious, heard all these things, +and derided him. [16:15]And he said to them, You are they that justify +yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is +high among men is an abomination before God. [16:16]The law and the +prophets were till John; since that time the kingdom of God is +preached, and every one presses violently into it. [16:17]And it is +easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law +to fail. [16:18]Every one that puts away his wife and marries another, +commits adultery; and he that marries a woman put away from a husband, +commits adultery. + +4 [16:19]There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and +fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day. [16:20]And a certain +poor man by the name of Lazarus was laid at his gate, afflicted with +ulcers, [16:21]and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from +the rich man's table; but the dogs also came and licked his ulcers. +[16:22]And the poor man died, and was carried away by the angels to +Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried; [16:23]and +in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham from +afar, and Lazarus in his bosom. [16:24]And he called and said, Father +Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his +finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in pain in this flame. + +5 [16:25]But Abraham said, Son, remember that you received your good +things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he +is comforted here, and you are in pain. [16:26]And besides all this, +there is a great chasm fixed between us and you, so that those wishing +to pass from hence to you cannot, neither can they pass from thence to +us. [16:27]And he said, I beseech you then, father, send him to my +father's house, [16:28]for I have five brothers, to testify fully to +them, that they may not also come to this place of torment [16:29]But +Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. +[16:30]But he said, No, father Abraham, but if one went to them from +the dead they would change their minds. [16:31]But he said to him, If +they hear not Moses and the prophets, they would not be persuaded if +one arose from the dead. + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +CHRIST'S DOCTRINE RESPECTING OFFENSES, CURING TEN LEPERS, AND +PREDICTING THE COMING OF HIS KINGDOM. + +1 [17:1]AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses +should come; but woe to him by whom they come; [17:2]it would be +profitable for him if a millstone was placed around his neck, and he +was cast into the sea, rather than that he should offend one of these +little ones. [17:3]Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, +reprove him; and if he changes his mind, forgive him; [17:4]and if he +sins against you seven times in a day, and turn seven times, saying, I +change my mind, you shall forgive him. + +2 [17:5]And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith. +[17:6]And the Lord said, If you had a faith like a mustard seed, you +would say to this sycamore tree, Be taken up by the roots and planted +in the sea, and it would obey you. [17:7]But which of you having a +servant plowing, or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in +from the field, Come immediately and sit down? [17:8]but will he not +say to him, Prepare something that I may take supper, and gird yourself +and wait on me till I eat and drink, and after that do you eat and +drink? [17:9]Does he thank the servant because he did the things +commanded him? [17:10]So also you, when you have done all things +commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; what we owed the +doing of; we have done. + +3 [17:11]And he was going to Jerusalem, and he passed through the midst +of Samaria and Galilee. [17:12]And coming to a certain village, ten +lepers met him, who stood afar off. [17:13]And they lifted up their +voice saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. [17:14]And seeing them, +he said, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And as they were going +they were cleansed. [17:15] And one of them seeing that he was cured, +returned, glorifying God with a loud voice, [17:16]and fell on his face +at his feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. [17:17]And Jesus +answered and said to him, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are +the nine? [17:18]There are not found returning to give glory to God any +but this stranger. [17:19]And he said to him, Arise and go; your faith +has cured you. + +4 [17:20]And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God +comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with +observation; [17:21] neither shall they say, Behold here! or, there! +for behold, the kingdom of God is within you. [17:22]And he said to +the disciples, The days will come when you shall desire to see one of +the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it. [17:23]And they shall +say to you, Behold there! behold here! go not away, nor follow them. +[17:24]For as the lightning flashing from one part under heaven shines +to another part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. +[17:25]But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this +generation. [17:26]And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be +also in the days of the Son of man. [17:27]They eat, they drank, they +married, they were married, till the day that Noah entered into the +ark, and the flood came and destroyed all. [17:28]In like manner also +as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, planted, +built; [17:29]but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire +and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all; [17:30]so shall it be in +the day when the Son of man is revealed. + +5 [17:31]In that day let not him that shall be on the house, and his +furniture in the house, come down to take it away; and in like manner +let not him in the field turn back for things which are behind; +[17:32]remember Lot's wife. [17:33]Whoever shall seek to save his life +shall lose it; and whoever shall lose shall save it. [17:34]I tell you, +on that night two shall be on one bed; one shall be taken and the other +left; [17:35]two shall be grinding together; one shall be taken and the +other left. [17:37]And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And +he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered +together. + + + +CHAPTER XXIII. + +THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST JUDGE, INFANTS, AND THE WAY OF SALVATION. + +1 [18:1]AND he spoke also a parable to them, that men ought to pray at +all times, and not to faint; [18:2]saying, There was a certain judge in +a certain city, who feared not God and regarded not man. [18:3]And +there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Give me +judgment against my adversary. [18:4]And he would not for a time; but +afterwards he said within himself, Though I fear not God and regard not +man, [18:5]yet because this widow makes me trouble I will give her +judgment, that she may not vex me by her continual coming. [18:6]And +the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says. [18:7]And will not God +execute the judgment of his elect, who cry day and night to him, even +though he waits long on them? [18:8]I tell you, he will execute their +judgment speedily. But when the Son of man comes will he find faith on +the earth? + +2 [18:9]And he also spoke this parable to some who trusted in +themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: [18:10]Two +men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a +publican. [18:11]The Pharisee, standing by himself, offered this +prayer; God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, rapacious, +unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican; [18:12]I fast twice a +week; I tithe all I acquire. [18:13]And the publican, standing afar +off, would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote on his breast, +saying, God, be propitious to me a sinner. [18:14]I tell you this man +went down to his house justified rather than that; for every one that +exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be +exalted. + +3 [18:15]And they brought him also infants, that he should touch them; +and the disciples seeing it reproved them. [18:16]But Jesus calling +them, said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them +not; for of such is the kingdom of God. [18:17]I tell you truly, that +whoever receives not the kingdom of God as a little child, shall by no +means enter into it. + +4 [18:18]And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good teacher, what +shall I do to inherit eternal life? [18:19]And Jesus said to him, Why +do you call me good? There is none good but one, God. [18:20]You know +the commandments; You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, +You shall not steal, You shall not testify falsely, Honor your father +and your mother. [18:21]And he said, All these have I kept from my +youth. [18:22]And Jesus hearing it, said to him, One thing you yet +want; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall +have a treasure in heaven, and come, follow me. [18:23]And when he +heard these things he was sad; for he was very rich. [18:24]And Jesus +seeing him, said, With what difficulty do those who have riches enter +into the kingdom of God! [18:25]It is easier for a camel to enter +through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the +kingdom of God. [18:26]And those hearing him, said, And who can be +saved? [18:27]And he said, Things impossible with man are possible with +God. + +5 [18:28]And Peter said, Behold, we have left our [property] and +followed you. [18:29]And he said to them, I tell you truly, that there +is no one who has left a house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or +children, on account of the kingdom of God, [18:30]who shall not +receive manifold more in this time, and in the life to come eternal +life. + + + +CHAPTER XXIV. + +CHRIST PREDICTING HIS DEATH, GIVING SIGHT TO A BLIND MAN, STOPPING WITH +ZACCHEUS, AND THE PARABLE OF THE NOBLEMAN RECEIVING A KINGDOM. + +1 [18:31]AND Jesus took the twelve aside, and said to them, Behold, we +go up to Jerusalem; and all things written by the prophets concerning +the Son of man will be finished. [18:32]For he will be delivered to the +Gentiles, and be mocked, and injuriously treated, and spit upon, +[18:33]and they will scourge and kill him, and on the third day he will +rise again. [18:34]And they understood nothing of these things; and +this word was concealed from them, and they did not perceive what was +said. + +2 [18:35]And when they came nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by +the way, begging. [18:36]And hearing the multitude passing by he +inquired what it meant. [18:37]And they told him, Jesus the Nazoraean +is passing by. [18:38]And he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have +mercy on me. [18:39]And those going before charged him to be still; but +he cried much more, Son of David, have mercy on me. [18:40]And Jesus +stopping, commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near he +asked him, [18:41]saying, What do you wish me to do for you? And he +said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. [18:42]And Jesus said to him, +Receive your sight; your faith has cured you. [18:43]And he immediately +received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God; and all the +people seeing it gave praise to God. + +3 [19:1]And entering into Jericho he passed through it. [19:2]And +behold, there was a man called Zaccheus, and he was chief publican, and +was rich. [19:3] And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and could not +on account of the multitude, because he was of small stature. [19:4]And +running before, he went up on a sycamore that he might see him; for he +was to pass by it. [19:5]And when he came to the place, Jesus looking +up saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for +to-day I must stop at your house; [19:6]and he made haste and came +down, and received him rejoicing. [19:7]And seeing it, they all +complained, saying, He has gone in to stop with a sinner. + +4 [19:8]And Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, Behold, half of my +property, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of +any thing, I restore fourfold. [19:9]And Jesus said to him, To-day has +salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; +[19:10]for the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost. + +5 [19:11]And when they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a +parable, because he was nigh Jerusalem; and they thought that the +kingdom of God was immediately to appear. [19:12]He said, therefore, A +certain nobleman went into a distant country to receive a kingdom for +himself, and to return. [19:13]And calling his ten servants, he gave +them ten minas [$163.30], and said to them, Use them in business till I +come. [19:14]And his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, +saying, We wish not this man to reign over us. [19:15]And he returned, +having received the kingdom, and ordered those servants to be called to +him to whom he had given the money, that he might know what each one +had done. + +6 [19:16]And the first came, saying, Lord, your mina [$16.33] has +gained ten minas. [19:17]And he said to him, Well, good servant; +because you have been faithful in the least, have authority over ten +cities. [19:18]And the second came, saying, Lord, your mina has made +five minas. [19:19]And he said to him, Be you over five cities. +[19:20]And the other came, saying, Lord, behold your mina, which I had +laid up in a napkin; [19:21]for I feared you, because you are an +austere man; you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did +not sow. [19:22]He said to him, Out of your mouth will I judge you, +evil servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid +not down, and reaping what I did not sow? [19:23]then why did you not +put my silver on the [broker's] table, and when I came I should have +had the same, with interest? [19:24]And he said to those standing by, +Take from him the mina, and give it to him that has ten minas,-- +[19:25]and they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas,-- [19:26]for I +tell you, that to every one that has shall be given; but from him that +has not, even what he has shall be taken away; [19:27]but those my +enemies that wished me not to reign over them, bring hither and kill +them before me. + + + +CHAPTER XXV. + +CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM, AND PURIFYING THE TEMPLE. + +1 [19:28]AND having said these things he went forward going up to +Jerusalem. [19:29]And when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at +the mountain called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, +[19:30]saying, Go into the village opposite to you, and having entered +into it you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; untie and +bring him; [19:31]and if any one asks you, Why do you untie him? Say +thus to him; The Lord has need of him. [19:32]And those sent, going, +found as he said to them. [19:33]And untying the colt, his owners said +to them, Why do you untie the colt? [19:34]And they said, The Lord has +need of him. [19:35]And they brought him to Jesus; and spreading their +clothes on the colt they put Jesus on him. [19:36]And as he proceeded +they spread their clothes in the way. [19:37]And when he was now +approaching, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude +of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for +all the mighty works which they saw, [19:38]saying, Blessed is the king +who comes in the name of the Lord; peace be in heaven, and glory in the +highest [heavens]. [19:39]And some of the Pharisees, from the +multitude, said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. [19:40]And he +answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent +the stones would cry out. + +2 [19:41]And when he came near and saw the city he wept over it, +[19:42] saying, O, that you had known, even you, and indeed in this +your day, the things which are for your peace! But now they are hid +from your eyes. [19:43]For days of [trouble] will come upon you, and +your enemies shall throw an embankment around you, and shut you in, and +press you on every side, [19:44]and destroy you and your children with +you, and not leave stone upon stone in you; because you knew not the +time of your visitation. + +3 [19:45]And going into the temple he cast out those that sold, +[19:46]saying to them, it is written, My house shall be a house of +prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. + + + +CHAPTER XXVI. + +CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES. + +1 [19:47]AND he taught daily in the temple; and the chief priests, and +scribes, and the first of the people sought to destroy him. [19:48]And +they found nothing that they could do; for all the people were +attentive to hear him. [20:1]And on one of those days, as he was +teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming the good news, the +chief priests and scribes, with the elders, came upon him, [20:2]and +spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority you do these things? and +who gave you this authority? [20:3]And he answered and said to them, I +also will ask you a question; and tell me, [20:4]Was the baptism of +John from heaven, or from men? [20:5]And they reasoned with themselves, +saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why did you not believe +him? [20:6]But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for +they are persuaded that John is a prophet. [20:7]And they answered, +They did not know whence. [20:8]And Jesus said to them, Neither do I +tell you by what authority I do these things. + +2 [20:9]And he spoke to the people this parable; A man planted a +vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long +time. [20:10]And at the time he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that +they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; and the husbandmen +beat him, and sent him away empty. [20:11] And again he sent another +servant; and they beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him +away empty. [20:12]And again he sent a third; and they wounded him, and +cast him out. [20:13]And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I +do? I will send my beloved son; doubtless, when they see him they will +respect him. [20:14]But seeing him, the husbandmen reasoned with +themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the +inheritance may be ours. [20:15]And they cast him out of the vineyard, +and killed him. What, therefore, will the lord of the vineyard do to +them? [20:16]He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and let the +vineyard to others. And hearing this, they said, By no means. +[20:17]And he looked at them and said, What, then, is this which is +written? The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of a +corner; [20:18]every one that falls on that stone shall be bruised; but +on whomsoever it shall fall it shall crush him to atoms. [20:19]And the +scribes and chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that time; and +they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable to +them. + +3 [20:20]And they sent spies to watch him, who pretended to be +righteous men, that they might take advantage of his speech, to deliver +him to the power and authority of the procurator. [20:21]And they +asked him saying, Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, +and respect no person, but teach the way of God in truth. [20:22]Is it +lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not? [20:23]And perceiving +their craftiness, he said to them, [20:24]Show me a denarius [14 +cents]. Whose figure and inscription has it? And they answered and +said, Caesar's. [20:25]And he said to them, Render therefore Caesar's +dues to Caesar, and God's to God. [20:26]And they were not able to take +advantage of his word before the people; and they wondered at his +answer, and were silent. + +4 [20:27]And some of the Sadducees came forward, who deny that there is +a resurrection, and asked him, [20:28]saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to +us, that if one's brother dies, having a wife, and dies childless, his +brother shall take his wife and raise up children for his brother. +[20:29]There were, therefore, seven brothers; and the first took a +wife, and died childless; [20:30]and the second and third took her; +[20:31]and in like manner also the seven; [and they] left no children, +and died. [20:32]And last, the woman died also. [20:33]In the +resurrection, therefore, which of them has her for a wife? for the +seven had her for a wife. [20:34]And Jesus said to them, The children +of this life marry and are married; [20:35]but those who are judged +worthy to attain that life, and the resurrection of the dead, neither +marry nor are married; [20:36]neither can they die any more; for they +are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the +resurrection. [20:37]But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at +the bush, when he called the Lord, The God of Abraham, and God of +Isaac, and God of Jacob. [20:38]But God is not [a God] of the dead, +but of the living; for all live to him. [20:39]And some of the scribes +answered and said, Teacher, you have spoken well. [20:40]And they dared +not question him any more. + +5 [20:41]And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is the +son of David? [20:42]And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The +Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, [20:43]till I make your +enemies your footstool. [20:44]David, therefore, calls him Lord; and +how is he his son? + +6 [20:45]And in the hearing of all the people he said to them, +[20:46]Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in long robes, and +love salutations in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, +and the first places at feasts; [20:47]who devour widows' houses, and +for a pretence make long prayers; they shall receive a greater judgment. + +7 [21:1]And looking up he saw the rich casting their gifts into the +treasury. [21:2]And he saw also a certain poor widow cast in there two +lepta [4 mills]. [21:3]And he said, I tell you truly, that this poor +widow has cast in more than all; [21:4]for all these have cast among +the gifts from their abundance; but she from her want has cast in all +the living she had. + + + +CHAPTER XXVII. + +CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND HIS OWN EXALTATION. + +1 [21:5]AND some speaking of the temple, that it was adorned with +beautiful stones and votive offerings, he said, [21:6]As to these +things which you see, the days will come in which stone shall not be +left upon stone that shall not be thrown down. [21:7]And they asked +him, saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be? and what sign +[shall there be], when these things are about to occur? [21:8]And he +said, See that you be not deceived; for many shall come in my name, +saying, I am [Christ], and the time is at hand; go not after them. +[21:9] And when you hear of wars and insurrections, be not terrified, +for these things must be first; but the end is not immediately. + +2 [21:10]Then said he to them, Nation shall rise against nation, and +kingdom against kingdom; [21:11]and in places there shall be great +earthquakes, and famines, and pestilences; and there shall also be +fearful sights and great signs from heaven. [21:12]But before all these +things they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, committing +you to synagogues and prisons, to be brought before kings and governors +on my account; [21:13]and it shall result to you for a testimony. +[21:14]Settle it in your minds, therefore, not to premeditate what +defense you shall make, [21:15]for I will give you a mouth and wisdom +which all your enemies shall not be able to resist or dispute. +[21:16]And you shall be delivered up by parents, and brothers, and +relatives, and friends; and they shall kill some of you; [21:17]and you +shall be hated by all on my account; [21:18]and a hair of your heads +shall by no means perish; [21:19]by your patience you shall save your +souls. + +3 [21:20]But when you see Jerusalem surrounded with encampments, then +know that its desolation is at hand. [21:21]Then let those in Judea +flee to the mountains; and those in the midst of it depart out of it; +and let those in country places not enter into it. [21:22]For these are +days of judgment, that all things which are written may be fully +accomplished. [21:23]But woe to those with child, and having children +at the breast in those days; for there shall be great distress on the +earth, and wrath against this people. [21:24]And they shall fall by the +edge of the sword, and be carried away captive to all nations, and +Jerusalem shall be trodden down by gentiles, till the times of gentiles +are fully accomplished. + +4 [21:25]And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars; and +on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity [at] the roaring of +the sea and waves, [21:26]men dying with fear and an expectation of +evils to come on the world; for the hosts of the heavens shall be +shaken. [21:27]And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud +with power and great glory. [21:28]When these things begin to occur, +arise and lift up your heads, for your redemption is near. + +5 [21:29]And he spoke to them a parable; See the fig tree and all the +trees; [21:30]when they now put forth, observing you know of yourselves +that summer already is nigh; [21:31]so, also, when you see all these +things occur, know that the kingdom of God is nigh. [21:32]I tell you +truly, that this generation shall by no means pass away till all these +things are accomplished. [21:33] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but +my words shall not pass away. [21:34]Take heed to yourselves, that +your hearts be not oppressed with revelling and drunkenness, and +worldly cares, and that day come upon you suddenly; [21:35]for it shall +come like a snare on all who live on the face of the whole earth. +[21:36]But watch continually, praying that you may be accounted worthy +to escape all these things which are about to occur, and to stand +before the Son of man. + +6 [21:37]And he taught during the days in the temple, and went out and +spent the nights on the mountain called the Mount of Olives. [21:38]And +all the people came early to him in the temple to hear him. + + + +CHAPTER XXVIII. + +JUDAS AGREES TO BETRAY HIS MASTER, THE LAST SUPPER, AMBITION +DISCOURAGED, THE DISCIPLES WARNED. + +1 [22:1]AND the feast of unleavened bread approached, called the +passover. [22:2]And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might +destroy him, for they feared the people. [22:3]And Satan entered into +Judas, called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve; [22:4]and +he went and conferred with the chief priests and commanders as to how +he might deliver him to them. [22:5]And they were glad, and agreed to +give him money. [22:6]And he promised, and sought a convenient +opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the people. + +2 [22:7]And the day of unleavened bread came, in which it was necessary +to kill the paschal lamb. [22:8]And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go, +prepare for us the passover, that we may eat. [22:9]And they said to +him, Where do you wish us to prepare? [22:10]And he said to them, +Behold, as you enter into the city, a man will meet you, bearing an +earthen vessel of water; follow him into the house where he enters, +[22:11]and say to the master of the house, The teacher says to you, +where is the public room in which I may eat the passover with my +disciples? [22:12]And he will show you a large upper room furnished; +there prepare. [22:13]And they went and found as he had said to them +and prepared the passover. + +3 [22:14]And when the hour had come, he sat down, and the apostles with +him; [22:15]and he said to them, I have greatly desired to eat this +passover with you before I suffer; [22:16]for I tell you that I will +eat it no more till it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. [22:17]And +taking a cup, he gave thanks, and said, Take this and divide it among +you; [22:18]for I tell you that I will not drink of the product of the +vine, till the kingdom of God has come. [22:19] And taking bread, and +giving thanks, he broke and gave them, saying, This is my body given +for you; this do in remembrance of me. [22:20]And the cup in like +manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] +with my blood, which is poured out for you. [22:21]But behold, the hand +of the traitor is with me on the table; [22:22]for the Son of man goes +as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed. +[22:23]And they inquired among themselves which of them it was who was +about to do this. + +4 [22:24]And there was a contention among them as to which of them +should be the greatest. [22:25]And he said to them, The kings of the +nations exercise lordship over them; and those having power are called +their benefactors. [22:26] But you shall not be so. But let the greater +among you be as the younger, and the chief as he that serves. +[22:27]For which is greater, he that reclines, or he that serves? Is +not he that reclines? But I am with you as he that serves. [22:28]And +you have continued with me in my trials, [22:29]and I appoint you, as +my Father has appointed me, a kingdom, [22:30]that you may eat and +drink at my table, in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the +twelve tribes of Israel. + +5 [22:31]Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, to sift like +wheat; [22:32]but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not +entirely fail; and when you recover yourself, confirm your brothers. +[22:33]And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison +and to death. [22:34]And he said, I tell you, Peter, a cock shall not +crow today, before you shall deny thrice that you know me. + +6 [22:35]And he said to them, When I sent you out without a purse, and +provision sack, and sandals, did you want any thing? And they said, +Nothing. [22:36]Then he said to them, But now let him that has a purse +take it, and a provision sack likewise; and he that has not a sword, +let him sell his cloak and buy one. [22:37]For I tell you, that this +which is written must be fully accomplished in me, And he was numbered +with transgressors; for also the things concerning me have an end. +[22:38]And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to +them, It is sufficient. + + + +CHAPTER XXIX. + +CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM. + +1 [22:39]AND going out, he went, according to his custom to the Mount +of Olives; and the disciples followed him. [22:40]And arriving at the +place, he said to them, Pray that you may not enter into trial. +[22:41]And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and kneeling +down, prayed, [22:42]saying, Father, if thou wilt, take this cup away +from me; but not my will, but thine be done. [22:43]And an angel +appeared to him from heaven, strengthening him. [22:44]And being in +agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was like large drops of +blood falling down to the ground. [22:45]And rising from prayer, and +coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief, [22:46]and +he said to them, Why do you sleep? Arise, and pray that you may not +enter into trial. + +2 [22:47]And while he was yet speaking, behold a multitude, and he that +was called Judas, one of the twelve, came before them, and he +approached Jesus to kiss him. [22:48]But Jesus said to him, Judas, do +you betray the Son of man with a kiss? [22:49]And those about him +seeing what was about to occur, said, Lord, shall we strike with the +sword? [22:50]And one of them struck the servant of the chief priest, +and took off his right ear. [22:51]But Jesus answered and said, Suffer +even this; and touching his ear he healed him. [22:52]And Jesus said to +the chief priests, and commanders of the temple, and elders who came +against him, Have you come with swords and clubs, as against a robber? +[22:53] When I was daily with you in the temple you stretched not out +your hands upon me but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. + +3 [22:54]And apprehending him, they led him away, and conducted him to +the house of the chief priest; and Peter followed at a distance. +[22:55]And they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and +sat down, Peter sat in the midst of them. [22:56]And a certain female +servant seeing him sitting by the light, and looking steadily at him, +said, This man also was with him. [22:57] But he denied him, saying, I +do not know him, woman. [22:58]And after a little, another seeing him, +said, You also are one of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not. +[22:59]And about an hour intervening, another strongly affirmed, +saying, Certainly, this man was also with him; for he is also a +Galilean. [22:60]But Peter said, Man, I know not what you say. And +immediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crew. [22:61]And the +Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter was reminded of the Lord's +word, that he said to him, Before a cock crows to-day you shall deny me +thrice; [22:62]and going out, Peter wept bitterly. + +4 [22:63]And the men having him in custody mocked him, beating him; +[22:64]and blindfolding him they asked him, saying, Prophecy who it is +that struck you? [22:65]And they reviled him with many other words. + +5 [22:66]And when it was day, the eldership of the people, and the +chief priests, and scribes were assembled, and they brought him into +their sanhedrim, saying, [22:67]If you are the Christ, tell us? And he +said to them, If I tell you you will not believe; [22:68]and if I ask +you will not answer. [22:69]But from this time the Son of man will sit +on the right hand of the power of God. [22:70]And they all said, Are +you the Son of God then? And he said to them, I am as you say. +[22:71]And they said, What further need have we of testimony? for we +ourselves have heard from his mouth. + + + +CHAPTER XXX. + +CHRIST BEFORE PILATE AND HEROD, HIS CONDEMNATION. + +1 [23:1]AND all the multitude arose and led him to Pilate. [23:2]And +they accused him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, +and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that he is an anointed +king. [23:3] And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the king of the +Jews? And he answered and said to him, As you say. [23:4]And Pilate +said to the chief priests, and the multitudes, I find no fault with +this man. [23:5]And they were more violent, saying, He excites the +people, teaching in all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this +place. [23:6]And Pilate hearing of Galilee asked if the man was a +Galilean. [23:7]And learning that he was of the province of Herod, he +sent him to Herod, who was himself also at Jerusalem in those days. + +2 [23:8]And when Herod saw Jesus he was much pleased; for he had wished +for a long time to see him, because he had beard about him, and he +hoped to see some miracle performed by him. [23:9]And he questioned him +with many words; but he answered him nothing. [23:10]And the chief +priests and scribes stood up, violently accusing him. [23:11]And Herod, +with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, and mocked him, and put +on him a splendid garment, and sent him back to Pilate. [23:12]And +Pilate and Herod became friends to each other on that day; for they had +before been enemies to each other. + +3 [23:13]And Pilate having called the chief priests, and rulers, and +the people, [23:14]said to them, You have brought me this man as one +that perverts the people; and behold, having had an examination before +you, I have found in this man no cause for the charges which you bring +against him, [23:15]but neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and +behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him; [23:16]having +chastised him therefore, I will release him. [23:18]And the whole +multitude cried out, saying, Take away this man, and release to us +Barabbas; [23:19]who had been cast into prison for a certain sedition +made in the city, and a murder. + +4 [23:20]Pilate therefore addressed them again, wishing to release +Jesus; [23:21]but they replied, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. +[23:22]And he said to them a third time, [Why], for what evil has this +man done? I have found no cause of death in him; having chastised him +therefore, I will release him. [23:23]And they beset him with loud +cries, demanding that he should be crucified; and their cries, and +those of the chief priests, prevailed; [23:24] and Pilate answered, +that their demand should be granted. [23:25]And he released him that +was cast into prison for sedition and murder, whom they desired, and +delivered up Jesus to their will. + + + +CHAPTER XXXI. + +CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION, DEATH, AND BURIAL. + +1 [23:26]AND when they led him away, they took Simon, a certain +Cyrenian, coming from the country, and put on him the cross to bear +after Jesus. [23:27] And there followed him a great multitude of the +people, and of women; and they bewailed and lamented him. [23:28]And +turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, +but weep for yourselves, and for your children. [23:29]For behold, days +come in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and those who +have not borne children, and the breasts which have not nursed them! +[23:30]Then shall they say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the +hills, Cover us; [23:31]for if they do these things with the green +tree, what shall be done with the dry? [23:32]And two other criminals +were led out to be put to death with him. + +2 [23:33]And when they arrived at the place called Cranium, there they +crucified him, and the criminals; one on his right hand, and the other +on his left. [23:34]And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know +not what they do. And distributing his garments they cast lots [for +them]. [23:35]And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also +scoffed, saying, He saved others; if this is the Christ, the elect of +God, let him save himself. [23:36]And the soldiers also mocked him, +and came and presented him vinegar, [23:37]and said, If you are the +king of the Jews, save yourself. [23:38]And there was an inscription +over him; THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +3 [23:39]And one of the criminals crucified, reviled him, [saying], Are +you not the Christ? save yourself and us. [23:40]But the other +answered and rebuked him, and said, Do you not fear God, since you are +under the same sentence? [23:41]and we indeed justly, for we receive +the desert of our doings; but this man has done nothing amiss. +[23:42]And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom. +[23:43]And he said to him, I tell you truly, to-day you shall be with +me in paradise. + +4 [23:44]And it was now about the sixth hour [noon]; and there was a +darkness over all the land till the ninth hour [3 P.M.]. [23:45]And +the sun was obscured; and the vail in the midst of the temple was rent +in two. [23:46]And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into +thy hands I commit my spirit; and having said this, he expired. +[23:47]And the centurion seeing what was done, glorified God, saying, +Truly this was a righteous man. [23:48]And all the multitudes who had +come together to this spectacle, beholding what was done, returned +beating their breasts. [23:49]And all his friends stood at a distance, +and the women who had followed him from Galilee, seeing these things. + +5 [23:50]And behold, a man by the name of Joseph, a counsellor, a good +and righteous man, [23:51]this man had not consented to their design +and doing, [he was] from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he expected +the kingdom of God. [23:52]This man coming to Pilate asked for the body +of Jesus; [23:53]and taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid +it in a tomb cut out of a rock, in which no man had yet been laid. +[23:54]And the day was the preparation; the sabbath was dawning. + + + +CHAPTER XXXII. + +CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION. + +1 [23:55]AND women following him who had come up with him from Galilee +saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. [23:56]And they returned and +prepared spices and ointments, and rested on the sabbath, according to +the commandment. + +2 [24:1]And on the first day of the week, early in the morning, they +came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. [24:2]And +they found the stone rolled away from the tomb; [24:3]and entering, +found not the body. [24:4] And while they were in doubt about this, +behold, two men stood by them in shining clothing. [24:5]And [the +women] being afraid, and bowing their faces to the earth, they said to +them, Why do you seek the living with the dead? [24:6] He is not here, +but is raised. Remember how he told you while he was yet in Galilee, +[24:7]saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of wicked +men to be crucified, and on the third day rise again. [24:8]And they +remembered his words; [24:9]and returning from the tomb related all +these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. [24:10]And they were +the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the +others with them, who told these things to the apostles. [24:11]And +their words appeared to them like idle talk; and they believed them not. + +3 [24:13]And behold, two of them went the same day to a village about +sixty stadiums [7 miles] from Jerusalem, called Emmaus; [24:14]and they +conversed together of all these things which had happened. [24:15]And +as they conversed and reasoned together, Jesus also himself approaching +walked with them; [24:16] but their eyes were restrained that they did +not know him. [24:17]And he said to them, What reports are these which +you relate one to the other as you walk and are sad? [24:18]And one of +them answered, whose name was Cleopas, and said to him, Do you live +alone at Jerusalem and not know the things which have occurred in it in +these days? [24:19]And he said to them, What things? And they said to +him, The things relating to Jesus the Nazoraean, who was a prophet, +mighty in work and word before God and all the people; [24:20]and how +our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to the sentence of death, +and crucified him, [24:21]But we hoped that he was the one who was to +redeem Israel. But indeed, also, in addition to all these things, today +is the third day since these things occurred; [24:22]but some of our +women also astonished us, who being early at the tomb [24:23]and not +finding his body, came, saying that they had seen a vision of angels, +who said that he was alive. [24:24]And some of those with us went to +the tomb, and found even as the women had said; and him they saw not. + +4 [24:25]And he said to them, O foolish men, and of a mind slow to +believe all that the prophets have spoken. [24:26]Ought not the Christ +to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? [24:27]And from +Moses, and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the +Scriptures the things concerning himself. [24:28]And they approached +the village to which they were going; and he pretended to be going +farther. [24:29]And they urged him, saying, Remain with us, for it is +near evening, and the day is already past. And he went in to remain +with them; [24:30]and when he reclined with them, taking bread, he +blessed, and breaking, gave them. [24:31]And their eyes were opened, +and they knew him; and he vanished from their sight. [24:32]And they +said one to the other, Did not our hearts burn within us when he spoke +to us on the way? when he opened to us the Scriptures? [24:33]And +rising up the same hour they returned to Jerusalem, and found the +eleven, and those with them, assembled together, [24:34]saying, The +Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon. [24:35]And they +related the things on the way, and how he was known to them by the +breaking of bread. + +5 [24:36]And as they were saying these things he stood in the midst of +them; [24:37]and they being terrified and afraid, thought they saw a +spirit. [24:38] And he said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do +doubts arise in your minds? [24:39]See my hands and my feet, that I am +he; feel of me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you +see me have. [24:41]And while they yet disbelieved from joy, and +wondered, he said to them, Have you any food here? [24:42]And they gave +him part of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb; [24:43] and taking it, +he eat before them. + +6 [24:44]And he said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you +while I was yet with you, that all things written in the law of Moses, +and Prophets, and Psalms, concerning me, must be fully accomplished. +[24:45]Then he opened their understanding to understand the Scriptures, +[24:46]and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should +suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day, [24:47]and that a +change of mind and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name +to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. [24:48]You are witnesses of +these things. [24:49]Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; +but remain in the city till you are endued with power from on high. + +7 [24:50]And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his +hands, blessed them; [24:51]and while he was blessing them he departed +from them. [24:52]And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, +[24:53]and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. + + + + +THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE WORD. + +1 [1:1]IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and +the Word was God. [1:2]This [Word] was in the beginning with God. +[1:3]All things existed through him, and without him not one thing +existed, which existed. [1:4] In him was life, and the life was the +light of men; [1:5]and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness +comprehended it not. + +2 [1:6]There was a man, sent by God, whose name was John. [1:7]This +man came for a testimony, to testify of the light, that all might +believe through him. [1:8]He was not the light, but to testify of the +light. [1:9]The light was the true [light] which lights every man that +comes into the world. [1:10]He was in the world, and the world existed +through him, and the world knew him not. [1:11] He came to his own, and +his own received him not. [1:12]But as many as received him, to them +gave he power to become sons of God, to them that believe on his name, +[1:13]who are born not of superior blood, nor of a will of the flesh, +nor of a will of man, but of God. + +3 [1:14]And the Word became flesh and tabernacled with us and we beheld +his glory, a glory as of an only child with a father, full of grace and +truth. [1:15]John testified of him, and cried, saying, This is the one +of whom I said, He that comes after me existed before me, for he was +before me. [1:16]For we all have received of his fullness, and grace +for grace; [1:17]for the law was given by Moses, the grace and truth +were by Jesus Christ. [1:18]No one has ever seen God; the only Son, +who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared [him]. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +CHRIST DECLARED TO BE THE MESSIAH, AND COMMENCING HIS MINISTRY. + +1 [1:19]AND this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem +sent priests and Levites to ask him, Who are you? [1:20]And he +confessed and denied not, and confessed, I am not the Christ. [1:21]And +they asked him, What then? are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are +you the prophet? And he answered, No. [1:22]Then they said to him, Who +are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us; what say you +of yourself? [1:23]He said, I am the voice of one crying in the +wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as Isaiah the prophet +said. + +2 [1:24]And those sent were of the Pharisees. [1:25]And they asked him, +and said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, +nor Elijah, nor the prophet? [1:26]John answered them saying, I baptize +with water; but among you stands one whom you know not. [1:27]He is the +one coming after me, the strings of whose sandal I am not worthy to +untie. [1:28]These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where +John was baptizing. + +3 [1:29]On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold +the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. [1:30]This is he +of whom I said, After me comes a man who was before me, for he was +before me. [1:31]And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest +to Israel, for this reason have I come baptizing with water. [1:32]And +John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from +heaven, and it remained on him. [1:33]And I knew him not, but he that +sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you see the +Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes with the +Holy Spirit. [1:34]And I have seen and testified that this is the Son +of God. + +4 [1:35]On the next day John was again standing, and two of his +disciples, [1:36]and looking at Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the +Lamb of God. [1:37]And his two disciples heard him say this, and +followed Jesus. [1:38]And Jesus turning around, and seeing them +following, said to them, What do you seek? And they said to him, Rabbi, +which interpreted signifies Teacher, where do you stay? [1:39]He said +to them, Come and see. Then they went and saw where he staid, and staid +with him that day; it was about the tenth hour. [1:40]Andrew, the +brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and +followed him; [1:41]he first found his brother Simon, and said to him, +We have found the Messiah; which is interpreted, Christ [Anointed]. +[1:42]He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, You are +Simon, the son of Jonas; you shall be called Cephas; which is +interpreted, Peter [Rock]. + +5 [1:43]On the next day he wished to go to Galilee, and he found +Philip. And Jesus said to him, Follow me. [1:44]Now Philip was from +Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. [1:45]Philip found +Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law, +and the prophets, wrote, Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth. +[1:46]And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of +Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. [1:47]Jesus saw Nathanael +coming to him, and said of him, See an Israelite indeed, in whom is no +guile. [1:48]Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus +answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, when you were under +the fig tree I saw you. [1:49]Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, you are +the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. [1:50]Jesus answered and +said to him, Because I said to you I saw you under the fig tree, do you +believe? You shall see greater things than these. [1:51]And he said to +him, I tell you most truly, you shall see heaven opened and the angels +of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +CHRIST CHANGING WATER INTO WINE, RESIDING AT CAPERNAUM, AND PURIFYING +THE TEMPLE. + +1 [2:1]AND on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and +the mother of Jesus was there; [2:2]and Jesus also was invited, and his +disciples, to the wedding. [2:3]And the wine falling short the mother +of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. [2:4]Jesus said to her, What +have you to do with me, woman? My hour has not yet come. [2:5]His +mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. [2:6]And there +were six stone water jars there, placed for the purification of the +Jews, containing two or three metretes [16.75 or 25.125 gallons] each. +[2:7]Jesus said to them, Fill the water jars with water; and they +filled them to the top. [2:8]And he said to them, Now draw out and bear +to the master of the feast; and they bore it. [2:9]And when the master +of the feast tasted of the water made wine, and knew not whence it +was,--but the servants knew who had drawn the water,--the master of the +feast called the bridegroom [2:10]and said to him, Every man first +presents the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, the poorer; +but you have kept the good wine till now. [2:11]This first miracle did +Jesus perform at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his +disciples believed on him. [2:12]After this he went down to Capernaum, +he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples, and remained +there a few days. + +2 [2:13]And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and Jesus went up to +Jerusalem. [2:14]And he found in the temple those that sold cattle, and +sheep, and doves, and the brokers sitting; [2:15]and making a whip of +cords he drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and cattle, +and poured out the money of the brokers, and overturned the tables, +[2:16]and said to those that sold doves, Take these things hence; make +not my Father's house a house of merchandise. [2:17]And his disciples +remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house consumes me. + +3 [2:18]Then the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show +us, that you do these things? [2:19]Jesus answered and said to them, +Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it. [2:20]Then the +Jews said to him, Forty-six years was this temple being built, and will +you raise it in three days? [2:21]But he spoke of the temple of his +body. [2:22]When, therefore, he was raised from the dead, his disciples +remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture and the +word which Jesus spoke. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +CHRIST'S DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS. + +1 [2:23]AND when he was at Jerusalem at the feast of the passover many +believed on him, seeing his miracles which he performed; [2:24]but +Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, [2:25]for +he had no need that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in +man. + +2 [3:1]And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a +ruler of the Jews. [3:2]This man came to him by night and said to him, +Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can +perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with him. +[3:3]Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one +has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. [3:4]Nicodemus +said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an +unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born? [3:5]Jesus +answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of +the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [3:6]That which is +born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is a +spirit. [3:7]Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again. +[3:8]The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but +you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that +has been born of the Spirit. + +3 [3:9]Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? +[3:10] Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and +know not these things? [3:11]I tell you most truly, that we speak what +we know, and what we have seen we testify; and you receive not our +testimony. [3:12]If I have told you earthly things and you believe not, +how will you believe if I should tell you heavenly things? [3:13]And no +one has ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son +of man who is in heaven. [3:14]And as Moses lifted up the serpent in +the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; [3:15]that every +one believing in him may have eternal life. [3:16]For God so loved the +world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may +not perish but have eternal life. [3:17]For God sent not his Son into +the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be +saved. [3:18]He that believes in him is not judged; but he that +believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in +the name of the only Son of God. [3:19]And this is the judgment; that +the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than +the light, because their deeds are evil. [3:20]For every one that does +evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should +be reproved; [3:21]but he that does good comes to the light, that his +deeds may be made manifest, for they are wrought in God. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +CHRIST BAPTIZING, AND PREACHING TO THE SAMARITANS. + +1 [3:22]AFTER these things Jesus and his disciples came into the +country of Judea; and there he staid with them, and baptized. +[3:23]And John also was baptizing at AEnon, near Salim, because there +were many waters there; and they came and were baptized, [3:24]for John +was not yet cast into prison. [3:25] Then there was a controversy of +the disciples of John with a Jew concerning purification. [3:26]And +they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond +the Jordan, to whom you testified, behold, this [man] baptizes and all +men come to him. [3:27]John answered and said, A man can receive +nothing unless it is given him from heaven. [3:28]You yourselves bear +me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before him. +[3:29]He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the +bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the +bridegroom's voice; this my joy, therefore, is fully attained. +[3:30]He must increase, but I must decrease. [3:31]He that comes from +above is above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks +of the earth. He that comes from heaven is above all; [3:32] and what +he has seen and heard this he testifies; and no one receives his +testimony. [3:33]He that receives his testimony has sealed that God is +true. [3:34]For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God +gives not the Spirit by measure. [3:35]The Father loves the Son, and +has given all things into his hand. [3:36]He that believes on the Son +has eternal life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, +but the wrath of God continues on him. + +2 [4:1]When, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that +Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, [4:2]though Jesus +himself indeed baptized not, but his disciples, [4:3]he left Judea and +departed again to Galilee. [4:4]And it was necessary that he should +pass through Samaria. [4:5] He came, therefore, to a city of Samaria +called Sychar, near the lot which Jacob gave his son Joseph. [4:6]And +Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being fatigued with +travelling sat thus by the well; it was about the sixth hour [noon]. +[4:7]A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give me +a drink; [4:8]for his disciples had gone away into the city to buy +provisions. [4:9]Then the Samaritan woman said to him, How do you, +being a Jew, ask a drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews do no +business with the Samaritans. [4:10]Jesus answered and said to her, If +you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me a +drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living +water. [4:11]The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, +and the well is deep; whence then have you the living water? [4:12]Are +you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and who drank +of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? [4:13]Jesus answered and +said to her, Every one that drinks of this water will thirst again; +[4:14]but whoever drinks of the water which I will give him shall never +thirst; but the water which I will give him shall be in him a fountain +of water springing up to eternal life. [4:15]The woman said to him, +Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, nor come here to draw. +[4:16]He said to her, Go and call your husband, and come here. +[4:17]The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to +her, You have said well, I have no husband; [4:18]for you have had five +husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband. In this you +have spoken truly. + +3 [4:19]The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. +[4:20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you say that +Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. [4:21]Jesus said to +her, Believe me, woman, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, +nor in Jerusalem, you shall worship the Father. [4:22]You worship what +you know not; we worship what we know; for salvation is of the Jews. +[4:23]But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall +worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such to +worship him. [4:24]God is a Spirit, and those that worship him must +worship in spirit and truth. [4:25]The woman said to him, I know that +the Messiah is coming, called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all +things. [4:26]Jesus said to her, I that speak to you am [the Messiah]. + +4 [4:27]And upon this his disciples came, and wondered that he talked +with the woman; but no one said to him, What do you seek? or why do +you talk with her? [4:28]Then the woman left her bucket, and went to +the city, and said to the men, [4:29]Come and see a man who has told me +all things which I have done; is this the Christ? [4:30]They came out +from the city and came to him. + +5 [4:31]In the meantime the disciples asked him saying, Rabbi, eat. +[4:32]But he said to them, I have food to eat which you know not of. +[4:33]Then the disciples said one to another, Has any one brought him +food to eat? [4:34]Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him +that sent me, and to finish his work. [4:35]Do you not say, There are +yet four months, and the harvest comes? behold, I say to you, lift up +your eyes and see the fields; for they are white for a harvest. +[4:36]Already he that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for life +eternal, that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. +[4:37] For in this is the saying true; He that sows is one, and he that +reaps is another. [4:38]I have sent you to reap that on which you have +not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor. + +6 [4:39]And many of the Samaritans in that city believed on him, on +account of the word of the woman, testifying, He told me all things +which I have done. [4:40]When, therefore, the Samaritans came to him, +they desired him to remain with them; and he remained there two days. +[4:41]And many more believed on account of his word, [4:42]and said to +the woman, We no longer believe on account of your report, for we have +heard him ourselves, and know that this is truly the Saviour of the +world. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +CHRIST IN GALILEE, CURING A NOBLEMAN'S SON. + +1 [4:43]AND after two days he departed thence to Galilee. [4:44]For +Jesus himself testified that a prophet is without honor in his native +country. [4:45] When, therefore, he came into Galilee, the Galileans +received him, having seen all that he did at Jerusalem at the feast; +for they also came to the feast. [4:46]Then he came again to Cana in +Galilee, where he had made the water wine. + +2 And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. +[4:47] Hearing that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to +him, and desired him to come down and cure his son, for he was about to +die. [4:48]Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see miracles and +prodigies you will not believe. [4:49] The nobleman said to him, Lord, +come down before my child dies. [4:50]Jesus said to him, Go; your son +lives. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went. +[4:51]And as he was now going down his servants met him, and told, +saying, Your child lives. [4:52]Then he inquired of them the hour in +which he became better. Then they said to him, The fever left him +yesterday, at the seventh hour. [4:53]Then the father knew that it was +in that hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives; and he +believed, and all his house. [4:54] This second miracle did Jesus, +having come from Judea into Galilee. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +CHRIST CURING A SICK MAN ON THE SABBATH, AT JERUSALEM. + +1 [5:1]AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went +up to Jerusalem. [5:2]And there is at Jerusalem, by the sheep-gate, a +pool, called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. [5:3]In these +lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered. [5:5]And there was a +certain man there who had been sick thirty-eight years. [5:6]Jesus +seeing him lying, and knowing that he had now been sick a long time, +said to him, Do you wish to become well? [5:7]The sick man answered +him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into +the pool; but while I am coming another goes down before me. [5:8]Jesus +said to him, Arise, take up your bed and walk. [5:9]And the man +immediately became well, and took up his bed and walked. That day was +the sabbath. + +2 [5:10]The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured, It is the +sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry the bed. [5:11]He answered +them, He that made me well, he said to me, Take up your bed and walk. +[5:12]They asked him, Who is the man that said to you, Take up your bed +and walk? [5:13]And the sick man knew not who it was; for Jesus had +gone away, a multitude being in that place. [5:14]Afterwards Jesus +found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you have become well; +sin no more, lest a worse thing happen to you. [5:15]The man went away +and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well; [5:16]and on +this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these +things on the sabbath. [5:17]But Jesus answered them, My Father works +even till now, and I work. [5:18]Then, for this reason, the Jews sought +the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also +said, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. +[5:19]Then Jesus answered and said to them, I tell you most truly, the +Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for +whatever he does, these things also does the Son in like manner. +[5:20]For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things which he +does; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may +wonder. [5:21]For as the Father raises the dead, and makes them alive, +so also the Son makes alive whom he will. [5:22]For the Father judges +no man, but has given all judgment to the Son, [5:23]that all should +honor the Son as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son +honors not the Father that sent him. + +3 [5:24]I tell you most truly, he that hears my word and believes him +that sent me has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has +passed from death to life. [5:25]I tell you most truly, that the hour +comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of +God, and those that hear shall live. [5:26]For as the Father has life +in himself, so has he also given to the Son to have life in himself; +[5:27]and has given him authority and judgment to execute, because he +is the Son of man. [5:28]Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in +which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice [5:29]and shall +come forth; those that have done good to a resurrection of life, and +those that have done evil to a resurrection of judgment. [5:30]I can do +nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, for I +seek not my will, but the will of him that sent me. + +4 [5:31]If I testify of myself my testimony is not true. [5:32]There +is another who testifies of me, and I know that the testimony which he +testifies of me is true. [5:33]You sent to John, and he testified to +the truth; [5:34]but I receive not testimony from a man; but I say +these things that you may be saved. [5:35]He was a burning and shining +light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. +[5:36]But I have greater testimony than John's; for the works which the +Father has given me to finish, these works which I do, testify of me +that the Father has sent me; [5:37]and the Father who sent me, he has +testified of me. You have not heard his voice at any time, nor seen his +form; [5:38]and his word you have not continuing in you, for whom he +has sent, him you believe not. [5:39]You search the Scriptures, because +you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me; +[5:40]and you will not come to me that you may have life. + +5 [5:41]I receive not glory from men, [5:42]but I know you, that you +have not the love of God in you. [5:43]I have come in my Father's name +and you receive me not; if another comes in his own name, him will you +receive. [5:44]How can you believe, receiving glory one from another, +and the glory from God alone you seek not? [5:45]Think not that I will +accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses, in whom +you trust. [5:46]For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed +me; for he wrote of me. [5:47]But if you believe not his writings, how +will you believe my words? + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE. + +1 [6:1]AFTER these things Jesus went across the lake of Galilee, the +Tiberias. [6:2]And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the +miracles which he performed on the sick. [6:3]And Jesus went up on the +mountain and sat there with his disciples. [6:4]And the passover was +nigh, the feast of the Jews. [6:5]Then Jesus lining up his eyes, and +seeing many people come to him, said to Philip, Whence shall we buy +bread that these may eat? + +2 [6:6]But this he said to try him; for he knew what he was about to +do. [6:7] Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii [$28] worth of bread +is not sufficient for them, that each may take a little. [6:8]One of +his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, [6:9]There +is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what are +these for so many? [6:10]Jesus said, Make the men sit down. And there +was much grass in the place. The men, therefore, sat down in number +about five thousand. [6:11]Then Jesus took the bread, and having given +thanks, distributed it to those reclining; likewise also of the fishes, +as much as they wished. [6:12]And when they were filled he said to his +disciples, Collect the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be +lost. [6:13]Then they collected, and filled twelve traveling-baskets +with the fragments of the five barley loaves which remained over to +those who had eaten. + +3 [6:14]Then the men, seeing what a miracle Jesus had performed, said, +This is truly the prophet who was to come into the world. [6:15]And +Jesus knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to +make him a king, went up to the mountain himself alone. + +4 [6:16]And when it was evening, his disciples went down to the lake, +[6:17] and entering into the ship were crossing the lake to Capernaum. +And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them, [6:18]and the lake +was made rough by a great wind blowing. [6:19]Then having gone about +twenty-five or thirty stadiums [3 or 3 1-2 miles], they saw Jesus +walking on the lake and coming near the ship, and they were afraid. +[6:20]But he said to them, It is I; be not afraid. [6:21] Then they +willingly took him into the ship, and immediately the ship was at the +land to which they were going. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM PROCLAIMING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD AND THE BREAD OF +LIFE. + +1 [6:22]ON the next day, the multitude standing on the other side of +the lake seeing that there was no other boat there except one, and that +Jesus entered not into the ship with his disciples but his disciples +had gone away alone,-- [6:23] but other boats came from Tiberias near +the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord gave thanks,-- +[6:24]when, therefore, the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, +neither his disciples, they went into the ships and came to Capernaum, +seeking Jesus. [6:25]And finding him on the other side of the lake they +said to him, Rabbi, when came you hither? [6:26]Jesus answered them and +said, I tell you most truly, you seek me not because you saw miracles, +but because you eat of the bread and were filled. [6:27]Work not for +the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal +life, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father +sealed. + +2 [6:28]Then they said to him, What shall we do to perform the works of +God? [6:29]Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God; to +believe on him whom he has sent. [6:30]Then they said to him, What +miracle do you perform, that we may see and believe you? what work do +you perform? [6:31]Our fathers eat the manna in the wilderness, as it +is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. [6:32]Then Jesus +said to them, I tell you most truly, Moses gave you not bread from +heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven; [6:33]for +the bread of God is he that comes down from heaven and gives life to +the world. + +3 [6:34]Then they said to him, Sir, always give us this bread. +[6:35]Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he that comes to me +shall never hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst. +[6:36]But I said to you, that you have seen me and believe not. +[6:37]Every thing which the Father gives to me shall come to me, and +him that comes to me I will by no means cast out; [6:38]for I came down +from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him that sent me. +[6:39]And this is the will of him that sent me; that I should lose +nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise it up at the last +day. [6:40]For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees +the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise +him up at the last day. + +4 [6:41]Then the Jews complained of him because he said, I am the bread +which came down from heaven. [6:42]And they said, Is not this Jesus, +the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how, then, does he +say, I came down from heaven? [6:43]Then Jesus answered and said to +them, Complain not among yourselves. [6:44]No one can come to me +unless the Father who sent me shall draw him; and I will raise him up +at the last day. [6:45]It is written in the prophets, And all shall be +taught of God. Every one who has heard and learned of the Father comes +to me. [6:46]Not that any one has seen the Father except he that is +from God; he has seen the Father. + +5 [6:47]I tell you most truly, He that believes has eternal life. +[6:48]I am the bread of life. [6:49]Your fathers eat manna in the +wilderness, and died; [6:50]this is the bread which comes down from +heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. [6:51]I am the living bread +which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he shall +live forever; and the bread which I will give for the life of the world +is my flesh. + +6 [6:52]Then the Jews contended one with another, saying, How can this +man give us his flesh to eat? [6:53]Then Jesus said to them, I tell you +most truly, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his +blood, you have no life in you. [6:54]He that eats my flesh and drinks +my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. +[6:55]For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. +[6:56]He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood continues in me, and I +in him. [6:57]As the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so +he that eats me shall live by me. [6:58]This is the bread which came +down from heaven; not as your fathers eat and died, he that eats this +bread shall live forever. [6:59]These things he said in a synagogue, +teaching in Capernaum. + +7 [6:60]Then many of his disciples hearing him said, This is a hard +saying; who can hear him? [6:61]And Jesus knowing in himself that his +disciples complained of this, said to them, Does this offend you? +[6:62][What], then if you should see the Son of man ascend where he was +formerly? [6:63]The Spirit is that which makes alive; the flesh profits +nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and life. +[6:64]But there are some of you who believe not. For Jesus knew from +the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that +would betray him. [6:65]And on that account he said, I told you that +no one can come to me unless it has been given him by my Father. + +8 [6:66]From this time many of his disciples went away from following +him, and walked no more with him. [6:67]Then Jesus said to the twelve +Will you also go away? [6:68]Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom +shall we go? you have words of eternal life, [6:69]and we have believed +and know that you are the Holy [Son] of God. [6:70]He answered them, +Have I not chosen you twelve? and of you one is a devil. [6:71]But he +spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he was about to betray +him, being one of the twelve. [7:1]And after these things Jesus walked +in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to +kill him. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. + +1 [7:2]AND the feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles. +[7:3]Then his brothers said to him, Go down from here, and go into +Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do; +[7:4]for no one does any thing in secret, and seeks himself to be in +public. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. [7:5]For +his brothers did not believe on him. [7:6]Then Jesus said to them, My +time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. [7:7]The world +cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I testify of it that its +works are evil. [7:8]Do you go up to the feast; I go not up to this +feast, because my time has not yet fully come. [7:9]Having said these +things he continued in Galilee. + +2 [7:10]But when his brothers had gone up, then he also went up to the +feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. [7:11]Then the Jews sought +him at the feast, and said, Where is he? [7:12]And there was much +complaining concerning him among the multitude; some said, He is a good +man; others said, No; but he deceives the people. [7:13]Nevertheless, +no one spoke openly for him from fear of the Jews. + +3 [7:14]And in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and +taught. [7:15]Then the Jews wondered, saying, How does this man know +letters, not having learned? [7:16]Then Jesus answered them and said, +My teaching is not mine but his that sent me. [7:17]If any one will do +his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it is from God or +whether I speak from myself. [7:18]He that speaks from himself seeks +his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, this +[man] is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. [7:19]Did not Moses +give you the law? and no one of you performs the law. Why do you seek +to kill me? [7:20]The multitude answered, You have a demon; who seeks +to kill you? [7:21]Jesus answered and said to them, I performed one +work and you all wonder. [7:22]Moses gave you circumcision, not that it +is of Moses but of the fathers, and you circumcise a man on the +sabbath. [7:23]If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, that the +law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a +man entirely sound on the sabbath? [7:24]Judge not according to the +appearance, but judge a righteous judgment. + +4 [7:25]Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Is not this he +whom they seek to kill? [7:26]And behold, he speaks boldly, and they +say nothing to him. Have the rulers at length learned that this is the +Christ? [7:27]But we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ +comes, no one knows whence he is. [7:28]Then Jesus cried, teaching in +the temple and saying, You both know me and know whence I am; and I +have not come of myself; but he that sent me is true, whom you know +not; [7:29]I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. +[7:30]Then they sought to take him by force; but no man laid a hand on +him, for his hour had not yet come. + +5 [7:31]And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the +Christ comes will he perform more miracles than this man has performed? +[7:32]The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things concerning +him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take him by force. +[7:33]Then Jesus said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go to +him that sent me. [7:34]You shall seek and shall not find, and where I +am you cannot come. [7:35]Then the Jews said one to another, Where is +this man about to go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the +dispersion of the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? [7:36]What does the +word which he said mean; You shall seek and shall not find me, and +where I am you cannot come? + +6 [7:37]And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood +and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink. +[7:38]He that believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of him +shall flow rivers of living water. [7:39]But he said this of the Spirit +which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was +not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified. [7:40]Then some +of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet; +[7:41]others said, This is the Christ; others said, [No]; for does the +Christ come from Galilee? [7:42]Has not the Scripture said that the +Christ comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the +village where David was? [7:43]Then there was a division among the +multitude on his account; [7:44]and some of them wished to take him by +force, but no one laid hands on him. + +7 [7:45]Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, and +they said to them, Why have you not brought him? [7:46]The officers +answered, A man never spoke thus. [7:47]The Pharisees answered them, +Are you also deceived? [7:48]Has any one of the rulers believed on him, +or of the Pharisees? [7:49] But this multitude which know not the law +are accursed. [7:50]Nicodemus, he that came to him, being one of them, +said to them, [7:51]Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from +him and knows what he does? [7:52]They answered and said to him, Are +you also from Galilee? search and see; for no prophet is raised up from +Galilee. + +8 [7:53][An early interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went +to his own house; [8:1]and Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [8:2]And +in the morning he went again to the temple, and all the people came to +him, and he sat and taught them. [8:3]And the scribes and Pharisees +brought him a woman taken in adultery, and placing her in the midst +[8:4]said to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the +very act. [8:5]In the law, Moses commanded us that such should be +stoned; what therefore do you say? [8:6]They said this to try him, that +they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus, stooping +down, wrote with his finger on the ground. [8:7]And when they continued +asking him, rising up, he said to them, Let him that has not sinned +among you first cast the stone at her. [8:8]And again stooping down he +wrote on the ground. [8:9]But they hearing, and being convicted by +their consciences, went out, one by one, beginning with the oldest, +even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in +the midst. [8:10]And Jesus rising up and seeing no one but the woman, +said to her, Woman, where are those your accusers? Has no man condemned +you? [8:11]And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither +do I condemn you; go, and sin no more. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +CHRIST DECLARING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD. + +1 [8:12]THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the +world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the +light of life. [8:13]Then the Pharisees said to him, You testify of +yourself; your testimony is not true. [8:14]Jesus answered and said to +them, Even if I testify of myself, my testimony is true, for I know +whence I came and whither I go; but you know not whence I come or +whither I go. [8:15]You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one; +[8:16]and even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, +but I and the Father who sent me. [8:17]And it is written also in your +law, that the testimony of two men is true; [8:18]I am one, testifying +of myself, and the Father who sent me testifies of me. [8:19]Then they +said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You have neither +known me nor my Father; if you had known me you would also have known +my Father. [8:20]These words he said in the treasury, teaching in the +temple; and no one took him by force, for his hour had not yet come. + +2 [8:21]Then Jesus said to them again, I go away, and you shall seek me +and die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come. [8:22]Then the Jews +said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come? +[8:23]And he said to them, You are from below; I am from above; you are +from this world; I am not from this world. [8:24]Therefore I said to +you, You shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am [the +Christ], you shall die in your sins. [8:25] Then they said to him, Who +are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and what I tell +you [now]. [8:26]I have many things to say and judge of you; but he +that sent me is true; and what I have heard from him, these things I +speak in the world. [8:27]They understood not that he spoke to them of +the Father. [8:28]Then Jesus said to them, When you shall lift up the +Son of man, then shall you know that I am [the Christ]; and I do +nothing of myself; but I speak these things as the Father has taught +me; [8:29]and he having sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, +for I always do the things which please him. + +3 [8:30]When he said these things many believed on him. [8:31]Then +Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, +you are my disciples indeed; [8:32]and you shall know the truth, and +the truth shall make you free. [8:33]They answered him, We are +children of Abraham, and were never in servitude to any one; how say +you, You shall become free? [8:34]Jesus answered them, I tell you most +truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin. +[8:35]But the servant continues not in the house for ever; the Son +continues for ever. [8:36]If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, +you shall be free indeed. [8:37]I know that you are children of +Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. +[8:38]What I have seen with my Father I speak, and you also do what you +have heard from your father. [8:39]They answered and said to him, Our +father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were children of Abraham, +you would have done the works of Abraham; [8:40]but now you seek to +kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God; +Abraham did not do this. [8:41]You do the works of your father. They +said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God. +[8:42]Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would have loved +me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not of myself, but +he sent me. [8:43]Why do you not understand my speech? because you +cannot hear my word. [8:44]You are of your father the devil, and the +desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the +beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he +speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father +of him [that lies]. [8:45]But because I tell you the truth you believe +me not. [8:46]Who of you convicts me of a sin? If I say the truth, why +do you not believe me? [8:47]He that is of God hears the words of God; +you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God. + +4 [8:48]The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are +a Samaritan, and have a demon? [8:49]Jesus answered, I have not a +demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. [8:50]But I seek +not my glory; there is one that seeks and judges. [8:51]I tell you most +truly, if any one shall keep my word he shall never see death. +[8:52]The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham +died, and the prophets; and you say, If any one shall keep my word he +shall never taste death. [8:53]Are you greater than our father Abraham, +who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself? [8:54] +Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my +Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, He is our God; [8:55]and you +have not known him, but I have known him; and if I should say I do not +know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him and keep his +word. [8:56]Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he saw, and +was glad. [8:57]Then the Jews said to him, You have not yet fifty +years, and have you seen Abraham? [8:58]Jesus said to them, I tell you +most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am. [8:59]Then they took up +stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the +temple. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +CHRIST CURING A MAN BORN BLIND, AND HIS PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. + +1 [9:1]AND passing by he saw a man that was blind from birth; [9:2]and +his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his +parents, that he was born blind? [9:3]Jesus answered, Neither did this +man sin, nor his parents, but that the works of God might appear in +him. [9:4]I must perform the works of him that sent me, while it is +day; night comes when no man can work. [9:5]While I am in the world I +am the light of the world. [9:6]Saying these things he spit on the +ground, and made a paste of the spittle, and put the paste on his eyes, +[9:7]and said to him, Go, and wash in the pool of the Siloam; which is +interpreted, Sent. Then he went away and washed, and came seeing. + +2 [9:8]Then the neighbors and those who had seen him before, because he +was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? [9:9]Some said, +This is he; others said, No, but he is like him; he said, I am he. +[9:10]Then they said to him, How then were your eyes opened? [9:11]He +answered, A man called Jesus made paste and anointed my eyes, and said +to me, Go to the Siloam and wash; then I went and washed, and obtained +sight. [9:12]They said to him, Where is he? He said, I know not. + +3 [9:13]They brought to the Pharisees him that was formerly blind; +[9:14]and it was on the sabbath when Jesus made the paste and opened +his eyes. [9:15]Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he obtained +sight. And he said to them, He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, +and see. [9:16]Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God, +for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man +perform such miracles? And there was a division among them. [9:17]They +said to the blind man again, What do you say of him, because he opened +your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. + +4 [9:18]Then the Jews did not believe of him that he had been blind and +received his sight, till they called the parents of him that had +received his sight. [9:19]And they asked them, saying, Is this your +son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now see? +[9:20]His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and +that he was born blind; [9:21]but how he now sees we know not, or who +has opened his eyes we know not; ask him, he is of age, he will speak +for himself. [9:22]His parents said these things because they feared +the Jews; for already the Jews had agreed that if any one confessed him +to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue; [9:23] therefore +his parents said, He is of age, ask him. + +5 [9:24]Then they called the man who had been blind, a second time, and +said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner. +[9:25]Then he answered, Whether he is a sinner I know not; one thing I +know, that having been blind, I now see. [9:26]Then they said to him, +What did he do to you? how did he open your eyes? [9:27]He answered +them, I have told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to +hear again? Do you also wish to be his disciples? [9:28]They reproached +him, and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. +[9:29]We know that God spoke to Moses, but we know not whence this man +is. [9:30]The man answered and said to them, It is a strange thing, +that you know not whence he is, and he has opened my eyes. [9:31]We +know that God hears not sinners; but if one is a worshipper of God, and +does his will, him he hears. [9:32]Since the world began it has not +been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind; [9:33]unless +this man was from God he would have been able to do nothing. [9:34]They +answered and said to him, You were born entirely in sins, and do you +teach us? And they cast him without. + +6 [9:35]Jesus heard that they had cast him without, and finding him he +said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God? [9:36]And he answered +and said, Who is he, sir, that I shall believe on him? [9:37]Jesus said +to him, You have both seen him, and he that speaks to you is he. +[9:38]And he said, Lord, I believe, and worshipped him. [9:39]And Jesus +said, I came into this world for judgment, that those not seeing may +see, and those seeing become blind. + +7 [9:40]And the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and said +to him, Are we also blind? [9:41]Jesus said to them, If you were blind +you would not have had sin; but now you say, We see, your sin remains. +[10:1]I tell you most truly, he that enters not by the door into the +sheepfold, but climbs in at some other place, he is a thief and robber; +[10:2]but he that enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. +[10:3]To him the gate-keeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and +he calls his sheep by name, and leads them out. [10:4]When he puts out +all his sheep he goes before them, and the sheep follow him; for they +know his voice. [10:5]But a stranger they will not follow, but will +flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers. [10:6]This +parable spoke Jesus to them, but they knew not what the words which he +spoke to them meant. + +8 [10:7]Then said Jesus to them again, I tell you most truly, I am the +door of the sheep. [10:8]All who came before me are thieves and +robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. [10:9]I am the door; by me +if any one enters in he shall be saved, and go in and out, and find +pasturage. [10:10]The thief comes not, except to steal, and kill, and +destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. + +9 [10:11]I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for +the sheep. [10:12]But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, +who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep +and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them; [10:13]for he is a +hired servant and cares not for the sheep. [10:14]I am the good +shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, [10:15]as the Father knows +me and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep. + +10 [10:16]And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; and them I +must lead, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, +one shepherd. [10:17]Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down +my life that I may take it again. [10:18]No one takes it from me, but I +lay it down of myself. I have a right to lay it down, and I have a +right to take it again; this commandment have I received from my +Father. [10:19]There was a division again among the Jews on account of +these words; [10:20]and many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; +why do you hear him? [10:21]Others said, These are not the words of a +demoniac; can a demon open the eyes of the blind? + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION, AND BEYOND THE JORDAN. + +1 [10:22]IT was the dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter; [10:23]and +Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. [10:24]Then the Jews +came around him and said to him, How long do you hold our minds [in +doubt]? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. [10:25]Jesus answered +them, I have told you and you believe not; the works which I perform in +my Father's name, these testify of me; [10:26]but you believe not, +because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you, [10:27]My sheep hear +my voice and I know them, and they follow me, [10:28]and I give them +eternal life, and they shall never perish nor shall any one pluck them +out of my hand. [10:29]My Father who gave [them] to me is greater than +all, and no one can pluck them out of my Father's hand. [10:30]I and +the Father are one. + +2 [10:31]Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. [10:32]Jesus +answered them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for +which of these works do you stone me? [10:33]The Jews answered him, We +do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, +being a man, make yourself God. [10:34]Jesus answered them, Is it not +written in your law, I said you are gods? [10:35]If he called them gods +to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, +[10:36]do you tell him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the +world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God? [10:37]If I +do not my Father's works, believe me not; [10:38]but if I do, though +you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and understand +that the Father is in me and I in the Father. [10:39]Then they sought +again to take him by force; and he escaped out of their hand. + +3 [10:40]And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where +John first baptized, and continued there. [10:41]And many came to him +and said, John performed no miracle, but all things which John said of +this man were true. [10:42]And many believed on him there. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +CHRIST RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD. + +1 [11:1]A CERTAIN man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of +Mary and Martha her sister. [11:2]It was the Mary who anointed the Lord +with ointment and wiped his feet with her hairs, whose brother Lazarus +was sick. [11:3]Then the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he +whom you love is sick. [11:4] But Jesus hearing it said, This sickness +is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be +glorified by it. [11:5]And Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and +Lazarus. [11:6]When, therefore, he heard that he was sick, he +continued in the place where he was two days. + +2 [11:7]Then after that he said to the disciples, Let us go again into +Judea. [11:8]The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews lately sought +to stone you, and do you go there again? [11:9]Jesus answered, Are +there not twelve hours of the day? and if one walks in the day he does +not stumble, because he sees the light of this world; [11:10]but if he +walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in it. +[11:11]He said these things, and after this he said to them, Our friend +Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him. [11:12]Then +they said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep he will recover. +[11:13]But Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of +the rest of sleep. [11:14]Then Jesus, therefore, said to them plainly, +Lazarus has died; [11:15]and I am glad for your sakes that I was not +there, that you may believe; but let us go to him. [11:16]Then Thomas, +who is called The twin, said to the fellow disciples, Let us go also, +that we may die with him. + +3 [11:17]Then Jesus coming found that he had been four days in the +tomb. [11:18]And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadiums [1 +3-4 miles] distant. [11:19]And many of the Jews came to those with +Martha and Mary, to console them for their brother. [11:20]Then when +Martha heard that Jesus had come, she went out to meet him; but Mary +sat in the house. [11:21]Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had +been here, my brother would not have died; [11:22]but now also I know +that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. [11:23]Jesus said to +her, Your brother shall rise again. [11:24]Martha said to him, I know +that he will rise at the resurrection at the last day. [11:25]Jesus +said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in +me, even if he has died, shall live, [11:26]and no one who lives and +believes in me shall ever die; do you believe this? [11:27]She said to +him, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who +comes into the world. + +4 [11:28]And having said this she went away and called Mary her sister, +privately, saying, The teacher has come and calls for you. [11:29]When +she heard, she arose quickly and came to him; [11:30]but Jesus had not +yet entered into the village, but was at the place where Martha met +him. [11:31]Then the Jews who were with her in the house and consoling +her, seeing Mary that she arose and went out quickly, followed her, +saying, She goes to the tomb to weep there. [11:32]Then Mary, when she +came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to +him, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died. + +5 [11:33]Then when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came +with her, he was greatly agitated in spirit and affected, [11:34]and +said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. +[11:35]Jesus wept. [11:36]Then the Jews said, Behold, how he loved him. +[11:37]And some of them said, Could not this man who opens the eyes of +the blind, cause that even he should not have died? [11:38]Then Jesus +again being agitated within himself came to the tomb; it was a cave, +and a stone lay upon it. [11:39]Jesus said, Take away the stone. +Martha, the sister of the dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he +smells; for he has been dead four days. [11:40]Jesus said to her, Did I +not tell you that if you will believe you shall see the glory of God? +[11:41] Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his eyes above, +and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me; [11:42]and I +knew that thou hearest me always; but for the sake of the multitude who +stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. +[11:43]And having said these things, he cried with a loud voice, +Lazarus, come forth. [11:44]And the dead came forth, bound as to his +feet and hands with bandages, and his face was bound with a napkin. +Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let him go. + +6 [11:45]Then many of the Jews who came with Mary, and saw what Jesus +did, believed on him; [11:46]but some of them went away to the +Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. + +7 [11:47]Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, +and said, What do we accomplish? for this man performs many miracles. +[11:48]If we leave him thus all will believe on him; and the Romans +will come and take away our place and nation. [11:49]And one of them, +Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them, You know nothing +at all, [11:50]neither consider that it is expedient for us that one +man should die for the people, and not that all the nation should +perish. [11:51]This he said not of himself, but being chief priest that +year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation; +[11:52]and not for the nation only, but to bring together into one +[body] all the children of God scattered abroad. [11:53]From that day, +therefore, they took counsel to kill him. + +8 [11:54]Then Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but went +thence to a region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and +there he staid with his disciples. [11:55]And the passover of the Jews +was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the +passover, to purify themselves. [11:56]Then they sought Jesus, and +standing in the temple said one to another, What do you think? that he +will not come to the feast? [11:57]And the chief priests and Pharisees +had given commandment, that if any one knew where he was he should make +it known, that they might take him by force. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +CHRIST AT BETHANY, HIS TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM, ETC. + +1 [12:1]THEN Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, +where Lazarus was whom Jesus had raised from the dead. [12:2]Then they +made him a supper there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of +those that reclined with him. [12:3]Then Mary taking a pound of genuine +nard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with +her hairs. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. +[12:4]But the Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray +him, said, [12:5]Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred +denarii [$42], and given to the poor? [12:6]But he said this, not that +he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the +treasure-chest, and carried off the things put in it. [12:7]Then Jesus +said, Let her alone, that she may keep this for the day of preparation +for my burial; [12:8]the poor you always have with you, but me you have +not always. + +2 [12:9]A great multitude of the Jews, therefore, knew that he was +there, and came, not on account of Jesus only, but also to see Lazarus +whom he had raised from the dead. [12:10]And the chief priests took +counsel to kill Lazarus also, [12:11]because many of the Jews withdrew +on his account and believed in Jesus. + +3 [12:12]On the next day a great multitude having come to the feast, +having heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, [12:13]took branches +of palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed is +he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! [12:14]And +Jesus finding a young ass sat on it, as it is written; [12:15]Fear not, +Daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the colt of an +ass. [12:16]His disciples did not understand these things at first; but +when Jesus was glorified then they remembered that these things were +written of him, and that they had done these things to him. [12:17]The +multitude, therefore, which was with him, testified that he called +Lazarus from the tomb, and raised him from the dead. [12:18]On this +account also the multitude met him, because they heard that he had +performed this miracle. [12:19]The Pharisees, therefore, said among +themselves, You see that you have gained nothing; behold, the world has +gone after him. [12:20]And there were some Greeks of those who went up +to Jerusalem to worship at the feast; [12:21]these, therefore, came to +Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, +we wish to see Jesus. [12:22]Philip went and told Andrew, and again +Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. [12:23]And Jesus answered them, +saying, The hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified. +[12:24]I tell you most truly, that unless the kernel of wheat falls +into the earth and dies, it continues alone; but if it dies, it bears +much fruit. [12:25]He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that +hates his life in this world shall preserve it to eternal life. +[12:26]If any man serves me let him follow me; and where I am there +also shall my servant be. If anyone serves me, him will the Father +honor. [12:27]Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, +save me from this hour. But for this cause came I to this hour; +[12:28]Father, glorify thy name. Then came a voice from heaven, I have +both glorified and will glorify it again. [12:29]Then the multitude +standing and hearing, said, It was thunder; others said, An angel spoke +to him. [12:30] Jesus answered and said, This voice was not on my +account, but for you. [12:31] There is now a judgment of this world; +the ruler of this world shall now be cast out; [12:32]and if I am +raised on high from the earth I will draw all men to me. [12:33]But +this he said, signifying by what death he was about to die. + +5 [12:34]Then the multitude answered him, We have heard from the law +that the Christ continues forever; and how say you, The Son of man must +be raised on high? Who is this Son of man? [12:35]Then Jesus said to +them, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while you have the +light, that darkness may not overtake you; for he that walks in +darkness knows not where he goes. [12:36] While you have the light, +believe in the light, that you may be children of light. Jesus said +these things, and went away and concealed himself from them. + +6 [12:37]But though he had performed so many miracles before them they +did not believe in him; [12:38]that the word of Isaiah the prophet, +which he spoke, might be fulfilled; Lord, who has believed our report? +and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? [12:39]For this +reason they could not believe, because, Isaiah said again, [12:40]He +has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they should not +see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and be converted, +and I should cure them. [12:41]Isaiah said these things because he saw +his glory, and spoke of him. [12:42]Nevertheless, many of the rulers +believed on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess him, +lest they should be put out of the synagogues; [12:43]for they loved +the glory of men more than the glory of God. + +7 [12:44]And Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, believes not +on me but on him that sent me; [12:45]and he that beholds me beholds +him that sent me. [12:46]I have come a light into the world, that no +one who believes in me should continue in darkness. [12:47]And if any +one hears my words and keeps them not, I do not judge him; for I came +not to judge the world but to save the world. [12:48]He that rejects me +and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the word which I +have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day. [12:49] For I have +not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me gave me commandment +what to say and what to speak; [12:50]and I know that his commandment +is eternal life. What things I speak, therefore, I so speak as the +Father has told me. + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +CHRIST AT THE LAST SUPPER, AND HIS SERMON TO THE ELEVEN. + +1 [13:1]AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his +hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his +own in the world he loved them to the end. [13:2]And supper being over, +the devil having already put it in the heart that Judas Iscariot, the +son of Simon, should betray him, [13:3]he knowing that the Father had +given all things into his hands, and that he came from God and was +going to God, [13:4]arose from supper, and laid aside his clothes, and +taking a towel girded himself: [13:5]Then he put water into the +wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them +with the towel with which he was girded. + +2 [13:6]Then he came to Simon Peter; he said to him, Lord, do you wash +my feet? [13:7]Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not +now, but you shall know hereafter. [13:8]Peter said to him, You shall +never by any means wash my feet. He answered him, Unless I wash you you +have no part with me. [13:9]Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet +only, but my hands and my head. [13:10] Jesus said to him, He that is +washed needs only that his feet should be washed, but is wholly pure; +and you are pure, but not all. [13:11]For he knew him that was to +betray him; therefore, he said, You are not all pure. + +3 [13:12]When, therefore, he had washed their feet, and taken his +clothes and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have +done to you? [13:13] You call me Teacher and Lord; and you say well, +for I am. [13:14]If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your +feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. [13:15]For I have +given you an example, that you also should do as I have done. [13:16]I +tell you most truly, the servant is not greater than his lord, nor the +apostle greater than he that sent him. [13:17]If you know these things, +blessed are you if you do them. [13:18]I speak not of you all; I know +whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that +eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. [13:19]I tell you +from this time, before it occurs, that when it occurs you may believe +that I am [the Christ]. [13:20]I tell you most truly, He that receives +one that I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that +sent me. + +4 [13:21]Having said these things Jesus was troubled in spirit, and +testified and said, I tell you most truly, that one of you shall betray +me. [13:22]The disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he +spoke. [13:23]One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining on +the bosom of Jesus. [13:24]Then Simon Peter made signs to this man, and +said to him, Ask who it is of whom he speaks. [13:25]He, falling down +on the breast of Jesus, said to him, Lord, who is it? [13:26]Then Jesus +answered, It is he to whom I will dip and give the mouthful. Then +dipping the mouthful, he took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon +Iscariot. [13:27]And after the mouthful, then Satan entered into him. +Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly. [13:28]No one of those +reclining knew for what purpose he said this to him, [13:29]for some +thought, since Judas had the treasure-chest, that Jesus said to him, +Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to +the poor. [13:30]He, therefore, having taken the mouthful, immediately +went out; and it was night. + +5 [13:31]When he had gone out Jesus said, Now the Son of man has been +glorified, and God has been glorified in him. [13:32]If God has been +glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will +immediately glorify him. [13:33]My little children, I am with you yet a +little while. You shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I go +you cannot come, I now also say to you. [13:34]I give you a new +commandment to love another, as I have loved you that you also should +love one another. [13:35]By this shall all know that you are my +disciples, if you have love one for another. [13:36]Simon Peter said to +him, Lord, where do you go? Jesus answered Where I go you cannot follow +me now, but you shall follow afterwards. [13:37]Peter said to him, +Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you. +[13:38]Jesus answered, Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you +most truly, a cock shall not crow till you shall deny me thrice. + +6 [14:1]Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God and believe in +me. [14:2]In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I +would have told you. [14:3]For I go to prepare a place for you; and if +I go and shall prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive +you to myself, that where I am you may also be. [14:4]And where I go, +you know the way. [14:5]Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not where you +go, and how do we know the way? [14:6] Jesus said to him, I am the way, +and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me. +[14:7]If you had known me you would have known my Father; and from this +time you know him and have seen him. + +7 [14:8]Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be +satisfied. [14:9]Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you +and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the +Father; and how say you, Show us the Father? [14:10]Do you not believe +that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words which I speak +to you I speak not of myself, but the Father continuing in me, he does +the works. [14:11]Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in +me; but if not, believe on account of the works themselves. [14:12]I +tell you most truly, he that believes on me, the works that I do shall +he do; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the +Father; [14:13]and whatever you ask in my name I will do, that the +Father may be glorified in the Son. [14:14]If you shall ask any thing +in my name, I will do it. + +8 [14:15]If you love me, keep my commandments; [14:16]and I will pray +the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you +forever, [14:17] the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, +because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it +continues with you, and shall be in you. [14:18]I will not leave you +orphans; I will come to you. [14:19]Yet a little while and the world +beholds me no more; but you shall behold me; because I live, you shall +live also. [14:20]In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, +and you in me, and I in you. [14:21]He that has my commandments and +keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved +by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. + +9 [14:22]Judas said to him, not the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that +you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? +[14:23]Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me he will keep +my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make +our mansion with him. [14:24]He that loves me not, keeps not my words; +and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's that sent me. + +10 [14:25]I have said these things to you while yet continuing with +you, [14:26]but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will +send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all +things which I have told you. [14:27]Peace I leave with you; my peace I +give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be +troubled, neither let them be afraid. [14:28]You heard that I said to +you, I will go away and come to you. If you loved me you would rejoice +because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. +[14:29]And now I have told you before it occurs, that when it occurs +you may believe. [14:30]I will not speak with you much more; for the +ruler of this world comes and has nothing in me; [14:31]but [I have +said this] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as +the Father has commanded me, so I do. Arise, let us go hence. + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +CHRIST'S SERMON AFTER THE LAST SUPPER. + +1 [15:1]I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. +[15:2]Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away; and every +branch that bears fruit he trims, that it may bear more fruit. +[15:3]You are now pure, by means of the word which I have spoken to +you; [15:4]continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear +fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless +you continue in me. [15:5]I am the vine, you are the branches. He that +continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated +from me, you can do nothing. [15:6]If any one continues not in me he +is cast without as a branch, and is withered; and they collect them and +cast them into the fire, and they are burned. [15:7]If you continue in +me, and my words continue in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and +it shall be [given] you. [15:8]By this is my Father glorified, that you +bear much fruit and be my disciples. [15:9]As the Father has loved me, +I also have loved you; continue in my love. [15:10]If you keep my +commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept my Father's +commandments and continue in his love. [15:11]I have spoken these +things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed. +[15:12]This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have +loved you. [15:13]No man has greater love than this, that one should +give his life for his friends. [15:14]You are my friends if you do +what I command you; [15:15]I no longer call you servants, for the +servant knows not what his Lord does; but I have called you friends: +for all things which I have heard from my Father I have made known to +you. [15:16]You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and +appointed you to go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should +continue, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. +[15:17]These things I charge you, that you love one another. + +2 [15:18]If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before you. +[15:19] If you were of this world, the world would be a friend to its +own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of +the world, therefore the world hates you. [15:20]Remember the word +which I said to you, a servant is not greater than his lord. If they +have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my +word, they will also keep yours. [15:21]But all these things they will +do to you, on my account, because they know not him that sent me. +[15:22]If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had +sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin. [15:23]He that hates +me, hates my Father also. [15:24]If I had not done among them the works +which no other one has done, they would not have had sin; but now they +have both seen and hated both me and my Father. [15:25]But [they do +this] that the word written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated +me without cause. [15:26]But when the Comforter has come, whom I will +send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the +Father, he shall testify of me; [15:27]and you shall also testify, +because you have been with me from the beginning. + +3 [16:1]These things I have said to you, that you may not be offended. +[16:2] They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming +when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service. +[16:3]And these things they will do, because they have not known the +Father nor me. [16:4]But these things I have told you, that when the +time comes you may remember that I told you of them. But I told you not +these things at the beginning, because I was with you. [16:5]But now I +go to him that sent me, and no one of you asks me, Where do you go? +[16:6]But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled +your hearts. [16:7]But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you +that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not +come to you; but if I go I will send him to you. [16:8]And when he has +come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of +judgment: [16:9]of sin, because they believe not on me; [16:10]and of +righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you behold me no more; +[16:11]and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. + +4 [16:12]I have many things yet to say to you, but you cannot bear them +now; [16:13]but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you +in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak +whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come. [16:14]He shall +glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you. [16:15]All +things that the Father has, are mine; on this account I said, He shall +receive of me and tell you. + +5 [16:16]A little while and you shall not see me; and again a little +while and you shall see me. [16:17]Then some of his disciples said one +to another, What is this that he says to us, A little while and you +shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? and, +Because I go to the Father? [16:18]They said therefore, What is this +that he says, The little while? We do not know what he says. + +6 [16:19]Jesus knew that they wished to ask him, and said to them, Do +you inquire among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little +while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall +see me? [16:20]I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, +but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your +sorrow shall become joy. [16:21]For when a woman is in labor she has +pain, because her time has come; but when she has borne the child she +no longer remembers the distress, because of joy that a man is born +into the world. [16:22]And you therefore now indeed have sorrow; but I +will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy no one +shall take from you. [16:23]And in that day you shall ask me nothing; I +tell you most truly, whatever you shall ask the Father, he will give +you in my name. [16:24] Till now you have asked nothing in my name; ask +and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete. + +7 [16:25]These things have I spoken to you in parables. The time is +coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell +you plainly of the Father. [16:26]In that day you shall ask in my name, +and I tell you not that I will ask the Father for you; [16:27]for the +Father himself is a friend to you, because you have been friends to me, +and believed that I came forth from God. [16:28]I came forth from the +Father and have come into the world; again I leave the world and go to +the Father. + +8 [16:29]Then his disciples said to him, Behold, now you speak plainly, +and say no parable; [16:30]now we know that you know all things, and +have no need that any one should ask you; on this account we believe +that you have come forth from God. [16:31]Jesus answered them, Do you +now believe? [16:32]Behold, the time is coming, and has come, that you +shall be scattered every one to his own, and leave me alone; and I am +not alone, for the Father is with me. [16:33]These things have I told +you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have +affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world. + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +CHRIST'S PRAYER FOR HIS DISCIPLES. + +1 [17:1]JESUS spoke these words and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and +said, Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may +glorify thee, [17:2]as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that +as to all that thou hast given him he should give them eternal life. +[17:3]And this is the eternal life; that they shall know thee, the only +true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. [17:4]I have glorified +thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do. +[17:5]And now glorify thou me, Father, with thyself, with the glory +which I had with thee before the world was. + +2 [17:6]I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gayest me out +of the world; they were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have +kept thy word. [17:7]Now they have known that all things which thou +hast given me are of thee, [17:8]because the words which thou hast +given me I have given them; and they have received and known truly that +I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. [17:9]I +pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast +given me, for they are thine, [17:10]and all mine are thine, and thine +mine, and I am glorified in them. [17:11]And I am no longer in the +world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, +keep in thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as +we also are. [17:12]When I was with them in the world, I kept them in +thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no one of them +has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be +fulfilled; [17:13]but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the +world that they may have my joy made complete in them. + +3 [17:14]I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them +because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. [17:15]I +ask not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou +wouldst keep them from evil. [17:16]They are not of the world, as I am +not of the world. [17:17]Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth. +[17:18]As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into +the world: [17:19]and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be +sanctified by truth. + +4 [17:20]And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall +believe on me through their word, [17:21]that 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. [17:22]And the glory +which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we +are one, [17:23]I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected +into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved +them as thou hast loved me. [17:24]Father, what thou hast given me, I +will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my +glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the +foundation of the world; [17:25]and, righteous Father, the world has +not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou +didst send me. [17:26]And I have declared to them thy name, and will +declare it, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, +as I also am in them. + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +THE APPREHENSION OF CHRIST, HIS EXAMINATION BY THE JEWS, PETER'S DENIAL +OF HIM. + +1 [18:1]JESUS having said these words went out with his disciples +across the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he +entered and his disciples. [18:2]And Judas who betrayed him knew the +place, for Jesus often retired there with his disciples. [18:3]Then +Judas taking the guard and the officers of the chief priests and +Pharisees, came there with torches, and lamps, and weapons. +[18:4]Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, +went out and said to them, Whom do you seek? [18:5]They answered him, +Jesus the Nazoraean. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas who +betrayed him stood with them. [18:6]When, therefore, he said to them, I +am he, they went backwards and fell on the ground. [18:7]Then he asked +them again, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus, the Nazoraean. +[18:8]Jesus answered, I told you that I am he; if, therefore, you seek +me, let these go; [18:9]that the word might be fulfilled which he said, +Of those whom thou gayest me I have lost none. [18:10]Then Simon Peter +having a sword drew it and struck the servant of the chief priest, and +cut off his right ear; and the name of the servant was Malchus. +[18:11]Then Jesus said to Peter, Put the sword in the sheath. The cup +which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it? + +2 [18:12]Then the guard and the chiliarch and the officers of the Jews +apprehended Jesus, and bound him, [18:13]and led him away to Annas +first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest that +year; [18:14]and Caiaphas was the one who advised the Jews that it was +expedient that one man should be destroyed for the people. + +3 [18:15]But Simon Peter followed Jesus, and the other disciple; and +that disciple was known to the chief priest, and went in with Jesus to +the chief priest's court; [18:16]but Peter stood at the door without. +Then the other disciple who was known to the chief priest went out and +spoke to the door-keeper, and brought in Peter. [18:17]Then the female +servant, the door-keeper, said to Peter, Are you also one of the +disciples of this man? He said, I am not. [18:18]And the servants and +officers having made a fire because it was cold, stood and warmed +themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself. + +4 [18:19]Then the chief priest asked Jesus of his disciples, and his +teaching. [18:20]Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; +I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews +always assemble, and in secret I have said nothing. [18:21]Why do you +ask me? Ask those who have heard me, what I said to them; behold, they +know what I said. [18:22]He having said these things, one of the +officers who stood by gave Jesus a blow, saying, Do you answer the +chief priest thus? [18:23]Jesus answered him, If I spoke wrong, +testify of the wrong; but if well, why do you beat me? [18:24]Then +Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest. + +5 [18:25]And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then they +said to him, Are you also one of his disciples? He denied, and said, I +am not. [18:26] One of the servants of the chief priest, being a +relation of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see you in the +garden with him? [18:27]Then Peter denied again; and immediately a cock +crew. + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +CHRIST'S TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION BEFORE PILATE. + +1 [18:28]THEN they led him from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was +morning; and they entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not +be defiled, but might eat the passover. [18:29]Then Pilate went out to +them and said, What accusation do you bring against this man? +[18:30]They answered and said to him, If he was not a criminal we +should not have delivered him up to you. [18:31] Then Pilate said to +them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The +Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any one to death; +[18:32]that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, +signifying by what death he was about to die. + +2 [18:33]Then Pilate went into the Praetorium and called Jesus, and +said to him, Are you the king of the Jews? [18:34]Jesus answered, Do +you say this of yourself, or did others tell you of me? [18:35]Pilate +answered, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have delivered +you to me; what have you done? [18:36]Jesus answered, My kingdom is +not of this world. If my kingdom had been of this world my officers +would have fought for me, that I should not be given up to the Jews; +but now my kingdom is not here. [18:37]Then Pilate said to him, Are you +a king then? Jesus answered, As you say, I am a king. For this was I +born, and for this I came into the world, that I should testify to the +truth; every one who is of the truth hears my voice. [18:38]Pilate +said to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to +the Jews, and said to them, I find no fault in him. [18:39]But you have +a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; are you +willing, therefore, that I should release to you the king of the Jews? +[18:40]Then all cried again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. But +Barabbas was a robber. + +3 [19:1]Then Pilate took and scourged Jesus. [19:2]And the soldiers +having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head; and they put a +purple garment about him, [19:3]and came to him and said, Hail, king of +the Jews! And they struck him with the open hand. [19:4]Then Pilate +came out again and said to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that +you may know that I find no fault in him. [19:5]Then Jesus came out, +wearing the thorny crown and the purple garment. And he said to them, +Behold the man! [19:6]When therefore the chief priests and officers saw +him, they cried, saying, Crucify him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, +Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no fault in him. +[19:7]The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to +die because he made himself the Son of God. + +4 [19:8]When therefore Pilate heard this charge he was more afraid, +[19:9]and entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, Whence +are you? But Jesus gave him no answer. [19:10]Pilate said to him, Do +you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, +and I have power to crucify you? [19:11]Jesus answered, You would have +had no power against me if it had not been given you from above; +therefore he that delivered me to you has a greater sin. + +5 [19:12]From that time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews +cried, saying, If you release this man you are not a friend of Caesar; +every one who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. [19:13]Then +Pilate hearing these words led Jesus out, and sat on the tribunal, in a +place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. [19:14]And it was +the preparation of the passover, it was about the sixth hour [noon]; +and he said to the Jews, Behold your king! [19:15]Then they cried out, +Away with him, away with him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I +crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but +Caesar. [19:16]Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION, DEATH, AND BURIAL. + +1 [19:17]THEN they took Jesus, and putting the cross on him he went out +to what is called the place of a cranium, which in Hebrew is called +Golgotha, [19:18] where they crucified him, and two others with him, +one on one side and the other on the other, and Jesus between. +[19:19]And Pilate wrote an inscription and put on the cross. And it was +written, JESUS THE NAZORAEAN, THE KING OF THE JEWS. [19:20]Many of the +Jews therefore read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was +crucified was nigh the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and +Greek. [19:21]Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Write +not, The King of the Jews, but that he said, I am King of the Jews. +[19:22]Pilate answered, what I have written I have written. + +2 [19:23]Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his clothes +and made four parts, a part to each soldier, and his coat. But his coat +was without seam, woven from the top through the whole. [19:24]They +said, therefore, one to another, Let us not divide this, but cast lots +for it whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which +says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast +lots. The soldiers therefore did indeed these things. + +3 [19:25]And there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and the +sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene. +[19:26]Then Jesus seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by whom +he loved, said to his mother, Woman, behold your son. [19:27]Then he +said to the disciple, Behold your mother. And from that hour the +disciple took her to his own [house]. + +4 [19:28]After this, Jesus knowing that all things were already +finished, that the Scripture might be fully accomplished, said, I +thirst. [19:29]Then a vessel was set full of vinegar; and filling a +sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a hyssop stalk, they presented +it to his mouth. [19:30]When therefore Jesus took the vinegar, he said, +It is finished; and inclining his head gave up the spirit. + +5 [19:31]Then the Jews, that the bodies might not continue on the cross +on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, for that was a great +sabbath, asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and they be taken +down. [19:32]Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and +of the other crucified with him, [19:33]and coming to Jesus, when they +saw him already dead, they broke not his legs; [19:34]but one of the +soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out +blood and water. [19:35]He who saw has testified, and his testimony is +true, for he knows that he says what is true, that you also may +believe. [19:36]For these things were done that the Scripture might be +fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken; [19:37]and again another +Scripture says, They shall look on him whom they have pierced. + +6 [19:38]After these things Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of +Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might +take down the body of Jesus; and Pilate permitted him. Then he came and +took his body. [19:39]And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by +night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred +pounds. [19:40]Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it with +bandages, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to prepare for +burial. [19:41]And there was in the place where he was crucified a +garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid. +[19:42]In that therefore they laid Jesus, on account of the preparation +of the Jews, because the tomb was near. + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +CHRIST AFTER THE RESURRECTION. + +1 [20:1]AND on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene came in +the morning, while it was yet dark, to the tomb and saw the stone taken +away from the tomb. [20:2]Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to +the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken +away the Lord from the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him. +[20:3]Then went Peter and the other disciple, and came to the tomb. +[20:4]And the two ran together; and the other disciple outran Peter and +came first to the tomb, [20:5]and stooping down saw the bandages lying, +but he went not in. [20:6]Then Simon Peter came following him, and went +into the tomb, and beheld the bandages lying, [20:7]and the napkin +which was on his head not lying with the bandages but folded up in a +place by itself. [20:8]Then the other disciple who came first to the +tomb also entered in, and saw and believed; [20:9]for they did not yet +know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. [20:10]Then the +disciples went away by themselves. + +2 [20:11]But Mary stood at the tomb outside, weeping. Then as she wept +she stooped down to the tomb, [20:12]and saw two angels in white +sitting one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of +Jesus had lain. [20:13]And they said to her, Woman, why do you weep? +She said to them, Because they have taken my Lord and I know not where +they have laid him. [20:14]Having said these words she turned around +and beheld Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. [20:15]Jesus +said to her, Woman, why do you weep? whom do you seek? She, supposing +that he was the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have borne him away, +tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him. [20:16]Jesus said +to her, Mary. She, turning around, said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni, +which is interpreted, Teacher. [20:17]Jesus said to her, Do not touch +me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers +and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and +your God. [20:18]Mary the Magdalene came and told the disciples that +she had seen the Lord, and that he said these things to her. + +3 [20:19]Then when it was evening, on that first day of the week, and +the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, +Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you. +[20:20]And having said this he showed them both his hands and his side; +then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. [20:21]Then he said +to them again, Peace be to you; as the Father has sent me, I also send +you. [20:22]And having said this he breathed on them, and said to them, +Receive the Holy Spirit. [20:23]Those whose sins you forgive, are +forgiven; and whose you retain, are retained. + +4 [20:24]But Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with +them when Jesus came. [20:25]Then the other disciples said to him, We +have seen the Lord; but he said to them, Unless I see in his hands the +impression of the nails, and put my finger in the impression of the +nails, and put my hand in his side, I will not believe. [20:26]And +after eight days his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. +Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, +Peace be to you. [20:27]Then he said to Thomas, Reach here your finger +and behold my hands, and reach your hand and put it in my side, and be +not faithless but believing. [20:28]Thomas answered and said to him, My +Lord and my God. [20:29]Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you +have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and believed. + +5 [20:30]Jesus performed also many other miracles in the presence of +his disciples which are not recorded in this book; [20:31]but these are +recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, +and that believing you may have life in his name. + +6 [21:1]After these things he showed himself again to the disciples at +the lake of Tiberias; and he showed himself thus. [21:2]Simon Peter, +and Thomas called the Twin, and Nathaniel who was from Cana in Galilee, +and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. +[21:3]Simon Peter said to them, I am going a fishing. They said to him, +We will also go with you. They went out and entered into the ship; and +on that night caught nothing, [21:4]but when it was now morning Jesus +stood on the shore; but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. +[21:5]Then Jesus said to them, Children, have you any thing to eat? +They answered him, No. [21:6]And he said to them, Cast the net on the +right side of the ship and you shall find. Then they cast it, and they +were not able to draw it from the number of fishes. [21:7]Then that +disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord. Then Simon +Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, girded on his coat, for he was +naked, and cast himself into the lake. [21:8]But the other disciples +came with the boat, drawing the net of fishes, for they were not far +from the land, but about two hundred cubits distant. [21:9]Then when +they came to land they saw coals placed, and a fish laid upon [them], +and bread. [21:10] Jesus said to them, Bring of the fish that you have +now caught. [21:11]Simon Peter went and drew the net to the land, full +of great fishes a hundred and fifty-three; and though there were so +many the net was not broken. [21:12]Jesus said to them, Come and +breakfast. No one of the disciples dared to ask him, Who are you? for +they knew that he was the Lord. [21:13]Jesus came and took the bread +and gave them, and the fish likewise. [21:14]This was now the third +time that Jesus appeared to his disciples after he had arisen from the +dead. + +7 [21:15]When therefore they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon +Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to +him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, +Feed my lambs. [21:16]Again he said to him a second time; Simon, son of +John, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a +friend to you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. [21:17] He said to him a +third time; Simon, son of John, are you a friend to me? Peter was +grieved that he said to him the third time, Are you a friend to me? and +he said to him, Lord you know all things; you know that I am a friend +to you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep. [21:18]I tell you most truly, +that when you were young you girded yourself and walked where you +would; but when you become old, you shall stretch out your hands and +another shall bind you and carry you where you would not; [21:19]but he +said this signifying by what death he should glorify God; and having +said this, he said to him, Follow me. + +8 [21:20]And Peter turning around saw the disciple whom Jesus loved +following, who also reclined at the supper on his breast and said, +Lord, who is it that is to betray you? [21:21]Peter seeing him said to +Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man [do]? [21:22]Jesus said to him, +If I wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you? follow me. +[21:23]The report then went out among the brothers that this disciple +would not die; but Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, If I +wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you? + +9 [21:24]This is the disciple who testifies of these things and has +written them; and we know that his testimony is true. [21:25]And there +are many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written +particularly, I do not suppose the world itself could contain the books +written. + + + + +ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. + + +CHAPTER I. + +CHRIST'S ASCENSION, AND THE ELECTION OF AN APOSTLE IN THE PLACE OF +JUDAS. + +1 [1:1]I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which +Jesus did and taught, [1:2]till the day that having given charge to the +apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up; [1:3]to whom +also he presented himself living after his suffering, by many proofs, +being seen by them during forty days, and speaking things relating to +the kingdom of God. [1:4]And assembling them, he charged them not to +depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which +[says he] you have heard from me; [1:5]that John baptized indeed with +water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days. + +2 [1:6]They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, +will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel? [1:7]And he said +to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which +the Father has appointed by his own authority; [1:8]but you shall +receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my +witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end +of the earth. [1:9]And having said these words, as they were looking on +he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. [1:10]And +as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood +by them in white clothing; [1:11]and they said, Men of Galilee, why do +you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven +shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven. + +3 [1:12]Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the +Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey +[distant]. [1:13]And when they came, they went up into the upper room +where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, +Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, +and Judas the [brother] of James. [1:14]All these continued with one +accord in prayer, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, +and his brothers. + +4 [1:15]And in those days Peter standing up in the midst of the +brothers, said--the multitude together was about a hundred and twenty-- +[1:16]Men and brothers, it was necessary that the Scripture should be +fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David, +concerning Judas who became a guide to them that apprehended Jesus; +[1:17]For he was numbered with us, and obtained the inheritance of this +service. [1:18]This man therefore purchased a field with the price of +the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his +bowels were poured out; [1:19]and this became known to all who lived at +Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their language Aceldamach, +which is Field of blood. [1:20]For it is written in the book of Psalms, +Let his dwelling be desolate and let no one dwell in it, and his +superintendency let another take. [1:21]It is necessary therefore that +one of the men who have gone with us all the time in which the Lord +Jesus went in and out among us, [1:22]beginning from the baptism of +John till the day on which he was taken up from us, should be made with +us a witness of his resurrection. + +5 [1:23]And they proposed two; Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also +called Justus, and Matthias. [1:24]And praying, they said, Do thou, +Lord, the searcher of all hearts, show which of these two thou hast +chosen [1:25]to take the place of this service and apostleship from +which Judas fell by transgression to go to his place. [1:26]And they +cast their lots, and the lot fell to Matthias, and he was numbered with +the eleven apostles. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND ITS BLESSINGS. + +1 [2:1]AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one +mind together. [2:2]And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a +violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were +sitting; [2:3]and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, +and [one] sat on each one of them; [2:4]and they were all filled with +the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave +them utterance. + +2 [2:5]And there were Jews living at Jerusalem, pious men, of every +nation under heaven; [2:6]and when this sound was [heard], the +multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard +them speaking in his own language. [2:7]And they were astonished and +wondered, saying, Are not all these that speak Galileans? [2:8]And how +do we hear each one in our own language in which we were born, +[2:9]Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who live in +Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, [2:10]Phrygia and +Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, and the Roman +strangers, both Jews and proselytes, [2:11]Cretes and Arabs, do we hear +them speak in our tongues of the great works of God. [2:12]And they +were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does +this mean? [2:13]But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine. + +3 [2:14]But Peter standing up with the eleven lifted up his voice and +said to them, Men of Judea, and all who live at Jerusalem, be this +known to you, and attend to my words. [2:15]For these are not drunk as +you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day [9 A.M.], [2:16]but +this is what was said by the prophet; [2:17]In the last days, says God, +I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your +daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and +your old men shall dream dreams; [2:18]and upon my male servants and +upon my female servants in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and +they shall prophesy. [2:19]And I will show prodigies in heaven above +and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and a cloud of smoke. +[2:20]The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, +before the great and illustrious day of the Lord comes. [2:21]And +whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. + +4 [2:22]Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man +approved by God to you by mighty works and prodigies and miracles, +which God performed by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know, +[2:23]this man, delivered up by the determinate counsel and +foreknowledge of God, you have affixed to the cross, and killed by the +hand of the wicked, [2:24]him has God raised up, having loosed the +pains of death, as it was not possible that he should be held by it. +[2:25]For David says of him, I saw the Lord always before me, he is on +my right hand that I should not be moved; [2:26]therefore my heart +rejoiced and my tongue was glad, and my flesh, moreover, shall also +live in hope; [2:27]for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor +suffer thy Holy One to see destruction. [2:28]Thou hast made me know +the ways of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence. + +5 [2:29]Men and brothers, let me speak to you freely of the patriarch +David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to +this day. [2:30] Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore +with an oath to him to set a descendant of his on his throne, +[2:31]foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that he was +not left in hades neither did his flesh see destruction. [2:32]This +Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are. [2:33]Being +therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise +of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you +both see and hear. [2:34]For David ascended not to heaven, but he +says, The Lord said to my lord, Sit on my right hand [2:35]till I make +your enemies your footstool. [2:36]Let all the house of Israel +therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom you +crucified both Lord and Christ. + +6 [2:37]And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to +Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do? +[2:38]And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every +one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and +you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. [2:39]For the promise is +to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the +Lord our God shall call. [2:40]And with many other words he testified +and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation. + +7 [2:41]Then those that received his word were baptized, and there were +added on that day about three thousand souls; [2:42]and they attended +constantly to the teaching and companionship of the apostles, the +breaking of bread and the prayers. [2:43]And fear was on every soul, +and many prodigies and miracles were performed by the apostles. +[2:44]And all who believed were together and had all things common; +[2:45]and they sold their possessions and estates, and distributed them +to all as any one had need; [2:46]and continuing day by day with one +accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they +partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind, [2:47]praising +God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the +saved, day by day, to the assembly [church]. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +THE IMPRISONMENT OF PETER AND JOHN. + +1 [3:1]AND Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of +prayer, which is the ninth hour. [3:2]And a certain man lame from his +birth was carried and placed daily at the gate of the temple which is +called Beautiful, to ask charity of those going into the temple; +[3:3]who seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to +receive a charity. [3:4]But Peter looking steadily at him with John, +said, Look on us. [3:5]And he gave his attention to them, expecting to +receive something from them. [3:6]But Peter said, Silver and gold have +I none; but what I have, this I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ +the Nazoraean, walk. [3:7]And taking him by the right hand he raised +him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened, [3:8]and +leaping up he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, +walking and leaping, praising God. [3:9]And all the people saw him +walking and praising God; [3:10] and they knew him, that he was the one +who sat for charity at the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were +filled with wonder and astonishment at what had happened to him. + +2 [3:11]And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them in +the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. [3:12]And +Peter seeing it answered the people, Men of Israel, why do you wonder +at this? or why do you look intently at us as if by our power or piety +we had made him walk? [3:13]The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, +the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered +up and denied before Pilate when he decided to release him; [3:14]but +you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked a murderer to be given +you, [3:15]but killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the +dead, whose witnesses we are. [3:16]And by the faith of his name, his +name has made strong this man whom you behold and know, and the faith +which is by him has given him this entire soundness before you all. +[3:17]And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as +did also your rulers; [3:18]but what God had before declared by the +mouth of all the prophets that his Anointed should suffer, he has so +accomplished. [3:19]Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, +that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come +from the presence of the Lord, [3:20]and he send to you Jesus Christ +before appointed, [3:21]whom heaven must receive till the times of the +restoration of all things of which God has spoken by the mouth of his +holy prophets since the world began. [3:22]Moses indeed said, A prophet +shall the Lord your God raise up to you, of your brothers, like me; him +shall you hear in all things which he shall speak to you; [3:23]and +every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from the +people. [3:24]And all the prophets, from Samuel and those following him +in order, who have spoken, have also announced these days. [3:25]You +are the children of the prophets, and of the promise which God promised +to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the +families of the earth be blessed. [3:26]God having raised up his +servant has sent him to you first, to bless you by turning each [one of +you] from your evil ways. + +3 [4:1]And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the +commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, [4:2]being +displeased because they taught the people and declared by Jesus the +resurrection of the dead; [4:3]and they laid hands on them and put them +in prison till the next day; for it was now evening. [4:4]But many of +those that heard the word believed, and the number of the men became +about five thousand. + +4 [4:5]And on the next day the rulers, and elders, and scribes +[4:6]assembled at Jerusalem, and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, +and John, and Alexander, and all that were of the family of the chief +priesthood, [4:7]and placing them in the midst, asked, By what power, +or by what name, have you done this? [4:8] Then Peter, full of the +Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, +[4:9]if we are to-day examined concerning the good work done to the +sick man, by what means he has been cured, [4:10]be it known to you +all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ +the Nazoraean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by +him has this man stood before you sound. [4:11]This is the stone +rejected by you builders, which has become the head of a corner. +[4:12]And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name +given under heaven among men, by which we can be saved. + +5 [4:13]And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and supposing that +they were illiterate and common men, they wondered, and perceived that +they had been with Jesus; [4:14]and seeing the man standing with them +cured, they could not dispute it. [4:15]And commanding them to withdraw +from the Sanhedrim, they conferred one with another, [4:16]saying, What +shall we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been +performed by them is manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we +cannot deny it; [4:17]but that it spread no further among the people, +let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak no more to +any man in this name. [4:18]And calling them, they charged them not to +speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. [4:19]But Peter and John +answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to +obey you rather than God, judge; [4:20]for we cannot but tell what we +have seen and heard. [4:21]And threatening them still further, they +dismissed them, not being able to punish them, on account of the +people, because all glorified God for what was done; [4:22]for the man +was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of the cure was +performed. + +6 [4:23]And being dismissed they came to their friends, and related to +them what the chief priests and elders said to them. [4:24]And when +they heard it they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and +said, Master, thou who hast made heaven, and the earth, the sea, and +all things in them, [4:25]who by the mouth of thy servant David hast +said, Why did the nations rage and the peoples devise vain things? +[4:26]the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were assembled +together against the Lord, and against his anointed. [4:27]For of a +truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles +and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant +Jesus whom thou hast anointed, [4:28]to do what thy hand and counsel +before appointed to be done. [4:29]And now, Lord, look down upon their +threatenings, and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy +word, [4:30]by stretching out thy hand, that cures and miracles and +prodigies may be performed by the name of thy holy servant Jesus. +[4:31]And when they had prayed the place was shaken in which they were +assembled, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the +word of God with boldness. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE LIBERALITY OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS, ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, FURTHER +PERSECUTION. + +1 [4:32]AND the multitude that believed had one heart and one soul, and +none said that anything of his possessions was his; but they had all +things common. [4:33]And the apostles delivered the testimony of the +resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great favor was +towards them all. [4:34]For no one among them was needy; for those who +possessed lands or houses sold and brought the prices of the things +sold, [4:35]and laid them at the apostles' feet; and distribution was +made to each as any one had need. [4:36]And Joseph, called Barnabas by +the apostles, which is interpreted, A son of consolation, a Levite, a +Cyprian by birth, [4:37]having land, sold it, and brought the money and +laid it at the feet of the apostles. + +2 [5:1]And one Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a +possession, [5:2]and he kept back a part of the price, his wife also +being privy to it, and bringing a certain part laid it at the apostles' +feet. [5:3]But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart +that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a +part of the price of the land? [5:4]Continuing unsold was it not +yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you +propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God. +[5:5]And Ananias hearing these words fell down and expired; and great +fear was upon all who heard. [5:6]And the young men arose and laid him +out, and having carried him out buried him. + +3 [5:7]And after an interval of about three hours, his wife, not +knowing what had happened, came in. [5:8]And Peter answered her, Tell +me whether you sold the field for so much? And she said, Yes; for so +much. [5:9]And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try +the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your +husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out. [5:10]And she +fell down immediately at his feet, and expired; and the young men +coming in found her dead, and carried her out, and buried her by her +husband. [5:11]And great fear was on all the assembly [church], and on +all that heard of these things. + +4 [5:12]And many miracles and prodigies were performed among the people +by the hands of the apostles; and they were all of one accord in +Solomon's porch; [5:13]and no one of the rest dared to join them, but +the people magnified them; [5:14]and believers were added the more to +the Lord, multitudes both of men and women; [5:15]so that they brought +the sick into the streets and placed them on little beds and couches, +that as Peter passed along even his shadow might overshadow some of +them. [5:16]And the multitude came together from the cities about +Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled by impure spirits, all +of whom were cured. + +5 [5:17]And the chief priest arose, and all those with him, being the +sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with wrath, [5:18]and laid hands +on the apostles, and put them in the public prison. [5:19]But an angel +of the Lord opening the prison doors by night led them out and said, +[5:20]Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of +this life. [5:21]And hearing this they entered into the temple early in +the morning and taught. And the chief priest coming, and those with +him, called the Sanhedrim together, and all the eldership of the +children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. + +6 [5:22]But the officers going did not find them in the prison; and +returning they reported, [5:23]saying, The prison found we shut with +all safety, and the guards standing before the doors, but opening we +found no one within. [5:24]And when they heard these words, both the +priest and the commander of the temple and the chief priests doubted +concerning them, what this could mean. [5:25]But some one came and +told them, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the +temple, and teaching the people. + +7 [5:26]Then the commander going away with the officers brought them +without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be +stoned; [5:27]and having brought them they placed them before the +Sanhedrim. And the chief priest asked them, [5:28]saying, We charged +you strictly not to teach in this name, and behold, you have filled +Jerusalem with your teaching, and wish to bring this man's blood on us. +[5:29]And Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to +obey God rather than man. [5:30]The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, +whom you took and hung on a cross; [5:31]him has God exalted, a Prince +and Saviour at his right hand, to give a change of mind to Israel and +the forgiveness of sins. [5:32]And we are his witnesses of these +things, and also the Holy Spirit which God has given to those that obey +him. + +8 [5:33]And when they heard this they were highly offended, and took +counsel to kill them. [5:34]But a certain Pharisee in the Sanhedrim, by +the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, in honor with all the +people, standing up requested them to put the men out a little while; +[5:35]and he said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what +you are about to do to these men. [5:36]For before these days Theudas +arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four +hundred, adhered, who was destroyed, and all who obeyed him passed away +and came to nothing. + +9 [5:37]After him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census, +and drew away people after him; and he was destroyed, and all who +obeyed him were dispersed. [5:38]And now I tell you, abstain from these +men, and let them alone; because if this design, or this work, is from +men, it will be destroyed; [5:39]but if it is from God, you cannot +destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against +God. [5:40]And they were persuaded by him, and calling the apostles and +scourging them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, +and dismissed them. [5:41]They went therefore from the presence of the +Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame +for the name of [Christ]; [5:42]and every day in the temple, and from +house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the good news of +Christ Jesus. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +THE APPOINTMENT OF SEVEN DEACONS, THE SERMON AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN, +AND A GENERAL PERSECUTION. + +1 [6:1]AND in those days the disciples being multiplied, there was a +complaint of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were +neglected in the daily service. [6:2]And the twelve calling the +multitude of the disciples, said, It is not desirable that we should +leave the word of God to serve tables. [6:3]Look out therefore, +brothers, from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Holy +Spirit, and of wisdom, whom we may set over this business; [6:4]but we +will attend continually to prayer, and the ministry of the word. + +2 [6:5]And the proposition pleased all the multitude, and they elected +Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and +Prochorus, and Nicanor and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a +proselyte of Antioch, [6:6]and set them before the Apostles; and they +having prayed imposed hands on them. [6:7]And the word of God +increased, and the number of the disciples was greatly multiplied at +Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests obeyed the faith. + +3 [6:8]And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed prodigies and +great miracles among the people. [6:9]But some members of the synagogue +called that of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of +those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen, [6:10]and +were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he spoke. +[6:11]Then they bribed men who said, We heard him speak blasphemous +words against Moses and God. [6:12]And they stirred up both the people, +and the elders, and the scribes, and coming suddenly they seized him +and led him to the Sanhedrim, [6:13]and brought forward false witnesses +who said, This man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the +law; [6:14]for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will +destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us. +[6:15]And all who sat in the Sanhedrin looking steadily at him saw his +face like the face of an angel. + +4 [7:1]And the chief priest said, Are these things then so? [7:2]And +he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to +our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in +Haran, [7:3]and said to him, Go out from your country and your kindred, +and come to a land which I will show you. [7:4]Then going out from the +land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And thence, after the death +of his father, he removed into this land in which you now live. +[7:5]And [God] gave him no inheritance in it, not the breadth of a +foot, and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his +posterity after him, when as yet he had no son. [7:6]And God said thus; +that his posterity should be a stranger in a foreign land, and they +shall enslave it and treat it injuriously four hundred years; [7:7]and +the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said God, and after +that they shall come forth and serve me in this place. + +5 [7:8]And he gave him the ordinance of circumcision; and so he begat +Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac, Jacob, and +Jacob the twelve patriarchs. [7:9]And the patriarchs envying Joseph +sold him into Egypt; and God was with him [7:10]and delivered him from +all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of +Pharaoh king of Egypt, and [he] made him governor over Egypt and all +his house. + +6 [7:11]And there came a famine on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, +and great affliction, and our fathers found no provisions. [7:12]But +Jacob hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers the first +time; [7:13]and the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, +and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh. [7:14]And Joseph sent +and called for his father Jacob, and all the family of seventy-five +souls. [7:15]And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he and our +fathers; [7:16]and they carried him back to Shechem and buried him in +the tomb which Abraham bought for money of the sons of Hamor the father +of Shechem. + +7 [7:17]But when the time of the promise which God made with an oath to +Abraham was at hand, the people increased and became numerous in Egypt, +[7:18]till another king arose who knew not Joseph. [7:19]This [king] +dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, +causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved +alive. + +8 [7:20]At that time Moses was born, and was beautiful in the sight of +God, and was nourished three months in his father's house; [7:21]but +being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and nourished him as +her own son. [7:22]And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the +Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works. [7:23]And when he was +forty years old, it came into his mind to visit his brothers, the +children of Israel. [7:24]And seeing one injured he defended him, and +executed judgment for the oppressed, smiting the Egyptian. [7:25]And he +thought his brothers would understand that God would give them +salvation by his hand; but they understood not. + +9 [7:26]On the following day also he showed himself to them as they +contended, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why +do you injure one another? [7:27]But he that injured his neighbor +repelled him, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? +[7:28]Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian, yesterday? [7:29]And +Moses fled at that saying, and lived a stranger in the land of Midian, +where he begat two sons. + +10 [7:30]And forty years being completed there appeared to him in the +wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. +[7:31]And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight; and coming near to +look at it, there was a voice of the Lord, [7:32]I am the God of your +fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And Moses being +afraid dared not look at it. [7:33]And the Lord said to him, Put off +your shoes from your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy +ground. [7:34]I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and +have heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them; and now +come, I will send you to Egypt. + +11 [7:35]This is the Moses whom they denied, saying, Who made you a +ruler and a judge? Him did God send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the +hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush. [7:36]This man +brought them out, having performed prodigies and miracles in Egypt, and +at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. [7:37]This is the +Moses who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up +for you, of your brothers, like me. [7:38] This is he that was with the +assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount +Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living oracles to give +us, [7:39]whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him away and +turned back in their hearts to Egypt, [7:40]saying to Aaron, Make us +gods to go before us; for this Moses who led us up out of Egypt, we +know not what has happened to him. + +12 [7:41]And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to +the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands. [7:42]And God +turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written +in the book of the prophets; Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me +forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel, [7:43]and take up the +tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, figures which you +made to worship? I will even remove you beyond Babylon. + +13 [7:44]Our fathers in the wilderness received the tabernacle of the +testimony, as he that spoke to Moses charged him to make it according +to the pattern which he had seen; [7:45]which also our fathers +receiving it in succession brought with Joshua into the possession of +the nations, whom God expelled before the face of our fathers till the +days of David; [7:46]who found favor with God and desired to find a +dwelling for the God of Jacob. [7:47]And Solomon built him a house. +[7:48]But the Most High dwells not in [temples] made with hands, as the +prophet says; [7:49]Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool; +what house will you build me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my +rest? [7:50]has not my hand made all these things? [7:51]Stiff necked, +and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always fight against the Holy +Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do. [7:52]Which of the prophets +did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the +coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become betrayers and +murderers, [7:53]who have received the law by orders of angels and have +not kept it. + +14 [7:54]And when they heard these things they were enraged in their +minds and gnashed their teeth upon him. [7:55]But he being full of the +Holy Spirit, looking steadily to heaven saw the glory of God and Jesus +standing on the right hand of God, [7:56]and said, Behold, I see the +heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. +[7:57]And crying with a loud voice they stopped their ears and rushed +upon him with one accord, [7:58]and casting him out of the city, stoned +him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young +man called Saul, [7:59]and they stoned Stephen, calling and saying, +Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. [7:60]And kneeling down he cried with a +loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said +this he fell asleep. [8:1]And Saul consented to his death. + +15 And at that time there was a great persecution of the church at +Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of +Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. [8:2]And pious men buried +Stephen and made a great lamentation for him. [8:3]But Saul persecuted +the church, and going from house to house, seizing men and women, +committed them to prison. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +THE EARLY MINISTRY OF PHILIP THE DEACON, THE CONVERSION OF THE +SAMARITANS, THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. + +1 [8:4]Being scattered abroad, therefore, they went everywhere +preaching the good news of the word; [8:5]and Philip going down to a +city of Samaria preached Christ to them. [8:6]And the multitudes +attended with one accord to the things said by Philip, when they heard +him and saw the miracles which he performed. [8:7]For impure spirits +came out of many who had them, crying with a loud voice; and many +paralytics and lame persons were cured; [8:8]and there was great joy in +that city. + +2 [8:9]And there was a man by the name of Simon who formerly practised +magic in that city, and astonished the nation of Samaria, saying that +he was some great person, [8:10]to whom all from the least to the +greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called +great. [8:11]And they attended to him because for a long time he had +astonished them with his magic arts. [8:12]But because they believed +Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of +Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women. [8:13]And Simon +also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on +Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were +performed, he was astonished. + +3 [8:14]And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received +the word of God, sent to them Peter and John, [8:15]who came down and +prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; [8:16]for it +had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name +of the Lord Jesus. [8:17] Then they laid hands on them and they +received the Holy Spirit. [8:18]And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit +was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them +money, [8:19]saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my +hand he may receive the Holy Spirit. [8:20]But Peter said to him, Your +money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase +the gift of God with money. [8:21]You have no part nor inheritance in +this work; for your heart is not right before God. [8:22]Turn your mind +therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the +thought of your mind may be forgiven you; [8:23]for I see you are in +the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness. [8:24]And Simon +answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things +which you have said may come upon me. + +4 [8:25]They then having fully testified and spoken the word of the +Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news to many +villages of the Samaritans. [8:26]And an angel of the Lord spoke to +Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from +Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness. [8:27]And he arose and went. +And behold a man, an Ethiopian eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of +the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, who had come to +Jerusalem to worship, [8:28]and he was returning and sitting in his +chariot reading the prophet Isaiah. + +5 [8:29]And the Spirit said to Philip, Go forward and join yourself to +his chariot. [8:30]And Philip running forward heard him reading the +prophet Isaiah, and he said, Do you really understand what you read? +[8:31]And he said [No]; for how can I unless some one teaches me? And +he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. [8:32]And the passage of +Scripture which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to +slaughter, and as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he +opened not his mouth. [8:33]In his humiliation his judgment was taken +away; and who will tell of his generation? for his life was taken from +the earth. + +6 [8:34]And the eunuch answered and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you +does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other one? [8:35]And +Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached +to him the good news of Jesus. [8:36]And as they went on the way they +came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what +hinders me from being baptized? [8:38]And he commanded the chariot to +stop, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, +and he baptized him. [8:39]And when they went up from the water the +Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; +for he went his way rejoicing. [8:40]But Philip was found at Azotus, +and passing through he preached the good news to all the cities till he +came to Caesarea. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +THE CONVERSION OF SAUL, PETER CURING AENEAS, AND RAISING DORCAS FROM +THE DEAD. + +1 [9:1]BUT Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against +the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest [9:2]and asked of +him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of that +way, he might bring them bound, men and women, to Jerusalem. [9:3]And +he was going and had come nigh to Damascus, and suddenly a light shone +around him from heaven, [9:4]and falling on the earth he heard a voice +saying to him, Saul, Saul, Why do you persecute me? [9:5]And he said, +Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. [9:6]But +arise and enter into the city, and it shall be told you what you must +do. [9:7]And the men travelling with him stood amazed, hearing indeed +the voice, but beholding no one. [9:8]And Saul arose from the earth, +and his eyes being opened he saw nothing; and leading him by the hand +they conducted him to Damascus. [9:9]And he was three days without +sight, and neither eat nor drank. + +2 [9:10]And there was a certain disciple at Damascus by the name of +Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, +Behold, I am here, Lord. [9:11]And the Lord said to him, Arise and go +to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for [a +man] by the name of Saul of Tarsus; for behold, he prays, [9:12]and has +seen a man by the name of Ananias coming and putting a hand on him, +that he might receive his sight. [9:13]And Ananias answered, Lord, I +have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your +saints at Jerusalem; [9:14]and here he has power from the chief priests +to bind all that call on your name. [9:15]But the Lord said to him, Go, +for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations +and kings, and the children of Israel; [9:16]for I will show him how +great things he must suffer for my name. + +3 [9:17]And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands +on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to +you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled +with the Holy Spirit. [9:18]And immediately there fell from his eyes as +it were scales, and he received his sight, and rising up was baptized, +[9:19]and having received food was strengthened. + +4 And he was with the disciples at Damascus some days; [9:20]and +immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, that this is the Son +of God. [9:21]And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is not +this he that destroyed those who called on this name at Jerusalem, and +has come here for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the +chief priests? [9:22]But Saul increased in power and confounded the +Jews living at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. + +5 [9:23]And when some days had passed, the Jews took counsel to kill +him; [9:24]and their design was made known to Saul. And they watched +the gates day and night to kill him; [9:25]but the disciples took him +by night and sent him away by the wall, letting him down in a +store-basket. + +6 [9:26]And going to Jerusalem he endeavored to join the disciples; and +they all feared him, not believing that he was a disciple. [9:27]But +Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them +how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and +how he had spoken boldly in Damascus in the name of Jesus. [9:28]And he +was with them, entering in and going out at Jerusalem, [9:29]and +speaking boldly in the name of the Lord; and he spoke and disputed with +the Hellenists; and they undertook to kill him; [9:30]but the brothers +knowing it led him away to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus. + +7 [9:31]Then had the church peace in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, +and being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the +comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied. [9:32]And Peter +passing through all places, went down also to the saints living at +Lydda. [9:33]And he found there a certain man by the name of AEneas, +who had lain on a bed for eight years, and was a paralytic. [9:34]And +Peter said to him, AEneas, Jesus Christ cures you; arise and make your +bed for yourself. And he immediately arose; [9:35]and all those who +lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord. + +8 [9:36]And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple called +Tabitha, which being interpreted is called, Dorcas; she was full of +good works and charities which she bestowed. [9:37]And in those days +she was sick and died; and having washed they put her in an upper room. +[9:38]But Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter +was there sent two men to him requesting, Do not delay to come to us. +[9:39]And Peter arose and came with them; and when he had come they led +him into the upper room, and all the widows stood by weeping and +showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with +them. [9:40] And Peter putting them all out knelt down and prayed, and +turning to the body he said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes, +and seeing Peter sat up. [9:41] And giving her his hand he raised her +up, and calling the saints and widows presented her living. [9:42]And +this was known in all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. [9:43]And +Peter continued many days at Joppa with one Simon a tanner. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS, AND OTHER GENTILES. + +1 [10:1]AND a certain man at Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of +the cohort which was called the Italian, [10:2]a pious man, and one +fearing God with all his house, and bestowing many charities on the +people, and praying to God always, [10:3]saw clearly in a vision, about +the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming to him, and saying to +him, Cornelius. [10:4]And looking steadily at him and being afraid, he +said, What is wanted, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and +charities have come up as a memorial before God. [10:5] And now send +men to Joppa and call for a certain Simon who is called Peter; [10:6]he +lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea. [10:7]And +when the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of the +house servants, and a pious soldier of those that attended constantly +on him, [10:8] and having related all things to them sent them to Joppa. + +2 [10:9]And on the next day, as they were pursuing their journey and +had come nigh to the city, Peter went upon the house to pray, about the +sixth hour. [10:10]And he was hungry and wished to eat; and while they +were preparing a trance came upon him, [10:11]and he beheld heaven +opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, let down by +four corners to the earth, [10:12]in which were all the quadrupeds and +reptiles of the earth, and birds of heaven. [10:13]And a voice came to +him, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. [10:14]But Peter said, By no means, +Lord, for I have never eaten any thing common and impure. [10:15]And a +voice came to him again, a second time, What God has purified, regard +not common. [10:16]And this was done thrice, and immediately the vessel +was taken up to heaven. + +3 [10:17]And while Peter doubted with himself what the vision which he +had seen meant, behold, even [then] the men sent by Cornelius, having +inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate, [10:18]and calling +aloud asked if Simon who was called Peter lodged there. [10:19]And +while Peter was considering of the vision, the Spirit said to him, +Behold, men seek you; [10:20]arise and go down and go with them without +hesitation, for I have sent them. [10:21]And Peter went down to the men +and said, Behold, I am the man whom you seek; what is the cause for +which you have come? [10:22]And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a +righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by all the nation +of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to +his house and hear words from you. [10:23]Then he called them in and +entertained them. + +4 And the next day he arose and went with them, and some of the +brothers from Joppa went with him. [10:24]And on the day following they +came to Caesarea; and Cornelius was expecting them, and had called +together his relations and particular friends. [10:25]And when Peter +came in Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet worshipped him. +[10:26]But Peter raised him up saying, Arise, I also am a man. +[10:27]And conversing with him he went in, and found many come +together; [10:28]and he said to them, You know that it is not lawful +for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or come into his +house; and God has taught me not to call any man common or impure; +[10:29]wherefore, being sent for I also came without objecting. I ask +therefore for what reason you have sent for me? [10:30]And Cornelius +said, From the fourth hour of the day I fasted till this hour, and at +the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood +before me in splendid clothing, [10:31]and said, Cornelius, your prayer +is heard and your charities are remembered before God. [10:32]Send +therefore to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter; he lodges at the +house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who when he has come will speak to +you. [10:33] Immediately therefore I sent to you, and you have done +well to come. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all +things which God has commanded you. + +5 [10:34]And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that +God is not a respecter of persons, [10:35]but in every nation he that +fears him and does righteousness is acceptable to him. [10:36]The word +which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching the good news of +peace by Jesus Christ,--he is Lord of all,-- [10:37]you know; the word +which was [preached] through all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the +baptism which John preached, [10:38]Jesus from Nazareth, how God +anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good +and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him; +[10:39]and we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the +land of Judea, and at Jerusalem, whom also they killed, hanging him on +a cross. [10:40]This [man] did God raise up on the third day, and +permitted him to be made manifest, [10:41]not to all the people, but to +witnesses chosen before by God, to us, who eat and drank with him after +he rose from the dead; [10:42]and he commanded us to preach to the +people and testify fully that he is appointed by God the judge of +living and dead. [10:43]To him all the prophets bear witness, that +every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name. + +6 [10:44]While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell +on all who heard the word. [10:45]And those of the circumcision who +came with Peter were astonished, that on the gentiles also the gift of +the Holy Spirit was poured out; [10:46]for they heard them speaking +with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, [10:47]Can any +forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy +Spirit as we also have? [10:48]And he commanded that they should be +baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some +days. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +PETER CALLED TO ACCOUNT FOR ASSOCIATING WITH GENTILES, AND JUSTIFIED; +PREACHING TO THE GENTILES CONTINUED. + +1 [11:1]AND the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the +gentiles received the word of God. [11:2]And when Peter went up to +Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him, [11:3]saying, +You went in to men that were uncircumcised, and eat with them. +[11:4]And Peter began and related to them in order, saying, [11:5]I was +in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw a vision in a trance, a vessel +like a great sheet descending, let down by the four corners from +heaven, and it came to me; [11:6]and looking into it attentively I +perceived and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and wild beasts and +reptiles and birds of heaven. [11:7]And I heard a voice saying to me, +Arise, Peter, kill and eat. [11:8]And I said, By no means, Lord, for +nothing common or impure has ever entered into my mouth. [11:9]And a +voice answered from heaven a second time, What God has purified do not +you regard common. [11:10]And this was done thrice, and again all were +taken up to heaven. + +2 [11:11]And behold, immediately three men came to the house in which I +was, being sent for me from Caesarea. [11:12]And the Spirit told me to +go with them. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered +into the house of the man. [11:13]And he told us how he had seen the +angel in his house standing and saying to him, Send to Joppa and call +Simon who is called Peter, [11:14]who will speak words to you by which +you shall be saved and all your house. [11:15] And when I began to +speak the Holy Spirit fell on them as also on us in the beginning. +[11:16]And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed +baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. +[11:17]If therefore God gave the gift equally to them and to us, who +believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I should be able to +forbid God? [11:18] And hearing these things they were silent, and +glorified God, saying, Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given +the change of mind to life. + +3 [11:19]And those scattered abroad by the affliction which commenced +with Stephen, went even to Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking +the word to no one but Jews only. [11:20]But some of them, Cyprians and +Cyrenians, who came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks preaching the good +news of the Lord Jesus. [11:21] And the hand of the Lord was with them, +and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. [11:22]And a report +concerning them was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and +they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch; [11:23]who having come and +seen the grace of God rejoiced, and exhorted all to adhere to the Lord +with the purpose of the heart; [11:24]for he was a good man and full of +the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude were added to the +Lord. + +4 [11:25]And he went to Tarsus to seek for Saul, [11:26]and found and +brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year +with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first +took the name of Christians at Antioch. + +5 [11:27]And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to +Antioch; [11:28]and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up +signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all +the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar. [11:29]And each of +the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send help to the +brethren living in Judea; [11:30]which they also did, sending to the +elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +PERSECUTION BY HEROD AGRIPPA, HIS DEATH.--A.D. 44. + +1 [12:1]AND at that time Herod the king put forth his hands to injure +some of the church. [12:2]And he killed James the brother of John with +the sword. [12:3]And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to +apprehend Peter also,--and it was during the days of unleavened +bread,-- [12:4]and having seized he put him in prison, committing him +to four companies of four soldiers each to guard him, wishing after the +passover to bring him before the people. [12:5]Peter therefore was kept +by the guard; but prayer was made incessantly by the church to God for +him. [12:6]And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that +night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, +and guards kept watch before the door. [12:7]And behold, an angel of +the Lord came, and a light shone in the building; and striking Peter on +the side he awoke him saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off +from his hands. [12:8]And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, and tie +on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Put your cloak +about you, and follow me. [12:9]And going out he followed him, and +knew not that it was real which was done by the angel, but thought he +saw a vision. [12:10]And passing through the first guard, and the +second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened +to them of itself, and going out they went forward one street, and +immediately the angel left him. [12:11]And Peter coming to himself +said, Now I know that the Lord has really sent his angel and delivered +me from the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the Jews. + +2 [12:12]And considering within himself he came to the house of Mary +the mother of John called Mark, where a great number were assembled +together and praying. [12:13]And knocking at the door of the gate, a +female servant, called Rhoda, came to listen, [12:14]and knowing the +voice of Peter she did not open the gate from joy, but ran in and told +that Peter stood before the gate. [12:15]But they said to her, You are +mad. But she asserted strongly that it was so. And they said, It is his +angel. [12:16]But Peter continued knocking; and having opened they saw +him, and were astonished. [12:17]And making signs to them with his hand +to be silent, he related how the Lord had conducted him out of the +prison, and said, Tell these things to James and the brothers. And +going out he departed to another place. + +3 [12:18]And when it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers +as to what had become of Peter. [12:19]And Herod seeking and not +finding him, examined the guards, and commanded them to be put to +death, and going down from Judea to Caesarea remained [there]. + +4 [12:20]And he was displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they +came with one accord to him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over +the king's bedchamber, desired peace, because their country was +nourished by the king's. [12:21]And on an appointed day Herod having +put on his royal apparel, and sitting on the tribunal, made a speech to +them; [12:22]and the people shouted, It is the voice of a god, and not +of a man. [12:23]And an angel of the Lord instantly smote him because +he gave not glory to God, and being eaten with worms he expired. +[12:24]And the word of God grew and was increased. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +THE FIRST MISSION OF PAUL AND BARNABAS TO CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR.--A.D. +46-49. + +1 [12:25]AND Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having +performed the service, taking with them also John who was called Mark. +[13:1]And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; +Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, +and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. +[13:2]And while they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, +Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. +[13:3]Then having fasted and prayed and imposed hands on them, they +sent them forth. [13:4]They, therefore, being sent forth by the Holy +Spirit went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus; [13:5]and +coming to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of +the Jews; and they also had John for a servant. + +2 [13:6]And having gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found +a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus, +[13:7]who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. +This man having called for Barnabas and Saul desired to hear the word +of God; [13:8]but Elymas the magian, for so his name is interpreted, +opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. +[13:9]But Saul, [called] also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, +looking steadily at him [13:10]said, O full of all deceit and all +craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease +to pervert the right ways of the Lord? [13:11]And now, behold, the hand +of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for +a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and +going about he sought guides. [13:12]Then the proconsul seeing what was +done believed, and was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. + +3 [13:13]And those with Paul, sailing from Paphos, went to Perga in +Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. [13:14]And +passing on from Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going into +the synagogue on the Sabbath they sat down. [13:15]And after the +reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue rulers sent to them, +saying, Men and brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the +people, speak. + +4 [13:16]And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said, Men of +Israel, and you that fear God, hear. [13:17]The God of this people +chose our fathers, and raised up the people in the exile in the land of +Egypt, and brought them out of it with a high arm. [13:18]And when he +had borne with their conduct forty years in the wilderness, [13:19]and +had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their +land to them by lot. [13:20]And after this he gave judges four hundred +and fifty years till Samuel the prophet. [13:21]And then they asked for +a king, and God gave them Saul the son Kish, a man of the tribe of +Benjamin, forty years; [13:22]and removing him, he raised up for them +David for a king, of whom also he said and testified, I have found +David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will. + +5 [13:23]Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has +God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus; [13:24]John having preached +before his coming the baptism of a change of mind to all the people of +Israel. [13:25]And when John completed his course, he said, Who do you +suppose I am? I am not [the Christ]; but behold, there comes after me +one the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. + +6 [13:26]Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you +that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you. [13:27]For +those living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the +words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by +condemning [him]; [13:28]and [although] they found no cause of death +[in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed; +[13:29]and when they had performed all things written of him, they took +him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. [13:30]But God raised +him from the dead, [13:31]and he appeared many days to those who went +up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the +people. [13:32]And we declare to you the good news of the promise made +to the fathers, [13:33]that God has fulfilled this to us their children +in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are +my son, to-day have I begotten you. [13:34]And that he raised him from +the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will give +you the sure promises of David. [13:35] Wherefore also in another place +he says, Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see destruction. +[13:36]For David, having in his generation served the will of God, fell +asleep, and was gathered to his fathers and saw destruction; [13:37] +but he whom God raised up saw not destruction. [13:38]Be it known to +you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to +you the forgiveness of sins, [13:39]and every one who believes is +justified by him from all things from which you could not be justified +by the law of Moses. [13:40] See then that what is said by the prophets +does not come upon you; [13:41] Behold, despisers, and wonder and +perish, for I perform a work in your days, a work which you shall by no +means believe even if one declares it to you. + +7 [13:42]And when they had gone out, [the people] requested that these +words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath. [13:43]And the +congregation being dismissed, many of the Jews and pious proselytes +followed Paul and Barnabas, who gave them additional instructions, and +persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. [13:44]And on the +following sabbath almost all the city came together to hear the word of +the Lord. [13:45]And the Jews seeing the multitudes were filled with +envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, disputing and +blaspheming. [13:46]And both Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said, +It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; +but since you cast it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal +life, behold, we turn to the gentiles. [13:47]For thus has the Lord +commanded us; I have set you for a light of nations, that you should be +a salvation even to the end of the earth. [13:48] And the gentiles +hearing this rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many +as were appointed to eternal life believed; [13:49]and the word of the +Lord was spread through all the country. [13:50]But the Jews excited +the pious and honorable women, and the first men of the city, and +raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out from +their limits. [13:51]And shaking off the dust of their feet against +them, they went to Iconium; [13:52] and the disciples were filled with +joy and the Holy Spirit. + +8 [14:1]And at Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the +Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude of the Jews and Greeks +believed. [14:2]But the unbelieving Jews excited the minds of the +gentiles against the brothers, and made them ill-disposed. [14:3]Then +they spent a long time in speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified +to the word of his grace by granting miracles and prodigies to be +performed by their hands. [14:4]And the multitude of the city were +divided; some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles. [14:5]And +when a design was formed by the gentiles and Jews with their rulers to +treat them injuriously, and stone them, [14:6]knowing it, they fled to +the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country, +[14:7]and preached the good news there. + +9 [14:8]And there sat a certain man at Lystra, infirm in his feet, lame +from his birth, who had never walked. [14:9]This man heard Paul +speaking, who, looking steadily at him and seeing that he had faith to +be cured, [14:10]said with a loud voice, Stand up erect on your feet. +And he leaped, and walked. [14:11]And the multitude seeing what Paul +did, lifted up their voice in the language of Lycaonia, saying, The +gods have come down to us in the likeness of men; [14:12]and they +called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercury, because he was a master of +eloquence. [14:13]And the priest of the Jupiter which was before the +city brought bulls and garlands to the gates, and wished to offer +sacrifices with the multitudes. [14:14]But the apostles Barnabas and +Paul hearing of it, rending their clothes ran among the multitude, +crying [14:15]and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We are also +men subject to like sufferings with you, preaching that you should turn +from these vain [services] to the living God, who made heaven and +earth, and the sea, and all things in them, [14:16]who in past +generations permitted all nations to walk in their own ways; +[14:17]although indeed he left not himself without a witness, doing +good, giving rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts +with food and gladness. [14:18]And saying these things they with +difficulty restrained the multitudes from sacrificing to them. + +10 [14:19]But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded +the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the +city, supposing that he was dead. [14:20]But while the disciples stood +around him, he arose and entered into the city. And on the next day he +went away with Barnabas to Derbe. [14:21]And having preached the good +news to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, +and Iconium, and Antioch, [14:22]confirming the souls of the disciples, +and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many +afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God. [14:23]And having +appointed them elders in every church, and having prayed with fasting, +they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. + +11 [14:24]And passing through Pisidia they came to Pamphylia, +[14:25]and having spoken the word in Perga they went down to Attalia, +[14:26]and thence sailed to Antioch, whence they had been commended to +the favor of God for the work which they performed. [14:27]And having +arrived, and assembled the church, they reported what God had done with +them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the gentiles. +[14:28]And they remained there not a little time with the disciples. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM ON CIRCUMCISION.--A.D. 50. + +1 [15:1]AND certain persons having come down from Judea taught the +brothers, If you are not circumcised according to the custom of Moses +you cannot be saved. [15:2]There being therefore no little dissension +and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that +Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles +and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question. [15:3]They, +therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and +Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy +to all the brothers. [15:4]And when they came to Jerusalem they were +received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and related +what things God had done with them. [15:5]But some of those of the sect +of the Pharisees who had believed, rose and said, that it is necessary +to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. + +2 [15:6]And the apostles and elders were assembled together to see +about this matter. [15:7]And after there had been much debate, Peter +rose and said to them, Men and brothers, you know that in former days +God chose among you that the gentiles should hear by my mouth the word +of the gospel and believe. [15:8] And the heart-searching God testified +to them, giving to them the Holy Spirit even as to us, [15:9]and made +no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by the faith. +[15:10]Now, therefore, why do you try God, to put on the necks of the +disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we could bear? +[15:11]But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the +Lord Jesus in the same manner as they. + +3 [15:12]And all the multitude was silent, and heard Barnabas and Paul +relate what miracles and prodigies God performed among the gentiles +through them. [15:13]And after they were silent, James answered, +saying, Men and brothers, hear me. [15:14]Simeon has related how God +first visited the gentiles to take a people for his name. [15:15]And +with this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written, +[15:16]After this will I return and build up the tabernacle of David +which had fallen down, and rebuild its ruins, and set it up, +[15:17]that the rest of men may seek the Lord, even all the nations on +whom my name has been called, says the Lord who does these things, +[15:18]known from eternity. [15:19]Wherefore I judge that we ought not +to trouble those who turned to God from the gentiles, [15:20]but to +send to them to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and +fornication, and things strangled, and blood. [15:21]For Moses from +ancient times has those who preach him in every city, being read in the +synagogues every sabbath. + +4 [15:22]Then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with all the +assembly [the church], to send delegates from themselves to Antioch +with Paul and Barnabas, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men +among the brothers, [15:23]writing by their hand, The apostles and +elders and brothers, to the brothers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, +who are of the gentiles, greeting. [15:24]Since we heard that some +going out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls, +to whom we gave no charge, [15:25]it seemed good to us, being of one +opinion, to send delegates to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, +[15:26]men who have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus +Christ. [15:27]We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they will +tell you the same things by word. [15:28]For it seemed good to the Holy +Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you except these +necessary things; [15:29] that you should abstain from things +sacrificed to idols, and blood, and things strangled, and fornication, +from which if you keep yourselves you will do well. Farewell. + +5 [15:30]They, therefore, being dismissed went to Antioch, and +assembling the multitude delivered the epistle. [15:31]And reading it +they rejoiced at the exhortation. [15:32]And Judas and Silas being +themselves also prophets, exhorted the brothers with much argument, and +confirmed them. [15:33]And having staid [some] time, they were +dismissed in peace by the brothers to those that sent them. [15:35]But +Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, teaching and preaching with many +others the word of the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +PAUL'S SECOND MISSION TO ASIA MINOR.--A.D. 51-52. + +1 [15:36]AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and +visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the +Lord, [and see] how they do. [15:37]And Barnabas wished to take with +them John called Mark; [15:38] but Paul thought not best to take with +them one who deserted them at Pamphylia and did not go with them to the +work. [15:39]And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated +from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus. + +2 [15:40]But Paul choosing Silas went out, commended to the favor of +the Lord by the brothers. [15:41]And he passed through Syria and +Cilicia confirming the churches. [16:1]And he went to Derbe and Lystra. +And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, +a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father, [16:2]who +was commended by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. [16:3]Him Paul +wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account +of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was +a Greek. + +3 [16:4]And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances +to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at +Jerusalem. + +4 [16:5]Then the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased +in number daily. [16:6]And passing through Phrygia and the country of +Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, +[16:7]coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the +Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; [16:8]and passing by Mysia they +went down to Troas. [16:9]And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a +certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over +into Macedonia and help us. [16:10]And when he saw the vision we +immediately sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had +called us to preach the good news to them. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT PHILIPPI ON THEIR FIRST MISSION TO +EUROPE.--A.D. 52-53. + +1 [16:11]AND sailing from Troas we came in a direct course to +Samothracia, and on the next day to Neapolis, [16:12]and thence to +Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a +colony. And we spent some days in that city. [16:13]And on the sabbath +we went out of the gate, by the river, where the proseuche [place of +prayer] usually was, and sitting down we spoke to the women who came +together. [16:14]And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in +purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart +the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul. + +2 [16:15]And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested +saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house +and stay; and she constrained us. + +3 [16:16]And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant +having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain +by divining. [16:17]She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men +are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of +salvation; [16:18]and this she did for many days. And Paul being +grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the +name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in +that hour. [16:19]And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain +was gone, seizing Paul and Silas dragged them to the market, to the +rulers, [16:20] and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, +being Jews, greatly trouble the city, [16:21]and preach customs which +it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe. +[16:22]And the multitude came together against them, and the prefects +tearing off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, +[16:23]and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, +charging the jailer to keep them safely; [16:24]who, having received +such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet +fast in the stocks. + +4 [16:25]But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, +and the prisoners heard them. [16:26]And suddenly there was a great +earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all +the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed. +[16:27]And the jailer awaking from sleep and seeing the doors of the +prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing +that the prisoners had escaped. [16:28]But Paul cried with a loud +voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here. [16:29]And +asking for a light he sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul +and Silas, [16:30]and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to +be saved? [16:31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you +shall be saved, and your house. [16:32]And they spoke the word of the +Lord to him and all those in his house. + +5 [16:33]And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from +their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately, +[16:34]and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and +rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. [16:35]And when +it was day the prefects sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go. +[16:36]And the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent +to let you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace. + +6 [16:37]But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly +uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they +privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and +conduct us out. [16:38]And the lictors told these words to the +prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; +[16:39]and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired +them to leave the city. [16:40]And going out of the prison they entered +into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted +them, and departed. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT THESSALONICA, BEREA, AND ATHENS.--A.D. 53. + +1 [17:1]AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to +Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. [17:2]And +according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them +three sabbaths from the Scriptures, [17:3]explaining and asserting that +the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this +Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. [17:4]And some of them +believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great +multitude, and of the chief women not a few. [17:5]But the unbelieving +Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a +mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to +bring them out to the people; [17:6]but not finding them, they dragged +Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men +who have turned the world upside down have come here also, [17:7]and +Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the +ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. +[17:8]And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing +these things, [17:9]and taking security of Jason and the rest they let +them go. + +2 [17:10]And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and +Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the +Jews; [17:11]but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for +they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures +daily [to see] if these things were so. [17:12]Many of them therefore +believed, both of honorable Grecian women, and of men not a few. +[17:13]And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was +preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes. + +3 [17:14]Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by +sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. [17:15]And those conducting +Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy +to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. + +4 [17:16]And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved +within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry. [17:17]Then +he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, +and in the market every day with those he met. [17:18]And some of the +Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What +does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of +strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. +[17:19]And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, +saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you? +[17:20]for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish +therefore to know what these things mean. [17:21]And all the Athenians +and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but +telling or hearing something new. + +5 [17:22]And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of +Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the +worship of demons. [17:23]For as I passed through, and observed your +objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN +UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to +you. [17:24]The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] +being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, +[17:25]neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, +since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; [17:26]and he +made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the +earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their +habitation, [17:27]that they should seek God, if perhaps they might +feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us. +[17:28]For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own +poets have said, For we are his offspring. [17:29]Being therefore an +offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or +silver or stone, a work of art and human device. + +6 [17:30]Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands +all men everywhere to change their minds, [17:31]because he has +appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in +righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to +all by raising him from the dead. [17:32]But when they heard of a +resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear +you again of this. [17:33]So Paul went out from the midst of them; +[17:34]but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were +Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with +them. + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT CORINTH, HIS VISIT TO SYRIA AND ASIA +MINOR.--A.D. 53-55. + +1 [18:1]AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. [18:2]And +finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who +had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius +had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, [18:3]and +because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for +they were tent makers. [18:4]And he reasoned in the synagogue every +sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. + +2 [18:5]And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave +himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ +Jesus. [18:6]But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his +garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from +this time will go to the gentiles. + +3 [18:7]And departing thence he came into the house of a man called +Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. +[18:8]And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all +his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were +baptized. [18:9]And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear +not, but speak and be not silent, [18:10]for I am with you; and no one +shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city. +[18:11]And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them +the word of God. + +4 [18:12]And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with +one consent against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, +[18:13]saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the +law. [18:14]And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to +the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I +would bear with you in a reasonable manner; [18:15] but if it is a +question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it +yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things. [18:16]And he +drove them from the tribunal. [18:17]And they all took Sosthenes the +synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for +none of these things. + +5 [18:18]And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the +brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, +having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. [18:19]And they +came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the +synagogue reasoned with the Jews. [18:20]And they asking him to stay a +longer time with them he did not consent, [18:21]but taking leave of +them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed +from, Ephesus, [18:22]and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and +saluting the church, he went down to Antioch; [18:23]and having spent +some time there he went away, passing in order through the country of +Galatia and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples. + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +PAUL AT EPHESUS.--A.D. 55-58. + +1 [18:24]AND a certain Jew by the name of Apollos, an Alexandrian by +birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being powerful in the +Scriptures. [18:25]This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and +being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines +concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John; [18:26]and this man +began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila +hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way. [18:27] +And he wishing to go into Achaia, the brothers sent him, and wrote to +the disciples to receive him. And when he came he helped those much who +had believed through the grace; [18:28]for he argued powerfully against +the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. + +2 [19:1]And when Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, passing through the +higher portions of the country, came to Ephesus, and found certain +disciples; [19:2] and he said to them, Have you received the Holy +Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard that +there is a Holy Spirit. [19:3]And he said to them, With what then were +you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism. [19:4]Paul said, John +indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling +the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on +Jesus. [19:5]And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the +Lord Jesus: [19:6]and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit +came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. [19:7]And all +the men were about twelve. + +3 [19:8]And going into the synagogue he spoke boldly, for three months, +reasoning and persuading in favor of the kingdom of God. [19:9]But +when some were hardened and believed not, speaking evil of the way +before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples from +them, and reasoned day by day in the school of one Tyrannus. [19:10]And +this was done for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the +word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. + +4 [19:11]And God performed unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, +[19:12]so that napkins and aprons were brought from him to the sick, +and their diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them. +[19:13]And some of the travelling Jewish exorcists undertook to call +over those that had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I +adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches. [19:14]And there were some +seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. [19:15]But +the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but +who are you? [19:16]And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped +upon them, and overcome them, and prevailed against them, so that they +escaped from his house, naked and wounded. [19:17]And this was known +both to all the Jews and Greeks who lived at Ephesus, and fear fell on +them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified; [19:18]and many +of those who believed came and confessed, and showed their practices. +[19:19]And many of those who practised secret arts brought their books, +and burnt them before all; and they computed the price of them, and +found it to be fifty thousand [didrachmas] of silver [$8,333]. +[19:20]So the word of the Lord increased powerfully and prevailed. + +6 [19:21]And when these things were accomplished, Paul was disposed by +the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, +saying, After I have been there I must see Rome. [19:22]And sending +two that served him into Macedonia, Timothy and Erastus, he continued a +time in Asia. + +7 [19:23]And there was at that time no small tumult about the way [of +the Lord]. [19:24]For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, who +made silver temples of Diana, and afforded his artisans no small gain, +[19:25]assembling them together and laborers of like employments, said, +Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this employment, +[19:26]and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but in almost +all Asia, this Paul has led away a great multitude by persuasion, +saying that things which are made by hands are not gods. [19:27]And not +only this work of ours is in danger of coming into contempt, but even +the temple of the great goddess Diana of being set at nought, and her +majesty also which all Asia and the world worships, of being destroyed. + +8 [19:28]And hearing this they were full of wrath, and cried, saying, +Great is Diana of the Ephesians! [19:29]And the whole city was full of +confusion; and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, taking Gaius +and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow travellers of Paul. [19:30]And +Paul wishing to go in to the people, the disciples did not permit him; +[19:31]and some of the rulers of Asia also, who were friendly to him, +sending to him, besought him not to expose himself in the theatre. +[19:32]Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the +assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not for what reason +they had come together. [19:33]And they advanced Alexander from the +multitude, the Jews putting him forward; and Alexander motioning with +his hand, wished to defend himself before the people. [19:34]But +knowing that he was a Jew, there was one voice from all, for about two +hours, crying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. + +9 [19:35]And the clerk having stilled the multitude, said, Men of +Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the +Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana, and of the Jove descended +[image]? [19:36]These things therefore being indisputable, it is best +to be quiet, and do nothing rashly. [19:37]For you have brought these +men here, who are neither temple-robbers nor blasphemers of your +goddess. [19:38]If, therefore, Demetrius and the artisans with him have +a charge against any, court days are held, and there are pro-consuls; +let them accuse one another. [19:39]And if you desire any thing of +other matters, let it be determined in a lawful assembly. [19:40]For +we are in danger of being called to account for the tumult of to-day, +there being no cause by which we can excuse this concourse. [19:41]And +having said these words he dismissed the assembly. + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +PAUL'S VISIT TO GREECE AND MACEDONIA AND HIS RETURN TO MILETUS.--A.D. +58, 59. + +1 [20:1]AFTER the tumult was allayed, Paul calling the disciples and +embracing them departed to go into Macedonia. [20:2]And going through +those parts, and exhorting them with many words, he went into Greece; +[20:3]and when he had staid there three months, and a conspiracy was +formed against him by the Jews as he was about to sail to Syria, he +determined to return through Macedonia. [20:4] And there followed him +to Asia, Sopater the son of Pyrrhus of Berea, and of those of +Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and +Timothy, and those of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus; [20:5]these going +before waited for us at Troas. [20:6]And we sailed from Philippi, +after the days of unleavened bread, and came to those at Troas in five +days, where we staid seven days. + +2 [20:7]And on the first day of the week, we being assembled to break +bread, Paul preached to them, being about to depart on the next day, +and continued his discourse till midnight; [20:8]and there were many +lamps in the upper room where we were assembled. [20:9]And a young man +by the name of Eutychus sitting in a window, falling into a deep sleep +while Paul preached long, and being overcome by sleep, fell from the +third story down, and was taken up dead. [20:10]But Paul going down +fell on him, and embracing him, said, Be not troubled, for his life is +in him. [20:11]And going up and breaking bread, and tasting it, and +conversing a long time till the break of day, he departed. [20:12]And +they brought away the child alive, and were not a little comforted. + +3 [20:13]And we going before by ship sailed to Assos, being about to take +in Paul at that place; for so had he appointed, being about to go on +foot himself. [20:14]And when he met us at Assos, we took him in and +came to Mitylene, [20:15]and sailing thence, on the next day we came +opposite to Chios, and in another day we touched at Samos, and stopping +at Trogylium, on the day following we came to Miletus. [20:16]For Paul +had determined to sail by Ephesus, that it might not be necessary for +him to spend a long time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible +for him, to be at Jerusalem at the day of Pentecost. + +4 [20:17]And from Miletus sending to Ephesus he called for the elders +of the church. [20:18]And when they had come to him, he said to them, +You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you +at all times, [20:19] serving the Lord with all humility, and tears and +trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews, [20:20]how I +kept not back from declaring to you and teaching you publicly and from +house to house any thing that was profitable, [20:21]testifying both to +Jews and Greeks the change of mind to God, and the faith in our Lord +Jesus. [20:22]And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to +Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, +[20:23]except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, +saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. [20:24]But life precious +to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the +service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of +the grace of God. + +5 [20:25]And now, behold, I know that you all among whom I have gone +preaching the kingdom shall see my face no more. [20:26]Wherefore I +call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men; +[20:27]for I have not kept back from declaring to you all the counsel +of God. [20:28]Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock +in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of +the Lord which he has purchased with his blood. [20:29]For I know that +after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the +flock, [20:30]and of yourselves men will arise speaking perverse +things, to draw away disciples after them. [20:31]Wherefore watch, +remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not to +admonish every one of you with tears. [20:32]And now I commend you to +God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give +you an inheritance with all the sanctified. [20:33]I have coveted no +man's silver or gold or clothing; [20:34]you yourselves know that these +hands have served my necessities and those with me. [20:35]I have +showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and +to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more +blessed to give than to receive. + +6 [20:36]And having said these words he kneeled down, and prayed with +them all. [20:37]And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and +kissed him, [20:38] grieving most of all for the word which he said, +that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the +ship. + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +PAUL AND HIS COMPANY PURSUING THEIR JOURNEY TO CAESAREA AND JERUSALEM, +ETC.--A.D. 59. + +1 [21:1]AND when we had torn ourselves from them we set sail, and going +in a straight course came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and +thence to Patara. [21:2]And finding a ship crossing to Phenicia, going +on board we set sail. [21:3]And observing Cyprus, and leaving it on the +left, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to +discharge her cargo. [21:4] And finding the disciples we continued +there seven days; and they told Paul, by the Spirit, not to go on to +Jerusalem. [21:5]And when we had completed the days we went out and +proceeded on our journey, they all attending us with their wives and +children till without the city, and kneeling down on the shore we +prayed, [21:6]and having saluted each other we went to the ship, and +they returned to their homes. + +2 [21:7]Having completed our voyage from Tyre we went to Ptolemais, and +having saluted the brothers continued with them one day. [21:8]And +departing on the next day we came to Caesarea, and going to the house +of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we staid with him. +[21:9]This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. [21:10]And +having continued there many days, there came down a certain prophet +from Judea by the name of Agabus, [21:11]and coming to us, and taking +Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, These things, +says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that +owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles. +[21:12]And when we heard these things, we and the people of the place +besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. [21:13]But Paul answered, What +do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be +bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. +[21:14]And he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of +the Lord be done. + +3 [21:15]And after these days, having made preparation, we went up to +Jerusalem; [21:16]and some of the disciples from Caesarea went up with +us, conducting [us] to Mnason a Cyprian, an early disciple with whom we +lodged. + +4 [21:17]And when we arrived at Jerusalem the brothers received us +gladly. [21:18]And on the following day Paul went with us to James, and +all the elders were present. [21:19]And having saluted them, he related +particularly what God had done among the gentiles by his ministry; +[21:20]and having heard, they glorified God, and said to him, You see, +brother, how many ten thousands there are of those who have believed, +among the Jews, and all are zealots of the law; [21:21]and they have +been informed of you, that you teach all the Jews among the gentiles to +apostatize from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, +nor to walk according to the customs. [21:22]What then is [to be done]? +They will hear everywhere that you have come. [21:23]Do this, +therefore, which we tell you. We have four men having a vow upon them; +[21:24]take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, +that they may shave their heads, and all will know that the information +which they have of you is not correct, but that you walk also yourself +keeping the law. [21:25]But concerning the gentiles who have believed, +we have sent, judging that they should avoid things offered to idols, +and blood, and things strangled, and fornication. [21:26]Then Paul +taking the men, on the following day being purified with them went into +the temple, announcing the completion of the days of purification till +an offering should be offered for each one of them. + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +PAUL'S APPREHENSION BY THE JEWS, HIS RESCUE BY THE ROMANS, HIS ADDRESS, +ETC.--A.D. 59. + +1 [21:27]AND when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from +Asia seeing him in the temple excited all the multitude, and laid hands +on him, [21:28]crying, Men of Israel, help; this is the man who teaches +all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and +besides he has brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy +place. [21:29]For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the +city with him, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. +[21:30]And all the city was moved, and there was a concourse of the +people, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him without the temple, +and immediately the gates were shut. + +2 [21:31]And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to +the chiliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion; +[21:32]who immediately taking soldiers and centurions ran down upon +them; and seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they ceased beating +Paul. [21:33]Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him +to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had +done. [21:34]But some cried one thing, and some another, in the +multitude, and not being able to learn the truth, on account of the +tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the fortress. [21:35] And +when he was on the steps, it happened that he was borne by the +soldiers, on account of the violence of the multitude; [21:36]for the +multitude of the people followed, crying, Take him away. + +3 [21:37]And being about to be carried into the fortress, Paul said to +the chiliarch, May I have permission to speak to you? And he said, Do +you understand Greek? [21:38]Are you not the Egyptian who before these +days excited a sedition, and led out into the wilderness the four +thousand men who were murderers? [21:39]And Paul said, I am a Jew, of +Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of a not undistinguished city, I beg of +you, permit me to speak to the people. [21:40]And he giving him +permission, Paul stood up on the steps, and motioned with his hand to +the people; and when there was great silence, he spoke in the Hebrew +language, and said, [22:1]Men, brothers and fathers, hear my present +defense before you. [22:2]And hearing that he spoke to them in the +Hebrew language, they kept the greater silence. + +5 [22:3]And he said, I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought +up in this city, instructed at the feet of Gamaliel in the accurate +interpretation of the law of our fathers, and am a zealous worshipper +of God as you all are to-day; [22:4]and I persecuted this way to death, +binding and committing to prison both men and women, [22:5]as the chief +priest also bears me witness, and all the eldership, from whom also +receiving letters to the brothers I went to Damascus, to bring those +who were there bound to Jerusalem to be punished. + +6 [22:6]And when I was on the way and had come nigh to Damascus, about +noon suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me, [22:7]and I +fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do +you persecute me? [22:8]And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said +to me, I am Jesus the Nazoraean, whom you persecute. [22:9]And those +that were with me saw the light, but they heard not the voice of him +that spoke to me. [22:10]And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the +Lord said to me, Arise, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told +you of all things which are appointed for you to do. + +7 [22:11]And when I could not see from the brightness of that light, +being led by the hand by those with me, I came to Damascus. [22:12]And +a certain Ananias, a man [living] according to the law, approved by all +the Jews living [there], [22:13]coming and standing by, said to me, +Brother Saul, Receive your sight. And in that hour I looked upon him. +[22:14]And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, +and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth, +[22:15]for you shall be a witness for him to all men of what you have +seen and heard. [22:16]And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and +wash away your sins, calling on his name. + +8 [22:17]And when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the +temple, I was in a trance, [22:18]and saw him [Christ], saying to me, +Hasten and depart immediately from Jerusalem, for they will not receive +your testimony of me. [22:19]And I said, Lord, they know that I +imprisoned and beat in the synagogues those who believed on you; +[22:20]and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was poured out, I also +stood by and consented, and kept the clothes of those that killed him. +[22:21]And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away. + +9 [22:22]And they heard him to this word, and lifted up their voice +saying, Take away such a man from the earth; it is not fit that he +should live. [22:23] And as they cried and rent their clothes and cast +dust in the air, [22:24]the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into +the fortress, ordering that he should be examined with scourges, that +he might know for what reason they cried so against him. [22:25]But +when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing +by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned? +[22:26]And the centurion hearing this, went and told the chiliarch, +saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman. [22:27] And +the chiliarch came to him and said, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he +said, Yes. [22:28]And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this +citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also +born [one]. [22:29]Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew +from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, +and because he had bound him. + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, AND SENT TO CAESAREA FOR SAFE KEEPING.--A.D. +59. + +1 [22:30]AND on the next day, wishing to know the truth in respect to +what he was accused of by the Jews, [the chiliarch] released him, and +commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim to come together; and +bringing Paul down he set him before them. [23:1]And Paul looking +steadily at the Sanhedrim, said, Men and brothers, I have lived before +God in all good conscience to this day. [23:2]And the chief priest +Ananias commanded those standing by to strike him on the mouth. +[23:3]Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, whitewashed +wall; and do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me +to be struck contrary to the law? [23:4]And those standing by said, Do +you revile God's chief priest? [23:5]And Paul said, I knew not +brothers that he was a chief priest; for it is written, You shall not +speak evil of the ruler of your people. + +2 [23:6]And Paul knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other +Pharisees, cried in the Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee +and the son of Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am +I under trial. [23:7] And having said this, there was a dissension +between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude were divided. +[23:8]For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither +angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess both. [23:9]And there was +a great cry, and the scribes of the party of the Pharisees rising up +contended, saying, We find no evil in this man; but [what] if a spirit +or an angel has spoken to him? [23:10]And there being a great +dissension, the chiliarch, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by +them, commanded the troops to come down and take him by force from the +midst of them, and conduct him to the fortress. + +3 [23:11]And on the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be +of good courage, for as you have testified of me at Jerusalem, so you +must also testify at Rome. [23:12]And when it was day, the Jews formed +a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath, saying that they would +not eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. [23:13]And there were more +than forty who took this oath, [23:14] who came to the chief priests +and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste +nothing till we kill Paul. [23:15]Now, therefore, speak to the +chiliarch, with the Sanhedrim, to bring him down to you tomorrow, as if +you were about to investigate his case more accurately, and we, before +he comes nigh, are ready to kill him. + +4 [23:16]But a son of Paul's sister hearing of this lying in wait, went +and entering into the fortress told Paul. [23:17]And Paul calling one +of the centurions, said, Lead this young man to the chiliarch, for he +has something to tell him. [23:18]He therefore took him and led him to +the chiliarch, and said, Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to +lead this young man to you, who has something to tell you. [23:19]And +the chiliarch taking him by the hand and leading him aside, inquired, +What is it that you have to tell me? [23:20]And he said, The Jews have +entered into a compact to ask you to bring down Paul to the Sanhedrim +to-morrow, as if about to learn more accurately of something concerning +him. [23:21]But do not therefore be persuaded by them; for more than +forty men of them lie in wait, who have taken an oath not to eat nor +drink till they have killed him, and now they are ready, awaiting an +answer from you. [23:22]Then the chiliarch dismissed the young man, +charging him, Tell no one that you have informed me of these things. + +5 [23:23]And calling two of the centurions he said, Prepare two hundred +soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred light +armed troops, after the third hour of the night. [23:24]And provide +animals to put Paul on, and take him safely to Felix the procurator. +[23:25]And he wrote a letter having this form; [23:26]Claudius Lysias +to the most excellent procurator Felix, greeting. [23:27]I went with +the soldiery and rescued this man, when he was seized by the Jews, and +about to be killed by them, having learned that he is a Roman; +[23:28]and wishing to know the cause for which they accuse him, I took +him down to their Sanhedrim, [23:29]and found him criminated in respect +to questions of their law, but charged with nothing worthy of death or +bonds. [23:30]Being informed that a conspiracy was about to be formed +against the man, I immediately sent to you, commanding also his +accusers to speak before you. + +6 [23:31]The soldiers therefore took Paul as they were commanded and +brought him by night to Antipatris, [23:32]and the next day leaving the +horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress. [23:33]And when +they came to Caesarea, and had delivered the letter to the procurator, +they also presented Paul to him. [23:34]And having read, he asked of +what province he was; and learning that he was of Cilicia, [23:35]I +will hear you, he said, when your accusers have come; and he commanded +him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod. + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE FELIX THE PROCURATOR.--A.D. 59, 60. + +1 [24:1]AND after five days the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, +and a certain orator, Tertullus, went down and gave information to the +procurator against Paul. [24:2]And he being called, Tertullus began to +accuse him, saying, Having obtained great peace by you, and things +being happily arranged for this nation by your oversight in all things +and in all places [24:3]we accept [it] most excellent Felix, with all +thankfulness. [24:4]But that I may not further weary you, I beg you to +hear us briefly, with your clemency. [24:5]For finding this man a +pestilence and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the +world, and a chief of the sect of the Nazoraeans, [24:6]who also +endeavored to profane the temple, whom we also took, [24:8]from whom +you will be able to learn by examination of all these things of which +we accuse him. [24:9]And the Jews also assented, saying, These things +are so. + +2 [24:10]And the procurator making a sign to him to speak, Paul +answered, Knowing that you have been for many years a judge of this +nation, I shall defend myself cheerfully, [24:11]you being able to know +that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at +Jerusalem. [24:12]And they did not find me in the temple disputing with +any one, or making a disturbance of the multitude, neither in the +synagogues nor in the city; [24:13]neither can they prove the things of +which they now accuse me. + +3 [24:14]But this I confess to you, that in the way which they call a +heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers; believing all things +written in the law and the prophets, [24:15]having a hope in God which +they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous +and wicked. [24:16]And in this also I endeavor always to have a +conscience without offense towards God and man. + +4 [24:17]But after many years I came to bring charities and offerings +to my nation, [24:18]in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified +in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with a tumult, [24:19]who +ought to be present and accuse me before you, if they have any thing +against me. [24:20]Or let them say whether they found any +unrighteousness in me when I stood before the Sanhedrim, [24:21]except +in this one statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am +under trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead. + +5 [24:22]But Felix put them off, saying, Having learned more accurately +of this way, when Lysias the chiliarch comes down I will decide +concerning your matters, [24:23]and he commanded the centurion that +Paul should be kept, and be freed from bonds, and that he should forbid +none of his friends to serve him. + +6 [24:24]And after some days Felix coming with Drusilla his wife, who +was a Jewess, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in +Christ. [24:25]And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, +and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for +the present; but when I have time I will call you. [24:26]At the same +time also he hoped that money would be given him by Paul; and on this +account sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him. [24:27]But +after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and +wishing to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul bound. + + + +CHAPTER XXIII. + +PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE FESTUS, HIS APPEAL TO CAESAR, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT +DEFENSE BEFORE AGRIPPA.--A.D. 61. + +1 [25:1]FESTUS therefore coming into the province, after three days +went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. [25:2]And the chief priests and the +first men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, +[25:3]asking favor against him, that he would send for him to +Jerusalem, having provided an ambuscade to kill him on the way. +[25:4]Then Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and +that he would go down there shortly; [25:5]and then, he said, the +principal men among you may go down with me; if there is any thing +against this man they may prosecute him. [25:6]And staying with them +not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the +next day, sitting on the tribunal, commanded Paul to be brought. + +2 [25:7]And when he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem +stood around him, bringing many and weighty accusations which they +could not prove, [25:8]while Paul maintained in his defense, Neither +against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against +Caesar, have I done any wrong. + +3 [25:9]But Festus wishing to gratify the Jews, answered Paul and said, +Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried by me for +these things? [25:10]And Paul said, I stand at the tribunal of Caesar, +where I ought to be tried. I have not injured the Jews, as you also +know very well. [25:11]If indeed I have done wrong or committed any +thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if those things of +which they accuse me are nothing, no man may give me up to them; I +appeal to Caesar. [25:12]Then Festus having conferred with the council +answered, You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go. + +4 [25:13]But after some days king Agrippa and Bernice came down to +Caesarea to salute Festus. [25:14]And when they had staid there many +days, Festus proposed the case of Paul to the king, saying, There is a +certain man left a prisoner by Felix, [25:15]concerning whom when I was +at Jerusalem the chief priests and elders of the Jews gave me +information, asking judgment against him; [25:16]to whom I answered, It +is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused +has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to defend +himself against the accusation. + +5 [25:17]When therefore, they came here, making no delay, the next day +I sat on the tribunal, and ordered the man to be brought; +[25:18]concerning whom his accusers standing up brought no charge of +such things as I supposed, [25:19]but had certain questions with him +concerning their religion, and concerning one Jesus that was dead, who +Paul said was alive. [25:20]Being in doubt on the question concerning +these things, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried +by me there on these charges. [25:21]But Paul appealing, to be kept for +the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send +him to Caesar. [25:22]And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I should like to +hear the man also myself. And he said, To-morrow you shall hear him. + +6 [25:23]On the next day, therefore, Agrippa and Bernice coming with +great pomp, and entering into the place of hearing with chiliarchs and +men of distinction in the city, at the command of Festus Paul was +brought. [25:24]And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all the men present +with us, you see this man, of whom all the multitude of the Jews +besought me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought no +longer to live. [25:25]But finding that he had done nothing deserving +death, and he having appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send +him. [25:26]But I have nothing certain to write to the sovereign +concerning him, wherefore I have brought him before you, and especially +before you, King Agrippa, that on examination I may have something to +write; [25:27] for it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and +not to signify the charges against him. + +7 [26:1]And Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for +yourself. Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense. +[26:2]I think myself happy, King Agrippa, in being allowed to make my +defense before you to-day in respect to all things of which I am +accused by the Jews, [26:3]especially as you are acquainted with all +the customs and questions of the Jews; wherefore, I beg you to hear me +patiently. [26:4]My mode of life from my childhood, the early part of +it being with my nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews, [26:5]who knew +me from the first, if they would testify, that according to the +strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. [26:6]And now I +stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, +[26:7]which our twelve tribes, serving God continually, day and night, +hope to attain; of this hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. +[26:8]Why is it judged by you incredible that God raises the dead? +[26:9]I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things +contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazoraean, [26:10]which I also did at +Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received +authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my +vote against them. [26:11]And punishing them often in all the +synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad +against them, I pursued them even to cities abroad. + +8 [26:12]In which [persecutions] also, going to Damascus with +authority, and a commission from the chief priests, [26:13]at midday I +saw in the way O king, a light from heaven shining around me and those +going with me, exceeding the brightness of the sun; [26:14]and when we +had all fallen on the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying +in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard +for you to kick against the goads. [26:15]And I said, Who are you, +Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. [26:16]But rise +and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to +make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of +visions ] in which I will appear to you, [26:17]delivering you from the +people, and the gentiles, to whom I send you [26:18]to open their eyes, +to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to +God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among +the sanctified by faith in me. [26:19]Whence, King Agrippa, I was not +disobedient to the heavenly vision, [26:20]but preached first to those +at Damascus and Jerusalem, and in all the country of Judea, and to the +gentiles, that they should change their minds and turn to God, +performing works worthy of a change of mind. + +9 [26:21]On this account the Jews seized me in the temple and +endeavored to kill me. [26:22]Having obtained therefore help from God, +I have continued to this day, testifying to small and great, saying +nothing but what the prophets and Moses said should take place; +[26:23]that the Christ should suffer, and that he first from the +resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and +the nations. + +10 [26:24]And when Paul had said these words, Festus said with a loud +voice, You are mad, Paul; much learning has driven you to madness. +[26:25]But he said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter +words of truth and sobriety. [26:26]For the king knows of these things, +before whom I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these +things have escaped his notice; for this was not done in a corner. +[26:27]King Agrippa, believe you the prophets? I know that you believe. +[26:28]And Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a +Christian. [26:29]And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but +also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I +am, except these bonds. [26:30]And the king arose, and the procurator, +and Bernice, and those who sat with them, [26:31]and departing they +conversed with each other, saying, This man has done nothing deserving +death or bonds. [26:32]And Agrippa said to Festus, If he had not +appealed to Caesar, this man might be released. + + + +CHAPTER XXIV. + +PAUL'S VOYAGE TO ROME.--A.D. 61, 62. + +1 [27:1]AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they +delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion by the name +of Julius, of the cohort of Augustus. [27:2]And going on board of a +ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places in Asia, we set +sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us; [27:3]and +on the next day we came to Sidon, and Julius treating Paul with +humanity allowed him to go to his friends, and receive attention. + +2 [27:4]Proceeding thence we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds +were contrary, [27:5]and sailing through the sea by Cilicia and +Pamphylia we came to Myra in Lycia; [27:6]and the centurion finding +there an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, put us into it. [27:7]And +sailing slowly in those days, and scarcely being by Cnidus, the wind +not permitting us [to proceed in a direct course] we sailed under +Crete, by Salmone, [27:8]and sailing by it with difficulty, we came to +a place called Fair Havens, near which is the city Lasea. + +3 [27:9]But some time being spent and navigation not being safe, +because the fast had already passed by, Paul advised, [27:10]saying to +them, Men, I see that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not +only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives. [27:11]But the +centurion believed the master and owner rather than the words spoken by +Paul. [27:12]And the harbor being inconvenient to winter in, the +greater part advised to depart thence, and, if they were able, to come +to Phenice to winter, a harbor of Crete, which opens to the South and +Southwest. + +4 [27:13]And the South wind blowing gently, supposing that they had +attained their purpose, setting sail they proceeded along the coast of +Crete. [27:14]But not long after a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon, +rushed against it, [27:15] and the ship being caught and not being able +to bear up against the wind, we gave up, and were borne along. +[27:16]And running a little under the island called Clauda, we with +difficulty became masters of the boat, [27:17]and taking it out they +used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall +on the shoal, letting down the mast they were driven in that condition. +[27:18]And we being exceedingly pressed with the storm, on the next day +they cast the cargo overboard, [27:19]and on the third day with our own +hands we cast overboard the furniture of the ship. [27:20]And neither +sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no slight storm being upon +us, at last all hope that we should be saved was taken away. + +5 [27:21]Then there having been long abstinence from food, Paul stood +up in the midst of them and said, You ought, men, taking my advice, not +to have sailed from Crete, and to have saved this injury and loss. +[27:22]And now I advise you to be of good courage; for there shall be +no loss of a life of you, but only of the ship. [27:23]For an angel of +the God whose I am, and whom I serve, came to me this night [27:24]and +said, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar, and behold, God has +given you all that sail with you. [27:25]Wherefore, men, be of good +courage; for I believe God, that it will be as he has told me; [27:26] +but we must be cast on a certain island. + +6 [27:27]And on the fourteenth night, when we were borne along in the +Adriatic, at about midnight the sailors suspected that some land was +approaching them. [27:28]And sounding they found twenty fathoms, and +going a little distance and sounding again they found fifteen fathoms; +[27:29]and fearing lest we should fall on rough places, casting out +four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day. [27:30]And the +sailors seeking to escape from the ship, and letting down the boat into +the sea, with the pretence that they were about to put out anchors from +the fore part of the ship, [27:31]Paul said to the centurion and +soldiers, Unless these continue in the ship you cannot be saved. +[27:32]Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat and let it fall off. + +7 [27:33]And when day was about to appear, Paul exhorted all to take +food, saying, It is the fourteenth day to-day that you have watched and +continued without food, taking nothing. [27:34]Wherefore I exhort you +to partake of food; for this is necessary to your safety, for there +shall not a hair perish from the head of any one of you. [27:35]And +having said these things, and taken bread, he thanked God before all, +and having broken began to eat. [27:36]And all being in good spirits +they also partook of food; [27:37]and all the souls in the ship were +two hundred and seventy-six. [27:38]And being satisfied with food they +lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea. + +8 [27:39]And when it was day they did not know the land, but they +perceived a bay having a shore, on which they wished if possible to +thrust the ship. [27:40] And taking up the anchors, they committed [the +ship] to the sea, loosening at the same time the fastenings of the +rudder and raising the top sail to the wind, they bore down towards the +shore. [27:41]And falling on a place with a sea on both sides, they run +the ship aground. And the bow being firmly fixed, remained immoveable; +and the stern was broken by violence. + +9 [27:42]And the design of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, that +none might escape by swimming; [27:43]but the centurion wishing to save +Paul, prohibited them from this design, and commanded those able to +swim to cast themselves into the water first, and go to the land; +[27:44]and the rest, some on boards, and some on parts of the ship; and +in this way all were brought safely to land. + +10 [28:1]And when they were saved, they learned that the island was +called Melita. [28:2]And the barbarians showed us no ordinary humanity; +for kindling a fire they received us all, on account of the rain which +was falling, and the cold. [28:3]And Paul having collected a bundle of +sticks and put them on the fire, a viper coming out from the heat +fastened on his hand. [28:4]And when the barbarians saw the creature +hanging from his hand, they said one to another, This man is +undoubtedly a murderer, whom though saved from the sea justice has not +permitted to live. [28:5]Then shaking off the creature into the fire he +suffered no harm; [28:6]but they expected that he would swell up, or +suddenly fall down dead. And waiting a long time, and seeing nothing +extraordinary happen to him, they thought differently, and said, He is +a god. + +11 [28:7]Near that place were the lands of the first man in the island, +whose name was Poplius, who received and entertained us kindly three +days. [28:8]And the father of Poplius lay sick with a fever and +dysentery, and Paul came to him, and prayed, and put his hands on him, +and cured him. [28:9]And this being done, the rest also who had +sicknesses in the island came and were cured, [28:10]and they bestowed +on us many rewards, and when we left supplied us with things that we +needed. + +12 [28:11]And after three months we sailed away in an Alexandrian +vessel, that had wintered in the island, with the sign of Castor and +Pollux. [28:12]And coming to Syracuse we remained there three days; +[28:13]and proceeding thence we came to Rhegium, and after one day, a +south wind blowing, we came the second day to Puteoli, [28:14]where +finding brothers we were invited to remain with them seven days; and +thus we came to Rome. [28:15]And thence, the brothers hearing of us +came out to meet us even to the Forum of Appius, and the Three Taverns +[fifty-one miles]; and when Paul saw them, thanking God he took courage. + + + +CHAPTER XXV. + +PAUL AT ROME.--A.D. 62, 64. + +1 [28:16]AND when we came to Rome the centurion committed the prisoners +to the prefect of the camp, and Paul was allowed to remain by himself, +with a soldier to guard him. [28:17]And after three days he called the +chief men of the Jews together; and when they had convened, said to +them, Men and brothers, having done nothing contrary to the people or +to the customs of the fathers, I was delivered up from Jerusalem a +prisoner into the hands of the Romans, [28:18]who on trial wished to +release me, because they found no cause of death in me; [28:19]but the +Jews opposing it I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I have +any thing of which to accuse my nation. [28:20]For this reason, +therefore, I have called you to see and converse with you, because I am +loaded with this chain on account of the hope of Israel. + +2 [28:21]And they said to him, We have neither received letters +concerning you from Judea, nor has any one of the brothers come and +reported or told any evil of you. [28:22]But we would like to hear from +you what you think, for it is known to us concerning this sect, that it +is everywhere spoken against. + +3 [28:23]And appointing him a day they came in great numbers to his +lodging, to whom he set forth and testified the kingdom of God, +persuading them concerning Jesus both from the law of Moses and the +prophets, from morning till evening. [28:24]And some believed the +things which were spoken, and others believed not; [28:25]and +disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed by Paul, saying one +word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our +fathers, [28:26]saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you shall +hear and not understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive; +[28:27]for the heart of this people has become hard, and they hear +imperfectly with their ears, and they have shut their eyes, lest at any +time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and +understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should cure them. +[28:28]Be it known to you, therefore, that the salvation of God is sent +to the gentiles, and they will hear it. + +4 [28:30]But Paul continued two entire years in his hired house, and +received all who came to him, [28:31]preaching the kingdom of God, and +teaching the doctrines concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all +boldness and without hindrance. + + + + +THE EPISTLES OF PAUL. + + +FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. + + +CORINTH, A.D. 53. (ACTS 16, 3.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL TO THE THESSALONIANS, TIMOTHY'S VISIT +AND REPORT, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL and Sylvanus [Silas] and Timothy to the church of the +Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to +you and peace. + +2 [1:2]We thank God always for you all, making mention of you in our +prayers, [1:3]remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor +of love and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God +even our Father, [1:4] knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election, +[1:5]that our gospel came not to you in word only, but with power and +with the Holy Spirit and with full assurance, as you know what we were +among you for your sakes. + +3 [1:6]And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received +the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, [1:7]so +that you became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. +[1:8]For from you the word of the Lord was proclaimed not only in +Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith with respect to God went into +every place, so that we had no need to say any thing; [1:9]for they +declare of us what introduction we had to you, and how you turned from +idols to God, to serve the living and true God, [1:10]and to wait for +his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers +us from the wrath to come. + +4 [2:1]For you know, brothers, our introduction to you that it was not +in vain, [2:2]but having suffered before, and been injuriously treated, +as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the +gospel of God with much contention. [2:3]For our exhortation was not +of error, nor of impurity, nor with deceit, [2:4]but as we were judged +worthy by God to be intrusted with the gospel so we speak, not as +pleasing men, but God who tries our hearts. [2:5]For we used at no time +a word of flattery, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness, God is +witness, [2:6]neither did we seek glory of men, either of you or of +others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ; +[2:7]but we were gentle among you, as a nurse would cherish her own +children; [2:8]so being greatly desirous of you, we were well pleased +to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own souls, because +you were dear to us. [2:9]For you remember, brothers, our labor and +weariness; that working night and day not to be burdensome to any one +of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. [2:10]You are witnesses, +and God, how piously, and righteously, and blamelessly we were with you +that believe, [2:11]as you know how we exhorted and comforted you, as a +father each one of his own children, [2:12]and charged you to walk +worthily of God who calls you into his kingdom and glory. + +5 [2:13]For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that +receiving the word of God heard from us, you received not a word of +men, but, as it is in truth, a word of God, who also works in you that +believe. [2:14]For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of +God in Christ Jesus which were in Judea, for you also suffered the same +things from your countrymen, which they did from the Jews [2:15]who +also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who +please not God and are hostile to all men, [2:16] forbidding us to +speak to the gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up +their sins always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost. + +6 [2:17]But we, brothers, being deprived of you for a short time in +presence, not in heart, used greater diligence to see your face, with +much desire. [2:18] For which reason we wished to come to you; I Paul +indeed once and again, and Satan hindered us. [2:19]For what is our +hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you before our Lord +Jesus at his coming? [2:20]For you are our glory and joy. + +7 [3:1]When therefore we could no longer refrain, we thought it best to +be left alone at Athens, [3:2]and sent Timothy, our brother and God's +co-laborer in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and to exhort you in +behalf of your faith, [3:3]that no one should be moved by these +afflictions. For you know that we are appointed for this; [3:4]for +indeed when we came to you, we told you before that we were about to +suffer affliction, as it also happened, and you know. [3:5]For this +reason, being no longer able to forbear, I sent to know your faith, +lest in some way the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor be +in vain. + +8 [3:6]But now Timothy having come to us from you and told us the good +news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us +always, desiring to see us, as we also you, [3:7]therefore we were +comforted, brothers, on your account in all our affliction and distress +by your faith, [3:8]for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. +[3:9]For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy +with which we rejoice on your account before our God, [3:10]desiring +exceedingly, night and day, to see your face, and to perfect what is +lacking of your faith? + +9 [3:11]And may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct +our way to you; [3:12]and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with +love one to another and to all men, as we also to you, [3:13]to confirm +your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at +the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +CHASTITY, BROTHERLY LOVE, THE STATE OF THE DEAD, THE COMING OF CHRIST, +ETC. + +1 [4:1]FINALLY, therefore, brothers, we beseech and exhort you by the +Lord Jesus, as you have received from us how you ought to walk and +please God, that you abound still more. [4:2]For you know what +commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. [4:3]For this is the will +of God, your purity, that you should abstain from fornication, +[4:4]that each one should know how to have his wife in purity and +honor, [4:5]not with inordinate desires like the gentiles who know not +God, [4:6]that he should not go beyond and defraud his brother in the +matter, because the Lord is a punisher of all these, as we also told +you before and fully testified. [4:7]For God has not called us to +impurity, but to purity. [4:8]He therefore that despises, despises not +man, but God, who also gives us his Holy Spirit. + +2 [4:9]But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I should +write to you; for you are taught by God to love one another; [4:10]for +you also do the same to all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we +exhort you, brothers, to abound still more, [4:11]and strive to be +quiet and pursue your own business, and work with your hands, as we +charged you, [4:12]that you may walk becomingly towards those without +and have need of nothing. + +3 [4:13]And we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those +that have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no +hope. [4:14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also +will God bring with him those that have fallen asleep on account of +Jesus. [4:15]For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who +live and remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those +that have fallen asleep, [4:16]for the Lord himself will descend from +heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the +trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, [4:17] then we +the living who remain shall be caught up together with them in clouds, +to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be always with the Lord. +[4:18] Comfort one another, therefore, with these words. + +4 [5:1]But concerning the times and season, brothers, you have no need +that I should write to you; [5:2]for you yourselves know perfectly that +the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. [5:3]When they +say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, like pain upon a +woman with child, and they shall not escape. [5:4]But you, brothers, +are not in darkness, that the day should come upon you like a thief; +[5:5]for you are all children of light, and children of day; we are not +of night nor of darkness. + +5 [5:6]Therefore let us not sleep as others, but let us watch and be +sober. [5:7]For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that are +drunk drink in the night; [5:8]but let us who are of day be sober, +putting on a cuirass of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of +salvation, [5:9]for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain +salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, [5:10] who died for us, that, +whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him. +[5:11]Wherefore exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also +do. + +6 [5:12]And we beseech you, brothers, to know those who labor among +you, and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, [5:13]and to +esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace +among yourselves. [5:14] And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the +disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long +suffering towards all men. [5:15]See that no one renders evil for evil, +but always pursue the good both one to another and to all. + +7 [5:16]Rejoice always; [5:17]pray without ceasing, [5:18]give thanks +on every occasion; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to us. +[5:19]Quench not the Spirit, [5:20]despise not prophecies. [5:21]Prove +all things, hold fast the good; [5:22]abstain from every form of evil. +[5:23]And may the God of peace himself purify you wholly, and your +whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless at the coming +of our Lord Jesus Christ. [5:24]Faithful is he that calls you, who will +also perform. + +8 [5:25]Brothers, pray for us. [5:26]Salute all the brothers with a +holy kiss. [5:27]I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to +all the holy brothers. [5:28]The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with +you. + + + + +SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. + + +CORINTH, A.D. 53. (ACTS, 16:3.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +PAUL'S LOVE AND PRAYERS FOR THE THESSALONIAN CHRISTIANS, THE COMING OF +CHRIST, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL and Silvanus [Silas] and Timothy, to the church of the +Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [1:2]Grace +be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:3]We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fit, +because your faith increases greatly, and the love of every one of you +all one for another abounds, [1:4]so that we boast of you in the +churches of God, of your patience and faith, in all your persecutions +and the afflictions which you endure, [1:5] a token of the righteous +judgment of God that you should be deemed worthy of the kingdom of God, +for which you also suffer, [1:6]since it is just with God to repay +affliction to those who afflict you, [1:7]and to you who are afflicted +rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his +mighty angels [1:8]in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that +know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; [1:9]who shall +suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the +Lord and from the glory of his power, [1:10]when he shall come to be +glorified in his saints and to be admired by all that believe in that +day, for our testimony was believed by you. [1:11] For which also we +pray always for you, that our God will account you worthy of the +calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of [his] goodness and the +work of faith with power; [1:12]that the name of our Lord Jesus may be +glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and +the Lord Jesus Christ. + +3 [2:1]And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our +Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him, [2:2]that you +be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by +a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the +Lord was at hand. [2:3]Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall +not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is +revealed, the son of destruction, [2:4]who opposes and exalts himself +above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that +he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. [2:5]Do +you not remember that when I was with you I told you of these things? +[2:6]And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time. +[2:7]For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains +it just now, till it shall be out of the way; [2:8]and then shall the +wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of +his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming, [2:9]whose +coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles +and false prodigies [2:10]and with every unrighteous deceit among those +who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that +they might be saved. [2:11]And therefore, God sends them a power of +delusion that they should believe a lie, [2:12]that they all may be +condemned who believe not the truth but have pleasure in wickedness. + +4 [2:13]But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by +the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation by +purification of spirit, and belief of the truth, [2:14]to which he +called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. +[2:15]Therefore, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which +you have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle; [2:16]and our +Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and +given us eternal consolation and a good hope by grace, [2:17] comfort +and confirm your hearts in every good work and word. + +5 [3:1]Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may +run and be glorified, as also with you, [3:2]and that we may be +delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith. +[3:3]But the Lord is faithful, who will confirm you, and guard you from +evil. [3:4]And we trust in the Lord with respect to you, that you both +do and will do what we direct. [3:5] And may the Lord direct your +hearts in the love of God, and in the patience of Christ. + +6 [3:6]And we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus +Christ, to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not +according to the tradition which you received from us. [3:7]For you +know yourselves how you ought to follow us, for we walked not +disorderly among you, [3:8]neither did we eat bread of any one for +nought, but worked with labor and fatigue, night and day, not to be +burdensome to any of you; [3:9]not that we have not a right [to a +support], but that we may make ourselves an example for you to follow +us. [3:10]For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, that if +any one will not work, neither let him eat. [3:11]For we hear that some +go about among you in a disorderly manner, not working, but being above +work; [3:12]we charge and exhort such, by our Lord Jesus Christ, to +work quietly, and eat their own bread. [3:13]But, brothers, be not +weary of well doing. [3:14]But if any one obeys not our word by this +epistle, mark that one, and have no association with him, that he may +be ashamed; [3:15]and account him not as an enemy, but admonish him as +a brother. [3:16]And may the Lord of peace give you peace always in +every way. The Lord be with you all. + +7 [3:17]The salutation by my hand, Paul's, which is [the] sign in every +epistle; so I write. [3:18]The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with +you all. + + + + +EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. + + +EPHESUS, A.D. 56. (ACTS, 17:3.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +PAUL'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF AND OF THE GOSPEL. + +1 [1:1]PAUL an apostle, not from men nor by man but by Jesus Christ and +God the Father who raised him from the dead, [1:2]and all the brothers +with me, to the churches of Galatia. [1:3]Grace be to you and peace +from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, [1:4]who gave himself +for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil life +according to the will of God even our Father, [1:5] to whom be the +glory forever and ever; amen. + +2 [1:6]I wonder that you have so quickly turned away from him that +called you in the grace of Christ to another gospel, [1:7]which is not +another; but there are some who disturb you and wish to subvert the +gospel of Christ. [1:8]But if we or an angel from heaven preach you +another gospel contrary to what we have preached you let him be +accursed. [1:9]As we said before I now also say again, If any one +preaches you a gospel contrary to what you have received let him be +accursed. [1:10]For do I now obey man, or God? or do I seek to please +men? For if I yet pleased men, I could not have been a servant of +Christ. + +3 [1:11]For I certify you, brothers, of the gospel preached by me, that +it is not according to man; [1:12]for I neither received it from man +nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ. [1:13]For you +heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the +church of God and destroyed it; [1:14]and was a proficient in Judaism +beyond many of my age among my people, being more exceedingly zealous +for the traditions of my fathers. [1:15] But when God who gave me being +and called me by his grace, [1:16]was pleased to reveal his Son in me, +that I might preach him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not +with flesh and blood, [1:17]neither did I go to Jerusalem to those who +were apostles before me, but I went to Arabia and returned again to +Damascus. + +4 [1:18]Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, +and staid with him fifteen days; [1:19]and I saw no other of the +apostles except James, the Lord's brother. [1:20]And what I write to +you, behold, before God, I lie not. + +5 [1:21]Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. [1:22]But I +was unknown by face to the churches of Christ in Judea, [1:23]only they +heard that he who persecuted us formerly, now preached the faith which +he formerly destroyed; [1:24]and they glorified God in me. + +6 [2:1]Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with +Barnabas, taking also Titus; [2:2]and I went up by a revelation, and +proposed to them the gospel which I preach to the gentiles, but +privately to persons of distinction, lest I should run or had run in +vain. [2:3]But Titus who was with me, and was a Greek, was not +compelled to be circumcised; [2:4]but on account of false brothers +brought in secretly to act as spies against our liberty which we have +in Christ Jesus, to bring us into servitude, [2:5]we did not yield to +them by subjection, for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might +continue with you. [2:6]But from those of distinction, whatever they +were it makes no difference to me,--God is partial to no man,--for +those of distinction added nothing to me, [2:7]but on the contrary +seeing that I was intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, as +Peter was of the circumcision,-- [2:8]for he that operated in Peter for +the apostleship of the circumcision, operated also in me for the +gentiles,-- [2:9]and knowing the grace given me, James and Cephas and +John, who were manifest pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand +of fellowship that we should go to the gentiles and they to the +circumcision; [2:10]only [they wished] that we should remember the +poor, which I was also forward to do. + +7 [2:11]But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, +because he was to blame. [2:12]For before some came from James he eat +with the gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated +himself; fearing those of the circumcision; [2:13]and the other Jews +also dissembled with him, so that Barnabas was carried away with their +dissimulation. [2:14]But when I saw that they walked not correctly, +according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If +you being a Jew live after the manner of the gentiles, and not after +the manner of the Jews, why do you compel the gentiles to practise +Judaism? [2:15]For we Jews by race and not sinners of the gentiles, +[2:16] knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but by +the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed in Jesus Christ, that +we may be justified by faith and not by works of the law, because by +works of the law shall no flesh be justified. [2:17]But if seeking to +be justified by Christ we are found to be ourselves also sinners, is +Christ then a minister of sin? By no means. [2:18] For if I build up +again what I have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. [2:19]For by +a law I have died to the law, that I may live to God. [2:20]I am +crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in +me; and the present life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith +of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. [2:21]I do not +reject the grace of God; for if rightousness is through the law, then +Christ died for nothing. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPLAINED. + +1 [3:1]O FOOLISH Galatians, who has fascinated you, before whose eyes +Jesus Christ has been set forth among you crucified? [3:2]This only +would I learn of you. Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, +or by a hearing of faith? [3:3]Are you so foolish? Having begun in the +Spirit do you now end in the flesh? [3:4]Have you suffered so much in +vain? if indeed also it is in vain. [3:5]He then that imparts to you +the Spirit, and exercises miraculous powers among you, does he do it by +works of the law, or by the doctrine of faith? [3:6] As Abraham +believed God and it was accounted to him a righteousness. + +2 [3:7]Know, therefore, that those of faith, these are children of +Abraham. [3:8]And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the +nations by faith, promised before to Abraham, In you shall all the +nations be blessed. [3:9]Those of faith, therefore, are blessed with +believing Abraham. [3:10]For as many as are of works of the law are +under a curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues +not in all things written in the book of the law to do them. [3:11]And +it is evident that no one is justified by the law before God, because +the just shall live by faith, [3:12]but the law is not of faith, but he +that does these things shall live by them. [3:13]Christ redeemed us +from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is +written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree, [3:14]that the +blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we +may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith. + +3 [3:15]Brothers, I speak according to man. But no one abolishes a +man's covenant when it is established, or makes additions to it. +[3:16]The promises were spoken to Abraham and his offspring. He said +not, And to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your +offspring, which is Christ. [3:17]And this I say; that the law which +was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant +previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect. +[3:18]For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by the +promise. But God gave it to Abraham by the promise. [3:19]What then? +The law was added on account of transgressions, till the offspring +should come to which the promise was made, being appointed by angels by +the hand of a mediator. [3:20]But there is no mediator of one; but God +is one. + +4 [3:21]Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means. For +if a law had been given, able to give life, righteousness would really +have been by the law; [3:22]but the Scripture has shut up all under +sin, that the promise of the faith of Jesus Christ may be given to them +that believe. [3:23]But before the faith came, we were kept shut up +under the law for the faith to be revealed. [3:24]So that the law was +our schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by +faith; [3:25]but the faith having come, we are no longer under a +schoolmaster. [3:26]For you are all children of God by the faith in +Jesus Christ; [3:27]for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have +put on Christ. [3:28]There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither +servant nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all +one in Christ Jesus. [3:29] And if you are of Christ, then are you +Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise. + +5 [4:1]But I say, that as long as the heir is a child, he differs not +from a servant, though he is lord of all, [4:2]but is under tutors and +stewards till the time appointed by the father. [4:3]So also we, when +we were children, were in servitude under the rudiments of the world; +[4:4]but when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born +of a woman, born under the law, [4:5] that he might redeem those under +the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. [4:6]And because +you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your +hearts, crying, Abba, Father. [4:7]So that you are no longer a servant, +but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God. + +6 [4:8]But formerly, not knowing God you served beings which are not +really Gods; [4:9]but now knowing God, or rather being known by God, +how do you turn again to the weak and imperfect rudiments, which you +wish again to serve? [4:10] Do you observe days, and months, and times, +and years? [4:11]I am afraid of you, lest I have expended labor on you +in vain. + +7 [4:12]I beseech you, brothers, be as I am, for I am as you [ought to +be]. You did not injure me; [4:13]but you knew I preached the gospel to +you on my former [visit] in weakness of the flesh, [4:14]and my trial +in my flesh you despised not nor rejected, but received me as an angel +of God, as Christ Jesus. [4:15] What then was your blessedness? For I +bear you witness that, if possible, you would have dug out your eyes +and have given them to me. [4:16]Have I therefore become your enemy, by +telling you the truth? [4:17]They are zealous for you, but not well, +but they wish to exclude you that you may be zealous for them. [4:18]It +is good to be zealous for a good object always, and not only when I am +present with you. [4:19]My little children, with whom I am again in +pain till Christ is formed in you, [4:20]I wish to be present with you +now and change my voice with you, for I am in doubt of you. + +8 [4:21]Tell me, you that wish to be under the law, do you not hear the +law? [4:22]For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a +servant woman, and the other by a free woman. [4:23]But he by the +servant woman was born of the flesh, and he by the free woman, by the +promise. [4:24]These things are allegorical, for those [women] are two +covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for servitude, which +is Hagar; [4:25]for Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; and the present +Jerusalem answers to her, for she is in servitude with her children. +[4:26]But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us; +[4:27]for it is written, Rejoice, barren woman, that did not bear, +break forth and cry, woman that had no pain, for the children of the +desolate are more numerous than those of her who had a husband. +[4:28]But we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise. +[4:29]But as then he that was born of the flesh persecuted him that was +born of the Spirit, so also now. [4:30]But what says the Scripture? +Cast out the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant +woman shall not be an heir, with the son of the free. [4:31]Wherefore, +brothers, we are not children of the servant woman, but of the free. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +MORAL DUTIES. + +1 [5:1]STAND firm in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, +and be not again subject to a yoke of servitude. [5:2]Behold, I Paul +tell you, that if you are circumcised Christ will not profit you. +[5:3]For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is +bound to perform the whole law. [5:4] You have departed from Christ, +whoever of you are justified by the law, you have fallen from the +grace. [5:5]For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by +faith. [5:6]For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing +nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by love. + +2 [5:7]You ran well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? +[5:8]This persuasion is not of him that calls you. [5:9]A little leaven +leavens the whole mass. [5:10]I have confidence in you, in the Lord, +that you will not be of another mind; but he that troubles you shall +bear his sin, whoever he is. [5:11] And I, brothers, if I preach +circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then has the offense of the +cross ceased. [5:12]I would that they were cut off that disturb you. +[5:13]For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your +liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another. +[5:14]For all the law is fully contained in one precept; you shall love +your neighbor as yourself. [5:15]But if you bite and devour one +another, see that you be not consumed one by another. + +3 [5:16]And I say, walk in the Spirit and perform not the desire of the +flesh. [5:17]For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit +against the flesh; and these are opposed one to another, so that you do +not what you wish. [5:18]But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not +under the law. [5:19]For the works of the flesh are manifest, which +are, fornication, impurity, lewdness, [5:20]idolatry, magic, enmities, +strife, envy, anger, contentions, dissensions, heresies, [5:21]murders, +drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I +have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not +inherit the kingdom of God. [5:22]But the fruit of the Spirit is love, +joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, [5:23]meekness, +temperance; against such there is no law. [5:24]And the [subjects] of +Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its affections and desires. +[5:25]If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. +[5:26]Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, +envying one another. + +4 [6:1]Brothers, if a man is overtaken with any fault, do you that are +spiritual restore such a one with a spirit of meekness, considering +yourself; lest you also be tried. [6:2]Bear one another's burdens, and +so perform the law of Christ. [6:3]For if any one thinks he is +something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. [6:4]But let each +one prove his work, and then shall he have joy in himself alone and not +in another, [6:5]for every one shall bear his own burden. + +5 [6:6]Let him that is taught the word communicate with him that +teaches of all good things. [6:7]Be not deceived, God is not mocked. +For what a man sows, that shall he also reap; [6:8]for he that sows for +his flesh, shall of the flesh reap destruction; but he that sows for +the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. [6:9]Let us not be +weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. +[6:10]As we have opportunity, therefore, let us do good to all, but +especially to the members of the family of the faith. + +6 [6:11]You see with how long a letter I have written to you. +[6:12]Those who wish to make a fair appearance in the flesh compel you +to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the cross +of Christ. [6:13]For the circumcised themselves do not keep the law, +but they wish you to be circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. +[6:14]But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord +Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me and I to the world. +[6:15]For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision any thing, nor +uncircumcision, but a new creation. [6:16]And whoever walk by this +rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God. + +7 [6:17]Finally, let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks +of Jesus. [6:18]The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, +brothers; amen. + + + + +FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. + + +EPHESUS, A.D. 57. (ACTS, 19:10.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +SALUTATION, EXHORTATION TO UNITY, THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of +God, and Sosthenes the brother, [1:2]to the church of God which is at +Corinth, to the sanctified in Jesus Christ, called to be saints, with +all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both +theirs and ours. [1:3]Grace and peace be to you from God our Father, +and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:4]I thank my God always for you, for the grace of God given you in +Christ Jesus, [1:5]that in every thing you are enriched in him, in all +speech and all knowledge, [1:6]as the testimony of Christ was confirmed +in you, [1:7]so that you are behind in no gift, waiting for the +revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, [1:8]who also will confirm you to +the end, without blame, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. [1:9]God +is faithful by whom you are called into the society of his Son Jesus +Christ our Lord. + +3 [1:10]I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, +that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among +you, but that you be perfected in the same mind and the same will. +[1:11]For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of +Chloe, that there are contentions among you. [1:12]I mean this; that +each one of you says I indeed am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of +Cephas, and I of Christ. [1:13]Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified +for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? [1:14]I thank God I +baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius; [1:15]that no one may +say that I baptized in my name. [1:16]And I also baptized the family of +Stephanus; besides I do not know that I baptized any other. [1:17]For +Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the good news, not with a +wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ should be without effect. +[1:18]For the word of the cross is to the lost foolishness, but to the +saved the power of God. [1:19]For it is written, I will destroy the +wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the +intelligent. [1:20]Where is the wise? where the scribe? where the +disputer of this life? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the +world? [1:21]For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew +not God, God was pleased by the foolishness of preaching to save those +that believe; [1:22]and since the Jews seek signs, and the Greeks seek +wisdom, [1:23]we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed an +offense, and to the gentiles foolishness, [1:24]but to the called, both +Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and wisdom of God; [1:25]for +the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is +stronger than men. [1:26]For you see your calling, brothers, that not +many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are +called]; [1:27]but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to +confound the wise, and the weak things of the world has God chosen to +put to shame the mighty, [1:28]and the ignoble things of the world and +things that are despised has God chosen, and things that are not, to +destroy things that are, [1:29]that no flesh may glory in the sight of +God. [1:30]But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who has become to us +wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption, +[1:31]that as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord. + +4 [2:1]And when I came to you, brothers, I came not with excellency of +speech, or wisdom, declaring to you the mystery of God. [2:2]For I +determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him +crucified. [2:3]And I was with you in weakness, and with fear and with +much trembling, [2:4]and my speech and my preaching were not with +persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the spirit and +power, [2:5]that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men but in +the power of God. + +5 [2:6]But we speak wisdom among the perfect, but not the wisdom of +this life, nor of the rulers of this life, who are destroyed; [2:7]but +we speak a wisdom of God hid in mystery, which God appointed from +eternity for our glory, [2:8] which none of the rulers of this life +knew, for if they had known they would not have crucified the Lord of +glory; [2:9]but as it is written, An eye has not seen, an ear has not +heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God +has prepared for those that love him; [2:10]but God has revealed them +to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the +depths of God. [2:11]For who knows the [things] of man, except the +spirit of man which is in him? So also no one knows the [things] of God +except the Spirit of God. [2:12]And we have received not the spirit of +the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things +given us by God, [2:13]which we also speak, not in words taught by +human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual +things with spiritual. [2:14]But the natural man receives not the +[things] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he +cannot know them, for they are spiritually discerned. [2:15]But the +spiritual man discerns all things, and is himself perceived by no one. +[2:16] For who has known the mind of the Lord, who shall instruct him? +But we have the mind of Christ. + +6 [3:1]And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but +as carnal, as babes in Christ. [3:2]I have fed you milk, not solid +food; for you were not yet able; but you are not able even now; +[3:3]for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among +you are you not carnal and walk as men? [3:4]For when one says, I am +of Paul, and another, I, of Apollos, are you not men? [3:5]Who then is +Apollos? and who is Paul? but ministers by whom you believed, and to +each as the Lord gave. [3:6]I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused +[the seed] to grow; [3:7]so neither is he that plants any thing, nor he +that waters, but God that causes it to grow. [3:8]He that plants and he +that waters are one; and each shall receive his reward according to his +labor. [3:9] For we are God's co-laborers; you are God's field, God's +building. + +7 [3:10]According to the grace of God given me as a wise architect I +have laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one see +how he builds on it. [3:11]For no one can lay another foundation +besides that laid, which is Christ Jesus. [3:12]And if any man builds +on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, reeds, +[3:13]each one's work shall be manifest; for the day shall show it, +because it shall be revealed by fire, and the same fire shall try every +man's work what it is. [3:14]If any one's work continues which he has +built, he shall receive a reward; [3:15]if any one's work is consumed, +he shall suffer loss, and he shall be saved, but so as by fire. + +8 [3:16]Know you not that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God +dwells in you? [3:17]If any one destroys the temple of God, him shall +God destroy; for the temple of God which you are is holy. [3:18]Let no +one deceive himself; if any one seems to be wise among you in this +life, let him be a fool, that he may be wise. [3:19]For the wisdom of +this world is foolishness with God. For it is written; He takes the +wise in their craftiness. [3:20]And again; The Lord knows the thoughts +of the wise that they are vain. [3:21]Let no one therefore glory in +men; for all things are yours, [3:22]whether Paul, or Apollos, or +Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things +to come, all are yours, [3:23]and you Christ's, and Christ God's. + +9 [4:1]Let a man so regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the +mysteries of God. [4:2]But, moreover, it is required of stewards that +one should be found faithful. [4:3]But it is of little account to me +that I should be judged by you or by man's day [judgment]; but I judge +not myself; [4:4]for I am not conscious to myself [of wrong], but I am +not on this account justified; but he that judges me is the Lord. +[4:5]Judge nothing therefore before the time, till the Lord comes, who +will both bring to light the hidden deeds of darkness, and make known +the purposes of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise from +God. + +10 [4:6]I have applied these things figuratively, brothers, to myself +and Apollos on your account, that you may learn by us not to [go +beyond] what is written, that you may not be puffed up for one against +another. [4:7]For who made you to differ? And what have you that you +did not receive? And if you received, why do you boast as one that +receives not? [4:8]You are already full, you are already enriched; you +have reigned without us; and I would that you did reign, that we also +might reign with you. [4:9]For I think that God has shown us the +apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a spectacle +to the world, both to angels and men. [4:10]For we are foolish for +Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are +strong; and you are glorious, but we are infamous. [4:11]Even to this +hour we suffer hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are beaten, and are +unsettled, [4:12]and labor, working with our hands; being reviled we +bless, being persecuted we endure, [4:13]being defamed we entreat; we +are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all +things, even till now. + +11 [4:14]I write these things not to shame you, but as my beloved +children, I admonish you. [4:15]For if you have ten thousand teachers +in Christ still you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have +begotten you by the gospel. [4:16]I exhort you therefore, be followers +of me. [4:17]For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and +faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as +I teach everywhere, in every church. [4:18]Some are puffed up as though +I would not come to you; [4:19]but I will come to you shortly, if the +Lord will, and will know not the word of those who are puffed up but +the power; [4:20]for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. +[4:21]What do you wish? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and +a spirit of meekness? + + + +CHAPTER II. + +INCEST, LITIGATION, EXPEDIENCY, AND CHASTITY. + +1 [5:1]IT is commonly reported that there is fornication among you, and +such fornication as is not among the gentiles, that a man should have +his father's wife. [5:2]And you are puffed up, and have not rather +mourned, that he who has done this deed should be removed from among +you. [5:3]For I indeed as absent in body, but present in spirit, have +already judged as present him that has so done this, [5:4]in the name +of our Lord Jesus you being assembled together and my spirit with the +power of our Lord Jesus [5:5]to deliver such a one to Satan for the +destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of +the Lord. [5:6]Your rejoicing is not good. Do you not know that a +little leaven leavens the whole mass? [5:7]Remove the old leaven, that +you may be a new mass, as you are unleavened; for Christ our passover +was also sacrificed for us. [5:8] Let us therefore keep the feast, not +with old leaven, nor with a leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the +unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. + +2 [5:9]I wrote to you in the epistle not to associate with fornicators; +[5:10] not altogether the fornicators of this world, or the covetous +and rapacious, or idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the +world. [5:11]But now I have written to you not to associate, if any one +called a brother is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a +railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, even to eat with such a one. +[5:12]For what business have I to judge those without? Do you not judge +those within? [5:13]but those without, God judges. Remove therefore +the evil man from among you. + +3 [6:1]Dare any of you having a business with another be judged by the +wicked, and not by the saints? [6:2]Do you not know that the saints +shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you +unworthy of the lowest courts? [6:3]Know you not that we shall judge +angels? Much more then things pertaining to this life? [6:4]If then you +have courts for the business of this life, do you constitute them of +the most abject in the church? [6:5]I speak to your shame. Is there +not now a wise man among you? not one who can judge between his +brothers? [6:6]But brother goes to law with brother, and that before +unbelievers. [6:7]Now therefore there is a great fault among you, that +you go to law one with another. Why not rather suffer injustice? why +not rather be defrauded? [6:8]But you injure and defraud, and that your +brothers. [6:9]Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the +kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, +nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites, [6:10]nor thieves, +nor covetous persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor the rapacious, +shall inherit the kingdom of God. [6:11]And such were some of you; but +you are washed, you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name +of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. + +4 [6:12]All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient; +all things are lawful, but I will not be brought under the power of +any. [6:13]Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will +destroy both it and them. And the body is not for fornication but for +the Lord; and the Lord for the body; [6:14]and God both raised the +Lord, and will raise us up by his power. [6:15]Know you not that your +bodies are Christ's members? Shall I then take the members of Christ +and make them a harlot's members? by no means. [6:16]Know you not that +he who is joined to a harlot is one body [with her]? For the two, says +he, shall be one flesh. [6:17]But he that is joined to the Lord is one +spirit [with him]. [6:18]Avoid fornication. Every crime that a man +commits is out of his body; but he that commits fornication sins in his +body. [6:19]Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the Holy +Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your own? +[6:20]For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your +body. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +MARRIAGE, CELIBACY, ETC., AND THINGS OFFERED TO IDOLS. + +1 [7:1]CONCERNING what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to +touch a woman; [7:2]but on account of fornications, let each man have +his wife, and each woman have her husband. [7:3]Let the husband render +to the wife her due, and in like manner also the wife the husband. +[7:4]The wife has not the right to her body, but the husband; and in +like manner the husband has not the right to his body, but the wife. +[7:5]Withhold not yourselves from one another, except by agreement for +a time that you may be at leisure for prayer, and come together again, +that Satan may not tempt you by your incontinence. [7:6]But this I say +by suggestion, not by command. [7:7]For I wish that all men were even +as I am; but each one has his gift from God, and one is of one kind and +another of another. + +2 [7:8]And I say to the unmarried and to the widows, that it is good +for them to continue as I am; [7:9]but if they have not self-control, +let them marry; it is better to marry than to be incontinent. [7:10]But +the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from +her husband, [7:11]and also if she is separated let her remain +unmarried or be reconciled to the husband, and let not a husband leave +his wife. + +3 [7:12]But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, If any brother has an +unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to live with him, let him not +leave her; [7:13]and if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he is +pleased to live with her, let her not leave the husband. [7:14]For the +unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the +unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children +impure, but now are they holy. [7:15]But if the unbelieving companion +departs, let him depart; the brother or the sister is not bound in such +cases; but God has called us to peace. [7:16]For how do you know, wife, +that you will not save your husband? or how do you know, husband, that +you will not save your wife? + +4 [7:17]Unless as the Lord has imparted to each one, as God has called +each one, so let him walk; and so I appoint in all the churches. +[7:18]Is any one called being circumcised, let him not be +uncircumcised; is any one called in uncircumcision, let him not be +circumcised. [7:19]Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is +nothing, but keeping God's commandments. [7:20]Let each one remain in +the calling in which he was called; [7:21]were you called being a +servant, care not for it; but if you can be free, use it rather. +[7:22]For the servant called in the Lord is the Lord's freeman; in like +manner the called freeman is Christ's servant. [7:23]You are bought +with a price; be not servants of men. [7:24]Let each one continue, +brothers, in the calling in which he was called under God. + +5 [7:25]And concerning the virgins I have no ordinance of the Lord, but +I give an opinion as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be +faithful. [7:26]I think then that this is good on account of the +present necessity, because it is good for man to be so. [7:27]Are you +bound to a wife, seek not a release; are you released from a wife, seek +not a wife. [7:28]But if you marry, you do not sin and if the virgin +marries she does not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh; +but I spare you. [7:29]But this I say, brothers, the time is short, so +that in future those who have wives should be as those not having them, +[7:30]and those who weep as those not weeping, and those who rejoice as +those not rejoicing, and those who buy as not possessing, [7:31]and +those who use the world as those not abusing it; for the fashion of +this world passes away. [7:32] But I wish you to be without cares. The +unmarried man cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the +Lord; [7:33]but he that is married cares for the things of the world, +how he shall please the wife. [7:34]And the wife and the virgin are +different; the unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that +she may be holy in body and spirit; but she that is married cares for +the things of the world, how she shall please the husband. [7:35]But I +say this for your own profit; not to impose a snare on you, but for +[your] honor, and [your] attending on the Lord without distraction. + +6 [7:36]But if any one thinks that he behaves improperly to his virgin, +if she is past her prime, and it must be so, let him do what he wishes; +he does not sin; let them marry. [7:37]But he that stands firm in mind, +not having a necessity, but has power over his will, and has determined +in his mind to keep his virgin, does well. [7:38]He that gives in +marriage therefore does well, and he that gives not in marriage does +better. + +7 [7:39]A woman is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her +husband is dead then she is free to be married to whom she will; only +in the Lord. [7:40] But she is happier if she continues thus, in my +opinion, and I think also I have the Spirit of God. + +8 [8:1]And concerning things offered to idols we all have knowledge. +Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. [8:2]And if any one thinks he +knows any thing, he yet knows nothing as he ought to know; [8:3]but if +any one loves God, this [man] is known by him. [8:4]Concerning eating +things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, +and that there is no other God but one. [8:5]For even if there are +those called Gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there are many +gods and many lords, [8:6]yet to us there is one God the Father, of +whom are all things, and we in him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through +whom are all things and we through him. [8:7]But all have not this +knowledge; and some with the conscience [unenlightened] even till now +eat an idol's [sacrifice] as an idol's sacrifice, and their conscience +being weak is defiled. [8:8]But food does not commend us to God; for +neither if we eat not are we worse, nor if we eat are we better. +[8:9]But beware lest your liberty should become an offense to the weak. +[8:10]For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining in an idol's +temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to +eat things offered to idols? [8:11]And will not the weak brother for +whom Christ died perish by your knowledge? [8:12]But when you thus sin +against the brothers, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against +Christ. [8:13] Wherefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no +meat forever, that I may not offend my brother. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY ENTITLED TO A SUPPORT, PAUL'S LABORS WITHOUT +CHARGE. + +1 [9:1]AM I not a freeman? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus +Christ our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? [9:2]If I am not an +apostle to others, I certainly am to you; for you are a seal of my +apostleship in the Lord. [9:3]My defense to those who condemn me is +this; [9:4]Have we not a right to eat and drink? [9:5]Have we not a +right to lead about a sister, a wife, as also the other apostles; and +the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? [9:6]Or I only and Barnabas, +have we not a right to abstain from labor? [9:7]Who ever goes on a +military expedition at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and eats +not the fruit of it? or who feeds a flock and eats not of the milk of +the flock? [9:8] Do I say these things in the manner of men? or does +not the law also say the same? [9:9]For it is written in the law of +Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes. Does God care for +oxen? [9:10]or does he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, +doubtless, it was written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and +that he who threshes in hope should partake of it. [9:11]If we have +sown for you spiritual things, is it too much if we reap your earthly +things? [9:12]And if others have this right, do we not have it more? +But we have not used this right, but endure all things, that we may not +impede the gospel of Christ. [9:13]Know you not that those who perform +sacred rites eat from the temple? Those who wait on the altar partake +of the altar? [9:14]So also the Lord has appointed to those who preach +the gospel to live by the gospel. [9:15]But I have used none of these +things, and I have not written these things that it should be so done +to me; for I prefer to die, rather than that any one should make my +boasting vain. + +2 [9:16]For if I preach the gospel I have nothing to boast of; for a +necessity is laid upon me; for woe is me, if I preach not the gospel. +[9:17]For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, +I am intrusted with a stewardship. [9:18]What then is my reward? That +preaching I may make the gospel without expense, that I may not abuse +my right in the gospel. [9:19]For being free from all men, I have made +myself a servant of all, that I may gain more; [9:20]to the Jews I have +been as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as +under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those +under the law; [9:21]to those without law, as without law, being not +without law to God, but with law to Christ, that I might gain those +without law; [9:22]to the weak I have been as weak, that I might gain +the weak; I have been all things to all men, that I may save some in +all conditions; [9:23]and I do all things for the sake of the gospel, +that I may be a partaker of it. + +3 [9:24]Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but +one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain. [9:25]And every one +that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to +obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable. [9:26]I therefore so +run, not as uncertainly, and so strike, not as one who beats the air; +[9:27]but I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest +having preached to others I should myself be a reprobate. + +4 [10:1]For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our +fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, [10:2]and +all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea, [10:3]and all +eat the same spiritual food, [10:4]and all drank the same spiritual +drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock which followed them, and +that rock was Christ; [10:5]but with many of them God was not pleased; +for they were destroyed in the wilderness. [10:6]But these things are +examples for us, that we should not desire evil things, as they did. +[10:7]Neither be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written; The +people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. [10:8]Neither +let us commit fornication, as some of them did and fell in one day +twenty-three thousand. [10:9]Neither let us try Christ, as some of them +did and were destroyed by serpents. [10:10]Neither do you complain as +some of them complained and were destroyed by the destroyer. [10:11]All +these things happened to them as examples, and are recorded for our +admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come; [10:12]so that he +who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall. [10:13]For no +trial has befallen you but what is common to man; and God is faithful, +who will not permit you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with +the trial will order the event, that you may be able to endure. + +5 [10:14]Wherefore, my beloved, avoid idolatry. [10:15]I speak as to +wise men; judge what I say. [10:16]The cup of blessing which we bless, +is it not a participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we +break, is it not a participation of the body of Christ? [10:17]For we, +being many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one +bread. [10:18]Consider Israel after the flesh; are not those who eat +the sacrifices partakers of the altar? [10:19]What then do I say? that +an idol sacrifice is any thing, or that an idol is any thing? +[10:20]But what the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and +not to God; and I do not wish you to be partakers with demons. +[10:21]You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons; you +cannot partake at the Lord's table and the table of demons. [10:22]Do +we provoke the Lord to anger? Are we stronger than he? + +6 [10:23]All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient; all +things are lawful, but all things do not edify. [10:24]Let no one seek +his own but the good of another. [10:25]Whatever is sold in the market +eat, asking no questions for conscience' sake; [10:26]for the earth is +the Lord's and all it contains. [10:27]But if an unbeliever invites +you and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no +questions for conscience' sake. [10:28]But if any one says to you, This +has been offered to an idol, eat not for his sake that informed you, +and for conscience' sake. [10:29]I mean not your conscience, but that +of the other. For why is my freedom limited by the conscience of +another? [10:30]If I partake with thanks, why am I blamed for that for +which I give thanks? [10:31]Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever +you do, do all to the glory of God. [10:32]Be without offense both to +Jews and Greeks, and the church of God, [10:33]as I also please all in +all things, not seeking my own profit but that of many, that they may +be saved. [11:1]Be followers of me as I also am of Christ. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +PUBLIC WORSHIP, THE LORD'S SUPPER. + +1 [11:2]I COMMEND you, brothers, that you have remembered all my +[instructions], and that you retain the traditions as I delivered them +to you. [11:3]But I wish you to know that the head of every man is +Christ, and the head of the woman, the man, and the head of Christ, +God. [11:4]Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered +disgraces his head. [11:5]But every woman praying or prophesying with +her head uncovered disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as if +she was shaved. [11:6]For if a woman is not veiled then let her hair be +cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off, +or to be shaved, let her wear a veil. + +2 [11:7]For a man ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory +of God; but the woman is a glory of man. [11:8]For man is not of woman, +but woman of man; [11:9]for man also was not created because of the +woman, but woman because of the man. [11:10]For this reason ought the +woman to have a power [veil] on her head because of the angels. +[11:11]But neither is woman without man, nor man without woman in the +Lord; [11:12]for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through +the woman, but all things are from God. [11:13]Judge of yourselves; is +it becoming that a woman should pray to God unveiled? [11:14] Does not +nature herself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace +to him? [11:15]but if a woman wears long hair it is her glory; for the +hair is given her for a covering. [11:16]But if any one is disposed to +be contentious, we have no such custom neither have the churches of God. + +3 [11:17]But I tell you this, not to praise you, that you come together +not for the better but for the worse. [11:18]For first, when you come +together in an assembly, I hear that there are divisions among you, and +some part of it I believe. [11:19]For it is necessary that there should +be heresies among you, that the approved may be manifest among you. +[11:20]When you come together therefore, it is not to eat the Lord's +supper, [11:21]for each one in eating takes his supper before the rest, +and one is hungry and another drunk. [11:22] Have you not [food] to eat +and drink at your houses? or do you despise the church of God, and +shame those who have not [houses]? What shall I say to you? Shall I +commend you? In this I commend you not. + +4 [11:23]For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that +on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread +[11:24]and giving thanks broke, and said, This is my body, which is for +you; this do in remembrance of me. [11:25]In like manner also the cup, +after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my +blood; this do, as often as you drink, in remembrance of me. [11:26]For +as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you declare the +Lord's death till he comes. [11:27]So that whoever eats this bread or +drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood +of the Lord. [11:28]But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of +the bread and drink of the cup; [11:29]for he eats and drinks judgment +to himself, who eats and drinks not discerning the body. + +5 [11:30]For this reason many are weak and sick among you and some +sleep. [11:31]For if we judged ourselves we should not be judged; +[11:32]but being judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not +be condemned with the world. [11:33]Therefore, my brothers, when you +come together to eat, wait one for another. [11:34]If any one is +hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. +The other things I will arrange when I come. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +SPIRITUAL GIFTS. + +1 [12:1]AND I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of the spiritual +gifts. [12:2]You know that when you were gentiles, you followed dumb +idols as you were led. [12:3]I assure you, therefore, that no one +speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus an accursed thing, and no one +can call Jesus Lord, except by the Holy Spirit. + +2 [12:4]And there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit; +[12:5]and there are diversities of services and the same Lord; +[12:6]and there are diversities of operations and the same God, who +performs all things in all. [12:7]But a manifestation of the Spirit is +given to each one for a useful purpose. [12:8]For to one is given by +the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge by the +same Spirit, [12:9]and to another faith by the same Spirit, and to +another gifts of performing cures by the same Spirit, [12:10]and to +another the performance of mighty works, and to another prophecy, and +to another discrimination of spirits, and to another different tongues, +and to another an interpretation of tongues; [12:11]but all these +[works] performs one and the same Spirit, distributing to each in +particular as it wills. + +3 [12:12]For as the body is one and has many members, and all the +members of the body being many are one body, so also is Christ; +[12:13]for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, +whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been +made to drink one Spirit. [12:14]For the body also is not one member +but many. [12:15]If the foot says, Because I am not a hand, I am not of +the body, is it therefore not of the body? [12:16]and if the ear says, +Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of +the body? [12:17]If the whole body was an eye, where would be the +hearing? If the whole was a hearing, where would be the smelling? +[12:18]But now God has placed the members each one of them in the body, +as he pleased. [12:19]But if all were one member, where would be the +body? [12:20]But now there are many members, but one body. [12:21]The +eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you, or again, the head +to the feet, I have no need of you; [12:22]but much more those members +of the body which seem to be weak are necessary, [12:23]and those which +we esteem to be less honorable members of the body, on these we bestow +more abundant honor, and our uncomely members have more abundant +comeliness, [12:24]for our comely ones have no need. But God has +commingled the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which was +lacking, [12:25]that there should be no schism in the body, but that +the members should have the same care one for another. [12:26]And if +one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; and if one member +is glorified, all the members rejoice with it. + +4 [12:27]And you are a body of Christ, and members in particular. +[12:28]And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly +prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing +cures, aids, governments, different tongues. [12:29]Are all apostles? +are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers? [12:30]have all +gifts of performing cures? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? +[12:31]But desire earnestly the best gifts: and I will still more fully +show you the way. + +5 [13:1]If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not +love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. [13:2]And if I have +prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I +have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am +nothing. [13:3]And if I deal out all my property to feed the poor, and +if I deliver my body to be burned, and have not love, I shall not be +profited. + +6 [13:4]Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not +boastful, is not puffed up, [13:5]does not behave unbecomingly, seeks +not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil, [13:6]rejoices +not in wickedness, but rejoices in the truth; [13:7]bears all things, +believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things. + +7 [13:8]Love never fails; but if there are prophecies, they shall pass +away; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it shall pass away. +[13:9]And we know in part and we prophesy in part; [13:10]when the +perfect has come, that which is in part shall pass away. [13:11]When I +was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a +child; when I became a man I put away childish things. [13:12]For now +we see by a mirror darkly, but then we shall see face to face; now I +know in part, but then I shall know fully as I also am known. +[13:13]And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest +of these is love. + +8 [14:1]Cherish love, and be earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, but +rather that you may prophesy. [14:2]For he that speaks with a tongue +speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in spirit +he speaks mysteries; [14:3]but he that prophesies speaks to men to +edification and exhortation and consolation. [14:4]He that speaks with +a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies an assembly. +[14:5]I wish you all to speak with tongues, but rather that you should +prophesy; and he that prophesies is greater than he that speaks with +tongues, unless he interprets, that the assembly may receive +edification. + +9 [14:6]But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what +shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by a revelation, or by a +knowledge, or by a prophecy, or by a doctrine? [14:7]So of irrational +objects making a sound, whether a flute or harp; if it makes no +distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is played on the +flute or harp? [14:8]For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, +who will prepare himself for the battle? [14:9]So also you by a tongue +if you utter a word not easily understood, how shall it be known what +is spoken? for you will speak to the air. [14:10]There are perhaps as +many kinds of voices in the world, and no one is without significance; +[14:11]if therefore I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be +to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks will be a barbarian +to me. [14:12]So also you, since you are earnestly desirous of spirits +[spiritual gifts], seek to abound for the edification of the church. +[14:13]Let him therefore that speaks with a tongue pray that he may +interpret, [14:14]For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my +understanding is unfruitful. [14:15]What then is [to be done]? I will +pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will +sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding; [14:16] +since if you bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the +place of the unlearned say, Amen, to your thanksgiving, since he knows +not what you say? [14:17]For you indeed give thanks well; but the other +is not edified. [14:18]I thank God I speak with a tongue more than you +all; [14:19]but in an assembly I had rather speak five words with my +understanding, that I may also teach others, than ten thousand words in +a tongue. + +10 [14:20]Brothers, be not children in understanding, but in malice be +children, and in understanding be perfect men. [14:21]For it is +written in the law, With other tongues, and with other lips will I +speak to this people, and so they shall not understand me, says the +Lord. [14:22]Tongues therefore are a sign, not for believers but for +unbelievers, but prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers. +[14:23]If, therefore, the whole church comes together, and all speak +with tongues, and there come in the unlearned and unbelieving, will +they not say that you are mad? [14:24]But if all prophesy, and there +comes in an unbeliever or an unlearned man, he is convinced by all, he +is examined by all, [14:25]and the secrets of his heart are made +manifest, and so falling down on his face he worships God, declaring +that God is really among you. + +11 [14:26]What then is [to be done] brothers? When you come together, +each one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a revelation, has an +interpretation; let all things be done for edification. [14:27]If any +one speaks with a tongue, let it be by two or at most by three, and by +turns, and let one interpret; [14:28] and if there is no interpreter, +let him be silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to +God. [14:29]Let two or three prophets speak, and let the rest judge; +[14:30]but if any thing is revealed to another sitting by, let the +first be silent. [14:31]For you can all prophesy one by one, that all +may learn, and all be comforted. [14:32]And the spirits of prophets are +subject to the prophets; [14:33]for God is not [the friend] of disorder +but of peace. + +12 [14:34]As in all the churches of the saints, let your women keep +silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak, +but to be in subjection, as the law also says. [14:35]But if they wish +to learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a +shame for a woman to speak in an assembly. [14:36]Did the word of God +go out from you, or did it come to you alone? + +13 [14:37]If any one thinks he is a prophet, or a spiritual man, let +him acknowledge the [things] which I write to you, that they are the +Lord's; [14:38] but if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant. +[14:39]Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid +not to speak with tongues; [14:40]but let all things be done becomingly +and in order. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. + +1 [15:1]I DECLARE to you, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, +which you also received, in which also you stand, [15:2]by which also +you are saved, if you adhere to the word we preached to you, unless +indeed you believed in vain. [15:3]For I delivered to you at first, +what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the +Scriptures, [15:4]and that he was buried, and that he rose on the third +day according to the Scriptures, [15:5]and that he appeared to Cephas, +then to the twelve. [15:6]Afterwards he appeared to more than five +hundred brothers at once, of whom the most continue even to the present +time, but some have fallen asleep. [15:7]Then he appeared to James, +then to all the apostles, [15:8]and last of all he appeared to me also, +as one born out of due time. [15:9]For I am the least of the apostles, +and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the +church of God; [15:10] but by the grace of God I am what I am, and his +grace to me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they +all, but not I but the grace of God with me. [15:11]Whether therefore +it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. + +2 [15:12]But if Christ is preached that he was raised from the dead, +how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? +[15:13]But if there is not a resurrection of the dead, Christ has not +been raised; [15:14]and if Christ has not been raised, then both our +preaching is vain, and your faith also vain; [15:15]and we are found +also false witnesses of God, because we testified in regard to God that +he raised up Christ, whom he raised not up if indeed the dead are not +raised. [15:16]For if the dead are not raised, Christ was not raised; +[15:17]and if Christ was not raised, your faith is vain, you are yet in +your sins, [15:18]and those then who have fallen asleep in Christ have +perished. [15:19]If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of +all men most miserable. + +3 [15:20]But now Christ has been raised from the dead, a first fruit of +those that have slept. [15:21]For since by a man came death, by a man +also came the resurrection of the dead. [15:22]For as in Adam all die, +so in Christ also shall all be made alive. [15:23]But each one in his +own order; Christ a first fruit, then those who are Christ's at his +coming; [15:24]then is the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the +God and Father, when he will destroy every principality and every +authority and power. [15:25]For he must reign till he has put all +enemies under his feet. [15:26]The last enemy, death, shall be +destroyed, [15:27]for he put all things under his feet. But when he +says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted +who puts all things under him; [15:28]and when all things have been put +under him, then will the Son also himself be subject to him that put +all things under him, that God may be all in all. + +4 [15:29]Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the +dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them? [15:30]Why +also do we encounter danger every hour? [15:31]By the joy on account of +you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. [15:32]If after +the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, of what +advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for +to-morrow we die. [15:33]Be not deceived; evil companionships corrupt +good morals. [15:34]Awake to righteousness and sin not; for some have +not a knowledge of God. I speak to your shame. + +5 [15:35]But some one will say, How are the dead raised up? and with +what body do they come? [15:36]Foolish man, what you sow is not made +alive unless it dies; [15:37]and what you sow, you sow not the body +which shall be, but the naked grain, it may be of wheat, or some of the +other grains; [15:38]but God gives it a body as he pleases, and to each +of the grains its own body. [15:39] All flesh is not the same flesh; +but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another +flesh of birds, and another of fishes. [15:40]And there are heavenly +bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and of +the earthly another. [15:41]There is one glory of the sun, and another +glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs +from star in glory. [15:42]So also is the resurrection of the dead. It +is sown in destruction, it is raised in indestructibleness; [15:43]it +is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it +is raised in power; [15:44]it is sown a natural body, it is raised a +spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual +body. [15:45]And thus it is written; The first man Adam became a +living soul; the last Adam is a life-giving spirit. [15:46] But the +spiritual was not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. [15:47] +The first man was from the earth, earthly, the second man is from +heaven. [15:48]Like the earthly, such also are the earthly; and like +the heavenly, such also are the heavenly; [15:49]and as we have borne +the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. + +6 [15:50]But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit +the kingdom of God, nor shall destruction inherit indestructibleness. +[15:51] Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we +shall all be changed, [15:52]in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, +at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead be +raised, indestructible, and we shall be changed. [15:53]For this +destructible must put on indestructibleness, and this mortal must put +on immortality. [15:54]And when this destructible has put on +indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall +the word be accomplished that is written; Death was swallowed up in +victory. [15:55]Where, death, is your sting? where, death, is your +victory? [15:56]And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is +the law; [15:57]but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through +our Lord Jesus Christ. [15:58] Therefore, my beloved brothers, be +steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing +that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +CHARITABLE COLLECTIONS, TIMOTHY, APOLLOS, FAMILY OF STEPHANAS, +SALUTATIONS. + +1 [16:1]CONCERNING the collection for the saints, as I directed the +churches of Galatia, so also do you. [16:2]On the first day of the week +let each one of you lay aside by himself in store as God has prospered +him, that there may be no collections made when I come. [16:3]And when +I come, whom you shall approve, these will I send with letters to carry +your charity to Jerusalem; [16:4]and if it seems best that I should go, +they shall go with me. [16:5]And I will come to you when I pass +through Macedonia; for I will pass through Macedonia [16:6]and perhaps +remain and spend the winter, that you may send me forward wherever I +go. [16:7]For I do not wish now to see you by the way; for I hope to +continue some time with you, if the Lord permits. [16:8]But I will +remain at Ephesus till Pentecost, [16:9]for a great and effectual door +is opened to me, and there are many adversaries. + +2 [16:10]If Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he +performs the work of the Lord, as I also do; [16:11]let no one +therefore despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come +to me; for I look for him with the brothers. + +3 [16:12]But concerning Apollos the brother, I have exhorted him much +to come to you with the brothers; but he was entirely indisposed to +come now, but he will come when he has a convenient time. + +4 [16:13]Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be manly, be strong, +[16:14]let all your [works] be in love. + +5 [16:15]And I exhort you, brothers, know the family of Stephanas, for +it is a first fruit of Achaia, and they devoted themselves to serving +the saints; [16:16]that you also be in subjection to such, and to every +one that works and labors with us. [16:17]I am glad of the coming of +Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaiacus, for they supplied your lack, +[16:18]and refreshed my spirit and yours. Know therefore such. + +6 [16:19]The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute +you much in the Lord, with the assembly [church] at their house. +[16:20]All the brothers salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss. + +7 [16:21]The salutation with my hand, Paul's. [16:22]If any one is not +a friend to the Lord, let him be accursed. The Lord comes. [16:23]The +grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. [16:24]My love be with you all in +Christ Jesus. + + + + +SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. + + +PHILIPPI, A.D. 58. (ACTS, 16:1.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE APOSTLE'S LOVE OF THE CORINTHIANS, HIS TRIALS, HIS DESIGN TO VISIT +THEM, HIS FORMER LETTER, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy +the brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the +saints who are in all Achaia. [1:2]Grace be to you, and peace from God +our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:3]Blessed be the God and lather of our Lord Jesus Christ, the +Father of mercies and God of all comfort, [1:4]who comforts us in all +our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those in every +affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by +God, [1:5]because as Christ's sufferings abound in us, so also through +Christ does our comfort abound. [1:6]And if we are afflicted, it is for +your comfort and salvation, wrought by a patient endurance the same +sufferings which we also suffer, and our hope for you is strong; and if +we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation, [1:7] knowing +that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the +comfort. + +3 [1:8]For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction +which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our +power, so that we despaired even of life; [1:9]but we had the sentence +of death in ourselves, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God +who raises the dead, [1:10]who delivered us from so great a death and +will deliver, in whom we hope that he will also still deliver, +[1:11]you also striving together for us in prayer, that thanks may be +rendered for us by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by many. + +4 [1:12]For this is our rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that +in purity and godly sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a +divine grace, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and most +abundantly towards you. [1:13]For we do not write to you of other +things, but of what you read and acknowledge; and I hope you will also +acknowledge to the end, [1:14]as you have also acknowledged us in part, +that we are your rejoicing as you also are ours in the day of the Lord +Jesus. + +5 [1:15]And in this confidence I wished to come to you before, that you +might have a second benefit, [1:16]and to pass by you into Macedonia, +and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be sent forward +to Judea. [1:17] Wishing this therefore, did I use lightness? or what I +wish do I wish according to the flesh, that with me there may be the +yes, yes, and the no, no? [1:18]But as God is faithful, our word to +you was not yes and no. [1:19]For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who +was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not +yes and no, but was yes in him; [1:20]for all the promises of God, the +yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us. [1:21]And +he that establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God, +[1:22] who has also sealed us and given us the pledge of the Spirit in +our hearts. + +6 [1:23]But I call God to witness on my soul, that to spare you I have +not yet come to Corinth. [1:24]Not that we are lords of your faith, but +co-laborers of your joy; for you stand firm by the faith. [2:1]But I +determined this with myself, not to come again to you in sorrow; +[2:2]for if I grieve you, who is he that gladdens me, but he that is +grieved by me? [2:3]And I wrote the same to you that coming I might not +have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, having trusted in +you all that my joy is the joy of you all. [2:4]For I wrote to you in +much affliction and distress of mind with many tears, not that you +should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have +abundantly for you. + +7 [2:5]But if any one has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in +part, that I may not be hard upon you, [has grieved you] all, +[2:6]Sufficient for such a one is this rebuke by many; [2:7]so that on +the other hand you ought to forgive and comfort him, that he may not be +overwhelmed with excessive sorrow. [2:8]I exhort you, therefore, to +confirm your love to him; [2:9]for I wrote for this purpose, that I +might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things. +[2:10]But whom you favor I also will favor; for what favor I have +shown, if I have shown any favor, has been for your sakes, in the +presence of Christ, [2:11]that we may not be circumvented by Satan; for +we are not ignorant of his devices. + +8 [2:12]But when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door +was opened to me by the Lord, [2:13]I had no rest in my spirit from not +finding Titus my brother; but leaving them I went to Macedonia. +[2:14]But thanks be to God, who always triumphs over us in Christ and +reveals the odor of his knowledge by us in every place; [2:15]for we +are a sweet odor of Christ to God, in the saved and in the lost, +[2:16]in one an odor of death to death, and in the other an odor of +life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? [2:17]For we are +not as many, who adulterate the word of God, [for gain]; but as of +sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ. + +9 [3:1]Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, +commendatory epistles to you or from you? [3:2]You are our epistle, +written by our hearts, known and read by all men, [3:3]for you are +manifestly an epistle of Christ delivered by us, written not with ink +but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on +tablets of hearts of flesh. [3:4]And we have such confidence through +Jesus Christ in God; [3:5]not that we are sufficient of ourselves to +reason out any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, +[3:6]who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of +the writing but of the spirit; for the writing kills, but the spirit +makes alive. + +10 [3:7]But if the ministry of death engraved in a writing on stones +was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at +the face of Moses on account of the brightness of his face, which +passed away, [3:8]how shall not the ministry of the spirit be glorious? +[3:9]For if the ministry of condemnation was a glory, much more will +the ministry of righteousness abound in glory. [3:10]For that which was +made glorious was not glorious in this respect, on account of the +surpassing glory. [3:11]For if that which has passed away was with +glory, much more will that which continues be in glory. + +11 [3:12]Having therefore this hope we use great boldness, [3:13]and +not as Moses put a vail on his face, that the children of Israel might +not see to the end of that which has passed away; [3:14]but their minds +were blinded. For to this day in reading the old covenant the same vail +remains, not taken away because it is taken away in Christ; [3:15]but +to this day when Moses is read a vail lies upon their minds; [3:16]but +when they turn to the Lord the vail is taken away. [3:17]And the Lord +is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. +[3:18]And we all with unvailed face beholding as in a glass the glory +of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness, from glory to +glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord. + +12 [4:1]Therefore, having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy we +faint not, [4:2]but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not +walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but +commending ourselves by the manifestation of the truth to every +conscience of men before God. [4:3]But if our gospel is vailed it is +vailed among the lost, [4:4]in whom the god of this life has blinded +the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory +of Christ, who is the likeness of God, may not shine. [4:5]For we +preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your +servants for Jesus' sake. [4:6]For God who commanded the light to shine +out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the +knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. + +13 [4:7]But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the +excellency of the power may be of God and not of us, [4:8]being +afflicted in every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in +despair, [4:9]being persecuted but not deserted, being cast down but +not destroyed, [4:10]always carrying about the death of Jesus in the +body, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. +[4:11]For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, +that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh. +[4:12]So that death works in us, but life in you. [4:13]And having the +same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, therefore +I spoke, we also believe and therefore speak, [4:14]knowing that he who +raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and present +us with you. [4:15]For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant +grace may abound through the thanksgiving of many to the glory of God. + +14 [4:16]Wherefore we faint not, but if our outward man is destroyed +our inward man is renewed day by day. [4:17]For the light affliction +which is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal +weight of glory, [4:18] while we look not on the things which are seen +but on the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are +for a time, but those which are unseen are eternal. + +15 [5:1]For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle was +destroyed, we have an edifice from God, a house not made with hands, +eternal in the heavens. [5:2]For in this we also groan, earnestly +desiring to put on our dwelling which is from heaven, [5:3]if indeed +also having put it on we may not be found naked. [5:4]For being in +this tabernacle we groan, being burdened, because we do not wish to put +it off, but to put on [the other], that the mortal may be swallowed up +by life. [5:5]And he that has made us for this is God, who has given us +the pledge of the Spirit. [5:6]Being always confident therefore, and +knowing that while we are present in the body we are absent from the +Lord,-- [5:7]we walk by faith, not by sight;-- [5:8]but we are +confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be +present with the Lord. [5:9] Wherefore also we strive, whether present +or absent, to be well pleasing to him. [5:10]For we must all appear +before the tribunal of Christ, that each one may receive through the +body for what he has done, whether it is good or evil. + +16 [5:11]Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord we persuade men, but +are made manifest to God; and I hope also to be made manifest in your +consciences. [5:12] For we do not again commend ourselves to you, but +give you occasion to glory on our account, that you may have something +for those that glory in appearance and not in heart. [5:13]For if we +are beside ourselves it is for God; and if we are sober it is for you. +[5:14]For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one +died for all then were all dead; [5:15]and he died for all, that those +who live should no more live for themselves but for him that died for +them and rose again. [5:16]So that from henceforth we know no man after +the flesh; and if we have known Christ after the flesh, we now know him +no more. [5:17]So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; +old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. +[5:18]And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by +Jesus Christ, and given us the ministry of the reconciliation, [5:19]to +wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not +imputing to them their offenses, and has given to us the word of +reconciliation. [5:20]We are embassadors therefore for Christ, as +though God besought you by us; we pray you, for Christ, be reconciled +to God. [5:21]For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we +might become God's righteousness in him. + +17 [6:1]And being also co-laborers we exhort you not to receive the +grace of God in vain,-- [6:2]for he says, In an acceptable time I heard +you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; behold, now is an +acceptable time, behold, now is a day of salvation,-- [6:3]giving no +offense in any thing, that the ministry may not be blamed, [6:4]but in +every thing commending ourselves as ministers of God, in great +patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, [6:5]in +stripes, in imprisonments, in dissensions, in labors, in watchings, in +fastings, [6:6]in purity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, +in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, [6:7]in the word of truth, in +the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and +on the left, [6:8]with honor and dishonor, with evil report and good +report; as deceivers and true, [6:9]as unknown and well-known, as dying +and behold we live, as chastened and not killed, [6:10]as grieving but +always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and +possessing all things. + +18 [6:11]Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is +enlarged; [6:12] you are not straitened in us, but you are straitened +in your own souls; [6:13] and now as a return of benefits, I speak as +to children, do you also be enlarged. + +19 [6:14]Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what +participation has righteousness with wickedness? or what communion has +light with darkness? [6:15] and what agreement has Christ with Beliar, +or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? [6:16]and what +agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the +living God; as God said, I will dwell in them, and I will walk in them, +and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people. [6:17]Go +out therefore from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and +touch not the impure; and I will receive you, [6:18]and will be to you +a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord +Almighty. [7:1] Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify +ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting +holiness in the fear of God. + +20 [7:2]Receive us; we have injured no one, we have destroyed no one, +we have defrauded no one. [7:3]I say this not to condemn you, for I +have said before that you are in our hearts both to die and live +together. [7:4]I have great boldness towards you, and great glorying on +your account; I am full of comfort, I have a super-abounding joy in all +our afflictions. [7:5]For when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no +rest, but we were distressed on every hand; without were conflicts, +within fears; [7:6]but God who comforts the humble comforted us by the +coming of Titus; [7:7]and not only by his coming but also by the +comfort with which he was comforted on your account, telling us of your +great desire, your deep sorrow, your zeal for me, so that I rather +rejoiced. [7:8]For if I even grieved you by the epistle, I do not +repent, though I did repent; for because I see that the epistle grieved +you but for a time, [7:9]now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but +that you grieved to a change of mind; for you were grieved in a godly +manner, to suffer injury from us in nothing. [7:10]For godly sorrow +produces a change of mind to salvation not to be repented of; but the +sorrow of the world produces death. [7:11]For behold, this same thing, +that you grieved in a godly manner, how great diligence it produced in +you, what a defense, what indignation, what fear, what desire, what +zeal, what a punishment! In every thing you proved yourselves to be +clear in this matter. + +21 [7:12]If therefore I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that +did the wrong, nor on account of him that suffered wrong, but that our +diligence in your behalf might be manifest before God. [7:13]On this +account we were comforted. And in addition to our comfort, we rejoiced +more abundantly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed +by you all; [7:14]for if I had boasted of you to him I was not ashamed, +but as we said all things to you in truth, so also the boasting of you +to Titus was truth. [7:15]And his affection is more abundant for you, +remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you +received him. [7:16]I rejoice that I have confidence in you in every +thing. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +A CONTRIBUTION SOLICITED FOR THE SAINTS AT JERUSALEM. + +1 [8:1]AND I make known to you, brothers, the grace of God given to the +churches of Macedonia, [8:2]that in much trying affliction the +abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of +their liberality. [8:3]For according to their ability, I testify, and +beyond their ability, of their own accord, [8:4]with much entreaty they +desired of us the favor of a participation in the service to the +saints; [8:5]and not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the +Lord and to us by the will of God, [8:6]so that we requested Titus, as +he before began, that he would complete also this charity with you. +[8:7]But as you abound in every thing, in faith, and speech, and +knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us, [we desire] +that you may abound in this grace also. + +2 [8:8]I do not speak by command, but on account of the diligence of +others, and to prove the genuineness of your love; [8:9]for you know +the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he became poor, +though rich, that you by his poverty might be rich. [8:10]And in this +case I give an opinion; for this is expedient for you, who began before +to act in this matter and to act willingly a year ago. [8:11]And now, +therefore, perform the doing also, that as there was a readiness to +will, so also there may be a performance from what you have. [8:12]For +if there is a willing mind, a man is acceptable according to what he +has, and not according to what he has not. [8:13]Not that others may be +relieved and you burdened, [8:14]but that there may be an equality; +that at the present time your abundance may supply their deficiency, +and that their abundance may supply your deficiency, that there may be +an equality, [8:15]as it is written; He that [gathered] much had +nothing over, and he that [gathered] little had no deficiency. + +3 [8:16]But thanks be to God, who put this care for you into the heart +of Titus, [8:17]for he received the exhortation, and being extremely +diligent went to you of his own accord. [8:18]And we sent with him the +brother, whose praise in the gospel is in all the churches, [8:19]and +not only so, but he has also been chosen by the churches as our +travelling companion in this charity ministered by us for the glory of +the same Lord and our promptitude, [8:20] guarding against this, that +no one may blame us in this abundance administered by us; [8:21]for we +provide things honorable not only before the Lord, but also before men. +[8:22]And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved +in many services to be diligent, and who is now much more diligent from +the great confidence in you. [8:23]If [any one inquires] respecting +Titus, he is my companion and co-laborer for you; if our brothers, they +are apostles of churches and the glory of Christ. [8:24]Show them +therefore the proof of your love, and of our boasting of you before the +churches. + +4 [9:1]For concerning the service for the saints it is superfluous for +me to write to you; [9:2]for I know your readiness, of which I boasted +in your behalf to the Macedonians that Achaia was ready a year ago, and +your zeal has excited many. [9:3]But I sent the brothers, that our +boasting of you may not be in vain in this respect, as I said you were +prepared, [9:4]lest if the Macedonians should come with me and find you +unprepared, we, not to say you, should be ashamed of this confidence. +[9:5]I thought it necessary, therefore, to exhort the brothers to go to +you before, and to make ready your free gift before announced, that it +may be ready as a free gift and not as an exaction. + +5 [9:6]And [consider] this, He that sows sparingly shall reap also +sparingly, and he that sows liberally shall reap also liberally. +[9:7]Let each one contribute as he chooses in his heart, not with +regret or from necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. [9:8]And God +is able to make every favor abound to you, that having always every +sufficiency in every thing you may abound in every good work; [9:9]as +it is written, He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, his +righteousness continues forever. [9:10]And may he that supplies seed to +the sower and bread for eating multiply your grain, and increase the +products of your righteousness; [9:11]that you may be enriched in every +thing for all liberality, which produces through us thanksgiving to +God. [9:12]For the performance of this service not only supplies the +need of the saints, but also abounds with the thanksgivings of many to +God; [9:13][they] glorifying God on account of the proof of this +ministry for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ and the +liberality of the contribution to them and to all, [9:14]and by their +prayer for you, greatly longing for you on account of the abounding +grace of God upon you. [9:15]Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +PAUL'S REPLY TO HIS DETRACTORS. + +1 [10:1]I PAUL also exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of +Christ, who in appearance am humble among you, but being absent am bold +towards you; [10:2]and I desire that I may not be bold when present, +with that confidence which I design to use against some who speak of us +as if we walked according to the flesh. [10:3]For though we walk in +the flesh we do not war according to the flesh, [10:4]for the arms of +our warfare are not of flesh, but mighty with God to the pulling down +of strongholds, [10:5]destroying [false] reasonings and every height +which is exalted against the knowledge of God, and subjecting every +thought to the obedience of Christ, [10:6]and being ready to punish +every disobedience, when your obedience is completed. + +2 [10:7]You see things according to appearances. If any one trusts in +himself that he is Christ's, let him consider again with himself that +as he is Christ's so also are we. [10:8]For if I should even boast some +of our authority which the Lord gave for your edification, and not for +your destruction, I should not be ashamed. [10:9][But I forbear,] that +I may not seem as though I would terrify you by epistles. [10:10]For +the epistles, say they, are weighty and powerful, but the bodily +presence is weak and speech contemptible. [10:11]Let such a one think, +that such as we are in word by epistles when absent, such also will we +be in work when present. [10:12]For we dare not judge or compare +ourselves with some who commend themselves; but they, measuring +themselves with themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, +are not wise. [10:13]But we will not boast of things not measured, but +according to the measure of the rule which God has given us, to come +even to you. [10:14]For we do not stretch ourselves out too far, as if +we had not come to you, for we came even to you with the gospel of +Christ; [10:15]not boasting of things unmeasured in the labors of +others, but having a hope, your faith being increased, that we shall be +magnified among you according to our rule abundantly, [10:16]to preach +the gospel in the parts beyond you, not to boast of things prepared by +another's rule. [10:17]But let him that glories glory in the Lord; +[10:18]for not he that commends himself is approved, but he whom the +Lord commends. + +3 [11:1]I wish you would bear a little with my folly; and indeed do +bear with me. [11:2]For I am zealous for you with a godly zeal, for I +joined you, a chaste virgin, to one husband, to present to Christ; +[11:3]but I fear lest as the serpent deceived Eve with his craftiness, +so also your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in +Christ. [11:4]For if he that comes preaches another Jesus whom we did +not preach, or you receive another spirit which you did not receive, or +another gospel which you did not receive, you might well bear it; +[11:5]for I judge that I am not behind the chief of the apostles. +[11:6]And even if I am rude in speech, I certainly am not in knowledge, +but we have been made fully manifest to you in all things. [11:7] Have +I done wrong to humble myself that you might be exalted, that I +preached the gospel of God to you gratuitously? [11:8]I robbed other +churches taking wages to serve you; [11:9]and when I was with you and +was in want, I was burdensome to no one; for the brothers who came from +Macedonia supplied beforehand my need; and in every thing I kept myself +without being burdensome to you, and will keep myself so. + +4 [11:10]As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting in respect to +myself shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. [11:11]Why? +Because I love you not? God knows. [11:12]But what I do I also will do, +that I may take away an occasion from those who wish an occasion, that +wherein they boast they may be found even as we are. [11:13]For such +false apostles, deceitful laborers, transform themselves into apostles +of Christ. [11:14]And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself +into an angel of light. [11:15]It is no great thing, therefore, if his +ministers transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end +will be according to their works. + +5 [11:16]Again, I say let no one think me to be foolish; but if +otherwise, even as a foolish man bear with me that I may boast a +little. [11:17]What I say, I do not say according to the Lord, but as +it were in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. [11:18]Since +many boast of the flesh, I also will boast. [11:19]You endure fools +patiently being wise; [11:20]for you endure it if any one reduces you +to servitude, if any one devours you, if any one takes from you, if any +one exalts himself against you, if any one beats you in the face. + +6 [11:21]I speak of reproach as if we were weak; wherein any one is +bold, I speak foolishly, I am bold also. [11:22]Are they Hebrews? so am +I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the posterity of Abraham? so +am I. [11:23]Are they ministers of Christ? I speak foolishly, I am +more; in labors most abundant, in stripes above measure, in +imprisonments most abundant, in deaths often; [11:24]five times I +received of the Jews forty [stripes] lacking one, [11:25] thrice was I +beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice have I been shipwrecked, a +night and a day have I spent in the deep; [11:26]often on journeys, in +dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] +race, in dangers from gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in +the wilderness, in dangers on the sea, in dangers among false brothers, +[11:27]in labor and weariness, in watchings often, in hunger and +thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. [11:28]Besides +things without, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the +churches. [11:29]Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I +am not displeased? [11:30]If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of +my infirmities. [11:31]The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who +is blessed forever, knows that I lie not. [11:32]In Damascus, the +ethnarch, when Aretas was king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, +desiring to take me, [11:33]and I was let down in a rope-basket, by a +window in the wall, and escaped from his hands. + +7 [12:1]It is not expedient therefore for me to boast [of these +things]; for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. +[12:2]I know a man, in Christ above fourteen years, whether in the body +I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows,--such a one +caught up to the third heaven. [12:3]I know even such a man,--whether +in the body or out of the body I know not, God knows,-- [12:4]that he +was caught up to paradise, and heard unutterable words, which it is not +lawful for man to speak. [12:5]Of such a one will I boast, but of +myself I will not boast except of my infirmities. [12:6]For if I shall +wish to boast I shall not be foolish, for I will tell the truth. But I +forbear, lest any one should think of me beyond what he sees or hears +of me. + +8 [12:7]And that I might not be elated with my extraordinary +revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan +to beat me, that I should not be too much exalted. [12:8]For this I +besought the Lord thrice that it might leave me. [12:9]And he said to +me, My grace is sufficient for you; for power is perfected in weakness. +[12:10]Most gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the +power of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I am well pleased with +infirmities, with injuries, with necessities, with persecutions, with +distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. + +9 [12:11]I have become foolish; you compelled me. For I ought to have +been commended by you; for in nothing am I behind the chief of the +apostles, though I also am nothing. [12:12]The signs of an apostle were +performed among you with all patience, in miracles, and prodigies, and +mighty works. [12:13]For what is there in which you were inferior to +the rest of the churches, except that I was not burdensome to you? +Forgive me this wrong. + +10 [12:14]Behold, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will +not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the +children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents +for the children. [12:15]And I most gladly will spend and will be spent +for your souls, even if the more abundantly I love you the less I am +loved. [12:16]Be it so, I was not burdensome to you; but being crafty I +caught you with deceit. [12:17]Did I make any thing out of you by any +of those I sent to you? [12:18]I requested Titus, and sent the brother +with him; did Titus make any thing out of you? Did we not walk in the +same spirit, in the same steps? + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +PROPOSED VISIT, ETC. + +1 [12:19]Do you again think that we are defending ourselves? We speak +in Christ before God; all these things, beloved, are for your +edification. [12:20]For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you +such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest +there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, +whisperings, pride, dissensions; [12:21]lest when I come again my God +shall humble me before you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned, +and not changed their minds, in respect to impurity and fornication and +lewdness which they have committed. + +2 [13:1]This third time I am coming to you; by the mouth of two or +three witnesses shall every word be established. [13:2]I have said +before, and I now foretell as if present a second time, although +absent, to those who have already sinned and to all the rest, that if I +come again I will not spare; [13:3]since you seek a proof in me of +Christ speaking, who is not weak to you but powerful in you; [13:4]for +though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; +and we also are weak in him, but live with him by the power of God in +you. + +3 [13:5]Try yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves; +or know you not yourselves that Christ is in you unless you are +reprobates? [13:6]But I hope you will know that we are not reprobates. +[13:7]We wish to God that you may do no evil, not that we may appear +approved, but that you may do good though we should be as reprobates. +[13:8]For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. +[13:9]For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong; and we desire +this, your perfection. [13:10]For this reason, being absent, I write +these things, that I may not use sharpness when present, with the power +which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down. + +4 [13:11]Finally, brothers, rejoice, be perfect, be of good comfort, be +of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be +with you. [13:12]Salute one another with a holy kiss. [13:13]All the +saints salute you. [13:14]The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the +love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. + + + + +THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. + + +CORINTH, A.D., 58. (ACTS, 18:1) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +HIMSELF, JESUS CHRIST, AND THE GOSPEL. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set +apart to the gospel of God,-- [1:2]which he promised by his prophets in +the Holy Scriptures,-- [1:3]concerning his Son born of the posterity of +David as to the flesh, [1:4]declared to be the Son of God in power as +to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead,--Jesus +Christ our Lord,-- [1:5]through whom we have received grace and an +apostleship for the obedience of the faith in all nations in behalf of +his name, [1:6]among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ,-- +[1:7]to all who are at Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. +Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:8]First, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, +that your faith is proclaimed in all the world. [1:9]For God is my +witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how +incessantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers [1:10]asking if +by any means I may now at some time have a prosperous journey by the +will of God to come to you. [1:11]For I greatly desire to see you, that +I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that you may be strengthened, +[1:12]that is, that I may be comforted in you by the mutual faith both +of you and me. + +3 [1:13]But I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that I often +purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, that I might have +some fruit also among you, as among the other gentiles. [1:14]I am a +debtor both to the Greeks and the Barbarians, both to the wise and the +ignorant; [1:15]so that as far as depends upon me I am ready also to +preach the gospel to those at Rome. [1:16] For I am not ashamed of the +gospel; for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that +believes, the Jew first and also the Greek. [1:17]For God's +righteousness is revealed in it by faith in the faith [the gospel]; as +it is written; The righteous shall live by faith. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +WICKEDNESS DESTROYS GENTILES AND JEWS. + +1 [1:18]FOR the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all +impiety and wickedness of men who hold the truth in wickedness, +[1:19]because what can be known of God is manifest among them; for God +has manifested [himself] to them. [1:20]For his invisible [attributes] +are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being perceived by the +things which are made, even his eternal power and deity, so that they +have no defense, [1:21]because having known God they glorified him not +as God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and +their ignorant mind was darkened. [1:22]Saying that they were wise they +became foolish, [1:23]and changed the glory of the imperishable God +into the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and +quadrupeds, and reptiles. + +2 [1:24]Wherefore God also gave them up with the desires of their +hearts to impurity, to disgrace their bodies among themselves, +[1:25]who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and +served the creation more than the Creator, who is blessed forever, amen. + +3 [1:26]Therefore God gave them up to infamous affections; for their +females changed a natural enjoyment for that which is against nature, +[1:27]and in like manner also the males, leaving the natural enjoyment +of the female, became the subjects of inordinate desires for each +other, males with males committing indecency, and receiving in return +the recompense of their error which was fit. + +4 [1:28]And as they did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, +God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do things which are not +proper, [1:29]being filled with all wickedness, malice, covetousness, +vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions, +whisperers, [1:30]evil speakers, haters of God, injurious, proud, +boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, +[1:31]unintelligent, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, +unmerciful, [1:32]who knowing the ordinance of God, that those who do +such things deserve death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in +those who do them. + +5 [2:1]Wherefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that +judge, for in that in which you judge another you condemn yourself; for +you who judge do the same things. [2:2]But we know that the judgment of +God is according to truth against those who do such things. [2:3]But do +you think this, O man, who judge those doing such things and do the +same, that you shall escape the judgment of God? [2:4]or do you despise +the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering, not +knowing that the goodness of God leads you to a change of mind? +[2:5]But according to your hardness and unchanged heart you treasure up +wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and of a revelation of the +righteous judgment of God, [2:6]who will render to each according to +his works; [2:7]to those who by patience in good works seek for glory +and honor and immortality, eternal life; [2:8]but to those who are +contentions and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, +indignation and wrath. [2:9]Affliction and distress [shall be] on every +soul of man that does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek; [2:10] +and glory and honor and peace to every one that does good, both the Jew +first and the Greek. + +6 [2:11]For there is no respect of persons with God. [2:12]For as many +as have sinned without the law shall perish without the law, and as +many as have sinned with the law shall be judged by the law,-- +[2:13]for not the hearers of the law are righteous with God, but the +doers of the law shall be justified; [2:14]for when the nations which +have not the law perform by nature [the commandments] of the law, these +who have not the law are a law to themselves, [2:15]and they show the +work of the law written in their minds, their consciences testifying +with them, and their judgments mutually accusing or defending one +another;-- [2:16]in the day when God shall judge the secret [doings] of +men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ. + +7 [2:17]But [what] if you are called a Jew and rest on the law, and +boast of God, [2:18]and know his will, and approve of things which are +excellent, being instructed by the law, [2:19]and believe yourself to +be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, [2:20]an +instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of +knowledge and of the truth in the law; [2:21]you that teach another, do +you not teach yourself? You that preach not to steal, do you steal? +[2:22]You that command not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? +You that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? [2:23]You who boast of +the law, by the transgression of the law do you dishonor God? [2:24]For +the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations as it +is written. + +8 [2:25]For circumcision indeed is profitable if you perform the law, +but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision becomes +uncircumcision. [2:26]If therefore the uncircumcision keeps the +ordinances of the law, shall not its uncircumcision be accounted for +circumcision? [2:27]And the uncircumcision by nature which keeps the +law shall judge you who with the written law and circumcision are a +transgressor of the law. [2:28]For not that which is external is the +Jew, nor is that which is external in the flesh circumcision. [2:29]But +that which is in secret is the Jew, and circumcision of the heart is in +the spirit not in the writing, the commendation of which is not of men +but of God. + +9 [3:1]What then is the preeminence of the Jew? or what the profit of +circumcision? [3:2]Much in every way. For first, indeed, that they were +entrusted with the oracles of God. [3:3]For what if some did not +believe? Will their unbelief destroy the faith of God? [3:4]By no +means; but let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, +That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings and overcome when thou art +judged. + +10 [3:5]But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, +what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak as a +man;-- [3:6] by no means;--since [if he was] how shall God judge the +world? [3:7]For if the truth of God abounded by my falsehood to his +glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner? [3:8]And as we are +falsely accused and as some declare that we say, [do we say] Let us do +evil that good may come? Whose judgment is just. + +11 [3:9]What defense then have we? None at all; for we before asserted +that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin, [3:10]as it is written, +There is none righteous not one, [3:11]there is none that understands, +there is none that seeks God; [3:12]all have turned aside, they have +together become unprofitable; there is no one that does good, there is +not even one; [3:13]their throat is an opened tomb, with their tongues +they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips. +[3:14]Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. [3:15] Their feet +are swift to shed blood, [3:16]destruction and misery are in their +ways, [3:17]and the way of peace they have not known. [3:18]There is no +fear of God before their eyes. [3:19]But we know that whatever the law +says, it says to those having the law, that every mouth may be stopped +and all the world become guilty before God. [3:20]Wherefore by the +works of the law there shall no flesh be justified is his sight, for by +the law there is an acknowledgment of sin. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH SAVES BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES. + +1 [3:21]BUT now God's righteousness has been made manifest without the +law, being testified to by the law and the prophets, [3:22]but God's +righteousness is through the faith of Jesus Christ, in all and upon all +that believe. For there is no difference; [3:23]for all have sinned and +come short of the glory of God, [3:24]being justified freely by his +grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, [3:25]whom God set forth +[to be] a propitiator through faith in his blood, to show his +righteousness because of the passing by of the errors committed +previously in the forbearance of God, [3:26]to show his righteousness +at the present time, that he may be righteous and justify him that is +of faith. + +2 [3:27]Where then is the boasting [of the Jew]? It is excluded. By +what law? Of works? No; but by the law of faith. [3:28]We conclude then +that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law. [3:29]Is +God [a God] of the Jews alone? and not also of the gentiles? Yes, also +of the gentiles, [3:30] since there is one God who will justify the +circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through the [same] faith. +[3:31]Do we then abrogate the law by the faith? By no means; but we +establish the law. + +3 [4:1]What shall we say then that Abraham our father found according +to the flesh? [4:2]For if Abraham was justified by works he has +[occasion for] boasting, but not before God. [4:3]For what says the +Scripture? And Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for +righteousness. [4:4]But to one that works the reward is not accounted +by grace but by debt. [4:5]But to one that works not, but believes on +him that justifies the wicked, his faith is [accounted] for +righteousness. [4:6]As David describes the blessedness of the man to +whom the Lord accounts righteousness without works, [4:7]Blessed are +they whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sins are covered; +[4:8]blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not account sin. + +4 [4:9]Is this blessedness then on the circumcision? or also on the +uncircumcision? [Also on the uncircumcision.] For we say that faith was +accounted to Abraham for righteousness. [4:10]How then was it +accounted? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in +circumcision, but in uncircumcision. [4:11]And he received the symbol +of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which was in +uncircumcision, so that he became the father of all that believe in +uncircumcision, that righteousness may also be accounted to them, +[4:12]and a father of circumcision not to those of the circumcision +only, but to those also who walk in the steps of the faith of our +father Abraham which was in uncircumcision. + +5 [4:13]For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should +inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness +of faith. [4:14]For if the subjects of the law are heirs, the faith is +done away and the promise abrogated. [4:15]For the law produces wrath; +for where there is no law there is no transgression. [4:16]Therefore it +is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to +all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith +of Abraham, who is a father of us all, [4:17]as it is written, I have +made you a father of many nations before God in whom he believed, who +makes the dead alive and calls things which do not exist as existing.-- +[4:18]who against hope believed in hope that he should become a father +of many nations according to the saying shall your posterity be. [4:19] +And being not weak in faith, he did not regard himself as dead, being +now about a hundred years old, nor Sarah's incapacity for +child-bearing, [4:20]and he did not doubt the promise of God by +unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, [4:21]being +fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able to perform. +[4:22]Wherefore also it was accounted to him for righteousness. [4:23] +But it was not written for his sake alone, that it was accounted to +him, [4:24] but also for our sakes, to whom it is about to be accounted +if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, +[4:25]who was delivered up for our sins and raised for our +justification. + +6 [5:1]Having been justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God +through our Lord Jesus Christ, [5:2]through whom also we have been +introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope +of the glory of God. [5:3]And not only [this], but we rejoice also in +afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience, [5:4]and +patience, experience, and experience, hope; [5:5] and the hope makes +not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts +through the Holy Spirit given us. [5:6]For when we were yet weak, in +due time Christ died for the wicked; [5:7]for scarcely for a righteous +man will one die, but for a good man some one perhaps would even dare +to die; [5:8]but God commends his love to us, that while we were yet +sinners Christ died for us; [5:9]much more then being now justified by +his blood, we shall be saved through him from wrath. [5:10]For if when +enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much +more having become reconciled we shall be saved in his life. [5:11]And +not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, +through whom we received the present reconciliation. + +7 [5:12]Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and +death through sin, and so came upon all men because all sinned,-- +[5:13]for till the law there was sin in the world, but sin is not +accounted where there is no law [5:14]but death reigned from Adam till +Moses even over those that sinned not after the similitude Adam's +transgression, who is a type of him that was to come; [5:15]but not as +the fall so also is the gift; for if by the fall of one the many died, +much more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is of the one +man Jesus Christ, abounded to the many; [5:16]and not as through one +that sinned is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, +but the gift was from many sins to a righteous ordinance; [5:17]for if +by one fall death reigned through the one, much more those who receive +the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign +in life through the one, Jesus Christ;-- [5:18]therefore, as through +the fall of one [judgment came] on all men to condemnation, so also +through the righteous ordinance of one [the gift comes] on all men to +justification of life; [5:19]for as through the disobedience of the one +man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of +the one shall the many be constituted righteous. [5:20]For the law +supervened that the fall might abound; but where the sin abounded the +grace was superabundant, [5:21]that as sin reigned in death, so the +grace shall reign through righteousness in life eternal through Jesus +Christ our Lord. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +SIN IS ON NO ACCOUNT TO BE ALLOWED. + +1 [6:1]WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that the grace +may abound? [6:2]By no means. How shall we who died to sin any longer +live in it? [6:3]Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in +Christ were baptized in his death? [6:4]We have been buried therefore +with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the +dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness +of life. [6:5]For if we have been planted together in the likeness of +his death, we shall much more be of his resurrection; [6:6]knowing this +that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be +destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin; [6:7] for he that died +was justified from sin. [6:8]And if we died with Christ, we believe +that we shall also live with him; [6:9]knowing that Christ being raised +from the dead dies no more; death has no longer a lordship over him. +[6:10]For [the death] which he died, he died to sin once; but [the +life] which he lives, he lives to God. [6:11]So also account yourselves +dead indeed to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus. + +2 [6:12]Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its +desires, [6:13]neither present your members as instruments of +wickedness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living from the +dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. +[6:14]For sin shall not have a Lordship over you; for you are not under +the law but under the grace. + +3 [6:15]What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but +under the grace? By no means. [6:16]Know you not that to whom you +present yourselves servants for obedience, his servants you are whom +you obey, whether of sin in death or of obedience in righteousness? +[6:17]But thanks be to God that you were servants of sin, but obeyed +from the heart the form of teaching in which you were instructed, +[6:18]and having become free from sin you served righteousness. [6:19]I +speak after the manner of men on account of the weakness of your flesh. +For as you presented your members servants to impurity and to +wickedness in wickedness, so now present your members servants to +righteousness in sanctification. [6:20]For when you were servants of +sin, you were free from righteousness. [6:21]What fruit had you +therefore then in things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of +them is death. [6:22]But now having been made free from sin and made +servants to God, you have your fruit in sanctification, and the end +eternal life. [6:23]For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God +is eternal life by Christ Jesus our Lord. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +THOSE IN CHRIST DEAD TO THE LAW, THE FLESH THE PRINCIPLE OF SIN, ITS +DOMINION OVER THE MIND, ETC. + +1 [7:1]ARE you ignorant, brothers, for I speak to them who understand +law, that the law has authority over a man as long as he lives? +[7:2]For a woman under a husband is bound by law to a living husband; +but if the husband has died she is released from the law of the +husband. [7:3]Therefore while the husband lives, she shall be called an +adulteress if she is married to another man; but if the husband has +died, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if +married to another man. [7:4]So, my brothers, you have also died to the +law through the body of Christ, that you should be married to another, +to him that was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. +[7:5]For when we were in the flesh, the sinful affections operated +through the law in our members to bear fruit to death; [7:6]but now we +are released from the law by which we were held having died, that we +should serve [God] in newness of spirit, not in the old age of a +writing. + +2 [7:7]What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. On the +contrary I knew not sin except through the law; for I had not known +inordinate desire, unless the law had said, You shall not desire +inordinately. [7:8]But Sin having taken occasion through the +commandment wrought in me every inordinate desire; for without the law +sin was dead. + +3 [7:9]And I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment +came, sin revived, and I died, [7:10]and the commandment which was for +life was found to be for death. [7:11]For sin having taken occasion +through the commandment deceived me, and through it killed me. +[7:12]The law therefore is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous +and good. [7:13]Did then that which is good become death to me? By no +means, but sin; that sin might be made manifest, producing death to me +through that which is good, that sin might become exceedingly sinful +through the commandment. [7:14]For we know that the law is spiritual; +but I am carnal, sold under sin. [7:15]For what I do this I approve +not; for I do not what I wish, but what I hate, this I do. [7:16]But if +what I wish not this I do, I consent to the law that it is good; +[7:17]and now I no longer do it, but the sin that dwells in me. +[7:18]For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good. +For to wish is present with me, but to do the good is not; [7:19]for +the good which I wish I do not, but the evil which I wish not this I do. + +4 [7:20]But if what I wish not this I do, I no longer do it, but sin +which dwells in me. [7:21]I find therefore the law, that when I wish to +do good evil is present with me; [7:22]for I consent to the law of God +as to my inward man, [my soul], [7:23]but I see another law in my +members warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive to +the law of sin which is in my members. [7:24] Miserable man that I am; +who will deliver me from the body of this death? [7:25] Thanks be to +God through Jesus Christ our Lord; therefore I myself with the mind +serve the law of God, and with the flesh the law of sin. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +THOSE IN CHRIST NOT SUBJECT TO CONDEMNATION, NOR TO THE FLESH, BUT +RULED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, ETC. + +1 [8:1]THERE is no condemnation therefore to those in Christ Jesus; +[8:2]for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free +from the law of sin and death. [8:3]For what the law could not do +because it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his Son in the +likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned the sin in the flesh, +[8:4]that the righteous ordinance of the law may be performed by us who +walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. [8:5]For +they who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh, but +they who are according to the spirit the things of the spirit; [8:6] +for the minding of the flesh is death, but the minding of the Spirit is +life and peace. [8:7]Because the minding of the flesh is enmity against +God; for it is not subject to the law of God; for it can not be. +[8:8]And they that are in the flesh cannot please God. [8:9]But you are +not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells +in you. And if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his. +[8:10]But if Christ is in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but +the spirit is life on account of righteousness. [8:11]And if the Spirit +of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised +Christ from the dead shall make alive your mortal bodies through his +Spirit that dwells in you. + +2 [8:12]Therefore, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live +according to the flesh. [8:13]For if you live according to the flesh, +you shall die; but if by the spirit you kill the deeds of the body, you +shall live. [8:14]For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are +sons of God. [8:15]For you received not the spirit of servitude again +to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry; +Abba, Father. [8:16]The Spirit itself is a co-witness with our spirits +that we are children of God. [8:17]And if children, [we are] also +heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with +him that we may also be glorified with him. + +3 [8:18]For I think that the sufferings of the present time are of no +account in comparison with the glory to be revealed in us. [8:19]For +the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the +sons of God. [8:20] For the creation was subjected to a perishable +condition, not willingly, but by him that subjected it, in hope +[8:21]that the same creation will be delivered from the servitude of +destruction and [brought] into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. +[8:22]For we know that all the creation groans and is in pain till now; +[8:23]and not only it, but we ourselves also who have the first fruit +of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the +adoption, the redemption of our bodies. [8:24]For we are saved by hope; +but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what +he sees? [8:25]but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with +patience. + +4 [8:26]And in like manner also the Spirit helps our weakness. For we +know not what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit makes +intercession for us with groanings unutterable; [8:27]and he that +searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because it +makes intercession with God for the saints. [8:28]And we know that all +things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are +called according to [his] purpose. [8:29]For whom he foreknew, he also +predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may +be a first-born among many brothers; [8:30]and whom he predestinated +them he also called; and whom he called them he also justified; and +whom he justified them he also glorified. + +5 [8:31]What shall we say then to these things? If God is for us, who +is against us? [8:32]He who spared not his Son, but gave him up for us +all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? +[8:33]Who will bring a charge against God's elect? It is God that +justifies; [8:34]who is he that condemns? Is it Christ who died, and +still more, who has also been raised, and who is on the right hand of +God, and who makes intercession for us? [8:35]Who shall separate us +from the love of Christ? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or +famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? [8:36]As it is written, +For thy sake we are killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for +slaughter. [8:37]But in all these things we more than conquer, through +him who loved us. [8:38]For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, +nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, +nor powers, [8:39]nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall +be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +THE REJECTION OF THE UNBELIEVING JEWS. + +1 [9:1]I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me +witness with the Holy Spirit, [9:2]that I have great grief and +continual pain in my heart; [9:3]for I have wished that I was myself +accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kindred according to the +flesh, [9:4]who are Israelites, whose are the adoption and the glory, +and the covenants and the giving of the law, and the service, and the +promises, [9:5]whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according +to the flesh. He who is over all is God blessed forever, amen. [9:6] +Not that the word of God has failed of being accomplished. For all are +not Israel who are of Israel; [9:7]neither, because they are a +posterity of Abraham, are they all children; but in Isaac shall your +posterity be called; [9:8]that is, the children of the flesh are not +the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted the +posterity. [9:9]For this was the word of promise; According to this +time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son. [9:10]And not only this, +but Rebecca also being with child by one, by our father Isaac-- +[9:11]for the children not yet being born, nor having done any thing +good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might +continue, not of works but of him that calls,-- [9:12]it was said to +her that the older shall serve the younger; [9:13]as it is written; +Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. + +2 [9:14]What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? By +no means. [9:15]For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to him to whom +I may be merciful, and I will compassionate him whom I may +compassionate. [9:16] Therefore, it is not of him that wills nor of him +that runs, but of God that exercises mercy. [9:17]For the Scripture +says to Pharaoh, For this same cause I raised you up, to show my power +in you, and that my name may be declared in all the earth. [9:18]He +therefore has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardens. +[9:19]You will say to me then, Why then does he yet find fault? for who +has resisted his will? [9:20]Yes indeed, O man, who are you that reply +against God? Shall the work say to him that made it, Why did you make +me thus? [9:21]or has not the potter a right, in respect to the clay, +to make of the same mass one vessel to honor and another to dishonor? +[9:22]But if God wishing to show his wrath and to make known his power +endured with much long suffering vessels of wrath fitted for +destruction, [9:23]and that he might make known the riches of his glory +on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory, [9:24]whom +he also called, us not of the Jews only but also of the gentiles, +[9:25]as he says also in Hosea, I will call them that were not my +people, my people, and her that was not beloved, beloved, [9:26]and in +the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they +shall be called children of the living God. [9:27]But Isaiah cries +concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel is as +the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved; [9:28]for he executes +and performs his word in righteousness, for a finished work will the +Lord perform on the earth. [9:29]As also Isaiah said before, Unless the +Lord of Sabaoth had left us a posterity, we should have been like +Sodom, and should have resembled Gomorrah. + +3 [9:30]What shall we say then? That nations who did not pursue +righteousness attained a righteousness, but the righteousness which is +by faith; [9:31]but Israel who pursued the law of righteousness did not +attain to the law of righteousness. [9:32]For what reason? Because +they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they +stumbled at the stone of stumbling, [9:33]as it is written; Behold, I +lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and he that +believes on him shall not be ashamed. + +4 [10:1]Brothers, the earnest desire and prayer of my heart for Israel +is for their salvation. [10:2]For I bear them witness that they have a +zeal for God but not according to knowledge; [10:3]for not knowing +God's righteousness, and seeking to set up their righteousness, they +have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness. [10:4]For Christ +is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes. +[10:5]For Moses describes the righteousness of the law, that the man +that does these things shall live by them. [10:6]But the righteousness +by faith speaks thus; Say not in your mind, who shall ascend into +heaven?--that is, to bring Christ down,-- [10:7]or who shall descend +into the abyss?--that is, to bring Christ up from the dead. [10:8]But +what does it say? The word is nigh you, in your mouth and in your mind; +that is, the word of the faith which we preach. [10:9]For if you +confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with your mind that +God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved; [10:10]for with the +mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to +salvation. [10:11]For the Scripture says, No one that believes in him +shall be ashamed. [10:12]For there is no difference between Jew and +Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him. +[10:13]For every one that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. +[10:14]How 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 one preaching? [10:15]and how shall they preach +unless they have been sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the +feet of those that publish good news of peace, that publish good news +of good things. + +5 [10:16]But all did not obey the gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who +believed our report? [10:17]Faith therefore comes by the report, and +the report by the word of God. [10:18]But I say, Did they not hear? Yes +indeed; their voice went into all the earth, and their words to the +ends of the world. [10:19]But I say, did not Israel know? First, Moses +says, I will provoke you by that which is not a nation, and by a +foolish nation will I excite you to anger. [10:20]But Isaiah is more +bold and says, I was found by them that sought me not, I was made +manifest to them that inquired not after me. [10:21]But in respect to +Israel he says, All the day I stretched out my hands to a disobedient +and contradicting people. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +THE SALVATION OF BELIEVING JEWS AND THE CALLING OF THE GENTILES. + +1 [11:1]I SAY then, has God cast away his people? By no means; for I +also am an Israelite, of the race of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. +[11:2]God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know you not +what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he intercedes with God against +Israel? [11:3]Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down +thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life. [11:4]But what +says the response to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand +men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. [11:5]So then also at the +present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace; +[11:6] but if by grace, no longer by works; for otherwise grace is no +longer grace; but if by works, it is no longer grace; for otherwise a +work is no longer a work. [11:7]What then? What Israel seeks, this it +did not obtain, but the election obtained; and the rest were +hardened,-- [11:8]as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, +eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear--to +this day. [11:9]And David says, Let their table become a trap and a +snare and an offense and a stumbling block to them; [11:10]let their +eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always. + +2 [11:11]I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? By no +means; but by their fall the nations have salvation to excite them to +emulation. [11:12] But if their fall is the riches of the world, and +their diminution the riches of nations, how much more will their +fullness be. [11:13]For I speak to you, gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an +apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my ministry, [11:14]if perhaps I may +excite my flesh [race] to emulation and save some of them. [11:15]For +if their falling away is the reconciling of the world, what will their +recovery be but life from the dead? [11:16]And if the first fruit is +holy, the mass is also; and if the root is holy, the branches also are. + +3 [11:17]But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a +wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the +root and excellence of the olive, [11:18]boast not against the +branches; but if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you. +[11:19]You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be +grafted in. [11:20]Well; they were broken off by unbelief, and you +stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear; [11:21]for if God spared +not the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. [11:22]See +then the goodness and severity of God; towards those that fell, +severity, but towards you, the goodness of God, if you continue in +goodness, for otherwise you also will be cut off. [11:23]And they, if +they continue not in unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to +graft them in again. [11:24] For if you have been cut from an olive +wild by nature, and grafted contrary to nature into a good olive, how +much more shall they according to nature be grafted into their own +olive. + +4 [11:25]For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery; +that you may not be wise in your own conceit. For hardness in part has +come upon Israel, till the fullness of the gentiles shall come in, +[11:26]and so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, A deliverer +shall come from Zion, he shall turn away impiety from Jacob. [11:27]And +this is the promise to them from me, when I take away their sins. +[11:28]As to the gospel, they are enemies on your account, but as to +the election, they are beloved on account of the fathers; [11:29]for +the gifts and calling of God are without a change of mind. [11:30]For +as you once disobeyed God, but now have obtained mercy by their +disobedience, [11:31]so also they now have disobeyed that they may +obtain mercy by your mercy. [11:32] For God has concluded all in +disobedience that he may have mercy on all. [11:33] O the depth of the +riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how inscrutable are his +judgments, and his ways can not be explored! [11:34]For who knew the +mind of the Lord? or who was his counsellor? [11:35]or who first gave +to him, and it shall be repaid him? [11:36]For of him and through him, +and in him are all things; to him be glory forever; amen. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +MORAL AND POLITICAL DUTIES. + +1 [12:1]I EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to +present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, +your reasonable service; [12:2]and be not conformed to this life, but +be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is +the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect. [12:3]For +I say through the grace given me, to every one among you, not to be +higher-minded than he ought to be, but to think soberly, as God has +distributed to each the measure of faith. [12:4]For as we have many +members in one body, and all the members have not the same office, +[12:5]so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one +of another; [12:6]but having different gifts according to the grace +given us, if prophecy [let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the +faith, [12:7]if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one +teaches, in teaching, [12:8]if one exhorts in the exhortation, he that +gives, with simplicity, he that rules, with diligence, he that +exercises mercy, with cheerfulness. + +2 [12:9]Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which +is good, [12:10]be kindly disposed one to another with brotherly love, +in honor prefer one another, [12:11]be not slothful in business, be +fervent in spirit, serve the Lord, [12:12]rejoice in the hope, be +patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer, [12:13]contribute to +the necessity of saints, practise hospitality. [12:14]Bless those that +persecute, bless and curse not. [12:15] Rejoice with the rejoicing, +weep with the weeping. [12:16]Desire the same thing one for another; +desire not the high, but be satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in +your own conceit. [12:17]Render evil for evil to no one, provide things +honorable in the sight of all men; [12:18]if possible, as much as may +be in your power, live peaceably with all men, [12:19]not vindicating +yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, +Judgment is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. [12:20]If therefore your +enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for +doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head. [12:21]Be not +overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. + +3 [13:1]Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is +no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been +ordained by God. [13:2] So that he who resists the power resists the +ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment on +themselves. [13:3]For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to +evil. Will you not fear the power? Do good, and you shall have praise +from it; [13:4]for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But +if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is +God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil. +[13:5]Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only on +account of punishment, but also on account of conscience. + +4 [13:6]For on this account also you pay taxes; for [magistrates] are +servants of God attending constantly to this same thing. [13:7]Pay to +all their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is +due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor. [13:8]Owe no man any +thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully +performed the law. [13:9]For this, You shall not commit adultery, You +shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, +and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in +this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [13:10] Love does +no evil to a neighbor; love therefore is the sum of the law. [13:11] +And [do] this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we +should be waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when +we believed. [13:12] The night is far advanced, and the day is at hand; +let us lay aside therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the +armor of light. [13:13]Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in +revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and +envy; [13:14]but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision +for desires of the flesh. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +DUTIES TO THE WEAK, ETC. + +1 [14:1]RECEIVE the weak in faith, not to doubtful reasonings. +[14:2]For one has faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eats +vegetables. [14:3]Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and +let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God has accepted +him. [14:4]Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his master +he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to +make him stand. + +2 [14:5]One judges one day to be better than another, but another +judges every day [to be alike]. Let each one be fully persuaded in his +mind. [14:6]He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and he +that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he that eats +eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not eats +not to the Lord, and gives God thanks. [14:7] For no one of us lives +for himself; and no one dies for himself; [14:8]for if we live, we live +for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; whether therefore we +live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's. [14:9]For this end Christ +died and lived again, that he might exercise lordship over the dead and +living. [14:10]But why do you judge your brother? why do you set at +nought your brother? for we must all stand at the tribunal of God. +[14:11]For it is written, [As] I live, says the Lord, to me every knee +shall bow, and every tongue confess to God. [14:12]Each of us +therefore shall give account of himself to God. + +3 [14:13]Let us not therefore judge one another, but judge this rather, +not to place a stumbling-block or an offense before a brother. [14:14]I +know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is defiled in +itself, except to him that thinks any thing to be defiled; to him it is +defiled. [14:15]For if your brother is grieved by your food, you no +longer walk in love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ +died. [14:16]Let not your good therefore be injuriously spoken of. +[14:17]For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but +righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; [14:18]for he +that in this serves Christ is well pleasing to God and approved by men. +[14:19]Let us therefore pursue the things of peace and those which +edify one another. [14:20]On account of food destroy not the work of +God. All things indeed are pure, but evil is to the man that eats with +offense; [14:21]it is good not to eat meat nor drink wine, nor [do] any +thing by which your brother stumbles. [14:22]You have faith; have it +for yourself before God, Blessed is he that condemns not himself in +what he approves; [14:23]but he that doubts is condemned if he eats, +because it is not of faith; and every thing which is not of faith is +sin. + +4 [15:1]And we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who +are not strong, and not to please ourselves. [15:2]Let us each please +our neighbor in that which is good for edification; [15:3]for Christ +also pleased not himself, but, as it is written, The reproaches of +those that reproached thee fell on me. [15:4]For those things which +were written before were written for our instruction, that through +patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope. +[15:5]And the God of patience and consolation grant you to have the +same mind one to another, according to Christ Jesus, [15:6]that being +of one mind you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ +with one mouth. + +5 [15:7]Wherefore receive one another, as Christ also received you to +the glory of God. [15:8]For I say that Christ was made a minister of +the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the +fathers, [15:9]and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; as it +is written, For this cause will I praise thee among nations, and sing +to thy name. [15:10]And again he says, Rejoice nations with his people. +[15:11]And again, Praise the Lord, all nations, and let all peoples +praise him. [15:12]And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of +Jesse and he shall stand up to rule nations, in him shall nations hope. +[15:13]And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in +believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. + +6 [15:14]And I am persuaded, my brothers, even I myself, concerning +you, that you are full of kindness, filled with all knowledge, and able +to admonish one another; [15:15]but I have written more boldly to you +in part, to refresh your minds on account of the grace given me by God +[15:16]that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the nations, +administering as a priest the gospel of God, that the offering of the +nations may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. [15:17]I have +therefore cause of boasting in Christ Jesus in respect to things +relating to God; [15:18]for I dare not to speak of what Christ has not +performed by me for the obedience of the nations, by word and work, +[15:19]by the power of miracles and prodigies, by the power of the +Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have +fully preached the gospel of Christ. [15:20]And I have been anxious so +to preach where Christ was not named, that I might not build on +another's foundation; [15:21]but as it is written, They shall see to +whom nothing was told concerning him, and they who have not heard shall +understand. + +7 [15:22]Wherefore I was also much hindered from coming to you; +[15:23]but now having no longer a place in these regions, and having a +desire to come to you for many years, [15:24]should I go to Spain I +will come to you; for I hope, going by, to see you, and to be sent +forward by you there, when first I am in part filled with you. +[15:25]But now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints. [15:26]For +Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for +the poor of the saints at Jerusalem. [15:27]They have been pleased +indeed, and their debtors they are; for if the nations have +participated in their spiritual things, they ought also to serve them +in things pertaining to the flesh. [15:28]Having therefore performed +this, and sealed to them this service, I will go by you to Spain; +[15:29]and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fullness +of the blessing of Christ. [15:30]But I exhort you by the Lord Jesus +Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in +prayers to God for me, [15:31]that I may be delivered from those that +obey not in Judea, and that my service which is for Jerusalem may be +acceptable to the saints, [15:32]that I may come to you with joy by the +will of God, and be refreshed together with you. [15:33]And may the +God of peace be with you all; amen. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +COMMENDATION OF PHOEBE, SALUTATIONS, ETC. + +1 [16:1]AND I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a minister of +the church in Cenchrea, [16:2]that you receive her in the Lord worthily +of the saints, and assist her in any thing in which she may have need +of you; for she has been an assistant of many, and of myself also. + +2 [16:3]Salute Prisca [Priscilla] and Aquila my co-laborers in Christ +Jesus, [16:4]who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I +give thanks but all the churches of the nations; [16:5]and [salute] the +assembly at their house. Salute Epenetus my beloved, who is the first +fruit of Asia to Christ. [16:6]Salute Mary, who labored much for us. +[16:7]Salute Andronicus and Junius, my relatives and my +fellow-captives, who are distinguished among the apostles, and who were +before me in Christ. [16:8]Salute Amplias my beloved in the Lord. +[16:9]Salute Urbanus our co-laborer in Christ, and Stachus my beloved. +[16:10]Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. Salute those of the +[family] of Aristobulus. [16:11]Salute Herodion, my relative. Salute +those of the [family] of Narcissus who are in the Lord. [16:12]Salute +Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labored in the Lord. Salute Persis the +beloved, who labored much in the Lord. [16:13]Salute Rufus the elect +in the Lord, and his mother and mine. [16:14]Salute Asyncritus, +Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them. +[16:15]Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, +and all the saints with them. [16:16]Salute one another with a holy +kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you. + +3 [16:17]I exhort you, brothers, to observe those that cause +dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, +and avoid them; [16:18]for such serve not our anointed Lord, but +themselves, And by kind and complimentary words deceive the minds of +the simple. [16:19]For your obedience has come to all; I rejoice in you +therefore, but I wish you to be wise for that which is good, and simple +for evil. [16:20]And the God of peace shall crush Satan under your feet +shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. + +4 [16:21]Timothy my co-laborer salutes you, and Lucius and Jason and +Sosipater, my relatives. [16:22]I, Tertius, who wrote the epistle, +salute you in the Lord. [16:23]Gaius my entertainer, and the +entertainer of all the church, salutes you. Erastus the treasurer of +the city and Quartus the brother salute you. [16:24]The grace of our +Lord Jesus Christ be with you all; amen. + +5 [16:25]And to him that is able to confirm you according to my gospel, +and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the +mystery not revealed in ancient times, [16:26]but made manifest now by +the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of the eternal God, for +the obedience of the faith among all nations, [16:27]to the only wise +God, through Jesus Christ, to him be the glory forever; amen. + + + + +THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON. + + +ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS 25:4.) + +CONCERNING ONESIMUS, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy the brother, to +the beloved. Philemon and our fellow-laborer, [1:2]and to the beloved +Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly at +your house. [1:3]Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the +Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:4]I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers, +[1:5] hearing of your love and faith which you have for the Lord Jesus +and for all the saints, [1:6]that your participation of the faith may +be made effectual by a knowledge of all the good which we have in +Christ Jesus. [1:7]For I have great joy and comfort in your love, +because the saints are refreshed by you, brother. [1:8]Wherefore, +having great boldness to command you what is fit, [1:9]on account of +love I rather request; being such as Paul the aged, and now also a +prisoner of Christ Jesus, [1:10]I request you for my son Onesimus, whom +I obtained in my bonds, [1:11]who was formerly not useful to you but is +now most useful to you and me, [1:12]whom I have sent back. And do you +receive him, that is, my soul, [1:13]whom I should like to retain for +myself, that he might serve me for you in the bonds of the gospel, +[1:14]but without your consent I will do nothing, that your service may +not be compulsory but voluntary; [1:15]for perhaps he has been +separated from you for a time that you may have him back forever, +[1:16]no longer as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, +especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in +the Lord. [1:17]If therefore you regard me as a friend receive him as +myself. [1:18]If he injured you, or owes you any thing, set it to my +account. [1:19]I, Paul, have written with my hand; I will pay; not to +tell you that you owe yourself to me. [1:20]Yes, brother, let me be +profited by you in the Lord; refresh my soul in Christ. + +3 [1:21]I have written to you, having confidence in your obedience, +knowing that you will do even more than I say. [1:22]But at the same +time also prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I +shall be given to you. [1:23]Epaphras, who is my fellow-captive in +Christ Jesus, [1:24]Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my co-laborers, +salute you. [1:25]The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your +spirit. + + + + +THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. + + +ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS 25:4.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +PAUL'S PRAYERS FOR THE COLOSSIANS, THE DIGNITY OF CHRIST, PAUL'S +MINISTRY, FALSE TEACHERS, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy +the brother, [1:2]to the saints in Colosse and the faithful brothers in +Christ. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father. + +2 [1:3]We thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying +always for you, [1:4]having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the +love which you have for all the saints, [1:5]on account of the hope +laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word +of the gospel [1:6]which is present with you as also in all the world, +and is fruitful and increases, as also with you, from the day that you +heard and knew the grace of God in truth; [1:7]as you learned from +Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of +Christ for you, [1:8]and who made known to us your love in the Spirit. + +3 [1:9]Therefore we also, from the day that we heard, cease not to pray +for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his +will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, [1:10]that you may walk +worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful +in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; [1:11]being +strengthened with all power, according to his glorious power, for all +patience and long suffering with joy; [1:12]giving thanks to the Father +who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in +light, [1:13]who delivered us from the power of darkness and translated +us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, [1:14]in whom we have +redemption, the forgiveness of sins, [1:15]who is the likeness of the +invisible God, the first-born of all creation, [1:16]for by him were +all things created which are in heaven and on the earth, the visible +and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or +powers. All things were created through him and for him, [1:17]and he +is before all things, and in him all things consist, [1:18]and he is +the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born +from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things, +[1:19]for in him [God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell, +[1:20]and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace +through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on the +earth or things in the heavens. [1:21]And you, formerly alienated and +enemies in mind by evil works, he has now reconciled [1:22]by the body +of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame and +without fault before him, [1:23]if indeed you continue founded and +established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel +which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; +of which I, Paul, was made a minister. + +4 [1:24]Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the +deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, +which is the church, [1:25]of which I was made a minister according to +the dispensation of God given me for you, to complete the word of God, +[1:26]the mystery concealed from ages and from generations, but now it +has been manifested to his saints, [1:27]to whom God was pleased to +make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the +nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, [1:28]whom we +preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, +that we may present every man perfect in Christ; [1:29]for which I also +labor, striving with his power which operates in me with power. + +5 [2:1]For I wish you to know what a conflict I have for you and those +in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, +[2:2]that your hearts may be comforted, being united in love and +[raised] to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to +the knowledge of the mystery of God, [2:3]in which are hid all the +treasures of wisdom and knowledge. [2:4]But I say this that no one may +mislead you with persuasive words. [2:5]For if I am absent in the +flesh, still I am present in spirit with you, rejoicing and beholding +your order and the strength of your faith in Christ. [2:6]As therefore +you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, [2:7]founded and +built up in him, and established in the faith as you were taught, +abounding in thanksgiving. + +6 [2:8]See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and +vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the +rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ, [2:9]for in him +dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily [2:10]and you are made +perfect in him, who is the head of all principality and power, [2:11]in +whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, +with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of +Christ, [2:12]having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have +also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised +him from the dead; [2:13]and you being dead in sins and in the +uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made you alive with him, having +forgiven us all sins, [2:14]having blotted out what was written by the +hand in ordinances which was against us, and has taken it away from +between [us], having nailed it to the cross; [2:15][and] having +subjugated principalities and powers, he made a public exhibition of +them, leading them in triumph by it. + +7 [2:16]Let no man therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in +respect to a feast, or new moon, or sabbath, [2:17]which are a shadow +of things that were to come; but the body is Christ's. [2:18]Let no one +wishing [it] deprive you of your reward by humility and a worship of +angels, intruding into what he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his +carnal mind, [2:19]and not holding the head, from which all the body +being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with +an increase of God. [2:20]If therefore you died with Christ from the +rudiments of the world, why do you practice ordinances as living in the +world,-- [2:21]you shall not touch, you shall not taste, you shall not +feel,-- [2:22]all which are to perish in the using--according to the +commandments and instructions of men? [2:23]Which have an appearance +of wisdom in voluntary worship and humiliation, and in a rigorous +treatment of the body, [which is held] in no respect for the surfeiting +of the flesh. + +CHAPTER II. + +MORAL DUTIES, ETC. + +1 [3:1]IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things +above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God; [3:2]employ your +minds on things above, not on things on the earth. [3:3]For you have +died, and your life is hid with Christ in God; [3:4]when Christ your +life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in +glory. + +2 [3:5]Put to death, therefore, your members which are on the earth, +fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is +idolatry, [3:6]for which comes the wrath of God. [3:7]In which also you +walked formerly when you lived in them; [3:8]but now do you put away +also all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, vile conversation out +of your mouth; [3:9]lie not one to another; put off the old man with +his doings, [3:10]and put on the new man, renewed in knowledge in the +likeness of him that created him, [3:11]where there are not Greek and +Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, servant, +freeman, but Christ is all things and in all. + +3 [3:12]Put on, therefore, as elect and beloved saints of God, hearts +of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering, +[3:13]forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if any one has +a charge against any, as Christ forgave you, so [do] you also, +[3:14]and in addition to all these [put on] love, which is the bond of +perfection. [3:15]And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for +which you have been called in one body; and be thankful. [3:16]Let the +word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and +admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing +with grace in your hearts to God, [3:17]and whatever you do in word or +in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God +[and] Father through him. + +4 [3:18]Wives, be subject to the husbands, as is fit in the Lord. +[3:19] Husbands, love the wives and be not bitter to them. +[3:20]Children, obey [your] parents in all things; for this is well +pleasing in the Lord. [3:21]Fathers, be not fault-finding with your +children, that they be not discouraged. [3:22] Servants, obey in all +things masters according to the flesh, not with eye service, as those +pleasing men, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord. [3:23]And +whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men; +[3:24]knowing that you will receive from the Lord the recompense of the +inheritance. You serve Christ the Lord; [3:25]for he that does wrong +shall receive for the wrong which he has done, and there is no respect +of persons. [4:1]Masters, render to your servants what is just and +equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven. + +5 [4:2]Be constant in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving, +[4:3]praying also at the same time for us, that God will open to us a +door of utterance to declare the mystery of Christ, for which also I am +bound, [4:4]that I may declare it plainly, as I ought to speak. +[4:5]Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming the time. [4:6]Let +your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may +know how to answer every one. + +6 [4:7]Tychicus will inform you of all things relating to me, who is a +beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord, +[4:8]whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that he may know your +affairs and comfort your hearts, [4:9]with Onesimus the faithful and +beloved brother, who is of you; they will tell you of all things here. + +7 [4:10]Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark the nephew +of Barnabas,--concerning whom you received commandments, if he comes to +you receive him,-- [4:11]and Jesus called Justus, who are of the +circumcision; these are the only co-laborers for the kingdom of God who +have been a comfort to me. [4:12]Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of +Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers that you +may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. [4:13]For I bear +him witness that he has great zeal for you and for those in Laodicea, +and for those in Hierapolis. [4:14]Luke the beloved physician, and +Demas, salute you. [4:15]Salute the brothers in Laodicea, and Nymphas, +and the assembly at his house. [4:16]And when this letter has been read +with you, cause that it be also read by the church of the Laodiceans; +and do you also read that from Laodicea. [4:17]And say to Archippus, +Attend to your ministry which you received in the Lord, to perform it +fully. [4:18]The salutation with my hand, Paul's. Remember my bonds. +The grace be with you. + + + + +THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS [LAODICEANS]. + + +ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS 25:4.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE BENEFICENCE OF GOD TO THE ELECT, CHRIST THE SAVIOUR, THE SALVATION +OF THE GENTILES, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the +saints in [Ephesus] and the faithful in Christ Jesus. [1:2]Grace be to +you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:3]Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has +blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [worlds] in +Christ, [1:4]as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, +that we should be holy and blameless before him, [1:5]having +predestinated us in love to an adoption through Jesus Christ to +himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, [1:6]to the praise +of his glorious grace, which he bestowed upon us in the beloved, +[1:7]in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness +of sins, according to the riches of his grace, [1:8]which he bestowed +on us abundantly with all wisdom and knowledge [1:9]making known to us +the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he +purposed in himself [1:10]in respect to the dispensation of the +fullness of times, to bring all things into one in Christ, the things +which are in heaven and the things which are on earth, in him [1:11]in +whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to +the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of +his will, [1:12]that we should be for a praise of his glory, who first +trusted in Christ; [1:13]in whom also you, when you heard the word of +truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed +were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, [1:14]which is a pledge of +our inheritance for the redemption of the purchased possession, to the +praise of his glory. + +3 [1:15]Therefore, I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus +and love to all the saints, [1:16]do not cease to give thanks for you, +making mention of you in my prayers, [1:17]that the God of our Lord +Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and +revelation in the knowledge of him; [1:18]the eyes of your minds being +enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what +the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, [1:19]and +what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, +according to the operation of his mighty power, [1:20]which he +performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at +his right hand in the heavenly [worlds], [1:21]above every principality +and authority and power and lordship, and every name that is named, not +only in this life but also in that to come, [1:22]and put all things in +subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the +church, [1:23]which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all +things in all. + +4 [2:1]And you being dead in trespasses and sins,-- [2:2]in which you +formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the +ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the +children of disobedience, [2:3] among whom also we all formerly lived +in the desires of our flesh, performing the wishes of the flesh and the +mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as others; [2:4]but God +who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved +us,-- [2:5]even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with +Christ,--by grace are you saved, [2:6]and raised us up and seated us +together with Christ Jesus in the heavenly worlds, [2:7]that he might +show in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace in +goodness to us by Jesus Christ. [2:8]For by grace are you saved through +the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God; [2:9]not of +works, that no one may boast; [2:10]for we are his creation, created in +Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we +should walk. + +5 [2:11]Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, +called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by +the hand, [2:12] that at that time you were without Christ, alienated +from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, +having no hope and without God in the world; [2:13]but now, in Christ +Jesus you who were formerly far off have been made nigh by the blood of +Christ. [2:14]For he is our peace, who made both one and broke down the +middle wall of partition, [2:15]the enmity, and abolished by his flesh +the law of commandments [consisting] of ordinances, that of the two he +might create in himself one new man, making peace, [2:16]and reconcile +both in one body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity +by it. [2:17]And he came and preached the good news of peace to you who +were far off, and peace to those nigh, [2:18]for through him we both +have access by one spirit to the Father. [2:19]Therefore you are no +longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the +saints and of the family of God, [2:20]being built on the foundation of +the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief +corner-stone, [2:21]by which all the building being fitted together +grows into a holy temple in the Lord, [2:22]in which you also are built +up together for a spiritual habitation of God. + +6 [3:1]For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you +gentiles, [3:2]if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of +God given to me for you, [3:3]that by revelation the mystery was made +known to me,--as I wrote before in a few words, [3:4]by reading which +you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,-- [3:5]which +in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it +has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, +[3:6]that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint +partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, [3:7]of +which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by +the operation of his power. [3:8]To me, who am the least of all saints, +was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches +of Christ, [3:9]and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the +mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things, +[3:10]that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly +[worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom +of God, [3:11]according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ +Jesus our Lord, [3:12]in whom we have boldness and access with +confidence through faith in him. + +7 [3:13]Wherefore I desire you not to faint on account of my +afflictions for you, which are your glory. [3:14]For this reason I bow +my knees to the Father, [3:15]of whom all the family in heaven and on +earth is named, [3:16]that he would grant to you according to the +riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit +in the inward man, [3:17]that Christ may dwell in your hearts through +the faith, you being founded and established in love, [3:18]that you +may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and +length, and depth and height, [3:19]and to know the love of Christ +which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness +of God. [3:20]To him that is able to do far beyond all that we ask or +think, by the power which operates in us, [3:21]to him be the glory in +the church in Jesus Christ to all generations, for ever and ever; amen. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DUTIES. + +1 [4:1]I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk +worthily of the call with which you were called, [4:2]with all humility +and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, +[4:3]using diligence to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of +peace. [4:4]There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called +in one hope of your call; [4:5]one Lord, one faith, one baptism; +[4:6]one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in +all. [4:7]And to each one of us is given grace according to the measure +of the gift of Christ. + +2 [4:8]Wherefore he says, When he ascended on high, he took captivity +captive, and gave gifts to men. [4:9]But this, that he ascended, what +is it but that he first descended into the lower parts of the earth? +[4:10]He that descended is the same also that ascended above all +heavens, that he might fill all [places]. [4:11]And he gave some +apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and +teachers, [4:12]for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the +ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ, [4:13]till we all +come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, +to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of +Christ, [4:14] that we may be no longer children, driven about like +waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, +and the craftiness of deceitful wiles, [4:15]but speaking the truth +with love we may grow to him in all things, who is the head, Christ; +[4:16]by whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the +supply of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of +every part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in +love. + +3 [4:17]This I say then and testify in the Lord, that you no longer +walk as the other gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds, +[4:18]with their understandings darkened, alienated from the life of +God on account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the +hardness of their hearts, [4:19] who being without feeling have given +themselves up to lewdness, to commit every impurity with greediness. +[4:20]But you have not so learned Christ, [4:21]if you have indeed +heard him, and been instructed by him as the truth is in Jesus, +[4:22]that you should lay aside your former mode of life the old man +destroyed by deceitful desires, [4:23]and be renewed in the spirit of +your minds, [4:24] and put on the new man, created after God in +righteousness and true holiness. + +4 [4:25]Wherefore, laying aside lying let every one speak the truth to +his neighbor, for we are members one of another. [4:26]Be angry and +sin not; let not the sun go down on your wrath, [4:27]neither give +place to the devil. [4:28]Let him that has stolen steal no more, but +rather let him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he +may have to give to him that needs. [4:29]Let no evil word proceed out +of your mouth, but that which is good for useful edification, that it +may afford benefit to those that hear. [4:30]And grieve not the Holy +Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption. +[4:31]Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and +blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice. [4:32]But be +kind one to another, merciful, giving one to another, as God also in +Christ gave to you. [5:1]Be therefore followers of God, as dear +children, [5:2]and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave +himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor. + +5 [5:3]Let not fornication and any impurity or covetousness be named +among you, as becomes saints, [5:4]nor indecorum and foolish talking, +or jesting, things not becoming, but rather giving of thanks. [5:5]For +you know this, that no fornicator, or impure, or covetous person, who +is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. +[5:6]Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these +comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience. [5:7]Be not +therefore partakers with them. [5:8]For you were formerly darkness, but +now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,-- [5:9]for +the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and +truth,-- [5:10]proving what is well pleasing to the Lord, [5:11]and be +not partakers of the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove +them. [5:12] For the things which are done by them in secret it is base +even to mention; [5:13]but all things proved to be wrong are made +manifest by the light; for every thing which makes manifest is light. +[5:14]Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, +and Christ shall give you light. + +6 [5:15]See then that you walk discreetly, not as unwise but as wise, +[5:16] redeeming the time, because the days are evil. [5:17]Be not +foolish therefore, but understand what the will of the Lord is. +[5:18]And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled +with the spirit, [5:19]speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and +spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, +[5:20]giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus +Christ to the God and Father, [5:21]being subject one to another in the +fear of Christ. [5:22]Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to +the Lord, [5:23]for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ +is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body. [5:24]But as +the church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to +husbands in every thing. [5:25] Husbands, love your wives as Christ +also loved the church and gave himself for it, [5:26]that he might +sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word, +[5:27]that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having +a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy +and blameless. [5:28]Husbands ought to love their wives as their own +bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; [5:29]for no one ever +hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the +church; [5:30]for we are members of his body. [5:31]For this cause a +man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and +they two shall be one flesh. [5:32]This is a great mystery; but I speak +of Christ and the church. [5:33]But do you also, individually, each one +so love his wife as himself, and the wife [see] that she reverences the +husband. + +7 [6:1]Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. +[6:2]Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment +with a promise, [6:3]that it may be well with you, and you shall live +long in the land. [6:4] And, fathers, provoke not your children, but +bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord. + +8 [6:5]Servants, be subject to masters according to the flesh, with +fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts as to Christ, +[6:6]not with eye service as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ +doing the will of God from the heart, [6:7]performing service kindly as +to the Lord and not to men, [6:8] knowing that whatever good each one +does, for this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or a +freeman. [6:9]And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing +threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and +there is no respect of persons with him. + +9 [6:10]Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. +[6:11] Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand +against the wiles of the devil; [6:12]for our conflict is not against +flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against +the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual +[hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds]. [6:13] Take therefore the +whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and +having done all to stand. [6:14]Stand, therefore, girded about your +loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness, +[6:15] and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; +[6:16]over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be +able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil. [6:17]And take the +helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of +God, [6:18]praying with all prayer and supplication on every occasion +with the spirit, and watching in the same with all perseverance and +supplication for all the saints, [6:19]and for me, that a word may be +given me at the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of +the gospel, [6:20]in behalf of which I perform an embassy in bonds, +that I may speak boldly in them, as I ought to speak. + +10 [6:21]But that you may also know the things concerning me, how I do, +Tichycus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will +inform you of all things; [6:22]whom I have sent to you for this +purpose, that you may know the things concerning us and that he may +comfort your hearts. [6:23]Peace and love be to the brothers with +faith, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [6:24]The grace +be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with constancy. + + + + +THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS. + + +ROME, A.D. 63. (ACTS, 25:4.) + + + +CHAPTER I. + +PAUL'S LOVE FOR THE PHILIPPIANS, AFFAIRS AT ROME, MORAL DUTIES, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in +Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. [1:2]Grace be +to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2 [1:3]I thank my God at every remembrance of you, [1:4]always in every +prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, [1:5]for your +fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now, [1:6]having this +same confidence, that he who has begun a good work in you will carry it +on till the day of Jesus Christ, [1:7]as it is right for me to think +this of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and +in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being all partakers +of my grace. [1:8]For God is my witness, how much I desire you all +with the tender affections of Christ Jesus. [1:9]And this I pray, that +your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all +understanding, [1:10]that you may prove the excellent, that you may be +without fault and without offense in the day of Christ, [1:11]filled +with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and +praise of God. + +3 [1:12]But I wish you to know, brothers, that the things as to me have +resulted in the advancement of the gospel, [1:13]so that my bonds in +Christ are manifest in all the Praetorium and in all other places, +[1:14]and many of the brothers having been made confident by my bonds +in the Lord have more abundant courage to speak the word without fear. +[1:15]For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and +some also because of good will; [1:17]those from love, knowing that I +am set for the defense of the gospel, [1:16]but those from contention +preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my +bonds. [1:18]What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in +pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I +also will rejoice; [1:19]for I know that this will result in salvation +to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus +Christ, [1:20]according to my expectation and hope that I shall be +ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ +shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. +[1:21]Because for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. [1:22]But if +to live in the flesh [is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and +which I shall choose I know not. [1:23]But I am in a strait between +the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; for this is far +better; [1:24]but to continue in the flesh is more necessary for you. +[1:25]And fully believing this, I know that I shall continue, and +continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of the faith, +[1:26]that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus by me through my +coming again to you. + +4 [1:27]Only conduct yourselves as citizens worthily of the gospel of +Christ, that whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of +your affairs, that you stand firm in one spirit, striving together with +one mind for the faith of the gospel, [1:28]terrified in nothing by the +adversaries, which is to them a token of destruction, but to you of +salvation, and this from God; [1:29]because it was given to you in +behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him but also to suffer for +him, [1:30]having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear of +in me. + +5 [2:1]If therefore there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort +in love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and +compassions, [2:2] fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, having +the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one opinion. +[2:3]Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each +esteem others better than himself, [2:4]and let each consider not his +own interests, but also those of others. [2:5]Let this mind be in you +which was also in Christ Jesus, [2:6]who being in the form of God +thought it not a robbery to be equal with God; [2:7]but he abased +himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of +man, [2:8]and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and +became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross. +[2:9]Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which +is above every name, [2:10]that at the name of Jesus every knee shall +bow, of beings in heaven and in the earth and under the earth, +[2:11]and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the +glory of God the Father. + +6 [2:12]And so, my beloved, as you always obeyed, not in my presence +only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with +fear and trembling; [2:13]for God works in you both to will and to work +of his good pleasure. [2:14]Do all things without complainings and +disputations, [2:15]that you may be blameless and sincere, children of +God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in +which you shine as luminaries in the world, [2:16]holding fast the word +of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in +vain, nor labor in vain. [2:17]But if I am even poured out as a +libation on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and +congratulate you all; [2:18]do you also rejoice with the same joy and +congratulate me. + +7 [2:19]But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, +that I may be refreshed when I know your affairs. [2:20]For I have no +one like minded who really will care for your interests; [2:21]for all +seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. [2:22]But you know his +tried virtue, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the +gospel. [2:23]Him therefore I hope to send to you as soon as I know how +it will be with me; [2:24]and I hope in the Lord that I also myself +shall come shortly. + +8 [2:25]But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, the +brother and my fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, but your apostle and +servant of my need, [2:26]for he greatly desired you all and was +anxious, because you heard that he was sick. [2:27]For indeed he was +sick nigh to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but +on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. [2:28]I have sent +him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him again you may +rejoice and I be less sorrowful. [2:29]Receive him therefore in the +Lord with all joy, and have such in estimation, [2:30]because on +account of the work he was nigh to death, not having consulted properly +for his life, that he might fully supply your lack of service to me. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +JUDAIZING TEACHERS, EXHORTATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ETC. + +1 [3:1]FINALLY, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord; for to write the same +things to you is not grievous to me, and is safe for you. [3:2]Beware +of the dogs, beware of evil laborers, beware of the concision. [3:3]We +are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ +Jesus, and trust not in the flesh, [3:4]although I have ground of +confidence in the flesh. If any other one thinks he may trust in the +flesh, I [may] more; [3:5]circumcised the eighth day, of the race of +Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, as to the +law a Pharisee, [3:6]as to zeal persecuting the church, as to +righteousness by the law being blameless. [3:7]But whatever things were +my gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ. +[3:8]But for the same reason also I consider all things to be a loss on +account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for +whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them +worthless that I may gain Christ [3:9]and be found in him, not having +my righteousness by the law, but that which is through the faith of +Christ, the righteousness of God by the faith, [3:10]that I may know +him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his +sufferings, being conformed to his death, [3:11]that I may attain the +resurrection from the dead. [3:12]Not that I have already obtained it, +or have been already made perfect; but I follow on that I may attain +that for which also I was arrested by Christ. [3:13]I consider not +myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; +forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, +[3:14]I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God +in Christ Jesus. [3:15]Let us, as many as are perfect therefore, be of +this mind; and if any one thinks at all otherwise, God shall also +reveal this to you; [3:16]but in what we have attained, in this let us +walk. + +2 [3:17]Be followers of me, brothers, and observe those who walk so as +you have us for an example. [3:18]For many walk, of whom I told you +often and now also tell you weeping, that they are enemies of the cross +of Christ; [3:19]whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, +and their glory in their shame; who regard earthly things. [3:20]But +our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the +Lord Jesus Christ, [3:21]who will change our humble body, and make it +like his glorious body, by the power by which he is able also to +subject all things to himself. [4:1]So, my beloved and much desired +brothers, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved. + +3 [4:2]I beseech Euodias and I beseech Syntyche to have the same mind +in the Lord. [4:3]Yes, I beseech you also, faithful yoke-fellow, help +those women who strove in the gospel with me, with Clement and the rest +of my co-laborers, whose names are in the book of life. + +4 [4:4]Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. [4:5]Let your +gentleness be known to all men; the Lord is near. [4:6]Be anxious for +nothing, but with all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let +your requests be made known to God. [4:7]And may the peace of God which +passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. + +5 [4:8]Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are +honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever +things are lovely, whatever things are reputable, if there is any +virtue, and if there is any praise, consider these things; [4:9]and +what you learned and received and heard and knew in me, these things +do; and the God of peace shall be with you. + +6 [4:10]But I rejoice greatly in the Lord, that now at length you began +again to care for me, for whom also you did care, but had no +opportunity [to serve me]. [4:11]Not that I speak of want; for I have +learned in whatever circumstances I am to be contented. [4:12]I know +both how to be humbled, and I know how to abound; in every thing and in +all conditions I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both +to abound and to suffer want. [4:13]I endure all things with him that +strengthens me. [4:14]But you did well to communicate with my +affliction, [4:15]And you know also, Philippians, that at the beginning +of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, no church communicated +with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only; +[4:16]for even in Thessalonica and once and again you sent to my need. +[4:17]Not that I desire a gift, but I desire the fruit which abounds to +your account. [4:18]But I have all things and abound, I am fully +supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, a +perfume of good odor, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. +[4:19]And God shall fully supply all your need, according to his riches +in glory in Christ Jesus. [4:20]To our God and Father be the glory +forever and ever; amen. + +7 [4:21]Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me salute +you. [4:22]All the saints salute you, especially those of Caesar's +family. [4:23] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits. + + + + +THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. + + +PHILIPPI, A.D. 64. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +A CHARGE TO TITUS IN RESPECT TO HIS MINISTRY. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, +according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth +which is according to piety, [1:2]for the hope of eternal life, which +God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages, [1:3]but manifested +his word in the times which were suitable for it by the preaching with +which I was intrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God, +[1:4]to Titus my faithful son in the common faith; grace and peace from +God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour. + +2 [1:5]For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate +things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I +charged you, [1:6]if any one is blameless, a husband of one wife, +having faithful children, not accused of intemperance or of +insubordination. [1:7]For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of +God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not +contentious, not devoted to base gain, [1:8]but a lover of hospitality, +kind, sober, just, holy, self-denying, [1:9]holding firmly the faithful +word taught, that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction +and to convince those who contradict. [1:10]For there are many +disorderly wranglers and deceivers, especially those of the +circumcision, [1:11]whom it is necessary to silence, who mislead whole +families, teaching for base gain what they ought not. + +3 [1:12]A certain one of them, their own poet, said, Cretans are always +liars, evil beasts, lazy gormandizers. [1:13]This testimony is true. +Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, +[1:14]not attending to Jewish myths, and commandments of men who +subvert the truth. [1:15]To the pure all things are pure; but to the +defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and conscience +are defiled. [1:16]They profess to know God, but by works deny him, +being abominable and disobedient, and as to every good work reprobate. + +4 [2:1]Speak things which become sound teaching. [2:2]That the aged men +be sober, grave, of sound mind, sound in faith, in love, in patience; +[2:3]that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming +holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what +is good, [2:4]that they may instruct the young women to be lovers of +their husbands, lovers of their children, [2:5]sober, pure, fond of +home, kind, subject to their husbands, that the word of God may not be +blasphemed. + +5 [2:6]In like manner exhort the younger to be of a sound mind, [2:7] +presenting yourself as an example of good works in all things, in +teaching [exhibiting] integrity, gravity, [2:8]sound argument not to be +condemned, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to +say of us. [2:9]Let servants be subject to their masters, please them +in all things, not contradicting, [2:10]not pilfering, but showing all +good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of our Saviour God in +all things. + +6 [2:11]For the grace of God that pertains to salvation appeared to all +men, [2:12]teaching us, that denying impiety and worldly desires we +should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in the present life, +[2:13]looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the +great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, [2:14]who gave himself for +us, that he might redeem us from all wickedness, and purify for himself +a peculiar people, zealous of good works. + +7 [2:15]These things speak, and exhort, and reprove with all authority; +let no man despise you. [3:1]Admonish them to be subject to +principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every +good work, [3:2]to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, +showing all meekness to all men. [3:3]For we formerly were foolish, +disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in +malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another; [3:4] but when the +goodness and philanthropy of the Saviour our God appeared, [3:5] not by +works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved +us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy +Spirit, [3:6]which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our +Saviour; [3:7] that having been justified by his grace we should become +heirs according to the hope of eternal life. [3:8]The word is true, +and I wish you to insist strongly concerning these things, that those +who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. For +these things are honorable and useful to men. [3:9]But foolish +questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law, +avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain. [3:10]A man that is a +heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject, [3:11]knowing +that such a one is subverted, and sins, being self-condemned. + +8 [3:12]When I send you Artemas, or Tychicus, make haste to come to me +at Nicopolis; for there I have determined to spend the winter. +[3:13]Send forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos with diligence, and let +nothing be wanting to them; [3:14]and let ours also learn to maintain +good works for necessary purposes, that they may not be unfruitful. +[3:15]All who are with me salute you. Salute those who love us in the +faith. The grace be with you all. + + + + +FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. + + +PHILIPPI, A.D. 65. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +A CHARGE TO TIMOTHY CONCERNING THE GOSPEL, PUBLIC PRAYER, AND THE +DUTIES OF WOMEN. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our +Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope, [1:2]to Timothy my true son in the +faith; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our +Lord. + +2 [1:3]As I requested you to remain at Ephesus, when going into +Macedonia, that you might charge some not to preach another doctrine, +[1:4]nor attend to myths or interminable genealogies, which occasion +disputes rather than a dispensation of God by faith, [do.] [1:5]But the +end of the commandment is love from a pure heart and good conscience +and faith unfeigned, [1:6]which some having missed turned aside to vain +words, [1:7]desiring to be teachers of the law, not understanding what +they say nor about what they make confident assertions. [1:8] But we +know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully; [1:9]knowing this, +that a law is not made for a righteous man, but for the wicked and +disorderly, the impious and sinful, the unholy and profane, murderers +of fathers and murderers of mothers and murderers of their fellow-men, +[1:10]fornicators, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjurers, and +whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, [1:11]according to the +glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been intrusted. +[1:12]And I thank our Lord Jesus Christ who has empowered me [to +preach,] that he accounted me faithful, putting me in the ministry, +[1:13]who formerly was a blasphemer and persecutor and an injurious +man; but I obtained mercy because I did those things ignorantly in +unbelief; [1:14]and the grace of our Lord greatly abounded with the +faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. [1:15]The word is true and +worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to +save sinners, of whom I am chief; [1:16]but on this account I obtained +mercy, that Jesus Christ might exhibit in me first all long-suffering, +for an example to those who should hereafter believe in him to life +eternal. [1:17]And to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only +God, be honor and glory forever and ever; amen. + +3 [1:18]This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the +prophecies which went before concerning you, that by them you may +perform an honorable service, [1:19]having faith and a good conscience, +which some having cast away have suffered shipwreck of the faith; +[1:20]of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, +that they may learn not to blaspheme. + +4 [2:1]I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, +intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men, [2:2]for +kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives +in all piety and sanctity. [2:3]For this is good and acceptable in the +sight of God our Saviour, [2:4]who wishes all men to be saved and to +come to a knowledge of truth. [2:5] For there is one God, and one +mediator of God and man, the man Christ Jesus, [2:6]who gave himself a +ransom for all, a testimony for its own times, [2:7]of which I was made +a herald and an apostle,--I speak the truth, I lie not,--a teacher of +nations in faith and truth. + +5 [2:8]I wish also that men should pray everywhere, lifting up holy +hands, without wrath and disputations; [2:9]and in like manner also, +that women in becoming apparel with modesty and sobriety adorn +themselves, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly +clothing, [2:10]but with good works, which become women professing +godliness. [2:11]Let a woman learn quietly in all subjection; [2:12]but +I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over a man, but to +be quiet. [2:13]For Adam was first formed, then Eve. [2:14]And Adam +was not deceived; but the woman being deceived fell into transgression; +[2:15]but she shall be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in +faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +THE APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, THE DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL, WIDOWS, +ELDERS, SERVANTS, ETC. + +1 [3:1]IT is a true saying, If any one desires an episcopate he desires +a good work. [3:2]It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be +blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, +hospitable, apt to teach, [3:3]not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome +man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious, [3:4]ruling well his +own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,-- +[3:5]but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he +take care of the church of God?-- [3:6]not a novice, lest being +inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. [3:7] +And he must also have a good name from those without, that he may not +fall into reproach and a snare of the devil. + +2 [3:8]The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not +double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain, +[3:9]having the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. [3:10]And +let these be proved first, then let them serve, being found blameless. +[3:11]The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, +circumspect, faithful in all things. [3:12]Let the deacons be husbands +of one wife, ruling well their children and their own houses. [3:13] +For they who exercise the deaconship well, procure for themselves an +honorable standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ +Jesus. + +3 [3:14]These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly; +[3:15]but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct +yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, +the pillar and foundation of the truth. [3:16]And confessedly great is +the mystery of piety; [Christ,] who was manifested in the flesh, was +justified in the spirit, was seen by angels, was preached to the +nations, was believed on in the world, was received up into glory. + +4 [4:1]But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall +apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of +demons, [4:2][misled] by the hypocrisy of false teachers, whose +consciences are cauterized, [4:3]who forbid to marry, [command] to +abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving +by the faithful and those who know the truth. [4:4]For every creature +of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with +thanksgiving; [4:5]for it is sanctified through the word of God and +prayer. + +5 [4:6]Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good +minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the +good instruction which you have followed; [4:7]but avoid profane and +silly myths; exercise yourself in piety; [4:8]for bodily exercise +profits little; but piety is profitable in all things, having a promise +of the present life and of the life to come. [4:9]It is a faithful +saying, and worthy of all acceptation. [4:10] For to this end we also +labor and suffer reproach, because we hope in the living God, who is +the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful. + +6 [4:11]These things command and teach. [4:12]Let no one despise your +youth, but be an example to the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, +in faith, in purity. [4:13]Till I come attend to reading, exhortation, +teaching. [4:14] Neglect not the gift which is in you, which was given +you by prophecy, with the imposition of hands of the eldership. +[4:15]Study these things, be much in them, that your improvement may be +manifest to all. [4:16]Attend to yourself, and to teaching; continue +in it, for doing this you will both save yourself and those that hear +you. + +7 [5:1]Rebuke not an aged man, but entreat him as a father, the younger +men as brothers, [5:2]the aged women as mothers, the younger as +sisters, with all purity. [5:3]Support the widows who are widows +indeed. [5:4]But if any widow has children or relatives, let them learn +first to support their family and to make returns to their parents, for +this is acceptable in the sight of God. [5:5] But one that is a widow +indeed and alone hopes in God, and continues in petitions and prayers +night and day; [5:6]but a woman that lives voluptuously is dead while +she lives. [5:7]And command these things, that they be blameless. +[5:8]And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those +of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an +unbeliever. + +8 [5:9]Let not a widow be enrolled under sixty years of age, a wife of +one husband, [5:10]well reputed for good works, if she has brought up +children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has washed the +saints' feet, if she has relieved the distressed, if she has pursued +every good work. [5:11]But reject the younger widows; for when they +fall into pleasure to the neglect of Christ, they wish to marry, +[5:12]being condemned because they have rejected the first faith; +[5:13]and at the same time also, being idle, they learn to go from +house to house, and not only are they idle, they are also tattlers and +mischief makers, saying what they ought not. [5:14]I wish therefore the +younger women to marry, bear children, keep house, give no occasion of +reproach to the enemy; [5:15]for some have already turned back after +Satan. [5:16]If any faithful man or faithful woman has widows, let +them give them relief, and let not the church be burdened, that it may +be able to relieve those really widows. + +9 [5:17]Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double +compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching. +[5:18]For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that +threshes; and, The laborer is worthy of his reward. [5:19]Against an +elder receive not an accusation, except by two or three witnesses. +[5:20]Those that sin, rebuke before all, that others also may fear. + +10 [5:21]I charge you before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect +angels, that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing +from partiality. [5:22] Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither partake +of others' sins. Keep yourself pure. [5:23]Drink no longer water, but +use a little wine on account of your stomach and your frequent +infirmities. [5:24]The sins of some men are manifest, going before to +judgment; but some they follow; [5:25]in like manner also good works +are manifest, and those which are otherwise cannot be hid. + +11 [6:1]Let as many servants as are under the yoke account their +masters worthy of all honor, that the name and doctrine of God may not +be blasphemed. [6:2]And let those who have believing masters not +despise them, because they are brothers, but rather serve, because they +are believers and beloved, who partake of the benefit. + +12 These things teach and exhort. [6:3]If any one teaches differently, +and consents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, +and the doctrine which is according to piety, [6:4]he is blinded and +knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, +from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions, +[6:5]and wranglings of men of unsound judgments and destitute of the +truth, supposing that piety is gain. [6:6]But piety with contentment is +great gain. [6:7]For we brought nothing into the world; it is clear +that we can carry nothing out of it; [6:8]but having food and clothing +let us be contented with them. [6:9]But those who wish to be rich fall +into trial and a snare, and many foolish and injurious desires, which +plunge men into destruction and perdition. [6:10]For the love of money +is a root of all evils, which some having desired have been misled from +the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. + +13 [6:11]But do you, O man of God, avoid these things; but pursue +righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness. [6:12]Fight the +good fight of the faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were +called and made the good profession before many witnesses. [6:13]I +charge you before the God who gives life to all [creatures], and Christ +Jesus who made the good profession before Pontius Pilate, [6:14]that +you keep the charge without spot, without blame, till the appearing of +our Lord Jesus Christ, [6:15]which the blessed and only Potentate will +show in its times, the King of kings and Lord of Lords, [6:16]who only +has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen +nor can see; to whom be honor and power eternal; amen. + +14 [6:17]Charge the rich in the present life not to be high-minded, nor +trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who gives us all +things richly to enjoy, [6:18]to perform good works, to be rich in good +works, to be liberal, benevolent, [6:19]treasuring up for themselves a +good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the true life. + +15 [6:20]O Timothy, keep the trust, turning away from profane and empty +words, and contradictions of mis-named science, [6:21]which some having +professed have erred from the faith. The grace be with you. + + + + +SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. + + +ROME, A.D. 65. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +INFORMATION, ADMONITION, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according +to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, [1:2]to Timothy my beloved son. +Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. + +2 [1:3]I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a pure +conscience, that I mention you incessantly in my prayers night and day, +[1:4]desiring to see you, remembering your tears, that I might be +filled with joy, [1:5]having a remembrance of the unfeigned faith in +you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother +Eunice, and I am persuaded that [it dwells] also in you. [1:6]For which +cause I admonish you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through +the imposition of my hands. [1:7]For God gave us not a spirit of fear, +but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. + +3 [1:8]Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me +his prisoner, but endure affliction with us in the gospel according to +the power of God, [1:9]who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, +not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace +given us in Christ Jesus from eternity, [1:10]but made known now +through the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who destroyed death, +and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, [1:11]of +which I was made a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the +nations; [1:12]for which cause I suffer these things; but I am not +ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he +is able to keep my trust to that day. + +4 [1:13]Retain the form of sound words which you heard from me in faith +and the love in Christ Jesus. [1:14]Guard the good trust, through the +Holy Spirit which dwells in us. [1:15]You know this, that all those in +Asia left me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. [1:16]May the Lord +show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and +was not ashamed of my chains, [1:17] but being at Rome he sought most +diligently, and found me. [1:18]The Lord grant him to find mercy with +the Lord in that day. And what services he performed at Ephesus, you +know very well. + +5 [2:1]Do you therefore, my son, be strong in the grace in Christ +Jesus, [2:2] and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these +things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others +also. [2:3]Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. [2:4]No one +who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he +may please him who has employed him as a soldier. [2:5]And if a man +contends as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he contends lawfully. +[2:6]The husbandman who labors must first partake of the fruits of the +earth. [2:7]Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give you +understanding in all things. + +6 [2:8]Remember Jesus Christ raised from the dead, a descendant of +David, according to my gospel, [2:9]in which I suffer even to chains as +an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound. [2:10]Therefore I +endure all things for the elect, that they may obtain the salvation in +Christ Jesus with eternal glory. [2:11]The saying is true, For if we +died together we shall live together; [2:12]if we endure patiently we +shall reign together; if we deny him he will deny us; [2:13]if we +believe not he continues faithful; for he cannot deny himself. + +7 [2:14]Call to mind these things, charging [men] before the Lord not +to debate about words, to no profit, to the subversion of the hearers. +[2:15]Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman that +will not be put to shame, rightly dividing the word of truth. [2:16]But +profane and vain words, avoid; for they greatly increase impiety, +[2:17]and their word will eat like a gangrene; of whom are Hymenaeus +and Philetus, [2:18]who have erred from the truth, saying that the +resurrection has passed already, and overturn the faith of some. +[2:19]But the foundation of God stands firm, having this seal, The Lord +knows them that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the +Lord depart from wickedness. [2:20]But in a great house there are not +only vessels of gold and silver, but those also of wood and clay, and +some for honor and some for dishonor; [2:21]if therefore any one +purifies himself from these [errors], he shall be a vessel for honor, +sanctified, of good use to the master, prepared for every good work. + +8 [2:22]But avoid youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, +love, peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. +[2:23]But foolish and trifling disputes avoid, knowing that they +produce contentions; [2:24]and the servant of the Lord must not +contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil, +[2:25]in meekness correcting the adversaries, that God may give them a +change of mind to a knowledge of the truth, [2:26]and that they may +recover themselves from the snare of the devil, who are made captives +by him to his will. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +THE LAST TIME, HIS APPROACHING MARTYRDOM, ETC. + +1 [3:1]AND know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come. +[3:2] Men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, blasphemers, +disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3:3]without natural +affection, covenant breakers, slanderers, intemperate, ungentle, +despisers of the good, [3:4]traitors, rash, boasters, lovers of +pleasure more than lovers of God, [3:5]having a form of piety but +denying its power; and these avoid. [3:6]Of these are those who go into +the houses and take captive foolish women loaded with sins, and led by +various desires, [3:7]always learning and never able to come to a +knowledge of the truth. [3:8]As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so +also these oppose the truth, men of no judgment, reprobate in respect +to the faith. [3:9]But they shall proceed no further; for their +foolishness shall become manifest to all, as theirs also was. [3:10]But +you have followed my instruction,--mode of life, purpose, faith, +long-suffering, love, patience, [3:11]persecutions, sufferings, which +befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the great persecutions +which I suffered, and the Lord delivered me from all. [3:12]And all who +will live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted. [3:13]But evil +men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being +deceived. [3:14]But do you continue in what you learned and understood, +knowing from whom you learned, [3:15]and that from a child you have +known the sacred Scriptures, which can make you wise to salvation +through faith in Christ Jesus. [3:16]All Scripture is divinely inspired +and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for +education in righteousness, [3:17]that the man of God may be perfect, +thoroughly fitted for every good work. + +2 [4:1]I earnestly charge you before God and Christ Jesus who is about +to judge the living and dead, and [by] his appearing and his kingdom, +[4:2]preach the word, press it in season, out of season, reprove, +rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and instruction; [4:3]for the +time will come when they will not endure sound instruction, but will +accumulate for themselves teachers according to their desires, pleasing +their ear, [4:4]and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and +be turned to myths. [4:5]But do you be sober in all things, endure +evil, do the work of an evangelist, perform fully your ministry. [4:6] +For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. +[4:7]I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have +kept the faith; [4:8]henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of +righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that +day, and not me only but all who love his appearing. + +3 [4:9]Make haste to come to me quickly; [4:10]for Demas forsook me +having loved the present life and went to Thessalonica, Cresces to +Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia; [4:11]Luke only is with me. Take Mark and +bring him with you; for [he will be] useful to me for service. +[4:12]But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. [4:13] The cloak which I left at +Troas with Carpus, when you come, bring, and the books, especially the +parchments. + +4 [4:14]Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; may the Lord reward +him according to his work. [4:15]And do you beware of him, for he +greatly opposed our words. [4:16]At my first defense no one stood by +me, but all forsook me; may it not be set to their account; [4:17]but +the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the word should be +fully declared by me, and all the nations should hear, and I was +delivered from the mouth of the lion. [4:18]The Lord will deliver me +from every evil work, and bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom; to +whom be the glory forever and ever; amen. + +5 [4:19]Salute Prisca [Priscilla] and Aquila and the house of +Onesiphorus. [4:20]Erastus remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left +sick at Miletus. [4:21] Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and +Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brothers, salute you. +[4:22]The Lord be with your spirit. The grace be with you. + + + + +THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES. + + +THE EPISTLE OF JAMES. + + +JERUSALEM, A.D. 61-66. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +TRIALS, PRAYER, FAITH AND WORKS. + +1 [1:1]JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the +twelve tribes in the dispersion, greeting. [1:2]Account it all joy, my +brothers, when you fall into various trials, [1:3]knowing that the +trial of your faith produces patience. [1:4]But let patience have a +perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. +[1:5]And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives +to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him. [1:6]But +let him ask in faith, not doubting; for he that doubts is like a wave +of the sea, driven with the wind and agitated. [1:7]For let not that +man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord, [1:8]a +double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. [1:9]But let the brother +that is humble rejoice in his exaltation, [1:10]and the rich in his +humiliation, for he shall pass away like a flower of the grass. +[1:11]For the sun rose hot, and withered the grass, and its flower fell +off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also shall the rich +man perish in his ways. + +2 [1:12]Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall +receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love +him. [1:13]Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not +subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one. [1:14]But every +one is tempted when he is drawn away by his desires, and enticed; +[1:15]then the desire taking effect produces sin, and sin being +finished brings forth death. + +3 [1:16]Be not deceived, my beloved brothers. [1:17]All good giving, +and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of +lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning. [1:18]Of his +own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of +first fruit of his creatures. + +4 [1:19]Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to +hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; [1:20]for man's anger performs not +God's righteousness. [1:21]Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and +abounding vice, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able +to save your souls. [1:22]But be doers of the word, and not hearers +only, deceiving yourselves. [1:23]For if any one is a hearer of the +word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his natural face in a +glass; [1:24]for he perceived himself, and went away, and immediately +forgot what kind of a man he was. [1:25]But he that looks into the +perfect law of liberty and continues in it, not being a forgetful +hearer but a doer of work, he shall be blessed in his doing. [1:26]But +if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his +tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain. [1:27]Pure +religion and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to visit the +orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self +unspotted from the world. + +5 [2:1]My brothers, have not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus +Christ with a respect of persons. [2:2]For if there comes into your +assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid clothing, and there also +comes in a poor man in vile clothing, [2:3]and you look upon him who +wears the splendid clothing, and say to him, Sit here in a good place, +and say to the poor man, Stand there, or sit under my footstool, +[2:4]are you not condemned in yourselves and judges of evil thoughts? + +6 [2:5]Hear, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the +world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those +who love him? [2:6] But you dishonor the poor. Do not the rich oppress +you and drag you to tribunals? [2:7]And do they not blaspheme the good +name by which you are called? [2:8]If you keep indeed the royal law +according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, +you do well; [2:9]but if you respect persons, you commit sin, convicted +by the law as transgressors. [2:10]For whoever shall keep the whole +law, and offend in one point, is guilty of all. [2:11]For he that said, +You shall not commit adultery, said also, You shall not kill; and if +you do not commit adultery, but kill, you are a transgressor of the +law. [2:12]So speak and so do, as being about to be judged by the law +of liberty. [2:13]For he shall have judgment without mercy who shows +not mercy; mercy rejoices over judgment. + +7 [2:14]What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, +but has not works? Can faith save him? [2:15]And if a brother or sister +is naked, or destitute of daily food, [2:16]and one of you says to +them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, but gives them not the +necessary supplies for the body, what is the profit? [2:17]So also +faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. [2:18]But some one +will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without +works, and I will show you my faith by works. [2:19]You believe that +there is one God? You do well; demons also believe and tremble. +[2:20]But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? +[2:21] Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered +up Isaac his son on the altar? [2:22]You see that faith cooperated with +his works, and by works was faith made perfect, [2:23]and the Scripture +was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God and it was accounted +to him a righteousness, and he was called God's friend. [2:24]You see +then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only. [2:25]And +in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when +she received the messengers and sent them out another way? [2:26]For as +the body without a spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +ON CENSORIOUSNESS, WISDOM, CONTENTION, ETC. + +1 [3:1]BE not many of you teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall +receive a severer judgment. [3:2]For in many things we all offend; if +one offends not in word he is a perfect man, able to keep in subjection +also the whole body. [3:3]But we put bits into the mouths of horses +that they may obey us, and direct their whole body; [3:4]behold also +the ships, though of so great size and driven by powerful winds, are +directed by a very small helm wherever the will of the pilot chooses; +[3:5]so also the tongue is a small member and boasts of great things. +Behold, how much wood a little fire kindles! [3:6]And the tongue is a +fire, the tongue is made a world of wickedness among our members, it +defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature and is set +on fire by hell. [3:7]For every kind of beasts, and birds, and +reptiles, and fishes, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race, +[3:8]but the tongue can no man tame; it is a disorderly evil, full of a +deadly poison. [3:9]With it bless we the Lord and Father, and with it +curse we men made in the likeness of God. [3:10]Out of the same mouth +proceeds a blessing and a curse. My brothers, these things ought not so +to be. [3:11]Does a fountain send forth sweet water and bitter from +the same opening? [3:12]Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or +a vine, figs? So you cannot make salt water sweet. + +2 [3:13]What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show +his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom. [3:14]But if you +have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not +against the truth. [3:15]This wisdom comes not from above, but is +earthly, natural, demoniacal. [3:16]For where envy and strife are, +there are disorder and every evil work. [3:17]But the wisdom from above +is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be persuaded, full of +mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy. +[3:18]And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make +peace. + +3 [4:1]Whence come wars and contentions among you? Come they not +thence, from your pleasures that war in your members? [4:2]You desire +and have not; you kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; you fight and +carry on war. You have not, because you do not ask; [4:3]you ask and do +not receive, because you ask amiss, to expend on your pleasures. +[4:4]Adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is +enmity against God? Whoever therefore wishes to be a friend of the +world, is made an enemy of God. [4:5]Or do you suppose that the +Scripture says in vain, The spirit which dwells in us desires to envy? +[4:6]But he gives more grace; wherefore he says, God resists the proud, +but gives grace to the humble. [4:7]Be subject therefore to God; resist +the devil and he will flee from you; [4:8]draw nigh to God and he will +draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, purify your hearts, +double-minded. [4:9]Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be +turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow. [4:10]Humble +yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. + +4 [4:11]Speak not one against one another, brothers. He that speaks +against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and +judges the law. But if you judge the law you are not a doer of the law, +but a judge. [4:12]There is one law-giver and judge, who is able to +save and to destroy; but who are you that judge a neighbor? + +5 [4:13]Come now, you that say, To-day and to-morrow we will go to such +a city and engage in business there a year, and trade and make profits, +[4:14]who know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? +You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes away; +[4:15]for you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall both live and +do this or that. [4:16]But now you glory in your boasting; all such +glorying is evil. [4:17]He therefore that knows how to do good and does +it not, to him it is sin. + +6 [5:1]Come now, rich men, weep and lament for the miseries which are +coming upon you. [5:2]Your riches have decayed, and your garments are +moth-eaten, [5:3]your gold and silver are destroyed with rust, and +their rust will be a witness against you, and consume your flesh like +fire. You have laid up treasures for the last days. [5:4]Behold, the +wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, kept back by you, cry, +and the loud calls of the reapers have entered into the ears of the +Lord of sabaoth. [5:5]You have lived in luxury on the earth and in +pleasure, you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. +[5:6]You have condemned and killed the just, and he does not resist you. + +7 [5:7]Wait patiently therefore, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. +Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and +is of long patience, till he receives the autumnal and vernal rain. +[5:8]Do you also have long patience, confirm your hearts, for the +coming of the Lord is at hand. [5:9] Complain not, brothers, against +one another, that you be not judged; behold, the judge stands before +the doors. [5:10]You have the prophets who spoke in the name of the +Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and long-suffering. +[5:11]Behold, we account them blessed who are patient. You have heard +of the patience of Job, and you know the purpose of the Lord, that he +is very merciful and compassionate. + +8 [5:12]Above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, +nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your +no, no, that you may not fall under condemnation. + +9 [5:13]If any one among you is afflicted, let him pray; if any one is +happy, let him sing psalms; [5:14]if any one is sick among you, let him +send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing +him with oil in the name of the Lord. [5:15]And the prayer of faith +shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has +committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. [5:16]Confess your faults +one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for +the prayer of the righteous operates with great power. [5:17]Elijah was +a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, +and it rained not on the land for three years and six months; [5:18] +and again he prayed, and heaven gave rain, and the earth yielded her +fruit. + +10 [5:19]Brothers, if any one among you errs from the truth, and one +converts him, [5:20]let him know that he who converts a sinner from an +error of [his] way, shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude +of sins. + + + + +FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER. + + +BABYLON, A.D. 64. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +A FIRM ADHERENCE TO CHRIST, ETC. + +1 [1:1]PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect strangers of the +dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, +[1:2]according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by +sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and the sprinkling of the +blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you. + +2 [1:3]Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in +his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the +resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [1:4]to an inheritance +incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you +[1:5]who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready +to be revealed in the last time. [1:6]In which you rejoice, though now +for a little while if need be made sad by manifold trials, [1:7]that +the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold that is +destroyed but proved by fire, may be found to praise and glory and +honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ, [1:8]whom not having seen you +love, in whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy +unspeakable and glorious, [1:9] receiving the end of the faith, the +salvation of souls. [1:10]Concerning which salvation the prophets also +who prophesied concerning the grace [bestowed] on us inquired +diligently and sought, [1:11]inquiring as to what person or what time +the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it declared +before the sufferings of Christ and after these the glories, [1:12]to +whom it was revealed that they ministered not to themselves but to us +those things which have now been declared to you by those who preached +to you the good news, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which +the angels desire to look. + +3 [1:13]Wherefore, girding up the loins of your minds, be sober, and +hope to the end for the gift to be brought to you by the revelation of +Jesus Christ. [1:14]As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to +the desires of your former ignorance, [1:15]but as he that called you +is holy be you also holy in all [your] conduct, [1:16]because it is +written, Be you holy, for I am holy. [1:17]And if you call on the +Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's +work, spend the time of your life with fear, [1:18] knowing that you +were not redeemed from your vain mode of life received by tradition +from your fathers, with destructible things, silver or gold, [1:19] but +with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, and +without a spot; [1:20]who was foreknown before the foundation of the +world, but made manifest in these last times for you, [1:21]who through +him believed in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, +so that your faith and hope may be in God. + +4 [1:22]Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned +brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart, +[1:23]having been born again, not from destructible seed but from +indestructible, through the word of God which lives and endures. +[1:24]For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of +the grass; the grass has withered, and its flower fell off; [1:25]but +the word of the Lord continues forever. And this is the word preached +to you. + +5 [2:1]Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies +and envies and all evil speakings, [2:2]as new born babes desire +earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to +salvation, [2:3]if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. +[2:4]To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men but +approved by God, elect, precious, [2:5]do you also yourselves be built +up living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer +spiritual sacrifices well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ, +[2:6]for it is said in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief +corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believes on him shall not be +ashamed. [2:7]To you therefore who believe he is precious; but to the +disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the head +of a corner [2:8]and a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, who +stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were +appointed. [2:9]But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy +nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him +who called you out of darkness into his glorious light; [2:10] who +formerly were not a people, but now are a people of God, who had not +obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +PERSONAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL DUTIES, ETC. + +1 [2:11]BELOVED, I exhort you as strangers and foreigners, abstain from +carnal desires, which war against the soul, [2:12]having your conduct +honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as +evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in +the day of visitation. + +2 [2:13]Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's +sake, whether to the king, as superior, [2:14]to governors, sent by him +for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well; +[2:15]for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence +the ignorance of foolish men; [2:16]as free, and not using freedom for +a cloak of vice, but as servants of God. [2:17]Honor all men, love the +brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. + +3 [2:18]Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to +the good and gentle but also to the perverse. [2:19]For this deserves +thanks, if on account of a knowledge of God one endures pain, suffering +unjustly. [2:20]For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished +you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it +patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God. +[2:21]For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, +leaving you a copy that you should follow his steps, [2:22]who +committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth, [2:23]who +being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed +himself to him that judges righteously, [2:24]who himself bore our sins +in his body on the cross, that we having died to sins, may live to +righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. [2:25]For you were +like lost sheep, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of +your souls. + +4 [3:1]In like manner let the women be subject to their husbands, that +even if some disobey the word, they may be gained through the conduct +of their wives without the word, [3:2]seeing your pure mode of life in +the fear [of God]. [3:3]Whose ornament let it not be the external +[ornament] of braided hair and the putting on of chains of gold or of +clothing, [3:4]but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the +imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great +price before God. [3:5]For so formerly also the holy women who hoped +in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, [3:6]as +Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing +good and having no fear. [3:7]In like manner let the husbands [do], +living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less +strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, that +your prayers may not be hindered. + +5 [3:8]Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, loving as brothers, +compassionate, humble, [3:9]not returning evil for evil or railing for +railing, but on the contrary blessing [your enemies], because to this +you are called, that you may inherit blessing. [3:10]For he that will +love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and +his lips from speaking deceit, [3:11]let him abstain from evil and do +good, let him seek peace and pursue it, [3:12]for the eyes of the Lord +are on the righteous and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face +of the Lord is against them that do evil. + +6 [3:13]And who is he that will injure you if you are followers of what +is good? [3:14]But even if you suffer on account of righteousness, you +are blessed. But fear not with their fear, neither be troubled; +[3:15]and sanctify the anointed Lord in your hearts, and be always +ready with a defense to every one that asks you a reason for the hope +that is in you; but with meekness and fear, [3:16]having a good +conscience, that in what they speak evil of you they may be ashamed who +slander your good conduct in Christ. [3:17]For it is better to suffer +doing good, if the will of God allows, than doing evil. [3:18]For +Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he +might lead us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in +the spirit, [3:19] in which also he went and preached to the spirits in +prison, [3:20]who were formerly disobedient when the long suffering of +God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in +which a few, that is eight souls, were saved by water. [3:21]The +archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of +the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, +through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, [3:22]who is on the right +hand of God, having gone to heaven, angels and authorities and powers +being made subject to him. + +7 [4:1]Christ therefore having suffered for us in the flesh, arm +yourselves also with the same mind, for he that has suffered in the +flesh has ceased from sin, [4:2]that you may no longer live the rest of +your time in the flesh according to the desires of men, but according +to the will of God. [4:3]For the time past is sufficient for us to have +performed the will of the gentiles, walking in lewdness, inordinate +desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings and unlawful idolatries, +[4:4]in which they think it strange that you run not with them to the +same excessive intemperance, blaspheming, [4:5]who shall give an +account to him that is ready to judge the living and dead. [4:6]And for +this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might be +judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the +Spirit. + +8 [4:7]But the end of all things is at hand. Be sober therefore, and +watch in prayers; [4:8]above all things have fervent love one for +another, for love hides a multitude of sins. [4:9]Be hospitable one to +another, without complaining; [4:10]as each has received a gift, +minister the same among yourselves as good stewards of the manifold +grace of God. [4:11]If any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of +God, if any one serves, let it be as of the strength which God +supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, +whose is the glory and the power for ever and ever; amen. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +TRIALS, ADMONITIONS TO PRESBYTERS, ETC. + +1 [4:12]BELOVED, think not strange of the fiery trial which is to try +you, as if some strange thing happened to you, [4:13]but as you partake +of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice exulting +at the revelation of his glory. [4:14]If you are reproached for the +name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests +on you. [4:15]But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or +an evil doer, or as a meddler in other men's affairs; [4:16]but as a +Christian, let him not be ashamed, let him glorify God on this account. +[4:17]For it is time for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if +it first begins with us, what will the end be of those that obey not +the gospel of God? [4:18]And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, +where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? [4:19]Let those therefore +who suffer by the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing +as a faithful creator. + +2 [5:1]The elders among you I exhort, who am a co-elder and witness of +the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed; +[5:2]feed the flock of God which is among you, not by constraint but +willingly, not for base gain but of a ready mind, [5:3]not as having a +lordship over God's inheritance but being examples to the flock; +[5:4]and when the chief shepherd shall appear, you shall receive an +unfading crown of glory. + +3 [5:5]Let the younger in like manner be subject to the elder, and do +you all be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for +God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. [5:6]Humble +yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt +you in due time; [5:7]casting all your care upon him, for he cares for +you. + +4 [5:8]Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil goes about like +a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; [5:9]whom resist, firm in +the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished by your +brothers in the world. [5:10]And may the God of all grace, who called +you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when you have suffered a +little while, himself make you perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish +you. [5:11]To him be the glory and the power for ever; amen. + +5 [5:12]I have written to you in a few words by Silvanus [Silas], a +faithful brother as I suppose, exhorting you, and testifying that this +is the true grace of God in which you stand. [5:13]The co-elect +[church] at Babylon salutes you, and Mark my son. [5:14]Salute one +another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all in Christ. + + + + +SECOND EPISTLE OF PETER. + + +BABYLON, A.D. 67. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +THE PURSUIT OF THE VIRTUES, THE GLORY OF CHRIST, FALSE TEACHERS, ETC. + +1 [1:1]SIMEON Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those +who have obtained a like precious faith with us by the righteousness of +our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. [1:2]Grace and peace be multiplied to +you by a knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. + +2 [1:3]As his divine power has given us all things which pertain to +life and piety, through the knowledge of him that has called us to his +own glory and virtue, [1:4]through which have been given us very great +and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the +divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world +by inordinate desire, [1:5]and for the same purpose also, giving all +diligence add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, [1:6]and +to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience +piety, [1:7]and to piety brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness +love. [1:8]For if these are in you and abound, they will make you not +inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; +[1:9]for a man that is without these is blind, not seeing to a +distance, and has forgotten the purification from his former errors. +[1:10]Wherefore, brothers, use the greater diligence to make your +calling and election sure; for doing these things you shall never fall. +[1:11]For thus shall you have an abundant entrance given you into the +eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. + +3 [1:12]Wherefore I will not neglect always to remind you of these +things, although you have known them, and have been established in the +present truth. [1:13]I think it right as long as I am in this +tabernacle, to excite you by remembrance, [1:14]knowing that the +putting off of my tabernacle is at hand, as our Lord Jesus Christ +showed me. [1:15]But I will also be diligent and especially that you +may be able to make mention of these things after my departure. +[1:16]For we did not follow skilfully constructed myths in making known +to you the power and appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye +witnesses of his majesty. [1:17]For he received from God the Father +honor and glory, when this voice was brought to him from the +magnificent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. +[1:18]And this voice we heard brought from heaven when we were with him +on the holy mount. [1:19]And we have the more sure prophetic word, to +which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark +place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts, +[1:20]knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of its own +solution. [1:21]For prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but +moved by the Holy Spirit men spoke from God. + +4 [2:1]But there were also false prophets among the people, as there +shall also be false teachers among you, who shall bring in by stealth +destructive heresies, even denying the master that bought them, +bringing on themselves swift destruction; [2:2]and many shall follow +their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth shall be reviled, +[2:3]and with covetousness they will make a gain of you with feigned +words, whose judgment a long time lingers not, and their destruction +slumbers not. [2:4]For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but +plunging them into Tartarus delivered them up in chains to be kept in +darkness till the judgment, [2:5]and spared not the old world, but +preserved Noah a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, bringing +the flood on the world of the ungodly, [2:6]and condemned Sodom and +Gomorrah to be overthrown, reducing them to ashes, making them an +example to those who should afterwards be wicked, [2:7]and delivered +righteous Lot, vexed by the lewd conduct of the wicked;-- [2:8]for that +righteous man living among them vexed his righteous soul from day to +day by seeing and hearing their wicked deeds;-- [2:9]the Lord knows how +to deliver the pious from trial, and to keep the wicked to the day of +judgment to be punished, [2:10]but especially those who walk after the +flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise government. Presumptuous, +self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories, [2:11]where the +angels who are greater in strength and power do not bring against them +a reproachful judgment; [2:12]but these, like irrational animals, +brutes made to be taken and destroyed, reviling things which they do +not understand, will also be destroyed in their depravity, [2:13] +receiving the wages of wickedness, accounting luxury in the day-time a +pleasure, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceptions while +feasting with you, [2:14]having eyes full of an adulteress, and unable +to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart exercised in +covetousness, cursed children, [2:15]having left the right way they +have gone astray, following in the way of Balaam the son of Beor who +loved the wages of wickedness, [2:16]but had a rebuke of his +transgression; the dumb ass, speaking with a man's voice, forbade the +madness of the prophet. + +5 [2:17]These are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, +to which is reserved the blackness of darkness. [2:18]For speaking +extravagant words of vanity, they entice with carnal desires of +lewdness those scarcely escaped from them, those living in error, +[2:19]promising them liberty, when they themselves are servants of +corruption; for by whatever a man is overcome, to this is he made a +servant. [2:20]For if having escaped the defilements of the world by a +knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again +entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is +worse than the first. [2:21]For it is better for them not to have +known the way of righteousness, than, having known, to turn from the +holy commandment delivered to them. [2:22] But it has happened to them +according to the true proverb, The dog returned to his vomit, and the +swine that was washed to wallowing in filth. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +THE COMING OF CHRIST, ETC. + +1 [3:1]THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write to you, in which I +excite your pure minds by remembrance, [3:2]to remember the words +spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us the +apostles of the Lord and Saviour, [3:3] knowing this first, that in the +last days scoffers shall come with scoffing walking after their +inordinate desires, [3:4]and 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 world. [3:5]For of this they are +willingly ignorant, that the heavens were of old, and the earth was +made of water and by water by the word of God, [3:6]by which the world +that then was, being overflowed with water, was destroyed. [3:7]But the +present heavens and the earth have been preserved by his word, being +kept for fire, at the day of the judgment and destruction of wicked men. + +2 [3:8]But let not this one thing escape you, beloved, that one day +with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. +[3:9]The Lord is not slow in respect to his promise, as some men +account slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any +should perish, but that all should come to a change of mind. + +3 [3:10]But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the +heavens shall pass away with a crash, and the elements be melted with +heat, and the earth and the works in it be consumed. [3:11]All these +things therefore being dissolved, what persons ought we to be in holy +conduct and piety, [3:12] expecting and hastening the coming of the day +of God, in which the heavens being burnt up will be dissolved and the +elements be melted with heat. [3:13]But we, according to his promise, +look for a new heaven and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness. + +4 [3:14]Wherefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent that +you may be found in him without a spot and blemish, in peace, [3:15]and +consider the long-suffering of the Lord our salvation; as also our +beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him wrote to you, +[3:16]as also in all his epistles speaking of these things, in which +are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable +wrest as they also do the other Scriptures to their destruction. +[3:17]Do you therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] before, be on +your guard not to be carried away with the error of the wicked and fall +from your steadfastness, [3:18]but grow in grace and in the knowledge +of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and +forever. + + + + +THE EPISTLE OF JUDAS + + +A.D. 67. + +FALSE TEACHERS, ETC. + +1 [1:1]JUDAS, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the +beloved in God the Father, and the called who are kept by Jesus Christ. +[1:2]Mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. + +2 [1:3]Beloved, giving all diligence to write to you concerning the +common salvation, I was under a necessity to write and exhort you to +contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. [1:4]For +some men have come in by deception, who were of old appointed to this +judgment, impious, changing the grace of our God into lewdness, and +denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ. + +3 [1:5]But I wish to remind you, though you once knew all, that the +Lord having saved his people from Egypt, afterwards destroyed those +that believed not, [1:6] and the angels who kept not their own +province, but left their habitation, he has kept under darkness in +eternal chains, for the judgment of the great day; [1:7]as Sodom and +Gomorrah and the cities about them, committing fornication in the same +manner as these and going after unnatural lewdness, are made an +example, enduring the punishment of eternal fire. + +4 [1:8]In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject +government, and blaspheme glories. [1:9]But Michael the arch-angel, +when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, +dared not bring against him a charge of blasphemy, but said, The Lord +rebuke you. [1:10]But these blaspheme what they do not understand, and +what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in these things they corrupt +themselves. [1:11]Woe to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, +and rushed into the error of Balaam for a reward, and perished in the +contradiction of Korah. [1:12]These are breakers at your love-feasts, +feasting with you without fear, feeding themselves, clouds without +water driven about by winds, autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, +plucked up by the roots, [1:13]wild waves of the sea foaming with their +own shame, wandering stars to which is reserved the blackness of +darkness for ever. + +5 [1:14]And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of them, +saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousand of his saints [1:15]to +execute judgment on all, and to convict all the wicked among them of +all the deeds of impiety which they have impiously committed, and of +all the hard speeches which impious sinners have spoken against him. +[1:16]These are complainers, censorious, walking after their inordinate +desires, and their mouth speaks proud words, showing admiration of +persons for the sake of gain. + +6 [1:17]But do you, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the +apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, [1:18]that they said to you, That in +the last time there shall be scoffers, walking in their own impious +desires. [1:19]These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having +not the Spirit. [1:20]But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your +most holy faith, pray with the Holy Spirit. [1:21]Keep yourselves in +the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to +eternal life. [1:22]And reprove some, separatists, [1:23]and some +save, plucking them from the fire, but have mercy on others with fear, +hating even the garment that is defiled by the flesh. + +7 [1:24]And to him that is able to keep you without falling, and to +present you blameless before his glory, with great joy, [1:25]to God +our only Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, +power and authority before all worlds, both now and for ever more; amen. + + + + +FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN. + + +A. D. 68. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +CHRIST THE LIFE, GOD IS LIGHT, WALKING WITH HIM, FALSE TEACHERS, ETC. + +1 [1:1]THAT which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, +that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld and our +hands felt, concerning the Word of life,-- [1:2]and the life was made +manifest, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal +life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us,-- [1:3]that +which we have seen and heard, we declare to you, that you also may have +fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his +Son Jesus Christ. [1:4]And these things we write to you, that your joy +may be complete. + +2 [1:5]And this is the message which we have heard from him and declare +to you, That God is light, and with him there is no darkness. [1:6]If +we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie +and observe not the truth; [1:7]but if we walk in the light, as he is +in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of +Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. [1:8]If we say we have not sin, +we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [1:9]If we confess +our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse +us from all wickedness. [1:10]If we say that we have not sinned, we +make him a liar, and his word is not in us. + +3 [2:1]My little children, these things I write to you that you may not +sin. But if any one has sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, +Jesus Christ the righteous, [2:2]and he is a propitiation for our sins, +and not for ours only but for all the world. [2:3]And by this we know +that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. [2:4]He that says, +I have known him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the +truth is not in him; [2:5]but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is +the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him. [2:6]He +that says he continues in him, ought also himself so to walk as he +walked. + +4 [2:7]Beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old +commandment, which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is +the word which you heard. [2:8]Again, a new commandment I write you, +which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past and the +true light now appears. [2:9]He that says he is in the light, and hates +his brother, is in darkness till now. [2:10] He that loves his brother +continues in the light, and there is no offense in him; [2:11]but he +that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows +not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. + +5 [2:12]I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven +on account of his name. [2:13]I write to you, fathers, because you have +known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, +because you have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little +children, because you have known the Father. [2:14]I wrote to you, +fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote +to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God +continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one. [2:15]Love not +the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the +love of the Father is not in him; [2:16]for all that is in the world, +the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the pride of +life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. [2:17]And the world +passes away, and its desires; but he that does the will of God +continues for ever. + +6 [2:18]Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that +antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we +know that it is the last time. [2:19]They went out from us, but they +were not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued +with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest that +they are not all of us. [2:20]And you have an anointing from the Holy +One, and know all things. [2:21]I have not written to you because you +know not the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of +the truth. [2:22]Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the +Christ? This is the anti-christ, [the man that] denies the Father and +the Son. [2:23]No one that denies the Son has the Father; he that +confesses the Son has the Father also. [2:24]Let that which you heard +from the beginning continue in you. If that which you heard from the +beginning continues in you, you also shall continue in the Son and in +the Father. [2:25]And this is the promise which he promised us, the +eternal life. + +7 [2:26]I have written these things to you concerning those who deceive +you. [2:27]And the anointing which you received from him continues in +you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; but as his +anointing teaches you of all things, and is true and is not a lie, even +as it has taught you, continue in him. + +8 [2:28]And now, little children, continue in him, that when he shall +appear we may have boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his +coming. [2:29]If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one +who does righteousness has been born of him. + +9 [3:1]See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called +children of God. The world therefore knows us not, because it knew him +not. + +10 [3:2]Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear +what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like +him, for we shall see him as he is. [3:3]And every one that has this +hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure. [3:4]Every one that +commits sin commits also wickedness, and sin is wickedness. [3:5]And we +know that he was manifested to take away sins, and in him there is no +sin. [3:6]No one that continues in him sins; no one that sins has seen +him, or known him. + +11 [3:7]Little children, let no one deceive you. He that does +righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous; [3:8]he that commits +sin is of the devil, for the devil sinned from the beginning. For this +was the Son of God manifested, to destroy the works of the devil. +[3:9]No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed +continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. +[3:10]By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the +devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that +loves not his brother. [3:11]For this is the message which you heard +from the beginning; that we should love one another; [3:12]not as Cain +was of the evil one and killed his brother; and why did he kill him? +because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous. + +12 [3:13]Wonder not, brothers, if the world hates you. [3:14]We know +that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; +he that loves not, continues in death. [3:15]Every one that hates his +brother is a murderer; and we know that no murderer has eternal life +continuing in him. [3:16]By this we have known love, because he laid +down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the +brothers. [3:17]And whoever has the goods of the world and sees his +brother have need, and withholds his compassions from him, how +continues the love of God in him? + +13 [3:18]My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in +work and truth. [3:19]And by this we know that we are of the truth, and +shall assure our hearts before him; [3:20]for if our minds condemn us, +God is greater than our minds and knows all things. + +14 [3:21]Beloved, if our minds do not condemn us, we have boldness +before God, [3:22]and what we ask we receive from him, because we keep +his commandments and do the things which are pleasing in his sight. +[3:23]And this is his commandment; that we should believe in the name +of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he gave commandment. +[3:24]And he that keeps his commandments continues in him and he in +him; and by this we know that he continues in us, by the Spirit which +he gave us. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +FALSE SPIRITS, BROTHERLY LOVE, THE LOVE OF GOD, THE THREE WITNESSES, +ETC. + +1 [4:1]BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether +they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. +[4:2]By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit which confesses +that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, [4:3]and every +spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. And this is the +[spirit] of anti-christ, of which you have heard that he is coming, and +he is now in the world already. + +2 [4:4]You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because +greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. [4:5]They +are of the world; therefore they speak of the world and the world hears +them. [4:6]We are of God; he that knows God hears us, he that is not of +God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the +spirit of error. + +3 [4:7]Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every +one that loves has been born of God and knows God. [4:8]He that loves +not has not known God; for God is love. [4:9]The love of God was +manifested to us in this; that God has sent his only Son into the world +that we may live through him. [4:10]In this is love; not that we loved +God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins. + +4 [4:11]Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. +[4:12] No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God continues +in us and his love is perfected in us. [4:13]By this we know that we +continue in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit. +[4:14]And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, +the Saviour of the world. [4:15]Whoever confesses that Jesus is the +Son of God, God continues in him and he in God. [4:16]And we have known +and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that +continues in love continues in God and God in him. + +5 [4:17]By this is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in +the day of judgment, that as he is we also are in this world. +[4:18]There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear; for +fear has pain; and he that is afraid is not made perfect in love. +[4:19]We love, because he first loved us. [4:20] If any one says, I +love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not +his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? +[4:21]And we have this commandment from him, that he who loves God +should also love his brother. + +6 [5:1]Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of +God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born +to him. [5:2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we +love God and keep his commandments. [5:3]For this is the love of God, +that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous; +[5:4]for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and +this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith. [5:5]Who is +he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son +of God? + +7 [5:6]This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not +by water only, but by water and by blood; and the Spirit is that which +testifies, for the Spirit is the truth. [5:7]For there are three that +testify; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are +one. [5:9]If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is +greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified +concerning his Son. [5:10]He that believes on the Son of God has the +testimony in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar, +because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified +concerning his Son. [5:11]And this is the testimony, that God gave us +eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [5:12]He that has the Son +has the life; he that has not the Son has not the life. + +8 [5:13]These things have I written to you, that you who believe in the +name of the Son of God may know that you have eternal life. [5:14]And +this is the confidence which we have in respect to him, that if we ask +any thing according to his will he hears us. [5:15]And if we know that +he hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which +we have asked of him. [5:16]If any one sees his brother commit a sin, +not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, for those who +sin not to death. There is a sin to death; I say not that you should +pray for it. [5:17]All wickedness is sin, and there is sin not to death. + +9 [5:18]We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, +but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does +not touch him. [5:19]We know that we are of God, and the whole world +lies in wickedness. [5:20]And we know that the Son of God has come, and +has given us understanding that we may know the true One; and we are in +the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this is the true God, and +eternal life. [5:21]Little children, keep yourselves from idols. + + + + +SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN. + + +A.D. 68. + + +A COMMENDATION OF CURIA'S CHILDREN, ETC. + +1 [1:1]THE elder to the elect Curia and her children, whom I love in +truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth, [1:2]on +account of the truth which continues in you, and shall be with you +forever. [1:3]Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Jesus +Christ the Son of the Father, shall be with you in truth and love. + +2 [1:4]I rejoiced exceedingly that I found your children walking in the +truth as we received commandment from the Father. [1:5]And now I +beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but +[one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another. +[1:6]And this is love, that we should walk according to his +commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, +that you should walk in it. [1:7]For many deceivers have gone out into +the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh; this is +the deceiver, and the antichrist. [1:8]Take heed to yourselves, that ye +lose not the labor which you performed, but receive a full reward. +[1:9]Every one who goes beyond, and continues not in the doctrine of +Christ, is without God. He that continues in the doctrine has both the +Son and the Father. [1:10] If any one comes to you and brings not this +doctrine, receive him not into your houses, and salute him not; +[1:11]for he that salutes him is a partaker of his evil works. + +3 [1:12]Having many things to write, I do not wish to write with paper +and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face, that our +joy may be full. [1:13]The children of your elect sister salute you. + + + + +THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN. + + +A.D. 68. + + +A COMMENDATION OF GAIUS AND DEMETRIUS, AND A DENUNCIATION OF DIOTREPHES. + +1 [1:1]THE elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. +[1:2]Beloved, I desire above all things that you may prosper and be in +health, as your soul prospers. [1:3]For I rejoiced exceedingly when the +brothers came and testified of your truth, as you walk in truth. [1:4]I +have no greater joy than this, that I hear of my children walking in +the truth. + +2 [1:5]Beloved, you did faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and +that to strangers, [1:6]who testified of your love before the church, +whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God. [1:7]For they +went out for his name, taking nothing of the gentiles. [1:8]We +therefore ought to receive such, that we may be co-laborers for the +truth. + +3 [1:9]I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes desiring the +pre-eminence does not receive us. [1:10]Therefore if I come I will +remember his works which he performs, prating against us with evil +words, and not being satisfied, in addition to these [things] he does +not receive the brothers, and forbids and casts out of the church those +wishing to do it. + +4 [1:11]Beloved, do not imitate evil but good. He that does good is of +God; he that does evil has not seen God. [1:12]Testimony is borne to +Demetrius by all, and by the truth itself; and we also testify, and you +know that our testimony is true. + +5 [1:13]I had many things to write, but wish not to write to you with +ink and pen; [1:14]but hope soon to see you, and we will speak face to +face. Peace be to you. The friends salute you; salute the friends by +name. + + + + +[THE EPISTLE] TO THE HEBREWS. + + +A.D. 68. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +CHRIST THE SON OF GOD SUPERIOR TO ANGELS AND TO MOSES. + +1 [1:1]GOD, who at many times and in many ways spoke anciently to the +fathers by the prophets, [1:2]in these last days spoke to us by his +Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made +the worlds, [1:3]who being the brightness of his glory and the express +image of his substance, and sustaining all things by the word of his +power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand +of the majesty on high, [1:4]being made as much greater than the angels +as he has inherited a more excellent name than they. [1:5]For to which +of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I +begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to +me a Son? [1:6]And again, when he brings the first-born into the world +he says, And let all the angels of God worship him. [1:7]And of the +angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame +of fire; [1:8]but of the Son, Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the +sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude. [1:9]Thou hast loved +righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, anointed +thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. [1:10]And thou, +Lord, in the beginning didst build from its foundations the earth, and +the heavens are works of thy hands; [1:11]they shall perish, but thou +shalt continue; and they shall all become old like a garment, [1:12]and +like a mantle thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed, but +thou art the same and thy years shall not fail. [1:13]And to which of +the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand till I make thy +enemies thy footstool? [1:14]Are they not all ministering spirits, sent +forth to serve on account of those who are about to inherit salvation? + +2 [2:1]We ought therefore to attend the more to the things which we +heard, lest at any time we should glide away [from them]. [2:2]For if +the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and +disobedience received a just recompense, [2:3]how shall we escape who +have neglected so great a salvation? which began to be spoken by the +Lord, and was affirmed to us by those who heard, [2:4]God bearing them +witness with signs and prodigies, and various mighty works and gifts of +the holy Spirit, according to his will. + +3 [2:5]For he did not subject to angels the world to come, of which we +speak. [2:6]But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou +art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him? [2:7]Thou +didst make him a little lower than angels, thou didst crown him with +glory and honor, [2:8]thou didst subject all things under his feet. For +in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. +But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. [2:9]But we see +Jesus, made a little less than angels, on account of the suffering of +death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should +taste death for every [man]. [2:10]For it became him, for whom are all +things and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the +prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory. [2:11]For both +he that sanctifies and the sanctified are all of one; for which cause +he is not ashamed to call them brothers, [2:12]saying, I will declare +thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly will I sing to +thee. [2:13]And again, I will trust in him. And again, Behold me and +the children which God gave me. [2:14]Since then the children have +partaken of blood and flesh, he in like manner also partook of them, +that through death he might destroy him that has the power of death, +that is the devil, [2:15]and liberate those who all their life were +subjects of servitude to the fear of death. [2:16]For indeed he helped +not angels, but he helped the descendants of Abraham. [2:17]Whence he +ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a +merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to +make propitiation for the sins of the people. [2:18]For because he has +himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried. + +4 [3:1]Whence, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly call, consider +the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Jesus, [3:2]who is +faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was in his house. +[3:3]For this man is judged worthy of more glory than Moses, as much as +he has more honor than the house [tabernacle] which he built. [3:4]For +every house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God. +[3:5]And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for +a testimony of things to be spoken; [3:6]but Christ as a son over his +house, whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing +of the hope. + +5 [3:7]Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, To-day if you will hear his +voice, [3:8]harden not your hearts as in the provocation, in the day of +the trial in the wilderness, [3:9]where your fathers fully proved and +saw my works forty years. [3:10]Wherefore I was displeased with that +generation and said, They always err in mind, and they did not know my +ways, [3:11]so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. +[3:12]See, brothers, that there be not at any time in any one of you an +evil mind of unbelief in departing from the living God; [3:13]but +exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you +may be hardened by the deception of sin; [3:14]for we have been made +partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of the confidence firm to +the end. [3:15]It was said, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden +not your hearts as in the provocation; [3:16]for who having heard +committed provocation? Did not all indeed who came out of Egypt with +Moses? [3:17]And with whom was he displeased forty years? Was it not +with those that sinned? whose bodies fell in the wilderness? [3:18]And +to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest? was it +not to them that disobeyed? [3:19]And we see that they could not enter +in because of unbelief. + +6 [4:1]Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us +of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short. +[4:2]For we have also received the good news as they did; but the word +of the report did not profit them, not being accompanied with faith in +those who heard. [4:3]For we enter into the rest who believed, as he +said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, +although of works made from the foundation of the world. [4:4]For he +spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, thus; And God rested on +the seventh day from all his works. [4:5]And in this place again, They +shall not enter into my rest. [4:6]Since then it remains that some +entered into it, and those to whom it was first preached entered not in +on account of unbelief, [4:7]again he defines a certain day, To-day, +saying in David, after so long a time, as it was said before, To-day if +you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. [4:8]For if Joshua +caused them to rest he would not have spoken of another day afterwards. + +7 [4:9]Therefore a sabbatism remains for the people of God. [4:10]For +he [Christ] who entered into his rest, also himself rested from his +works, as God from his. + +8 [4:11]Let us use diligence, therefore to enter into that rest [the +heavenly rest], that no one may fall, after the same example of +disobedience. [4:12]For the word of God is living, and effective, and +sharper than any two-edged sword, and reaching even to the division of +soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and distinguishes thoughts +and intentions of mind; [4:13]and there is nothing which is not +manifest in his sight; for all things are naked and exposed to his +eyes, to whom our discourse relates. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +CHRIST A CHIEF PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC. + +1 [4:14]HAVING therefore a great chief priest who has gone through the +heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the profession. +[4:15]For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our +infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin. +[4:16]Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that +we may obtain mercy and find grace for timely aid. + +2 [5:1]For every chief priest taken from men is appointed in behalf of +men over things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices +for sins, [5:2] being able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring, +since he is himself encompassed with infirmity, [5:3]and as for the +people, so also for himself, he is obliged to present offerings for +sins. [5:4]And no one takes the honor on himself but he that is called +by God, even as Aaron also was. [5:5]So also Christ did not put on +himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to +him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee; [5:6]as also in +another place he says, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of +Melchisedec. [5:7]Who in the days of his flesh having offered both +prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, +with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,-- +[5:8]although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered, +[5:9]and being made perfect became to all who obey him an author of +eternal salvation, [5:10]being called by God a chief priest after the +order of Melchisedec. + +3 [5:11]Concerning whom we have much to say, and that which is +difficult to explain, because you have become dull of hearing. +[5:12]For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have +need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of +the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food. [5:13]For +every one that partakes of milk is unskilful in the word of +righteousness, for he is a babe; [5:14]but solid food is for the +perfect, having their perceptive faculties exercised by practice to +distinguish both good and evil. + +4 [6:1]Wherefore leaving the account of the beginning of Christ, let us +go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of a change of +mind from dead works, and of faith in God, [6:2]of baptisms taught, and +the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of +the eternal judgment. [6:3] And this we will do if God permits. +[6:4]For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift +and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, [6:5] and having tasted of +the good word of God and the powers of the life to come, [6:6]and +having fallen away, it is impossible again to renew to a change of +mind, they having crucified again and exposed to shame the Son of God. +[6:7]But the land which drinks in the rain that often falls on it, and +produces plants beneficial to those by whom it is cultivated, receives +a blessing from God; [6:8]but that which produces thorns and thistles +is disapproved, and is nigh to a curse, the end of which is to be +burned. + +5 [6:9]But we are persuaded better things of you, beloved, and things +pertaining to salvation, though we thus speak. [6:10]For God is not +unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his +name, having served the saints and [still] serving them. [6:11]But we +desire each of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of +hope to the end, [6:12]that you be not stupid, but followers of those +who through faith and patience inherit the promises. [6:13]For God +haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by +himself, [6:14]saying, Surely, blessing I will bless you, and +multiplying I will multiply you; [6:15]and so having waited long he +obtained the promise. [6:16]For men indeed swear by a greater, and an +oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute; [6:17]for which +cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise +the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath, [6:18]that by +two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we +might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set +before us, [6:19]which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, +and entering within the vail, [6:20]where our forerunner Jesus entered, +made after the order of Melchisedec a chief priest forever. + +6 [7:1]For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high +God, who met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and +blessed him, [7:2]to whom also Abraham gave a tenth of all, first being +interpreted king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which +is king of peace, [7:3] without father, without mother, without +genealogy, having neither a beginning of days nor end of life, but +being made like the Son of God, continues a priest forever. + +7 [7:4]And behold, how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the +patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils. [7:5]And the sons of Levi who +receive the priesthood, have a commandment to tithe the people +according to the law, that is their brothers, although descended from +Abraham; [7:6]but he whose descent is not reckoned from them received +tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who has the promises. [7:7]But +beyond all contradiction, the less is blessed by the greater. [7:8]And +here, men who die receive tithes, but there, one of whom it is +testified that he lives. [7:9]And so to speak, Levi also who receives +tithes paid tithes through Abraham; [7:10]for he was yet in his father +when Melchisedec met him. + +8 [7:11]If therefore there was perfection through the Levitical +priesthood,--for the people received the law under it,--what need was +there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec +and not to be called after the order of Aaron? [7:12]For the +priesthood being changed, of necessity also there is made a change of +the law. [7:13]For he of whom these things are said belonged to another +tribe, of which no one attended to the altar; [7:14] for it is evident +that our Lord arose from Judah, in respect to which tribe Moses said +nothing concerning priests. [7:15]And moreover, [this] is still further +evident, if another priest is raised up according to the likeness of +Melchisedec, [7:16]who was not a priest after the law of an external +commandment, but after the power of imperishable life. [7:17]For it is +testified, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedec. +[7:18]For there is an abrogation of the commandment which goes before, +on account of its weakness and unprofitableness; [7:19]for the law made +nothing perfect, but was the introduction of a better hope through +which we draw nigh to God. [7:20]And as he was not [constituted] +without swearing,-- [7:21]for they were made priests without swearing, +but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he +will not change, You are a priest forever;-- [7:22]by so much is Jesus +the pledge of a better covenant. [7:23]And they indeed were made many +priests, on account of being forbidden by death to continue; [7:24]but +he, on account of his continuing for ever, has a priesthood which +passes not away, [7:25]whence also he is able to save forever those who +come to God through him, always living to intercede for them. + +9 [7:26]For such a chief priest also was suitable for us, holy, +harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the +heavens, [7:27]who has no need daily as the chief priests first to +present sacrifices for their sins, then for those of the people; for +this he did once for all, having offered himself. [7:28]For the law +constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the +oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF A NEW COVENANT AND OF ITS BLESSINGS. + +1 [8:1]BUT the chief thing in addition to what has been said is, that +we have such a chief priest who sat on the right hand of the throne of +the majesty in the heavens, [8:2]a minister of the sanctuary, and of +the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man. [8:3]For every +chief priest is constituted to offer gifts and sacrifices, whence it +was necessary that this man also should have something to offer. +[8:4]For if he had been on earth he would not have been a priest, there +being priests to offer, the gifts according to the law, [8:5]who serve +for a symbol and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was divinely +instructed when about to make the tabernacle; for see, he says, that +you make all things after the pattern shown you in the Mount; [8:6]but +now he has obtained a more excellent service, by as much also as he is +the mediator of a better covenant, which is established on better +promises. 2 [8:7]For if that first covenant had been faultless, no +place would have been sought for the second. [But it was not]. +[8:8]For finding fault with them he says, Behold, the days come, says +the Lord, that I will make with the house of Israel and the house of +Judah, a new covenant, [8:9]not according to the covenant which I made +with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead +them out of Egypt, for they continued not in my covenant, and I +neglected them, says the Lord. [8:10]This is the covenant that I will +make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will +put my laws in their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I +will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. [8:11]And they +shall not teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his +brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least +to the greatest of them. [8:12]For I will be merciful to their +wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more. +[8:13]By saying new, he made the first old; but that which is ancient +and weak is about to perish. + +3 [9:1]The first covenant then had ordinances of divine service and a +worldly sanctuary. [9:2]For the first tabernacle was provided, in which +were the candlestick and the table and the show bread, which is called +the sanctuary. [9:3]But behind the second vail is the tabernacle, +called the inner sanctuary, [9:4]having the golden censer and the ark +of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which were the +golden vase that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the +tables of the covenant, [9:5]and over it were the cherubs of glory, +overshadowing the propitiation; of which it is not necessary now to +speak particularly. + +4 [9:6]And these being thus provided, the priests enter into the first +tabernacle continually, performing the services, [9:7]but into the +second once a year only the chief priest [enters], not without blood, +which he offers for his errors and those of the people, [9:8]the Holy +Spirit showing this, that the way into the sanctuary is not made +manifest while the first tabernacle yet has a standing, [9:9]which is a +type of the time at hand, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered +that cannot perfect the worshipper as to the conscience, [9:10]only in +meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, +imposed till the time of reformation. + +5 [9:11]But Christ having come, a chief priest of the good times that +were to come, with a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made +with hands, that is, not of this creation, [9:12]not with blood of +goats and bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the +sanctuary having found eternal redemption. [9:13]For if the blood of +bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, +sanctifies to the purification of the flesh, [9:14]how much more shall +the blood of Christ, who with an eternal spirit offered himself without +fault to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the +living God. + +6 [9:15]And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that +death having been for a redemption of transgressions [transgressors] +under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the +eternal inheritance. [9:16]For where there is a covenant, there must +follow the death of the covenant-maker. [9:17]For a covenant is strong +for the dead, since it is never strong [unalterable] when the +covenant-maker lives; [9:18]whence also the first [covenant] was not +initiated without blood. [9:19]For every commandment of the law having +been spoken by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of bullocks +and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the +book itself and all the people, [9:20]saying, This is the blood of the +covenant which God has enjoined upon you. [9:21]And he sprinkled also +the tabernacle, and all the implements of the service, in like manner, +with blood. [9:22]And almost all things, according to the law, are +purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is no +forgiveness. + +7 [9:23]It was necessary, therefore, that the symbols of things in the +heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things +themselves with better sacrifices than these. [9:24]For Christ did not +enter into the sanctuary made with hands, a type of the true, but into +heaven itself, and already has appeared before God for us, [9:25]not +that he may often present himself, as the chief priest enters into the +sanctuary once a year with the blood of another [being]; [9:26]since it +was necessary that it should suffer often from the foundation of the +world, but now once at the consummation of the world he has been +manifested to destroy sins by the sacrifice of himself. [9:27]And as it +is appointed to men once to die, but after this is the judgment, +[9:28]so also Christ having been once offered to bear the sins of many, +shall appear a second time without sin, to those who look for him for +salvation. + +8 [10:1]For the law having a shadow of the good things that were to +come, not the very likeness of the things, could not by the sacrifices +which they offered continually every year perfect the offerers; +[10:2]if they could, would they not have ceased to be offered, because +those serving would have had no longer a knowledge of sins, having been +once purified? [10:3]But in them there was a remembrance of sins, year +by year; [10:4]for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats +should take away sins. [10:5]Wherefore, coming into the world, he says, +A sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body didst thou +prepare me. [10:6]Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou +wast not pleased with; [10:7]then I said, Behold, I come,--in the +volume of the book it is written of me,--to do thy will, O God. +[10:8]Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings +and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased +with, which are offered according to the law, [10:9] then he said, +Behold, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may +establish the second, [10:10]by which will we have been sanctified +through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all. + +9 [10:11]And every priest stood daily performing service and presenting +often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; [10:12]but +this [priest] having offered one sacrifice forever for sins, sat down +on the right hand of God, [10:13]henceforth waiting till his enemies +are made his footstool. [10:14] For by one offering he has perfected +forever the sanctified. [10:15]The Holy Spirit also testifies [this] to +us; for after it had said before, [10:16]This is the covenant which I +will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws +in their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, [10:17] and +their sins and transgressions will I remember no more. [10:18]But where +there is a forgiveness of these, an offering for sin is no longer +required. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE CONTEMPLATION OF CHRIST, FAITH AND ITS MARTYRS. + +1 [10:19]HAVING therefore, brothers, confidence in respect to the +entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, [10:20]which +[entrance] he consecrated for us a new and living way through the vail, +that is his flesh, [10:21]and [having] a great priest over the house of +God, [10:22]let us approach with a true heart in a full assurance of +faith, sprinkled in heart from an evil conscience, and washed in body +with pure water, [10:23]let us hold firmly the profession of the faith, +without declining; for he is faithful that promised; [10:24]and let us +observe one another for a provocation of love and of good works, +[10:25]not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of +[doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the +day approaching. + +2 [10:26]For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of +the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins, [10:27]but a +fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which is about +to consume the adversaries. [10:28]Any one who despised the law of +Moses died without mercy by two or three witnesses; [10:29]of how much +greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has +trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the +covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit +of grace. [10:30]For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I +will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people. [10:31] It is +fearful to fall into the hands of the living God. + +3 [10:32]But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened +you endured a great conflict with sufferings, [10:33]partly in being +made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being +companions of those so treated. [10:34]For you sympathized with those +in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing +that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures. +[10:35]Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has a great +reward. [10:36]For you have need of patience, that having done the +will of God you may receive the promise. [10:37]For yet a very little +while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay; [10:38] but +my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he draws back my soul +takes no pleasure in him. [10:39]But we are not of those who draw back +to perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul. + +4 [11:1]But faith is a confidence in respect to things hoped for, a +conviction of things not seen. [11:2]For by it the ancients obtained a +good repute. [11:3] We know by faith that the worlds were made by the +word of God, that the seen was not made from the apparent. [11:4]By +faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which +he was declared to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and +through the same, having died, he speaks still. [11:5]By faith Enoch +was translated without seeing death, and was not found because God +translated him. For before the translation he was said to have pleased +God; [11:6]but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that +comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of +those that seek him. + +5 [11:7]By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things +not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by +which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness +by faith. + +6 [11:8]By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place +which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing +where he was going. [11:9]By faith he resided temporarily in the land +of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac and +Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise; [11:10]for he looked for the city +which has foundations [fixed abodes] whose designer and builder is God. +[11:11]By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, +even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that +promised. [11:12]Wherefore also there were born of one, and those of +one dead, [a posterity] like the stars of heaven for multitude, and +like the sands on the sea-shore innumerable. + +7 [11:13]All these died in faith not having received the promises, but +having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that +they were foreigners and strangers on the earth. [11:14]For those who +say such things show that they seek a native country. [11:15]And if +they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would +have had opportunity to return; [11:16]but now they seek a better, that +is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be +called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. + +8 [11:17]By faith Abraham when tried offered Isaac, and he that +received the promises offered his only son, [11:18]of whom it was said, +In Isaac shall your posterity be called, [11:19]judging that God was +able to raise even from the dead; whence also in a figure he received +him. [11:20]By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in respect to +things to come. [11:21]By faith Jacob dying, blessed each of the sons +of Joseph and worshipped leaning on the top of his staff. [11:22]By +faith Joseph at the close of life made mention of the exodus of the +children of Israel and gave charge concerning his bones. + +9 [11:23]By faith Moses when he was born was hid three months by his +parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they feared +not the command of the king. [11:24]By faith Moses when he became a man +refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, [11:25]choosing +rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an +enjoyment of sin for a time, [11:26]judging the reproach of Christ +greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the +reward. [11:27]By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the +displeasure of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is +invisible. [11:28] By faith he observed the passover and the pouring +out of blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch +them. [11:29]By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry +land, which the Egyptians attempting were swallowed up. [11:30]By faith +the walls of Jericho fell down when they had been surrounded seven +days. [11:31]By faith Rahab the harlot escaped destruction with the +disobedient, having received the spies in peace. + +10 [11:32]And why should I say more? For time would fail me to relate +of Gideon and Barak, and Sampson and Jepthah, and David and Samuel and +the prophets, [11:33]who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed +righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, +[11:34]extinguished the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, +from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight +encampments of foreigners; [11:35]women received their dead from a +resurrection, others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that +they might obtain a better resurrection; [11:36]and others had trial of +mockings and scourges, and besides of bonds and imprisonment; +[11:37]they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were +tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in +sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated, +[11:38]of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and +mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth. [11:39]And none of +these who became martyrs through faith received the promise, [11:40]God +having provided something better for us, that they without us should +not be made perfect. + +11 [12:1]Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying +around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely +surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, +[12:2]looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who +for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, +and sat down on the right hand of God. [12:3]For consider him that has +endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become +faint and weary in your minds. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +DIVINE CHASTENING, MOUNT SINAI AND MOUNT ZION, MORAL DUTIES, ETC. + +1 [12:4]You have not yet resisted to blood contending against sin. +[12:5]And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to +sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when +rebuked by him, [12:6]for the Lord corrects those whom he loves, and +chastises every son whom he receives. [12:7]If you endure correction, +God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does +not correct? [12:8]But if you are without correction of which all are +partakers, then you are of foreign birth, and not sons. [12:9] +Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we +respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of +spirits and live? [12:10]For they for a few days corrected us as seemed +good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of his holiness. +[12:11]And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but +painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness +to those exercised by it. + +2 [12:12]Wherefore hold up the hands that hang down, and the feeble +knees, [12:13]and make straight courses for your feet, that the lame +may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed. +[12:14]Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no one +shall see the Lord, [12:15]taking care that no one may come short of +the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make +trouble and by it many be defiled, [12:16]that no one may be a +fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his +birthright. [12:17]For you know that afterwards, wishing also to +inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a +change of mind, though he sought it with tears. [12:18]For you have not +come to a mountain that may be touched, and to a burning fire, and +blackness and darkness and a tempest [12:19]and the sound of a trumpet +and the voice of words, which those who heard desired that the word +might not be spoken to them any more,-- [12:20]for they could not bear +what was commanded, And if a beast touches the mountain it shall be +stoned; [12:21]and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear +and tremble,-- [12:22]but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city +of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in +general assembly, [12:23]and to the church of the first-born who are +enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of +the righteous made perfect, [12:24]and to Jesus the mediator of the new +covenant, and to a sprinkled blood which speaks better than Abel. + +3 [12:25]See that you refuse not him that speaks; for if they did not +escape who refused him that gave answers on earth, much more shall we +[not escape] who turn ourselves away from him in heaven; [12:26]whose +voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, +Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also +heaven. [12:27]And this, Hereafter once for all, signifies the removal +of the things shaken as of things made, that those not shaken may +continue. [12:28]Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, +let us have grace through which we may serve God acceptably, with piety +and fear; [12:29]for our God is also a consuming fire. + +4 [13:1]Let brotherly love continue. [13:2]Forget not hospitality; for +by this some without knowing it have entertained angels. [13:3]Remember +those bound as bound with them, and those injured as being yourselves +also in the body. [13:4] Marriage is honorable in all, and married life +without blame; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. [13:5]Let +your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for +he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you; [13:6]so +that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; +what can man do to me? + +5 [13:7]Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and +considering the end of their life follow the faith. [13:8]Jesus Christ +is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. [13:9]Be not carried about +with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the mind should +be established with grace, not with aliments, in which those walking +are not profited. + +6 [13:10]We have an altar of which those who serve the tabernacle have +no right to eat. [13:11]For the bodies of those animals whose blood is +carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt without the +encampment. [13:12] Wherefore also Jesus, that he might purify the +people through his blood, suffered without the gate. [13:13]Let us +therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach; +[13:14]for we have not here a city that continues, but we seek that +which is to come. [13:15]Through him, therefore, let us offer the +sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips +confessing his name. [13:16]And forget not beneficence and liberality; +for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. + +7 [13:17]Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your +souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and +not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you. + +8 [13:18]Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all +things wishing to live well. [13:19]And I exhort you do this the more, +that I may sooner be restored to you. + +9 [13:20]And may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the +great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of the eternal covenant, our +Lord Jesus, [13:21]perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing +in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to +whom be the glory forever; amen. + +10 [13:22]And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation; +for I have sent to you a letter in a few words. [13:23]Know that +brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will +see you. [13:24]Salute all your guides and all the saints. Those from +Italy salute you. [13:25]The grace be with you all; amen. + + + + +REVELATION BY JOHN. + + +PATMOS, A.D. 68. + + + +CHAPTER I. + +INTRODUCTION, A VISION OF CHRIST + +1 [1:1]A REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his +servants [things] which must shortly occur, and he sent and made them +known by his angel to his servant John, [1:2]who declared the word of +God and the testimony of Jesus Christ which he saw. [1:3]Blessed is he +that reads, and those that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the +things written in it; for the time is at hand. + +2 [1:4]John, to the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace be to you, +from the Is and the Was and the Is to come, and from the seven spirits +which are before his throne, [1:5]and from Jesus Christ, the faithful +witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of +the earth. To him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his +blood, [1:6]and made us a kingdom, priests to God even his Father, to +him be the glory and the power forever; amen. + +3 [1:7]Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him +and those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn +because of him. Yes, amen. [1:8]I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the +Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the Almighty. + +4 [1:9]I, John, your brother and companion in the affliction and +kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island called Patmos +on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. [1:10]I was +in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice as of +a trumpet, [1:11]saying, What you see write in a book, and send to the +seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus and to +Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. + +5 [1:12]And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me; and having +turned around I saw seven golden candlesticks, [1:13]and in the midst +of the candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a robe +extending down to his feet, girded about the breasts with a golden +girdle; [1:14]and his head and hairs were white as white wool, as snow, +and his eyes like a flame of fire, [1:15]and his feet like fine brass +as if they were burned in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of +many waters, [1:16]and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of +his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and his face shone like +the sun in his strength. + +6 [1:17]And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his +right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last +[1:18]and the living, and I was dead, and behold, I am living forever +and ever; and I have the keys of death and of hades. [1:19]Write +therefore the things which you saw, and which are, and which are about +to appear hereafter, [1:20]the mystery of the seven stars which you saw +in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars +are angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks the seven +churches. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. + +1 [2:1]To the angel of the church in Ephesus write, These things says +he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst +of the seven golden candlesticks, [2:2]I know your works and your labor +and your patience, and that you cannot bear the wicked, and you tried +those who say they are apostles and are not, and found them false; +[2:3]and you have patience, and suffered for my name, and did not +faint. [2:4]But I have against you that you have left your first love. +[2:5]Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and change your minds, +and do the first works, otherwise I will come to you and remove your +candlestick from its place, unless you change your minds. [2:6]But you +have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also +hate. [2:7]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the +churches; To him that conquers will I give to eat of the tree of life, +which is in the paradise of my God. + +2 [2:8]And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things +says the first and the last, who was dead and lived, [2:9]I know your +affliction and poverty, but you are rich, and the blasphemy of those +who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. +[2:10]Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about +to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall +have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you +the crown of life. [2:11]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit +says to the churches; He that conquers shall not be injured by the +second death. + +3 [2:12]And to the angel of the church in Pergamus write, These things +says he that has the two-edged sharp sword, [2:13]I know your works and +where you live; where Satan's throne is; and you hold my name, and did +not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas my faithful martyr was +killed among you, where Satan dwells. [2:14]But I have a few things +against you; you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who +taught Balak to put an occasion of sin before the children of Israel, +both to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication. [2:15]So +in like manner you have also those who hold the doctrine of the +Nicolaitans. [2:16]Change your minds therefore; otherwise I will come +to you quickly, and fight with them with the sword of my mouth. +[2:17]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the +churches; To him that conquers will I give of the hidden manna, and I +will give him a white token, and on the token a new name engraved, +which no one knows but he that receives it. + +4 [2:18]And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things +says the Son of God, he that has his eyes like a flame of fire and his +feet like fine brass, [2:19]I know your works and love and faith and +service and your patience, and your last works more than the first. +[2:20]But I have against you that you allow your wife Jezebel, who says +she is a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit +fornication and eat things offered to idols. [2:21]And I gave her time +to change her mind, and she will not change her mind from her +fornication. [2:22]Behold, I will cast her on a [sick] bed, and those +committing adultery with her into great affliction, unless they change +their minds from her works. [2:23]And her children will I kill with +pestilence, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searches +the minds and hearts, and I will give you each one according to your +works. [2:24]But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira who have not this +doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will +put on you no other burden; [2:25]but what you have, hold fast till I +come. [2:26]And to him that conquers and keeps my works till the end, I +will give power over the nations, [2:27]and he shall rule them with a +rod of iron, and crush them like earthen vessels, as I also have +received of my Father, [2:28]and I will give him the star of the +morning. [2:29]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the +churches. + +5 [3:1]And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things +says he that has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, I know +your works, that you have a name to live, and are dead. [3:2]Be +watchful, confirm the rest who are about to die. For I have not found +your works perfect before my God. [3:3] Remember therefore how you have +received and heard, and watch, and change your minds. If therefore you +do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know at what +hour I will come upon you. [3:4]But you have a few names in Sardis who +have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, +for they are worthy. [3:5]He that conquers shall be clothed in white +robes, and I will not obliterate his name from the book of life, and I +will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. [3:6]Let +him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches. + +6 [3:7]And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These +things says the Holy One, the True, he that has the key of David, he +that opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open, +[3:8]I know your works; behold, I have placed before you an opened +door, which no man can shut; because you have a little power, and kept +my word, and did not deny my name. [3:9]Behold, I will make those of +the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, +behold, I will make them come and worship at your feet, and they shall +know that I have loved you. [3:10]Because you have kept the word of my +patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come +on all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth. [3:11]I come +quickly; keep what you have, that no man may take your crown. +[3:12]Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, +and he shall go out of it no more, and I will write on him the name of +my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which +comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. [3:13]Let him +that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches. + +7 [3:14]And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, These things +says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the +creation of God, [3:15]I know your works, that you are neither cold nor +hot. I wish you were cold or hot. [3:16]Because therefore you are +warm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth. +[3:17]For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of +nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, +and blind, and naked. [3:18]I advise you to buy of me gold purified in +the fire that you may be rich, and white robes that you may put on, and +the shame of your nakedness not appear, and an eye-salve to anoint your +eyes that you may see. [3:19]As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; +be zealous therefore and change your minds. [3:20]Behold, I stand at +the door and knock; if any one shall hear my voice and open the door, I +will enter in to him, and feast with him, and he with me. [3:21]To him +that conquers will I give to sit down with me on my throne, as I +conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. [3:22]Let him that +has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +THE HEAVENLY WORLD, THE THRONE OF GOD AND HIS COURT--THE ELDERS, +CHERUBS, SEALED BOOK, LAMB, ETC. + +1 [4:1]AFTER this I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and +the first voice which I heard was of a trumpet speaking to me, saying, +Come up hither, and I will show you things that must occur hereafter. +[4:2]And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set +in heaven, and one sat on the throne. [4:3]And he that sat was like a +jasper and sardine stone, and there was an iris about the throne, +similar in appearance to an emerald. [4:4]And about the throne were +twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting +clothed in white robes, and having crowns of gold on their heads. + +2 [4:5]And there proceeded from the throne lightnings and voices and +thunders; and seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which +are the seven spirits of God, [4:6]and before the throne was as it were +a sea of glass like crystal; and in the midst of the throne and about +the throne were four living ones [cherubs] full of eyes before and +behind. [4:7]And the first cherub was like a lion, and the second +cherub like a bullock, and the third cherub had the face of a man, and +the fourth cherub was like a flying eagle. + +3 [4:8]And the four cherubs had each six wings apiece. And they were +full of eyes around and within, and they had no rest day nor night, +saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty the Was and the Is +and the Is to come. [4:9]And when the cherubs gave glory and honor and +thanks to him that sat on the throne who lives forever and ever, +[4:10]the twenty-four elders fell down on their faces before him that +sat on the throne, and worshipped him that lives forever and ever, and +cast their crowns before his throne, saying, [4:11]Thou art worthy, our +Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou hast +created all things, and on account of thy will they are and were +created. + +4 [5:1]And I saw at the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book +written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. [5:2]And I +saw a mighty angel proclaim with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open +the book and to break its seven seals? [5:3]And no one in heaven +above, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, could open the book, or +look in it. [5:4]And I wept much because no one was found worthy to +open the book or to look in it. [5:5]And one of the elders said to me, +Weep not; behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, +has conquered, he is opening the book and its seven seals. + +5 [5:6]And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four cherubs and +in the midst of the elders, a lamb standing as if killed, having seven +horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all +the earth. [5:7]And he came and took [the book] from the right hand of +him that sat on the throne. + +6 [5:8]And when he took the book, the four cherubs and the twenty-four +elders fell down before the lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls +full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints: [5:9]And they sung +a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its +seals, for thou wast killed and hast redeemed to God with thy blood +[men] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, [5:10]and hast +made them a kingdom and priests, and they shall reign on the earth. +[5:11]And I saw, and heard a voice of many angels about the throne, and +of the cherubs, and of the elders,--and the number of them was ten +thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands,-- [5:12]saying +with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was killed to receive power, +and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and +blessing. [5:13]And every creature which is in heaven, and on the +earth, and under the earth, and those which are on the sea, and all +things in them, all heard I saying, To him that sits on the throne and +to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and power forever and ever. +[5:14]And the four cherubs said, Amen. And the elders fell down and +worshipped: + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE FIRST SIX SEALS OF THE BOOK OF PROPHECY, THE SEALING OF GOD'S +SERVANTS, ETC. + +1 [6:1]AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and heard +one of the four cherubs say like the sound of thunder, Come. [6:2]And I +saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it had a bow, and a +crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer. + +2 [6:3]And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second cherub +say, Come. [6:4]And there went out another fiery horse, and it was +given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they +should kill one another, and there was given him a great sword. + +3 [6:5]And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third cherub say, +Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it had a +pair of scales in his hand. [6:6]And I heard a voice in the midst of +the four cherubs, saying, A choenix [a quart] of wheat for a denarius +[14 cents], and three choenices of barley for a denarius; and injure +not the oil and wine. + +4 [6:7]And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth cherub +say, Come. [6:8]And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and one sat on it, +whose name was Death, and Hades followed him, and there was given him +power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with +famine and with pestilence and by the beasts of the earth. + +5 [6:9]And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the +souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which +they had. [6:10] And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, +Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those +that dwell on the earth? [6:11]And a white robe was given them, and it +was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants +and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been +should finish [their testimony]. + +6 [6:12]And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great +earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and all the +moon became as blood, [6:13]and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, +as a fig tree casts down its unseasonable figs when shaken with a +mighty wind, [6:14]and heaven departed like a book rolled up, and every +mountain and island were moved from their places. [6:15]And the kings +of the earth and the great men and the chiliarchs and the rich and the +mighty and every servant and freeman hid themselves in caves and in the +rocks of the mountains, [6:16]and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall +on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne and +from the wrath of the Lamb, [6:17]for the great day of his wrath has +come, and who can stand? + +7 [7:1]And after this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of +the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow +on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. [7:2]And I saw another +angel ascend 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 +injure the earth and the sea, [7:3] saying, Injure not the earth nor +the sea nor the trees, till we seal the servants of our God on their +foreheads. [7:4]And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and +forty-four thousand were sealed from every tribe of the children of +Israel. + +8 [7:5]From the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, from the +tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, +[7:6]from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of +Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, +[7:7]from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi +twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, [7:8]from +the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve +thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand. + +9 [7:9]After this I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man +could number, of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and +tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with +white robes, and having palm branches in their hands; [7:10]and they +cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation be to our God who sits on +the throne and to the Lamb. [7:11]And all the angels stood around the +throne and the elders and the four cherubs, and fell down before the +throne on their faces, and worshipped God, [7:12]saying, Amen, blessing +and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength +be to our God forever and ever. + +10 [7:13]And one of the elders answered and said to me, Who are those +clothed with white robes, and whence did they come? [7:14]And I said +to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come +out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white +in the blood of the Lamb. [7:15] Therefore they are before the throne +of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on +the throne will dwell among them. [7:16]And they shall hunger no more, +neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any +heat, [7:17]for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed +them and lead them to fountains of the waters of life, and God shall +wipe away every tear from their eyes. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +THE SEVENTH SEAL, THE FIRST FIVE TRUMPETS, THE STAR THAT FELL FROM +HEAVEN, THE LOCUSTS, ETC. + +1 [8:1]AND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven +about half an hour. [8:2]And I saw the seven angels who stand before +God, and there were given them seven trumpets. [8:3]And another angel +came and stood by the altar, having a golden censer, and there was +given him much incense to present with the prayers of all the saints on +the golden altar before the throne. [8:4] And a cloud of incense +ascended with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel +before God. [8:5]And the angel took the censer and filled it from the +fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth; and there were thunders +and lightning and voices and an earthquake. + +2 [8:6]And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared +themselves to sound. [8:7]And the first sounded; and there was hail and +fire mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth; and a third part +of the earth was consumed, and a third part of the trees were consumed, +and all the green grass was consumed. + +3 [8:8]And the second angel sounded; and the appearance of a great +mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and a third part of +the sea became blood, [8:9]and a third part of the creatures in the sea +having life died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed. + +4 [8:10]And the third angel sounded; and there fell from heaven a great +star, burning like a lamp, and it fell on a third part of the rivers +and on the fountains of waters. [8:11]And the name of the star was +called Bitterness. And a third part of the waters became bitter, and +many men died by the waters, because they were bitter. + +5 [8:12]And the fourth angel sounded; and a third part of the sun was +smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, +and a third part of them were darkened, and the day did not appear a +third part of it, nor the night. [8:13]And I saw, and heard an eagle +flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, +to those who live on the earth on account of the other voices of the +trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound. + +6 [9:1]And the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star fall from heaven +to the earth, and there was given him the key of the pit of the abyss. +[9:2]And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there arose up a smoke +from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the +air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. [9:3]And from the smoke +went out locusts on the earth, and power was given them like the power +which scorpions of the earth have. [9:4]And it was told them not to +injure the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but the +men who had not the seal of God on their foreheads. [9:5]And it was +given them not to kill them, but to sting them five months; and their +sting was like the sting of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. [9:6]And +in those days men shall seek death and not find it, and shall desire to +die and death flee from them. + +7 [9:7]And the forms of the locusts were like horses prepared for +battle, and upon their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and +their faces were like the faces of men, [9:8]and they had hair like the +hair of women, and their teeth were like [those] of lions, [9:9]and +they had cuirasses like steel cuirasses, and the sound of their wings +was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. +[9:10]And they had tails like scorpions and stings, and in their tails +was their power to injure men five months. [9:11]They had over them a +king, an angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in +the Greek he is called Apollyon. [9:12]One woe has passed; behold, +there come yet two woes after this. + +8 [9:13]And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the four +horns of the golden altar before God, [9:14]saying to the sixth angel +who had the trumpet, Unbind the four angels bound by the river, the +great Euphrates. [9:15] And the four angels were unbound, who were +prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill a third +part of men. [9:16]And the number of the armies of the horse was two +ten thousands of ten thousands; I heard the number of them. [9:17]And +thus I saw the horses in the vision and those sitting on them, having +cuirassess of fire, of hyacinth and of sulphur; and the heads of the +horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths proceeded +fire and smoke and sulphur. + +9 [9:18]By these three plagues a third part of men were killed, by the +fire and the smoke and the sulphur which proceeded from their mouths. +[9:19]For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their +tails; for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them +they did injury. [9:20]And the rest of men, who were not killed with +these plagues, did not change their minds [to turn] from the works of +their hands, not to worship demons and idols of gold and silver and +brass and stone and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk, [9:21] +and did not change their minds [to turn] from their murders, nor from +their magic arts, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +THE LITTLE BOOK AND THE TWO WITNESSES. + +1 [10:1]AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed +with a cloud, and an iris was about his head, and his face was like the +sun, and his feet like pillars of fire, [10:2]and he had in his hand a +little book opened. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left +on the land, [10:3]and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And +when he cried, seven thunders spoke their words. [10:4]And when the +seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from +heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and write it not. + +2 [10:5]And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land, +lifted up his right hand to heaven, [10:6]and swore by him that lives +forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the +earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that time +should be no longer, [10:7]but in the days of the sounding of the +seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God shall +be finished, as he told his servants the prophets. + +3 [10:8]And the voice which I heard from heaven [I heard] again speak +to me and say, Go and take the little opened book in the hand of the +angel who stands on the sea and on the land. [10:9]And I went to the +angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, +Take and eat it, and it will embitter your stomach, but in your mouth +it will be sweet as honey. [10:10]And I took the little book from the +hand of the angel and eat it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey; +and when I eat it, my stomach was bitter. [10:11]And they said to me, +You must prophesy again before peoples and nations and tongues and many +kings. + +4 [11:1]And a rod was given me like a staff, and he said, Arise and +measure the temple of God and the altar and those that worship in it. +[11:2]And leave out the exterior court of the temple and measure it +not, for it has been given to the gentiles, and they shall tread the +holy city under foot forty-two months [three years and a half]. +[11:3]And I will give charge to my two witnesses, and they shall +prophesy twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half] clothed +with sackcloth. [11:4]These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps, +which stand before the Lord of the earth. [11:5]And if any one will +injure them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their +adversaries; and if any one will injure them, he must thus be killed. +[11:6]These have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain in the days +of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them +into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they +will. + +5 [11:7]And when they shall finish their testimony, the beast which +ascends from the abyss shall make war with them, and conquer them, and +kill them. [11:8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the streets of the +great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also +their Lord was crucified. [11:9] And the peoples and tribes and tongues +and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and +shall not permit their dead bodies to be buried. [11:10]And those that +dwell on the earth shall be glad, and rejoice over them, and shall send +gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented those that +dwell on the earth. [11:11]And after three days and a half the spirit +of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and +great fear fell on those that saw them. [11:12]And I heard a loud +voice from heaven saying to them, Ascend hither; and they ascended to +heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them. [11:13]And in that +hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell, +and seven thousand men were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were +terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. [11:14]The second woe +has passed; behold, the third woe comes quickly. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +THE SEVENTH TRUMPET, THE WOMAN, THE DRAGON AND THE BEASTS. + +1 [11:15]AND the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in +heaven, saying, the kingdom of the world has become our Lord's and his +Christ's, and he shall reign forever and ever. [11:16]And the +twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their +faces, and worshipped God, [11:17]saying, We thank thee, Lord God +Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou didst take thy great power and +reign, [11:18]and the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the +time of the dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants +the prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and +great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth. + +2 [11:19]And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his +covenant appeared in his temple, and there were lightnings and voices +and thunders and great hail. + +3 [12:1]And a great symbol appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the +sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve +stars, [12:2]and being with child she cried out in pain and distress to +give it birth. [12:3]And there appeared another symbol in heaven, and +behold, a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and upon +his heads seven diadems, [12:4]and his tail drew a third of the stars +of heaven, and cast them on the earth. And the dragon stood before the +woman who was about to bear [a child], that when she had borne he might +devour her son. [12:5]And she bore a male child, who is about to rule +all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God, and +to his throne. [12:6]And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she +has a place prepared by God, that they may nourish her there twelve +hundred and sixty days [three years and a half]. + +4 [12:7]And there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting +with the dragon. And the dragon fought and his angels, [12:8]and were +not strong, neither was their place found any longer in heaven. +[12:9]And the great dragon, the old serpent, who is called the devil +and Satan, and who deceives all the world, was cast to the earth, and +his angels were cast [to the earth] with him. [12:10]And I heard a loud +voice in heaven saying, Now has come the salvation and power and +kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of the +brothers, that accused them day and night before God, has been cast [to +the earth]. [12:11]And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and +by the word of their testimony, and exposed their lives to death. +[12:12]Therefore rejoice, heavens, and those who dwell in them; woe to +the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you, having great +anger, knowing that he has a short time. + +5 [12:13]And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he +persecuted the woman who bore the male child. [12:14]And there were +given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly to +the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished a time and times +and half a time [three years and a half], from before the serpent. +[12:15]And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water like +a river, that he might carry her away. [12:16]And the earth helped the +woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which +the dragon cast out of his mouth. [12:17]And the dragon was angry with +the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children who keep +the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. + +6 [13:1]And I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast come up +out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon his horns +ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. [13:2]And the beast +which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet like those of a bear, and +his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power +and his throne and great authority. [13:3]And one of his heads [was as +if] mortally wounded, and its mortal wound was healed. And all the +earth wondered after the beast, [13:4]and they worshipped the dragon, +because he gave power to the beast, and worshipped the beast, saying, +Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him? [13:5]And +there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy, and +power was given him to continue forty-two months [three years and a +half]. [13:6]And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to +blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven. +[13:7]And it was given him to make war with the saints and to conquer +them, and power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue +and nation. [13:8]And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, +[every one] whose name is not enrolled in the Lamb's book of life who +was killed from the foundation of the world. [13:9]If any one has an +ear let him hear. [13:10]If any one [leads] into captivity, he shall go +into captivity; if any one kills with the sword, he shall be killed +with the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints. + +7 [13:11]And I saw another beast come up out of the earth, and he had +two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. [13:12]And he exercised +all the power of the first beast in his presence. And he caused the +earth and those that dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose +mortal wound was healed. [13:13]And he performs great miracles, so as +even to make fire come down from heaven to the earth in the sight of +men. [13:14]And he deceives those that dwell on the earth by the +miracles which it was given him to perform before the beast, telling +those that dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast which had +the wound with the sword and lived. [13:15]And it was given him to give +a spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should +both speak, and cause that all who would not worship the image of the +beast should be killed. [13:16] And he caused all, small and great, and +rich and poor, and freemen and servants, to receive the mark on their +right hand or on their forehead, [13:17]and that no one should buy or +sell unless he had the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his +name. [13:18]Here is wisdom. Let him that has a mind count the number +of the beast; for the number is man's. And his number is six hundred +and sixty-six. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +THE LAMB ON MOUNT ZION, AND HIS JUDGMENTS. + +1 [14:1]AND I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with +him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of +his father written on their foreheads. [14:2]And I heard a voice from +heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud +thunder, and the voice which I heard was like harpers playing on their +harps. [14:3]And they sung a new song before the throne and before the +four cherubs and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the +hundred and forty-four thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth. +[14:4]These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are +virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These +were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the Lamb, [14:5]and in +their mouth was found no deceit; for they are blameless. + +2 [14:6]And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the +eternal gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth and to every +nation and tribe and tongue and people, [14:7]saying with a loud voice, +Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come, and +worship him that made heaven and the earth and the sea and fountains of +waters. + +3 [14:8]And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Babylon the +great has fallen, who made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath +of her fornication. + +4 [14:9]And another, a third angel, followed them, saying with a loud +voice, if any one worships the beast and his image, and receives the +mark on his forehead or on his hand, [14:10]he shall drink of the wine +of the wrath of God, mingled undiluted in the cup of his indignation, +and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur before the angels and +before the Lamb. [14:11]And the smoke of their torment rises up forever +and ever, and they have no rest day nor night who worship the beast and +his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. [14:12]Here is +the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the +faith of Jesus. [14:13]And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, +Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yes, says +the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors; and their works follow +after them. + +5 [14:14]And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one +sitting like the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold and in +his hand a sharp sickle. [14:15]And another angel came out of the +temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send +your sickle and reap, for the time has come to harvest, for the harvest +of the earth is dry. [14:16]And he that sat on the cloud cast his +sickle upon the earth, and the earth was harvested. + +6 [14:17]And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he had +a sharp sickle; [14:18]and another angel came out from the altar, who +had power over fire, and cried with a loud voice to him who had the +sharp sickle, saying, Send your sharp sickle and gather the grapes of +the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe. [14:19]And the angel +cast his sharp sickle on the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth +and cast it into the great wine-press of the wrath of God. [14:20]And +the wine-press was trodden without the city, and the blood went out +from the wine-press to the horses' bridles, a distance of sixteen +hundred stadia [158 English miles]. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +THE LAST SEVEN PLAGUES OF THE KINGDOM OF THE BEAST. + +1 [15:1]AND I saw another symbol in heaven, great and wonderful, seven +angels having the last seven plagues, because by them the wrath of God +was finished. [15:2]And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with +fire, and those becoming victors over the beast and his image and the +number of his name standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. +[15:3]And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song +of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God +Almighty; just and true are thy ways, king of the nations; [15:4]who +shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art +holy, for all the nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy +righteous ordinances have been made manifest. + +2 [15:5]And after this I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the +testimony was opened in heaven, [the inner temple], [15:6]and the seven +angels went out who have the last seven plagues, clothed with pure +bright linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles. +[15:7]And one of the four cherubs gave the seven angels seven golden +bowls full of the wrath of the God who lives forever and ever. +[15:8]And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and +from his power, and no one could enter into the temple till the seven +plagues of the seven angels were finished. + +3 [16:1]And I heard a loud voice saying to the seven angels, Go, pour +out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth. [16:2]And the +first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there was an evil +and malignant ulcer on the men who have the mark of the beast and those +who worship his image. + +4 [16:3]And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became as +the blood of a dead body, and every living soul died, the [creatures] +in the sea. + +5 [16:4]And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers and the +fountains of waters; and they became blood. [16:5]And I heard the angel +of the waters say, Thou art just, the Is and the Was, [the] Holy One, +because thou hast judged thus, [16:6]for they shed the blood of saints +and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy. +[16:7]And I heard the altar say, Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and +righteous are thy judgments. + +6 [16:8]And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given +it to scorch men with fire. [16:9]And men were scorched with great +heat, and blasphemed the name of God who had power over these plagues, +and changed not their minds to give him glory. + +7 [16:10]And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; +and his kingdom was darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from +painful labor, [16:11] and blasphemed the God of heaven on account of +their painful labors and their ulcers, and they changed not their minds +to turn from their works. + +8 [16:12]And the sixth poured out his bowl on the river, the great +Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from +the East might be prepared. [16:13]And I saw three impure spirits like +frogs [proceed] from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the +beast and from the mouth of the false prophet;-- [16:14]for [these] are +spirits of demons that perform miracles, that go to the kings of all +the world, to assemble them for the battle of that great day of God +Almighty. [16:15]Behold, I come as a thief; blessed is he that watches +and keeps on his clothes, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. +[16:16]And they assembled them in the place called in Hebrew Armagedon. + +9 [16:17]And the seventh angel poured out his bowl on the air; and +there came out a loud voice from the temple, from the throne, saying, +It is done. [16:18] And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, +and there was a great earthquake, such as has not been since a man was +on the earth, such an earthquake and one so great. [16:19]And the great +city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. +And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of +the wine of his indignant wrath. [16:20]And every island fled, and the +mountains were not found. [16:21]And great hail of about the weight of +a talent [the Attic talent, 56 pounds, the Jewish, 113] came down from +heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the +hail because its plague was very great. + + + +CHAPTER X. + +THE FALL OF BABYLON. + +1 [17:1]AND one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and +spoke to me, saying, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great +harlot who sits on many waters, [17:2]with whom the kings of the earth +have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made +drunk with the wine of her fornication. + +2 [17:3]And he bore me away into the wilderness in the Spirit. And I +saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, [the beast] full of blasphemous +names, having seven heads and ten horns. [17:4]And the woman was +clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious +stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations +and the impurities of the fornication of the earth, [17:5]and on her +forehead the names inscribed, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF +HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [17:6]And I saw the woman +drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of +Jesus, and I wondered when I saw her with great wonder. + +3 [17:7]And the angel said to me, Why did you wonder? I will tell you +the mystery of the woman and of the beast which carries her, having the +seven heads and ten horns. [17:8]The beast which you saw was and is +not, and is about to come up from the abyss, and goes to destruction; +and those who live on the earth, whose names are not written in the +book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder, when they +see the beast that he was and is not and is to come. [17:9]Here is the +mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which +the woman sits, [17:10]and are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, +the other has not yet come, and when he comes must continue a short +time. [17:11]And the beast which was and is not, he also is the +eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to destruction. + +4 [17:12]And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have not +yet received a kingdom, but receive power as kings one hour with the +beast. [17:13] These have one will, and give their power and their +authority to the beast. [17:14]They shall make war with the Lamb, and +the Lamb shall conquer them,--for he is Lord of lords and King of +kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful. +[17:15]And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot +sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. [17:16]And +the ten horns which you saw and the beast shall hate the harlot, and +make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her with fire; +[17:17]for God has put it into their hearts to do his will and to have +one will and give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God are +finished. [17:18]And the woman which you saw is the great city which +reigns over the kings of the earth. + +5 [18:1]After this I saw another angel come down from heaven, having +great power, and the earth was lighted by his glory. [18:2]And he +cried with a loud voice, saving, Babylon the great has fallen, has +fallen, and has become a habitation of demons, and a haunt of every +impure spirit, and a haunt of every impure and hateful bird, +[18:3]because all nations have drank of the wine of the wrath of her +fornication, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, +and the merchants of the earth became rich from the greatness of her +luxury. + +6 [18:4]And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, +my people, that you may not partake of her sins, and receive of her +plagues; [18:5] for her sins have reached to heaven and God has +remembered her wickedness. [18:6]Render to her as she rendered to you, +and repay her double according to her works; of the cup that she has +mixed, mix to her double; [18:7]as much as she glorified herself, and +lived luxuriously, so much distress and sorrow give her. For she says +in her mind, I sit a queen and am not a widow and I see not sorrow. +[18:8]Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and sorrow and +famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for mighty is the Lord God +who has judged her. + +7 [18:9]And the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived +luxuriously with her shall weep and lament for her, when they see the +smoke of her burning, [18:10]standing at a distance on account of fear +of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon the mighty +city, for in one hour your judgment has come. [18:11]And the merchants +of the earth shall weep and lament for her, because no one buys their +wares any more, [18:12]wares of gold and silver and precious stones and +pearls, and linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood, +and every implement of ivory and every implement of most precious wood, +of brass and iron and marble, [18:13]cinnamon and amomum and incense +and ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil and fine flour and +wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and chariots and servants, +and souls of men. [18:14]And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone +from you, and all precious and shining stores have perished from you, +and you shall find them no more. + +8 [18:15]And dealers in these things, and those who became rich by her, +shall stand afar off for fear of her distress, weeping and lamenting, +[18:16]saying, Alas, alas, the great city, that was clothed with fine +linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones +and pearls, [18:17]for in one hour are so great riches made a +desolation. And every sailing-master and every one who sails to the +place, and sailors and all that work on the sea, shall stand afar off, +[18:18]and looking on the smoke of its burning, cry, saying, What city +is like this great city? [18:19]And they shall cast dust on their +heads, and cry weeping and lamenting, saying, Alas, alas, the great +city, by which all were enriched who had ships on the sea on account of +her costly merchandise, for in one hour is it made desolate. +[18:20]Rejoice over her, heaven, and you holy angels and apostles and +prophets, for God has executed your judgment on her. + +9 [18:21]And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and +cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the +great city be cast down, and shall be found no more. [18:22]And the +voice of harpers and singers and of those that play on flutes and +trumpets shall be heard in you no more. And no artisan of any art +shall be found in you any more, and the sound of a mill shall be heard +in you no more, [18:23]and the light of a candle shall shine in you no +more, and the voice of a bridegroom and of a bride shall be heard in +you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for +all nations were deceived by your magic arts, [18:24]and in her was +found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all that have been +killed on the earth. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +SATAN CONQUERED AND IMPRISONED, HIS RELEASE AND FINAL OVERTHROW. + +1 [19:1]AFTER this I heard a loud voice as of a great multitude in +heaven, saying, Halleluia, the salvation and glory and power of our +God, [19:2]for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged +the great harlot who destroyed the earth with her fornication, and +avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. [19:3]And again they +said, Halleluia, and her smoke ascends forever and ever. [19:4]And the +twenty-four elders fell down, and the four cherubs, and worshipped God +who sat on the throne, saying, Amen, Halleluia. [19:5]And a voice came +out from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his servants and those +that fear him, small and great. [19:6]And I heard them as the voice of +a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of +mighty thunders, saying, Halleluia, for the Lord our God the Almighty +reigns. [19:7]Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for +the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself, +[19:8]and it was given her to be arrayed in fine linen white and +clean;--for fine linen represents the righteous ordinances of the +saints. + +2 [19:9]And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to +the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true +words of God. [19:10]And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he +said to me, See [that you do it] not; I am your fellow-servant and of +your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the +testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. + +3 [19:11]And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he +that sat on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness he +judges and makes war. [19:12]And his eyes are a flame of fire, and on +his head are many diadems; he has a name written that no man knows +except himself, [19:13]and he is clothed in a mantle dipped in blood, +and his name is called The Word of God. [19:14]And the armies of heaven +follow him upon white horses, clothed with fine white clean linen. +[19:15]And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he may +smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he +shall tread the wine-press of the indignant wrath of God Almighty. +[19:16]And he has on the mantle and on the thigh his name written, King +of kings and Lord of lords. + +4 [19:17]And I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried with a +loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, +assemble yourselves to the great supper of God, [19:18]that you may eat +the flesh of kings and the flesh of chiliarchs and the flesh of mighty +[men] and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the +flesh of all, both free-men and servants and both small and great. +[19:19]And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies +assembled together to make war with him that sat on the horse and with +his army. [19:20]And the beast was taken and with him the false +prophet who performed miracles before him, with which he deceived those +who received the mark of the beast and those who worship his image; and +the two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. +[19:21]And the rest were killed with the sword of him that sits on the +horse, which proceeded out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled +with their flesh. + +5 [20:1]And I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of +the abyss and a great chain in his hand. [20:2]And he took the dragon, +which is the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a +thousand years, [20:3]and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up and +put a seal over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till +the thousand years were finished; after that he must be released a +short time. + +6 [20:4]And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given +them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony +of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his +image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right +hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years; +[20:5]the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years were +finished. This is the first resurrection. [20:6]Blessed and holy is he +that has part in the first resurrection; on these the second death has +no power, but they shall be priests of God and Christ, and reign with +him a thousand years. + +7 [20:7]And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be +released from his prison, [20:8]and go forth to deceive the nations +which are in the four quarters of the earth, the Gog and the Magog [the +king and the people], and to assemble them together to battle, whose +number is as the sand of the sea. [20:9] And they went up on the +breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the saints and +the beloved city; and fire came down from heaven and consumed them. +[20:10]And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire +and sulphur, where also the beast and the false prophet [were cast], +and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +THE FINAL JUDGMENT, THE NEW JERUSALEM, ETC. + +1 [20:11]AND I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it, from +whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found +for them. [20:12]And I saw the dead, great and small, stand before the +throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which +is of life. And the dead were judged from the things written in the +books according to their works. [20:13]And the sea gave up the dead +who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, +and they were judged each according to their works. [20:14]And Death +and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, +the lake of fire. [20:15]And whoever was not found enrolled in the book +of life was cast into the lake of fire. + +2 [21:1]And I saw a new heaven and new earth; for the first heaven and +the first earth passed away, and the sea was no more. [21:2]And I saw +the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, +prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [21:3]And I heard a loud +voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, +and he will tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God +himself will be with them, their God, [21:4]and he will wipe away every +tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor shall lamentation +nor crying nor pain be any more, for the former things have passed away. + +3 [21:5]And he that sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things +new. And he said, Write that these words are faithful and true. +[21:6]And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the +beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain +of the water of life freely. [21:7]He that conquers shall inherit these +things, and I will be to him a God and he shall be to me a son. +[21:8]But the fearful and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and +fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their +part in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second +death. + +4 [21:9]And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the +last seven plagues came, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show +you the wife, the bride of the Lamb. [21:10]And he bore me away in the +Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the city, the holy +Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, [21:11]having the glory +of God; its luminary was like the most precious stone, like a +crystalline jasper. [21:12]It had a great and high wall, it had twelve +gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are +the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. [21:13]On the +east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south +three gates, and on the west three gates. [21:14]And the wall of the +city has twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve +apostles of the Lamb. + +5 [21:15]And he that spoke with me had a golden measuring rod, to +measure the city and its gates and its wall. [21:16]And the city was +square, and its length equal to its breadth. And he measured the city +with the rod, twelve thousand stadia [1372 English miles]; and the +length and breadth and height of it are equal. [21:17]And he measured +its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which +was of the angel. [21:18]And the building of its wall was jasper, and +the city was of pure gold like clear glass. [21:19]And the foundations +of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone; the +first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, +the fourth emerald, [21:20]the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardine stone, +the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth +chrysoprase, the eleventh hyacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. + +6 [21:21]And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was +of one pearl. And the street of the city was of pure gold, transparent +as glass. [21:22]And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty +is its temple, and the Lamb. [21:23]And the city has no need of the +sun, nor of the moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God +lights it, and its light the Lamb. [21:24] And the nations shall walk +in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it, +[21:25]and its gates shall not be shut by day,--for there shall be no +night there,-- [21:26]and they shall bring the glory and honor of the +nations into it. [21:27]And there shall not enter into it any thing +that is defiled, nor any one that commits an abomination and falsehood, +but those enrolled in the Lamb's book of life. + +7 [22:1]And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, +proceeding from the throne of God and the Lamb. [22:2]In the midst of +its broad plain and along the river on each side was the tree of life, +bearing twelve fruits, and yielding monthly each of its fruits, and the +leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. [22:3]And no +curse shall be there any more. And the throne of God and of the Lamb +shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him, [22:4]and shall see +his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads. [22:5] And there +shall be no night, and they shall have no need of a lamp and light, for +the Lord God shall shed light on them, and they shall reign forever and +ever. + +8 [22:6]And he said to me, These words are faithful and true, and the +Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show his +servants what must shortly occur. [22:7]Behold, I come quickly. Blessed +is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. + +9 [22:8]And I am John who heard and saw these thing; and when I heard +and when I saw I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that +showed me these things. [22:9]And he said to me, See [that you do it] +not; for I am your fellow servant and of your brothers the prophets and +of those that keep the words of this book; worship God. [22:10]And he +said to me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; the +time is at hand. [22:11]Let the unjust be unjust still, and let the +filthy be filthy still, and let the righteous do righteousness still, +and let the holy be made holy still. + +10 [22:12]Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give +every one as his work is. [22:13]I am the Alpha and the Omega, first +and last, the beginning and end. [22:14]Blessed are they that keep his +commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and enter +by the gates into the city. [22:15]Without are dogs and sorcerers, and +fornicators, and murderers and idolaters and whoever loves and +practises falsehood. + +11 [22:16]I Jesus sent my angel to testify to you these things for the +churches. I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright star of +the morning. [22:17]And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him +that hears say, Come. And let him that thirsts, come; let him that +will, take the water of life freely. + +12 [22:18]I testify to every one that hears the words of the prophecy +of this book. If any one adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues +written in this book; [22:19]and if any one takes away from the words +of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the +tree of life, and the holy city, described in this book. [22:20]He that +testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen, come Lord +Jesus. [22:21]The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The New Testament, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT *** + +***** This file should be named 25901.txt or 25901.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/9/0/25901/ + +Produced by Keith G. Richardson. 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