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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The New Testament, by Various
+
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+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
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+Character set encoding: ASCII
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT ***
+
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+Produced by Keith G. Richardson. This file was produced
+from scans obtained from The Digital Christian Library
+(www.thedcl.org).
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+
+
+  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.
+
+
+
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