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Haweis</div> +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and +most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions +whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms +of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online +at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you +are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the +country where you are located before using this eBook. +</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: T. Haweis</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Release Date: March 30, 2010 [eBook #31829]<br /> +[Most recently updated: May 18, 2021]</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: Keith G Richardson</div> +<div style='margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ***</div> + +<p class="pnn"><a href="#title">Title Page</a></p> + +<p class="ps"><a href="#preface">Preface</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Matthew <a href="#mat1">1</a> <a href="#mat2">2</a> <a href="#mat3">3</a> <a href="#mat4">4</a> +<a href="#mat5">5</a> <a href="#mat6">6</a> <a href="#mat7">7</a> +<a href="#mat8">8</a> <a href="#mat9">9</a> <a href="#mat10">10</a> <a href="#mat11">11</a> <a href="#mat12">12</a> +<a href="#mat13">13</a> <a href="#mat14">14</a> <a href="#mat15">15</a> <a href="#mat16">16</a> <a href="#mat17">17</a> +<a href="#mat18">18</a> <a href="#mat19">19</a> <a href="#mat20">20</a> <a href="#mat21">21</a> <a href="#mat22">22</a> +<a href="#mat23">23</a> <a href="#mat24">24</a> <a href="#mat25">25</a> <a href="#mat26">26</a> <a href="#mat27">27</a> +<a href="#mat28">28</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Mark <a href="#mar1">1</a> <a href="#mar2">2</a> +<a href="#mar3">3</a> <a href="#mar4">4</a> <a href="#mar5">5</a> +<a href="#mar6">6</a> <a href="#mar7">7</a> <a href="#mar8">8</a> +<a href="#mar9">9</a> <a href="#mar10">10</a> <a href="#mar11">11</a> <a href="#mar12">12</a> <a href="#mar13">13</a> +<a href="#mar14">14</a> <a href="#mar15">15</a> <a href="#mar16">16</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Luke <a href="#luk1">1</a> <a href="#luk2">2</a> +<a href="#luk3">3</a> <a href="#luk4">4</a> <a href="#luk5">5</a> +<a href="#luk6">6</a> <a href="#luk7">7</a> <a href="#luk8">8</a> +<a href="#luk9">9</a> <a href="#luk10">10</a> <a href="#luk11">11</a> <a href="#luk12">12</a> <a href="#luk13">13</a> +<a href="#luk14">14</a> <a href="#luk15">15</a> <a href="#luk16">16</a> <a href="#luk17">17</a> <a href="#luk18">18</a> +<a href="#luk19">19</a> <a href="#luk20">20</a> <a href="#luk21">21</a> <a href="#luk22">22</a> <a href="#luk23">23</a> +<a href="#luk24">24</a></p> + +<p class="p0">John <a href="#joh1">1</a> <a href="#joh2">2</a> +<a href="#joh3">3</a> <a href="#joh4">4</a> <a href="#joh5">5</a> +<a href="#joh6">6</a> <a href="#joh7">7</a> <a href="#joh8">8</a> +<a href="#joh9">9</a> <a href="#joh10">10</a> <a href="#joh11">11</a> <a href="#joh12">12</a> <a href="#joh13">13</a> +<a href="#joh14">14</a> <a href="#joh15">15</a> <a href="#joh16">16</a> <a href="#joh17">17</a> <a href="#joh18">18</a> +<a href="#joh19">19</a> <a href="#joh20">20</a> <a href="#joh21">21</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Acts <a href="#act1">1</a> <a href="#act2">2</a> +<a href="#act3">3</a> <a href="#act4">4</a> <a href="#act5">5</a> +<a href="#act6">6</a> <a href="#act7">7</a> <a href="#act8">8</a> +<a href="#act9">9</a> <a href="#act10">10</a> <a href="#act11">11</a> <a href="#act12">12</a> <a href="#act13">13</a> +<a href="#act14">14</a> <a href="#act15">15</a> <a href="#act16">16</a> <a href="#act17">17</a> <a href="#act18">18</a> +<a href="#act19">19</a> <a href="#act20">20</a> <a href="#act21">21</a> <a href="#act22">22</a> <a href="#act23">23</a> +<a href="#act24">24</a> <a href="#act25">25</a> <a href="#act26">26</a> <a href="#act27">27</a> <a href="#act28">28</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Romans <a href="#rom1">1</a> <a href="#rom2">2</a> <a href="#rom3">3</a> <a href="#rom4">4</a> +<a href="#rom5">5</a> <a href="#rom6">6</a> <a href="#rom7">7</a> +<a href="#rom8">8</a> <a href="#rom9">9</a> <a href="#rom10">10</a> <a href="#rom11">11</a> <a href="#rom12">12</a> +<a href="#rom13">13</a> <a href="#rom14">14</a> <a href="#rom15">15</a> <a href="#rom16">16</a></p> + +<p class="p0">1 Corinthians <a href="#co11">1</a> <a href="#co12">2</a> <a href="#co13">3</a> <a href="#co14">4</a> +<a href="#co15">5</a> <a href="#co16">6</a> <a href="#co17">7</a> +<a href="#co18">8</a> <a href="#co19">9</a> <a href="#co110">10</a> <a href="#co111">11</a> <a href="#co112">12</a> +<a href="#co113">13</a> <a href="#co114">14</a> <a href="#co115">15</a> <a href="#co116">16</a></p> + +<p class="p0">2 Corinthians <a href="#co21">1</a> <a href="#co22">2</a> <a href="#co23">3</a> <a href="#co24">4</a> +<a href="#co25">5</a> <a href="#co26">6</a> <a href="#co27">7</a> +<a href="#co28">8</a> <a href="#co29">9</a> <a href="#co210">10</a> <a href="#co211">11</a> <a href="#co212">12</a> +<a href="#co213">13</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Galatians <a href="#gal1">1</a> <a href="#gal2">2</a> <a href="#gal3">3</a> <a href="#gal4">4</a> +<a href="#gal5">5</a> <a href="#gal6">6</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Ephesians <a href="#eph1">1</a> <a href="#eph2">2</a> <a href="#eph3">3</a> <a href="#eph4">4</a> +<a href="#eph5">5</a> <a href="#eph6">6</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Philippians <a href="#phi1">1</a> <a href="#phi2">2</a> <a href="#phi3">3</a> <a href="#phi4">4</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Colossians <a href="#col1">1</a> <a href="#col2">2</a> <a href="#col3">3</a> <a href="#col4">4</a></p> + +<p class="p0">1 Thessalonians <a href="#th11">1</a> <a href="#th12">2</a> <a href="#th13">3</a> <a href="#th14">4</a> +<a href="#th15">5</a></p> + +<p class="p0">2 Thessalonians <a href="#th21">1</a> <a href="#th22">2</a> <a href="#th23">3</a></p> + +<p class="p0">1 Timothy <a href="#ti11">1</a> <a href="#ti12">2</a> <a href="#ti13">3</a> <a href="#ti14">4</a> +<a href="#ti15">5</a> <a href="#ti16">6</a></p> + +<p class="p0">2 Timothy <a href="#ti21">1</a> <a href="#ti22">2</a> <a href="#ti23">3</a> <a href="#ti24">4</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Titus <a href="#tit1">1</a> <a href="#tit2">2</a> +<a href="#tit3">3</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Philemon <a href="#phm">1</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Hebrews <a href="#heb1">1</a> <a href="#heb2">2</a> <a href="#heb3">3</a> <a href="#heb4">4</a> +<a href="#heb5">5</a> <a href="#heb6">6</a> <a href="#heb7">7</a> +<a href="#heb8">8</a> <a href="#heb9">9</a> <a href="#heb10">10</a> <a href="#heb11">11</a> <a href="#heb12">12</a> +<a href="#heb13">13</a></p> + +<p class="p0">James <a href="#jam1">1</a> <a href="#jam2">2</a> +<a href="#jam3">3</a> <a href="#jam4">4</a> <a href="#jam5">5</a></p> + +<p class="p0">1 Peter <a href="#pe11">1</a> <a href="#pe12">2</a> <a href="#pe13">3</a> <a href="#pe14">4</a> +<a href="#pe15">5</a></p> + +<p class="p0">2 Peter <a href="#pe21">1</a> <a href="#pe22">2</a> <a href="#pe23">3</a></p> + +<p class="p0">1 John <a href="#jo11">1</a> <a href="#jo12">2</a> <a href="#jo13">3</a> <a href="#jo14">4</a> +<a href="#jo15">5</a></p> + +<p class="p0">2 John <a href="#jo2">1</a></p> + +<p class="p0">3 John <a href="#jo3">1</a></p> + +<p class="p0">Jude <a href="#jud">1</a></p> + +<p class="p0s">Revelations <a href="#rev1">1</a> <a href="#rev2">2</a> <a href="#rev3">3</a> <a href="#rev4">4</a> +<a href="#rev5">5</a> <a href="#rev6">6</a> <a href="#rev7">7</a> +<a href="#rev8">8</a> <a href="#rev9">9</a> <a href="#rev10">10</a> <a href="#rev11">11</a> <a href="#rev12">12</a> +<a href="#rev13">13</a> <a href="#rev14">14</a> <a href="#rev15">15</a> <a href="#rev16">16</a> <a href="#rev17">17</a> +<a href="#rev18">18</a> <a href="#rev19">19</a> <a href="#rev20">20</a> <a href="#rev21">21</a> <a href="#rev22">22</a></p> + +<p class="pnn"><a href="#Footnotes">Footnotes</a></p> + +<hr /> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:183%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.7em"> +<a name="title" id="title">A TRANSLATION</a></p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:83%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.5em"> +OF THE</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:250%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.5em"> +NEW TESTAMENT</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:83%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.5em"> +FROM THE</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:133%;letter-spacing:0.15em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.2em"> +ORIGINAL GREEK.</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:92%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.0em"> +HUMBLY ATTEMPTED</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:63%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.0em"> +WITH A VIEW TO ASSIST</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:113%;letter-spacing:0.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.5em"> +THE UNLEARNED</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:75%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.8em"> +WITH CLEARER AND MORE EXPLICIT VIEWS OF THE</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.8em"> +<i>MIND OF THE SPIRIT</i></p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:58%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.2em"> +IN THE</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;letter-spacing:0.1em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.2em"> +SCRIPTURES OF TRUTH.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;letter-spacing:0.1em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.3em"> +BY T. HAWEIS, L.L. B.</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:58%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.6em"> +RECTOR OF ALL-SAINTS, ALDWINCKLE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE; AND<br /> +CHAPLAIN TO THE LATE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.4em"> +London:</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:96%;letter-spacing:0.1em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.2em"> +PRINTED FOR T. CHAPMAN,</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:75%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.0em"> +NO. 151, FLEET-STREET.</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:92%;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1.5em"> +1795.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p style="text-align:center;font-size:167%;letter-spacing:0.3em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0.4em"> +<a name="preface" id="preface">PREFACE.</a></p> + +<p><span class="dcc">A</span>PPEARING before the +Public as a translator of the Oracles of God, it would ill become +me to deprecate the severity of criticism, when I most cordially +desire the intelligent and learned of my brethren to point out my +mistakes for correction, and, in love and in the spirit of +meekness, to smite me friendly. Should, however, the shafts of +malignity, and the weapons not of our warfare, be employed +against this humble, yet well-meant, attempt to make the +Scriptures better understood, I shall endeavour to pluck the +honey-comb from the lion’s carcase, and be thankful for real +information, in whatever mode it may be communicated.</p> + +<p>Respecting highly, as I do, the translation of our +Reformers, whose language has dignity, and whose soundness in the +faith I hope, living and dying, to maintain, it must be +acknowledged—that there are in our present version, obscurities +which may be avoided—words become in the lapse of ages +obsolete—expressions feeble and inexact—for which others more +accurate and energetic may be substituted—and in some passages +the sense embarrassed, and probably mistaken. To make therefore +the Scriptures as intelligible as I can to men of common +capacity, who are destitute of the knowledge of the Original, and +sometimes perhaps to suggest a sense not unworthy the adoption of +the judicious scholar, I have endeavoured to render every passage +with the most literal exactness—to use the most forcible and +clear expressions corresponding with the Original—not to omit a +particle—preserving the participles—and following, as much as the +genius of our tongue will permit, the exact order of the Greek +words, persuaded that, thus placed, the sense often receives +clearness and energy.</p> + +<p>To transfuse the spirit of the Original into a +Translation must be admitted to be very difficult in any +language, peculiarly so where the matters treated of are so +weighty, and the words so significant, and where holy men of God +are speaking as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, without whose +continual light and teaching I humbly conceive no man ever did or +can understand and receive the things which are of the Spirit of +God, so as to know them as he ought to know.</p> + +<p>As the words of the Spirit contain one precise +meaning, and to communicate his mind is the intention of +Revelation, it must be our endeavour not to leave them equivocal, +but to fix a clear and determinate idea to each, in exact +conformity to the Original, that the true sense may be +understood, which can be but one.</p> + +<p>That I have endeavoured to obtain this knowledge +it is no presumption to affirm. During forty years and upwards +this blessed book of God hath been continually in my hands—never +a day hath passed in which it hath not been matter of my +meditation; I may venture to say I have read it over more than an +hundred times, and many of the passages much oftener. I have +consulted the works of the most godly and ingenious of the dead, +and often conversed with some of the ablest and most experienced +ministers of Christ among the living. I have at two different +times of my life translated and transcribed the whole of the New +Testament, and considered every word, and phrase, and passage, +with attention: indeed the leading object and employment of my +whole life hath been to discover and communicate to mankind the +truth as it is in Jesus; and every day have I bowed my knees to +the Divine Interpreter, who giveth wisdom and understanding to +the simple, that he would lighten my darkness, and shine into my +heart, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, as +it is manifested in the face of Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p>I recommend to my readers to tread in the same +path, looking up to the Fountain of wisdom and knowledge. I am +not ashamed to own my conviction, that an unlearned person thus +seriously attentive to the Scriptures, and crying to God for the +spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, will be +led into all saving truth; and gain greater and clearer +discoveries of the mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures than any +mere natural man, however ingenious and learned. A word, a +phrase, an allusion, may indeed exercise critical acumen, and +afford a display for erudition; but the scope and tendency of the +Sacred Oracles, the doctrines therein revealed, the principles +inculcated, and the practice enjoined, never were, and never will +be truly known, but by those who are taught of God.</p> + +<p>As the division of the Scripture into verses +interrupts the subject, and often embarrasses the sense, I have +preferred paragraphs, placing the verses of the old Version in +the margin, for the sake of reference and comparison; and though +I have admitted the same division of chapters, in a few instances +they might be more judiciously arranged: Matt. ii. 1. belongs to +the former chapter, as also Acts, viii. 1. Coloss. iv. 1.</p> + +<p>I have only now to commend this labour of love to +the divine benediction. The Translation itself, and the necessary +attentive consideration of every passage, hath not, I trust, been +without instruction to myself, and some sweet savour of the +truth: so far I have already my reward. It will be highly +enhanced if God my Saviour deigns to make this service acceptable +and profitable to his people, and the means of communicating +clearer and more explicit views of his revealed will to the poor +and unlearned of the flock. To them I have long dedicated my life +and my labours, believing that of such is the kingdom of +heaven.</p> + +<p>Every attempt to make the Scriptures more read, and +better understood, must be acknowledged laudable. Should the +present effort fail to answer this end, it may yet provoke men of +more wisdom and spiritual gifts, to produce a translation more +exact, and suited to general edification. Then I shall be content +to be forgotten.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.8em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="mat1" id="mat1"><span class="ls2">THE +GOSPEL</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">ACCORDING TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.5em">MATTHE</span>W.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">T</span>HE book of the genealogy +of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat +Jacob, and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren, <sup>3</sup>and +Judas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, +and Esrom begat Aram; <sup>4</sup>and Aram begat Amminadab, and +Amminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, +<sup>5</sup>and Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab, and Boaz begat Obed +of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, <sup>6</sup>and Jesse begat David +the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her <i>that had +been the wife</i> of Urias, <sup>7</sup>and Solomon begat Roboam, +and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, <sup>8</sup>and Asa +begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, +<sup>9</sup>and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Ahaz, and +Ahaz begat Hezekias, <sup>10</sup>and Hezekias begat Manasses, +and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, <sup>11</sup>and +Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were +carried away to Babylon, <sup>12</sup>and after they were brought +to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat +Zorobabel, <sup>13</sup>and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud +begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, <sup>14</sup>and Azor +begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, +<sup>15</sup>and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, +and Matthan begat Jacob, <sup>16</sup>and Jacob begat Joseph, the +husband of Mary, of whom is born Jesus, who is called Christ. +<sup>17</sup>So all the generations from Abraham to David +<i>are</i> fourteen generations, and from David to the carrying +away into Babylon fourteen generations, and from the carrying +away into Babylon unto Christ fourteen generations.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Now the generation of Jesus Christ was +attended with these circumstances: His mother Mary being +betrothed to Joseph, before they cohabited together, she was +found with child from the Holy Spirit. <sup>19</sup>Then Joseph +her husband being a just man, and not willing to expose her +publicly, designed to put her away privately. <sup>20</sup>And as +he was revolving the matter in his mind, behold, an angel of the +Lord in a dream appeared unto him, saying, Joseph, son of David, +fear not to take Mary for thy wife, for that which is conceived +in her is from the Holy Spirit. <sup>21</sup>And she shall bring +forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall +save his people from their sins. <sup>22</sup>Now the whole of +this was done, that what was spoken of the Lord, by the prophet, +might be fulfilled, saying<sup><a href="#n0" id="f0" title="see footnote" name="f0">1</a></sup>, <sup>23</sup>“A virgin +shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall +call his name I<span class="sc">mmanuel</span>,” which is being +interpreted, G<span class="sc">od with us</span>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Then Joseph when arisen from sleep, +did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife; +<sup>25</sup>and he knew her not, until she had brought forth her +son, the first begotten, and he called his name Jesus.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat2" id="mat2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW when Jesus was born in +Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, lo! Magians +from the East came to Jerusalem, <sup>2</sup>saying, Where is he +that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the +East, and are come to pay him homage.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Now when Herod the king heard this, he +was much agitated, and all Jerusalem with him. <sup>4</sup>And +assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he +enquired of them, where the Messiah should be born.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Then they answered him, In Bethlehem of +Judea, for so it is written by the prophet<sup><a href="#n1" id="f1" title="see footnote" name="f1">2</a></sup>, <sup>6</sup>“And +thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in no respect the least +amongst the princes of Judah, for from thee shall go forth the +Ruler, who shall conduct my people Israel.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Thereupon Herod secretly calling to him +the Magians, enquired very particularly of them the time of the +star’s appearing, <sup>8</sup>and sending them to Bethlehem said, +Go, and procure the most exact information respecting this child; +and when you have found him, bring me intelligence, that I may +come, and pay him homage also.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>So having heard the king, they went on; +and lo, the star, which they had seen in the East, had gone +before them, till it came and stood over the place where the +infant was. <sup>10</sup>And when they saw the star, they were +exceedingly transported with joy. <sup>11</sup>And coming into +the house, they found the infant with Mary his mother, and +falling prostrate, they paid their homage to him. And opening +their treasures, they made their offerings to him, gold, and +frankincense, and myrrh. <sup>12</sup>And having received warning +in a dream not to go back to Herod, they departed into their own +country by another road.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Now when they were gone, behold an +angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, +and take the infant and his mother by night, and flee into Egypt, +and stay there, till I speak to thee, for Herod will search for +the infant to destroy it. <sup>14</sup>So rising up, he took the +babe and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt, +<sup>15</sup>and was there till the death of Herod; that what was +spoken of the Lord by the prophet, might be fulfilled, +saying<sup><a href="#n2" id="f2" title="see footnote" name="f2">3</a></sup>, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Then Herod, perceiving that he was +treated delusively by the Magians, was greatly exasperated, and +he sent and slew all the male infants, that were in Bethlehem, +and in all its territories, from their entering their second year +and all under it, according to the time, which he had accurately +enquired from the Magians. <sup>17</sup>Then was fulfilled what +was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying<sup><a href="#n3" id="f3" title="see footnote" name="f3">4</a></sup>, <sup>18</sup>“A +cry was heard at Ramah, lamentation, and wailing, and bitter +moaning, Rachel weeping for her children, and will not be +comforted, because they are no more.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now when Herod was dead, behold, the +angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, +<sup>20</sup>saying, Arise, and take the little boy and his +mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the +life of the infant are dead. <sup>21</sup>So he arose, and took +the child and his mother, and came unto the land of Israel. +<sup>22</sup>But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the +stead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither. And being +divinely warned in a dream, he retired into the country of +Galilee, <sup>23</sup>and came and dwelt in a city called +Nazareth: that what was said by the prophets might be fulfilled, +that he shall be called a Nazarean.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat3" id="mat3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN in those days came +John the Baptist, preaching in the desert country of Judea, +<sup>2</sup>and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is +nigh. <sup>3</sup>For this is the person spoken of by Isaiah the +prophet, saying<sup><a href="#n4" id="f4" title="see footnote" +name="f4">5</a></sup>, “The voice of one crying aloud in the +wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait.” +<sup>4</sup>Now this John had his garment made of camel’s hair, +and a girdle of leather about his loins, and his food was locusts +and wild honey.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Then went out to him Jerusalem and all +Judea, and all the regions about Jordan, <sup>6</sup>and were +baptized by him in Jordan, on making confession of their sins. +<sup>7</sup>But when he saw many of the Pharisees and of the +Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O ye broods of +vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? +<sup>8</sup>Produce then worthy fruits of repentance: +<sup>9</sup>and think not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham +for our father: for I say unto you, that God is able out of these +stones to raise up children to Abraham. <sup>10</sup>And now also +the ax is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore +which produceth not good fruit, is hewing down, and casting into +the fire. <sup>11</sup>I indeed baptize you with water unto +repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, +whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with +the Holy Spirit, and with fire: <sup>12</sup>whose winnowing fan +is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing +floor, and will collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff +will he burn up with fire unquenchable.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then came Jesus from Galilee unto +Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him. +<sup>14</sup>But John earnestly withheld him, saying, I have need +to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? <sup>15</sup>But +Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now, for thus +it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted +him. <sup>16</sup>And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight +from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he +saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming +upon him: <sup>17</sup>and lo! a voice from the heavens, saying, +This is my Son, the beloved, in whom is my delight.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat4" id="mat4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN was Jesus led away by +the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. +<sup>2</sup>And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, +afterwards he became hungry. <sup>3</sup>And the tempter coming +to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these +stones be made loaves. <sup>4</sup>But he answering said, It is +written<sup><a href="#n5" id="f5" title="see footnote" name="f5">6</a></sup>, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by +every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Then the devil taketh him up into the +holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple, +<sup>6</sup>and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast +thyself down: for it is written<sup><a href="#n6" id="f6" title="see footnote" name="f6">7</a></sup>, “that he shall give his +angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they +hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a +stone.” <sup>7</sup>Jesus said unto him, It is written +again<sup><a href="#n7" id="f7" title="see footnote" name="f7">8</a></sup>, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Again the devil taketh him unto an +exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the +world, and their glory; <sup>9</sup>and saith unto him, All these +things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship +me. <sup>10</sup>Then saith Jesus unto him, Avaunt Satan! for it +is written<sup><a href="#n8" id="f8" title="see footnote" name="f8">9</a></sup>, “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to +him only thou pay divine adoration.” <sup>11</sup>Then the devil +leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But when Jesus heard that John was +cast into prison, he retired into Galilee; <sup>13</sup>and +leaving Nazareth, he came and resided at Capernaum, a maritime +city, on the confines of Zebulun and Nephthali: <sup>14</sup>that +what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, +saying<sup><a href="#n9" id="f9" title="see footnote" name="f9">10</a></sup>, <sup>15</sup>“The land of Zabulun, and the +land of Naphthali, the road to the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of +the Gentiles; <sup>16</sup>the people who sat in darkness saw a +great light; and on those who sat in the region and shadow of +death, even on them hath the light arisen.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>From that time Jesus began to preach, +and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is approaching.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And as Jesus was walking by the sea of +Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and +Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were +fishermen. <sup>19</sup>And he saith to them, Follow me, and I +will make you fishers of men. <sup>20</sup>Then immediately +quitting their nets they followed him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And going on from thence, he saw two +other brothers, James son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a +boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called +them. <sup>22</sup>Then they instantly quitting the ship and +their father, followed him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And Jesus went about all Galilee, +teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the +kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the +people. <sup>24</sup>And there went out a report of him into all +Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the +afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the +demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them. +<sup>25</sup>And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and +Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat5" id="mat5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN seeing the +multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and seating himself, +his disciples came to him: <sup>2</sup>and opening his mouth, he +taught them, saying,</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Blessed are the poor in spirit, for +their’s is the kingdom of heaven. <sup>4</sup>Blessed are they +that mourn: for they shall be comforted. <sup>5</sup>Blessed are +the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. <sup>6</sup>Blessed +are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they +shall be fed to the full. <sup>7</sup>Blessed are the merciful +for they shall obtain mercy. <sup>8</sup>Blessed are the pure in +heart: for they shall see God. <sup>9</sup>Blessed are the +peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. +<sup>10</sup>Blessed are they who are persecuted for +righteousness sake: for their’s is the kingdom in heaven. +<sup>11</sup>Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute +you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake. +<sup>12</sup>Rejoice and exult; for plenteous is your reward in +the heavens: for just so they persecuted the prophets who went +before you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Ye are the salt of the earth: but if +the salt become insipid, with what can it be salted? it is of no +farther use for any purpose, but to be cast out, and trodden +under foot of men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Ye are the light of the world. A city +cannot be hid that is situated on an eminence. +<sup>15</sup>Neither do men burn a lamp, and set it under a +bushel, but on its stand; and it sheds light on all that are in +the house. <sup>16</sup>Just so let your light shine before men, +that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is +in the heavens.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Think not that I am come to destroy +the law and the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. +<sup>18</sup>For I tell you assuredly, that till heaven and earth +pass away, not one iota, or the smallest stroke of a letter, +shall pass from the law, until all things shall be accomplished. +<sup>19</sup>Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of +these commandments, and teach men so, he shall be accounted the +least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall practise, and +teach them, he shall be reckoned great in the kingdom of heaven. +<sup>20</sup>For I say unto you, That except your righteousness +abounds more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in +no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Ye have heard that it was said to the +men of antient times, “Thou shalt do no murder;” and whosoever +shall commit murder, shall be liable to the judgment: +<sup>22</sup>but I say unto you, That every man who is angry with +his brother without cause, shall be liable to the judgment: and +whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the +sanhedrim: but whosever shall say, Thou fool, shall be liable to +be cast into hell fire. <sup>23</sup>If therefore thou bring thy +gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath +ought against thee; <sup>24</sup>leave there thy gift before the +altar, and go: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come +and offer thy gift. <sup>25</sup>Be disposed to agree with thy +prosecutor speedily, whilst thou art in the way with him <i>to +the bar</i>; lest the prosecutor deliver thee up to the judge, +and the judge commit thee to the officer, and thou be cast into +prison. <sup>26</sup>Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no +wise come out from thence, till thou hast paid the last +farthing.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>Ye have heard that it was said to +those of old, “Thou shalt not commit adultery:” <sup>28</sup>but +I say unto you, That every one who looketh upon a woman to lust +after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. +<sup>29</sup>If then thine eye, the right, leads thee to offend, +pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is highly for thy +advantage, that one of thy members be destroyed, and not that thy +whole body should be cast into hell. <sup>30</sup>And if thy +right hand leads thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from +thee: for it is highly thy interest that one of thy members +should be destroyed, and not that thy whole body should be cast +into hell.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>It hath been said indeed, That +whosoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of +divorce: <sup>32</sup>But I say unto you, Whosoever shall put +away his wife, except on account of whoredom, causeth her to +commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is put away, +committeth adultery.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Again ye have heard that it was said +to those of old, “Thou shalt not perjure thyself, but shalt +perform to the Lord thine oaths:” <sup>34</sup>But I say to thee, +Swear not at all; neither by the heaven; for it is the throne of +God: <sup>35</sup>nor by the earth; for it is the footstool of +his feet: nor by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King: +<sup>36</sup>neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst +not make one hair white or black. <sup>37</sup>But let your +discourse be, Yea, yea; No, no: for all addition to these is from +the wicked one.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>Ye have heard that it was said, “Eye +for eye, and tooth for tooth:” <sup>39</sup>but I say unto you, +Resist not an injurious act; but whosoever shall smite thee on +the right cheek, turn to him also the other. <sup>40</sup>And if +a man will prosecute thee, and take thy coat, let him have thy +cloak also. <sup>41</sup>And whosoever shall press thee for one +mile, go with him two. <sup>42</sup>Give to him that asketh thee; +and from him who wants to borrow of thee, turn not away.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>43</sup>Ye have heard that it hath been said, +“Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.” +<sup>44</sup>But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those +who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those +who treat you insolently, and persecute you; <sup>45</sup>that ye +may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he +causeth his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and tendeth +rain on the just and on the unjust. <sup>46</sup>For if ye love +those who love you, what reward have you? do not even the +publicans the same thing? <sup>47</sup>And if ye embrace your +brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? do not even the +publicans so? <sup>48</sup>Be ye therefore perfect, as your +Father who is in heaven is perfect.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat6" id="mat6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>AKE heed that ye do not +your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise +ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. +<sup>2</sup>Therefore when thou givest alms, sound not a trumpet +before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the +streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto +you, They receive their reward. <sup>3</sup>But when thou givest +alms, let not thy right hand know what thy left is doing: +<sup>4</sup>that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who +seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And when thou prayest, be not as the +hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the +corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to +men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. +<sup>6</sup>But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and +shut thy door, to pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy +Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. +<sup>7</sup>And when thou art at prayer, use not vain +repetitions, like the heathen: for they imagine that they shall +be heard for their much speaking. <sup>8</sup>Be not ye therefore +like them: for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need, +before you ask him. <sup>9</sup>Thus then pray ye: Our Father, +which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. <sup>10</sup>Thy +kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. +<sup>11</sup>Give us this day our daily bread. <sup>12</sup>And +forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. <sup>13</sup>And +lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine +is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. +Amen! <sup>14</sup>For if ye forgive men their offences, your +heavenly Father will also forgive you: <sup>15</sup>but if ye +forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father +forgive your offences.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>And when ye fast, be not as the +hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their +visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I +say unto you, That they have their reward. <sup>17</sup>But when +thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; +<sup>18</sup>that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, +but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in +secret shall reward thee openly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Lay not up for yourselves treasures +upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves +dig through and steal: <sup>20</sup>but lay up for yourselves +treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor canker spoil, and +where thieves do not dig through and steal; <sup>21</sup>for +where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>The lamp of the body is the eye: if +therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be +enlightened. <sup>23</sup>But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole +body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be +darkness, how great is that darkness!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>No man can serve two masters: for he +will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will adhere +to the one, and disregard the other. Ye cannot serve God and +mammon. <sup>25</sup>For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious +about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor +for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more +value than meat, and the body than raiment? <sup>26</sup>Look on +the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather +into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of +more value than they? <sup>27</sup>But which of you, by his +cares, can add one cubit to his stature? <sup>28</sup>And why are +ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, +how they grow; they toil not, nor spin: <sup>29</sup>yet I tell +you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of +these. <sup>30</sup>If God then so clothe a vegetable of the +field, which to-day is, <i>in beauty</i>, and tomorrow is cast +into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of +little faith? <sup>31</sup>Wherefore be under no anxiety, saying, +What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall +we be clothed? <sup>32</sup>(for after all these things the +heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need +of them all. <sup>33</sup>But seek ye, in the first place, the +kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall +be given you over. <sup>34</sup>Be not therefore anxious about +to-morrow: for tomorrow will provide for its own wants. +Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat7" id="mat7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">J</span>UDGE not, that ye be not +judged. <sup>2</sup>For with the same judgment ye judge others, +shall ye be judged: and with the measure ye mete, shall it be +measured to you again. <sup>3</sup>And why spiest thou out the +mote which is in thy brother’s eye, yet payest no attention to +the beam which is in thine own eye? <sup>4</sup>Or how wilt thou +say to thy brother, Suffer me to take the mote off from thine +eye: and behold there is a beam in thine own eye? +<sup>5</sup>Thou hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own +eye and then shalt thou see clearly to take off the mote from thy +brother’s eye.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Give not that which is holy to dogs, +nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, +and turning round tear you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, +and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: +<sup>8</sup>for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that +seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. +<sup>9</sup>What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask a +loaf, will he give him a stone? <sup>10</sup>or if he ask a fish, +will he give him a serpent? <sup>11</sup>If ye then, evil as ye +are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much +more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on +those who ask him? <sup>12</sup>All things therefore whatsoever +ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to +them: for this is the law and the prophets.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Enter in through the strait gate: for +wide is the gate, and spacious the road, which leadeth to +perdition, and they are many who enter that way: +<sup>14</sup>because strait is the gate, and narrow the road, +which leadeth to life, and they are but a few who find it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Take heed then of false prophets, who +come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening +wolves. <sup>16</sup>By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men +gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? +<sup>17</sup>So every good tree beareth good fruits; but every +bad tree in kind, produceth bad fruits. <sup>18</sup>A good tree +cannot produce bad fruits, neither can a tree bad in kind produce +good fruits. <sup>19</sup>Every tree that beareth not good fruit, +is cut down, and cast into the fire. <sup>20</sup>Well then! by +their fruits ye shall know them. <sup>21</sup>Not every one who +saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; +but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. +<sup>22</sup>Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have +we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have we not cast +out devils? and in thy name done many miracles? <sup>23</sup>And +then will I profess unto them, that I never knew you: depart from +me, ye workers of iniquity.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Every man therefore who is hearing +from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare +him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock: +<sup>25</sup>and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and +the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell +not; for it was founded on a rock. <sup>26</sup>And every man who +is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he +will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: +<sup>27</sup>and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and +the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the +fall of it was great.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And it was so, that when Jesus had +concluded all these sayings, the multitudes were exceedingly +struck with his teaching: <sup>29</sup>for he taught them as +having authority, and not as the scribes.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat8" id="mat8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW when he descended from +the mount, great multitudes followed him. <sup>2</sup>And lo! a +leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou +canst make me clean. <sup>3</sup>And stretching out his hand, +Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly +the leprosy was cleansed. <sup>4</sup>And Jesus said to him, See +thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer +the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Then as Jesus was entering into +Capernaum, there met him a centurion, intreating him, +<sup>6</sup>and saying, My servant is lying in the house +paralytic, terribly tormented with pain. <sup>7</sup>And Jesus +said unto him, I will come and heal him. <sup>8</sup>And the +centurion said, I am not a fit person, that thou shouldest come +under my roof: but only speak a word, and my servant be cured. +<sup>9</sup>For I also am a man under authority, having under my +command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and +to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and +he doeth it. <sup>10</sup>And Jesus hearing him, marvelled, and +said to those who were following, Verily I say unto you, not even +in Israel have I found so great faith. <sup>11</sup>And I say +unto you, That many shall come from the east and from the west, +and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the +kingdom of heaven. <sup>12</sup>But the children of the kingdom +shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and +gnashing of teeth. <sup>13</sup>And Jesus said to the centurion, +Go; and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was +cured at that very hour.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And when Jesus was come into the house +of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law laid on a bed, and in a fever. +<sup>15</sup>And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and +she arose, and waited upon them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>And when evening was come, they +brought him many possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits +by a word, and all who had illnesses he cured: <sup>17</sup>that +it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, “Himself he +took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Now when Jesus saw great multitudes +about him, he gave orders to pass to the other side. +<sup>19</sup>And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, +Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. +<sup>20</sup>And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and +the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not +where he can lay his head. <sup>21</sup>And another of his +disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury my +father. <sup>22</sup>And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let +the dead bury their own dead.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And going on board a vessel, his +disciples followed him. <sup>24</sup>And, behold, there was a +great tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was hid by the +waves; but he was asleep. <sup>25</sup>And his disciples coming, +awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are perishing! +<sup>26</sup>And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of +little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, +and to the sea; and there was a great calm. <sup>27</sup>And the +men marvelled, saying, What a wondrous man is this, that even the +winds and the sea obey him! <sup>28</sup>And when he came to the +other side, into the region of the Girgasenes, there met him two +demoniacs, coming from the sepulchres; exceeding fierce, so that +no person was able to pass by that road. <sup>29</sup>And lo! +they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou +Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us? +<sup>30</sup>And at a considerable distance, there was a great +herd of swine feeding. <sup>31</sup>Then the devils besought him, +saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of +swine. <sup>32</sup>And he said to them, Go. Then they going +forth out <i>of him</i>, entered into the herd of swine: and lo! +the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, +and perished in the waters. <sup>33</sup>But they who fed them +fled, and going away into the city, reported all things, and what +had happened to the demoniacs. <sup>34</sup>And, behold, all the +city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought +him to depart from their territories.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat9" id="mat9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND going on board the +vessel, he passed over, and came to his own city. <sup>2</sup>And +lo! they brought him a paralytic stretched on a bed: and Jesus +seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Be of good cheer, son; +thy sins are forgiven thee. <sup>3</sup>And lo! some of the +scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. +<sup>4</sup>And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, wherefore do +ye imagine evil things in your hearts? <sup>5</sup>For which is +the easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, +and walk? <sup>6</sup>But that ye may know that the Son of man +hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, (then he saith to the +paralytic,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. +<sup>7</sup>And he arose, and went to his house. <sup>8</sup>But +when the multitude saw it, they were astonished, and glorified +God, who had given such power unto men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And Jesus passing from thence, saw a +man sitting at the custom house, called Matthew: and saith unto +him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. <sup>10</sup>And +it came to pass, as he sat in his house, many tax-gatherers and +sinners came, and sat down at table with Jesus and his disciples. +<sup>11</sup>And the Pharisees observing it, said to his +disciples, How is this, that your Master eateth with publicans +and sinners? <sup>12</sup>But Jesus hearing it, said unto them, +They who are in the vigour of health have no need of the +physician, but they who have illness. <sup>13</sup>Go then, and +learn what is said, “I require mercy and not sacrifice:” for I am +not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Then came unto him disciples of John, +saying, Why do we and the Pharisees keep many fasts, but thy +disciples fast not? <sup>15</sup>And Jesus said unto them, Can +the children of the bridechamber weep, whilst the bridegroom is +with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be +taken away from them, and then will they fast. <sup>16</sup>But +no man ingrafts a patch of undressed cloth into an old garment, +for the piece supplied taketh from the garment, and the rent +becomes worse. <sup>17</sup>Nor do they put new wine into old +bottles: but if they do, the bottles burst, and the wine is +spilt, and the bottles are destroyed: but they put new wine into +new bottles, and both are preserved.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>As he was speaking these things to +them, behold, there came a ruler, and prostrated himself before +him, saying, My daughter hath just now died: but come and lay +thine hand upon her, and she shall live. <sup>19</sup>And Jesus +arose, and followed him, and his disciples also. +<sup>20</sup>And, behold, a woman, who had an hæmorrage twelve +years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment: +<sup>21</sup>for she said within herself, If I only touch his +garment, I shall be cured. <sup>22</sup>Then Jesus, turning about +and beholding her, said, Be encouraged, daughter; thy faith hath +saved thee. And the woman was cured from that hour. +<sup>23</sup>And when Jesus was come into the ruler’s house, and +saw the flute-players, and a multitude confusedly lamenting, +<sup>24</sup>he saith to them, Retire; for the little girl is not +dead, but sleeping. And they derided him. <sup>25</sup>So when +the multitude was put out, he went in, and took her by the hand, +and the little girl arose. <sup>26</sup>And the fame of it went +forth into all that country.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>And as Jesus departed thence, two +blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, +son of David! <sup>28</sup>So when he came into the house, the +blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Believe ye that I +am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord. +<sup>29</sup>Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to +your faith be it unto you. <sup>30</sup>And their eyes were +opened; and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, Take care that +no person know it. <sup>31</sup>But they going forth, blazoned +his fame through all that country.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And when they were coming out, behold, +they brought unto him a man, dumb, a demoniac. <sup>33</sup>And +when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke: and the +multitudes marvelled, saying, Never at any time was the like to +this seen in Israel. <sup>34</sup>But the Pharisees said, By the +prince of the devils doth he cast the devils out.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And Jesus took a circuit through all +the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and +preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of +disease, and every malady among the people. <sup>36</sup>And +beholding the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, +because they were fainting, and lying here and there, as sheep +that had no shepherd. <sup>37</sup>Then said he to his disciples, +The harvest indeed is abundant, but the labourers are few; +<sup>38</sup>entreat therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he +would send forth workmen for his harvest.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat10" id="mat10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND having called unto him +his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean +spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease, and every +malady. <sup>2</sup>Now these are the names of the twelve +apostles; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his +brother; James son of Zebedee, and John his brother; +<sup>3</sup>Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the +tax-gatherer; James son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname is +Thaddeus; <sup>4</sup>Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who +also betrayed him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>These twelve did Jesus send forth, +commanding them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and +into any city of the Samaritans enter not: <sup>6</sup>but go +rather to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. +<sup>7</sup>And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven +is approaching. <sup>8</sup>Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, +raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely +give. <sup>9</sup>Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in +your purses, <sup>10</sup>nor a scrip for the journey, nor two +coats, nor sandals, nor stick: for the workman is worthy of his +food. <sup>11</sup>And into whatsoever city or village ye enter, +enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye depart. +<sup>12</sup>And when ye come into a family, salute it: +<sup>13</sup>and if the family shall be deserving, your peace +shall come upon it: and if it be not deserving, your peace shall +return to you. <sup>14</sup>And whosoever shall not receive you, +nor attend to your discourses, go out of that house, or city, and +shake off the dust of your feet. <sup>15</sup>Verily I say unto +you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and +Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Behold, I send you forth as sheep in +the midst of wolves: be ye therefore prudent as serpents, and +harmless as doves. <sup>17</sup>But be on your guard against men: +for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrim, and scourge you in +their synagogues. <sup>18</sup>And ye shall be brought before +rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and +the heathen. <sup>19</sup>But when they shall deliver you up, be +under no anxiety what ye shall say; for it shall be given you in +that very hour what ye should speak: <sup>20</sup>for it is not +you who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father which is +speaking in you. <sup>21</sup>Then brother shall surrender +brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise +up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. +<sup>22</sup>And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: +but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>But when they shall persecute you in +one city, flee unto another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall +not complete your circuit through the cities of Israel before the +Son of man comes. <sup>24</sup>The disciple is not superior to +his teacher, nor the servant above his master. <sup>25</sup>It is +sufficient if the disciple be as his teacher, and the servant as +his master. If they have called the master of the family +Beelzebub, how much more his domestics? <sup>26</sup>However, +fear them not: for there is nothing concealed, which shall not be +discovered; nor hid, which shall not be known. <sup>27</sup>What +I say unto you in the dark, publish in the light: and what ye +hear whispered into the ear, proclaim upon the roofs.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And be not afraid of those who kill +the body, and cannot kill the soul: but fear him rather who is +able to destroy both soul and body in hell. <sup>29</sup>Are not +two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall +to the ground without your Father. <sup>30</sup>But even the +hairs of your head are all numbered. <sup>31</sup>Fear not, +therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Every one therefore who shall make +confession of me before men, of him will I also make confession +before my Father who is in heaven. <sup>33</sup>But whosoever +shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my +Father who is in heaven.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Think not that I am come to bring +peace to the earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword. +<sup>35</sup>For I came to set a man at variance against his +father, and the daughter against her mother, and the +daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. <sup>36</sup>And the +enemies of a man shall be those of his own house. <sup>37</sup>He +that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: +and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of +me. <sup>38</sup>And he that taketh not up his cross, and +followeth after me, is not worthy of me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>He that preserveth his life shall lose +it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it. +<sup>40</sup>He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that +receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. <sup>41</sup>He that +receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the +reward of a prophet; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the +name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous +man. <sup>42</sup>And whosoever shall give to one of these little +ones, if but a cup of cold water to drink, in the name of a +disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his +reward.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat11" id="mat11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass, when +Jesus had finished his injunctions to his twelve disciples, he +departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>Then John, having heard in prison the +works of Christ, sent two of his disciples, <sup>3</sup>and said +unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or should we expect another? +<sup>4</sup>And Jesus answering said unto them, Go, and tell John +what things ye hear and see. <sup>5</sup>The blind receive sight, +and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, +the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to +them. <sup>6</sup>And blessed is he whosoever shall not be +offended at me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And when they were gone, Jesus began to +speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into +the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? +<sup>8</sup>But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in +delicate garments? Lo! they who wear delicate garments are in the +houses of kings. <sup>9</sup>Yet what went ye out to see? A +prophet? Yes, I tell you, and abundantly more than a prophet. +<sup>10</sup>For this is he of whom it is written, “Behold, I +send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way +before thee.” <sup>11</sup>Verily I say unto you, There hath not +arisen, from those born of women, a greater than John the +Baptist: yet he that is the least in the kingdom of God is +greater than he. <sup>12</sup>But from the days of John the +Baptist unto the present, the kingdom of heaven is assaulted by +violence, and the invaders forcibly seize upon it. +<sup>13</sup>For all the prophets and the law until John, +foretold <i>this</i>. <sup>14</sup>And if ye will receive it, +this is Elias who was to come. <sup>15</sup>He that hath ears to +hear, let him hear.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>But to whom shall I resemble this +generation? it is like little boys sitting in the places of +concourse, and calling to their companions, <sup>17</sup>and +saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have +sung mournful ditties to you, and ye have not beat your breasts. +<sup>18</sup>For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they +say, He hath a devil: <sup>19</sup>the Son of man is come eating +and drinking, and they say, Behold, what a man! a glutton and a +wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners: though wisdom +hath been justified by her children.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Then began he to upbraid the cities in +which the chief of his miracles had been wrought, because they +repented not: <sup>21</sup>Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, +Bethsaida! for if the miracles which had been wrought in you had +been done in Tyre and Sidon, long since would they have repented +in sack-cloth and ashes. <sup>22</sup>Wherefore I say unto you, +It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of +judgment than for you. <sup>23</sup>And thou, Capernaum, who hast +been exalted unto heaven, shalt be cast down to hell: for if the +miracles which have been wrought in thee had been done in Sodom, +it had remained unto this day. <sup>24</sup>Wherefore I say unto +you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the +day of judgment than for thee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>At that time Jesus spake and said, I +thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast +hid these things from the wise and the intelligent, and hast +revealed them to babes: <sup>26</sup>yes, Father! since such is +thy good pleasure. <sup>27</sup>All things are delivered up to me +by my Father: and no person knoweth the Son but the Father; +neither knoweth any person the Father but the Son, and he to whom +the Son is pleased to reveal him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Come to me, all who labour hard, and +sustain heavy burdens, and I will give you relief. +<sup>29</sup>Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am +meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest to your souls. +<sup>30</sup>For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat12" id="mat12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>T that time Jesus walked +through corn-fields on a sabbath-day; and his disciples were +hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. +<sup>2</sup>But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, +Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on +the sabbath. <sup>3</sup>And he said unto them, Have ye not read +what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him? +<sup>4</sup>how they went into the house of God, and did eat the +loaves of shew-bread, of which it was not lawful for him or those +who were with him to eat, but for the priests alone? +<sup>5</sup>Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths +the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not +culpable? <sup>6</sup>Now I tell you, That one greater than the +temple is here. <sup>7</sup>But if ye had known what that meant, +I desire mercy and not sacrifice; ye would not have condemned the +innocent. <sup>8</sup>For the Son of man is Lord also of the +sabbath.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And going on from thence, he came into +their synagogue; <sup>10</sup>and, behold a man was there who had +a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal +on sabbath days? that they might accuse him. <sup>11</sup>Then he +said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if +it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, +and lift him out? <sup>12</sup>Of how much more value then is a +man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the +sabbath days. <sup>13</sup>Then saith he to the man, Stretch out +thy hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as +the other.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Then the Pharisees went out, and held +a consultation against him, how they might make away with him. +<sup>15</sup>But Jesus knew it, and retired from thence, and +great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all, +<sup>16</sup>and charged them that they should not make him +known. <sup>17</sup>That what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet +might be fulfilled, saying, <sup>18</sup>“Behold, my servant, +whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I +will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for +the heathen. <sup>19</sup>He shall not contend, nor be clamorous; +neither shall any man in the streets hear his voice. +<sup>20</sup>A bruised reed shall he not break down, and smoking +flax shall he not quench, until he break forth in judgment for +victory. <sup>21</sup>And in his name shall the Gentiles +hope.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then was brought to him a demoniac, +blind and dumb; and he cured him, so as to enable the blind and +dumb both to speak and see. <sup>23</sup>And all the multitudes +were lost in amazement, and they said, Is not this the son of +David? <sup>24</sup>But the Pharisees hearing them, said, This +fellow casteth not out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of +the devils. <sup>25</sup>But Jesus knowing their thoughts, said +unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be +desolated; and every city, or family, divided against itself +cannot subsist: <sup>26</sup>so if Satan cast out Satan; he is +divided against himself; how then can his kingdom subsist? +<sup>27</sup>And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do +your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. +<sup>28</sup>But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the devils, +then truly the kingdom of God is come unto you. <sup>29</sup>Else +how can one enter into a strong man’s house and plunder his +goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then will he +plunder his goods? <sup>30</sup>He that is not with me, is +against me; and he that associates not with me, scattereth +abroad. <sup>31</sup>Therefore I say unto you, All sin and +blasphemy shall be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the +Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. <sup>32</sup>And whosoever +may speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven +him: but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall +not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to +come. <sup>33</sup>Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; +or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is +known by the fruit. <sup>34</sup>Ye broods of vipers, how can ye +speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the +abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. <sup>35</sup>A good +man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good +things: and a wicked man out of the evil treasure of his heart +bringeth forth evil things. <sup>36</sup>But I tell you, That +every idle word which men speak, for it shall they give an +account in the day of judgment. <sup>37</sup>For by thy words +thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be +condemned.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>Then certain of the scribes and +Pharisees addressed him, saying, Master, we desire to see a sign +from thee. <sup>39</sup>But he answered and said unto them, A +wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign +shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet: +<sup>40</sup>for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three +days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of +the earth three days and three nights. <sup>41</sup>The men of +Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against this generation, and +condemn it: for they repented on the preaching of Jonah; and +behold, a greater than Jonah is here. <sup>42</sup>The queen of +the South shall rise up in judgment against the men of 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.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>43</sup>When the unclean spirit is indeed gone +out of a man, he traverses through places destitute of water, in +search of rest, but cannot find it. <sup>44</sup>Then he saith, I +will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he +findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished. <sup>45</sup>Then +goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked +than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last +state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be +with this wicked generation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>46</sup>And while he was yet speaking to the +multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, +desiring to speak to him. <sup>47</sup>And a person said unto +him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring +to speak to thee. <sup>48</sup>But he answered and said to him +that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? +<sup>49</sup>And stretching out his hand towards his disciples, +he said, Behold my mother and my brethren. <sup>50</sup>For +whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the +same is my brother, and sister, and mother.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat13" id="mat13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN the same day Jesus +going out from the house, sat down near the sea. <sup>2</sup>And +vast multitudes were gathered together unto him, insomuch that he +entered into a vessel to be seated; and all the multitude stood +on the beach. <sup>3</sup>And he spake unto them many things in +parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow: +<sup>4</sup>and as he was sowing, some seeds fell indeed by the +road-side; and the birds came and ate them up: <sup>5</sup>and +other seed fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much earth; and +immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: +<sup>6</sup>and when the sun arose, it was scorched up; and +because it had no root, it withered away. <sup>7</sup>And other +seeds fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked +them: <sup>8</sup>but others fell on good ground, and produced +fruit, some an hundred, some sixty, and some thirty. +<sup>9</sup>He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. +<sup>10</sup>And when his disciples came, they said to him, Why +speakest thou to them in parables? <sup>11</sup>And he answered +and said unto them, Because to you it is given to know the +mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. +<sup>12</sup>For whosoever hath, more shall be given to him, and +he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, even that he +hath shall be taken from him. <sup>13</sup>Therefore I speak to +them in parables: that seeing, they may not see; and hearing, +they may not hear nor understand. <sup>14</sup>And in them is +fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, With the hearing +ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and +in no wise perceive: <sup>15</sup>for the heart of this people is +waxed gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and +their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see +with the eves, and hear with the ears, and understand with the +heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. <sup>16</sup>But +blessed are your eyes; for ye see: and your ears; for ye hear. +<sup>17</sup>For verily I tell you, That many prophets and +righteous men have greatly desired to see the things which ye +see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things which ye +hear, and have not heard them. <sup>18</sup>Hear ye therefore the +parable of the sower.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>When any person heareth the word of +the kingdom, and doth not understand it, the wicked one cometh, +and snatcheth away what was sown on his heart: such is he who is +the sown by the road-side. <sup>20</sup>But the sown on the rocky +soil, is he who having heard the word, and instantly with joy +receiving it, <sup>21</sup>hath not really root in himself, but +is merely temporary: and when tribulation or persecution ariseth +for the word’s sake, immediately he is stumbled. <sup>22</sup>But +the sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word, and the +anxiety about this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choketh +the word, and it becometh unfruitful. <sup>23</sup>But the sown +upon the good ground, is he who heareth the word, and +understandeth it; who truly beareth fruit, and produceth, one an +hundred fold, and another sixty, and another thirty.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Another parable proposed he to them, +saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good +seed in his field: <sup>25</sup>and while the men were asleep, +his enemy came and sowed zizane among the wheat, and departed. +<sup>26</sup>But when the blade was shot up, and produced fruit, +then appeared also the zizane. <sup>27</sup>The servants of the +proprietor came, and said to him, Master, didst thou not sow good +seed in thy field? whence then hath it the zizane? +<sup>28</sup>He saith unto them, Some man, an enemy, hath done +this. Then the servants said to him, Wilt thou that we go and +weed them out? <sup>29</sup>he replied, No; lest perhaps in +weeding out the zizane, we root up the wheat with them. +<sup>30</sup>Let them both grow together till the harvest: and at +the harvest-time I will say to the reapers, Gather out first the +zizane, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the +wheat into my barn.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Another parable he proposed to them, +saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a +man took and sowed in his field: <sup>32</sup>which indeed is +among the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is +among the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the +birds of the air come and make their nests in the branches of +it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Another parable spake he to them: The +kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and covered +up in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened. +<sup>34</sup>All these things spake Jesus in parables to the +multitudes; and without a parable he spake not to them: +<sup>35</sup>that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the +prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will bring +forth things hid from the foundation of the world.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>Then Jesus dismissing the multitudes, +went into a house; and his disciples came unto him, saying, +Explain to us the parable of the zizane of the field. +<sup>37</sup>And he replying said to them, He that sowed the good +seed, is the Son of man; <sup>38</sup>the field is the world: and +the good seed are those who are the children of the kingdom; but +the zizane are the children of the wicked one; <sup>39</sup>the +enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the +world; and the reapers are the angels. <sup>40</sup>As therefore +the zizane are gathered, and burned in the fire; just so shall it +be at the end of this world. <sup>41</sup>The Son of man shall +send out his angels, and shall gather together out of his kingdom +all things offensive, and those who practise iniquity; +<sup>42</sup>and will cast them into a furnace of fire; there +shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. <sup>43</sup>Then shall +the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their +Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>44</sup>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a +treasure hid in a field: which when a man findeth, he hideth, and +for joy thereof, goeth away and selleth all that he hath, and +buyeth that field.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a +merchantman in search of beautiful pearls: <sup>46</sup>who, +having discovered one of vast price, went away and sold all that +he possessed, and bought it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>47</sup>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like +to a net cast into the sea, and collecting fish of every kind: +<sup>48</sup>which, when it was full, they drew to the beach, and +sitting down, selected the good into baskets, but cast those of a +bad kind away. <sup>49</sup>Just so shall it be at the end of +this world: the angels shall go forth, and shall separate the +wicked from amidst the just, <sup>50</sup>and shall cast them +into a furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of +teeth. <sup>51</sup>Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all +these things? <sup>52</sup>They say unto him, Yes, Lord. Then +said he unto them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the +kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man, the master of a family, +who bringeth out of his storehouse things new and old.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>53</sup>And it came to pass, when Jesus had +finished there parables, he departed thence. <sup>54</sup>And +coming into his own country, taught them in their synagogues, so +that they were exceedingly struck, and said, Whence hath this man +this wisdom, and these miracles? <sup>55</sup>Is not this the +carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? his brethren, +James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? <sup>56</sup>and his +sisters, are they not all among us? whence then hath he all these +things? <sup>57</sup>And they were offended at him. But Jesus +said unto them, A prophet is not disrespected, except in his own +country, and in his own family. <sup>58</sup>And he did not there +many miracles because of their unbelief.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat14" id="mat14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>T that time Herod the +tetrarch heard the report of Jesus, <sup>2</sup>and said unto his +servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, +and therefore miracles are wrought by him. <sup>3</sup>For Herod +having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, for the +sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother. <sup>4</sup>For +John said unto him, It is unlawful for thee to have her. +<sup>5</sup>And though he wished to kill him, he was afraid of +the multitude, for they held him as a prophet. <sup>6</sup>But +when Herod’s birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced +in the circle, and pleased Herod: <sup>7</sup>so that with an +oath he promised to give her whatever she should ask. +<sup>8</sup>And she, being previously urged on by her mother, +said, Give me here, in a spacious dish, the head of John the +Baptist. <sup>9</sup>And the king was grieved: but for his oath’s +sake, and on account of those who were with him, he commanded it +to be given her. <sup>10</sup>And he sent, and beheaded John in +the prison. <sup>11</sup>And his head was brought on a large +dish, and was given to the young lady: and she brought it to her +mother. <sup>12</sup>And his disciples came and took the body, +and buried it, and they came and told Jesus. <sup>13</sup>And +when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence in a vessel into a +desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard it, they +followed him on foot from the cities.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And when Jesus was come forth, he saw +a great multitude, and was moved with compassion towards them, +and healed their sick. <sup>15</sup>But when evening was come, +his disciples came unto him, saying, The place is desert, and the +day is far advanced; send the multitude away, that they may go +into the villages, and buy themselves provisions. +<sup>16</sup>But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart: give +ye them to eat. <sup>17</sup>And they said unto him, We have +nothing here except five loaves and two fishes. <sup>18</sup>Then +he said, Bring them hither to me. <sup>19</sup>And he commanded +the multitude to sit down on the grass, and taking the five +loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed them, +and brake, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the +disciples to the multitude. <sup>20</sup>And they did all eat, +and were filled: and they took up the superabundance of the +fragments, twelve baskets full. <sup>21</sup>And they who had +eaten, were about five thousand men, besides women and children. +<sup>22</sup>And immediately Jesus compelled his disciples to go +on board the vessel, and pass before him to the other side, while +he dismissed the people.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And when he had sent away the +multitude, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when +evening came, he was there alone. <sup>24</sup>But the vessel was +already in the midst of the sea, tossed with the waves: for the +wind was contrary. <sup>25</sup>Then at the fourth watch of the +night came Jesus unto them, walking on the sea. <sup>26</sup>And +when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were greatly +agitated, saying, It is his apparition. And they cried out with +terror. <sup>27</sup>And immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, +Be of good courage: it is I; be not terrified. <sup>28</sup>Then +Peter answering, said, Lord, if it be thou, command me to come +unto thee upon the waters. <sup>29</sup>And he said, Come. And +descending from the vessel, Peter walked upon the waters to come +to Jesus. <sup>30</sup>But seeing the wind boisterous, he was +afraid; and beginning to sink in the deep, he cried out, saying, +Lord save me. <sup>31</sup>Then immediately Jesus stretching out +his hand, laid hold on him, and said to him, O thou of little +faith, wherefore dost thou doubt? <sup>32</sup>And when they came +aboard the vessel, the wind ceased. <sup>33</sup>And they who +were in the vessel, came and worshipped him, saying, Truly thou +art the Son of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>And passing over, they came to the +land of Gennesareth. <sup>35</sup>And when the men of that place +knew him, they sent into all that neighbourhood, and brought to +him all that had illnesses: <sup>36</sup>and they besought him +that they might only touch the fringe of his garment: and as many +as touched it were cured.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat15" id="mat15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN came to Jesus scribes +and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying, <sup>2</sup>Why do thy +disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash +not their hands when they eat bread? <sup>3</sup>And he answering +said to them, And why do you transgress the command of God, by +your tradition? <sup>4</sup>For God commanded, saying “Honour thy +father and thy mother:” and, He that curseth father or mother, +let him surely die. <sup>5</sup>But ye say, If any man declare to +his father or mother, This is a <i>devoted</i> gift, which else +might have been employed by me for thy advantage; +<sup>6</sup>then he shall not with it honour his father and +mother: so have ye vacated the command of God by your tradition. +<sup>7</sup>Ye hypocrites, well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning +you, saying, <sup>8</sup>This people draweth nigh to me with +their mouths, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is +far distant from me. <sup>9</sup>But in vain do they worship me, +teaching doctrines the commandments of men. <sup>10</sup>And he +called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and +understand: <sup>11</sup>not that which goeth into the mouth +defileth a man; but what cometh out of the mouth, that defileth +the man.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then his disciples approaching, said +to him, Knowest thou how offended the Pharisees were at hearing +that speech? <sup>13</sup>Then he answered and said, Every plant +which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up. +<sup>14</sup>Leave them to themselves: they are blind leaders of +the blind. But if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall +into the pit. <sup>15</sup>Then Peter answering said unto him, +Explain to us this parable. <sup>16</sup>And Jesus said, Are ye +also to this time destitute of intelligence? <sup>17</sup>Do ye +not observe, that every thing which entereth into the mouth +passeth into the belly, and is ejected into the vault? +<sup>18</sup>But the things which go forth out of the mouth, come +out of the heart, and they are the things which defile a man: +<sup>19</sup>for out of the heart proceed wicked reasonings, +murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false testimonies, +blasphemies: <sup>20</sup>these are the things which defile a +man: but to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And going forth thence, Jesus retired +into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. <sup>22</sup>And lo! a woman +of Canaan coming out of these coasts, cried aloud, saying to him, +Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David: my daughter is a grievous +demoniac. <sup>23</sup>But he replied not a word to her. Then his +disciples came and intreated him, saying, Send her away; for she +is crying aloud after us. <sup>24</sup>But he said in reply, I am +not sent, save only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. +<sup>25</sup>Then she came, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help +me! <sup>26</sup>But he answering said, It is not proper to take +the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs. <sup>27</sup>And +she said, True, Lord: yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which +fall from their master’s table. <sup>28</sup>Then Jesus answering +said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith! be it unto thee even +as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that hour.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>And departing thence, Jesus went to +the sea-side of Galilee; and ascending a mountain, he sat down +there. <sup>30</sup>And great multitudes came to him, bringing +with them the lame, blind, dumb, cripples, and many others, and +cast them down at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them all: +<sup>31</sup>insomuch that the multitude marvelled when they saw +the dumb speaking, the cripples sound, the lame walking, and the +blind restored to sight: and they glorified the God of +Israel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Then Jesus calling his disciples, +said, I have compassion on the multitude, for they have now +continued with me three days, and have not any thing to eat: and +send them away fasting I will not, lest they faint on the road. +<sup>33</sup>And his disciples said unto him, Whence can we in +the wilderness have loaves enough to satisfy the cravings of so +great a multitude? <sup>34</sup>And Jesus said unto them, How +many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small +fishes. <sup>35</sup>And he commanded the multitude to sit down +on the ground. <sup>36</sup>And taking the seven loaves and the +fishes, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples, and +the disciples to the multitude. <sup>37</sup>And they did all +eat, and were filled: and took up a superabundance of fragments +seven baskets full. <sup>38</sup>And they that had eaten were +four thousand men, besides women and children. <sup>39</sup>And +dismissing the multitudes he went on board a vessel, and came +into the coasts of Magdala.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat16" id="mat16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND the Pharisees and the +Sadducees came to him, and, to make trial of him, desired him to +shew them a sign from heaven. <sup>2</sup>And he answering, said +unto them, When evening comes, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky +is red. <sup>3</sup>And in the morning, It will be tempestuous +to-day, for the sky is gloomy and fiery red. Ye hypocrites, do ye +know how to discern the appearance of the sky, and are ye unable +to discern the signs of the times? <sup>4</sup>A wicked and +adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given +to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and +departed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And when his disciples were come to the +other side, they had forgotten to take bread. <sup>6</sup>Then +Jesus said to them, Beware and abstain from the leaven of the +Pharisees and of the Sadducees. <sup>7</sup>So they reasoned +among themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread. +<sup>8</sup>But when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why are ye +reasoning among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have +not taken bread? <sup>9</sup>Do you not consider, nor remember +the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many baskets ye +took up? <sup>10</sup>Nor the seven loaves among the four +thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? <sup>11</sup>How is it +that ye do not understand, that I spake not to you of bread, to +beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? +<sup>12</sup>Then understood they, that he spake about abstaining +not from the leaven in the bread, but from the doctrine of the +Pharisees and the Sadducees.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then Jesus coming into the parts of +Cæsarea Philippi, questioned his disciples, saying, Who do men +say that I am? The Son of Man? <sup>14</sup>But they replied, +Some, that thou art John the Baptist; but others, Elias; and +others again, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. <sup>15</sup>He +saith unto them, But who do ye say that I am? <sup>16</sup>Then +Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the +living God. <sup>17</sup>And Jesus replying, said to him, Blessed +art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed +this to thee, but my Father, who is in heaven. <sup>18</sup>And I +tell thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build +my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. +<sup>19</sup>And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of +heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in +heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed +in heaven. <sup>20</sup>Then he commanded his disciples, that +they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Messiah.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>From that time Jesus began to shew his +disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things +of the elders, and of the chief-priests, and of the scribes, and +be put to death, and the third day rise again. <sup>22</sup>And +Peter taking him aside, began to chide him, saying, Mercy on +thee, Lord! this shall never be thy case. <sup>23</sup>Then +turning from him, he said unto Peter, Get thee behind me Satan! +thou art an offence to me: for thou dost not relish the things of +God, but those of men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Then said Jesus to his disciples, If +any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his +cross, and follow me. <sup>25</sup>For whosoever is desirous to +preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his +life for my sake, shall find it. <sup>26</sup>For what would a +man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he +should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as +the ransom for his soul? <sup>27</sup>For the Son of man shall +hereafter come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and +then shall he recompense every man according to his practice. +<sup>28</sup>Verily I say unto you, There are some of those +standing here, who shall in no wise taste of death, until they +see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat17" id="mat17">CHAP. XVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN six days after, Jesus +taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them +into an exceeding high mountain apart. <sup>2</sup>And he was +transformed before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his +garments were white as the light. <sup>3</sup>And behold, there +appeared to them, Moses and Elias talking with him. +<sup>4</sup>Then Peter addressing him, said to Jesus, Lord, It is +well that we are here; if it please thee, we will make here three +tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. +<sup>5</sup>And while he was yet speaking, behold, a luminous +cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, +saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom is my delight; hear him! +<sup>6</sup>And the disciples hearing it, fell on their face, and +were exceedingly affrighted. <sup>7</sup>And Jesus came and +touched them, and said, Arise, be not affrighted. +<sup>8</sup>Then lifting up their eyes, they saw no person, but +Jesus only. <sup>9</sup>And when they were coming down from the +mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell no man the vision, +until the Son of man is risen from the dead. <sup>10</sup>And his +disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes affirm, that +Elias must come first? <sup>11</sup>Then Jesus answering said +unto them, Elias indeed cometh first, and will reform all things. +<sup>12</sup>But I say unto you, That Elias is already come, and +they knew him not, but have done by him whatsoever they chose: +even so also must the Son of man suffer by them. +<sup>13</sup>Then understood the disciples that he spake to them +of John the Baptist.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And when they were come to the +multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him, and +saying, <sup>15</sup>Lord, have compassion on my son, for he is a +lunatic, and suffers grievously; for oftentimes he falleth into +the fire, and often into the water. <sup>16</sup>And I brought +him to thy disciples, and they have not been able to cure him. +<sup>17</sup>Then Jesus answering, said, O generation, faithless, +and perverse! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear +with you? bring him hither to me. <sup>18</sup>And Jesus rebuked +him, and the devil came out of him; and the child was cured from +that hour. <sup>19</sup>Then the disciples of Jesus coming +privately, said, Why could not we cast it out? <sup>20</sup>Then +said Jesus unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say +unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to +this mountain, Remove from hence, thither, and it will remove; +and nothing will be impossible for you. <sup>21</sup>But this +kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And as they were returning into +Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man must be delivered +into the hands of men: <sup>23</sup>and they shall kill him, and +the third day he shall rise again. And they were grieved +exceedingly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>And when they came to Capernaum, they +who receive the tax of two drachmas came to Peter, and said, Doth +not your master pay tribute? <sup>25</sup>He saith, Yes. And when +he came into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What +thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth receive +customs and tax? from their own children, or from aliens? +<sup>26</sup>Peter saith to him, From aliens. Jesus saith unto +him, In that case then the children are free. <sup>27</sup>But +that we give them no offence, go unto the sea, and cast in a +hook, and take the first fish which cometh up; and on opening his +mouth, thou wilt find a stater, that take and give them for me +and thee.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat18" id="mat18">CHAP. XVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>T that time came the +disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is indeed the greatest in the +kingdom of heaven? <sup>2</sup>And Jesus calling a little boy, +set him in the midst of them, <sup>3</sup>and said, Verily I say +unto you, Except ye be changed and be as little children, ye +shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. +<sup>4</sup>Whosoever therefore shall humble himself, as this +little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. +<sup>5</sup>And whosoever shall receive one such little child in +my name, receiveth me. <sup>6</sup>And whosoever shall cause one +of these little ones, who believe in me, to stumble, it were +better for him that a millstone was hung at his neck, and that he +was sunk in the depth of the sea.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Wo to the world because of offences! +for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to +that man by whom the offence cometh! <sup>8</sup>If then thy +hand, or thy foot, lead thee to offend, cut them off, and cast +them from thee: for it were better for thee to enter into life, +halting or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast +into the fire, which is eternal. <sup>9</sup>And if thine eye +lead thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee, for it +were better for thee to enter into life with one eye only, than +having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>See that ye despise not one of these +little ones, for I say unto you, That their angels in heaven +continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. +<sup>11</sup>For the Son of man is come to save that which was +lost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>What think you? If a man have an +hundred sheep, and one of them stray, doth he not leave the +ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that which had +strayed? <sup>13</sup>And if he happen to find it, verily I say +unto you, that he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and +nine which never went astray. <sup>14</sup>Even so it is not the +will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little +ones perish.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Now if thy brother sin against thee, +go and reprove him between thyself and him alone; if he hear +thee, thou hast gained thy brother. <sup>16</sup>But if he will +not hear thee, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth +of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed. +<sup>17</sup>But if he disregard them, inform the church: and if +he disregard the church, let him be to thee as a heathen, or a +publican. <sup>18</sup>Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever things +ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever +things ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. +<sup>19</sup>Again I say unto you, That if two of you are +concurring upon earth, respecting any matter, which ye shall ask, +it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. +<sup>20</sup>For where two or three are gathered together in my +name, there am I in the midst of them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Then Peter coming to him, said, Lord, +how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? +till seven times? <sup>22</sup>Jesus saith to him, I tell thee +not until seven times, but unto seventy times seven.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Therefore is the kingdom of heaven +like unto a certain king who purposed to settle his account with +his servants. <sup>24</sup>And when he began to make up the +account, there was brought to him one debtor, ten thousand +talents in arrear: <sup>25</sup>but not having wherewithal to +pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his +children, and all things whatsoever he possessed, and payment to +be made. <sup>26</sup>Then that servant falling prostrate, paid +him the most profound homage, saying, Lord, have forbearance with +me, and I will pay thee all. <sup>27</sup>Then his lord, moved +with compassion towards that servant, discharged him, and forgave +him the debt. <sup>28</sup>But that servant going out, found one +of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, and +seizing, throttled him, saying, Pay me what thou owest. +<sup>29</sup>Then his fellow-servant fell at his feet, and +besought him, saying, Have forbearance with me, and I will pay +thee all. <sup>30</sup>And he would not: but went and cast him +into prison, till he should pay what he owed. <sup>31</sup>Then +his fellow-servants, when they saw what was done, were +exceedingly sorry, and came to their lord, and gave him an +explicit account of all things that had passed. <sup>32</sup>Then +his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! +all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me: +<sup>33</sup>and oughtest thou not to have had compassion on thy +fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee? <sup>34</sup>And his +lord, incensed, delivered him up to the torturers, till he should +pay all that he owed him. <sup>35</sup>Even so also will my +heavenly Father do to you, except ye forgive every one of you his +brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat19" id="mat19">CHAP. XIX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass when +Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and +came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan. <sup>2</sup>And +great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. +<sup>3</sup>And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and +saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every +cause? <sup>4</sup>But he replying, said unto them, Have ye not +read, that he who created them from the beginning, created them +male and female? <sup>5</sup>And he said, for this reason shall a +man forsake father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and +they two shall be one flesh. <sup>6</sup>Wherefore they are no +longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath yoked +together, let no man separate. <sup>7</sup>They say unto him, Why +then did Moses command to give her a bill of divorce, and to put +her away? <sup>8</sup>He saith unto them, It was on account of +the hardness of your hearts that Moses gave you permission to put +away your wives: but from the beginning it was not thus. +<sup>9</sup>And I tell you, that whosoever shall put away his +wife, except for whoredom, and shall marry another, committeth +adultery: and he that marrieth the divorced woman, committeth +adultery. <sup>10</sup>His disciples said unto him, If the case +of a man with his wife be thus, it is not expedient to marry. +<sup>11</sup>Then he said to them, All men are not capable of +receiving this saying, but they to whom it is given. +<sup>12</sup>For there are eunuchs, who were so from their +mothers’ womb; and there are eunuchs, who have been made eunuchs +by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs +for the kingdom of heaven. He that is capable of receiving, let +him receive it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then were brought to him little +children, that he should lay his hands upon them, and pray <i>for +them</i>: but the disciples rebuked them. <sup>14</sup>Then said +Jesus, Permit little children, and hinder them not from coming to +me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven. <sup>15</sup>And when +he had laid his hands upon them, he departed thence.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>And lo! a person coming to him, said, +Good Master, what good thing shall I do, in order to attain +eternal life? <sup>17</sup>Then he said to him, Why callest thou +me good? there is none good but one, even God: but if thou art +desirous of entering into life, keep the commandments. +<sup>18</sup>He saith unto him, Which? Then said Jesus, these, +Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou +shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, +<sup>19</sup>Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt +love thy neighbour as thyself. <sup>20</sup>The young man saith +to him, All these things have I observed from my youth: in what +am I still deficient? <sup>21</sup>Jesus said to him, If thou art +desirous to be perfect, go, sell all thy substance, and give to +the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, +follow me. <sup>22</sup>Now when the young man heard this speech, +he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Then Jesus said to his disciples, +Verily I say unto you, That very difficultly shall a rich man +enter into the kingdom of heaven. <sup>24</sup>And again I repeat +it to you, It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a +needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. +<sup>25</sup>But when his disciples heard it, they were +exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? +<sup>26</sup>And Jesus looking upon them, said unto them, With +men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>Then Peter addressing him, said unto +him, Lo! we have left all and followed thee; what, I pray thee, +shall we receive? <sup>28</sup>Then said Jesus unto them, Verily +I say unto you, That ye who have followed me in the regeneration, +when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also +shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. +<sup>29</sup>And every one who hath left family, or brethren, or +sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, +for my name sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall +inherit life eternal. <sup>30</sup>But many, now first, will be +the last; and last, who will be the first.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat20" id="mat20">CHAP. XX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR the kingdom of heaven +is like a man, the master of a family, who went out at break of +day, to hire labourers into his vineyard. <sup>2</sup>And when he +had agreed with the labourers at a denarius a day, he sent them +into the vineyard. <sup>3</sup>And going out about the third +hour, he saw others standing in the market place unemployed. +<sup>4</sup>And he said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, +and whatever is equitable, I will give it you. So they went. +<sup>5</sup>Again going out, about the sixth and ninth hour, he +did after the same manner. <sup>6</sup>But about the eleventh +hour, going out, he found others standing unemployed, and saith +unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? <sup>7</sup>They +say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go +ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is equitable, ye shall +receive. <sup>8</sup>Now when the evening came, the master of the +vineyard said to his overseer, Call the labourers, and give them +their wages, beginning from the last to the first. +<sup>9</sup>And when they came, who began about the eleventh +hour, they received each a denarius. <sup>10</sup>But when the +first came, they expected that they should receive more; and they +also received every man a denarius. <sup>11</sup>But when they +received it, they murmured against the master of the family: +<sup>12</sup>saying, These last have wrought only a single hour, +and thou hast put them on an equality with us, who have borne the +burden and heat of the day. <sup>13</sup>But he answering, said +to one of them, Friend, I do thee no injustice; did I not agree +with thee for a denarius? <sup>14</sup>Take then thine own, and +begone: I chuse to give to this last even as to thee. +<sup>15</sup>Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my +own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? <sup>16</sup>Thus +shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, +but the elect are few.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took +his twelve disciples aside on the road, and said to them; +<sup>18</sup>Lo! we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man +will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall +condemn him to death, <sup>19</sup>and shall deliver him to the +Gentiles, to insult, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the +third day he shall rise again.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Then came to him the mother of +Zebedee’s children, with her sons, paying him obeisance, and +petitioning a favour of him. <sup>21</sup>Then he said to her, +What is thy wish? She saith unto him, Tell me that these my two +sons shall sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy +left, in thy kingdom. <sup>22</sup>Then Jesus answering said, Ye +know not what ye ask. Can ye drink of the cup that I am going to +drink, and be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised? +They say unto him, We are able. <sup>23</sup>And he saith unto +them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and with the baptism with +which I am baptised, shall ye be baptised; but to sit on my right +hand, and on my left, it is not in my power to bestow, but on +those, for whom it was prepared by my Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>And the twelve, on hearing this, were +filled with indignation against the two brethren. +<sup>25</sup>But Jesus, calling them to him, said, Ye know that +the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great +men exercise authority among them. <sup>26</sup>But thus shall it +not be with you. But whosoever will be a great man among you, let +him be your servant; <sup>27</sup>and whosoever will be first, +let him be your slave. <sup>28</sup>Even as the Son of man came +not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a +ransom for many.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>And as they were going out of Jericho, +a great multitude followed him. <sup>30</sup>And, behold, two +blind men sat by the road side, who hearing that Jesus was +passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, son of +David! <sup>31</sup>And the multitude checked them, that they +should be silent; but they cried out the more, Have mercy on us, +Lord, son of David. <sup>32</sup>And Jesus standing called them, +and said, What desire ye, that I should do for you? +<sup>33</sup>They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be +opened. <sup>34</sup>Then Jesus, moved with compassion, touched +their eyes; and immediately their eyes recovered sight, and they +followed him.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat21" id="mat21">CHAP. XXI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND when they drew nigh to +Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage to the mount of Olives, +then Jesus sent two disciples, <sup>2</sup>saying to them, Go +into the village, which is opposite you, and immediately you will +find an ass tied, and a foal with her; loose and bring them to +me. <sup>3</sup>And if any man say aught to you, ye shall tell +them, That the Lord hath need of them, and immediately he will +send them. <sup>4</sup>Now this was entirely done, that what was +spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, +<sup>5</sup>“Tell the daughter of Sion, Lo! thy King cometh to +thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even on a foal the ass’s +colt.” <sup>6</sup>Then the disciples going, and doing as Jesus +had commanded them, <sup>7</sup>brought the ass and her foal, and +they spread over them their garments, and seated him upon them. +<sup>8</sup>And a vast multitude spread their garments on the +road, and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed +them on the road: <sup>9</sup>and the multitudes who went before, +and who followed after, cried, saying, Hosanna, to the son of +David; blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna +in the highest.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And when he was entered into +Jerusalem, the whole city was in commotion, saying, Who is this? +<sup>11</sup>Then the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the +prophet, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And Jesus entered into the temple of +God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, +and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of +those who sold doves <sup>13</sup>and said unto them, It is +written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but ye +have made it a den of robbers.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Then the blind and the lame came unto +him, into the temple, and he cured them. <sup>15</sup>But when +the chief priests and scribes saw the marvellous acts which he +did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, +Hosanna to the son of David; they were filled with indignation; +<sup>16</sup>and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? Jesus +replied to them, Yes; but have ye never read, “That out of the +mouths of infants and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” +<sup>17</sup>And turning his back upon them, he went out of the +city to Bethany, and lodged there.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Now in the morning, when returning +into the city, he was hungry: <sup>19</sup>and seeing a fig-tree +at the road side, he went up to it, and found nothing on it but +leaves only: and saith unto it, Let no fruit spring from thee +henceforth for ever: and immediately the fig-tree withered +entirely away. <sup>20</sup>And when his disciples saw it, they +marvelled, saying, How suddenly is the fig-tree withered away! +<sup>21</sup>But Jesus addressing them, said, Verily I tell you, +if ye have faith, and entertain no doubt, not only shall ye do +what is done to the fig-tree, but if ye should even say to this +mountain, Be lifted up, and be cast into the sea, it be done. +<sup>22</sup>And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, +believing, ye shall receive.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And when he was come into the temple, +the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him, as he +was teaching, demanding, By what authority doest thou these +things? And who gave thee this authority? <sup>24</sup>Then Jesus +answering, said to them, I also will ask you one question, which +if ye answer me, then will I tell you by what authority I do +these things. <sup>25</sup>The baptism of John whence was it? +from heaven, or from men? Hereupon they reasoned among +themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, +Why then did ye not believe him? <sup>26</sup>But if we say, From +men, we are afraid of the populace, for they all hold John as a +prophet. <sup>27</sup>So they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot +tell. Then said he also to them, Neither tell I you by what +authority I do these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>But what think ye? A man had two sons; +and coming to the first he said, Son, go work to-day in my +vineyard. <sup>29</sup>But he answering said, I will not: yet +repenting afterwards, he went. <sup>30</sup>And coming to the +other, he spake after the same manner, and he replying, said, I +go, sir; yet went not. <sup>31</sup>Which of the two did the will +of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, +Verily I say unto you, That tax-gatherers and harlots shall go +before you into the kingdom of God. <sup>32</sup>For John came +unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: +but the tax-gatherers and harlots believed on him. But ye, when +ye saw it, repented not afterwards, that ye should believe on +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Hear another parable: There was a +certain man, the master of a family, who planted a vineyard, and +set a hedge about it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a +tower, and hired it out to husbandmen, and went into a distant +country. <sup>34</sup>But when the season for fruits drew near, +he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. +<sup>35</sup>And the husbandmen took his servants, one they beat, +and another they killed, and a third they stoned. +<sup>36</sup>Again he sent other servants more than the first, +and they treated them in the same manner. <sup>37</sup>Then at +last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my +son. <sup>38</sup>But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said +among themselves, This is the heir, come let us kill him, and let +us seize on the inheritance. <sup>39</sup>And they took him, and +cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. <sup>40</sup>When +therefore the master of the vineyard cometh, what will he do with +these husbandmen? <sup>41</sup>They say unto him, He will +dreadfully destroy those wicked wretches, and will let out his +vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in +their seasons. <sup>42</sup>Jesus saith unto them, Have ye not +read in the Scriptures, “The stone, which the builders rejected; +the same is become the head of the corner; this is done by the +Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes.” <sup>43</sup>Therefore I +tell you, That the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, +and given to a nation, producing the fruits thereof. +<sup>44</sup>And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be +broken in pieces, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind +him to powder. <sup>45</sup>And when the chief priests and +Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking +concerning them. <sup>46</sup>And they sought to apprehend him; +but were afraid of the people, for they held him as a +prophet.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat22" id="mat22">CHAP. XXII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND Jesus continuing his +discourse, spake again to them in parables, saying, +<sup>2</sup>The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who +made a marriage-feast for his son: <sup>3</sup>and sent his +servants to call those who were invited to the entertainment: and +they would not come. <sup>4</sup>Again he sent other servants, +saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared +my dinner; my oxen and the fatlings are killed, and all things +are ready; come unto the marriage-feast. <sup>5</sup>But they +gave themselves no concern about it, and went their several ways, +one to his own farm, and another to his traffick: <sup>6</sup>And +the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them. +<sup>7</sup>Then the king, when he heard it, was incensed: and +sending out his armies, destroyed these murderers, and burnt down +their city. <sup>8</sup>Then he said to his servants, The wedding +entertainment indeed is ready, but those who were invited were +not worthy: <sup>9</sup>go therefore into the thoroughfares of +the roads, and as many as ye find, invite to the banquet. +<sup>10</sup>So these servants going out into the roads, +collected all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the +wedding feast was fully furnished with guests. <sup>11</sup>Then +the king coming in to look around on the guests, saw there a man +who had not put on the wedding garment: <sup>12</sup>and he saith +to him, Friend, how came thou in here, not having the garment +provided for the marriage feast? And he was speechless. +<sup>13</sup>Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet +and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, +which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. +<sup>14</sup>For many are called, but few elect.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Then went the Pharisees, and took +counsel together how they might lay a snare to entrap him in his +discourse. <sup>16</sup>And they sent to him their disciples, +with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, +and teachest the way of God with veracity; and carest for no man, +for thou regardest not the person of men: <sup>17</sup>tell us +therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to pay tribute to +Cæsar, or not? <sup>18</sup>But Jesus knew their wicked design, +and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? <sup>19</sup>Shew me +the money for the tribute; and they brought him a denarius. +<sup>20</sup>And he saith unto them, Whose figure is this and +inscription? <sup>21</sup>They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith +he to them, Render therefore to Cæsar, the things which are +Cæsar’s; and to God, the things which are God’s. <sup>22</sup>And +when they heard him, they marvelled, and leaving him, went +away.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>On the same day the Sadducees came to +him, who say, that there is no resurrection, and they put a +question to him, <sup>24</sup>saying, Master, Moses said, “If a +man die having no children, his brother in right of affinity +shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.” +<sup>25</sup>Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first +marrying, died, and had no offspring, and left his wife to his +brother; <sup>26</sup>likewise the second also; then the third; +so on to the seven. <sup>27</sup>Last of all the woman died also. +<sup>28</sup>In the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she +be of the seven? for they all had her. <sup>29</sup>Jesus then +answering, said unto them, Ye are in an error, from not knowing +the Scriptures, and the power of God. <sup>30</sup>For at the +resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but +are as the angels of God in heaven. <sup>31</sup>But with respect +to the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken +to you of God, saying, <sup>32</sup>“I am the God of Abraham, and +the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?” God is not the God of +the dead, but of the living. <sup>33</sup>And when the multitude +heard it, they were amazingly struck with his doctrine.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>But the Pharisees hearing that he had +stopped the Sadducees’ mouths, they assembled together: +<sup>35</sup>and one of them, a teacher of the law, put a +question to him, to make trial of him, and said, +<sup>36</sup>Master, which is the great commandment in the law? +<sup>37</sup>Then Jesus said to him, “Thou shalt love the Lord +thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all +thy mind.” <sup>38</sup>This is the first and great commandment. +<sup>39</sup>And the second is like to it, “Thou shalt love thy +neighbour as thyself.” <sup>40</sup>On these two commandments, +the whole law and the prophets depend.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>The Pharisees being then assembled, +Jesus put a question to them, <sup>42</sup>saying, What think ye +of the Messiah, whose son is he? They say unto him, David’s. +<sup>43</sup>He saith unto them, How then doth David by the +Spirit call him Lord? saying, <sup>44</sup>“The Lord said unto my +Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thine enemies as a +footstool for thy feet.” <sup>45</sup>If then David calleth him +Lord, how is he his son? <sup>46</sup>And no man could answer him +a word, neither durst any man, from that day, interrogate him any +more.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat23" id="mat23">CHAP. XXIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN Jesus spake to the +multitudes and to his disciples, <sup>2</sup>saying, The scribes +and Pharisees are seated on the chair of Moses; <sup>3</sup>all +things therefore which they prescribe for you to observe, observe +and practise; but do not according to their works, for they say, +yet do not practise. <sup>4</sup>For they bind burdens grievous, +and difficultly borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they +will not move them with a finger of their own. <sup>5</sup>And +all their works they do to be seen of men: they make their +phylacteries broad, and deepen the fringes of their garments, +<sup>6</sup>and love the principal couch at suppers, and the +chief seats in the synagogues, <sup>7</sup>and salutations in the +places of public concourse, and to be called of men, Rabbi, +Rabbi. <sup>8</sup>But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your +leader, the Messiah; and ye all are brethren. <sup>9</sup>And +call no man your father upon earth; for one is your father, who +is in heaven. <sup>10</sup>And be not called leaders; for one is +your leader, the Messiah. <sup>11</sup>But he who is greatest +among you shall be your servant. <sup>12</sup>For whosoever +exalteth himself shall be abased; and whosoever abaseth himself +shall be exalted.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, +hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven from men; +for ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were coming in, ye +suffer not to enter. <sup>14</sup>Wo unto you, scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a +pretence make long prayers: wherefore ye shall receive greater +condemnation. <sup>15</sup>Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, +hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; +and when he is gained, ye make him doubly more the child of hell +than yourselves. <sup>16</sup>Wo unto you ye blind guides! who +say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but +whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, it is binding. +<sup>17</sup>Ye fools and blind! for which is the greater, the +gold, or the temple which consecrates the gold? <sup>18</sup>And +again, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but +whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, it is binding. +<sup>19</sup>Ye fools and blind! which is the greater, the gift, +or the altar which consecrates the gift? <sup>20</sup>Whosoever +therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all +things that are upon it. <sup>21</sup>And whosoever sweareth by +the temple, sweareth by it, and by him also who dwelleth in it. +<sup>22</sup>So he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the +throne of God, and by him who is seated upon it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, +hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of mint, and anise, and cummin, and +have neglected the weightier precepts of the law, judgment, and +mercy, and fidelity: these thing ought ye to have done, and not +to leave the others undone. <sup>24</sup>Ye blind guides! who +strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel. <sup>25</sup>Wo unto +you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the +outside of the cup, and of the dish, but within they are full of +rapacity and intemperance. <sup>26</sup>Thou blind Pharisee! +cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that their outside +may become clean also. <sup>27</sup>Wo unto you, scribes and +Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye resemble tombs whitewashed, which +outwardly indeed appear specious, but within are full of dead +men’s bones, and all manner of impurity. <sup>28</sup>And just +so, ye without indeed appear to men righteous, but within ye are +full of hypocrisy and iniquity. <sup>29</sup>Wo unto you, scribes +and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the tombs of the +prophets, and adorn the sepulchres of the just, <sup>30</sup>and +say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have +been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. +<sup>31</sup>Wherefore ye bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye +are the children of those who killed the prophets. +<sup>32</sup>Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. +<sup>33</sup>Ye serpents, ye broods of vipers! how can ye escape +from the damnation of hell? <sup>34</sup>Therefore, behold, I am +sending to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of +them ye shall kill, and crucify; and some of them ye shall +scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: +<sup>35</sup>that upon you may come all the righteous blood which +hath been poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the +righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom +ye slew between the temple and the altar. <sup>36</sup>Verily I +say unto you, All these things shall come on this generation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest +the prophets, and stonest those who were sent unto thee, how +often would I have gathered thy children to me, as a hen +gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not? +<sup>38</sup>Behold, your habitation is left unto you desolate. +<sup>39</sup>For I tell you, Ye shall henceforth no more see me, +until ye say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the +Lord.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat24" id="mat24">CHAP. XXIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND Jesus departing was +going his way from the temple: and his disciples came to him, to +point out to his observation the buildings of the temple. +<sup>2</sup>But Jesus said unto them, Do you not see all these +things? I tell you of a certainty, There shall not be left here +one stone upon another, which shall not be utterly thrown +down.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Then as he was sitting upon the mount +of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, +when shall there things be? and what is the sign of thy coming, +and of the consummation of the age? <sup>4</sup>And Jesus +answering said unto them, Beware that no man deceive you. +<sup>5</sup>For many will come in my name, saying, I am the +Messiah; and shall deceive multitudes. <sup>6</sup>And ye shall +hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that ye be not terrified: +for these things must first be, but the end is not yet. +<sup>7</sup>For nation shall be roused up against nation, and +kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and +pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. <sup>8</sup>Now +all these things are the beginning of the travailing pangs. +<sup>9</sup>Then shall they deliver you up to affliction, and +shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my +name’s sake. <sup>10</sup>And then shall many be offended, and +shall betray one another, and hate one another. <sup>11</sup>And +many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many. +<sup>12</sup>And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many +will grow cool. <sup>13</sup>But he that endureth to the end, +that man will be saved. <sup>14</sup>And this gospel of the +kingdom shall be preached through the whole world for a testimony +to all the nations: and then shall come the final close. +<sup>15</sup>When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, +spoken of by the prophet Daniel, erected in the holy place, (let +him that readeth, mark this,) <sup>16</sup>then let such as are +in Judea flee into the mountains. <sup>17</sup>Let not him who is +upon the roof go down to take any thing out of his house. +<sup>18</sup>And he that is in the field, let him not turn back +to take his garment. <sup>19</sup>But wo to those who are with +child, and have an infant at their breasts in those days! +<sup>20</sup>And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor on +the sabbath. <sup>21</sup>For then the tribulation will be great, +such as never was from the beginning of the world, and never more +shall be. <sup>22</sup>And except those days were shortened, +there would be no flesh saved: but for the elect’s sake these +days shall be shortened. <sup>23</sup>Then if any man say unto +you, Lo! here is the Messiah, or there; believe it not: +<sup>24</sup>for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, +and give out great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it +were possible, even the elect. <sup>25</sup>Behold, I have +forewarned you. <sup>26</sup>Therefore if they say to you, He is +in the wilderness; go not out: lo! he is in the secret closets; +believe it not. <sup>27</sup>For as the lightning cometh out from +the east, and flashes to the west; so shall be the coming of the +Son of man. <sup>28</sup>For wheresoever the carcase is, there +will the eagles be gathered together. <sup>29</sup>Then, +immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be +darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars +shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be +shaken. <sup>30</sup>And then shall the sign of the Son of man +appear in the heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth +lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the +clouds of heaven with power and great glory. <sup>31</sup>And he +shall send forth his angels with a trumpet, and a great shout, +and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, +from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities of the +same.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Learn then a parable from the +fig-tree; when its branch is now tender, and the leaves shoot +forth, ye know that summer is nigh: <sup>33</sup>just so ye, when +ye behold these things, know that it is near, even at the gates. +<sup>34</sup>Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not +pass away until all these things shall be done. +<sup>35</sup>Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall +in no wise pass away. <sup>36</sup>But of that day and hour no +man knoweth, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father alone. +<sup>37</sup>But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the +coming of the Son of man be. <sup>38</sup>For as they were in the +days preceding the deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and +giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, +<sup>39</sup>and they knew it not till the deluge came, and swept +them all away; such also shall the coming of the Son of man be. +<sup>40</sup>Then two shall be in the field; the one shall be +taken, and the other dismissed. <sup>41</sup>Two women grinding +at the mill; the one taken, the other dismissed. +<sup>42</sup>Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your +Master cometh. <sup>43</sup>And this observe, that if the master +of the family had known in which watch of the night the thief +would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered him +to break into his house. <sup>44</sup>Therefore be ye also +prepared: for in an hour that ye think not, the Son of man +cometh.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>Who then is the faithful and provident +servant, whom his Lord hath appointed over his household, to give +them meat in the proper time? <sup>46</sup>Blessed is that +servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find thus occupied. +<sup>47</sup>Verily I say unto you, that he will place him over +all his substance. <sup>48</sup>But if that wicked servant say in +his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; +<sup>49</sup>and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and to +eat and drink with the drunken; <sup>50</sup>the master of that +servant will come in a day that he doth not expect him, and at an +hour which he knoweth not. <sup>51</sup>And will cut him asunder, +and give him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be +weeping and gnashing of teeth.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat25" id="mat25">CHAP. XXV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN shall the kingdom of +heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps, went forth +to meet the bridegroom. <sup>2</sup>But five of them were +provident, and five foolish. <sup>3</sup>Those who were taking +their lamps, took no oil with them: <sup>4</sup>but the provident +took oil in their vessels with their lamps. <sup>5</sup>But as +the bridegroom stayed long, they all slumbered and slept. +<sup>6</sup>Then at midnight the cry came, Behold, the bridegroom +is coming; go forth to meet him. <sup>7</sup>Then all these +virgins arose, and set about trimming their lamps. +<sup>8</sup>And the foolish said to the provident, Give us of +your oil; for our lamps are gone out. <sup>9</sup>But the +provident replied, saying, No; lest there be not a sufficiency +for us and you: but go rather to those who sell, and buy for +yourselves. <sup>10</sup>But while they were gone away to buy, +the bridegroom came; and they who were prepared went in with him +to the marriage-feast: and the door was shut. <sup>11</sup>Then +came afterwards the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto +us. <sup>12</sup>But he answering said, Verily, I know you not. +<sup>13</sup>Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the +hour in which the Son of man cometh.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>For the case is like that of a man, +who travelling abroad, called his own servants, and delivered to +them his goods. <sup>15</sup>And to one he gave five talents, to +another two, and to another one, to each according to his several +capacity; and immediately went abroad. <sup>16</sup>He then who +had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and +acquired five other talents. <sup>17</sup>In the same manner also +he that had the two, gained also himself two others. +<sup>18</sup>But he that had received the one talent, went and +digged a hole in the ground, and hid the silver of his master. +<sup>19</sup>Then after a long absence the master of these +servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them. +<sup>20</sup>And he who had received the five talents, coming to +him, brought five other talents, saying, Sir, thou deliveredst to +me five talents: I have gained to them five other talents. +<sup>21</sup>His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful +servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place +thee over many: enter into the joy of thy master. +<sup>22</sup>Then came also he that had received the two talents: +and said, Sir, thou deliveredst to me two talents: lo! I have +gained to them two other talents. <sup>23</sup>His master said to +him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been +faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many: enter +thou into thy master’s joy. <sup>24</sup>Then came also he that +had received the one talent, and said, Sir, knowing thee, that +thou art a severe man, reaping where thou hast not sowed, and +gathering from whence thou hast not scattered: <sup>25</sup>and +being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the ground: see here, +thou hast thine own. <sup>26</sup>Then his master answering said +to him, Thou wicked and idle slave, thou knewest that I reap +whence I had not sown, and gather where I had not scattered: +<sup>27</sup>thou oughtest then to have placed my money with the +bankers, so when I came I should have received my own with +interest. <sup>28</sup>Take therefore from him the talent, and +give it to him that hath the ten talents. <sup>29</sup>For to +every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from +him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from +him. <sup>30</sup>And cast the unprofitable servant into the +outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>But when the Son of man shall come in +his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on +the throne of his glory: <sup>32</sup>and before him shall all +the nations be gathered together; and he shall separate them one +from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: +<sup>33</sup>and he shall place the sheep at his right hand, but +the goats at the left. <sup>34</sup>Then shall the King say to +those on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit +the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; +<sup>35</sup>for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was +thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye +received me hospitably: <sup>36</sup>naked, and ye clothed me: I +was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye came to +me. <sup>37</sup>Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, +Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave +thee drink? <sup>38</sup>When indeed saw we thee a stranger, and +took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? <sup>39</sup>When +indeed saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? +<sup>40</sup>And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I +tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my +brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>Then shall he say also to those on the +left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, +prepared for the devil and his angels: <sup>42</sup>for I was +hungry, and ye gave me nothing to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave +me nothing to drink: <sup>43</sup>I was a stranger, and ye took +me not in: naked, and ye did not clothe me: sick, and in prison, +and ye took no care of me. <sup>44</sup>Then shall they also +answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or +a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister +unto thee? <sup>45</sup>Then shall he reply to them, saying, For +as much as ye have not done it to one of the least of these, +neither have ye done it to me. <sup>46</sup>And these shall go +away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life +eternal.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat26" id="mat26">CHAP. XXVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass, that +when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his +disciples, <sup>2</sup>Ye know that after two days is the +passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. +<sup>3</sup>Then were the chief priests and scribes, and the +elders of the people gathered together in the palace of the +high-priest, called Caiaphas. <sup>4</sup>And they consulted +together, how they might seize Jesus by guile, and put him to +death. <sup>5</sup>But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest +there be a tumult among the people.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the +house of Simon the leper, <sup>7</sup>there came to him a woman +having an alabaster-box of very precious aromatic ointment, and +poured it upon his head as he sat at table. <sup>8</sup>But when +the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For what end +is this waste? <sup>9</sup>For this ointment might have been sold +for a considerable sum, and given to the poor. <sup>10</sup>Then +Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for +she hath performed a good act upon me: <sup>11</sup>for the poor +ye have always with you, but me ye have not always: +<sup>12</sup>for in pouring this odoriferous ointment on my body, +she hath done it for my burial. <sup>13</sup>Verily I say unto +you, Wherever this Gospel is preached through the whole world, +what she hath done shall be also spoken of for a memorial of +her.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Then went one of the twelve, called +Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, <sup>15</sup>and said, What +will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? Then they +placed before him thirty pieces of silver. <sup>16</sup>And from +that time he sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then on the first day of unleavened +bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where wilt thou +that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? <sup>18</sup>And he +said, Go into the city, unto such a man, and say unto him, The +Master saith, My time is at hand: I will keep the passover with +my disciples at thy house. <sup>19</sup>And his disciples did as +Jesus commanded them; and they made ready the passover. +<sup>20</sup>And when the evening was come, he sat down at table +with the twelve. <sup>21</sup>And as they were eating, he said, +Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. +<sup>22</sup>And exceedingly grieved, they began to say to him +every one of them, Lord, am I the person? <sup>23</sup>But he +answering said, He that dippeth his hand with me into the dish, +that man shall betray me. <sup>24</sup>The Son of man indeed is +departing, as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom +the Son of man is betrayed! well had it been for that man if he +had never had a being. <sup>25</sup>Then Judas, who betrayed him, +addressing him said, Master, is it I? He saith to him, Thou hast +named the person.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Then as they were eating, Jesus took +bread, and blessing, brake, and gave it to the disciples, and +said, Take, eat: this is my body. <sup>27</sup>And taking the +cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all +of this: <sup>28</sup>for this is my blood, that <i>blood</i> of +the new testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of +sins. <sup>29</sup>And I tell you, That I will no more henceforth +drink of this produce of the vine, until that day when I drink it +with you, new, in the kingdom of my Father. <sup>30</sup>And when +they had sung an hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Then saith Jesus unto them, Ye all +will be offended at me this night: for it is written, “I will +smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered +abroad.” <sup>32</sup>But after I am risen, I will go before you +into Galilee. <sup>33</sup>Then Peter, taking up the word, said +to him, Though all should be offended at thee, yet will I never +be offended. <sup>34</sup>Jesus saith to him, I tell thee of a +certainty, that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny +me thrice. <sup>35</sup>Peter said to him, Though I should die +with thee, never will I deny thee. In like manner also said all +the disciples. <sup>36</sup>Then cometh Jesus with them to a +place called Gethsemane, and saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, +while I go and pray yonder. <sup>37</sup>And taking Peter and the +two sons of Zebedee, he began to be deeply sorrowful, and to be +overwhelmed with dejection. <sup>38</sup>Then saith he to them. +My soul is exceeding sorrowful even to death: abide here, and +watch with me. <sup>39</sup>And going a little farther, he fell +on his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, +let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as +thou wilt. <sup>40</sup>And he cometh to the disciples, and +findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, Is it so, that ye +have not strength to watch with me one hour? <sup>41</sup>Watch +and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is +willing, but the flesh weak. <sup>42</sup>Again the second time +he went away, and prayed, saying, O my Father, If it be not +possible, that this cup pass from me, but that I should drink it, +thy will be done. <sup>43</sup>And coming, he found them asleep +again, for their eyes were weighed down. <sup>44</sup>And leaving +them, he went away again, and prayed the third time, repeating +the same sentence. <sup>45</sup>Then cometh he to his disciples, +and saith unto them, Do ye still sleep on, and repose yourselves? +lo! the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the +hands of sinners. <sup>46</sup>Arise, let us go: lo! he that +betrayeth me approaches.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>47</sup>And while he was yet speaking, behold, +Judas one of the twelve came, and with him a great multitude with +swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the +people. <sup>48</sup>Now he that betrayed him had given them a +signal, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: seize him. +<sup>49</sup>And immediately approaching to Jesus, he said, Hail, +master; and kissed him. <sup>50</sup>Then spake Jesus to him, +Friend, for what purpose art thou here? Then approaching they +laid hands on Jesus, and seized him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>51</sup>And behold, one of those who were with +Jesus stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking at a +servant of the high-priest, cut off his ear. <sup>52</sup>Then +saith Jesus unto him, Return thy sword into its sheath: for all +who take the sword, shall perish by the sword. +<sup>53</sup>Thinkest thou, that I cannot now entreat my Father, +and he will give me more than twelve legions of angels? +<sup>54</sup>But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that +thus it must be?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>55</sup>In that hour said Jesus to the +multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and +staves to apprehend me? I sat daily with you teaching in the +temple, and ye laid not hold upon me. <sup>56</sup>But all this +is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets should be +fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>57</sup>Then they who had apprehended Jesus, +brought him to Caiaphas the high-priest, where the scribes and +elders were assembled. <sup>58</sup>But Peter followed him at a +great distance unto the palace of the high-priest, and entering +in, sat down with the servants, to see the issue. +<sup>59</sup>Now the chief priests and elders and the whole +sanhedrim, sought false witness against Jesus, that they might +put him to death; <sup>60</sup>and found none: and though many +false witnesses came, they found it not <i>sufficient</i>. But at +the last two false witnesses stepping forth, <sup>61</sup>said, +This fellow said, I am able to pull down the temple of God, and +to build it up in three days. <sup>62</sup>And the high-priest +rising up, said to him, Answerest thou nothing? what do these men +witness against thee? <sup>63</sup>But Jesus was silent. And the +high-priest addressing him, said, I adjure thee, by the living +God, that thou tell us, if thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. +<sup>64</sup>Jesus saith to him, Thou hast spoken <i>the +fact</i>. Moreover I tell you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of +man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds +of heaven. <sup>65</sup>Then the high-priest rent his garments, +saying, he hath blasphemed: what farther need have we of +witnesses? lo! now ye have heard his blasphemy: <sup>66</sup>what +think ye? They answered and said, He is deserving of death. +<sup>67</sup>Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him about; +and some slapt his face with their hands, <sup>68</sup>saying, +Prophesy to us, you Messiah, who it is that struck thee!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>69</sup>Now Peter sat without in the hall: and +there came to him a single maid-servant, saying, Thou also wert +with Jesus of Galilee. <sup>70</sup>But he denied it before them +all, asserting, I know not what thou art saying. +<sup>71</sup>Then as he was going out at the gate, another +maid-servant saw him, and saith to those who were there, This +fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth. <sup>72</sup>Then again +he denied with an oath, I know not the man. <sup>73</sup>But +after a little while they who stood by, came up and said to +Peter, Assuredly thou also art one of them: for even thy speech +maketh thee manifest. <sup>74</sup>Then began he to utter the +bitterest curses, and to swear, I know not the man. And +immediately the cock crew. <sup>75</sup>And Peter remembered the +word of Jesus, who had said unto him, Before the cock shall crow, +thou shalt deny me thrice. And going out, he wept bitterly.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat27" id="mat27">CHAP. XXVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW when the morning came, +all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel +against Jesus how they might put him to death. <sup>2</sup>And +having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius +Pilate the governor. <sup>3</sup>Then Judas who betrayed him, +seeing that he was condemned, repenting, carried back the thirty +silver pieces to the chief priests and the elders, +<sup>4</sup>saying, I have sinned, in betraying innocent blood. +But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. +<sup>5</sup>And throwing down the silver pieces in the temple, he +departed; and going out, hanged himself. <sup>6</sup>Then the +chief priests taking up the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful +to put them to the treasure destined for sacred uses, because it +is the price of blood. <sup>7</sup>So taking counsel, they bought +with them a potter’s field, as a burial-place for strangers. +<sup>8</sup>Therefore is that field called, The field of blood +unto this day. <sup>9</sup>Then was fulfilled what was spoken by +Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty silver +pieces, the price of him who had been estimated at that rate, +whom they of the children of Israel did value: <sup>10</sup>and +gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had ordered me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Then was Jesus placed before the +governor, and the governor interrogated him, saying, Art thou the +King of the Jews? Then Jesus replied to him, Thou sayest +<i>true</i>. <sup>12</sup>And when he was accused of the chief +priests and elders, he made no reply. <sup>13</sup>Then saith +Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they testify +against thee? <sup>14</sup>And he made him no reply, no not to a +single word: so that the governor marvelled exceedingly. +<sup>15</sup>Now at the feast, the governor had been accustomed +to release one prisoner to the people, whomsoever they chose. +<sup>16</sup>And they had at that time a notorious prisoner, +called Barabbas. <sup>17</sup>Being therefore gathered around +him, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? +Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah? <sup>18</sup>For he knew that +out of envy they had delivered him up.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Then, as he was sitting on the +tribunal, his wife sent a message to him, saying, Have thou +nothing to do with that righteous person; for I have suffered +much to-day in a dream on his account. <sup>20</sup>But the chief +priests and elders persuaded the populace that they should ask +for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. <sup>21</sup>The governor +repeating the question, said to them, Which of the two will ye +that I release unto you? They said Barabbas. <sup>22</sup>Pilate +saith unto them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called +the Messiah? They all say to him, Let him be crucified. +<sup>23</sup>The governor replied, But what evil hath he done? +They cried out with greater vehemence, saying, Let him be +crucified. <sup>24</sup>When Pilate saw that it was of no use to +contend, but that rather a tumult was rising, he took water, and +washed his hands before the people, saying, I am innocent of the +blood of this righteous man: ye must answer for it. +<sup>25</sup>Then all the people answering said, His blood be on +us, and on our children.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Then he released unto them Barabbas: +but having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified. +<sup>27</sup>Thereupon the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus +away to the Prætorium, gathered around him the whole band: +<sup>28</sup>and stripping him, put about him a scarlet cloak. +<sup>29</sup>And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on +his head, and a cane in his right hand: and bowing the knee +before him, mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews! +<sup>30</sup>And spitting upon him, they took the cane, and +struck him upon his head. <sup>31</sup>And when they had insulted +him, they took off from him the cloak, and put his own garments +on him, and led him away to crucify him. <sup>32</sup>And as they +were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him +they compelled to carry his cross.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>And when they were come to a place +called Golgotha (which is called the place of a skull), +<sup>34</sup>they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: +and having tasted it, he refused to drink. <sup>35</sup>Then +having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting the lot: +that it might be fulfilled, what was spoken by the prophet, They +parted my garments among them, and for my vesture they threw the +lot. <sup>36</sup>And sitting down, they guarded him there. +<sup>37</sup>And they placed over his head his accusation in +writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. <sup>38</sup>Then +were crucified with him two robbers, one on his right hand, and +the other on his left.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>And they who were passing by reviled +him, shaking their heads, <sup>40</sup>and saying, Thou that +canst pull down the temple, and build it in three days, save +thyself. If thou be the Son of God, descend from the cross. +<sup>41</sup>And with similar language also did the chief +priests, insulting him, with the scribes and elders, and +Pharisees, <sup>42</sup>say, He saved others, himself he is +unable to save. If he be the King of Israel, let him come down +now from the cross, and we will believe him. <sup>43</sup>He +trusted in God; let him now deliver him, if he will have him: for +he said, I am the Son of God. <sup>44</sup>And in the same manner +also, did the robbers who were crucified with him, revile +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>Now from the fifth hour darkness fell +upon all the land, unto the ninth hour. <sup>46</sup>But about +the ninth hour Jesus cried out with an exceeding loud cry, +saying, Eli! Eli! lama, sabacthani? that is, My God! my God! why +hast thou forsaken me? <sup>47</sup>Then some of those who stood +there, hearing him, said, This man is calling out for Elias. +<sup>48</sup>And immediately one of them, running, and taking a +sponge, and filling it with vinegar, and fastening it to a pole, +put it to him to drink. <sup>49</sup>The others said, Let him +alone, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>50</sup>Then Jesus crying again with a loud +voice gave up the ghost. <sup>51</sup>And, lo! the vail of the +temple was rent in two, from the upper part to the bottom; and +the earth was shaken; and the rocks were rent; <sup>52</sup>and +the sepulchres were opened; and many bodies of saints, who slept, +arose; <sup>53</sup>and coming out of the sepulchres after his +resurrection, entered into the holy city, and appeared unto +many.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>54</sup>Then the centurion, and they who were +with him, guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the +things which were done, were exceedingly terrified, saying, +Assuredly this was the Son of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>55</sup>Now there were many women on the spot, +looking on at a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, +ministering unto him: <sup>56</sup>among whom was Mary Magdalen, +and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of +Zebedee’s children.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>57</sup>But when the evening was come, there +came a rich man of Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself +also was a disciple of Jesus: <sup>58</sup>he going in to Pilate, +begged for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered the body to be +given him. <sup>59</sup>And Joseph receiving the body, wrapped it +in clean linen; <sup>60</sup>and laid it in his own new +sepulchre, which he had hewn out in a rock: and rolling a vast +stone against the door of the sepulchre, departed. +<sup>61</sup>And Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary, were there +sitting opposite the sepulchre.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>62</sup>Now on the morrow, which is the day +after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came in a +body to Pilate, <sup>63</sup>saying, Sir, we have reflected, that +this deceiver, when yet alive, said, After three days I will rise +again. <sup>64</sup>Command therefore that the sepulchre be made +perfectly secure until the third day, lest his disciples coming +by night, steal him, and say to the people, He is risen from the +dead, so the last delusion would be worse than the first. +<sup>65</sup>Then said Pilate unto them, Ye have a guard, go and +make it as secure as ye think fit. <sup>66</sup>So they went and +made the sepulchre secure, putting a seal upon the stone, after +placing the guard.</p> + +<h2><a name="mat28" id="mat28">CHAP. XXVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW after the eve of the +sabbath, as the light was dawning, towards the first day of the +week, Mary Magdalen had come, and the other Mary, to view the +sepulchre. <sup>2</sup>And, lo! there was a great earthquake; for +an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, came and rolled back +the stone from the door, and sat upon it. <sup>3</sup>His aspect +was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow. <sup>4</sup>And +for fear of him the guards shook, and became as dead men. +<sup>5</sup>Then the angel addressing them, said to the women, +Fear not ye; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus who was +crucified. <sup>6</sup>He is not here: he is risen, as he said. +Come hither, behold the place where the Lord lay. <sup>7</sup>And +go quickly, tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead: +and, lo! he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see +him, as he said unto you. <sup>8</sup>And they went out quickly +from the sepulchre with fear, and great joy; and ran to carry the +tidings to his disciples. <sup>9</sup>And as they were going to +tell the disciples, then behold Jesus met them saying, Hail! And +they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. +<sup>10</sup>Then saith Jesus to them, Be not affrighted: go, +tell my disciples that they go into Galilee, there shall they see +me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And as they were going, some of the +guards who were come into the city, had told the chief priests +all things which had happened. <sup>12</sup>And being assembled +with the elders, and having held a council, they gave a large sum +of money to the soldiers, <sup>13</sup>saying, Report, that his +disciples coming by night stole him away, while you were asleep. +<sup>14</sup>And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will +persuade him, and preserve you harmless. <sup>15</sup>So they +took the money, and did as they were instructed. And this account +is circulated among the Jews to this day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Then the eleven disciples went into +Galilee, to the mountain, where Jesus had ordered them. +<sup>17</sup>And when they saw him, they worshipped him. Still +some doubted. <sup>18</sup>Then Jesus approaching, spake to them, +saying, All power is given me in heaven and upon earth. +<sup>19</sup>Go therefore, make disciples among all nations, +baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of +the Holy Ghost: <sup>20</sup>teaching them to observe all things +whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo! I am with you at all +times even to the end of the world. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1.1em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="mar1" id="mar1"><span class="ls2">THE +GOSPEL</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">ACCORDING TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:1.2em">MAR</span>K.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">T</span>HE beginning of the +gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; <sup>2</sup>as it is +written in the prophets<sup><a href="#n10" id="f10" title="see footnote" name="f10">11</a></sup>; “Behold, I send my +messenger before thy face, he shall prepare thy way before thee. +<sup>3</sup>The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare +the way of the Lord, make his paths strait.” <sup>4</sup>John was +baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of +repentance for the remission of sins. <sup>5</sup>And all the +country of Judea went out to him, and they of Jerusalem, and were +all baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their +sins.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now John was clothed with a camel’s +hair garment, and a girdle of leather about his loins; and his +meat was locusts and wild honey. <sup>7</sup>And he preached, +saying, One mightier than I is coming after me, the string of +whose shoes I am not worthy, stooping down, to unloose. +<sup>8</sup>I indeed baptise you with water; but he shall baptise +you with the Holy Ghost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And it came to pass in those days, +Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptised of John in +Jordan. <sup>10</sup>And immediately on going up from the water, +he saw the heavens divided by a chasm, and the Spirit as a dove +descending upon him: <sup>11</sup>and a voice came from heaven, +Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. +<sup>12</sup>And immediately the Spirit impelled him to go into +the wilderness. <sup>13</sup>And he was in the wilderness forty +days, tempted by Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the +angels ministred unto him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>But after John was delivered up, Jesus +came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God: +<sup>15</sup>and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom +of God draweth nigh: repent, and believe the gospel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>And as he walked near the sea of +Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into +the sea; for they were fishermen. <sup>17</sup>And Jesus said to +them, Come after me, and I will appoint you to be fishers of men: +<sup>18</sup>and immediately leaving their nets, they followed +him. <sup>19</sup>And going from thence a little farther, he saw +James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and others in the +vessel mending the nets. <sup>20</sup>And immediately he called +them: and leaving their father Zebedee in the vessel with the +hirelings, they went after him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And they entered into Capernaum; and +immediately on the sabbath going into the synagogue, he taught. +<sup>22</sup>And they were struck with astonishment at his +doctrine; for he taught them as one having authority, and not as +the scribes. <sup>23</sup>And there was in their synagogue a man +with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, <sup>24</sup>saying, +Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of +Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, +the Holy One of God. <sup>25</sup>And Jesus rebuked him, saying, +Be silent, and come out of him. <sup>26</sup>And the unclean +spirit threw him into convulsions, and crying with a loud voice, +came out of him. <sup>27</sup>And they were all in astonishment, +so that they questioned one another, saying, What is this? what +is this new doctrine? that with authority he commands even the +unclean spirits, and they obey him? <sup>28</sup>And there went +out a report of him immediately into all the region of Galilee +round about.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>Then straitway going out of the +synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with +James and John. <sup>30</sup>But Simon’s wife’s mother lay in a +fever, and immediately they informed him of her. <sup>31</sup>And +he came and raised her up, and the fever left her immediately, +and she waited upon them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>But when the evening was come, after +the sun was set, they brought unto him all that had illnesses, +and the demoniacs. <sup>33</sup>And the whole city was gathered +together about the door; <sup>34</sup>and he healed many who were +grievously afflicted with a variety of diseases; and he cast out +many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak for they knew +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And very early (the night being far +advanced towards morning) rising up, he went forth, and retired +into a desert place, and there prayed. <sup>36</sup>And Simon, +and those who were with him, eagerly pursued him; +<sup>37</sup>and when they had found him, they say unto him, All +men are inquiring after thee. <sup>38</sup>And he said unto them, +Let us go into the neighbouring towns, that I may preach there +also; for unto this purpose came I forth. <sup>39</sup>And he was +preaching in their synagogues, through all Galilee, and casting +out devils.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>40</sup>And there came to him a leper, +beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If +thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. <sup>41</sup>Then Jesus, +moved with compassion, stretching out his hand, touched him, and +said to him, I will; be thou cleansed. <sup>42</sup>And as he +spake, the leprosy instantly departed from him, and he was +cleansed. <sup>43</sup>And giving him a strict charge, he +immediately sent him away; <sup>44</sup>and said to him, Take +care, that thou speak not a word to any man: but go, shew thyself +to the priest, and offer for thy purification, what Moses +commanded, for a testimony unto them. <sup>45</sup>But he going +out, began to proclaim it much, and to publish abroad an account +of it, so that he could no more openly come into the city; but +was without in desert places; and they came to him from all parts +of the country.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar2" id="mar2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND again he entered into +Capernaum after some days: and it was heard, that he was in the +house; <sup>2</sup>and immediately many collected round him, so +that there was no room, not even at the door; and he spake the +word to them. <sup>3</sup>And they come to him, carrying a +paralytic, borne of four: <sup>4</sup>and not being able to come +nigh him because of the crowd, they stripped off the roofing of +the house where he was; and having broken a way through, they let +down with ropes the couch, on which the paralytic lay. +<sup>5</sup>Then Jesus beholding their faith, saith to the +paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. <sup>6</sup>Now there +were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their +hearts, <sup>7</sup>Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who +can forgive sins but the one God? <sup>8</sup>And instantly Jesus +knowing by his spirit, that they reasoned thus among each other, +said to them, Why reason ye about these things in your hearts? +<sup>9</sup>Which is the easier thing, to say to a paralytic, Thy +sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and take up thy couch, +and walk away? <sup>10</sup>But that ye may know that the Son of +man hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, he saith to the +paralytic, <sup>11</sup>I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy +couch, and go into thy house. <sup>12</sup>And he arose +instantly, and taking up his couch, went out before them all; so +that they were all astonished, and glorified God, saying, We +never before saw any thing like this.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And he went forth again to the sea +side; and all the people came unto him; and he taught them. +<sup>14</sup>And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus +sitting at the custom-house, and he saith to him, Follow me. And +he arose and followed him <sup>15</sup>And it came to pass, as he +sat at table in his house, many publicans also, and sinners, sat +down with Jesus and his disciples; for they were numerous, and +they followed him. <sup>16</sup>And the scribes and the Pharisees +seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples, +How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? +<sup>17</sup>And when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They who +are in strong health have no need of a physician, but they who +have illness: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to +repentance.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And the disciples of John and of the +Pharisees kept fasts; and they came and said to him, Wherefore do +the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees, fast? but thy +disciples keep no fast. <sup>19</sup>And Jesus said to them, Can +the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is +with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they +cannot fast. <sup>20</sup>But the days will come, when the +bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they +fast in those days. <sup>21</sup>And no man seweth on a patch of +cloth undressed upon an old garment: but if otherwise, the new +piece supplied taketh away from the old, and the rent is made +worse. <sup>22</sup>And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; +but if otherwise, the new wine will burst the bottles, and the +wine will be spilt, and the bottles destroyed: but new wine must +be put into new bottles.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And he was walking through the +cornfields on the sabbath; and his disciples as they went on the +road plucked the ears of corn. <sup>24</sup>And the Pharisees +said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath, what is not +lawful? <sup>25</sup>And he said unto them, Have ye never read +what David did, when he was under necessity, and was hungry, +himself and they who were with him? <sup>26</sup>How he entered +into the house of God to Abiathar the high-priest; and did eat +the shewbread, which it was not lawful for any to eat except the +priests, and he gave also to those who were with him? +<sup>27</sup>And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, +not man for the sabbath. <sup>28</sup>Wherefore the Son of man is +Lord also of the sabbath.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar3" id="mar3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND he entered again into +the synagogue; and a man was there who had a withered hand. +<sup>2</sup>And they watched him if he would cure him on the +sabbath; that they might accuse him. <sup>3</sup>And he saith to +the man who had the withered hand, Rise up in the midst. +<sup>4</sup>And he saith to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day +to do good, or to do evil, to preserve life, or to kill? but they +were silent. <sup>5</sup>Then looking round about on them with +indignation, exceedingly grieved for the hardness of their +hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch out thine hand; and he +stretched it out: and his hand was restored sound as the other. +<sup>6</sup>And the Pharisees instantly going out, held a council +with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And Jesus retired with his disciples to +the sea side; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, +and from Judea, <sup>8</sup>and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, +and from the farther side of Jordan; and they around Tyre and +Sidon, a vast multitude, when they heard what wonders he did, +came unto him. <sup>9</sup>And he spoke to his disciples that a +little boat should be ready for him, because of the crowd, lest +they should press upon him: <sup>10</sup>for he healed many; +insomuch, that they thronged in upon him, that they might touch +him, as many as had afflictive diseases. <sup>11</sup>And the +unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and +cried out saying, Thou art the Son of God. <sup>12</sup>And he +repeatedly charged them, that they should not make him known.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And he went up into a mountain, and +called to him those whom he chose; and they came to him. +<sup>14</sup>And he appointed twelve to be with him, and to send +them out to preach: <sup>15</sup>and to have authority to cure +diseases, and to cast out devils: <sup>16</sup>and Simon he +surnamed Peter; <sup>17</sup>and James the son of Zebedee, and +John the brother of James; and surnamed them Boanerges, that is, +sons of thunder: <sup>18</sup>and Andrew and Philip, and +Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of +Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, <sup>19</sup>and +Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him: and they came into an +house.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>And the multitude came together again, +so that they were not able even to eat bread. <sup>21</sup>And +when his relations heard it, they went out to restrain him, for +they said, He is transported beyond all bounds.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And the scribes who came down from +Jerusalem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and by this prince of the +devils doth he cast out devils. <sup>23</sup>So calling them to +him, he spake to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? +<sup>24</sup>Even if a kingdom be divided against itself, that +kingdom cannot stand: <sup>25</sup>and if a family be divided +against itself, that family cannot be established. +<sup>26</sup>So if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, +he cannot subsist, but cometh to an end. <sup>27</sup>No man +entering into his house, can plunder a strong man’s goods, unless +he first bind the strong man, then indeed he spoileth his house. +<sup>28</sup>Verily I say unto you, That all sins shall be +forgiven to the sons of men, and the blasphemies, whatsoever they +may blaspheme: <sup>29</sup>but whosoever shall blaspheme against +the Holy Ghost, hath no forgiveness to eternity, but is adjudged +to everlasting damnation. <sup>30</sup>Because they said, he hath +an unclean spirit.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Then came his brethren and his mother, +and standing without sent unto him, calling aloud for him. +<sup>32</sup>And the multitude sat around him, and they said to +him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without are asking for +thee. <sup>33</sup>And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother +or my brethren? <sup>34</sup>And looking about on those who were +sitting in a circle round him, he saith, Behold my mother and my +brethren! <sup>35</sup>For whosoever shall do the will of God, +that person is my brother, and my sister, and mother.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar4" id="mar4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND again he began to +teach by the sea side: and a vast multitude was assembled about +him, so that he went into a vessel to sit down on the sea, and +all the multitude was on the land close by the sea. +<sup>2</sup>And he taught them in parables many things, and said +unto them in the course of his teaching, <sup>3</sup>Hear me! +Behold, a sower went out to sow; <sup>4</sup>and it came to pass +as he sowed, some fell by the road side, and the birds of the air +came and ate it up. <sup>5</sup>And some fell on a rocky soil, +where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because +it had no depth of earth: <sup>6</sup>and when the sun arose it +was scorched up; and because it had not root, it withered away. +<sup>7</sup>And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up +with it and choked it, and it produced no fruit. <sup>8</sup>And +some fell on good ground, and produced fruit, growing up, and +increasing, and yielded one part thirty fold, and another sixty, +and another an hundred. <sup>9</sup>And he said unto them, He +that hath ears to hear, let him hear. <sup>10</sup>But when they +were alone, those who were about him with the twelve, asked him +the meaning of the parable. <sup>11</sup>And he said to them, To +you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to +those who are without, all things are in parables: +<sup>12</sup>That seeing they may see, yet not perceive; and +hearing may hear, yet not understand; lest at any time they +should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them. +<sup>13</sup>And he saith to them, Know ye not this parable? and +how will ye know all parables? <sup>14</sup>The sower soweth the +word. <sup>15</sup>Now these are they by the road side; where the +word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan cometh, +and taketh away the word sown on their hearts: <sup>16</sup>and +these in like manner are they who were sown on the rocky soil; +who when they have heard the word, instantly with joy receive it; +<sup>17</sup>and have no root in themselves, but are temporary +<i>professors</i>: afterwards, when tribulation cometh or +persecution for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. +<sup>18</sup>And those are the sown among the thorns; such as are +hearers of the word; <sup>19</sup>but the anxious cares of this +world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires +after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh +unfruitful. <sup>20</sup>And these are they who are sown on the +good ground, such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring +forth fruit, some thirty fold, and some sixty, and some an +hundred.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And he said unto them, Is a lamp +brought out to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to +be placed on a stand? <sup>22</sup>For there is nothing hid, but +that it should be brought to light, nor is any thing concealed, +but that it should come into open day. <sup>23</sup>If any man +hath ears to hear, let him hear. <sup>24</sup>And he said unto +them, Take heed what ye hear: with the measure ye mete, shall it +be measured back to you; and something over shall be given to you +that hear. <sup>25</sup>For to him that hath, there shall more be +given to him; but he that hath not, even that which he hath shall +be taken away from him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>And he said, The kingdom of heaven is +of that kind, as if a man should cast seed into his field; +<sup>27</sup>and sleep and rise, night and day, and the sown corn +should sprout, and grow into length, he knoweth not how: +<sup>28</sup>for the earth, naturally prolific, beareth fruit; +first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. +<sup>29</sup>But when the grain is ready, immediately he putteth +in the sickle, because harvest is come.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>And he said, To what shall I liken the +kingdom of God, and under what parabolic figure shall I represent +it? <sup>31</sup>It is like a grain of mustard, which when it is +sown in the earth, is among the least of all the seeds which are +upon the earth: <sup>32</sup>but when it is sown, it groweth up +and becomes greater than all herbaceous plants, and produceth +vast branches; so that the birds of the air may roost under the +shadow of it. <sup>33</sup>And with many such like parables spake +he to them the word. <sup>34</sup>And without a parable spake he +not unto them; but in private he explained them all to his +disciples.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And the same day he saith unto them, +as the evening shut in, Let us pass over to the other side. +<sup>36</sup>And sending the multitude away, they took him just +as he was in the vessel; and there were also some other little +vessels with him. <sup>37</sup>And a great hurricane arose, and +the waves broke into the vessel, so that it was now full of +water: <sup>38</sup>and he was in the stern, sleeping on a +pillow: and they awoke him, and say unto him, Master, is it no +concern to thee that we are perishing? <sup>39</sup>And rising, +he with authority charged the wind, and said to the sea, Silence! +be still! And the wind subsided, and there was a great calm. +<sup>40</sup>And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? How is +it that ye have not confidence? <sup>41</sup>And they were filled +with the most reverential awe, and said one to another, What +manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey +him?</p> + +<h2><a name="mar5" id="mar5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND they came to the other +side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. +<sup>2</sup>And as he was going out of the vessel, immediately +there met him a man with an unclean spirit, <sup>3</sup>coming +out of the tombs; who had his abode among the tombs; and no man +could secure him, not even with chains; <sup>4</sup>for he had +been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains were +burst asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, and no +man was able to master him: <sup>5</sup>and continually night and +day he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, screaming, and +cutting himself with stones. <sup>6</sup>But when he saw Jesus +afar off, he ran and worshipped him, <sup>7</sup>and crying with +a loud voice, said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus thou Son +of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou dost not send +me to torment. <sup>8</sup>(For he had said unto him, Come out, +unclean spirit, from the man.) <sup>9</sup>And he interrogated +him, What is thy name? and he replied, saying, Legion is my name; +for we are many. <sup>10</sup>And he entreated him much that he +would not send them out of the country. <sup>11</sup>And a great +herd of swine was there feeding on the mountain: <sup>12</sup>and +all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that +we may enter into them. <sup>13</sup>And immediately Jesus +permitted them. And the unclean spirits going forth, entered into +the swine; and the herd rushed violently down a precipice into +the sea (they were about two thousand), and were suffocated in +the sea. <sup>14</sup>Then the swineherds fled, and carried the +tidings into the city and into the country. And they went out to +see what was done. <sup>15</sup>And they came to Jesus, and saw +the demoniac that had the legion, seated and clothed, and in his +sound mind: and they were afraid. <sup>16</sup>And they who saw +the transaction, told them how it had been with the demoniac, and +concerning the swine. <sup>17</sup>And they began to entreat him +to depart out of their coasts.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And when he embarked on board the +vessel, the demoniac besought him, that he might go with him. +<sup>19</sup>But Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, Go to +thine house, and to thy friends, and tell them how great things +the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. +<sup>20</sup>And he went out, and began to publish in Decapolis, +what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men +marvelled.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And when Jesus had passed over again +in the vessel to the other side, a vast multitude came together +unto him; and he was by the sea side. <sup>22</sup>And, behold, +there cometh to him one of the rulers of the synagogue, named +Jairus; and seeing him, fell at his feet, <sup>23</sup>and +entreated him importunately, saying, My little daughter is at the +last gasp; wilt thou come, and lay thy hands upon her, that she +may recover, and she shall live. <sup>24</sup>And he went with +him: and there followed him a great crowd, and they thronged him. +<sup>25</sup>And a certain woman, having a flux of blood twelve +years, <sup>26</sup>and had suffered much from many physicians; +and had expended all she had, and was nothing better, but rather +growing worse and worse; <sup>27</sup>when she heard of Jesus, +came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment: +<sup>28</sup>for she said, If I but touch his clothes, I shall +recover. <sup>29</sup>And instantly the fountain of her blood was +dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her +afflictive disease. <sup>30</sup>And Jesus immediately perceiving +in himself that miraculous power had gone forth from him, turning +about in the crowd, said, Who touched my garments? +<sup>31</sup>And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd +thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? <sup>32</sup>And +he looked round to see her who had done this. <sup>33</sup>Then +the woman, fearful and trembling, knowing what had been done in +her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. +<sup>34</sup>And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath saved +thee; go in peace, and be whole from thy distressing disease.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And while he was yet speaking, they +came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying, Thy +daughter is dead; why dost thou trouble the master any further? +<sup>36</sup>But Jesus, instantly hearing the account given, said +to the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe. +<sup>37</sup>And he permitted no person to follow him, but Peter, +and James, and John a brother of James. <sup>38</sup>And he +cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the +confusion, as they were greatly lamenting and making loud +moanings. <sup>39</sup>And entering in he saith, Why make ye this +uproar, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. +<sup>40</sup>And they derided him; but he thrusting them all out, +took the father and the mother of the maiden, and those who were +with him, and went in where the damsel was laid out. +<sup>41</sup>And taking the hand of the damsel, he saith unto +her, Talitha cumi! which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say +unto thee, arise! <sup>42</sup>And immediately the damsel arose +and walked about, for she was twelve years old. And they were +astonished with vast astonishment. <sup>43</sup>And he very +strongly charged them that no person should know it; and ordered +something to be given her to eat.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar6" id="mar6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND he went out thence, +and came into his native country; and his disciples followed him. +<sup>2</sup>And when the sabbath came, he began to teach in the +synagogue: and many when they heard him were amazed, saying, +Whence hath this man these things? and what is the wisdom given +to him, that even such miracles are done by his hands? +<sup>3</sup>Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the +brother of James and Joses, and Judah and Simon? and are not his +sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. +<sup>4</sup>Then said Jesus unto them, A prophet is not without +honour, save in his native place, and among his relations, and in +his own family. <sup>5</sup>And he could not do there any +miracle, except that laying his hands on a few sick persons he +cured them. <sup>6</sup>And he marvelled at their infidelity.</p> + +<p class="pn">And he went about the villages around, teaching. +<sup>7</sup>And called the twelve, and began to send them two and +two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits. +<sup>8</sup>And he commanded them, that they should take nothing +for the journey, except a staff only; neither scrip, nor bread, +nor even brass money in their purse: <sup>9</sup>wearing sandals, +and not to be clothed with two coats. <sup>10</sup>And he said +unto them, Wheresoever ye enter into a family, there abide until +ye depart thence. <sup>11</sup>And as many as shall not receive +you, neither hearken to you, when ye go from thence, shake off +the dust from beneath your feet, for a testimony against them. +Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and +Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. +<sup>12</sup>And going forth, they preached, that men should +repent. <sup>13</sup>And they cast out many devils, and anointed +with oil many sick persons, and cured them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And king Herod heard it (for his name +was celebrated), and he said, This is John the Baptist, he is +risen from the dead, and therefore miracles are wrought by him. +<sup>15</sup>Others said, That it is Elias; and others said, He +is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. <sup>16</sup>But when +Herod heard it, he said, This is John whom I beheaded; he is +risen from the dead. <sup>17</sup>For Herod himself had sent and +seized upon John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias’ sake, +his brother Philip’s wife; because he had married her. +<sup>18</sup>For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to +have thy brother’s wife. <sup>19</sup>Therefore Herodias bore him +a rooted resentment, and would have slain him; yet could not: +<sup>20</sup>for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous +and holy man; and paid great attention to him and when he heard +him, did many things, and heard him with delight. +<sup>21</sup>And a favourable day being come for her purpose, +when Herod on his birth-day made a supper for his nobles, and +military commanders, and the principal personages of Galilee; +<sup>22</sup>and the daughter of this Herodias coming in, and +dancing, and delighting Herod, and his company, the king said to +the damsel, Ask me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. +<sup>23</sup>And he swore unto her, That whatsoever thou shalt +ask, I will give thee, even to the half of my kingdom. +<sup>24</sup>Then she went out and said to her mother, What shall +I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist. +<sup>25</sup>And she came in immediately with eagerness to the +king, and asked, saying, I desire that thou wilt give me on the +spot, in a charger, the head of John the Baptist. +<sup>26</sup>And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet on account +of his oath, and those who sat with him, he would not refuse her. +<sup>27</sup>And the king immediately sending a centinel, +commanded his head to be brought thither: and he went, and +beheaded him in the prison, <sup>28</sup>and brought his head in +a charger, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to +her mother. <sup>29</sup>And when his disciples heard it, they +came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a sepulchre.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>And the disciples came together unto +Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what +they had taught. <sup>31</sup>And he said unto them, Come ye +yourselves apart into a desert place, and repose a little while: +for there were multitudes coming and going, so that they had not +even time to eat. <sup>32</sup>And they went into a desert place +in a vessel privately. <sup>33</sup>And the multitudes observed +them going off, and many knew him, and ran thither on foot out of +all the cities, and got before them, and came together unto him. +<sup>34</sup>And Jesus, when he landed, saw a vast multitude, and +was moved with compassion towards them, for they were as sheep +having no shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. +<sup>35</sup>And when great part of the day was already gone, his +disciples coming to him said, This is a desert place, and much of +the day is already gone: <sup>36</sup>send them away, that they +may go into the country places and villages around, and buy +themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. <sup>37</sup>But +he answering said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say +unto him, Shall we go and buy the value of two hundred denarii, +in loaves, and give them to eat? <sup>38</sup>But he said to +them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, +they said, Five, and two fishes. <sup>39</sup>And he commanded +them to seat them all by companies on the green grass: +<sup>40</sup>and they lay along row against row, a hundred deep, +and fifty wide. <sup>41</sup>And taking the five loaves and the +two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the +loaves, and gave them to the disciples, that they should set them +before them, and the two fishes he divided among them all. +<sup>42</sup>And they did all eat, and were filled: +<sup>43</sup>and they took up twelve baskets full of the +fragments, and of the fishes. <sup>44</sup>And they who did eat +of the loaves, were about five thousand men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>And immediately he compelled his +disciples to go on board the vessel, and to go before him to the +other side, to Bethsaida, while he sent the multitude away. +<sup>46</sup>And having bid them farewell, he went into a +mountain to pray. <sup>47</sup>And when the evening was come, the +vessel was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the +land. <sup>48</sup>And he saw them greatly fatigued with rowing, +for the wind was contrary to them: and about the fourth watch of +the night he cometh to them, walking upon the sea, and seemed +intending to pass by them. <sup>49</sup>But when they saw him +walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition, and +screamed out: <sup>50</sup>for they all saw him, and were greatly +agitated: and straitway he spoke to them, and said, Take courage, +it is I, be not terrified. <sup>51</sup>And he went up to them +into the vessel, and the wind ceased and they were beyond all +imagination amazed in themselves, and lost in wonder. +<sup>52</sup>For they reflected not upon the loaves, for their +heart was hardened.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>53</sup>And when they had passed over, they +came to the land of Gennesareth, and went on shore. +<sup>54</sup>And when they came out of the vessel, immediately +perceiving him, <sup>55</sup>running through all parts of that +country, they began to carry about on couches those who were +afflicted with diseases, wherever they heard that he was. +<sup>56</sup>And wherever they entered into villages or cities, +or country places, they laid the sick in the streets, and +besought him that they might touch, if but the fringe on his +garment; and as many as touched it, were cured.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar7" id="mar7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND the Pharisees, and +some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem, collected together +around him. <sup>2</sup>And seeing some of his disciples eating +bread with hands unclean, that is, unwashed, they found fault. +<sup>3</sup>For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash +their hands to the wrist, eat not, holding the tradition of the +elders. <sup>4</sup>And coming from the market, unless they have +washed, they never eat. And there are many other things which +they have by tradition received to observe, as the washings of +cups, and pots, and vessels of brass, and couches. +<sup>5</sup>Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, Why do +not thy disciples walk conformable to the tradition of the +elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands? <sup>6</sup>Then he +answering said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you +hypocrites, as it is written<sup><a href="#n11" id="f11" title="see footnote" name="f11">12</a></sup>, “This people honoureth me +with their lips, but their heart is far from me. <sup>7</sup>Now +vainly do they worship me, while teaching doctrines the +commandments of men.” <sup>8</sup>For leaving the command of God, +ye adhere to the tradition of men, the washings of pots and cups; +and many other such like things ye practise. <sup>9</sup>And he +said to them, Strangely do ye make void the command of God, that +ye may observe your tradition. <sup>10</sup>For Moses +said<sup><a href="#n12" id="f12" title="see footnote" name="f12">13</a></sup>, “Honour thy father and thy mother:” and “he +that curseth father or mother, let him assuredly be put to +death<sup><a href="#n13" id="f13" title="see footnote" name="f13">14</a></sup>.” <sup>11</sup>But ye affirm, If a man say to +his father or mother, it is Corban (that is, a gift), which +otherwise might have been advantageous to thee from me; +<sup>12</sup>then ye permit him no more to do any thing for his +father, or his mother; <sup>13</sup>abrogating the word of God by +the tradition, which ye have transmitted down; and many such like +things ye do.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And he called to him all the +multitude, and said unto them, hear me all of you, and +understand. <sup>15</sup>There is nothing from without a man, +that entering into him, can make him unclean: but the things +which come out from him, these are the things which make a man +unclean. <sup>16</sup>If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear. +<sup>17</sup>And when he was come into the house from the +multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. +<sup>18</sup>And he saith to them, Are ye also so defective of +intelligence? Do you not consider, that every thing from without +that entereth into a man, cannot make him unclean? +<sup>19</sup>because it entereth not into his heart, but into his +belly, and goeth out into the vault, carrying off all the +impurities of the food. <sup>20</sup>But, said he, what cometh +out of a man, that makes a man unclean. <sup>21</sup>For from +within out of the heart of men proceed wicked reasonings, +adulteries, whoredoms, murders, <sup>22</sup>thefts, inordinate +cravings, mischievous actions, knavery, lewdness, an evil eye, +blasphemy, pride, folly: <sup>23</sup>all these wicked things +come from within, and render a person unclean.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>And rising, he departed thence into +the confines of Tyre and Sidon; and entering into a house, +desired that no man should know it: yet he could not be hid. +<sup>25</sup>For a woman hearing of him, whose daughter had an +unclean spirit, came and fell at his feet. <sup>26</sup>The woman +was a Greek, a Syrophenician by birth, and she entreated him that +the devil might be cast out of her daughter. <sup>27</sup>And +Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be fed, for it is not +proper to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the dogs. +<sup>28</sup>But she replied, and said to him, True, Lord, yet +the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. +<sup>29</sup>And he said unto her, For this speech, go home, the +devil is gone out of thy daughter. <sup>30</sup>And going to her +house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid on a +couch.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>And again departing from the coasts of +Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst +of the coasts of Decapolis. <sup>32</sup>And they bring him a +deaf man, who could scarcely articulate; and they entreat him to +put his hand upon him. <sup>33</sup>And he took him aside out of +the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he +touched his tongue; <sup>34</sup>and looking up to heaven, he +heaved a deep sigh, and saith unto him, Ephphatha! that is, Be +opened. <sup>35</sup>And instantly his ears were opened, and the +tie of his tongue loosed, and he spake distinctly. +<sup>36</sup>And he charged them that they should tell no man: +but the more he charged, the more abundantly they published it +abroad. <sup>37</sup>And they were astonished beyond all +imagination, saying, He hath done all things admirably; he maketh +even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar8" id="mar8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span>N those days the +multitude being exceedingly great, and having nothing to eat, +Jesus calling his disciples to him, said unto them, <sup>2</sup>I +have compassion on the multitude, for they have stayed with me +already three days, and have nothing to eat: <sup>3</sup>and if I +send them away fasting to their houses, they will faint on the +road; for many of them came from a great distance. +<sup>4</sup>His disciples answered him, Whence can a man here in +the desert satisfy these with bread? <sup>5</sup>And he asked +them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. +<sup>6</sup>And he commanded the multitude to recline in order on +the ground: and taking the seven loaves, having given thanks he +brake them, and gave to his disciples, that they should set +before the people; and they distributed them to the multitude. +<sup>7</sup>And they had a few small fishes; and blessing, he +commanded to set these also before them. <sup>8</sup>And they did +eat and were filled and they took up what remained of the +fragments, seven baskets. <sup>9</sup>And the persons who had +eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. +<sup>10</sup>And immediately going into the vessel with his +disciples, he came into the coasts of Dalmanutha.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Then the Pharisees came out, and began +to question him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. +<sup>12</sup>And fetching a deep sigh from his very soul, he +saith, Why seeketh this generation a sign? verily I tell you, no +sign shall be given to this generation. <sup>13</sup>And leaving +them, going again on board the vessel, he departed to the other +side.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And they had forgotten to take bread, +and had not with them in the vessel but a single loaf. +<sup>15</sup>And he earnestly charged them, saying, Beware, take +heed of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. +<sup>16</sup>And they talked the matter over among themselves, +saying, This is because we have no loaves of bread. +<sup>17</sup>And Jesus knowing it said unto them, Why reason ye +together, because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet consider, nor +understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened? <sup>18</sup>Having +eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye +not remember? <sup>19</sup>When I broke the five loaves among the +five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? +They say unto him, Twelve. <sup>20</sup>And when the seven loaves +among the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took +ye up? They said, Seven. <sup>21</sup>And he said unto them, How +is it that ye do not understand?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they +bring him a blind man, and entreat him that he would touch him. +<sup>23</sup>And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him +without the city; and spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands +upon him, and asked him if he saw aught. <sup>24</sup>And looking +up, he said, I see men walking, as trees. <sup>25</sup>Then again +he put his hands upon his eyes, and made him look up again: and +he was entirely restored, and saw all men distinctly. +<sup>26</sup>And he sent him away unto his own house, saying, +Neither enter thou into the city, nor speak to any in the +city.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>And Jesus and his disciples went out +into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and on the road he asked his +disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? +<sup>28</sup>And they answered, John the Baptist: others say, +Elias; and others, One of the prophets. <sup>29</sup>And he said +unto them, But who do ye say that I am? Then Peter answering, +said unto him, Thou art the Messiah. <sup>30</sup>And he strictly +enjoined them, that they should tell no man of this.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>And he began to teach them, that the +Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the +elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be slain, and after +three days rise again. <sup>32</sup>And he spake this saying +openly. And Peter taking him aside, began to remonstrate with +him. <sup>33</sup>But he turned himself around, and seeing his +disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: +for thou dost not relish the things which are of God, but those +that are of men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Then calling to him the multitude, +with his disciples, he said to them, Whosoever will come after +me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. +<sup>35</sup>For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; +but whosoever would lose his life for my sake and the Gospel, he +shall preserve it. <sup>36</sup>For what would it profit a man, +though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the +loss of his own soul? <sup>37</sup>Or what shall a man give in +exchange for his soul? <sup>38</sup>For whosoever shall be +ashamed of me and of my words, before this adulterous and sinful +generation; of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he +shall come in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar9" id="mar9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND he said unto them, I +tell you of a certainty, that there are some standing here who +shall not taste of death, until they see the kingdom of God come +with power.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>And six days after Jesus taketh with +him Peter and James and John, only, and carrieth them up with him +into an exceeding high mountain in great privacy; and was +transfigured before them. <sup>3</sup>His garments became +glistering, exceeding white, like snow; such as no fuller upon +earth can whiten. <sup>4</sup>And there appeared to him Elias +with Moses: and they were conversing with Jesus. <sup>5</sup>Then +Peter addressing him, said unto him, Master, it is desirable for +us to be here: and let us erect three tents, one for thee, and +one for Moses, and one for Elias. <sup>6</sup>For he knew not +what he should say: for they were very much affrighted. +<sup>7</sup>And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there +came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: +hear him. <sup>8</sup>And instantly looking round, they saw no +man any longer with them, but Jesus only. <sup>9</sup>And as they +were coming down from the mountain, he strictly charged them, +that they should tell no man what they had seen, till after the +Son of man should have arisen from the dead. <sup>10</sup>And +they caught at that word, considering among themselves what this +rising from the dead could mean.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And they asked him, saying, Why say +the scribes, that Elias must come first? <sup>12</sup>Then he +answering said unto them, Elias indeed cometh first, and will +reform all things; and how speaks the scripture of the Son of +man? That he must suffer many things, and be treated with +contempt. <sup>13</sup>But I say unto you, that Elias is come, +and they have done to him whatsoever they chose, as it is written +of him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And when he came to his disciples, he +saw a great crowd around them, and the scribes disputing with +them. <sup>15</sup>And immediately all the multitude, when they +beheld him, were struck with amazement, and coming to him, +saluted him. <sup>16</sup>And he asked the scribes, What are ye +disputing about among yourselves? <sup>17</sup>And one of the +people addressing him, said, Master, I have brought my son to +thee, who hath a dumb spirit; <sup>18</sup>and wherever he +seizeth him, he throws him into strong convulsions: and he foams +at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and pines away. And I spoke +to thy disciples, that they should cast him out; and they were +unable. <sup>19</sup>Then addressing him, he said, O faithless +generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear +with you? bring him to me. <sup>20</sup>And they brought him unto +him. And seeing him, instantly the spirit threw him into +convulsions; and falling to the ground, he rolled about, foaming +at the mouth. <sup>21</sup>And he asked his father, For how long +a time hath this been the case with him? And he replied, From his +infancy. <sup>22</sup>And often it hath cast him into the fire, +and into water, to destroy him: but if thou art able, have +compassion upon us, and help us. <sup>23</sup>Then said Jesus +unto him, This <i>is the point</i>: if thou canst believe, all +things are possible to him that believeth. <sup>24</sup>And +immediately the father of the child said with tears, I believe, +Lord! help my unbelief! <sup>25</sup>Then Jesus, seeing that the +multitude were running up to him, rebuked the unclean spirit, +saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come +out of him, and enter into him no more. <sup>26</sup>And +screaming, and convulsing him violently, it came out: and the +child lay as if dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. +<sup>27</sup>But Jesus taking him by the hand, raised him up; and +he arose. <sup>28</sup>And when he was come into the house, the +disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast it out? +<sup>29</sup>And he said to them, this kind can be driven out by +nothing but prayer and fasting.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>And going from thence, they passed +through Galilee: and he would not have any person know it. +<sup>31</sup>For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The +Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall +kill him: and after being killed, the third day he shall rise +again. <sup>32</sup>But they understood not the meaning of that +declaration, and were afraid to ask him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>And he came to Capernaum: and when he +was in the house, he asked them, What was the subject of your +dispute among yourselves on the road? <sup>34</sup>But they held +their peace. For they had been disputing with each other on the +road, which was the greatest. <sup>35</sup>And when he was +seated, he called the twelve, and saith to them, If any man +desires to be the first, let him be last of all, and servant of +all. <sup>36</sup>And taking a little boy, he set him in the +midst of them: and taking him in his arms, he said unto them, +<sup>37</sup>Whosoever shall receive one of such little children +in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth +not me merely, but him that sent me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>Then John addressed him, saying, +Master, we saw a person in thy name casting out devils, who +followeth us not: and we forbad him, because he did not follow +us. <sup>39</sup>Then said Jesus, Forbid him not: for there is no +man who shall perform a miracle in my name, who will be able +presently after to speak evil of me. <sup>40</sup>For he that is +not against us, is for us. <sup>41</sup>For whosoever shall give +you even a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to +the Messiah, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his +reward. <sup>42</sup>And whosoever shall give occasion of offence +to one of these little ones who believe in me, it were desirable +for him rather that a milstone were hanged about his neck, and +that he were cast into the sea. <sup>43</sup>And if thy hand +cause thee to offend, cut it off: it were better for thee to +enter into life maimed, than having both hands to go into hell, +into the fire that never will be quenched: <sup>44</sup>where +their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. +<sup>45</sup>And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off: it +is better for thee to enter into life halting, than having both +feet to be cast into hell, into the fire which never can be +quenched: <sup>46</sup>where the worm dieth not, and the fire is +not quenched. <sup>47</sup>And if thine eye cause thee to offend, +pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of +God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the fire +of hell: <sup>48</sup>where the worm dieth not, and the fire is +not quenched. <sup>49</sup>For every one shall be salted with +fire, and every victim shall be sprinkled with salt. +<sup>50</sup>Salt is good: but if the salt become insipid, with +what will you season it? have salt in yourselves, and live in +peace with each other.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar10" id="mar10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND arising, he went from +thence into the coasts of Judea, through the country on the other +side of the Jordan; and again the multitudes came together unto +him; and as his custom was, he again taught them. <sup>2</sup>And +the Pharisees coming to him, put a question to him, Is it lawful +for a husband to put away his wife? tempting him. <sup>3</sup>He +answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? +<sup>4</sup>They said, Moses permitted to write a bill of +divorce, and to put her away. <sup>5</sup>Then Jesus answering +said unto them, For the hardness of your hearts he wrote you that +ordinance. <sup>6</sup>But from the beginning of the creation, +God made them male and female; <sup>7</sup>and said, For this +cause shall a man forsake father and mother, and shall adhere to +his wife; <sup>8</sup>and they two shall be one flesh: so that +they are no more two, but one flesh. <sup>9</sup>What therefore +God hath yoked together, let no man separate. <sup>10</sup>And in +the house the disciples again asked him of this matter. +<sup>11</sup>And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his +wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: +<sup>12</sup>and if a wife put away her husband, and marrieth +another, she committeth adultery.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And they brought unto him little +children, that he should touch them: but his disciples rebuked +those who brought them. <sup>14</sup>But when Jesus saw it, he +felt indignation, and said to them, Permit little children to +come to me, and hinder them not; for of such is the kingdom of +heaven. <sup>15</sup>Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not +receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in nowise +enter into it. <sup>16</sup>And he took them in his arms, and +laying his hand upon them, gave them his benediction.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And as he went out to the road, a +person ran to him, and kneeling down, asked him, Good Master, +what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? +<sup>18</sup>Then said Jesus unto him, Why callest thou me good? +there is none good but one, even God. <sup>19</sup>Thou knowest +the commandments, Do not commit adultery; Do not murder; Do not +steal; Do not bear false witness; Honour thy father and mother. +<sup>20</sup>Then he replying, said, Master, all these things +have I observed from my youth. <sup>21</sup>Then Jesus looking +upon him, loved him, and said to him, In one thing thou art +defective: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and +thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thy cross, +and follow me. <sup>22</sup>And groaning over this speech, he +went away sorrowful: for he had many estates. <sup>23</sup>And +Jesus looking round, said to his disciples, How difficultly shall +they who have riches enter into the kingdom of God! +<sup>24</sup>Then his disciples were astonished at these words. +But Jesus again addressing them, said unto them, Children, how +difficult is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the +kingdom of God! <sup>25</sup>It is easier for a camel to pass +through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into +the kingdom of God. <sup>26</sup>And they were exceedingly +amazed, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? +<sup>27</sup>And Jesus looking upon them, said, With men it is +impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are +possible.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And Peter began to say unto him, Lo, +we have left all, and followed thee. <sup>29</sup>Then Jesus in +reply said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man who hath left +house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or +children, or lands, for my sake and the Gospel’s, +<sup>30</sup>who shall not receive an hundred-fold more now, at +this very time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, +and children, and lands, with persecution, and in the world to +come life everlasting. <sup>31</sup>But many first, will be last; +and the last, first.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And they were on the road going up to +Jerusalem; and Jesus was advancing before them: and they were +astonished; and followed him full of fear. And again taking the +twelve aside, he began to tell them what things were about to +befall him: <sup>33</sup>For, lo! said he, we are going up to +Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief +priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death, +and will deliver him to the Gentiles: <sup>34</sup>and they will +insult him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and kill him: and +the third day he shall rise again.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And James and John the sons of Zebedee +came to him, saying, Master, we desire that thou shouldst do for +us whatsoever we request. <sup>36</sup>He said unto them, What +will ye that I should do for you? <sup>37</sup>They say unto him, +Grant us to sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy +left, in thy glory. <sup>38</sup>Then Jesus said unto them, Ye +know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup which I drink? and +be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised? +<sup>39</sup>And they said unto him, We are able. Then said Jesus +unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup of which I drink; and +be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised: +<sup>40</sup>but to sit on my right-hand, and on my left, is not +mine to give; but to those for whom it is prepared. +<sup>41</sup>And when the ten heard it, they began to be +indignant against James and John. <sup>42</sup>But Jesus called +them, and said to them, Ye know that they who appear to rule over +the Gentiles, lord it over them; and their great men exercise +dominion over them. <sup>43</sup>But it shall not be so with you: +but whosoever will be great among you let him be your servant: +<sup>44</sup>and whosoever will be first, let him be the servant +of all. <sup>45</sup>For the Son of man came not to be waited +upon, but to be a servant, and to give his life a ransom for +many.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>46</sup>And they came to Jericho. And as he +was going out of Jericho with his disciples, and a great +multitude, Bartimeus, the blind, the son of Timeus, sat by the +road-side begging: <sup>47</sup>and hearing that Jesus of +Nazareth was passing by, he began to cry out, and say, O Son of +David, Jesus, have mercy on me! <sup>48</sup>And many chid him, +that he should be silent: but he cried out so much the more, Son +of David, have mercy on me! <sup>49</sup>And Jesus stood still, +and ordered him to be called: and they call the blind man, saying +to him, Cheer up, arise; he calleth thee. <sup>50</sup>Then +casting off his cloak, he arose, and came to Jesus. +<sup>51</sup>And Jesus addressing him, said, What dost thou wish +that I should do for thee? And the blind man said to him, +Rabboni, that I may receive my sight! <sup>52</sup>Then said +Jesus unto him, Go thy way: thy faith hath saved thee. And +immediately he received sight, and followed Jesus in the +road.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar11" id="mar11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND when he drew nigh to +Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, to the mount of Olives, he +sent two of his disciples, <sup>2</sup>and saith unto them, Go +into the village opposite to you: and immediately as you enter +it, you will find a foal tied, on which no man yet hath rode; +loose him, and bring him hither. <sup>3</sup>And if any man say +to you, Why do ye this? say, That the Lord hath need of it; and +immediately he will send it hither. <sup>4</sup>And they went, +and found the foal tied to a gate without, where two ways met; +and they untie him. <sup>5</sup>Then some of those who stood by, +said unto them, What are ye about, untying the colt? +<sup>6</sup>Then they said unto them, as Jesus commanded them: +and they permitted them to do it. <sup>7</sup>And they brought +the colt to Jesus, and put on him their garments; and he rode +upon it. <sup>8</sup>And multitudes spread their garments on the +road: and others cut off boughs from the trees, and strewed them +on the road. <sup>9</sup>And they who went before, and who +followed after, cried, saying, Hosanna: blessed is he that cometh +in the name of the Lord. <sup>10</sup>Blessed be the kingdom of +our father David, that is coming in the name of the Lord: hosanna +in the highest. <sup>11</sup>And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, +and into the temple: and looking round about upon all things, it +being now even-tide, he departed to Bethany with the twelve. +<sup>12</sup>And on the morrow, as they were coming out of +Bethany, he was hungry: <sup>13</sup>and seeing a fig-tree at a +distance, full of leaves, he went to it, expecting probably that +he might find some fruit upon it: and when he came to it, he +found none, only leaves: for it was not a <i>good</i> season for +figs. <sup>14</sup>And Jesus spake and said to it, Let no man eat +fruit from thee henceforth for ever. And his disciples heard +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>And they came to Jerusalem and Jesus +entered into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and +bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the +money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves; +<sup>16</sup>and would not suffer that any person should carry a +vessel through the temple. <sup>17</sup>And he taught them, +saying, Is it not written, that “My house shall be called a house +of prayer for all nations?” but ye have made it a den of thieves. +<sup>18</sup>And the scribes and chief priests heard him, and +sought how they might destroy him: for they were afraid of him, +because all the people were exceedingly struck with his teaching, +<sup>19</sup>And when the evening came, he went away out of the +city.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>And in the morning, as they were +passing by, they saw the fig-tree withered from the roots. +<sup>21</sup>And Peter reminding him said, Rabbi, behold, the +fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away. <sup>22</sup>And +Jesus answering said to them, Have faith in God. <sup>23</sup>For +verily I say to you, That whosoever shall say to this mountain, +Be thou lifted up, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall +harbour no doubt in his heart, but believe that what he saith +shall come to pass; whatsoever he may speak shall be done for +him. <sup>24</sup>Therefore I say unto you, That all things +whatever ye ask in prayer, believe that ye shall receive them, +and they shall be given you. <sup>25</sup>And when ye stand +praying, forgive, if ye have a matter against any man: that your +Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. +<sup>26</sup>But if ye forgive not, neither will your Father +which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>And they come again to Jerusalem: and +as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the +scribes, and the elders, come to him, <sup>28</sup>and say to +him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee +this authority, that thou shouldest do these things? +<sup>29</sup>Then Jesus answering said unto them, I also will ask +you one question; and answer me; and I will tell you by what +authority I do these things. <sup>30</sup>The baptism of John, +was it of heaven, or of men? answer me. <sup>31</sup>And they +reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven; he +will say, Why then did ye not believe him? <sup>32</sup>but if we +say of men—they feared the people: for all men held John to be in +truth a prophet. <sup>33</sup>And they answering said to Jesus, +We do not know. And Jesus in reply said to them, Neither do I +tell you by what authority I do these things.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar12" id="mar12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND he began to speak to +them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge +around it, and digged a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it +out to husbandmen, and went abroad. <sup>2</sup>And in the season +he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that he might receive from +the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. <sup>3</sup>But they +took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. <sup>4</sup>And +again he sent unto them another servant; and they cut the account +short with him, by stoning him, and sent him away shamefully +treated. <sup>5</sup>And again he sent another; and him, they +slew; and many others, some of whom they beat, and others they +killed. <sup>6</sup>Now he had yet one son, his beloved, and he +sent him unto them last, saying, They will reverence my son. +<sup>7</sup>But these husbandmen said to each other, This is the +heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own. +<sup>8</sup>And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out +of the vineyard. <sup>9</sup>What then will the lord of the +vineyard do? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give +his vineyard to others. <sup>10</sup>Have ye never read this +scripture? “The stone which the builders rejected, the same is +become the head of the corner: <sup>11</sup>this was the Lord’s +doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.” <sup>12</sup>And they +sought to seize him, and were afraid of the people: for they knew +that he had spoken this parable against them: and leaving him, +they departed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And they sent unto him certain of the +Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might entrap him in +discourse. <sup>14</sup>And they come and say to him, Master, we +know that thou art true, and carest not for any man: for thou +regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in +truth: Is it lawful to pay tribute to Cæsar, or not? +<sup>15</sup>shall we pay, or shall we not pay it? but he, +perceiving their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? +bring me a denarius, that I may see it. <sup>16</sup>And they +brought it. And he said unto them, Whose figure and inscription +is this? they say unto him, Cæsar’s. <sup>17</sup>And Jesus +addressing them, said, Render the things which are Cæsar’s, to +Cæsar; and what belongs to God, to God. And they marvelled at +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And the Sadducees come to him, who say +that there is no resurrection; and they put a question to him, +saying, <sup>19</sup>Master, Moses left it in writing for us, +that if a man’s brother die, and leave a wife, and leave no +children; that his brother should take his wife, and raise up +seed for his brother. <sup>20</sup>Now there were seven brothers; +and the first took a wife, and dying left no issue: +<sup>21</sup>and the second took her, and died, and neither did +he leave issue; and the third in like manner. <sup>22</sup>And +the seven had her, and left no issue. Last of all died also the +wife. <sup>23</sup>In the resurrection therefore, when they shall +rise, whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had the very +same wife. <sup>24</sup>And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye +not therefore err, from not knowing the scriptures, and the power +of God? <sup>25</sup>For when they rise from the dead, they will +neither marry, nor be given in marriage; but they are as the +angels which are in heaven. <sup>26</sup>But concerning the dead, +that they do rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God +spake to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and +the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? <sup>27</sup>He is not +the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye are therefore +vastly erroneous.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And one of the scribes coming, and +hearing them questioning him, perceiving that he had answered +them admirably, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? +<sup>29</sup>Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the +commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord: +<sup>30</sup>and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy +heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all +thy strength. This is the first commandment. <sup>31</sup>And the +second, like it, is this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as +thyself: there is no greater commandment than these. +<sup>32</sup>And the scribe said unto him, Admirably, Master! +thou hast spoken the very truth: for there is one God; and there +is no other besides him: <sup>33</sup>and to love him with all +the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, +and with all the strength; and to love his neighbour as himself, +is better than all burnt offerings, and sacrifices. +<sup>34</sup>And Jesus perceiving that he had answered as a man +of intelligence, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom +of God. And no man thenceforth presumed to question him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And Jesus addressing them said, as he +taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Messiah is the +Son of David? <sup>36</sup>for David himself saith by the Spirit, +The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make +thy enemies the foot-stool for thy feet. <sup>37</sup>David +himself therefore calleth him Lord; and whence then is he his +son? And a vast multitude heard him with delight.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>And he spake to them in the course of +his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in +trailing robes, and like salutations in the places of concourse, +<sup>39</sup>and the principal seats in the synagogues, and the +first couch at suppers: <sup>40</sup>who devour widows’ houses, +and in pretence make long prayers: such shall receive greater +damnation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>And as Jesus was sitting opposite the +treasury, he saw a multitude casting money into the treasury: and +many who were rich cast in many <i>pieces</i>. <sup>42</sup>And +one poor widow coming, cast in two mites, which is a farthing. +<sup>43</sup>And having called his disciples, he said unto them, +I tell you truly, that this poor widow hath cast in more than all +who have cast into the treasury: <sup>44</sup>for all they have +cast in of their superfluities; but she from her indigence hath +cast in all that she had, even her whole substance.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar13" id="mar13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND as he was going out of +the temple, one of his disciples said unto him, Master, behold +what vast stones, and what structures! <sup>2</sup>And Jesus +answering said to him, Beholdest thou these magnificent +structures? there shall not be left one stone upon another which +shall not be thrown down. <sup>3</sup>And as he was sitting on +the mount of Olives, opposite the temple, Peter and James and +John and Andrew asked him privately, <sup>4</sup>Tell us, when +shall these things be? and what is the sign when all these things +shall come to pass? <sup>5</sup>Then Jesus answering them, began +to say, Beware that no man deceive you: <sup>6</sup>for many will +come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive +many. <sup>7</sup>But when ye hear of wars, and rumours of wars, +be not troubled: for these things must be; but the end is not +yet. <sup>8</sup>And nation shall rise up against nation, and +kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers +places, and there shall be famines and commotions: these are the +beginnings of sorrows. <sup>9</sup>But take ye heed to +yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to their sanhedrims, +and to the synagogues; ye shall be beaten with rods, and be set +before kings and governors for my name’s sake, for a testimony +unto them. <sup>10</sup>And the Gospel must first be preached to +all nations. <sup>11</sup>But when delivering you up, they shall +bring you to the bar, be not previously anxious what ye shall +say, neither premeditate: for it shall be given to you at that +very hour, what ye shall speak: for it is not you, who are +speaking, but the Holy Ghost. <sup>12</sup>And brother shall +deliver up brother unto death, and the father the son: and +children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to +be put to death. <sup>13</sup>And ye shall be hated of all men +for my name’s sake. But he that endureth to the end, the same +shall be saved. <sup>14</sup>But when ye see the abomination of +desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing where it +ought not (let him that readeth observe), then let those who are +in Judea fly to the mountains: <sup>15</sup>and let not him who +is on the roof go down into the house, nor enter into it, to +carry away any thing out of the house: <sup>16</sup>and he that +is in the field, let him not return back to take his garment. +<sup>17</sup>But wo to those who are big with child, and who have +infants at their breasts in those days! <sup>18</sup>And pray +that your flight be not in winter. <sup>19</sup>For these days +shall bring tribulation, such as the like hath never been from +the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, +and never shall be more. <sup>20</sup>And except the Lord had +shortened the days, no flesh would have been preserved: but for +the sake of those elect, whom he hath elected, he hath shortened +the days. <sup>21</sup>And then, if any man say to you, Lo, here +is the Messiah! or, lo there! believe it not. <sup>22</sup>For +many false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and shall +propose signs and wonders to deceive, if it were possible, even +the elect. <sup>23</sup>But be ye on your guard: lo! I have told +you all things: <sup>24</sup>but in those days, after that +distressing season, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall +not emit her light; <sup>25</sup>and the stars of the heaven will +be falling, and the powers that are in heaven will be shaken. +<sup>26</sup>And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the +clouds of heaven with vast power and glory. <sup>27</sup>And then +shall he send his angels, and shall gather to him his elect from +the four winds, from the extremity of the earth to the utmost +bound of heaven. <sup>28</sup>Now learn from the fig-tree, a +parable; When her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth +leaves, ye know that summer is nigh; <sup>29</sup>so also you, +when ye see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even +at the doors. <sup>30</sup>Verily I say unto you, That this +generation shall not pass away, until all these things are +fulfilled. <sup>31</sup>Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my +words shall never pass away.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>But of that day and hour knoweth no +man, nor the angels which are in heaven, nor the Son, but the +Father. <sup>33</sup>Take ye heed, watch, and pray; for ye know +not when the time is. <sup>34</sup>As a man going abroad, when he +left his abode, and gave his servants authority, and to each his +work, commanded also the porter to watch. <sup>35</sup>Watch ye +therefore; for ye know not at what time the master of the house +cometh, at evening, or midnight, or cock-crowing, or in the +morning: <sup>36</sup>lest coming suddenly he find you asleep. +<sup>37</sup>Now what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar14" id="mar14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW the passover and the +feast of unleavened bread were but two days distant; and the +chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might seize him +by craft, and kill him. <sup>2</sup>But they said, Not on the +feast day, lest there be a commotion among the people. +<sup>3</sup>And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the +leper, as he sat at table, a woman came, having an alabaster vase +of ointment, of genuine spikenard, of vast value: and breaking +the vase, she let it flow down upon his head. <sup>4</sup>And +there were some who felt indignation within themselves, saying, +Wherefore is this waste of the ointment made? <sup>5</sup>For it +might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and +given to the poor. And they bitterly murmured against her. +<sup>6</sup>Then said Jesus, Let her alone; why give ye her +uneasiness? she hath performed a laudable act towards me. +<sup>7</sup>For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye +will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. +<sup>8</sup>What was in her power she hath done; she has seized +the opportunity to anoint my body beforehand for burial. +<sup>9</sup>Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall +be preached through the whole world, there shall, what she hath +done, be told for a memorial of her.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Then Judas Iscariot, one of the +twelve, went unto the chief priests, that he might betray him +unto them. <sup>11</sup>When they heard it, they rejoiced, and +promised to give him a sum in silver. And he watched how +opportunely he might deliver him up.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And on the first day of unleavened +bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto +him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare for thee to eat the +passover? <sup>13</sup>And he sent two of his disciples, and +saith unto them, Go into the city, and a man will meet you +carrying a pitcher of water, follow him. <sup>14</sup>And where +he enters, say to the master of the family. That the teacher +saith, Where is the dining-room, where I may eat the passover +with my disciples? <sup>15</sup>And he will shew you a large +upper room ready furnished: there make preparation for us. +<sup>16</sup>And his disciples went out, and came into the city, +and found as he had spoken to them; and they made ready the +passover.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And when it was evening he came with +the twelve. <sup>18</sup>And as they sat at table, and were +eating, Jesus said, Verily I tell you, That one of you, who is +eating with me, shall betray me. <sup>19</sup>And they began to +be very sorry, and to say to him, one by one, Is it I? and +another said, Is it I? <sup>20</sup>But he answering said to +them, It is one of the twelve, who is dipping his hand with me +into the dish. <sup>21</sup>The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is +written of him; but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is +betrayed! it had been desirable for that man if he had never been +born.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And as they were eating, Jesus taking +a loaf, when he had blessed, brake it, and gave to them, and +said, Take, eat; this is my body. <sup>23</sup>And taking the +cup, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them; and they all +drank out of it. <sup>24</sup>And he said unto them, This is my +blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. +<sup>25</sup>Verily I say unto you, That I will henceforth no +more drink of the produce of the vine, until that day when I +shall drink it new in the kingdom of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>And when they had sung a hymn, they +went out to the mount of Olives. <sup>27</sup>And Jesus saith to +them, All ye will be offended at me this night; for it is +written, “I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be +dispersed:” <sup>28</sup>but after I am risen, I will go before +you into Galilee. <sup>29</sup>Then said Peter unto him, Though +all should be offended, yet will not I. <sup>30</sup>And Jesus +saith to him, Verily I tell thee, That to-day, in the course of +this very night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice +deny me. <sup>31</sup>But he said with more vehement assertion, +Though I should die with thee, yet would I in no wise deny thee. +And they all spake also in the same manner.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And they come to a place called +Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here whilst I +shall pray. <sup>33</sup>And he taketh Peter, and James, and +John, with him; and he began to be filled with horrible dread, +and to be sunk under dejection of spirit: <sup>34</sup>and he +saith to them, My soul is deeply afflicted even to death: abide +here, and watch. <sup>35</sup>And he went a little farther +forward, and fell on the earth, and prayed, that if it were +possible the hour might pass from him. <sup>36</sup>And he said, +Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup +from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. +<sup>37</sup>And he came and found them asleep: and saith unto +Peter, Sleepest thou? hast thou not strength to watch with me a +single hour? <sup>38</sup>Watch ye and pray, that ye enter not +into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is +weak. <sup>39</sup>And again he went away, and prayed, speaking +the same sentence. <sup>40</sup>And when he returned, he found +them again sleeping; for their eyes were weighed down: and they +knew not what to answer him. <sup>41</sup>Then the third time he +cometh, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and repose: it is +enough, the hour is come; lo! the Son of man is betrayed into the +hands of sinners; <sup>42</sup>arise, let us go; behold, the +traitor approaches me. <sup>43</sup>And immediately, while he was +yet speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came up, and a great +multitude with him, with swords and staves, from the chief +priests, and scribes, and elders. <sup>44</sup>Now he that +betrayed him, had given them a countersign, saying, Whomsoever I +shall kiss, that is he, seize him, and lead him off safely. +<sup>45</sup>And coming, he immediately drew up to him and said, +Rabbi, Rabbi, and kissed him. <sup>46</sup>Then they laid their +hands on him, and seized him. <sup>47</sup>And one particular +person of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck a servant +of the high priest, and cut off his ear. <sup>48</sup>And Jesus +addressing them said, Are ye come out as against a robber, with +swords and staves, to apprehend me? <sup>49</sup>Daily was I with +you in the temple teaching, and ye laid no hold upon me: but +<i>this is done</i> that the scriptures might be fulfilled.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>50</sup>Then they all deserting him, fled. +<sup>51</sup>And a certain youth followed him, having a linen +cloth wrapped round his naked body; and the young men laid hold +of him; <sup>52</sup>and leaving the linen cloth behind, he fled +naked from them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>53</sup>And they led Jesus unto the +high-priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, +and the elders, and the scribes. <sup>54</sup>And Peter followed +him at a distance, until he came into the palace of the +high-priest: and was seated with the servants, and warming +himself at the fire.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>55</sup>Then the chief priests, and the whole +sanhedrim, sought for witness against Jesus, that they might put +him to death; yet found none. <sup>56</sup>For many bore false +witness against him, and their attestations did not correspond. +<sup>57</sup>And certain persons rising up, bore false witness +against him, saying, <sup>58</sup>We have heard him affirm, I +will destroy this temple made with hands, and after three days I +will build another not made with hands. <sup>59</sup>But even +then their testimony was not correspondent. <sup>60</sup>So the +high-priest rising up in the midst interrogated Jesus, Answerest +thou nothing? What is it that these witness against thee? +<sup>61</sup>But he kept silence, and made them not a word of +reply. Again the high-priest questioned him, and said to him, Art +thou the Messiah, the Son of the blessed? <sup>62</sup>Then said +Jesus, I am. And ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right +hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. +<sup>63</sup>Then the high-priest rent his clothes, and said, +What farther need have we of witnesses? <sup>64</sup>Ye have +heard his blasphemy. What think ye? And they all adjudged him to +be deserving of death. <sup>65</sup>And some began to spit upon +him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, +Prophesy: and the servants slapped him on the face with their +hands.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>66</sup>And as Peter was in the hall, at the +lower end, there came to him one of the high-priest’s +maid-servants: <sup>67</sup>and seeing Peter warming himself, +stedfastly looking at him, she said, Thou also wast with Jesus of +Nazareth. <sup>68</sup>Then he denied it, saying, I do not so +much as know him, nor understand what thou art saying. And he +went out into the vestibule; and the cock crew. <sup>69</sup>And +a maid-servant observing him again; began to say to those who +stood by, This man is one of them. <sup>70</sup>Then he denied it +again. And after a little while, they who stood by said to Peter, +Of a certainty thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilean, and +thy speech is correspondent. <sup>71</sup>Then began he to make +the most dreadful imprecations, and to swear, I know not the man +of whom ye speak. <sup>72</sup>And the second time the cock crew. +And Peter remembered the word which Jesus spake unto him, That +before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And +casting his mantle over his face, he wept.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar15" id="mar15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND immediately the chief +priests having held a council in the morning, with the elders, +and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, after binding Jesus, led +him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. <sup>2</sup>And Pilate +asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? He answering said to +him, Thou sayest true. <sup>3</sup>And the chief priests laid +many accusations against him. <sup>4</sup>Then Pilate again +interrogated him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many +things they testify against thee. <sup>5</sup>But Jesus +notwithstanding made not a word of reply; so that Pilate +marvelled.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now at the feast, he released one +prisoner to them, whomsoever they petitioned for. <sup>7</sup>And +there was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made an +insurrection with him, and had committed murder in the +insurrection. <sup>8</sup>And the multitude, clamorous, began to +petition him to do, as he had always done to them. +<sup>9</sup>Then Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I +release unto you the king of the Jews? <sup>10</sup>(For he knew +that out of envy the chief priests had delivered him up.) +<sup>11</sup>Then the chief priests stirred up the people, that +he should rather release Barabbas unto them. <sup>12</sup>Then +Pilate addressing them, said unto them again, What therefore do +you wish that I should do with him whom ye call the king of the +Jews? <sup>13</sup>And they cried out again, Crucify him. +<sup>14</sup>Then Pilate said unto them, But what criminal act +hath he done? And they cried the more vociferously, Crucify him. +<sup>15</sup>So Pilate, willing to do what would be satisfactory +to the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus to +be scourged, in order to be crucified.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Then the soldiers led him to the hall, +which is the Prætorium, and called together the whole band. +<sup>17</sup>And they invested him with a robe of purple, and +platting a crown of thorns, put it about his head, +<sup>18</sup>and began to pay their salutations to him, Hail, +King of the Jews! <sup>19</sup>And they struck him on the head +with a cane, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees payed him +homage. <sup>20</sup>And when they had treated him with mockery, +they took off the purple robe from him, and clothed him with his +own garments, and led him out to crucify him. <sup>21</sup>And +they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming out +of the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his +cross.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And they convey him to a place called +Golgotha, which is being interpreted, The place of a skull. +<sup>23</sup>And they gave him to drink wine medicated with +myrrh: but he received it not. <sup>24</sup>And having crucified +him, they divided his garments, casting the lot upon them, what +each should take. <sup>25</sup>Now it was the third hour, and +they crucified him. <sup>26</sup>And there was an inscription of +his crime written over him, THE KING OF THE JEWS. +<sup>27</sup>And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his +right hand, and the other on his left. <sup>28</sup>And the +scripture was fulfilled, which saith, “And he was reckoned among +the transgressors.” <sup>29</sup>And they who passed along, +blasphemed him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha! thou that +destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, +<sup>30</sup>save thyself, and come down from the cross. +<sup>31</sup>And in the same manner also, the chief priests +mocking him, among each other, with the scribes, said, He saved +others, himself he cannot save. <sup>32</sup>Thou Messiah, King +of Israel, come now down from the cross, that we may see, and +believe. Even those who were crucified with him railed on +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Now when the sixth hour came, there +was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. +<sup>34</sup>And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud +voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani? which is, being +interpreted, My God, my God, for what cause hast thou abandoned +me? <sup>35</sup>And some of those who stood by, hearing him, +said, Behold, he crieth for Elias. <sup>36</sup>Then one ran, and +filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it round a cane, and gave +him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to +take him down. <sup>37</sup>Then Jesus, uttering a loud cry, gave +up the ghost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>And the vail of the temple was rent in +two from the top to the bottom. <sup>39</sup>And the centurion, +who stood opposite to him, observing, that with such a cry he +gave up the ghost, said, Assuredly this was the Son of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>40</sup>Now there were also women looking on +at a distance; among whom also was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the +mother of James the small, and the mother of Joses, and Salome. +<sup>41</sup>These women followed him when he was in Galilee, and +supplied his wants; and many other women who went up with him to +Jerusalem.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>42</sup>And when the evening was now come +(since it was the preparation, that is the day preceding the +sabbath), <sup>43</sup>Joseph, who was from Arimathea, came, a +respectable person, a counsellor, and who himself also was +expecting the kingdom of God; taking courage, he went in to +Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. <sup>44</sup>Then Pilate +marvelled that he should be already dead: and calling for the +centurion, he asked him, If he had been dead any time. +<sup>45</sup>And when he knew it from the centurion, he gave the +body to Joseph. <sup>46</sup>And having bought a wrapper of fine +linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth, and +laid him in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock; and rolled +a stone to the door of the sepulchre. <sup>47</sup>Now Mary +Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was +laid.</p> + +<h2><a name="mar16" id="mar16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND when the sabbath was +past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, +purchased aromatics, that they might come, and anoint him. +<sup>2</sup>And very early on the first day of the week, they +come to the sepulchre, as the sun was rising. <sup>3</sup>And +said among themselves, Who will roll away for us the stone from +the door of the sepulchre? <sup>4</sup>And looking again, they +saw that the stone was rolled away, for it was vastly large. +<sup>5</sup>And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man +sitting at the right hand, clothed in a white robe; and they were +greatly terrified. <sup>6</sup>But he saith unto them, Be not +affrighted, ye seek Jesus the Nazarean, who was crucified; he is +risen, he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. +<sup>7</sup>But go, tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth +before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he told you. +<sup>8</sup>And they going out hastily, fled from the sepulchre, +for trembling and astonishment had seized them: and they said not +a word to any person, for they were affrighted.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Now being arisen early, on the first +day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom +he had cast seven devils. <sup>10</sup>She going, told it to +those who had been with him, as they were wailing and weeping. +<sup>11</sup>And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had +been seen by her, gave no credit to her.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then after this, he was manifested +under another form, to two of them as they were walking, and +going into the country. <sup>13</sup>And they came back and told +the news to the rest; neither did they believe them. +<sup>14</sup>Afterwards he shewed himself to the eleven, as they +were sitting at table, and upbraided them for their infidelity +and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had +seen him after he was risen. <sup>15</sup>And he said unto them, +Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. +<sup>16</sup>He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; +and he that believeth not shall be damned. <sup>17</sup>And these +signs shall follow those that believe: in my name shall they cast +out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; <sup>18</sup>they +shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly potion, it +shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they +shall recover health.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Then the Lord, after having thus +spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the +right hand of God. <sup>20</sup>But they going forth preached +every where, the Lord working mightily with them, and confirming +the word, by attendant miracles.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1.1em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="luk1" id="luk1"><span class="ls2">THE +GOSPEL</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">ACCORDING TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:1.5em">LUK</span>E.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">S</span>INCE many have attempted +to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest +evidence: <sup>2</sup>exactly as they delivered them to us, who +were eve witnesses from the first, and ministers of the word; +<sup>3</sup>it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate +knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular +order, most excellent Theophilus, <sup>4</sup>to the intent that +thou mayest clearly know the certainty of those matters, +concerning which thou hast been instructed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>There was in the days of Herod, the +king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of +Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name +Elisabeth. <sup>6</sup>And they were both righteous before God, +walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord +blameless. <sup>7</sup>And they had no child, because Elizabeth +was barren, and both were far advanced in years. <sup>8</sup>And +it came to pass, as he discharged his priestly office in the +order of his periodical ministration before God, +<sup>9</sup>according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to +his lot to burn the incense when he went into the temple of the +Lord. <sup>10</sup>And all the multitude of people was praying +without, at the time of the burning the incense. <sup>11</sup>And +an angel of the Lord appeared to him standing on the right side +of the altar of incense. <sup>12</sup>And Zacharias was agitated +greatly at the sight, and fear fell upon him. <sup>13</sup>But +the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is +heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bring thee a son, and thou +shalt call his name John. <sup>14</sup>And it shall give thee joy +and exultation; and many shall rejoice at his birth: +<sup>15</sup>for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; and +he shall never drink wine, nor any intoxicating liquor; and he +shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. +<sup>16</sup>And many of the children of Israel shall he turn +unto the Lord, their God. <sup>17</sup>And he shall go forth +before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to convert the +hearts of fathers with their children, and the disobedient to the +wisdom of the just; to prepare a people ready for the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And Zacharias said to the angel, By +what shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife far advanced in +her age. <sup>19</sup>And the angel answering said to him, I am +Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I have been sent +to speak to thee, and to proclaim these glad tidings to thee. +<sup>20</sup>And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and unable to speak, +until that day when these things shall come to pass, because thou +hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled at their +exact time.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And the people were waiting for +Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. +<sup>22</sup>And when he came out, he could not speak to them: +and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for +he himself made signs to them, and continued deaf and dumb. +<sup>23</sup>And it came to pass, when the days of his ministry +were fulfilled, he went to his own house. <sup>24</sup>And after +those days Elisabeth his wife conceived, and kept herself in +retirement five months, saying, <sup>25</sup>Thus hath the Lord +dealt with me in the days in which he looked upon me to take away +my reproach among men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Now in the sixth month the angel +Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, the name of +which was Nazareth, <sup>27</sup>to a virgin of the house of +David, betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph; and the virgin’s +name was Mary. <sup>28</sup>And the angel coming in to her said, +All hail! O thou highly favoured one! the Lord is with thee: +blessed art thou among women. <sup>29</sup>And when she saw him, +she was greatly agitated at his address: and reasoned in herself +what kind of salutation this could be. <sup>30</sup>And the angel +said unto her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with +God. <sup>31</sup>And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, +and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS. +<sup>32</sup>He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of +the Highest: and the Lord God will give him the throne of David +his father; <sup>33</sup>and he shall reign over the house of +Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. +<sup>34</sup>And Mary said, How shall this be, seeing I know not +man? <sup>35</sup>And the angel answering said unto her, The Holy +Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall +overshadow thee; wherefore also the Holy One that shall be born +of thee, shall be called the Son of God. <sup>36</sup>And, +behold, Elisabeth thy cousin, she also hath conceived in her old +age: and this is the fifth month <i>of pregnancy</i> with her who +was called barren. <sup>37</sup>For there is nothing impossible +with God. <sup>38</sup>Then said Mary, Behold a servant of the +Lord, be it to me according to thy declaration. And the angel +departed from her.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>Then Mary arose in those days, and +went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, +<sup>40</sup>and entered into the house of Zachariah, and saluted +Elisabeth. <sup>41</sup>And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard +the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped for joy in her womb; and +Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: <sup>42</sup>and she +exclaimed with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among +women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. <sup>43</sup>And +whence is this favour shewn me, that the mother of my Lord should +come to me? <sup>44</sup>For, lo! as the voice of thy salutation +reached my ears, the babe leaped for joy in my womb. +<sup>45</sup>And blessed is she that hath believed; for there +shall be a fulfilment of the things told her from the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>46</sup>And Mary said, My soul doth magnify +the Lord, <sup>47</sup>and my spirit hath exulted in God my +Saviour: <sup>48</sup>for he hath looked upon the lowly state of +his maid-servant: for, lo! henceforth shall all generations +pronounce me blessed. <sup>49</sup>For the Mighty One hath done +great things for me; and holy is his name. <sup>50</sup>And his +mercy is upon those who fear him, from generation to generation. +<sup>51</sup>He hath displayed strength from his arm; he hath +scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. +<sup>52</sup>He hath cast down potentates from the throne, and +hath exalted the lowly. <sup>53</sup>He hath filled the hungry +with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. +<sup>54</sup>He hath succoured Israel his servant, that he might +be mindful of mercy for ever; <sup>55</sup>as he had spoken to +our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed. <sup>56</sup>And Mary +abode with her about three months, and returned unto her +home.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>57</sup>Now Elisabeth’s time was up that she +should be delivered; and she brought a son. <sup>58</sup>And her +neighbours and her relations heard, that the Lord had magnified +his mercy upon her; and they congratulated her. <sup>59</sup>And +it came to pass, on the eighth day they came to circumcise the +child; and they called him after the name of his father, +Zacharias. <sup>60</sup>And his mother spake and said, No; but he +shall be called John. <sup>61</sup>And they said to her, There is +not one among thy relations, who is called by this name. +<sup>62</sup>And they made signs to his father, what he would +have him called. <sup>63</sup>And desiring a writing tablet, he +wrote, saying, John is his name. And they were all surprised. +<sup>64</sup>Instantly then his mouth was opened, and his tongue +loosed, and he burst out in praises to God. <sup>65</sup>And +great awe fell on all those who dwelt around them: and in all the +mountainous country of Judea, all these circumstances were the +subject of conversation. <sup>66</sup>And all who heard them laid +them up in their hearts, saying, Well! what a child will this be! +And the hand of the Lord was with him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>67</sup>And Zacharias his father was filled +with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, <sup>68</sup>Blessed +be the Lord the God of Israel; for he hath visited and wrought +redemption for his people; <sup>69</sup>and hath raised up a horn +of salvation for us in the house of his servant David: +<sup>70</sup>as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which +have been from the beginning: <sup>71</sup>even preservation from +our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; +<sup>72</sup>to perform mercy towards our fathers, and to +remember his own holy covenant: <sup>73</sup>the oath which he +sware to Abraham our father, <sup>74</sup>to give us, that we, +secure from fear, rescued from the hands of our enemies, should +serve him, <sup>75</sup>in righteousness and holiness before him, +all the days of our life. <sup>76</sup>And thou, child, shalt be +called the prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go before the +face of the Lord to prepare his ways; <sup>77</sup>to give the +knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their +sins, <sup>78</sup>through the bowels of mercy of our God; with +which he hath visited us, as the dawn of the morning from on +high, <sup>79</sup>to illumine those who sat in darkness, and in +the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace. +<sup>80</sup>And the child grew, and became mighty in spirit, and +was in the deserts until the days of his public exhibition to +Israel.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk2" id="luk2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW it came to pass in +those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, +that the whole land should be registered. <sup>2</sup>(And this +first enrolment was made by Cyrenius, <i>afterwards</i> governor +of Syria) <sup>3</sup>And all went to be registered, every one to +his own city. <sup>4</sup>Then Joseph also went up from Galilee, +from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which +is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of +David; <sup>5</sup>to be enregistered with Mary, the wife +espoused to him, who was big with child. <sup>6</sup>And it came +to pass, while they were there, that her time was up, that she +should be delivered. <sup>7</sup>And she brought forth a son, her +first-born, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in +a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And there were shepherds in that +country abiding in the open air, and keeping guard over their +flock by night. <sup>9</sup>And, behold, the angel of the Lord +came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and +they were exceedingly affrighted. <sup>10</sup>And the angel said +unto them, Be not affrighted: for, behold, I bring you tidings of +great joy, which shall be for all the people. +<sup>11</sup>Because this day there is born for you a Saviour, +which is Messiah, the Lord, in the city of David. +<sup>12</sup>And this shall be a sign for you; Ye shall find the +babe in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger. <sup>13</sup>And +suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the +heavenly host, praising God, and saying, <sup>14</sup>Glory in +the highest heavens to God! and upon earth, peace! towards men +complacence. <sup>15</sup>And it came to pass, as the angels went +from them into heaven, the men, the shepherds, said also to each +other, Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing which hath +happened, which the Lord hath made known to us. <sup>16</sup>And +they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe, +lying in the manger: <sup>17</sup>and when they saw it, they made +a public report of the declaration delivered to them respecting +this child. <sup>18</sup>And all who heard it, marvelled at the +things told them by the shepherds. <sup>19</sup>But Mary +carefully preserved all these declarations, laying them together +in her heart, in order to apprehend their meaning. +<sup>20</sup>And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising +God for all the things which they had heard and seen, exactly as +had been told them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>And when eight days were fulfilled for +circumcising the child, his name also was called JESUS, the name +imposed by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And when the days of her purification +were accomplished according to the law of Moses, they brought him +to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; <sup>23</sup>as it is +written in the law of the Lord, Every male child, that openeth +the womb, shall be called holy to the Lord; <sup>24</sup>and to +offer a sacrifice, according to what is prescribed in the law of +the Lord, A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>And, behold, there was a man at +Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and +devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost +was upon him. <sup>26</sup>And it had been divinely communicated +to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, till he +had seen the Lord’s Messiah. <sup>27</sup>And he came by the +spirit into the temple; just as the parents were bringing in the +child Jesus, that they might do according to what was the custom +of the law concerning him; <sup>28</sup>and he took him into his +arms, and blessed God, and said, <sup>29</sup>Now dismiss thy +servant, Lord, according to thy word, in peace; <sup>30</sup>for +my eyes have seen thy salvation, <sup>31</sup>which thou hast +prepared before the face of all people. <sup>32</sup>A light to +give revelation to the Gentiles, and glory to thy people +Israel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>And Joseph and his mother were amazed +at the things spoken concerning him. <sup>34</sup>And Simeon +blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is +appointed for the fall, and rising again of many in Israel; and +for a marked object to be spoken against; <sup>35</sup>(so shall +a dart pierce through thy own soul) that the reasonings of many +hearts may be laid open,</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>And there was Anna, a prophetess, the +daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asser: she was far advanced +in old age, having lived but seven years with a husband, from her +virgin state: <sup>37</sup>though she was now a widow, of about +eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, attending +the divine service, with fastings and prayers night and day: +<sup>38</sup>and at the very same moment coming up, she also in +turn confessed the Lord, and spake of him to all who were +expecting redemption in Jerusalem.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>And when they had finished all things +according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, +into their own city Nazareth. <sup>40</sup>And the child grew, +and became endued with great powers of spirit, filled with +wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>And his parents went annually to +Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. <sup>42</sup>And when he +was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the +custom of the feast. <sup>43</sup>And when they had concluded the +days, as they were returning, the child Jesus remained at +Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew it not: +<sup>44</sup>but supposing him to be in the company, they went a +day’s journey; and they sought him among their relations and +acquaintances; <sup>45</sup>and not finding him, they returned to +Jerusalem in search of him. <sup>46</sup>And it came to pass +after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the +midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them +questions. <sup>47</sup>And all who heard him, were in a +transport of admiration, at his understanding and answers. +<sup>48</sup>And when they saw him, they were struck with +surprise; and his mother said to him, Son, why hast thou behaved +to us in this manner? lo! thy father and I have been seeking thee +in anguish of heart. <sup>49</sup>And he said unto them, +Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not know, that I must be +occupied with my Father’s affairs? <sup>50</sup>And they +understood not the meaning of what he spake to them. +<sup>51</sup>And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, +and was in subjection to them: though his mother preserved all +these sayings in her heart. <sup>52</sup>And Jesus advanced in +wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk3" id="luk3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW in the fifteenth year +of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of +Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother +tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias +tetrarch of Abilene: <sup>2</sup>when Annas and Caiaphas were +high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias +in the wilderness; <sup>3</sup>and he came into all the country +on the confines of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance +for the remission of sins; <sup>4</sup>as it is written in the +book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, “The voice of +one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, +make his paths strait: <sup>5</sup>every valley shall be filled +up, and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the +crooked ways made strait, and the rough roads smooth: +<sup>6</sup>and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.” +<sup>7</sup>He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came out to +be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to +fly from the approaching wrath? <sup>8</sup>Produce then fruits +worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have +a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out +of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. <sup>9</sup>But +now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree +therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast +into the fire.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And the multitudes asked him, saying, +What then shall we do? <sup>11</sup>And he answering said to +them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; +and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner. +<sup>12</sup>Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be +baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do? +<sup>13</sup>He said unto them, Exact nothing more than is +appointed for you. <sup>14</sup>And the military men also asked +him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing +by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Now when the people were in +expectation, and many reasoned in their hearts respecting John, +whether he were the Messiah, <sup>16</sup>John addressed himself +to them all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water; but one +mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not +worthy to untie: he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and +with fire; <sup>17</sup>whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and +he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and collect the +wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire +unquenchable. <sup>18</sup>Thus in many and various discourses +exhorting them, he preached the glad tidings of the gospel to the +people.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved +by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for +all the other wicked actions which he had done, +<sup>20</sup>added this also to all the rest, and shut up John in +prison.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Now it came to pass, at the time when +John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, +and as he prayed, the heaven was opened, <sup>22</sup>and the +Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, like a dove, upon him, and +a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in +thee I am well pleased.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And Jesus himself was about thirty +years of age when he began his ministry, being (as was supposed +the son of Joseph) of Heli, <sup>24</sup>of Matthat, of Levi, of +Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, <sup>25</sup>of Mattathias, of Amos, +of Naum, of Esli, of Nagge, <sup>26</sup>of Maath, of Mattathias, +of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda, <sup>27</sup>of Joanna, of Rhesa, +of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri, <sup>28</sup>of Melchi, of +Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, <sup>29</sup>of Jose, of +Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi, <sup>30</sup>of Simeon, +of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim, <sup>31</sup>of Melea, +of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, <sup>32</sup>of +Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson, <sup>33</sup>of +Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Judah, <sup>34</sup>of +Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor, <sup>35</sup>of +Saruch, of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala, <sup>36</sup>of +Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech, <sup>37</sup>of +Methusaleh, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan, +<sup>38</sup>of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, <i>the son</i> of +God.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk4" id="luk4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN Jesus full of the +Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into +the wilderness, <sup>2</sup>being tempted forty days by the +devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were +ended, afterwards he was hungry. <sup>3</sup>And the devil said +to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it +become a loaf. <sup>4</sup>And Jesus answered him, saying, It is +written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of +God.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And the devil taking him up into an +exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of +the world in a moment of time: <sup>6</sup>and the devil said +unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of +these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I +give it. <sup>7</sup>If therefore thou wilt worship before me, +all shall be thine. <sup>8</sup>And Jesus answering him, said, +Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, “Thou shalt worship +the Lord thy God, and to him alone shalt thou pay divine +honour.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And he brought him to Jerusalem, and +set him on a wing of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the +Son of God, cast thy self down from hence: <sup>10</sup>for it is +written, “He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard +thee safely; <sup>11</sup>and that in their hands they shall bear +thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.” +<sup>12</sup>And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, “Thou +shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” <sup>13</sup>And when the +devil had closed all the temptation, he departed from him for a +season.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And Jesus returned in the power of the +Spirit into Galilee: and a report went out into all the region +round about concerning him. <sup>15</sup>And he taught in their +synagogues, being universally admired. <sup>16</sup>And he came +to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he went, according to +his usual custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and rose +up to read. <sup>17</sup>And there was given to him the book of +the prophet Isaiah: and unrolling the volume, he found the +passage where it is written, <sup>18</sup>“The spirit of the Lord +is upon me, for the work whereunto he hath anointed me; he hath +sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to heal the contrite +in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and restore sight +to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds; +<sup>19</sup>to publish the acceptable year of the Lord.” +<sup>20</sup>And rolling up the volume, he gave it to the +attendant officer, and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in +the synagogue were attentively fixed on him. <sup>21</sup>And he +began to say to them, To day this scripture is fulfilled in your +ears. <sup>22</sup>And all concurred in their testimony to him, +and marvelled at the gracious words which proceeded from his +mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph? +<sup>23</sup>And he said unto them, Ye will probably say to me +this parable, Physician, heal thyself! the works which we have +heard to have been performed by thee at Capernaum, do the like +here in thy own country. <sup>24</sup>But he said, Verily, I say +unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country. +<sup>25</sup>Now I tell you of a certainty, that there were many +widows in the days of Elias, in Israel, when the heaven was shut +up three years and six months, so that a grievous famine was upon +all the land. <sup>26</sup>And unto none of them was Elias sent, +but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman. +<sup>27</sup>And many lepers were in Israel in the days of the +prophet Elisha, and no one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the +Syrian. <sup>28</sup>And they were all filled with rage in the +synagogue, when they heard these observations: <sup>29</sup>and +rising up, dragged him out of the city, and led him to the brow +of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to cast him +down headlong: <sup>30</sup>but he passing through the midst of +them, went away.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>And he came down to Capernaum, a city +of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath. +<sup>32</sup>And they were struck with astonishment at his +teaching; for his discourse was with authority. <sup>33</sup>And +there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean +devil, and he roared out with a great cry, <sup>34</sup>saying, +Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? +art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy +One of God. <sup>35</sup>And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Stop thy +mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him down into +the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury. <sup>36</sup>And +amazement seized on all present, and they spake one to another, +saying, What a word is this? for with authority and power he +commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. +<sup>37</sup>And the fame of him went forth into all the adjacent +region.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>Then rising up out of the synagogue, +he came into the house of Simon: and Simon’s mother-in-law was +seized with a violent fever, and they besought him on her behalf. +<sup>39</sup>And standing over her, he charged the fever <i>to +depart</i>; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and +waited upon them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>40</sup>So when the sun was set, all who had +any indisposed with various diseases, brought them to him; and +laying his hands severally on each of them, he cured them. +<sup>41</sup>And devils also went out of many, crying out, and +saying, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And rebuking them, +he suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was the +Messiah.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>42</sup>And as the day was coming on, he went +forth and departed into a desert place: and the multitude sought +him out, and came to him, and would have detained him that he +should not leave them. <sup>43</sup>But he said unto them, I must +preach the glad tidings of the kingdom of heaven in other cities +also: for on this service am I sent. <sup>44</sup>And he +continued preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk5" id="luk5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass, as +the multitude were thronging upon him, in order to hear the word +of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret: +<sup>2</sup>and he saw two vessels a-ground near the lake: but +the fishermen were gone out of them, and washing their nets. +<sup>3</sup>Then he went on board one of the vessels, which was +Simon’s, and desired him to put off a little from the land: and +sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the vessel. +<sup>4</sup>And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Go off +into deep water, and shoot your nets for a draught. +<sup>5</sup>And Simon answering, said unto him, Sir, we have been +toiling all night, and have taken nothing: but at thy command I +will shoot the net. <sup>6</sup>And having done so, they inclosed +a prodigious multitude of fishes; and their net was broken. +<sup>7</sup>And they made signals to their partners in the other +vessels, that they should come to their assistance. And they +came, and filled both the vessels, so that they were ready to +founder. <sup>8</sup>Then Simon Peter seeing it, fell down on his +knees before Jesus, saying, Go from me; for I am a sinful man, O +Lord! <sup>9</sup>For amazement had seized on him, and on all who +were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken: +<sup>10</sup>as also on James and John the sons of Zebedee, who +were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not: +henceforward thou shalt catch men. <sup>11</sup>And when they had +brought their vessels on shore, they left all, and followed +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And it came to pass as he was just at +one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy! and seeing +Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if +thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. <sup>13</sup>And he +stretching out his hand touched him, saying, I will: be thou +cleansed. And instantly the leprosy departed from him. +<sup>14</sup>And he commanded him to tell no man: but go shew +thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, as Moses +enjoined, for a testimony unto them. <sup>15</sup>Now the +discourse concerning him more and more spread through the +country: and vast multitudes came together to hear him, and to be +cured by him of their disorders. <sup>16</sup>But he himself was +in the desert for retirement and prayer.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And on a certain day it happened that +he was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees, and doctors of +the law, who had come from every town of Galilee, and Judea, and +Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord for healing them was +exercised. <sup>18</sup>And behold, men carried on a couch a man +who was a paralytic; and sought to bring him into the house, and +to place him before him. <sup>19</sup>And not discovering by what +means they could introduce him, because of the crowd, they went +up to the roof, and through the tiling let him down with his +little couch into the midst, before Jesus. <sup>20</sup>And +seeing their faith, he saith to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven +thee. <sup>21</sup>And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, +saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive +sins but God alone? <sup>22</sup>And Jesus knowing their +reasoning, in reply said to them, Why do ye reason in your +hearts? <sup>23</sup>for which is the easier? to say, Thy sins +are forgiven; or to say, Arise and walk? <sup>24</sup>But that ye +may know that the Son of man hath authority upon earth to forgive +sins, (he saith to the paralytic,) I say to thee, Arise, and take +up thy couch, and go into thy house. <sup>25</sup>And instantly +he rose up before them, took up that on which he had lain, and +went away to his house, giving glory to God. <sup>26</sup>And an +extacy of admiration seized upon them all, and they glorified +God; and they were filled with awe, saying, We have seen +wondrously strange things to-day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>And after these things he went out, +and saw a farmer of the taxes, named Levi, sitting at the +custom-house: and he said unto him, Follow me. <sup>28</sup>And +leaving all behind, he rose, and followed him. <sup>29</sup>And +Levi made him a great entertainment at his house and there was a +great number of publicans and others, sitting at table with them. +<sup>30</sup>And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his +disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and +sinners? <sup>31</sup>And Jesus answering said unto them, They +who are well, have no need of a physician: but they who have +illness. <sup>32</sup>I came not to call righteous men, but +sinners, to repentance.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Then said they unto him, Why do the +disciples of John observe frequent fasts, and make prayers; but +thine are eating and drinking? <sup>34</sup>And he said unto +them, Can you make the children of the bridechamber fast, as long +as the bridegroom is with them? <sup>35</sup>But the days will +come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then +shall they fast in those days. <sup>36</sup>Then he spake a +parable unto them, No man putteth a patch of new cloth on an old +garment; but if otherwise, both the new makes a rent, and the +patch from the new is not of a piece with the old. +<sup>37</sup>And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; for if +he doth, the new wine will burst the bottles, and it will itself +be spilled, and the bottles be destroyed. <sup>38</sup>But new +wine should be put into new bottles; then both are preserved. +<sup>39</sup>And no man drinking old wine, immediately desires +new: for he saith, The old is better.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk6" id="luk6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass on the +sabbath after the second day of the passover, that he was passing +through the cornfields; and the disciples plucked the ears of +corn, and did eat, rubbing them out in their hands. +<sup>2</sup>Then said some of the Pharisees unto them, Why do ye +that which is not lawful on the sabbath-day? <sup>3</sup>And +Jesus answering said to them; Have ye never read what David did, +when he was hungry, and those who were with him? <sup>4</sup>how +he entered into the house of God, and took the loaves of +shew-bread, and did eat, and gave also to those who were with +him; which it was not lawful for any to eat, but the priests +alone? <sup>5</sup>And he said, The Son of man is Lord also of +the sabbath-day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>And it came to pass on another sabbath, +that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and a man was +there, and his right hand was shrunk. <sup>7</sup>Then the +scribes and Pharisees watched him, if he would heal on the +sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him. +<sup>8</sup>Now he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who +had the withered hand, Rise, and stand in the midst. And he +arose, and stood up. <sup>9</sup>Then said Jesus unto them, I +will ask you a question; Is it lawful to do good on the +sabbath-day, or to do evil? to preserve life or to destroy it? +<sup>10</sup>And looking round upon them all, he said to the man, +Stretch out thine hand; and he did so: and his hand was restored +sound as the other. <sup>11</sup>But they were filled with +madness, and talked earnestly to each other what they could do to +Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Now it came to pass in those days, +that he went out into a mountain to pray and continued all night +in an oratory of God. <sup>13</sup>And when it was day, he called +his disciples to him; and elected from them twelve, whom he named +Apostles: <sup>14</sup>Simon, whom he also called Peter, and +Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, +<sup>15</sup>Matthew and Thomas, James son of Alpheus, and Simon +called the Zealous, <sup>16</sup>Jude the brother of James, and +Judas Iscariot, who also was the traitor. <sup>17</sup>And coming +down with them, he stood on a level spot: and the crowd of his +disciples, and a vast multitude of people from all Judea and +Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear +him, and to be healed of their diseases; <sup>18</sup>and they +who were disturbed with unclean spirits: and they were cured. +<sup>19</sup>And all the multitude strove to touch him, for there +went virtue out of him, and healed them all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>And he lifted up his eyes on his +disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the +kingdom of God. <sup>21</sup>Blessed are ye who hunger now, for +ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall +laugh. <sup>22</sup>Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and +when they shall separate you from them, and shall revile you, and +shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. +<sup>23</sup>Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, lo! your +reward is great in heaven: for after the same manner did your +fathers to the prophets. <sup>24</sup>But wo unto you who are +rich! for ye have received your consolation. <sup>25</sup>Wo unto +you who are full! for ye shall hunger. Wo unto you who laugh now! +for ye shall mourn and weep. <sup>26</sup>Wo unto you, when men +shall speak well of you! for just so did their fathers of the +false prophets. <sup>27</sup>But I say to you who hear, Love your +enemies, do good to those who hate you; <sup>28</sup>bless those +who curse you, and pray for those who wantonly insult you. +<sup>29</sup>To him that smiteth thee on the cheek, offer the +other also; and from him who would take from thee thy cloak, +withhold not thy coat also. <sup>30</sup>And give to every one +that asketh thee; and from him who would take thy goods, demand +them not again. <sup>31</sup>And as ye would that men should do +unto you, do ye also to them in like manner.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And if ye love them that love you, +what thanks are due to you? for even sinners love those who love +them. <sup>33</sup>And if ye do good to them who do good to you, +what thanks have ye? do not even sinners the same thing? +<sup>34</sup>And if ye lend to those, from whom ye hope to +receive back again, what thanks are due to you? for sinners lend +to sinners, that they may receive an equivalent. <sup>35</sup>But +love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in +return: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the +children of the Most High; for he is kind unto the unthankful and +to the wicked. <sup>36</sup>Be ye therefore compassionate, as +also your Father is compassionate. <sup>37</sup>And judge not, +that ye be not judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be +condemned: <sup>38</sup>give, and there shall be given unto you; +good measure pressed down, and shook, and running over, shall +they give into your lap. For with what measure ye mete, it shall +be measured back to you again.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>And he spake a parable unto them, Can +the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the pit? +<sup>40</sup>The disciple is not above his teacher; but every one +who is completely taught shall be as his master.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>But why beholdest thou the mote which +is in thy brother’s eye, but observest not the beam which is in +thine own eye? <sup>42</sup>Or how canst thou say to thy brother, +Brother, permit me to take off the mote which is on thine eye, +not seeing thyself the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! +cast out the beam which is in thine eye, and then shalt thou see +distinctly to take off the mote which is in thy brother’s eye. +<sup>43</sup>For there is no good tree which produceth fruit of a +bad quality; neither doth a tree of a bad sort produce good +fruit. <sup>44</sup>Every tree is known by its own peculiar +fruit. For men do not gather figs from off thorns, nor do they +gather from the bramble a bunch of grapes. <sup>45</sup>A good +man, out of the good treasure of his heart, produceth what is +good; and a wicked man, from the evil treasure in his heart, +produceth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the +heart the mouth speaketh. <sup>46</sup>And why call ye me, Lord, +Lord, and do not the things which I say? <sup>47</sup>Every one +who cometh to me, and heareth my words, and puts them in +practice, I will shew you to whom he is like: <sup>48</sup>he is +like to a man, building a house, who digged, and sunk deep, and +laid the foundation on a rock; and when there was a flood, the +river rushed violently against that house, and was not of force +to shake it, for it was founded on a rock. <sup>49</sup>But he +that heareth, and doth not practice, is like a man who built his +house on the earth without a foundation; against which the river +rushed violently, and immediately it fell; and the crash of the +fall of that house was great.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk7" id="luk7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW after he had finished +all these sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into +Capernaum. <sup>2</sup>And the servant of a certain centurion, +who was very valuable to him, being seized with an illness, was +ready to die. <sup>3</sup>But when he heard of Jesus, he sent +unto him the elders of the Jews, entreating him that he would +come and preserve the life of his servant. <sup>4</sup>And when +they came to Jesus, they entreated him importunately, saying, He +is a worthy man on whom thou wilt confer this favour: +<sup>5</sup>for he loveth our nation, and hath himself built us a +synagogue. <sup>6</sup>Then Jesus went with them. And when he was +now not far from the house, the centurion dispatched towards him +friends, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not +deserving that thou shouldest enter beneath my roof. +<sup>7</sup>Therefore neither did I think myself worthy to come +unto thee, but speak in a word, and my servant will be cured. +<sup>8</sup>For I also am a man under authority, and have under +my command soldiers; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and +to another, Come hither, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do +this, and he doeth it. <sup>9</sup>Then Jesus, on hearing these +things, respected him highly, and turning to the multitude which +was following him, he said, I tell you, I have not found such +faith, even in Israel. <sup>10</sup>And they who were sent, on +their return to the house, found the servant who was sick in +perfect health.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And it came to pass the next day, that +he went into a city called Nain; and a considerable number of his +disciples went with him, and a vast multitude. <sup>12</sup>And +as he drew near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was +carrying out, an only son to his mother, and she a widow; and a +great concourse of the city was with her. <sup>13</sup>And when +Jesus saw her, he was moved with compassion for her, and said +unto her, Weep not. <sup>14</sup>And approaching, he touched the +bier: and the bearers stood still; and he said, Young man, I say +to thee, Arise. <sup>15</sup>And the dead man sat up, and began +to speak: and he delivered him to his mother. <sup>16</sup>And +fear fell on all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great +prophet is risen up among us, and that God hath looked down with +mercy on his people. <sup>17</sup>And this account respecting him +went abroad through all Judea, and all the region adjacent.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And his disciples informed John of all +these things. <sup>19</sup>And John calling two certain persons +of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that +cometh, or are we to expect another? <sup>20</sup>Then the men +came to him, saying, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, +Art thou he that cometh, or are we to expect another? +<sup>21</sup>And in that very hour he cured many of diseases and +acute complaints, and evil spirits; and to many blind persons he +gave sight. <sup>22</sup>And Jesus addressing them, said, Go, +tell John what things ye have seen and heard: that the blind +recover sight, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have +the gospel preached unto them. <sup>23</sup>And blessed is he, +whosoever shall not be offended at me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now when John’s messengers were +departed, he began to speak to the people concerning John, What +went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the +wind? <sup>25</sup>But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in +delicate garments? Behold, they who indulge in soft raiment, and +delicate food, are in king’s palaces. <sup>26</sup>But what went +ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a +prophet. <sup>27</sup>For this is he of whom it is written, +Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare +thy way before thee. <sup>28</sup>For I tell you, of those born +from woman, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: +but he that is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than +he. <sup>29</sup>And all the people when they heard it, and the +publicans, glorified God, being baptised with the baptism of +John. <sup>30</sup>But the Pharisees and teachers of the law +rejected the counsel of God towards themselves, not being +baptised by him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>And the Lord said, To what then shall +I compare the men of this generation? and to what are they like? +<sup>32</sup>They are like to children sitting in the markets, +and calling to each other, and saying, We have played the flute +to you, and ye have not danced; we have raised the cry of +mourning, and ye have not wept. <sup>33</sup>For John the Baptist +came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath +a devil. <sup>34</sup>The Son of man is come eating and drinking, +and ye say, A gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of +publicans and sinners! <sup>35</sup>though wisdom hath been +justified by her children.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>Then one of the Pharisees invited him +to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat +down to table. <sup>37</sup>And, behold, a certain woman in the +city, who was a notorious offender, when she knew that Jesus was +sitting at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster +vessel of odoriferous balm, <sup>38</sup>and standing at his feet +behind him, began to water his feet with her tears, and to wipe +them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed +them with the perfumed balm. <sup>39</sup>And when the Pharisee +who had invited him saw it, he said within himself, If this man +were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of a woman this +is that toucheth him; for she is a notorious sinner. +<sup>40</sup>And Jesus addressing himself to him said, Simon, I +have somewhat to say to thee. And he said, Master, speak +freely.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>A certain creditor had two debtors, +the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. +<sup>42</sup>But having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. +Tell me, which of these, then, will love him most? +<sup>43</sup>And Simon answering said, I suppose, he to whom he +forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast judged rightly. +<sup>44</sup>So turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Thou +seest this woman? I came into thine house, even water for my feet +thou gavest not; but she hath washed my feet with her tears, and +wiped them with the hairs of her head. <sup>45</sup>One kiss hast +thou not given me, but she from the time she hath come in, hath +not ceased tenderly to kiss my feet. <sup>46</sup>My head with +oil thou hast not anointed; but she hath anointed my feet with +odoriferous balm. <sup>47</sup>For which cause, I tell thee, her +many sins are forgiven, for she hath loved much: but to whom a +little is forgiven, he loveth little. <sup>48</sup>And he said to +her, Thy sins are forgiven. <sup>49</sup>And they who sat at +table with him began to say in themselves, Who is this, who even +forgives sins? <sup>50</sup>But he said unto the woman, Thy faith +hath saved thee; go in peace.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk8" id="luk8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass +afterwards, that he went through every city and village, +preaching and publishing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God, +and the twelve with him. <sup>2</sup>And certain women who had +been cured of evil spirits and sicknesses, Mary called Magdalene, +from whom seven devils had gone out. <sup>3</sup>And Joanna the +wife of Chuza, Herod’s lieutenant-governor, and Susanna, and many +others, who ministred to his support out of their +possessions.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Now when a vast multitude was +collected, even those who came to him out of every city, he spake +by a parable. <sup>5</sup>A sower went out to sow his seed; and +as he sowed, some fell by the road side, and was trodden under +foot, and the birds of the air devoured it up. <sup>6</sup>And +other seed fell on a rock, and vegetating, withered because it +had no moisture. <sup>7</sup>And other seed fell amidst thorns, +and the thorns springing up with it, choked it. <sup>8</sup>And +some fell on good ground, and shooting up, produced fruit an +hundred fold. So saying, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let +him hear.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then his disciples asked him, saying. +What might this parable mean? <sup>10</sup>And he said, To you it +is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the +rest in parables: that seeing they may not perceive, and hearing +may not comprehend. <sup>11</sup>Now this is the parable: The +seed is the word of God. <sup>12</sup>They by the road side, are +such as hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh the word from +their heart, that they should not be saved in believing. +<sup>13</sup>And they on the rock, are such as when they have +heard, with joy embrace the word; and these have not root, who +for a time believe, and in a season of trial apostasize. +<sup>14</sup>And that which fell among thorns, are they having +heard, and going away, are choked by the cares, and wealth, and +pleasures of life, and bring forth no perfect fruit. +<sup>15</sup>But that on the good ground are they who having +heard the word, retain it in a heart excellent and good, and +bring forth fruit with patience.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>No man lighting a lamp hides it with a +cover, or putteth it under a bed, but on a stand, that they who +are coming in, may see the light. <sup>17</sup>For there is +nothing hid which shall not be made manifest, nor concealed, +which shall not be known and brought to light. <sup>18</sup>Take +heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be +given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall +be taken away from.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Then came to him his mother and his +brethren, and could not come near him because of the crowd. +<sup>20</sup>And it was told him, saying, Thy mother and thy +brethren are standing without, desirous of seeing thee. +<sup>21</sup>Then he answered and said to them, My mother and my +brethren are they, who hear the word of God, and practise it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And it came to pass on one of the +days, that he went himself into a ship, and his disciples, and +said unto them, Let us pass over to the farther side of the lake. +And they set fail. <sup>23</sup>And while they were on the +passage, he went to sleep: and a hurricane of wind rushed down on +the lake; and they were filled with water, and imminent danger. +<sup>24</sup>Then they came and awoke him, saying, Master, +Master, we are perishing. Then arising, he issued his command to +the wind, and the billows of water, and they subsided, and there +was a calm. <sup>25</sup>And he said to them, Where is your +faith? And they feared and were astonished, saying one to +another, Well! what a man is this! that he commands even the +winds and the sea, and they obey him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>And they sailed over unto the region +of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. <sup>27</sup>And as +he landed, there met him a certain man from the city, who had +devils for a long while, and kept no clothes on him, and never +abode in a house, but in the tombs. <sup>28</sup>But when he saw +Jesus, roaring out, he fell down before him, and said with a loud +voice, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God Most +High? I pray thee, torment me not. <sup>29</sup>For he had +commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man; for many +times it had seized on him; and though under a guard, and bound +with chains and fetters; yet bursting the bonds, he was driven by +the devil into the desert places. <sup>30</sup>Then Jesus asked +him, saying, What is thy name? and he said, Legion: for many +devils were entered into him. <sup>31</sup>And he besought him +that he would not order them to go into the abyss. +<sup>32</sup>Now a herd of many swine was there feeding on the +mountain; and they besought him that he would permit them to +enter into them. And he permitted them. <sup>33</sup>Then the +devils going out of the man, entered into the swine; and the herd +rushed down a precipice into the lake, and was suffocated. +<sup>34</sup>But when those who fed them saw what was done they +fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country places. +<sup>35</sup>And they came out to see what had happened; and they +came to Jesus, and found the man sitting, from whom the devils +were gone out, clothed, and in his sound mind, at the feet of +Jesus; and they were afraid. <sup>36</sup>Then they also who had +seen how the demoniac was recovered, told them. <sup>37</sup>And +the whole multitude of the country around the Gadarenes, +entreated him to depart from them; for they were seized with +great terror: and he embarked on the vessel, and returned. +<sup>38</sup>And the man out of whom the devils had gone, +besought him to be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, +<sup>39</sup>Return to thy house, and declare what things God +hath done for thee. And he went away, and published through the +whole city what things Jesus had done for him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>40</sup>And it came to pass, when Jesus +returned, the people welcomed him, for they were all waiting for +him. <sup>41</sup>And, behold, there came a man whose name was +Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and falling at the +feet of Jesus, he entreated him to come to his house; +<sup>42</sup>for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, +and she was dying: and as he was going, the multitude thronged +him. <sup>43</sup>And a woman, who had a flux of blood, for +twelve years, who had spent all her substance on physicians, and +could not get a cure from any; <sup>44</sup>coming behind him, +touched the fringe of his garment; and instantly the flux of her +blood stopped. <sup>45</sup>And Jesus said, Who touched me? And +when all denied, Peter, and those who were with him, said, +Master, the multitudes throng and press thee, and sayest thou, +Who hath touched me? <sup>46</sup>Then said Jesus, Some person +hath touched me, for I know that miraculous power is gone out +from me. <sup>47</sup>Then the woman seeing she was not hid, came +trembling, and falling down before him, declared to him before +all the people, for what cause she had touched him; and how she +was cured instantaneously. <sup>48</sup>Then he said unto her, Be +of good cheer, daughter, thy faith hath made thee well; go in +peace.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>49</sup>And while he was yet speaking, a +person came to the ruler of the synagogue, saying to him, Thy +daughter is dead, give the master no further trouble. +<sup>50</sup>Then Jesus hearing it, addressed him, saying, Fear +not, only believe, and she shall be saved. <sup>51</sup>And +entering into the house, he suffered no person to come in, but +Peter, and James, and John, and the father and mother of the +child. <sup>52</sup>Now all were weeping and lamenting her: and +he said, Weep not, she is not dead, but asleep. <sup>53</sup>And +they derided him, for they knew that she was dead. +<sup>54</sup>And he put them all without, and taking her by the +hand, cried, saying, Maid, arise! <sup>55</sup>And her spirit +returned, and she immediately arose; and he commanded to give her +something to eat. <sup>56</sup>And her parents were struck with +amazement. But he enjoined them to tell no man what was done.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk9" id="luk9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN calling his twelve +disciples, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and +to cure diseases. <sup>2</sup>And he sent them to preach the +kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. <sup>3</sup>And he said to +them, Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs, nor satchel, +nor bread, nor money, nor have two coats each. <sup>4</sup>And +into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide, and thence go out. +<sup>5</sup>And whosoever shall not receive you, when ye go out +of that city, shake off the dust from your feet, for a testimony +against them. <sup>6</sup>And they went forth, and passed through +the villages, preaching the gospel, and performing cures +everywhere.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Then Herod the tetrarch heard of all +things that were done by him; and he was in much distraction of +mind, because it was said by some, that John was risen from the +dead: <sup>8</sup>and of some that Elias had appeared; and of +others, that one of the ancient prophets was risen again. +<sup>9</sup>And Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, of +whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And when the apostles returned, they +told him what they had done. And taking them, he withdrew +privately into a desert place belonging to the city called +Bethsaida. <sup>11</sup>But when the multitudes knew it, they +followed him and receiving them, he spake to them concerning the +kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of a cure. +<sup>12</sup>Now the day began to decline: and the twelve coming +to him, said, Dismiss the multitude, that going away into the +villages and farms round about, they may lodge and find +provision; for here we are in a desert place. <sup>13</sup>Then +he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no +more than five loaves, and two fishes; unless we go somewhere and +buy provisions for all this multitude: <sup>14</sup>for there +were about five thousand men. Then said he to his disciples, Make +them sit down by fifties each in companies. <sup>15</sup>And they +did so: and they made them all sit down. <sup>16</sup>And taking +the five loaves, and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he +blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before +the multitude. <sup>17</sup>And they did all eat, and were +filled; and there were taken up of the fragments which were more +than enough for them, twelve baskets.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And it came to pass, as he had been +praying in retirement, his disciples were with him, and he asked +them, Who do the multitudes say that I am? <sup>19</sup>And they +answering said, John the Baptist; but some Elias; and others, +that one of the old prophets is risen again. <sup>20</sup>And he +said to them, But who do ye say that I am? Then Peter answering +said, The Messiah of God. <sup>21</sup>And strictly charging +them, he commanded, that they should tell no man this: +<sup>22</sup>saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and +be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be +put to death, and on the third day rise again.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And he said unto them, If any man will +come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, +and follow me. <sup>24</sup>For whosoever would preserve his life +shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, +shall preserve it. <sup>25</sup>For what advantage hath a man in +gaining all the would, if he destroy himself, or be punished with +the loss of life? <sup>26</sup>For whosoever shall be ashamed of +me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when +he cometh in his own glory, and his father’s, and of the holy +angels. <sup>27</sup>And I tell you of a certainty, there are +some of those who stand here, who shall not taste death, till +they see the kingdom of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And it was about eight days after +these discourses, that taking Peter, and John, and James, he went +up into a mountain to pray. <sup>29</sup>And it came to pass, as +he was at prayer, that the appearance of his countenance was +altered, and his raiment white and refulgent. <sup>30</sup>And, +lo! two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elias: +<sup>31</sup>who appeared in glory, and mentioned his departure, +which he was ready to accomplish at Jerusalem. <sup>32</sup>But +Peter and they who were with him were weighed down with sleep: +but when they awoke, they beheld his glory, and the two men who +were standing with them. <sup>33</sup>And it came to pass, as +they were departing from him, Peter said unto Jesus, it is well +that we are here, and we will make three tents, one for thee, and +one for Moses, and one for Elias; not knowing what he said. +<sup>34</sup>And as he was thus speaking, a cloud came and +overshadowed them: and they were afraid as they were entering +into the cloud. <sup>35</sup>And a voice came out of the cloud, +saying, This is my beloved Son; hear him. <sup>36</sup>And when +the voice ceased, Jesus was found alone. And they held their +peace, and told no man in those days a word of the things which +they had seen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>And it came to pass, on the next day, +when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. +<sup>38</sup>And, behold, a man from among the multitude cried +out aloud, saying, Master, I pray thee, look upon my son; for he +is my only begotten. <sup>39</sup>And, behold! a spirit taketh +him, and suddenly he crieth out, and convulseth him, with +foaming; and bruising him, with difficulty retires from him. +<sup>40</sup>And I besought thy disciples that they would cast +him out, and they could not. <sup>41</sup>Then Jesus answering, +said, O faithless and perverse generation! how long shall I be +with you, how long shall I bear with you? bring hither thy son. +<sup>42</sup>And while he was yet approaching the devil threw him +down, and violently convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean +spirit, and cured the child; and restored him to his father. +<sup>43</sup>And they were all struck with amazement at the +mighty power of God. And while they were all wondering at the +things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples, +<sup>44</sup>Keep ye these sayings in your ears; for the Son of +man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. <sup>45</sup>And +they understood not that declaration, and it was hid from them, +that they should not comprehend its meaning: and they were afraid +to ask him concerning that saying.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>46</sup>Then a dispute sprang up among them, +which of them should be the greatest. <sup>47</sup>But Jesus +knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a little boy, and set +him by his side, <sup>48</sup>and said unto them, Whosoever shall +receive this little child in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever +receiveth me, receiveth Him that sent me: for he who is the least +among you all, he shall be great.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>49</sup>Then John addressing him said, Master, +we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and we forbad him, +because he followed not with us. <sup>50</sup>And Jesus said to +him, Forbid him not; for he that is not against us, is for +us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>51</sup>And it came to pass, as the days +hastened to their period when he should be received up <i>to +glory</i>, that he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem; +<sup>52</sup>and sent messengers before his face; and they +advancing entered into a Samaritan village, to make preparation +for him. <sup>53</sup>And they would not admit him, because his +face was directed to Jerusalem. <sup>54</sup>And when the +disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that +we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, just +as Elias did? <sup>55</sup>And turning to them, he reproved them, +and said, Ye know not what spirit ye are of: <sup>56</sup>for the +Son of man came not to destroy men’s lives, but to preserve them. +And he proceeded to another village.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>57</sup>And it came to pass, as they were +walking on the road, a certain person said to him, Lord, I will +follow thee whithersoever thou goest. <sup>58</sup>And Jesus Said +to him, The foxes have holts, and the birds of the air, nests, +but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>59</sup>And he said to another, Follow me. And +he said, Lord, permit me first to return home, and put my father +in his grave. <sup>60</sup>And Jesus said unto him, Leave the +dead to bury their own dead, but go thou, preach the kingdom of +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>61</sup>Then said another, I will follow thee, +Lord, but give me leave first to bid adieu to those at my house. +<sup>62</sup>But Jesus said unto him, No man laying his hand on +the plough, and looking to the things left behind, is fit for the +kingdom of God.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk10" id="luk10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN after these things +the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two +and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he +himself designed to go. <sup>2</sup>He said therefore unto them, +The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the labourers few: pray ye +therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he would send out +labourers into his harvest. <sup>3</sup>Go forth! behold, I send +you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. <sup>4</sup>Carry +neither purse, nor scrip, nor sandals: and stay to salute no man +on the road. <sup>5</sup>And into whatever house ye enter, first +say, Peace be to this house. <sup>6</sup>And if the Son of peace +be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not, it shall +return back to you again. <sup>7</sup>And in the same family +abide, eating and drinking such as they have: for the labourer is +worthy of his hire. Go not about from house to house. +<sup>8</sup>And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they welcome +you, eat whatever is set before you: <sup>9</sup>and heal the +sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is +come nigh unto you. <sup>10</sup>And into whatsoever city ye +enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets of it, +and say, <sup>11</sup>Even the dust of your city, which sticks to +us, we shake off against you: nevertheless this know, that the +kingdom of God is come near to you. <sup>12</sup>Now I tell you, +that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day, than for +that city. <sup>13</sup>Wo to thee Chorazin! wo to thee +Bethsaida! for if the miracles which have been done in thee, had +been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago sitting in sackcloth and +ashes, would they have repented. <sup>14</sup>But it shall be +more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. +<sup>15</sup>And thou Capernaum, which hast been lifted up to +heaven, shalt be cast down to hell. <sup>16</sup>He that heareth +you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he +that despiseth me, despiseth Him that sent me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then the seventy returned with joy, +saying, Lord, even the devils are subject to us through thy name. +<sup>18</sup>And he said unto them, I beheld Satan falling as +lightning from heaven. <sup>19</sup>Behold, I give you power to +tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the +enemy; and nothing shalt in any wise hurt you. +<sup>20</sup>Nevertheless, in this rejoice not, that the spirits +are made subject to you; but rejoice rather, that your names are +inscribed in the heavens.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>In the same hour Jesus exulted in +spirit, and said, I ascribe glory to thee, Father, Lord of heaven +and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and +intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes: be it so, O Father! +since such is thy good pleasure. <sup>22</sup>All things are +given up to me by my Father: and no man knoweth who is the Son, +but the Father; and who is the Father, but the Son, and he to +whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him. <sup>23</sup>Then +turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes +which see the things which ye see: <sup>24</sup>for I tell you, +that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which +ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things which ye +hear, and have not heard them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>And, behold, a certain doctor of the +law arose, to make trial of him, saying, Master, by doing what +shall I inherit eternal life? <sup>26</sup>And he said unto him, +What is written in the law? How readest thou? <sup>27</sup>And he +answering said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy +heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with +all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.” +<sup>28</sup>And he said unto him, Thou hast answered rightly: +this do, and thou shalt live. <sup>29</sup>Then he, desirous to +make himself appear a righteous person, said unto Jesus, And who +is my neighbour? <sup>30</sup>Then Jesus answering said, A +certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among +robbers, who, when they had both stripped him, and covered him +with wounds, got off, leaving him half dead. <sup>31</sup>And it +so fell out, that a certain priest went down that way, and seeing +him, he kept the opposite side of the road. <sup>32</sup>And a +Levite also, in the same way, being near the place, came, and +seeing him, kept the opposite side of the road. <sup>33</sup>But +a certain Samaritan travelling, came by him, and seeing him, was +moved with compassion, <sup>34</sup>and coming up to him, bound +up his wounds, after pouring on them oil and wine; then setting +him on his own beast, he led him to an inn, and took particular +care of him. <sup>35</sup>And on the morrow, as he was departing, +he took out of his purse two denarii, and gave them to the +innkeeper, and said to him, Take great care of him; and whatever +farther expence may be incurred, when I return, I will repay +thee. <sup>36</sup>Which then of these three do you suppose to be +the neighbour of him who fell into the robbers’ hands? +<sup>37</sup>And he said, He that shewed mercy towards him. Then +said Jesus to him, Go, and do thou exactly the same.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>And it came to pass, as they were +travelling, that he entered into a certain village; and a woman, +named Martha, received him into her house. <sup>39</sup>And she +had a sister called Mary, who sitting down also at the feet of +Jesus, hearkened to his discourse. <sup>40</sup>But Martha was +hurrying about to provide a large entertainment, and coming up to +him, she said, Lord, is it no concern to thee, that my sister +hath left me to make the whole provision by myself? bid her +therefore to assist me. <sup>41</sup>But Jesus answering said to +her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disturbing thyself +about many things. <sup>42</sup>But of one thing there is need: +and Mary hath made her election of that good portion, which shall +not be taken away from her.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk11" id="luk11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass, as he +was in a certain place praying, when he had done, one of his +disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also +taught his disciples. <sup>2</sup>And he said unto them, When ye +pray say, Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: +thy kingdom come: thy will be done as in heaven so upon earth. +<sup>3</sup>Give us our necessary food, day by day: +<sup>4</sup>and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every +one who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation; but +deliver us from the wicked one.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And he said unto them, Which of you +shall have a friend, and he shall go to him at midnight, and say +to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; <sup>6</sup>for a friend of +mine is come to me off a journey, and I have nothing to set +before him. <sup>7</sup>And he from within answering, shall say, +Give me no farther trouble: my door is already locked, and my +children are with me in bed; I am unable to rise and give thee. +<sup>8</sup>I tell you, though even he would not rise and give +him because he is his friend; yet because of his importunity, +roused up, he will give him as many as he needeth. +<sup>9</sup>And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; +seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. +<sup>10</sup>For every one who asketh, receiveth; and he that +seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. +<sup>11</sup>For what father of you, if his son ask a loaf, will +he give him a stone? or if a fish, will he for a fish give him a +serpent? <sup>12</sup>or if he ask also an egg, will he give him +a scorpion? <sup>13</sup>If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to +give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your +Father, who is in heaven, give his Holy Spirit to those who ask +him?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And he was casting out a devil, and it +was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the +dumb person spake, and the people marvelled. <sup>15</sup>But +some of them said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the prince +of the devils. <sup>16</sup>But others, tempting him, sought of +him a sign from heaven. <sup>17</sup>But he, knowing their +thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is +laid waste; and a house against a house, falleth. +<sup>18</sup>And if Satan also be divided against himself, how +shall his kingdom be established? because ye say, that I cast out +devils by Beelzebub. <sup>19</sup>But if I by Beelzebub cast out +devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall +be your judges. <sup>20</sup>But if with the finger of God I cast +out devils, then, verily the kingdom of God is come unto you. +<sup>21</sup>When a strong man, in complete armour, guards his +palace, his goods are in peace. <sup>22</sup>But when a stronger +person than he coming, vanquisheth him, he takes away his suit of +armour in which he confided, and distributes the spoils. +<sup>23</sup>He that is not with me is against me; and he that +gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>When the unclean spirit goeth out of a +man, he passes through places destitute of water, seeking repose; +and not finding it, saith, I will go back to my habitation from +whence I came out: <sup>25</sup>and coming, he findeth it swept +and furnished. <sup>26</sup>Then goeth he, and taketh seven other +spirits, more wicked than himself; and they entering in, take up +their abode there: and the last state of that man is worse than +the first.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>And it came to pass as he was speaking +these words, a certain woman from among the multitude lift up her +voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and +the breasts which thou hast sucked. <sup>28</sup>But he said, Yea +rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and observe +it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>Then the multitudes thronging around +him, he began to say, This is a wicked generation: it seeketh a +sign, and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the +prophet. <sup>30</sup>For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, +so shall the Son of man also be to this generation. +<sup>31</sup>The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment +against the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for +she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of +Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. +<sup>32</sup>The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against +this generation, and shall condemn it, for they repented on the +preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is +here.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>But no man lighting a lamp putteth it +in a concealed place, or under a bushel, but on a stand, that +they who are coming in, may see the light. <sup>34</sup>The lamp +of the body is the eye: when therefore thine eye is clear, thy +whole body will be luminous, but if it be vitiated, thy whole +body will be darkened. <sup>35</sup>Let it be thy aim then, that +the light which is in thee do not become darkness. +<sup>36</sup>If then thy whole body be illuminated, not having +any dark part, it will be wholly luminous, as a lamp by its +brightness diffuseth light.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>Now as he was speaking, a certain +Pharisee invited him to dine with him; and going in with him, he +sat down. <sup>38</sup>But the Pharisee seeing it, marvelled, +that he had not washed before dinner. <sup>39</sup>Then said the +Lord unto him, Now ye Pharisees make the outside of the cup and +of the dish clean, but your inward parts are full of extortion +and wickedness. <sup>40</sup>Ye senseless men! did not he who +made that which is without, make also that which is within? +<sup>41</sup>But give what is within them for alms; and, lo! all +will be pure unto you. <sup>42</sup>But wo to you, Pharisees, +because ye tithe mint, and rue, and every herb, and pass by +judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and +not to have omitted the other. <sup>43</sup>Wo unto you, +Pharisees, for ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and +salutations in the places of public concourse. <sup>44</sup>Wo +unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves +concealed, which men, while walking over them, see not.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>Then one of the doctors of the law +addressing him, said, Master, thus speaking, thou reproachest us +also. <sup>46</sup>And he said, Wo also to you, teachers of the +law! for ye load men with burdens hardly bearable, and ye +yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. +<sup>47</sup>Wo unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the +prophets, and your fathers killed them. <sup>48</sup>Ye do indeed +bear witness to, and with pleasure concur in your fathers’ deeds; +for they truly killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. +<sup>49</sup>Therefore also the wisdom of God hath said, I will +send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall +kill, and shall persecute: <sup>50</sup>that the blood of all the +prophets, which hath been shed since the foundation of the world, +may be required of this generation: <sup>51</sup>from the blood +of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was slain between the +altar and the temple: verily I tell you, It shall be required of +this generation. <sup>52</sup>Wo unto you, teachers of the law! +for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye yourselves enter +not in, and those who were entering ye have hindered.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>53</sup>And as he was saying these things unto +them, the scribes and Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and +to extort answers from him respecting many things; +<sup>54</sup>laying snares for him, and seeking to catch hold of +something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk12" id="luk12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>EANTIME myriads of people +collecting, so that they trod on one another, he began to speak +to his disciples, Take heed principally of the leaven of the +Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. <sup>2</sup>For there is nothing +concealed, that shall not be laid open; nor hid, which shall not +be known. <sup>3</sup>Wherefore whatsoever things ye have spoken +in darkness, they shall be reported in the light; and what ye +have whispered into the ear in the closets, shall be proclaimed +on the house-tops. <sup>4</sup>But I say to you my friends, Be +not afraid of those who may kill the body, but after that, have +nothing farther which they can do. <sup>5</sup>But I will point +out to you, whom ye should fear: Fear him, who, after he hath +killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear +him! <sup>6</sup>Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, +yet not one of them is forgotten before God? <sup>7</sup>But even +the hairs of your head are all numbered: fear not then, ye are of +more value than many sparrows. <sup>8</sup>But I tell you, Every +one who shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also +confess before the angels of God: <sup>9</sup>but he that disowns +me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God. +<sup>10</sup>And every one who shall utter a word against the Son +of man, it shall be forgiven him; but for him who hath blasphemed +against the Holy Ghost, there shall be no forgiveness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And when they shall bring you before +the synagogues, and magistrates, and the ruling powers, be under +no anxiety how or what defence ye shall make, or what ye shall +say: <sup>12</sup>for the Holy Ghost will teach you at that very +hour what ye ought to say.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then spake one of the multitude to +him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance with me. +<sup>14</sup>But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge and a +divider among you? <sup>15</sup>Then said he to them, Beware, and +be on your guard against covetousness; for a man’s life doth not +depend on the abundance of his possessions. <sup>16</sup>And he +spake a parable unto them, saying,</p> + +<p class="pn">The estate of a certain rich man bore plentifully: +<sup>17</sup>and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I +do? for I have not room where I may house my crops. +<sup>18</sup>And he said, I will do this; I will take down my +barns, and build them larger, and collect there all my crops, and +my good things! <sup>19</sup>And I will say to my soul, Soul, +thou hast a multitude of good things in store for many years, be +at ease, eat, drink, and be merry! <sup>20</sup>But God said to +him, Thou fool! this night shall they demand thy life from thee; +and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? +<sup>21</sup>Just such is every one who heapeth up treasure for +self, and is not rich towards God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then said he to his disciples, For +this reason I tell you, Be under no anxiety about your life, what +ye shall eat, nor for your body, how ye shall be clothed. +<sup>23</sup>The life is more than food, and the body than +raiment. <sup>24</sup>Consider the ravens, for they neither sow +nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; yet God feedeth +them: how much are ye more excellent than the birds? +<sup>25</sup>Which of you, with all his anxiety, can add one +moment to his life? <sup>26</sup>If therefore ye are unable to do +the least thing, why are ye anxious about the others? +<sup>27</sup>Observe the lillies how they grow up, they toil not, +nor spin; but I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not +arrayed like one of these. <sup>28</sup>If God then so clothe the +grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is thrown into +the furnace; how much more you, O ye of little faith? +<sup>29</sup>So then be not ye inquisitive what ye shall eat, or +what ye shall drink, nor be agitated with restless anxiety. +<sup>30</sup>For after all these things are the nations of the +world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these +things. <sup>31</sup>But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all +these things shall be given you over.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Fear not, little flock! for your +Father takes delight in giving you the kingdom. <sup>33</sup>Sell +all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses +that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where +no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy. <sup>34</sup>For +where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>Let your loins be firmly girded round, +and your lamps burning: <sup>36</sup>and ye like men, expecting +their master, when he shall return from the marriage; that when +he comes and knocks, they may instantly open the door for him. +<sup>37</sup>Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, when he +cometh, shall find watchful: verily I say unto you, that he will +gird up himself, and make them sit down at table, and come and +wait upon them. <sup>38</sup>And if he come in the second watch, +or in the third watch, and find them so watchful, blessed are +those servants. <sup>39</sup>Now this be assured of, that if the +master of the family had known at what hour the thief would come, +he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to +be broken through. <sup>40</sup>Therefore be ye also ready, for +at an hour that ye think not of, the Son of man cometh.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>Then said Peter unto him, Lord, +speakest thou this parable to us, or also for all? +<sup>42</sup>And the Lord said, Who indeed is a faithful steward, +and prudent, whom the lord will place over his household, to give +them their proportion of provision at the proper season? +<sup>43</sup>Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he +cometh, shall find so employed. <sup>44</sup>Verily I say unto +you, that he will place him over all his property. +<sup>45</sup>But if that servant say in his heart, My master will +be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat the men and +maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to get drunk; +<sup>46</sup>the master of that servant will come in a day when +he doth not expect him, and at an hour which he knoweth not, and +shall cut him asunder, and give him his portion with the +unfaithful. <sup>47</sup>And that servant, who knew his master’s +will, and made no preparation for him, nor did according to his +pleasure, shall be beaten with many stripes. <sup>48</sup>But he +that knew it not, yet did things worthy of stripes, shall be +beaten with few. For of every one to whom much is given, much +shall be required from him: and to whom men commit much, they +will of him demand abundantly more.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>49</sup>I am come to cast fire on the earth, +and what is my wish? that it may be now kindled. <sup>50</sup>But +I have a baptism to be baptised with; and how am I distressed in +spirit till it is finished! <sup>51</sup>Think ye that I came to +bring peace upon earth? No, I tell you; but rather division: +<sup>52</sup>for henceforth five shall be in one house, divided, +three against two, and two against three. <sup>53</sup>The father +shall take part against the son, and the son against the father; +the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the +mother; the step-mother against her daughter-in-law, and the +son’s wife against her mother-in-law.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>54</sup>Then said he to the multitudes, When +ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye say immediately, There +cometh a shower; and it is so. <sup>55</sup>And when the south +wind gently blows, ye say, It will be sultry hot; and so it is. +<sup>56</sup>Ye hypocrites! ye know how to discern by experience +from the appearance of the earth and of the sky; but how is it +that ye do not discern this particular time? <sup>57</sup>And why +even of yourselves do ye not decide what is just? +<sup>58</sup>For as thou art going with thy prosecutor to the +magistrate, on the way endeavour to make up the matter with him; +lest he drag thee before the judge, and the judge deliver thee to +the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. +<sup>59</sup>I tell thee, thou mayest in no wise come out from +thence, until thou hast paid the very last mite.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk13" id="luk13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW there were some +present at that time who informed him of the Galileans, whose +blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. <sup>2</sup>And +Jesus in reply said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were +sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such +things? <sup>3</sup>I tell you, No: for except ye repent, ye +shall all likewise perish. <sup>4</sup>Or those eighteen, on whom +the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they +were debtors to divine justice above all the men who dwell at +Jerusalem? <sup>5</sup>I tell you, No: but except ye repent, ye +shall all likewise perish.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Then he spake this parable: A certain +man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came, +expecting fruit on it, and found none. <sup>7</sup>Then said he +to the vine-dresser, Lo! for three years have I come, expecting +fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it +render the ground thus useless? <sup>8</sup>He answering said to +him, Sir, let it e’en remain this year, until that I dig around +it, and spread some manure: <sup>9</sup>perhaps it may then +produce fruit: but if it does not, afterwards thou shalt cut it +down.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And he was teaching in one of the +synagogues, on the sabbath. <sup>11</sup>And, behold, there was a +woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed +together, and unable to raise herself at all up. <sup>12</sup>But +when Jesus saw her, he called out aloud, and said to her, Woman, +thou art delivered from thine infirmity. <sup>13</sup>And he laid +his hands upon her: and instantly she became erect, and glorified +God. <sup>14</sup>Then the ruler of the synagogue, indignant, +that on the sabbath Jesus had performed the cure, addressing +himself to the multitude, said, There are six days in which work +is to be done: on these therefore come and be cured, and not on +the sabbath-day. <sup>15</sup>Then the Lord answered him, and +said, Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath +loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him to water? +<sup>16</sup>And ought not this woman, being a daughter of +Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be +loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? <sup>17</sup>And when +he had made this speech, all his opposers were covered with +shame: and all the multitude rejoiced in all the glorious things +which were done by him. <sup>18</sup>Then said he, To what is the +kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I compare it? +<sup>19</sup>It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and +put into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree; and +the fowls of the air lodged on its branches.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>And again he said, To what shall I +liken the kingdom of God? <sup>21</sup>It is like leaven, which a +woman taking, covered up in three measures of meal, till the +whole was leavened.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And he passed through the cities and +villages, teaching, and making his way towards Jerusalem. +<sup>23</sup>And a person said to him, Lord, are the saved few? +And he said unto them, <sup>24</sup>Exert all your powers to +enter through the strait gate: for many, I tell you, will seek to +enter, but will not be able. <sup>25</sup>When the master of the +family shall have arisen, and shut the door, and ye shall begin +to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Master, +master, open it for us! and he answering will tell you, I know +you not whence ye are: <sup>26</sup>then shall ye begin to say, +We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in +our streets. <sup>27</sup>And he will say, I tell you, I know you +not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. +<sup>28</sup>There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth, when +ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, +in the kingdom, and yourselves cast out. <sup>29</sup>And they +shall come from the east, and west, and from north, and south, +and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. <sup>30</sup>And, +behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first +who shall be last.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>The same day came certain Pharisees, +saying to him, Depart, and begone from hence: for Herod will kill +thee. <sup>32</sup>And he said to them, Go tell that fox, Behold, +I cast out devils, and perform cures today and to-morrow, and on +the third day I shall be perfected. <sup>33</sup>But I must go on +to-day and to-morrow, and the day following: for it is impossible +that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that +killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; +how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a +hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not! +<sup>35</sup>Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: verily +I say unto you, That ye shall see me no more, till the day come +when ye shall say, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the +Lord.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk14" id="luk14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass, as he +went into the house of one of the principal Pharisees, to eat +bread on the sabbath, that they were watchfully observant of him. +<sup>2</sup>And, behold, there was a certain man who had a +dropsy, before him. <sup>3</sup>And Jesus addressing himself to +the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, spake, saying, Is it +lawful to perform cures on the sabbath? <sup>4</sup>And they said +nothing. And he took him, and healed him, and sent him away; +<sup>5</sup>and addressing them, said, Whose ass or ox is fallen +into a pit, and doth he not immediately pull him out on the +sabbath-day? <sup>6</sup>And they were unable to answer him in +opposition to these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Then he spake to those who were +invited, a parable, when he observed how they chose the principal +seats; saying unto them, <sup>8</sup>When thou art invited of any +person to a marriage entertainment, recline not on the principal +couch; lest a more honourable personage than thyself be invited +by him; <sup>9</sup>and he that invited thee and him, coming say +to thee, Yield this person the place; and so thou shalt begin +with shame to go down to the lowest place. <sup>10</sup>But when +thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when +he who invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up +higher; then shalt thou have respect in the presence of those who +are seated with thee. <sup>11</sup>For every one who exalteth +himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be +exalted.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then said he also to the person who +had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite +not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy relations, nor thy +rich neighbours; lest they also invite thee again, and a +recompence be made to thee. <sup>13</sup>But when thou makest an +entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind: +<sup>14</sup>and thou shalt be blessed; because they cannot +recompense thee: for a recompence shall be made thee at the +resurrection of the just.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Then one of those who sat at table +hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat +bread in the kingdom of God. <sup>16</sup>And he said unto him, A +certain man made a great supper, and invited many: +<sup>17</sup>and sent his servants at supper-time to say to the +invited, Come; for all things are now ready. <sup>18</sup>And +they all began with one voice to frame excuses. The first said to +him, I have bought a field, and I must of necessity go and survey +it: I pray thee hold me excused. <sup>19</sup>And another said, I +have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to make a trial of +them: I pray thee accept my excuse. <sup>20</sup>And another +said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. +<sup>21</sup>And that servant returning, informed his master of +these things. Then the master of the family, being highly +incensed, said to his servant, Go out instantly into the streets +and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the +maimed, and the halt, and the blind. <sup>22</sup>And the servant +said, Sir, it is done as thou orderedst, and yet there is room. +<sup>23</sup>And the master said to the servant, Go out into the +highways and hedges, and urge them to come in, that my house may +be filled. <sup>24</sup>For I say unto you, That not one man of +those who were invited shall taste of my supper.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>And great multitudes followed him +about: and he turned, and spoke to them, <sup>26</sup>If any man +cometh after me, and hateth not father, and mother, and wife and +children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, +he cannot be my disciple. <sup>27</sup>And whosoever doth not +bear his cross, and come after me, he cannot be my disciple. +<sup>28</sup>For what man of you designing to erect a tower, doth +not first sitting down calculate the expence, if he have +sufficient to complete the work? <sup>29</sup>lest haply, after +having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish it, all +who look upon it begin to ridicule him, <sup>30</sup>saying, This +man began to build, and was not able to finish. <sup>31</sup>Or +what king, going forth to encounter another king in battle, doth +not sit down first, and consult if he is able with ten thousand +men to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand? +<sup>32</sup>and if he be not, whilst he is still at a distance, +he sendeth an embassy, and desires terms of peace. +<sup>33</sup>So then, every one of you who will not part with all +his possessions, cannot be my disciple.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Salt is good: but if the salt become +insipid, by what shall it be seasoned? <sup>35</sup>It is neither +fit for the land, nor for manure; but they cast it out. He that +hath ears to hear, let him hear.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk15" id="luk15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN drew nigh unto him +all the tax-farmers and the sinners to hear him. <sup>2</sup>And +the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man entertains +sinners, and eateth with them. <sup>3</sup>Then spake he unto +them this parable, saying, <sup>4</sup>What man is there of you, +possessing an hundred sheep, though he lose but one of them, will +he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that +which is lost, until he find it? <sup>5</sup>and when he hath +found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. +<sup>6</sup>And coming home, he calleth together his friends and +neighbours, saying unto them, Congratulate me; for I have found +that sheep of mine which was lost. <sup>7</sup>I tell you, that +just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, +more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their +need of repentance. <sup>8</sup>Or what woman having ten pieces +of silver coin, if she lose one of them, doth she not light a +lamp, and sweep the house, and make diligent search until she +find it? <sup>9</sup>And having found it, she calleth her female +friends and neighbours together, saying, Congratulate me; for I +have found the silver piece I had lost. <sup>10</sup>Even so, I +tell you, there is joy among the angels of God, over one +repentant sinner.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Then he said, A certain man had two +sons: <sup>12</sup>and the younger of them said to his father, +Father, give me the portion of substance which falls to my share. +And he divided with them his fortune. <sup>13</sup>And not many +days after, the younger son, collecting his all, travelled into a +far distant country, and there dissipated his substance in a life +of debauchery. <sup>14</sup>But when he had spent all, there came +a terrible famine in that region; and he began to know want. +<sup>15</sup>And he went and connected himself with one of the +citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed +swine. <sup>16</sup>And he eagerly longed to fill his belly with +the charob berries which the swine did eat: and no person gave +him <i>a morsel</i>. <sup>17</sup>Then coming to himself, he +said, How many hirelings of my father abound with loaves of +bread, and I am pining away with famine! <sup>18</sup>I will +arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have +sinned against heaven, and before thee, <sup>19</sup>and I am no +more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy +hirelings. <sup>20</sup>And he arose and came to his father. But +when he was yet at a considerable distance, his father discovered +him, and was moved with compassion, and running, fell on his +neck, and kissed him again and again. <sup>21</sup>Then said the +son unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before +thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. +<sup>22</sup>But the father said to his servants, Bring out the +best robe, and clothe him; and put a ring on his hand, and +sandals on his feet: <sup>23</sup>and bring hither the stall-fed +steer, and kill it; and let us eat, and be joyous. +<sup>24</sup>For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and +was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous. +<sup>25</sup>Now his elder brother had been in the field: and +when coming home he drew near the house, he heard a concert of +music, and the chorus. <sup>26</sup>And calling one of the +servants, he inquired what these things meant. <sup>27</sup>And +he said, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed for him +the stall-fed steer, because he hath received him in health. +<sup>28</sup>Then he was in great wrath, and would not enter the +doors: therefore his father came out, and entreated him. +<sup>29</sup>But he answering said to his father, Lo, these many +years I am serving thee, and never have transgressed thy command: +yet to me thou hast never once given a kid, that I might make +merry with my friends: <sup>30</sup>but no sooner is this son of +thine come, who hath devoured thy substance with whores, than +thou hast killed for him the stall-fed steer. <sup>31</sup>And he +said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all my possessions +are thine. <sup>32</sup>But it was right that we should rejoice, +and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; +and was lost, and is found.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk16" id="luk16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN said he also to his +disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and +he received an information against him, as having dissipated his +treasures. <sup>2</sup>And calling him, he said to him, What is +this report I hear of thee? give up the account of thy +stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer in that office. +<sup>3</sup>Then the steward said within himself, What shall I +do? because my master is taking away the stewardship from me: to +dig, I have not the strength; to beg, I am ashamed. <sup>4</sup>I +know what I will do, that, when I am removed from the +stewardship, they may entertain me at their houses. +<sup>5</sup>So calling upon every one of his master’s debtors, he +said to the first, How much owest thou to my master? +<sup>6</sup>And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said, +Take thy account, and sit down directly, and write fifty. +<sup>7</sup>Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And +he said, An hundred core of wheat. And he saith to him, Take thy +account, and write fourscore. <sup>8</sup>And the master praised +the unjust steward, because he had acted providently: for the +children of this world are more provident among their own +generation of men, than the children of light. <sup>9</sup>And I +say unto you, Make yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon +that when ye fail, they may receive you into the eternal +mansions.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>He that is faithful in the least +thing, is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in the +least, is unjust also in much. <sup>11</sup>If therefore ye have +not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust you +with the true? <sup>12</sup>and if ye have not been faithful in +that which belongs to another, who will give up to you that which +is your own? <sup>13</sup>No domestic can serve two masters: for +either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will +cleave to the one, and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and +mammon.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Then the Pharisees also, who were dear +lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered at him. +<sup>15</sup>And he said unto them, Ye are they who affect to be +righteous persons before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for +that which is highly esteemed among men, is an abomination in the +sight of God. <sup>16</sup>The law and the prophets were until +John: since that the kingdom of God is preached, and every man +presseth into it. <sup>17</sup>But it is easier for heaven and +earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail. +<sup>18</sup>Every one who putteth away his wife and marrieth +another, committeth adultery: and every one who marrieth a woman +divorced from her husband, committeth adultery.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now there was a certain rich man, and +he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making splendid +entertainments every day: <sup>20</sup>and there was a certain +pauper, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate covered with +ulcers, <sup>21</sup>and importunately desiring to be fed with +the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: yea even the +dogs came and licked his ulcers. <sup>22</sup>Now it came to pass +that the poor man died, and was carried up by angels into the +bosom of Abraham. Then the rich man also died, and was buried: +<sup>23</sup>and in hell, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, +he seeth Abraham at a vast distance, and Lazarus in his bosom. +<sup>24</sup>And crying out, he said, Father Abraham, have +compassion on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of +his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented with +this flame. <sup>25</sup>But Abraham said, Son, remember that +thou hast received thy good things during thy life, and Lazarus, +in like manner, what was afflictive: but now he is comforted, and +thou art tormented. <sup>26</sup>And besides all these +considerations, between us and you there is a vast chasm fixed: +so that they who might be willing to pass from hence to you, +cannot; neither can they pass through to us, from thence. +<sup>27</sup>And he said, I entreat thee then, father, that thou +wouldest send him to my paternal mansion: <sup>28</sup>for I have +five brothers: that he may testify to them, that they also come +not into this place of torment. <sup>29</sup>Abraham saith to +him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hearken to them. +<sup>30</sup>But he said, Ah no, father Abraham! but if one came +to them from the dead, they will repent. <sup>31</sup>Then he +said to him, If they hearken not to Moses and the prophets, +neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk17" id="luk17">CHAP. XVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN he said to his +disciples, It is impossible that offences should not come; but wo +to him through whom they come! <sup>2</sup>It would be +advantageous for him, if a milstone were hanged about his neck, +and he were cast into the sea, rather than offend one of these +little ones. <sup>3</sup>Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother +sin against thee, reprove him; and if he repent, forgive him. +<sup>4</sup>And if seven times in the day he sin against thee, +and seven times in the day return to thee, saying, I repent; thou +shalt forgive him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And the disciples said unto the Lord, +increase our faith. <sup>6</sup>And the Lord said, If ye had +faith as a grain of mustard, ye might say to that sycamore-tree, +Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey +you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>But which of you, having a servant +plowing or keeping sheep, when he cometh from the field, will say +immediately, Come, sit down at table? <sup>8</sup>And will he not +rather say, Prepare for me to sup, and gird thyself, and wait +upon me, till I eat and drink; and after that, thou shalt eat and +drink thyself? <sup>9</sup>Doth he hold it as a favour from that +servant, that he did the things which were ordered him? I think +not. <sup>10</sup>So also ye, when ye have done all things +commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: for we have but +done what was our duty to do.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And it came to pass, as he was going +towards Jerusalem, he passed also through the midst of Samaria +and Galilee. <sup>12</sup>And as he was entering a certain +village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance: +<sup>13</sup>and they lift up their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, +have mercy on us! <sup>14</sup>And looking towards them, he said, +Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that as +they were on the road, they were made clean. <sup>15</sup>Then +one of them, seeing that he was cured, returned, and with a loud +voice gave glory to God, <sup>16</sup>and fell prostrate at his +feet giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. <sup>17</sup>Then +Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where are +the nine? <sup>18</sup>There are none found returning to give +glory to God, but this alien. <sup>19</sup>And he said to him, +Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath saved thee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>And being asked by one of the +Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and +said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: +<sup>21</sup>neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, +behold, the kingdom of God is within you. <sup>22</sup>Then said +he to the disciples, The days will come when ye shall eagerly +desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not +see it. <sup>23</sup>And they will say to you, Lo here! and lo +there! go not after them, nor follow them. <sup>24</sup>For as +the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven, shineth to +another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also be at +his day. <sup>25</sup>But he must first suffer many things, and +be rejected by this generation. <sup>26</sup>And as it was in the +days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of +the Son of man. <sup>27</sup>They did eat, they drank, they +married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah +entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed them +all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Even so, likewise, it was in the days +of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they +planted, they builded; <sup>29</sup>but the day Lot went out of +Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed +them all. <sup>30</sup>Just so will it be in the day when the Son +of man shall be revealed. <sup>31</sup>In that day, let not the +man who is upon the roof, and his goods in the house, go down to +carry them away: and he that is in the field, in like manner, let +him not return for any things behind him. <sup>32</sup>Remember +Lot’s wife. <sup>33</sup>Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life +shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it. +<sup>34</sup>I tell you, in that night two shall be in the same +bed; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. Two women +shall be grinding together: the one shall be seized, and the +other dismissed. <sup>35</sup>Two shall be in the field; the one +shall be seized, and the other dismissed. <sup>36</sup>TEXT +OMITTED <sup>37</sup>And they answering, said to him, Where, +Lord? And he said, Wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles +be gathered together.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk18" id="luk18">CHAP. XVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN he spake also to them +a parable, to shew that we ought to pray always, and not faint; +<sup>2</sup>saying, There was a certain judge in a particular +city, having no fear of God, nor respect for man: <sup>3</sup>and +there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, +saying, Do me justice against my adversary. <sup>4</sup>And he +would not for a long while: but after this he said, Though I fear +not God, nor respect man; <sup>5</sup>yet because this woman is +so troublesome to me, I will do her justice, lest by her +perpetual coming she stun me with her importunity, +<sup>6</sup>Then said the Lord, Hear what the unjust judge saith. +<sup>7</sup>And shall not God execute vengeance for his own +elect, who cry out to him day and night, though he bear long with +them? <sup>8</sup>Yes, I tell you, that he will avenge them +quickly. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, ah! shall he +find faith on the earth?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then he spake also this parable to +certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were +righteous, and despised others: <sup>10</sup>Two men went up to +the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-farmer. +<sup>11</sup>The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: +God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, +extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer. +<sup>12</sup>I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all +things I possess. <sup>13</sup>And the tax-gatherer standing at a +distance, would not even so much as lift his eyes heaven-ward, +but smote on his breast, saying, May God accept the atonement for +me a sinner! <sup>14</sup>I say to you, Went this man down to his +house justified, or the other? for every one who exalteth himself +shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be +exalted.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Then they brought him infants also, +that he should touch them: but the disciples, when they saw it, +rebuked them. <sup>16</sup>But Jesus calling them to him, said, +Permit little children to come to me, and hinder them not for of +such is the kingdom of God. <sup>17</sup>Verily I say unto you, +Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, +he shall not enter therein.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And a certain ruler asked him, saying, +Good Master, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life? +<sup>19</sup>Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there +is none good, but one, even God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Thou knowest the commandments, Thou +shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt +not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father +and thy mother. <sup>21</sup>Then he said, All these things have +I observed from my youth. <sup>22</sup>Then Jesus hearing this, +said to him, Yet one thing thou lackest: sell all whatsoever thou +hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in +heaven: and come, follow me. <sup>23</sup>But he, on hearing +these things, was exceeding sorrowful: for he was very rich. +<sup>24</sup>Then Jesus, observing that he was very sorrowful, +said, How difficultly shall they who have riches, enter into the +kingdom of God! <sup>25</sup>It is easier for a camel to go +through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into +the kingdom of God. <sup>26</sup>And those who heard it said, Who +then can be saved? <sup>27</sup>And he said, The things +impossible with men, are possible with God. <sup>28</sup>Then +said Peter, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. +<sup>29</sup>And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that +there is no man who hath left family, or parents, or brothers, or +wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, +<sup>30</sup>who shall not receive back manifold more in this +present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Then taking aside the twelve, he said +to them, Lo, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things written +by the prophets concerning the Son of man will be fulfilled. +<sup>32</sup>For he shall be delivered up to the Gentiles, and +they shall insult him, and treat him with indignity, and spit +upon him: <sup>33</sup>and after scourging, shall slay him: and +the third day he shall rise again. <sup>34</sup>And they +understood none of these things: and the saying was concealed +from them, and they knew not the things which were spoken.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And it came to pass, as he drew nigh +to Jerusalem, a certain blind man sat by the road-side begging: +<sup>36</sup>and hearing the multitude passing by, he inquired +what was the cause. <sup>37</sup>And they told him, that Jesus +the Nazarean is going by. <sup>38</sup>And he cried, saying, +Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me! <sup>39</sup>And they +who were going before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: +but he cried so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me! +<sup>40</sup>Then Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be +brought to him: and when he was come near, he asked him, +<sup>41</sup>saying, What wist thou that I should do for thee? +Then he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. <sup>42</sup>And +Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved +thee. <sup>43</sup>And instantly he received sight, and followed +him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave +praise to God.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk19" id="luk19">CHAP. XIX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND entering into Jericho, +he passed through. <sup>2</sup>And there was a person whose name +was Zaccheus, and he was a principal farmer of the taxes, and the +man was rich. <sup>3</sup>And he was desirous to have a sight of +Jesus, what sort of person he was; and he could not, because of +the crowd, for he was short of stature. <sup>4</sup>So running +before, he climbed up a sycamore-tree, in order to get a sight of +him: for he was about to pass that way. <sup>5</sup>And when he +was come to the spot, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him, +Zaccheus, come down speedily; for to-day I must abide at thy +house. <sup>6</sup>And he hastened to come down, and entertained +him gladly. <sup>7</sup>And when they all saw it, they murmured, +saying, That he is gone to lodge with a man, a notorious sinner. +<sup>8</sup>Then Zaccheus standing up, said unto the Lord, +Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give unto the poor; and if +I have got any thing from any man, by laying false informations, +I am ready to restore fourfold. <sup>9</sup>Then said Jesus unto +him, To-day is salvation come to this house, because that he also +is a son of Abraham. <sup>10</sup>For the Son of man is come to +seek and to save that which was lost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And as they were hearkening to these +things, he proceeded on, and spake a parable, because he was nigh +to Jerusalem, and they supposed that immediately the kingdom of +God would openly appear. <sup>12</sup>He said therefore, A +certain man of noble family went into a distant region, to +receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. <sup>13</sup>And +calling his ten servants, he gave them ten manehs<sup><a href="#n14" id="f14" title="see footnote" name="f14">15</a></sup>, and +said unto them, Employ yourselves in traffic, till I come back. +<sup>14</sup>But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy +after him, saying, We will not have this man to rule over us. +<sup>15</sup>And it came to pass, at his return, after receiving +the kingdom, that he ordered the servants to be called, to whom +he had given the money, that he might know what every one had +gained by his traffic. <sup>16</sup>Then came the first, and +said, Sir, thy maneh has gained ten manehs. <sup>17</sup>And he +said unto him, Well done, good servant: because thou hast been +faithful in the least matter, hold thou dominion over ten cities. +<sup>18</sup>And the second came, saying, Lord, thy maneh hath +gained five manehs. <sup>19</sup>Then said he also to this man, +Be thou also over five cities. <sup>20</sup>And another came, +saying, Master, there is thy maneh, which I have kept wrapt up in +a napkin: <sup>21</sup>for I was afraid of thee, because thou art +an austere man: thou takest up where thou hadst laid nothing +down, and reapest where thou didst not sow. <sup>22</sup>And he +said to him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou +wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up +what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow; +<sup>23</sup>why then gavest thou not my money to the bank, so +when I came I might have required it with interest? +<sup>24</sup>And he said to those who stood by, Take from him the +maneh, and give it to him who hath the ten manehs. +<sup>25</sup>(And they say unto him, Sir, he hath ten manehs.) +<sup>26</sup>For I say unto you, That to every one who hath, +shall more be given; but from him that hath not, even that which +he hath shall be taken away from him. <sup>27</sup>But as for +these enemies of mine, who would not that I should reign over +them, bring them hither, and slay them before me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And having thus spoken, he proceeded +forward, going up to Jerusalem. <sup>29</sup>And it came to pass, +as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the mount called the +mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, +<sup>30</sup>saying, Go into the opposite village; in which, as +ye are at the entrance, ye will find a foal tied, on which no man +hath ever yet sat: loose, and bring him. <sup>31</sup>And if any +man ask you, Why ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, That the +Lord hath need of him. <sup>32</sup>Then they who were sent, +going, found it just as he had described to them. +<sup>33</sup>And as they were untying the foal, the owners of it +said to them, Why loose ye the foal? <sup>34</sup>And they said, +The Lord hath need of him. <sup>35</sup>And they brought him to +Jesus: and throwing their cloaks on the foal, they set Jesus +thereon. <sup>36</sup>And as he went, they spread under him their +garments on the road. <sup>37</sup>And when he was now +approaching, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole +multitude of the disciples rejoicing began to praise God with a +loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen; +<sup>38</sup>saying, Blessed is the King, who cometh in the name +of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>And some of the Pharisees from the +crowd said unto him, Master, reprove thy disciples. +<sup>40</sup>And he replying said to them. I tell you that, +should these be silent, the very stones would cry out.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>And as he drew near, beholding the +city, he wept over it, <sup>42</sup>saying, Oh that thou hadst +known, even in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace! +but now they are hid from thine eyes. <sup>43</sup>For the days +will come upon thee, when thy enemies shall cast up a trench +around thee, and encircle thee about, and straiten thee on every +side, <sup>44</sup>and will dash thee on the ground, and thy +children within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone upon +another: because thou knewest not the season of thy +visitation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>And entering into the temple, he began +to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple; +<sup>46</sup>saying unto them, It is written, My house is the +house of prayer<sup><a href="#n15" id="f15" title="see footnote" name="f15">16</a></sup>: +but ye have made it a den of robbers.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>47</sup>And he continued daily teaching in the +temple. Then the chief priests and the scribes sought to destroy +him, with the heads of the people, <sup>48</sup>but did not +discover how they could do any thing: for all the people +attentively hung on his lips.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk20" id="luk20">CHAP. XX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND it came to pass, on +one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, +and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and scribes with the +elders came upon him, <sup>2</sup>and spake to him, saying, Tell +us by what authority thou doest these things or who is he that +giveth thee this authority? <sup>3</sup>Then he answering said to +them, I also will ask you one question; and resolve me: +<sup>4</sup>The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? +<sup>5</sup>And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we +reply, From heaven; he will say, Wherefore then did ye not +believe him? <sup>6</sup>But if we say, Of men; all the people +will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. +<sup>7</sup>And they answered, We know not from whence. +<sup>8</sup>And Jesus said to them, Neither tell I you by what +authority I do these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then he began to speak to the people +this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and delivered it +to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long while. <sup>10</sup>And +at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that they +might give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen +beat, and sent him away empty. <sup>11</sup>And he again sent +another servant: and him also they beat, and treating him with +indignity, sent him away empty. <sup>12</sup>And he sent yet a +third: and him they also wounded, and cast out. <sup>13</sup>Then +said the master of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my +beloved son: probably when they see him, they will shew him +respect. <sup>14</sup>But when the husbandmen saw him, they +reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us +kill him, that the inheritance may be our own. <sup>15</sup>So +casting him out of the vineyard, they slew him. What then will +the master of the vineyard do with these men? <sup>16</sup>He +will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give the vineyard to +others. And when they heard it, they said God forbid. +<sup>17</sup>Then he looked on them, and said, What is this then +which is written<sup><a href="#n16" id="f16" title="see footnote" +name="f16">17</a></sup>, The stone which the builders rejected, +the same is become the head of the corner? <sup>18</sup>Every one +who falleth upon this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on +whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. +<sup>19</sup>And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay +hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for +they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>And watching him, they sent men they +had suborned, who pretended that they were righteous persons, in +order to lay hold of some word of his, that they might deliver +him to the power and authority of the governor. <sup>21</sup>And +they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou speakest and +teachest rightly, and respectest no man’s person, but teachest +the way of God in truth: <sup>22</sup>Is it lawful for us to pay +tribute to Cæsar, or not? <sup>23</sup>Then he, aware of their +crafty design, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? <sup>24</sup>Shew +me a denarius. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they +answering said, Cæsar’s. <sup>25</sup>Then said he to them, Pay +therefore to Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s, and to God the +things which are God’s. <sup>26</sup>And they were unable to lay +hold of a single expression of his before the people: and +marvelling at his answer, they were silenced.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>Then certain of the Sadducees, who +contend that there is no resurrection, asked him, +<sup>28</sup>saying, Master, Moses wrote for us<sup><a href="#n17" id="f17" title="see footnote" name="f17">18</a></sup>, If +a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that +his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed for his +brother. <sup>29</sup>Now there were seven brothers: and the +first taking a wife, died childless. <sup>30</sup>And the second +taking the wife, he also died childless. <sup>31</sup>Then the +third took her; and also all the seven in like manner: and left +no children, and died. <sup>32</sup>And last of all died also the +woman. <sup>33</sup>In the resurrection therefore whose wife of +them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife. +<sup>34</sup>And Jesus in reply said to them, The children of +this world marry, and are given in marriage: <sup>35</sup>but +they who are counted worthy to attain to that world, and the +resurrection of the dead, neither marry, nor are given in +marriage: <sup>36</sup>neither can they die any more: for they +are like the angels; and are the children of God, being the +children of the resurrection. <sup>37</sup>Now that the dead are +raised, even Moses intimated at the bush<sup><a href="#n18" id="f18" title="see footnote" name="f18">19</a></sup>, when he +called the Lord, “the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and +the God of Jacob.” <sup>38</sup>Now God is not the God of the +dead, but of the living: for all live with him. <sup>39</sup>Then +some of the scribes addressing him said, Master, admirably hast +thou spoken! <sup>40</sup>And after that they durst not put +another question to him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>Then he spake to them: How say they +that the Messiah is the son of David? <sup>42</sup>Yet David +himself, in the book of Psalms, saith, “The Lord said unto my +Lord, Sit down at my right hand, <sup>43</sup>until I put thine +enemies for a footstool of thy feet<sup><a href="#n19" id="f19" +title="see footnote" name="f19">20</a></sup>.” <sup>44</sup>David +then calleth him Lord, and how then is he his son?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>And whilst all the people were +hearkening, he said to his disciples, <sup>46</sup>Beware of the +scribes, who desire to walk about in trailing robes, and love +salutations in the public places, and the principal seats in the +synagogues, and the most honourable couch at suppers; +<sup>47</sup>who devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext +make long prayers: these shall receive a more abundant +punishment.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk21" id="luk21">CHAP. XXI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND as he looked up, he +saw some casting their gifts into the treasury who were rich. +<sup>2</sup>And he observed also a certain widow, miserably poor, +put in there two mites. <sup>3</sup>And he said, Of a truth I +tell you that this poor widow hath put in more than all they: +<sup>4</sup>for all they have of their superfluity cast into the +oblations for God: but she out of her indigence hath cast in all +the substance which she possessed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And some of them talking of the temple, +how adorned it was with the beautiful stone-work and the +dedicated offerings, he said, <sup>6</sup>As for these things +which ye are gazing upon, the days will come, in which one stone +will not be left upon another, that shall not be utterly thrown +down. <sup>7</sup>And they asked him, saying, Master, but when +shall these things be? and what is the sign, when these things +are ready to come to pass? <sup>8</sup>Then he said, Take heed +that ye be not deluded: for many will come in my name, saying, I +am he; and the period approaches: go not therefore after them. +<sup>9</sup>But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not +terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the +conclusion is not immediately. <sup>10</sup>Then saith he unto +them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against +kingdom: <sup>11</sup>and great earthquakes shall be in different +places, and famines, and pestilences; and in the heaven shall be +frightful appearances, and mighty signs. <sup>12</sup>But before +all these things, they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, +delivering you up to the synagogues, and to prisons, being +brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. +<sup>13</sup>And it shall afford you an opportunity to bear your +testimony. <sup>14</sup>Therefore rest satisfied in your hearts, +not to premeditate what apology to make: <sup>15</sup>for I will +give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall be +utterly unable to contradict or resist. <sup>16</sup>But ye shall +be betrayed even by parents, and brethren, and relations, and +friends; and some of you they shall put to death. +<sup>17</sup>And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. +<sup>18</sup>Though a hair of your head shall in nowise perish. +<sup>19</sup>In your patience possess ye your souls. +<sup>20</sup>But when ye see Jerusalem, encircled with armies, +then know that the desolation of it approaches. <sup>21</sup>Then +let those who are in Judea fly unto the mountains; and let those +who are in the midst of her get far away: and they who are in the +countries, let them not enter into her. <sup>22</sup>For these +are the days of vengeance, when all things which are written +shall be fulfilled. <sup>23</sup>But wo to those who are big with +child, and have infants at their breasts, in those days! for +there shall be great distress on the earth, and wrath upon this +people. <sup>24</sup>And they shall fall by the edge of the +sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and +Jerusalem shall be trodden under foot of the Gentiles, until the +times appointed for the Gentiles shall come to their period. +<sup>25</sup>And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the +moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, +with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; <sup>26</sup>men +terrified to death with fear, and expectation of the calamities +coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. +<sup>27</sup>And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a +cloud, with power and great glory. <sup>28</sup>And when these +things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your +heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>And he spake a parable unto them, +Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees, <sup>30</sup>when they +now put forth, as soon as ye see it ye know in yourselves that +the summer is now near: <sup>31</sup>so ye also, when ye see +these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at +hand. <sup>32</sup>Verily I say unto you, That this generation +shall in nowise pass away, until all these things come to pass. +<sup>33</sup>Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall +never pass away. <sup>34</sup>But take heed to yourselves, lest +at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and +drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should +come upon you unawares. <sup>35</sup>For as a snare shall it come +upon all that are settled on the face of the whole earth. +<sup>36</sup>Watch therefore, praying at every proper +opportunity, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these +things which are ready to come to pass, and to stand before the +Son of man.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>And during the day he continued +teaching in the temple; but at night he went out, and lodged in +the mountain called the mount of Olives. <sup>38</sup>And all the +people came to him early in the morning at the temple, to hear +him.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk22" id="luk22">CHAP. XXII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND the feast of +unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was at hand. +<sup>2</sup>And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they +might destroy him; for they were afraid of the people. +<sup>3</sup>Then entered Satan into Judas called Iscariot, though +he was of the number of the twelve. <sup>4</sup>And he went and +conversed with the chief priests and the captains, by what means +he could betray him unto them. <sup>5</sup>And they were glad, +and agreed with him to give him a sum of money. <sup>6</sup>And +he gave them his promise, and sought the favourable opportunity +to betray him to them, in the absence of the multitude.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Then came the day of unleavened bread, +on which the passover must be killed. <sup>8</sup>And he sent +Peter and John, saying, Go, prepare for us the passover, that we +may eat it. <sup>9</sup>And they said unto him, Where wilt thou +that we prepare it? <sup>10</sup>And he said unto them, Lo! as +you are at the entrance of the city, there will a man meet you, +carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whither he +is going. <sup>11</sup>And say to the master of that family, The +teacher saith to thee, Where is the dining-room, in which I can +eat the passover with my disciples? <sup>12</sup>And he will shew +you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. +<sup>13</sup>And they going away, found it just as he had told +them: and they made ready the passover. <sup>14</sup>And when the +hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. +<sup>15</sup>And he said unto them, With earnest desire have I +longed to eat this passover with you before I suffer: +<sup>16</sup>for I tell you, that I will no more ever eat of it, +until it shall be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. +<sup>17</sup>And taking the cup, after having given thanks, he +said, Take this, and divide among yourselves: <sup>18</sup>for I +say unto you, that I shall no more drink of the fruit of the +vine, until the kingdom of God come. <sup>19</sup>And taking a +loaf, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave it to them, saying, +This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of +me. <sup>20</sup>And the cup in like manner, after supper, +saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed +for you. <sup>21</sup>But lo! the hand of him that betrayeth me +is with me at the table. <sup>22</sup>And the Son of man indeed +goeth, as is decreed: but wo to that man by whom he is betrayed! +<sup>23</sup>And they began to question among themselves, who it +could possibly be of them who should do this thing.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now it came to pass, that there was +also a contention among them, even which of them should be +accounted to be the greatest. <sup>25</sup>And he said to them, +The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they who +exercise authority over them are called benefactors. +<sup>26</sup>But ye shall not act thus: but the superior among +you, let him be as the junior; and he that presideth, as he that +serveth. <sup>27</sup>For which is the greater, he that sitteth +at table, or he that waits? is not he that sitteth at table? but +I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. <sup>28</sup>Ye are +they who have continued with me during my trials. +<sup>29</sup>And I appoint you, as my Father hath appointed me, a +kingdom; <sup>30</sup>that ye may eat and drink at my table in my +kingdom, and be seated on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of +Israel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, lo! +Satan hath earnestly sought you, that he might sift you as wheat: +<sup>32</sup>but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not +fail: and when thou art returned, stablish thy brethren. +<sup>33</sup>Then he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with +thee, to prison, and to death! <sup>34</sup>And he said, I tell +thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before thou shalt +thrice deny having known me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And he said unto them, When I sent you +without purse, or scrip, or sandals, lacked ye any thing? And +they said, Nothing. <sup>36</sup>Then said he to them, But now, +he that hath a purse, let him also take a scrip: and he that hath +none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword. <sup>37</sup>For I +tell you, that what hath already been written must be fulfilled +in me, namely, “He was numbered with the +transgressors<sup><a href="#n20" id="f20" title="see footnote" name="f20">21</a></sup>:” for the things also concerning me draw +to their period. <sup>38</sup>Then they said, Lord, behold, here +are two swords, and he said to them, It is enough.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>And going out, he went, according to +his custom, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also +followed him. <sup>40</sup>And when he came to the spot, he said +unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. +<sup>41</sup>And he withdrew from them about a stone’s cast, and +kneeling down, he prayed, <sup>42</sup>saying, Father, if thou +wilt, remove this cup from me! nevertheless, not my will, but +thine, be done. <sup>43</sup>And an angel from heaven appeared to +him, strengthening him. <sup>44</sup>And being in an agony, he +prayed with greater intenseness: and his sweat was as clots of +blood falling on the ground. <sup>45</sup>And when he rose up +from prayer, on coming to his disciples, he found them sleeping +from sorrow. <sup>46</sup>And he said unto them, Why sleep ye? +rise up, and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>47</sup>And while he was yet speaking, behold +a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went +before them, and approached Jesus to kiss him. <sup>48</sup>Then +said Jesus unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a +kiss? <sup>49</sup>Then when they who were about him saw what was +ready to happen, they said unto him, Lord, shall we strike with +the sword? <sup>50</sup>And one of them struck at a servant of +the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. <sup>51</sup>Then +Jesus, addressing them, said, Permit me thus far: and touching +his ear, he healed him. <sup>52</sup>Then said Jesus to the chief +priests and captains of the temple, and to the elders who were +come forth against him, Are ye come out as against a robber, with +swords and staves? <sup>53</sup>When I was daily with you in the +temple, ye stretched out no hands upon me: but this is your hour, +and the power of darkness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>54</sup>Then seizing upon him, they led him +away, and brought him into the palace of the high-priest. But +Peter followed at a distance. <sup>55</sup>And as they had +lighted a fire in the middle of the hall, and had seated +themselves in a company, Peter sat down in the midst of them. +<sup>56</sup>But a certain maid-servant who sat at the fire, +eyeing him, and looking at him stedfastly, said, This man was +also with him. <sup>57</sup>But he denied him, saying, Woman, I +know him not. <sup>58</sup>And after a little while another +seeing him, said, Surely thou art one of them. Then said Peter, +Man, I am not. <sup>59</sup>And at about an hour’s distance, +another person strongly asserted, saying, Of a certainty this +fellow was also with him: for he too is a Galilean. +<sup>60</sup>And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. +And instantly, while he was yet speaking, the cock crew. +<sup>61</sup>And the Lord, turning round, looked upon Peter. And +Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, +That before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. +<sup>62</sup>And Peter going without, wept bitterly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>63</sup>And the men who held Jesus insulted +him, beating him with rods; <sup>64</sup>and blindfolding him, +smote him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is he +that struck thee? <sup>65</sup>And many other things, +blaspheming, spake they against him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>66</sup>And when the day broke, the elders of +the people and the chief priests and scribes assembled, and +brought him into their sanhedrim, saying, <sup>67</sup>If thou +art the Messiah, tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, +ye will not believe: <sup>68</sup>and if I shall ask you any +question, ye will neither answer me, nor let me go free. +<sup>69</sup>Hereafter shall the Son of man sit at the right hand +of the power of God. <sup>70</sup>Then said they all, Art thou +then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Yourselves say that I +am. <sup>71</sup>Then they said, What further need have we of +witness? for we have heard it from his own mouth.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk23" id="luk23">CHAP. XXIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND the whole multitude of +them rising up, led him to Pilate, <sup>2</sup>and began to +accuse him, saying, We have found this fellow perverting the +nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Cæsar; pretending that +he himself is the King Messiah. <sup>3</sup>Then Pilate +interrogated him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he +answering said to him, Thou sayest so. <sup>4</sup>Then said +Pilate unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find nothing +culpable in this man. <sup>5</sup>But they were urgent, saying, +He stirreth up the people, teaching through all Judea, beginning +from Galilee even to this place. <sup>6</sup>When Pilate heard of +Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean? +<sup>7</sup>And when he knew that he came out of Herod’s +jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was himself at Jerusalem +in those days.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was vastly +delighted: for he had been long desirous to see him, because he +had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some miracle +wrought by him. <sup>9</sup>And he put a variety of questions to +him; but he made him no reply. <sup>10</sup>And the chief priests +and the scribes stood up vehemently accusing him. +<sup>11</sup>Then Herod with his guards treated him with +contempt, and in derision clothed him in a splendid robe, and +sent him back to Pilate. <sup>12</sup>And Pilate and Herod the +same day became friends together: for they had previously been at +enmity with each other.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then Pilate, convoking the chief +priests and the rulers and the people, <sup>14</sup>said unto +them, Ye have brought this man to me, as one who perverteth the +people: and lo! on examining him before you, I have found nothing +culpable in this man, respecting the charges ye bring against +him: <sup>15</sup>nor Herod neither: for I referred you to him; +and, lo, nothing is done to this man, as if he deserved death. +<sup>16</sup>I will therefore, after scourging, discharge him. +<sup>17</sup>(Now he held it necessary to release one to them at +the feast.) <sup>18</sup>Then the whole multitude set up a cry, +saying, Away with this fellow, and release unto us Barabbas! +<sup>19</sup>(who for a certain sedition raised in the city, and +for murder, had been cast into prison.) <sup>20</sup>Again +therefore Pilate called out to them, desirous to see Jesus at +liberty. <sup>21</sup>But they clamoured the more, saying, +Crucify, crucify him. <sup>22</sup>Then the third time he said to +them, What evil hath this man done? I have found nothing +deserving death in him: I will therefore, after scourging, +discharge him. <sup>23</sup>But they were instant with the most +clamorous vociferations, soliciting that he might be crucified. +And their clamours, and those of the chief priests, bore him +down. <sup>24</sup>Then Pilate decreed that their petition should +be granted.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Then released he to them him who for +sedition and murder had been cast into prison; but he gave up +Jesus to their will. <sup>26</sup>And as they led him out, laying +hold on one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, +they laid on him the cross, to carry after Jesus. +<sup>27</sup>And a great multitude of the people and of women +followed him, who also beat their breasts and lamented him +bitterly. <sup>28</sup>But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters +of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves, and for your +children. <sup>29</sup>For, behold, the days are coming, in which +they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have +not borne, and the breasts which never suckled. <sup>30</sup>Then +shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the +hills, Cover us! <sup>31</sup>For if they do all these things +with the green wood, what will be done with the dry?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Now there were two other persons, +malefactors, led out with him to be executed. <sup>33</sup>And +when they came to a place called Calvary, there they crucified +him, and the malefactors, the one on the right hand, and the +other on the left. <sup>34</sup>And Jesus said, Father, forgive +them; for they know not what they do. Then dividing his garments, +they cast the lot.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>And the people stood looking on. And +the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; +let him save himself, if this fellow is the Messiah, the elect of +God. <sup>36</sup>And the soldiers also insulted him, coming and +offering him vinegar, <sup>37</sup>and saying, if thou art the +King of the Jews, save thyself. <sup>38</sup>And there was an +inscription written over him in Greek, Roman, and Hebrew +characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>Then one of the suspended malefactors +blasphemed him, saying, If thou art the Messiah, save thyself and +us. <sup>40</sup>But the other addressing him, rebuked him, +saying, Hast thou no fear of God, when thou art under the same +condemnation? <sup>41</sup>And we indeed justly, for we receive +deserved punishment for the crimes we have committed: but this +man hath done nothing amiss. <sup>42</sup>And he said to Jesus, +Remember me, Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. +<sup>43</sup>And Jesus said to him. Verily I say unto thee, +To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>44</sup>And it was about the sixth hour, and +there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. +<sup>45</sup>And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple +was rent in the midst. <sup>46</sup>And Jesus crying with a loud +voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit: and +having said this, he expired. <sup>47</sup>And the centurion +observing what had come to pass, glorified God, saying, Verily +this man was a righteous person.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>48</sup>And all the multitudes who had come +together for this spectacle, when they saw the things which were +done, beating their breasts, returned. <sup>49</sup>And all his +acquaintance stood afar off, and the women which followed him +from Galilee, beholding these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>50</sup>And lo! a man named Joseph, being a +member of the council, a good man, and a just; <sup>51</sup>(who +had not given his assent to their determination and deed;) being +of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who himself also expected the +coming of the kingdom of God. <sup>52</sup>He went in to Pilate, +and begged the body of Jesus. <sup>53</sup>And taking it down +from the cross, he wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a +sepulchre hewn out of a rock, where none had ever yet lain. +<sup>54</sup>And that was the preparation-day, and the sabbath’s +twilight<sup><a href="#n21" id="f21" title="see footnote" name="f21">22</a></sup> was approaching.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>55</sup>Then the women also, his attendants, +who had followed him out of Galilee, observed the sepulchre, and +how his corpse was laid out. <sup>56</sup>And returning, they +made preparation of aromatics and unguents; and they rested the +sabbath-day, according to the commandment.</p> + +<h2><a name="luk24" id="luk24">CHAP. XXIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW on the first day of +the week, at the earliest dawn of day, they came to the +sepulchre, bringing the aromatics which they had prepared, and +certain others with them. <sup>2</sup>And they found the stone +rolled away from the sepulchre. <sup>3</sup>And on entering, +found not the body of the Lord Jesus. <sup>4</sup>And it came to +pass, as they were in the greatest perplexity concerning this +matter, then behold, two men stood by them in refulgent garments: +<sup>5</sup>and when they were exceedingly terrified, and +inclined their face to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek +ye the living among the dead? <sup>6</sup>he is not here; he is +risen: remember how he spoke to you, while he was yet in Galilee, +<sup>7</sup>saying, That the Son of man must be delivered up into +the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise +again. <sup>8</sup>And they remembered his declarations, +<sup>9</sup>and returning from the sepulchre, told all these +things to the eleven, and to the rest. <sup>10</sup>Now there +were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, +and the other women who were with them, that told these things to +the apostles. <sup>11</sup>And their declarations seemed in their +view as a mere fancy, and they gave them no credence. +<sup>12</sup>Then Peter rising up, ran off to the sepulchre, and +leaning forward saw the linen clothes laid separately, and went +away wondering in himself what was become of him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And behold, two of them were going the +same day to a village, distant about sixty furlongs from +Jerusalem, called Emmaus. <sup>14</sup>And they were conversing +with each other, concerning all those things which had happened. +<sup>15</sup>And it came to pass, as they were conversing +together, and talking the matter over, even Jesus himself drew +near, and walked on with them. <sup>16</sup>But their eyes were +under a restraint, that they might not discover him. +<sup>17</sup>And he said unto them, What are these discourses +that ye interchange among you, as ye are walking, and bear such a +face of dejection? <sup>18</sup>Then one of them, named Cleopas, +answering said, Art thou the only sojourner at Jerusalem, who +hath not known the singular events of those days? +<sup>19</sup>And he said to them, Of what sort? and they said to +him, Those which relate to Jesus the Nazarean, who was a man, a +prophet, mighty in word and deed before God and all the people: +<sup>20</sup>and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him +up to a sentence of death, and crucified him. <sup>21</sup>But we +had entertained hopes that this was the person who should have +redeemed Israel: and ah! besides all these things, to-day +concludes that third day since these things were done. +<sup>22</sup>And indeed, certain women belonging to us +exceedingly amazed us who were very early at the sepulchre; +<sup>23</sup>and not finding his body, came, saying, that they +had also seen a vision of angels, who told them that he was +alive. <sup>24</sup>And some of those who were with us went to +the sepulchre, and found every thing just as the women had said: +but him they did not see. <sup>25</sup>And he said unto them, O +ye void of understanding, and slow of heart to believe all that +the prophets have spoken! <sup>26</sup>Ought not the Messiah to +suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? +<sup>27</sup>And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, he +explained to them in all the scriptures, the things relating to +himself. <sup>28</sup>And they drew nigh to the village, whither +they were going: and he was proceeding on, as if going farther. +<sup>29</sup>And they warmly pressed him, saying, Stay with us: +for the evening draws on, and the day declines. And he went in to +stay with them. <sup>30</sup>And it came to pass, when he was +sitting down at table with them, taking up a loaf, he blessed it, +and breaking, distributed it to them. <sup>31</sup>Then their +eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he became invisible to +them. <sup>32</sup>And they said to each other, Did not our +hearts burn within us, as he talked with us on the road, and as +he distinctly opened to us the scriptures? <sup>33</sup>And +rising up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem, and found +the eleven and those who were with them crowded together, +<sup>34</sup>saying, The Lord is risen assuredly, and hath +appeared to Simon. <sup>35</sup>Then these recounted what had +passed on the road, and how he was known to them by the breaking +of the bread.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>While they were relating these things, +Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, +Peace be unto you! <sup>37</sup>But terrified and affrighted, +they thought they saw a spirit. <sup>38</sup>And he said to them, +Why are ye under such agitation of mind? and why do reasonings +arise in your hearts? <sup>39</sup>look upon my hands and my +feet, that it is my very self: handle me, and see; for a spirit +hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. <sup>40</sup>And +thus speaking, he exposed to them his hands and his feet. +<sup>41</sup>But when they still could not credit it for joy, and +marvelled, he said unto them, Have ye here any thing eatable? +<sup>42</sup>Then they gave him a part of a broiled fish, and a +piece of honey-comb. <sup>43</sup>And receiving it, he did eat in +their presence. <sup>44</sup>And said unto them, These are the +sayings which I spake unto you, when I was yet with you, that all +things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, +and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. +<sup>45</sup>Then opened he thoroughly their understanding, that +they should understand the scriptures, <sup>46</sup>and said to +them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, +and rise again from the dead the third day <sup>47</sup>and that +repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name +unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. <sup>48</sup>And ye +are the witnesses of these things. <sup>49</sup>And, behold, I +send unto you the promise of my Father: but sit ye down in the +city of Jerusalem, until ye shall be endued with power from on +high. <sup>50</sup>And he led them without <i>the city</i> as far +as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. +<sup>51</sup>And it came to pass, as he pronounced the +benediction upon them, he was parted from them, and taken up into +heaven. <sup>52</sup>And they, after paying him their adorations, +returned to Jerusalem with vast joy: <sup>53</sup>and were +continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1.1em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="joh1" id="joh1"><span class="ls2">THE +GOSPEL</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">ACCORDING TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:1.5em">JOH</span>N.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">I</span>N the beginning was the +Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. +<sup>2</sup>He was in the beginning with God. <sup>3</sup>All +things were made by him; and without him was not one thing made +that was made. <sup>4</sup>In him was life; and the life was the +light of men. <sup>5</sup>And the light shineth in darkness; and +the darkness did not comprehend it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>A man was sent from God, whose name was +John. <sup>7</sup>He came for a witness, that he might bear +testimony concerning the Light, that all men through him might +believe. <sup>8</sup>He was not the Light, but sent that he +should bear testimony concerning the Light. <sup>9</sup>He was +that true Light, which illumines every man by his coming into the +world. <sup>10</sup>He was in the world, and the world was made +by him, and the world knew him not. <sup>11</sup>He came unto his +peculiar people, and his peculiar people did not receive him. +<sup>12</sup>But as many as did receive him, on them he bestowed +authority to become children of God, even on those who believe on +his name: <sup>13</sup>who were born, not of blood, nor of the +will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. +<sup>14</sup>And the Word became incarnate, and tabernacled with +us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten +of the Father,) full of grace and truth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>John bore witness concerning him, and +cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after +me, is before me: because before me he was. <sup>16</sup>And from +his plenitude we all have received, even grace corresponding with +<i>his</i> grace. <sup>17</sup>For the law was given by Moses, +but the grace and the reality came by Jesus Christ. +<sup>18</sup>No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten +Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly +described him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>And this is the testimony of John, +when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they +should question him, Who art thou? <sup>20</sup>And he confessed, +and denied it not; but acknowledged, I am not the Messiah. +<sup>21</sup>And they asked him, What then? art thou Elias? and +he said, I am not. Art thou that prophet? and he answered, No. +<sup>22</sup>Then said they to him, Who art thou? that we may +give an answer to those who sent us: What description givest thou +of thyself? <sup>23</sup>He said, I am a voice of one crying in +the wilderness, Make straight the way for the Lord, as said the +prophet Isaiah. <sup>24</sup>And they who were sent, were of the +Pharisees. <sup>25</sup>And they questioned him, and said to him, +Why then dost thou baptise, if thou be not the Messiah, nor +Elias, nor that prophet? <sup>26</sup>John answered them, saying, +I baptise with water: but in the midst of you hath stood a +person, whom ye have not known; <sup>27</sup>it is he, though +coming after me, who was before me, the thong of whose sandal I +am not worthy to untie. <sup>28</sup>These things were done in +Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptising.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>The next day John seeth Jesus coming +to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the +sin of the world, <sup>30</sup>This is he of whom I spake, After +me cometh a man who was before me: for before me he existed. +<sup>31</sup>And I knew him not: though that he might be +manifested to Israel, therefore am I come baptising with water. +<sup>32</sup>And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit +descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him. +<sup>33</sup>And I did not know him: but he that sent me +baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt +see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that +is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost. <sup>34</sup>And I have +seen it, and have borne testimony that this is the Son of +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>On the morrow John was again standing +with two of his disciples; <sup>36</sup>and looking upon Jesus as +he walked by, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! <sup>37</sup>And +the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. +<sup>38</sup>Then Jesus turned about, and seeing them following, +saith to them, What are ye seeking? They said unto him, Rabbi +(which signifies, when translated, Master), where is thy abode? +<sup>39</sup>He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw +where he abode, and continued with him that day: and it was about +the tenth hour.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>40</sup>One of the two, who had heard from +John mention of Jesus, and had followed him, was Andrew, Simon +Peter’s brother. <sup>41</sup>He first finds his own brother +Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, +being translated, the Christ). <sup>42</sup>And he brought him to +Jesus. Then Jesus looking on him, said, Thou art Simon the son of +Jonas: thou shalt be called Cephas, which, interpreted <i>in +Greek</i>, is Petros, a Rock.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>43</sup>The next day Jesus resolved to go into +Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, Follow me. +<sup>44</sup>Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and +Peter. <sup>45</sup>Philip findeth Nathaniel, and saith to him, +We have found him whom Moses in the law has described, and the +prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth. +<sup>46</sup>And Nathaniel said to him, Can any thing good come +out of Nazareth? Philip saith to him, Come and see. +<sup>47</sup>Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and saith of him, +Behold an Israelite in reality, in whom there is no guile! +<sup>48</sup>Nathaniel saith unto him, From whence canst thou +know me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called +thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. +<sup>49</sup>Nathaniel answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art +the Son of God; thou art the king of Israel. <sup>50</sup>Jesus +answered and said unto him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee +under the fig-tree, dost thou believe? thou shalt see greater +things than these. <sup>51</sup>And he saith to him, Verily, +verily, I tell you, From henceforth ye shall see heaven opened, +and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of +man.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh2" id="joh2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND on the third day there +was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was +there: <sup>2</sup>So Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited +to the marriage. <sup>3</sup>And the wine being exhausted, the +mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no more wine. +<sup>4</sup>Jesus saith unto her, What is that to me and thee, +woman? my hour is not yet come. <sup>5</sup>His mother saith to +the waiters, Whatsoever he orders you, do it. <sup>6</sup>Now +there stood there six large stone jars, for the customary +purifying ablution of the Jews, containing two or three baths +each. <sup>7</sup>Jesus saith to them, Fill these jars with +water. And they filled them to the brim. <sup>8</sup>And he said +unto them, Draw out now, and carry to the president of the table. +So they carried it. <sup>9</sup>And when the president of the +table had tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it +came: (but the waiters knew, who drew the water;) the president +of the table called the bridegroom, <sup>10</sup>and saith to +him, Every man at first produces the good wine; and after men +have drunk plentifully, then that which is worse: but thou hast +kept back the good wine until now. <sup>11</sup>This beginning of +miracles Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and displayed his +glory; and his disciples believed on him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>After this he went down to Capernaum, +he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and he +continued there not many days. <sup>13</sup>And the passover of +the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. +<sup>14</sup>And he found in the temple those who sold oxen, and +sheep, and doves, and the moneychangers seated: <sup>15</sup>and +having made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, +and the sheep, and the oxen; and scattered the money of the +exchangers, and overturned the tables; <sup>16</sup>and said to +those who sold doves, Take these hence; make not my Father’s +house a house of merchandise. <sup>17</sup>Then the disciples +remembered that it was written, “The zeal of thine house hath +eaten me up.” <sup>18</sup>The Jews then addressed him, and said +to him, What miracle shewest thou, seeing thou actest thus? +<sup>19</sup>Jesus answered and said to them, Pull down this +temple, and in three days I will rear it up again. +<sup>20</sup>Then said the Jews, This temple has been forty-six +years in building, and canst thou rear it up in three days? +<sup>21</sup>Now he had spoken with reference to the temple of +his own body. <sup>22</sup>When therefore he was risen from the +dead, his disciples remembered that he had spoken thus unto them; +and they believed the scriptures, and the word which Jesus had +spoken.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Now while he was at Jerusalem at the +passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, when they +beheld the miracles which he did. <sup>24</sup>But Jesus himself +did not trust himself to them, because he knew them all, +<sup>25</sup>and because he had no need that any man should +testify respecting man; for he knew what was in man.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh3" id="joh3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW there was a man of the +Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: +<sup>2</sup>this man came to Jesus in the night, and said to him, +Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man +can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him. +<sup>3</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say +unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom +of God. <sup>4</sup>Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be +born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s +womb, and be born? <sup>5</sup>Jesus replied, Verily, verily, I +say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he +cannot enter into the kingdom of God. <sup>6</sup>That which is +born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit +is spirit. <sup>7</sup>Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must +be born again. <sup>8</sup>The wind bloweth where it will, and +thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not from whence it +cometh, nor whither it goeth: just so is every one who is born of +the Spirit. <sup>9</sup>Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How +can these things be? <sup>10</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, +Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? +<sup>11</sup>Verily, verity, I tell thee, That what we know we +speak, and what we have seen we affirm; and ye receive not our +testimony. <sup>12</sup>If I have told you of earthly things, and +ye believe not, how will you believe, if I tell you of heavenly +things? <sup>13</sup>Though no man hath ascended into heaven, +except he that descended from heaven, that Son of man the I +<span class="sc">am</span> in heaven. <sup>14</sup>And as Moses +lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, in like manner must the +Son of man be lifted up: <sup>15</sup>that every one who +believeth on him may not perish, but have life eternal. +<sup>16</sup>For God so loved the world, that he gave his only +begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not +perish, but have life eternal. <sup>17</sup>For God sent not his +Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by +him might be saved. <sup>18</sup>He that believeth on him is not +condemned: but he that believeth not is already under +condemnation, because he hath not believed on the name of the +only begotten Son of God. <sup>19</sup>Now this is the +condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men +loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds +were evil. <sup>20</sup>For every one whose practices are foul +hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his actions +may not be brought to conviction. <sup>21</sup>But he who +practices the truth, cometh to the light, that his actions may be +evident, as being done for God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>After these things Jesus and his +disciples went into the land of Judea; and there he abode with +them, and baptised. <sup>23</sup>Now John also was baptising at +Enon, near to Salem, for there were many streams of water there: +and they came, and were baptised. <sup>24</sup>For as yet John +was not cast into prison.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Then a dispute arose between the +disciples of John and the Jews with regard to purification. +<sup>26</sup>And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he +that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, +lo! this man baptiseth, and all men come to him. +<sup>27</sup>John answered and said, A man cannot assume any +thing, except it be given him from heaven. <sup>28</sup>Ye +yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, +but that I am sent before him. <sup>29</sup>It is the bridegroom, +who possesses the bride: and the friend of the bridegroom, +standing by and hearing him, rejoiceth exceedingly at the +bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. +<sup>30</sup>He must grow great, but I diminutive. +<sup>31</sup>He that cometh from above is above all: he whose +origin is from earth is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: +he who cometh from heaven is above all. <sup>32</sup>And what he +hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; though no man receiveth +his testimony. <sup>33</sup>He that receiveth his testimony hath +avouched that God is true. <sup>34</sup>For he whom God hath sent +speaketh the words of God: for God hath not given the Spirit by +measure unto him. <sup>35</sup>The Father loveth the Son, and +hath given all things into his hand. <sup>36</sup>He that +believeth on the Son hath life eternal: and he that believeth not +on the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth upon +him.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh4" id="joh4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>S soon then as the Lord +knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised +more disciples than John <sup>2</sup>(though Jesus himself did +not baptise, but his disciples), <sup>3</sup>he left Judea, and +went again into Galilee. <sup>4</sup>Now he must necessarily pass +through Samaria. <sup>5</sup>Then he cometh to a city of Samaria, +called Sichar, near the spot of ground which Jacob gave to his +son Joseph. <sup>6</sup>And Jacob’s well was there. Therefore +Jesus, weary with his journey, e’en sat himself down on the well: +it was about the sixth hour. <sup>7</sup>A woman of Samaria comes +to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink. +<sup>8</sup>(For his disciples were gone into the city to buy +provisions.) <sup>9</sup>The Samaritan woman therefore saith to +him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, +to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans. +<sup>10</sup>Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known +the gift of God, and who he is that speaketh to thee, thou +wouldest have requested him, and he would have given thee +life-giving water. <sup>11</sup>The woman saith unto him, Thou +hast no bucket, and the well is deep: whence then canst thou have +this water that giveth life? <sup>12</sup>Art thou greater than +our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, +and his children, and his cattle? <sup>13</sup>Jesus answered and +said unto her, Every one who drinketh of this water shall thirst +again: <sup>14</sup>but whosoever shall drink of the water which +I shall give him, he shall no more thirst to eternity; but the +water which I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water +springing up to life eternal. <sup>15</sup>The woman saith to +him, Sir, give me this water, that I may no more thirst, nor come +hither to draw. <sup>16</sup>Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy +husband, and come hither. <sup>17</sup>The woman answered and +said, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou hast spoken +right, that thou hast no husband: <sup>18</sup>for thou hast had +five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in +this thou hast spoken true. <sup>19</sup>The woman saith to him, +Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. <sup>20</sup>Our fathers +worshipped in this mountain; and ye affirm, That the place where +we ought to worship is at Jerusalem. <sup>21</sup>Jesus saith to +her, Woman, believe me, that the hour approaches, when ye shall +worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem. +<sup>22</sup>Ye worship ye know not what: we worship what we do +know: for salvation cometh from the Jews. <sup>23</sup>But the +hour is coming, yea, is now come, when the true worshippers shall +worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh +such worshippers of him. <sup>24</sup>God is a Spirit: and they +who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. +<sup>25</sup>The woman saith, I know that Messiah is coming (who +is called Christ): when he cometh, he will inform us of all +things. <sup>26</sup>Jesus saith unto her, I that am speaking to +thee am he.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>And upon this came his disciples, and +wondered that he talked with the woman: yet no one said, What art +thou seeking? or, Why art thou talking with her?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Then the woman left her pitcher, and +went into the city, and said to the men, <sup>29</sup>Come with +me; behold a man, who told me all things that I ever did: is not +this the Messiah? <sup>30</sup>Then they went out of the city, +and came unto him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>In the mean time his disciples invited +him, saying, Rabbi, eat. <sup>32</sup>But he said to them, I have +meat to eat that ye know not of. <sup>33</sup>Then said his +disciples to each other, Hath any person brought him ought to +eat? <sup>34</sup>Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the +will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. <sup>35</sup>Do +ye not say, That yet there are four months, and then the harvest +cometh? behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look upon the +fields; for they are now white for harvest. <sup>36</sup>And he +that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life +eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice +together. <sup>37</sup>For herein is the saying true, That one +soweth and another reapeth. <sup>38</sup>I have sent you to reap +that on which ye have bestowed no labour: others have laboured, +and ye have entered into their labour.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>Now many of the Samaritans of that +city believed on him, on the report of the woman, who said, That +he told me all things I ever had done. <sup>40</sup>So on this +the Samaritans came to him, and besought him to abide with them: +and he tarried there two days. <sup>41</sup>And many more +believed because of his own word; <sup>42</sup>and said to the +woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for +we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the +Saviour of the world, the Messiah.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>43</sup>Then after two days he departed +thence, and went into Galilee. <sup>44</sup>For Jesus himself +testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. +<sup>45</sup>When therefore he was come into Galilee, the +Galileans welcomed him, having seen all the things which he did +at the feast: for they also had gone to the feast. +<sup>46</sup>Then came Jesus again to Cana of Galilee, where he +had made the water wine. And there was a certain attendant on the +king, whose son was sick at Capernaum. <sup>47</sup>This person +having heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went +to him, that he might come down, and cure his son: for he was at +the point of death. <sup>48</sup>Then said Jesus unto him, Unless +ye see miracles and wonders, ye will not believe. +<sup>49</sup>The courtier said to him, Sir, come down before my +child is dead. <sup>50</sup>Jesus saith to him, Go home; thy son +liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus had spoken, and +went home. <sup>51</sup>And as he was now going down home, his +servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son is recovered! +<sup>52</sup>Then inquired he of them the hour at which he began +to amend? and they told him, It was yesterday, at the seventh +hour, when the fever left him. <sup>53</sup>Then the father knew +that it was the very hour when Jesus said, Thy son liveth: and +himself believed, and his whole family. <sup>54</sup>This is +again a second miracle which Jesus did, when he came from Judea +into Galilee.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh5" id="joh5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>FTER these things there +was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. +<sup>2</sup>Now there is at Jerusalem near the sheep-market a +pool, called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porticos. +<sup>3</sup>In these lay a vast multitude of infirm persons, +blind, lame, withered, waiting the motion of the water. +<sup>4</sup>For occasionally an angel descended into the pool, +and put the water into commotion: he therefore who first stepped +in after the commotion of the water became well, under whatever +complaint he had laboured. <sup>5</sup>And there was a certain +man there, who had a complaint of thirty years standing. +<sup>6</sup>Jesus seeing him laid there, and knowing that he had +been so for a long while, saith to him, Wilt thou be made sound? +<sup>7</sup>The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when +the water is disturbed, to cast me into the pool: but when I am +coming, another goeth down before me. <sup>8</sup>Jesus saith to +him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. <sup>9</sup>And instantly +the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked away: and +that day was the sabbath. <sup>10</sup>The Jews therefore said to +him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee +to carry thy bed. <sup>11</sup>He answered them, He that made me +whole, the same person said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. +<sup>12</sup>Then they asked him, Who is the man that said to +thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? <sup>13</sup>Now he that was +cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had slipped away, a crowd +being on the spot.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>After these things Jesus findeth him +in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: +sin no more, lest something worse befall thee. <sup>15</sup>The +man went, and informed the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made +him whole. <sup>16</sup>And therefore did the Jews persecute +Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things +on the sabbath-day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then Jesus answered them, My Father +worketh hitherto, and I work. <sup>18</sup>Therefore sought they +the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, +but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality +with God. <sup>19</sup>Jesus therefore answered and said unto +them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing by +himself, except what he hath seen the Father do: for whatsoever +things he doeth, the same and in the same manner doth the Son. +<sup>20</sup>For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all +things which he himself doeth: and greater works than these will +he shew him, that ye may wonder. <sup>21</sup>For as the Father +raiseth the dead, and quickeneth them; so also doth the Son +quicken whom he pleases. <sup>22</sup>For the Father never +judgeth any man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son: +<sup>23</sup>in order that all may honour the Son, just as they +honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, doth not honour +the Father who sent him. <sup>24</sup>Verily, verily, I say unto +you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent +me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but +is passed from death into life. <sup>25</sup>Verily, verily, I +say unto you, The hour is coming, yea, it is now, when the dead +shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall +live. <sup>26</sup>For as the Father hath life in himself; so +hath he given to the Son also to have life in himself; +<sup>27</sup>and hath given him authority also to execute +judgment, because he is the Son of man. <sup>28</sup>Marvel not +at this: for the hour is coming, in which all who are in the +graves shall hear his voice, <sup>29</sup>and they shall come +forth; they who have done good actions to the resurrection of +life; and they who have been guilty of foul practices, to the +resurrection of damnation. <sup>30</sup>I am not able to perform +any thing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; +for I seek not my own will, but the will of my Father who sent +me. <sup>31</sup>If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not +true. <sup>32</sup>There is another who beareth witness of me, +and I know that his witness is true which he witnesseth +concerning me. <sup>33</sup>Ye sent to John, and he bore +testimony to the truth. <sup>34</sup>But I receive not testimony +from man: but I speak these things, that ye may believe. +<sup>35</sup>He was a lamp glowing and luminous: and ye were +pleased for a time to exult in his light. <sup>36</sup>But I have +a testimony greater than that of John: for the works which the +Father hath given me that I should fulfil them, these very works +which I am doing, they bear witness of me, that the Father hath +sent me. <sup>37</sup>And the Father who sent me, himself hath +borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither at any time heard +his voice, nor seen his form. <sup>38</sup>And ye have not his +word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. +<sup>39</sup>Search the scriptures; for ye suppose in them ye +have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me. +<sup>40</sup>And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. +<sup>41</sup>I receive not glory from men. <sup>42</sup>But I +know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. <sup>43</sup>I +have come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another +come in his own name, him ye will receive. <sup>44</sup>How can +ye believe, who receiving honour one from another, seek not the +honour which cometh from God alone? <sup>45</sup>Do not suppose +that I shall accuse you to my Father: there is one who is +accusing you, even Moses, on whom ye place your hope. +<sup>46</sup>For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: +for of me did he write. <sup>47</sup>But if ye believe not his +writings, how will ye believe my words?</p> + +<h2><a name="joh6" id="joh6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>FTER these things Jesus +went beyond the sea of Galilee, that is of Tiberias. +<sup>2</sup>And a vast multitude followed him, because they saw +the miracles which he performed on those who were diseased. +<sup>3</sup>Then Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat +down with his disciple. <sup>4</sup>And the passover, a feast of +the Jews, was nigh. <sup>5</sup>Then Jesus lifting up his eyes, +and seeing that a vast concourse of people was come to him, said +to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat? +<sup>6</sup>And this he said to try him: for himself knew what he +would do. <sup>7</sup>Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii +spent in bread would not procure a sufficiency for them, that +every one of them might have a morsel. <sup>8</sup>One of his +disciples saith to him, (Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,) +<sup>9</sup>There is a little lad here, who hath five +barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but these, what are they +among so many? <sup>10</sup>Then said Jesus, Make the men sit +down. For there was plenty of grass on the spot. Therefore the +men sat down, in number about five thousand. <sup>11</sup>And +Jesus took the loaves; and giving thanks, gave to the disciples, +and the disciples to those who were sat down; and in the same +manner of the fishes, as much as they chose. <sup>12</sup>And +when they had made a hearty meal, he saith to his disciples, +Gather up the broken bits which are left, that not a morsel be +wasted. <sup>13</sup>Then they collected them, and filled twelve +baskets with fragments out of the five barley-loaves, which were +more than enough for those who had eaten. <sup>14</sup>When +therefore the men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they +said, This is of a certainty that prophet which is to come into +the world. <sup>15</sup>Then Jesus, knowing their intention to +come and to seize him by force, in order to make him king, +retired again into the mountain by himself alone.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>So when evening was now come, his +disciples went down to the sea-side, <sup>17</sup>and embarking +on a vessel were coming across the sea to Capernaum. And it was +now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. <sup>18</sup>And the +sea was greatly agitated by a tempestuous wind that blew. +<sup>19</sup>Having rowed therefore about five and twenty or +thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and coming +near the vessel, and they were affrighted. <sup>20</sup>But he +saith to them, It is I; be not afraid. <sup>21</sup>Then they +desired to take him into the vessel: and instantly the vessel was +at the land whither they were going.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>The next day the multitude who stayed +on the other side of the sea, when they saw that there was no +little vessel there, except the one into which his disciples +went, and that Jesus went not with his disciples in the vessel, +but that his disciples went away alone; <sup>23</sup>(but now +little vessels had come from Tiberias near to the spot where they +had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks:) +<sup>24</sup>then when the multitude saw that Jesus was not +there, nor his disciples, they also went into the vessels, and +came to Capernaum, in search of Jesus. <sup>25</sup>And when they +found him on the other side the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, +when camest thou hither? <sup>26</sup>Jesus replied to them and +said, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the miracles, but +because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. +<sup>27</sup>Labour not for the meat which is perishable, but for +that meat which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man +will give you: for him hath the Father sealed, even God. +<sup>28</sup>Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we +may work the works of God? <sup>29</sup>Jesus answered and said +unto them, This is the work of God, that ye should believe on him +whom he hath sent. <sup>30</sup>Then said they to him, What +miracle therefore dost thou, that we may see and believe thee? +what dost thou work? <sup>31</sup>Our fathers did eat manna in +the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven +to eat.” <sup>32</sup>Then said Jesus unto them, Verily, verily, +I tell you, It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; +but my Father giveth you the real bread from heaven. +<sup>33</sup>For he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life +to the world, is the bread of God. <sup>34</sup>Then said they +unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. <sup>35</sup>Then +said Jesus to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me +shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never +thirst more. <sup>36</sup>But I have told you, That though ye +have seen me, yet ye have not believed. <sup>37</sup>Every +individual which the Father giveth me will come to me; and him +that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out. <sup>38</sup>For I +came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the +will of him that sent me. <sup>39</sup>Now this is the will of +the Father who sent me, That every thing which he hath given me I +should not be deprived of it, but raise it up at the last day. +<sup>40</sup>And this is the will of him that sent me, That every +one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life +eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>Then the Jews murmured against him, +because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. +<sup>42</sup>And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, +whose father and mother we know? how then saith this man, That I +came down from heaven? <sup>43</sup>Jesus answered and said to +them, Murmur not among yourselves. <sup>44</sup>No man can come +to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will +raise him up at the last day. <sup>45</sup>It is written in the +prophets, And “they shall all be taught of God.” Every one +therefore who heareth from the Father, and learneth, cometh to +me. <sup>46</sup>Not that any man hath seen the Father, except he +that is with God, he hath seen the Father. <sup>47</sup>Verily, +verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting +life. <sup>48</sup>I am the bread of life. <sup>49</sup>Your +fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and they are dead. +<sup>50</sup>This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, +that any person may eat of it, and never die. <sup>51</sup>I am +the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any +person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the +bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give +for the life of the world.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>52</sup>Then the Jews contended with each +other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? +<sup>53</sup>Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say +unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink +his blood, ye have no life in yourselves. <sup>54</sup>He that +eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life eternal: and I +will raise him up at the last day. <sup>55</sup>For my flesh +truly is meat, and my blood truly is drink. <sup>56</sup>He that +eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in +him. <sup>57</sup>As the life-giving Father hath sent me, and I +live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same shall live by +me. <sup>58</sup>This is the bread which came down from heaven, +not as the manna your fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth +this bread shall live to eternity.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>59</sup>These things he spake in the +synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. <sup>60</sup>Many therefore +of his disciples, who heard him, said, Difficult is this +discourse, who is able to fathom it? <sup>61</sup>Then Jesus, +conscious in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this +discourse, said unto them, Doth this stumble you? +<sup>62</sup>What then if ye see the Son of man ascending where +he was formerly? <sup>63</sup>The Spirit is the life-giving +power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I +make to you, they are spirit, and they are life. <sup>64</sup>But +there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the +beginning who they were who did not believe, and who the person +was that should betray him. <sup>65</sup>And he said, Therefore +have I informed you, That no man can come to me, except it be +given him of my Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>66</sup>From that <i>discourse</i> many of his +disciples went away back, and no more followed him about. +<sup>67</sup>Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away? +<sup>68</sup>Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, unto whom shall +we go from thee? thou hast the words of eternal life. +<sup>69</sup>And we have believed and known that thou art the +Messiah, the Son of the living God. <sup>70</sup>Jesus answered +them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? +<sup>71</sup>Now he spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: +for this man was ready to betray him, though he was one of the +twelve.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh7" id="joh7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND Jesus after these +things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in +Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. <sup>2</sup>And a +feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles. +<sup>3</sup>Then said his disciples to him, Depart hence, and go +into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou +doest. <sup>4</sup>For no man doeth any thing in secret, yet +seeketh himself to appear publicly: if thou doest these things, +exhibit thyself to the world. <sup>5</sup>For even his own +brethren did not believe on him. <sup>6</sup>Jesus therefore +saith to them, My proper time is not yet come: but your time is +always ready. <sup>7</sup>The world cannot hate you, but me it +hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil. +<sup>8</sup>Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to +this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived. +<sup>9</sup>Thus speaking to them then, he continued in Galilee. +<sup>10</sup>But as soon as his disciples were gone up, then went +he also himself up to the feast: not in public, but as in +concealment.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>The Jews then sought for him at the +feast, and said, Where is he? <sup>12</sup>And there was a great +murmur concerning him among the multitude: some said, Surely he +is a good man: others said, No; he only deceiveth the people. +<sup>13</sup>Yet no person spake openly of him for fear of the +Jews.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>But now at the middle of the feast +Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. <sup>15</sup>And the +Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not +being a scholar? <sup>16</sup>Jesus answered them and said, My +doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. <sup>17</sup>If any +man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, +whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. +<sup>18</sup>He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own +individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent +him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. +<sup>19</sup>Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you +practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? <sup>20</sup>The +multitude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to +kill thee? <sup>21</sup>Jesus answered and said unto them, I have +performed one work, and ye all marvel. <sup>22</sup>Because Moses +ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from +our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day. +<sup>23</sup>If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, +that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed +against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day? +<sup>24</sup>Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous +judgment. <sup>25</sup>Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, +is not this the man whom they are seeking to kill? +<sup>26</sup>And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word +to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the +Messiah? <sup>27</sup>But we know this man whence he is: but when +the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. +<sup>28</sup>Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the +temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: +and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye +know not. <sup>29</sup>But I know him: for I am from him, and he +hath sent me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>Then they sought to apprehend him: but +no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. +<sup>31</sup>But many of the multitude believed on him, and said, +When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater miracles than those +which this man doth? <sup>32</sup>The Pharisees heard the people +muttering these things respecting him; and the Pharisees and +chief priests sent officers to apprehend him. <sup>33</sup>Then +said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I +am going to him that sent me. <sup>34</sup>Ye shall seek me, and +shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come. +<sup>35</sup>Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will +this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the +dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks? +<sup>36</sup>What is this saying which he hath spoken, Ye shall +seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot +come?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>Now on the last day, the great day of +the feast, Jesus stood up and spake aloud, saying, If any man +thirst, let him come unto me and drink. <sup>38</sup>He that +believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall +rivers flow of living water. <sup>39</sup>(Now he spake this in +reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should +afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; +because Jesus was not yet glorified.) <sup>40</sup>Many then of +the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man +is certainly a prophet. <sup>41</sup>Others said, He is the +Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of +Galilee? <sup>42</sup>Doth not the scripture say, That the +Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of +Bethlehem, whence David originally was? <sup>43</sup>There was a +division therefore among the multitude on account of him. +<sup>44</sup>Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but +no one laid hands upon him. <sup>45</sup>Then came the officers +to the chief priests and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why +have ye not brought him? <sup>46</sup>The officers answered, +Never did man before speak in such a manner as this man. +<sup>47</sup>The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also +deluded? <sup>48</sup>Hath any one of the rulers or of the +Pharisees believed on him? <sup>49</sup>But this rabble, which +knoweth not the law, is accursed. <sup>50</sup>Nicodemus saith +unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one +of their body,) <sup>51</sup>Doth our law condemn a man, without +first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done? +<sup>52</sup>They answered and said to him, Art thou not from +Galilee too? Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never +was raised up. <sup>53</sup>So each went to his own home.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh8" id="joh8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN Jesus went to the +mount of Olives. <sup>2</sup>But early in the morning he came +again to the temple, and all the people came to him; and sitting +down he taught them. <sup>3</sup>Then the scribes and Pharisees +brought to him a woman caught in adultery; and placing her in the +midst, <sup>4</sup>they say unto him, Master, this woman was +caught in adultery, in the very act. <sup>5</sup>Now Moses in the +law commanded, that such women should be stoned: therefore what +sayest thou? <sup>6</sup>But this they said, trying to entrap +him, that they might have ground of accusation against him. But +Jesus stooping down, with his finger wrote on the ground. +<sup>7</sup>Now when they continued questioning him, raising +himself up, he said to them, Let the person who is sinless among +you, first cast a stone at her. <sup>8</sup>And again stooping +down, he wrote on the ground. <sup>9</sup>But when they heard +him, and felt the conviction of their conscience, they slunk away +one by one, beginning from the elders to the last: so Jesus was +left alone, with the woman standing in the midst. +<sup>10</sup>Then Jesus raising himself up, and seeing no person +but the woman, said unto her, Woman, where are these thine +accusers? hath no man condemned thee? <sup>11</sup>She said, No +man, Lord. Then said Jesus unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: +go, and sin no more.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then spake Jesus again to them, +saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall +not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. +<sup>13</sup>The Pharisees said to him, Thou bearest witness of +thyself; thy witness is not true. <sup>14</sup>Jesus answered and +said to them, Though I do bear witness of myself, my witness is +true: for I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but ye +know not whence I come, nor whither I am going. <sup>15</sup>Ye +judge after the flesh; I judge no man. <sup>16</sup>But though I +should judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and +the Father who sent me. <sup>17</sup>Now even in your law it is +written, that the testimony of two men is true. <sup>18</sup>I am +a witness for myself, and the Father who sent me beareth witness +of me. <sup>19</sup>Then said they to him, Where is thy father? +Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had +known me, ye would have known my Father also. <sup>20</sup>These +words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: +and no person apprehended him; for his hour was not yet come.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Then spake Jesus again to them, I am +going away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: +whither I am going ye cannot come. <sup>22</sup>The Jews said +therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, +ye cannot come. <sup>23</sup>And he said to them, Ye are from +those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am +not of this world. <sup>24</sup>I said therefore unto you, that +ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I +<span class="sc">am</span>, ye shall die in your sins. +<sup>25</sup>They said, therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus +said to them, Assuredly the same as I am telling you. +<sup>26</sup>I have many things to speak and to decide concerning +you: but he that sent me is true; and the things which I have +heard from him I speak to the world. <sup>27</sup>They knew not +that he spake to them of the Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Then said Jesus to them, When ye shall +have lifted up on high the Son of man, then shall ye know that I +<span class="sc">am</span>, and of myself have I done nothing; +but as the Father hath instructed me, so I speak. +<sup>29</sup>And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not +left me alone; because I always do the things acceptable to him. +<sup>30</sup>As he spake these words, many believed on him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Then said Jesus to those Jews who +believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my +disciples; <sup>32</sup>and ye shall know the truth, and the +truth shall make you free. <sup>33</sup>They answered him, We are +Abraham’s seed, and never were in bondage to any man: how sayest +thou, That we shall be made free? <sup>34</sup>Jesus answered +them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, That every one who +committeth sin is the slave of sin. <sup>35</sup>But the slave +abideth not in the family for ever: but the son abideth for ever. +<sup>36</sup>If the Son therefore make you free, ye will be truly +free. <sup>37</sup>I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek +to kill me, because my word has no place in you. <sup>38</sup>I +speak what I have seen with my Father: and ye do therefore what +ye have seen with your father. <sup>39</sup>They answered and +said unto him, Our Father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If +ye were the children of Abraham, ye would have done the works of +Abraham. <sup>40</sup>But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath +told you the truth, which I have heard from God. Abraham did not +so. <sup>41</sup>Ye do the works of your father. They said unto +him, We are not born of whoredom; we have one Father, even God. +<sup>42</sup>Then said Jesus unto them, If God was your Father, +ye would have loved me: for I came out from God, and I am coming; +neither indeed came I of myself, but he hath sent me. +<sup>43</sup>Wherefore do ye not understand my speech? because ye +cannot hear my word. <sup>44</sup>Ye are of your father the +devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a +murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, +because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh +what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of +it. <sup>45</sup>But because I tell you the truth, ye believe me +not. <sup>46</sup>Which of you can convict me of sin? Now if I +speak the truth, why do ye not believe me? <sup>47</sup>He that +is of God heareth the words of God: ye therefore do not hear him, +because ye are not of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>48</sup>Then answered the Jews, and said to +him, Do we not rightly affirm, that thou art a Samaritan, and +hast a devil? <sup>49</sup>Jesus answered, I have not a devil; +but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me. <sup>50</sup>But I +seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. +<sup>51</sup>Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any man observe +my saying, he shall never see death to all eternity. +<sup>52</sup>Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that thou +hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, +If any man observe my word, he shall never taste of death to +eternity. <sup>53</sup>Art thou greater than our father Abraham, +who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou +thyself?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>54</sup>Jesus answered, If I assume glory to +myself, my glory is nothing: it is the Father who glorifies me; +of whom ye say, that he is your God: <sup>55</sup>yet have ye not +known him; but I know him: and if I should say, that I know him +not, I should be like you, a liar: but I know him, and observe +his word. <sup>56</sup>Your father Abraham exulted for joy that +he should see this day of mine: and saw it, and rejoiced. +<sup>57</sup>Then said the Jews unto him, Thou hast not yet +reached the age of fifty, and hast thou seen Abraham? +<sup>58</sup>Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I +Am. <sup>59</sup>Then took they up stones to hurl at him: but +Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, passing through the +midst of them, and so went away.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh9" id="joh9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND as he passed along, he +saw a man blind from his birth. <sup>2</sup>And his disciples +inquired of him, saying, Rabbi, who was in fault, this man or his +parents, that he was born blind? <sup>3</sup>Jesus answered, +Neither hath this man been in fault, nor his parents; but it is +in order to make manifest the works of God in him. <sup>4</sup>I +must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the +night is coming, when no man can work. <sup>5</sup>As long as I +am in the world, I am the light of the world. <sup>6</sup>So +speaking, he spat on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, +and anointed with the mud the eyes of the blind man; +<sup>7</sup>and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, +(which signifies, Sent.) Then he went and washed, and came +seeing.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>The neighbours therefore, and they who +saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is not this the man +who was sitting and begging? <sup>9</sup>Some said, That this is +he: but others, That he is like him: he himself said, I am he. +<sup>10</sup>When said they to him, How were thine eyes opened? +<sup>11</sup>he answered and said, A man called Jesus made mud, +and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, +and wash: then I went, and washing received sight. +<sup>12</sup>They said to him, Where is he? He replied, I know +not.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>They brought him to the Pharisees, who +had before been blind. <sup>14</sup>(Now it was the sabbath-day +when Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.) <sup>15</sup>The +Pharisees therefore questioned him again, How he had received +sight? And he told them, He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, +and do see. <sup>16</sup>Then said certain of the Pharisees, This +man is not from God, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others +said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? +And there was a division among them. <sup>17</sup>They say to the +blind man again, What sayest thou of him? that he opened thine +eyes? Then he replied, That he is a prophet.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Then the Jews did not believe that he +had been blind, and received sight, until that they had called +the parents of him who had received sight. <sup>19</sup>And they +questioned them, saying, Is this your son, of whom ye say, that +he was born blind? how then doth he now see? <sup>20</sup>His +parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and +that he was born blind: <sup>21</sup>but how he now seeth, we +know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; +ask him: he himself will tell you about it. <sup>22</sup>So spake +his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews +had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged +him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue. +<sup>23</sup>Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>The second time therefore they called +the man who had been blind, and said unto him, Give the glory to +God: we know that this man is a sinner. <sup>25</sup>Then +answered he and said, Whether this man be a sinner, I know not: +one thing I do know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. +<sup>26</sup>Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? +how opened he thine eves? <sup>27</sup>He answered them, I have +already told you, and ye did not hearken: why do ye wish to hear +it again? will ye also become his disciples? <sup>28</sup>Then +they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are the +disciples of Moses. <sup>29</sup>We know that God spake to Moses: +but we know nothing of this man, whence he is. <sup>30</sup>The +man replied, and said to them, Now herein is something very +surprising, that you know not whence he is, though he hath opened +my eyes. <sup>31</sup>Now we know that God doth not hearken to +sinners: but if any man be a devout worshipper, and doeth his +will, him he heareth. <sup>32</sup>From the creation of the world +hath it never been heard, that any man opened the eyes of one +born blind. <sup>33</sup>If this man were not from God, he could +not do any thing. <sup>34</sup>They answered and said unto him, +Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they +cast him out. <sup>35</sup>Jesus heard that they had cast him +out; and finding him, said to him, Believest thou in the Son of +God? <sup>36</sup>The man answered and said, Who is he, Sir, that +I might believe on him? <sup>37</sup>Then said Jesus him, Thou +hast even seen him, and he that is now talking with thee is the +very person. <sup>38</sup>Then he said, Lord, I believe: and +worshipped him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>And Jesus said, For judgment I am come +into this world, that they who see not may see; and they who see +become blind. <sup>40</sup>And some of the Pharisees who were +with him heard these things, and said to him, Are we blind also? +<sup>41</sup>Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye should not +have had sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is +permanent.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh10" id="joh10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">V</span>ERILY, verily, I say unto +you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but +getteth in some other way, that person is a thief and a robber. +<sup>2</sup>He that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the +sheep. <sup>3</sup>To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear +his voice: and he calleth his own peculiar sheep by name, and +leadeth them forth. <sup>4</sup>And when he bringeth out his own +sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because +they know his voice. <sup>5</sup>And a stranger will they not +follow, but will fly from him: for they know not the voice of +strangers. <sup>6</sup>This parable spake Jesus unto them: but +they knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Therefore Jesus said unto them again, +Verily, verily, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep. +<sup>8</sup>All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and +robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them. <sup>9</sup>I am +the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall +go in and out, and find pasture. <sup>10</sup>The thief cometh +not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that +they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. +<sup>11</sup>I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth +down his life for the sheep. <sup>12</sup>But the hireling, and +he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the sheep are +not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; +and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep. +<sup>13</sup>Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, +and careth not for the sheep. <sup>14</sup>I am the good +shepherd, and know my own <i>sheep</i>, and am known of my own. +<sup>15</sup>As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and +I lay down my life for the sheep. <sup>16</sup>And other sheep I +have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and +they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one +shepherd. <sup>17</sup>Therefore doth the Father love me, because +I lay down my life, that I may take it again. <sup>18</sup>No man +taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to +lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment +I have received from my Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>There was therefore a division again +among the Jews, on account of these sayings. <sup>20</sup>Then +many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hearken to +him? <sup>21</sup>Others said, These are not the discourses of a +demoniac. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then was the feast of dedication at +Jerusalem, and it was winter. <sup>23</sup>And Jesus was walking +in the temple, in Solomon’s portico. <sup>24</sup>Then the Jews +came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul +in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. +<sup>25</sup>Jesus answered them; I told you, and ye believed +not: the works which I do in the name of my Father, they bear +witness of me. <sup>26</sup>But ye believe not, for ye are not of +my sheep, as I told you. <sup>27</sup>My sheep hear my voice, and +I know them, and they follow me: <sup>28</sup>and I give unto +them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, +and no person shall pluck them out of my hand. <sup>29</sup>My +Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all and no one shall +pluck them out of my Father’s hand. <sup>30</sup>I and my Father +are one.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Then the Jews again brought stones, in +order to stone him. <sup>32</sup>Jesus said unto them, Many good +works have I shewed you from my Father; for which work of these +are ye going to stone me? <sup>33</sup>The Jews answered him, For +a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that +thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God. <sup>34</sup>Jesus +answered them, Is it not written in your law, “I said ye are +gods?” <sup>35</sup>If he called those gods, unto whom the word +of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; <sup>36</sup>do +ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the +world, Thou blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of God? +<sup>37</sup>If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. +<sup>38</sup>But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the +works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, +and I in him. <sup>39</sup>Then sought they again to apprehend +him and he departed out of their reach, <sup>40</sup>and went +again beyond Jordan, unto the place where John at first baptised; +and there he abode. <sup>41</sup>And many came to him, and said, +That John indeed performed no miracle: but all things whatsoever +John spake of this man were true. <sup>42</sup>And many believed +on him there.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh11" id="joh11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW there was a sick man, +Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. +<sup>2</sup>(It was the Mary who had anointed the Lord with the +balm, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was +sick.) <sup>3</sup>The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, +Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. <sup>4</sup>When Jesus +heard it, he said, This sickness is not for death, but for the +glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, +and Lazarus. <sup>6</sup>Then, though he heard he was ill, yet +notwithstanding he abode in the same place where he was two days. +<sup>7</sup>But after that he saith to his disciples, Let us go +again into Judea. <sup>8</sup>The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, +the Jews have just now sought to stone thee; and art thou going +thither again? <sup>9</sup>Jesus answered, Are there not twelve +hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not +stumble, because he seeth the light of this world. +<sup>10</sup>But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, +because there is no light with him. <sup>11</sup>These things +said he: and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is +asleep; but I go to waken him up. <sup>12</sup>Then said his +disciples, Lord, if he is asleep, he will recover. +<sup>13</sup>Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they +apprehended that he spake of taking rest in sleep. +<sup>14</sup>Then Jesus therefore told them plainly, Lazarus is +dead. <sup>15</sup>And I rejoice on your account that I was not +there, in order that ye may believe; but let us go to him. +<sup>16</sup>Then said Thomas, (called Didymus, the twin,) to his +fellow-disciples, Let us go too, that we may die with him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then Jesus, when he came; found that +he had already lain in the tomb four days. <sup>18</sup>Now +Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: +<sup>19</sup>and many of the Jews had come with the women who +were about Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their +brother. <sup>20</sup>Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was +coming, met him: but Mary sat in the house. <sup>21</sup>And +Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother +had not died. <sup>22</sup>But even now I know, that whatsoever +things thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. +<sup>23</sup>Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. +<sup>24</sup>Martha saith to him, I know that he shall rise at +the resurrection in the last day. <sup>25</sup>Jesus said unto +her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in +me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: <sup>26</sup>and +every one who is alive, and believeth in me, shall never die to +eternity. Believest thou this? <sup>27</sup>She saith to him, +Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, +who cometh into the world.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>So when she had thus spoken, she went +away, and called her sister Mary privately, saying, The Master is +near at hand, and calleth for thee. <sup>29</sup>As soon as she +heard it, she rose hastily, and came to him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>Now Jesus was not yet come into the +village, but was on the spot where Martha had met him. +<sup>31</sup>Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and +comforting her, observing Mary, that she rose up hastily, and +went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep +there.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>When therefore Mary was come where +Jesus was, beholding him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, +Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died! +<sup>33</sup>When Jesus then saw her weeping, and all the Jews +who came with her lamenting, he groaned in spirit, and was +himself greatly agitated: <sup>34</sup>and he said, Where have ye +laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. <sup>35</sup>Jesus +wept. <sup>36</sup>Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! +<sup>37</sup>But some of them said, Could not this man, who +openeth the eyes of the blind, have caused that this person +should not have died? <sup>38</sup>Then Jesus again groaning in +himself, cometh to the sepulchre. It was an excavation, and a +stone lay upon it. <sup>39</sup>Jesus saith, Remove the stone. +The sister of the deceased, Martha, said to him, Lord, he is by +this time putrid: for he hath been dead four days. +<sup>40</sup>Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that, if +thou wouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? +<sup>41</sup>Then they removed the stone where the deceased was +lying. And Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, Father, I +thank thee that thou hast heard me! <sup>42</sup>And I knew that +thou always dost hear me: but for the sake of the multitude +standing by I spake, that they may believe that thou hast sent +me. <sup>43</sup>And when he had thus spoken, with a loud voice +he cried, Lazarus, come forth! <sup>44</sup>And the deceased came +forth, his feet and his hands wrapped with the linen swathes; and +his face bound round with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose +him, and let him go!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>45</sup>Then many of the Jews who came to +Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed on him. +<sup>46</sup>But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told +them what things Jesus had done. <sup>47</sup>The chief priests +and Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, +What are we about? for this man is doing many miracles. +<sup>48</sup>If we suffer him to go on thus, all men will believe +on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place +and nation. <sup>49</sup>Then one particular person of them, +Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye +know nothing, <sup>50</sup>nor consider that it is expedient for +us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole +nation be not destroyed. <sup>51</sup>And this he spake not from +himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied +that Jesus should die for the nation; <sup>52</sup>and not for +that nation only, but that he should collect into one body the +children of God wherever dispersed. <sup>53</sup>Then from that +day they consulted together how they might kill him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>54</sup>Jesus therefore walked no more openly +among the Jews, but went thence into the country bordering on the +desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he abode with his +disciples. <sup>55</sup>Now the passover of the Jews was near, +and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the +passover, in order to purify themselves. <sup>56</sup>Then they +sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the +temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? +<sup>57</sup>Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had +given commandment, that, if any person knew where he was, they +should declare it, that they might apprehend him.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh12" id="joh12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">J</span>ESUS then before the days +of the passover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, +whom he had raised from the dead. <sup>2</sup>Therefore they made +him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of +those who sat at table with him. <sup>3</sup>Then Mary taking a +pound of unadulterated balm of nard, very valuable, anointed the +feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house +was filled with the odour of the ointment. <sup>4</sup>Then said +one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was +preparing to betray him, <sup>5</sup>Wherefore was not this +aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to +the poor? <sup>6</sup>Now he said this, not that he cared for the +poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried +the money put therein. <sup>7</sup>Then said Jesus, Let her +alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this. +<sup>8</sup>For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have +not always.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then the whole multitude of the Jews +knew that he was there: and they came not for the sake of Jesus +only, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised +from the dead. <sup>10</sup>Then the chief priests consulted how +they might kill Lazarus also; <sup>11</sup>because on his account +many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>On the morrow a great multitude who +came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to +Jerusalem, <sup>13</sup>took branches of palm, and went out to +meet him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed is the king of Israel, that +cometh in the name of the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Then Jesus, having found a young ass, +sat upon it; as it is written, <sup>15</sup>“Fear not, daughter +of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on the foal of an ass.” +<sup>16</sup>These things indeed knew not his disciples at first: +but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these +things were written of him, and that they had done these things +unto him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then the multitude that was with him, +when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the +dead, bore their testimony. <sup>18</sup>Therefore also the +multitude met him, because they had heard that he had done this +miracle. <sup>19</sup>Then said the Pharisees among themselves, +Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world +is gone after him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Now there were certain Greeks among +those who went up to worship at the feast: <sup>21</sup>these +then came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida, of Galilee, and they +asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. <sup>22</sup>Philip +comes and speaks to Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell +Jesus. <sup>23</sup>Then Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is +come, that the Son of man should be glorified. +<sup>24</sup>Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of +wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth +single: but if it <i>thus</i> die, it beareth abundant produce. +<sup>25</sup>He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that +hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal. +<sup>26</sup>If a man will be my servant, let him follow me; and +where I am, there also shall my servant be: and if any man serve +me, him will my Father honour. <sup>27</sup>Now is my soul +troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: +but for this cause came I unto this hour. <sup>28</sup>Father, +glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both +glorified it, and will glorify it again. <sup>29</sup>The +multitude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: +others said, An angel hath spoken to him. <sup>30</sup>Jesus +answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for +your’s. <sup>31</sup>Now is the judgment of this world: now shall +the ruler of this world be ejected out <i>of it</i>. +<sup>32</sup>And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw +all men unto me. <sup>33</sup>And this he said, signifying by +what death he should die.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Then the multitude answered him, We +have heard out of the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: and +how sayest thou, That the Son of man must be lifted up? who is +this Son of man? <sup>35</sup>Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a +little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, +lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, +knoweth not even whither he is going. <sup>36</sup>While ye have +the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of +the light. These things spake Jesus, and going away, concealed +himself from them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>Now, though he had done so many +miracles before them, they believed not on him: <sup>38</sup>that +the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he +spake, “Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the +arm of the Lord been revealed?” <sup>39</sup>For this reason they +could not believe, because Isaiah had said again; +<sup>40</sup>“He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their +hearts; lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with +the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.” +<sup>41</sup>These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and +spake of him. <sup>42</sup>However, notwithstanding, many even of +the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees they +did not make open profession, lest they should be put out of the +synagogues: <sup>43</sup>for they loved honour from men, more +than honour from God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>44</sup>Then Jesus cried and said, He that +believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. +<sup>45</sup>And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. +<sup>46</sup>I am come a light into the world, that every one who +believeth on me should not abide in darkness. <sup>47</sup>And if +any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I +came not to judge the world, but to save the world. +<sup>48</sup>He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my +words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have +spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day. +<sup>49</sup>Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Father +who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and +what I should speak. <sup>50</sup>And I know that his commandment +is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just +as the Father spake to me, so speak I.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh13" id="joh13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW before the feast of +the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he +should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his +peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end. +<sup>2</sup>And supper being served, (the devil having now +injected into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that +he should betray him;) <sup>3</sup>Jesus knowing that the Father +had given all things into his hands, and that he came out from +God, and was going to God; <sup>4</sup>he rises from supper, and +lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he wound it about +himself. <sup>5</sup>Then he poureth water into a bason, and +began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the +towel with which he was begirt. <sup>6</sup>Then cometh he to +Simon Peter: and he saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? +<sup>7</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou +knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. <sup>8</sup>Peter +saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet: no, never. Jesus +answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. +<sup>9</sup>Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but +also my hands and my head. <sup>10</sup>Jesus saith to him, He +that is washed hath need only to wash his feet, for he is +entirely clean: and ye are clean, but not all. <sup>11</sup>(For +he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, Ye are not all +clean.) <sup>12</sup>When therefore he had washed their feet, and +taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know +ye what I have done unto you? <sup>13</sup>Ye call me Master, and +Lord: and ye speak truly; for such I am. <sup>14</sup>If +therefore I have washed your feet, though the Lord and the +Master; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. +<sup>15</sup>For I have given you an example, that just as I have +done to you, ye should do also. <sup>16</sup>Verily, verily, I +say unto you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor the +messenger greater than him that sent him. <sup>17</sup>If ye know +these things, blessed are ye if ye practise them. <sup>18</sup>I +speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the +scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath +lift up his heel against me. <sup>19</sup>Now I tell you +previously, before this comes to pass, that, when it cometh to +pass, ye may believe that I <span class="sc">am</span>. +<sup>20</sup>Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth +whomsoever I shall send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, +receiveth him that sent me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>As Jesus was speaking these words, he +was greatly agitated in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, +verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. +<sup>22</sup>Then the disciples looked one at another, doubting +of whom he spake. <sup>23</sup>Now there was one of the disciples +reclining on the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved. +<sup>24</sup>Therefore Simon Peter gave him a significant look, +that he should inquire of Jesus, which of them it should be of +whom he spake. <sup>25</sup>And he leaning on the breast of +Jesus, said to him, Lord, which is it? <sup>26</sup>Jesus +answered, It is he to whom I shall give this morsel of bread, +when I have dipped it. And dipping the morsel of bread, he gave +it unto Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. <sup>27</sup>And after +the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus saith to him, What +thou doest, do quickly. <sup>28</sup>Now none of those who sat at +table knew wherefore he had spoken to him. <sup>29</sup>For some +supposed, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus was saying to him, +Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something +to the poor. <sup>30</sup>Having then received the sop, he went +out immediately: now it was night.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>When therefore he was gone, Jesus +saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in +him. <sup>32</sup>If God is glorified in him, God will also +glorify him with himself, and immediately glorify him. +<sup>33</sup>My dear children, yet a little while I am with you. +Ye shall seek me: as I said to the Jews, Whither I am going, ye +cannot come; so say I now to you. <sup>34</sup>A new commandment +I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved +you, that ye also love one another. <sup>35</sup>By this shall +all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to +another.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, +Whither art thou going? Jesus answered him, Whither I am going, +thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me hereafter. +<sup>37</sup>Peter saith to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee +now? I will lay down my life for thee. <sup>38</sup>Jesus +answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, +I tell thee, the cock will not crow, before thou shalt deny me +thrice.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh14" id="joh14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>ET not your hearts be +troubled: trust in God, and trust in me. <sup>2</sup>In my +Father’s house are many mansions: and if not, I would have told +you. I go to prepare a place for you. <sup>3</sup>And if I go and +prepare you a place, I will come again, and receive you to +myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. <sup>4</sup>And +whither I am going ye know, and the way ye know.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Thomas saith to him, We know not +whither thou art going; and how can we know the way? +<sup>6</sup>Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and +the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me. <sup>7</sup>If +ye had known me, ye would have known my Father: and from +henceforth ye know him and have seen him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the +Father, and it sufficeth us. <sup>9</sup>Jesus saith to him, Am I +all this while with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? he +that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew +us the Father? <sup>10</sup>Dost thou not believe that I am in +the Father, and that the Father is in me? the words which I speak +unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father, who dwelleth in +me, he performeth these works. <sup>11</sup>Believe me that I am +in the Father, and the Father in me: and at least believe me on +account of the works themselves. <sup>12</sup>Verily, verily, I +say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall +he do also; yea, and greater than these shall he do; because I go +to the Father. <sup>13</sup>And whatsoever ye shall ask in my +name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the +Son. <sup>14</sup>If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it. +<sup>15</sup>If ye love me, keep my commandments. +<sup>16</sup>And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you +another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; +<sup>17</sup>the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, +because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; +because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. <sup>18</sup>I +will not leave you orphans: I am coming to you. <sup>19</sup>Yet +a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: +because I live, ye shall live also. <sup>20</sup>In that day ye +shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in you. +<sup>21</sup>He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he +is the person who loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved +of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, +Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not +unto the world? <sup>23</sup>Jesus answered and said to him, If +any man love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love +him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. +<sup>24</sup>He that loveth me not, doth not observe my sayings: +and the word which ye are hearing is not mine, but of him that +sent me. <sup>25</sup>These things have I spoken to you, while I +continue among you. <sup>26</sup>But the Comforter, the Holy +Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you +all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I +have spoken to you. <sup>27</sup>Peace I leave with you, my peace +I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not +your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear. +<sup>28</sup>Ye have heard that I told you, I am going away, +though I am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would +rejoice, because I said, I am going to the Father: because my +Father is greater than I. <sup>29</sup>And now I have informed +you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye +may believe. <sup>30</sup>I shall not speak many things more with +you: for the ruler of this world is coming, though in me he hath +no part. <sup>31</sup>But that the world may know that I love the +Father; and as the Father hath given me commandment, so I do. +Arise, let us go hence.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh15" id="joh15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> AM the true vine, and my +Father is the husbandman. <sup>2</sup>Every branch in me that +beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that +beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more +fruit. <sup>3</sup>Ye are already clean through the word which I +have spoken unto you. <sup>4</sup>Abide in me, and I in you. As +the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the +vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. <sup>5</sup>I am +the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in +him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do +nothing. <sup>6</sup>If any man abide not in me, he is cast out +as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them +into the fire, and they are burned. <sup>7</sup>If ye abide in +me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, +and it shall be done for you. <sup>8</sup>Herein is my Father +glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be +my disciples. <sup>9</sup>Just as the Father hath loved me, I +also have loved you: abide in my love. <sup>10</sup>If ye keep my +commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my +Father’s commandments, and as I abide in his love. +<sup>11</sup>These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may +abide in you, and your joy may be full. <sup>12</sup>This is my +commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you. +<sup>13</sup>Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay +down his life for his friends. <sup>14</sup>Ye are my friends, if +ye do whatsoever things I command you. <sup>15</sup>I no more +call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master is +doing: but I have called you friends because I have made known to +you all things which I have heard of my Father. <sup>16</sup>Ye +have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that +ye should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be +permanent: that so whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, +he may give it you. <sup>17</sup>These things I command you, that +ye love one another. <sup>18</sup>If the world hate you, ye know +that it hated me before you. <sup>19</sup>If ye were of the +world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of +the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very +cause the world hateth you. <sup>20</sup>Remember the word which +I spake unto you, The servant is not greater than his master. If +they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they +have observed my words, they will observe your’s also. +<sup>21</sup>But all these things will they do unto you for my +name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. +<sup>22</sup>Had I not come and spoken to them, they would not +have had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. +<sup>23</sup>He that hateth me hateth my Father also. +<sup>24</sup>If I had not done among them the works which no +other ever did, they would not have had sin: but now they have +both seen and hated both me and my Father. <sup>25</sup>But it is +in order that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their +law, “They hated me without a cause.” <sup>26</sup>But when the +Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the +Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify +of me: <sup>27</sup>and ye too shall bear your testimony, because +ye have been with me from the beginning.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh16" id="joh16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HESE things have I +spoken, that ye might not be stumbled. <sup>2</sup>They will put +you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every +one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service. +<sup>3</sup>And these things will they do unto you, because they +have not known the Father, nor me. <sup>4</sup>But these things +have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember +the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at +the beginning, because I was with you. <sup>5</sup>But now I am +going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, +Whither art thou going? <sup>6</sup>But because I have spoken +these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart. +<sup>7</sup>Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you +that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not +come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. +<sup>8</sup>And when he cometh, he will convince the world of +sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: <sup>9</sup>of sin first, +because they believe not in me; <sup>10</sup>then of +righteousness, because I am going to the Father, so ye see me no +more; <sup>11</sup>and of judgment, because the ruler of this +world hath sentence pronounced on him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>I have many things to say to you, but +ye cannot bear them just now. <sup>13</sup>But when he is come, +the Spirit of truth, he will conduct you into all truth: for he +shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever things he shall hear, +he shall speak: and he will declare to you the things that shall +come hereafter. <sup>14</sup>He shall glorify me: for he shall +take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. <sup>15</sup>All things +whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore I said, that he +shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. <sup>16</sup>A +little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little +while, and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then said some of the disciples unto +each other, What is this which he saith to us, A little while +longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye +shall see me: and this, because I am going to the Father? +<sup>18</sup>They said therefore, What is this which he saith, +This little while? we know not what he means.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now Jesus knew that they were desirous +to ask him, and said unto them, Are ye questioning among +yourselves concerning this declaration, which I spake, A little +while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye +shall see me? <sup>20</sup>Verily, verily, I say unto you, That +ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye +shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into +joy. <sup>21</sup>A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, +because her hour is come: but when the little son is born, she no +more remembers the anguish, for joy that a man is brought into +the world. <sup>22</sup>And ye therefore have indeed at present +sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made +glad, and your joy no man taketh from you. <sup>23</sup>And in +that hour ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto +you, That whatsoever things ye shall ask the Father in my name, +he will give you. <sup>24</sup>Hitherto ye have asked nothing in +my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be +complete. <sup>25</sup>These things have I spoken to you in +parables: but the hour is coming when I will no more speak to you +in parables, but will plainly inform you respecting the Father. +<sup>26</sup>In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I do not +say to you, I will entreat the Father for you: <sup>27</sup>for +the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have +believed that I came out from God. <sup>28</sup>I came out from +the Father, and am come into the world: again, I am leaving the +world, and going to the Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>His disciples said unto him, Lo! now +thou speakest plainly, and speakest in no-wise proverbial. +<sup>30</sup>Now we know that thou knowest all things, and +needest not that any person should ask thee: by this we believe +that thou hast come forth from God. <sup>31</sup>Jesus answered +them, Do ye now believe? <sup>32</sup>Behold, the hour is coming, +yea, it is already come, that ye shall be dispersed, each after +his own concerns, and shall leave me alone: though I am not +alone, because the Father is with me. <sup>33</sup>These things +have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye +shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome +the world.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh17" id="joh17">CHAP. XVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HESE things spake Jesus, +and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is +come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee: +<sup>2</sup>even as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, +that with regard to all those whom thou hast given him, he should +give to them eternal life: <sup>3</sup>and this is eternal life, +that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou +hast sent, Jesus, the Messiah. <sup>4</sup>I have glorified thee +upon earth: I have completed the work which thou gavest me to +perform. <sup>5</sup>And now, Father, do thou glorify me with +thyself in the glory which I held with thee before the world was. +<sup>6</sup>I have made known thy name to the persons whom thou +gavest me out of the world: for thee they had a being, and to me +thou hast given them; and thy word have they kept. +<sup>7</sup>Now have they known, that all things whatsoever thou +hast given me are from thee. <sup>8</sup>For the declarations +which thou gavest to me I have delivered to them; and they have +received them, and have known assuredly that I came out from +thee, and they have believed that thou hast sent me. +<sup>9</sup>I entreat for them: I make no request for the world; +but for those thou hast given me; for they are thine. +<sup>10</sup>And all mine are thine, and thine mine; and I have +been glorified in them. <sup>11</sup>And now no longer am I in +this world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to thee. +Holy Father! preserve them for thy name’s sake whom thou hast +given me, that they may be one, as we are. <sup>12</sup>When I +was with them in the world, I preserved them by thy name: those +whom thou hast given me have I guarded, and not one of them is +perished, except the son of perdition; that the scripture might +be fulfilled. <sup>13</sup>But now I am coming to thee; and I am +speaking these things in the world, that they might have my joy +fulfilled in themselves. <sup>14</sup>I have given them thy word +and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, +even as I am not of the world. <sup>15</sup>I entreat not that +thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou +shouldest preserve them from the wicked one. <sup>16</sup>They +are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. +<sup>17</sup>Sanctify them by thy truth: thy word is truth. +<sup>18</sup>As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I +sent them into the world. <sup>19</sup>And for them I devote +myself, that they also might be sanctified by the truth. +<sup>20</sup>And not for them do I make request only, but also +for those who shall believe in me through their word; +<sup>21</sup>that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me, and I +in thee, that these also may be one in us: that the world may +believe that thou hast sent me. <sup>22</sup>And I have given +them the glory, which thou hast given me; that they may be one, +even as we are one: <sup>23</sup>I in them, and thou in me, that +they may be perfected into one; and that the world may know that +thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. +<sup>24</sup>Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that +where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my +glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before +the foundation of the world.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Righteous Father! though the world +hath not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known +that thou hast sent me. <sup>26</sup>And I have made known to +them thy name, and will make it known: that the love wherewith +thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh18" id="joh18">CHAP. XVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">H</span>AVING thus spoken, Jesus +went out with his disciples beyond the brook Cedron, where was a +garden, into which he went himself, and his disciples. +<sup>2</sup>Now Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: for +frequently had Jesus consorted with his disciples there. +<sup>3</sup>Then Judas having taken a band of soldiers, and the +inferior officers of the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh +thither with lanterns and torches and arms. <sup>4</sup>Jesus +therefore, conscious of all things that were coming upon him, +going forward, said to them, Whom are ye seeking? +<sup>5</sup>They answered him, Jesus the Nazarean. Jesus saith +unto them, I am he. Then stood also Judas, who betrayed him, with +these men. <sup>6</sup>As he then spake to them, I am he, they +retreated backward, and fell flat on the ground. +<sup>7</sup>Again therefore he demanded of them, Whom seek ye? +Then they said, Jesus the Nazarean. <sup>8</sup>Jesus answered, I +told you that I am he: if therefore ye are seeking me, permit +these to go away: <sup>9</sup>that the saying might be fulfilled, +which he spake, That of those whom thou hast given me, I have not +lost one of them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Then Simon Peter having a sword, drew +it, and struck a servant of the high-priest, and cut off his +right ear. Now the servant’s name was Malchas. <sup>11</sup>Then +said Jesus to Peter, Put up thy sword into the scabbard: the cup +which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>The band therefore, and the chief +captain, and the inferior officers of the Jews, seized on Jesus, +and bound him, <sup>13</sup>and led him away to Annas first; for +he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high-priest of that +year. <sup>14</sup>Now Caiaphas was the person who had given his +advice to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should be +destroyed instead of the people.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Now Simon Peter had followed Jesus, +and another disciple: and that disciple was acquainted with the +high-priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the +high-priest. <sup>16</sup>But Peter stood without at the door. +Then that other disciple, who was acquainted with the +high-priest, went out, and spoke to the porteress, and introduced +Peter. <sup>17</sup>Then said the damsel who kept the door to +Peter, Art not thou also one of the disciples of this man? He +saith, I am not. <sup>18</sup>Now the servants and inferior +officers having made a fire, for it was cold, stood and warmed +themselves: and there stood Peter with them, and warmed +himself.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>The high-priest then questioned Jesus +concerning his disciples, and respecting his doctrine. +<sup>20</sup>Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I +always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the +Jews resorted; and in secret have I spoken nothing. +<sup>21</sup>Why dost thou question me? ask those who have heard +me, what I have spoken to them: lo, they know what I said. +<sup>22</sup>As he was thus speaking, one of the servants who +stood by him gave Jesus a slap on the face, saying, Dost thou +answer the high-priest in this fashion? <sup>23</sup>Jesus +replied to him, If I have spoken in an improper manner, bear +witness of the evil deed: but if properly, why strikest thou me? +<sup>24</sup>Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the +high-priest.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing and +warming himself. Then said they to him, Art not thou also one of +this man’s disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. +<sup>26</sup>One of the servants of the high-priest, being a +kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see thee +in the garden with him? <sup>27</sup>Then again Peter denied: and +instantly the cock crew.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to +the prætorium: and it was early: and they themselves went not +into the prætorium, that they should not be defiled; but that +they might eat the passover. <sup>29</sup>Pilate then came out to +them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? +<sup>30</sup>They answered and said to him, If this fellow had +not been a malefactor, we should not have delivered him up to +thee. <sup>31</sup>Pilate then said to them, Take him yourselves, +and according to your own law judge him. The Jews then said to +him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: +<sup>32</sup>that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which +he spake, intimating by what manner of death he should die.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Pilate therefore entered again into +the prætorium, and called Jesus, and said to him, Art thou the +king of the Jews? <sup>34</sup>Jesus answered him, Dost thou +speak this from thyself, or did others speak to thee concerning +me? <sup>35</sup>Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and +the chief priests have delivered thee to me: what hast thou done? +<sup>36</sup>Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if +my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have +struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the +Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence. <sup>37</sup>Then +said Pilate unto him. Art thou not a king then? Jesus answered, +Thou sayest that I am a king. For this end I was born, and for +this I came into the world, that I should be a witness for the +truth. Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice. +<sup>38</sup>Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And having +thus spoken, he went out again unto the Jews and saith to them, I +find no fault in him. <sup>39</sup>But ye have a custom, that I +should release to you one person at the passover: will ye +therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? +<sup>40</sup>Then again they all clamoured, saying, Not this man, +but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh19" id="joh19">CHAP. XIX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN Pilate therefore took +Jesus, and scourged him. <sup>2</sup>And the soldiers having +platted a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and they clothed +him in a purple robe, <sup>3</sup>and said, Hail, King of the +Jews! and they gave him slaps on the face with their hands. +<sup>4</sup>Then again went Pilate out, and said to them, Behold, +I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find in him no +fault at all. <sup>5</sup>Then came Jesus out, bearing the thorny +crown, and the purple robe. And he said to them, Behold the man! +<sup>6</sup>When the chief priests therefore and the officers saw +him, they cried vociferously, saying, Crucify him! crucify him! +Pilate saith to them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I +have not found in him a fault. <sup>7</sup>The Jews replied to +him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, +because he hath made himself the Son of God. <sup>8</sup>When +Pilate then heard this saying, he was the more afraid: +<sup>9</sup>and entered into the prætorium again, and saith to +Jesus, From whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. +<sup>10</sup>Then saith Pilate to him, Dost thou not speak to me? +dost thou not know that I have power to crucify thee, and that I +have power to release thee? <sup>11</sup>Jesus answered, Thou +wouldest have had no authority over me, unless it had been given +thee from above: for this reason, he that hath delivered me up to +thee hath the greater crime. <sup>12</sup>Upon this Pilate sought +to release him: but the Jews clamoured, saying, If thou release +this fellow, thou art no friend of Cæsar’s: every one who +professes himself a king, speaks in opposition to Cæsar.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>When Pilate therefore heard this +speech, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat, +in a place called the Stone Pavement, but in the Hebrew, +Gabbatha. <sup>14</sup>And it was the preparation of the +passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, +Behold your King! <sup>15</sup>But they cried vociferously, Away +with him, away! crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I +crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king +but Cæsar.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Then delivered he him therefore unto +them, that he should be crucified. And they took Jesus and led +him away. <sup>17</sup>And carrying his cross he went forth to a +place called the Place of a Skull, which in the Hebrew is termed +Golgotha: <sup>18</sup>where they crucified him, and two others +with him, on this side and on that, and in the midst Jesus. +<sup>19</sup>And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the +cross. And this was the writing: JESUS THE NAZAREAN, THE KING OF +THE JEWS, <sup>20</sup>This title then many of the Jews read: for +the spot where Jesus was crucified was nigh unto the city: and it +was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. <sup>21</sup>The +chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, Write not, The +King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. +<sup>22</sup>Pilate answered, What I have written, I have +written.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Then the soldiers, when they had +crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, for each +soldier a part; and his vest: now the vest was without a seam, +woven from the upper parts throughout the whole. +<sup>24</sup>They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend +it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture +might be fulfilled, which saith, “They parted my garments among +them, and for my vest they cast lots.” So the soldiers therefore +did these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Now beside the cross of Jesus stood +his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, +and Mary Magdalene. <sup>26</sup>When Jesus then beheld his +mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing by, he saith to +his mother, Woman, behold thy son! <sup>27</sup>Then saith he to +the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple +took her unto his own home.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>After this, Jesus, conscious that all +things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, +saith, I thirst. <sup>29</sup>Now there was placed a vessel full +of vinegar: they then filling a spunge with the vinegar, and +putting it on a stick of hyssop, carried it to his mouth. +<sup>30</sup>When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he +said, It is finished: and inclining his head, he surrendered up +his spirit.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>The Jews therefore, as it was the +preparation, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the +sabbath, (for that sabbath-day was a great day,) besought Pilate +that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken +away. <sup>32</sup>Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of +the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. +<sup>33</sup>But when they came to Jesus, as they saw that he was +already dead, they brake not his legs: <sup>34</sup>but one of +the soldiers with his lance pierced his side, and immediately +there gushed out blood and water. <sup>35</sup>And he that saw it +bore witness, and we know that his testimony is true: and he +himself is conscious that he speaketh what is true, that ye might +believe. <sup>36</sup>Now these things were done, that the +scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him shall not be +broken.” <sup>37</sup>And again another scripture saith, “They +shall look on him whom they have pierced.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>And after these things Joseph of +Arimathea, (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of +the Jews,) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of +Jesus and Pilate permitted him. Then he came and took away the +body of Jesus. <sup>39</sup>And Nicodemus, who had come to Jesus +by night formerly, came also, bringing a mixture of myrrh and +aloes, about a hundred weight.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>40</sup>Then they took the body, and bound it +with swathes together with the aromatics, as the custom is with +the Jews to bury. <sup>41</sup>And there was near the spot were +he was crucified a garden and in the garden a new tomb, wherein +no person had ever yet been laid. <sup>42</sup>Because of the +preparation of the Jews therefore, they laid Jesus there; for the +sepulchre was just by.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh20" id="joh20">CHAP. XX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND on the first day of +the week, Mary Magdalen came very early, whilst yet some darkness +remained, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from +the sepulchre. <sup>2</sup>She therefore runneth, and cometh to +Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and +saith to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the +sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. +<sup>3</sup>Then Peter went out, and that other disciple, and +came to the sepulchre. <sup>4</sup>And they two ran together: and +the other disciple ran before more swiftly than Peter, and came +first to the sepulchre. <sup>5</sup>And stooping forward, he sees +the swathing clothes lying there; yet he did not go in. +<sup>6</sup>Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into +the sepulchre, and saw the swathing clothes lying, +<sup>7</sup>and the napkin, which had been round his head, not +laid with the linen swathes, but apart folded up in another +place. <sup>8</sup>Then went in also the other disciple, who had +come the first to the sepulchre, and saw, and believed. +<sup>9</sup>Though not even yet had they known the scripture, +that he should rise from the dead. <sup>10</sup>Then the +disciples went back again to their companions. <sup>11</sup>But +Mary stood at the sepulchre, without, weeping: as therefore she +wept, she bent forward towards the sepulchre. <sup>12</sup>And +saw two angels in white, sitting, the one at the head, and the +other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. +<sup>13</sup>And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She +saith to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know +not where they have laid him. <sup>14</sup>And as she thus spoke, +she turned about, and beheld Jesus standing by, and knew not that +it was Jesus. <sup>15</sup>Then Jesus said to her, Woman, why art +thou weeping? whom art thou seeking? She, supposing that it was +the gardener, said to him, Sir, if thou hast carried him hence, +tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. +<sup>16</sup>Jesus saith to her, Mary! Starting round, she said +to him, Rabboni! that is, Master! <sup>17</sup>Jesus saith to +her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but +go to my brethren, and tell them, I am ascending to my Father, +and your Father; to my God, and your God. <sup>18</sup>Mary +Magdalen cometh declaring to the disciples, that she had seen the +Lord, and that he had spoken these things to her.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>When the evening therefore was come, +on the same first day of the week, and the doors being fastened +where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus +came and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be to you. +<sup>20</sup>And thus speaking, he shewed them his hands and his +side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. +<sup>21</sup>Jesus therefore spake to them again, Peace be unto +you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. +<sup>22</sup>And so speaking, he breathed on them, and said, +Receive the Holy Ghost: <sup>23</sup>whose soever sins ye +forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins soever ye retain, +they are retained.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is +called Didymus, the twin, was not with them when Jesus came. +<sup>25</sup>Then the other disciples said to him, We have seen +the Lord. But he said to them, Except I should see in his hands +the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the +nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I shall never believe +it. <sup>26</sup>And eight days after, his disciples were again +within, and Thomas with them: Jesus cometh, though the doors were +fastened, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. +<sup>27</sup>Afterwards he spake to Thomas, Bring hither thy +finger, and behold my hands; and take thy hand, and thrust into +my side: and be not incredulous, but a believer. <sup>28</sup>And +Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God! +<sup>29</sup>Jesus saith to him, Because thou hast seen me, +Thomas, hast thou believed: blessed are they who though they have +not seen me, yet have believed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>Now many other miracles did Jesus +therefore also in the presence of his disciples, which are not +written in this book: <sup>31</sup>but these are written, that ye +might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that +believing ye might have life through his name.</p> + +<h2><a name="joh21" id="joh21">CHAP. XXI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>FTER these things Jesus +again shewed himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and +he appeared in the following manner: <sup>2</sup>Simon Peter, and +Thomas called Didymus, the twin, and Nathaniel who was of Cana of +Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of the disciples +were together. <sup>3</sup>Simon Peter said to them, I am going +a-fishing. They say to him, We too will go with thee. They went +out, and got on board the vessel immediately; and that night they +caught nothing. <sup>4</sup>But when the morning was now come, +Jesus stood upon the beach: yet the disciples had not discovered +that it was Jesus. <sup>5</sup>Then saith Jesus unto them, My +youths, have ye any thing eatable? They answered him, No. +<sup>6</sup>Then he said to them, Shoot the net on the right side +of the vessel, and ye shall find fish. They shot it therefore, +and now they were not able to drag it in from the quantity of +fishes. <sup>7</sup>Then said that disciple whom Jesus loved to +Peter, It is the Lord! Then Simon Peter, when he heard that it +was the Lord, girt his coat round him, (for he was stripped,) and +threw himself into the sea. <sup>8</sup>And the other disciples +came in the little vessel, (for they were not far from land, only +about two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with the fishes. +<sup>9</sup>When therefore they were come to land, they saw a +fire laid, and a fish upon it, and a loaf. <sup>10</sup>Jesus +saith to them, Bring some of the fish which ye have just caught. +<sup>11</sup>Simon Peter went aboard, and drew the net to land +full of large fishes, to the number of a hundred and fifty-three: +and though they were so many, yet was not the net rent. +<sup>12</sup>Jesus saith to them, Come, dine. Now not one of the +disciples dared inquire, Who art thou? conscious that it was the +Lord. <sup>13</sup>Then Jesus cometh, and taketh the loaf, and +distributed to them, and of the fish in like manner. +<sup>14</sup>Now this was the third time Jesus had shewed himself +to the disciples, after he rose from the dead.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>When therefore they had dined, Jesus +saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more +than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love +thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs. <sup>16</sup>He saith to +him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? +He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus +saith unto him, Feed my sheep. <sup>17</sup>He saith to him the +third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was +grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? +And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest +that I love thee! Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. +<sup>18</sup>Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast a +younger man, thou didst gird up thyself, and go about +whithersoever thy choice led thee: but when thou shalt grow old, +another person extending thy hands, shall gird thee, and carry +thee whither thou wouldest not. <sup>19</sup>This he told him, to +intimate by what kind of death he should glorify God. And having +thus spoken, he said to him, Follow me. <sup>20</sup>Now Peter, +turning about, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who +also at the supper reclined on his bosom, and said, Lord, which +is the person who betrayeth thee? <sup>21</sup>Peter looking at +him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what will become of this man? +<sup>22</sup>Jesus saith to him, If I will that he abide till I +come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. <sup>23</sup>Then +this speech went forth among the disciples, as though this +disciple was not to die: yet Jesus had not said to him, That he +shall not die; but, If I will that he abide till I come, what is +that to thee?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>This is the disciple who is testifing +of these things, and hath written these things: and we know that +his testimony is true. <sup>25</sup>And there are also many other +things which Jesus did, the which, if every particular was +written, I am of opinion that the world itself would not be +capable of retaining the books which should be written. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.8em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:167%"> +<a name="act1" id="act1"><span class="ls1">THE +ACTS</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF THE</p> + +<p class="pt3"><span class="ls1">HOLY APOSTLE</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HE former treatise, +Theophilus, I composed, concerning all things which Jesus began +both to do and to teach, <sup>2</sup>until that day, when having +given a charge to his apostles through the Holy Ghost, whom he +had chosen, he was taken up: <sup>3</sup>to whom also he had +shewed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible +proofs, during forty days being frequently seen by them, and +speaking of the things which relate to the kingdom of God: +<sup>4</sup>and assembling them together, commanded them not to +depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, +which, said he, ye have heard from me. <sup>5</sup>For John +indeed baptised with water; but ye shall be baptised with the +Holy Ghost not many days after the present.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>They then accordingly assembling +together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time +reestablish the kingdom of Israel? <sup>7</sup>But he said unto +them, It is not for you to know the times and the seasons, which +the Father hath reserved under his own authority. <sup>8</sup>But +ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and +ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout +all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And as he was speaking these things, +while they were looking upon him, he was taken up; and a cloud +enveloping him hid him from their eyes. <sup>10</sup>And as they +looked up earnestly into the heaven, while he was passing, +behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; <sup>11</sup>who +also said to them, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to +heaven? this Jesus, who hath been taken up from you into heaven, +shall so come, in the same manner as ye have seen him go into +heaven.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then they returned unto Jerusalem, +from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, about a +sabbath-day’s journey distant. <sup>13</sup>And when they had +arrived, they went up to an upper room, where abode Peter, and +James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and +Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealous, and Jude +brother to James. <sup>14</sup>These all persevered unanimously +in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother +of Jesus, and with his brethren.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>And in those days arose Peter in the +midst of the disciples, and said, (there was a number of persons +together, about an hundred and twenty,) <sup>16</sup>Men and +brethren, it must needs be that this scripture should be +fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost delivered before by the mouth of +David concerning Judas, who was the conductor of those who seized +on Jesus. <sup>17</sup>For he was reckoned of our number, and had +obtained an appointment to this ministry. <sup>18</sup>This man +indeed accordingly purchased a spot of ground with the wages of +iniquity; and projected forward, he burst in the midst, and all +his bowels fell out. <sup>19</sup>And it was a fact known to all +who dwelt at Jerusalem; so that this field is called in their own +dialect, Aceldama, that is, The field of blood. <sup>20</sup>For +it is written in the book of Psalms<sup><a href="#n22" id="f22" +title="see footnote" name="f22">23</a></sup>, Let his habitation +be desolate, and let there be no man to dwell in it: and his +office, as bishop, let another take<sup><a href="#n23" id="f23" +title="see footnote" name="f23">24</a></sup>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Wherefore from among the men who have +associated with us always during the time that the Lord Jesus +went in and out among us, <sup>22</sup>beginning from his baptism +by John, until the day in which he was taken up from us, must +there be chosen with us a witness of his resurrection, even one +of these. <sup>23</sup>So they appointed two persons, Joseph +called Barsabas, whose sirname was Justus, and Matthias. +<sup>24</sup>And joining in prayer, they said, Do thou, O Lord, +who knowest the hearts of all men, point out the one of these two +which thou hast chosen, <sup>25</sup>to take a part in this +ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, +to go to his own place. <sup>26</sup>And they drew lots for them +and the lot fell to Matthias and he was by unanimous suffrage +numbered with the eleven apostles.</p> + +<h2><a name="act2" id="act2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">S</span>O when the day of +Pentecost was fully come, they were all with unanimity assembled +together. <sup>2</sup>And there came suddenly from heaven a sound +as it were of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole +house where they were sitting. <sup>3</sup>And there was an +appearance to them of divided tongues, as of fire, and it rested +on every one of them. <sup>4</sup>And they were all filled with +the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with other tongues, as +the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, +Jews, men of piety, from every nation under heaven. +<sup>6</sup>And when this report spread, the multitude collected +around them, and were overwhelmed with astonishment, because they +heard them speaking every one in his own peculiar dialect. +<sup>7</sup>And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying one to +another, Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? +<sup>8</sup>And how do we hear every man in our own peculiar +dialect, in which from our birth we were brought up? +<sup>9</sup>Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and they who +inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, +<sup>10</sup>and Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of +Lybia adjoining Cyrene, and the sojourners, who are Romans, both +Jews and proselytes, <sup>11</sup>Cretans and Arabians, we hear +them speaking in our own several tongues the marvellous things of +God. <sup>12</sup>And they were all amazed, and much perplexed, +and knew not what to think, saying one to another, What can this +mean? <sup>13</sup>But others scoffing said, These men are +brimful of sweet wine. <sup>14</sup>But Peter, standing up with +the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them; Men of Judea, +and all ye who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and +listen to my words: <sup>15</sup>for these men are not, as ye +suppose, drunk, for it is only the third hour of the day. +<sup>16</sup>But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel; +<sup>17</sup>“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith +God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons +and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see +visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: <sup>18</sup>and +upon my servants and my handmaidens in those days will I pour out +of my spirit; and they shall prophesy: <sup>19</sup>and I will +perform prodigies in the heaven above, and signs in the earth +beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke. <sup>20</sup>The +sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, +before the great and illustrious day of the Lord come. +<sup>21</sup>And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call +on the Lord shall be saved<sup><a href="#n24" id="f24" title="see footnote" name="f24">25</a></sup>.” <sup>22</sup>Men of +Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazarean, a man from God, +pointed out to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God +did by him in the midst of you, as yourselves also know: +<sup>23</sup>him, by the destined counsel and foreknowledge of +God delivered up, ye have seized, and by wicked hands have +crucified and slain: <sup>24</sup>whom God hath raised up, having +loosed the pains of death: forasmuch as it was not possible that +he should be held thereby. <sup>25</sup>For David speaketh +concerning him, “I have seen the Lord always before me, for he is +at my right hand, that I might not be shaken: +<sup>26</sup>therefore is my heart full of joy, and my tongue +hath exulted; and still shall my flesh also repose in hope, +<sup>27</sup>that thou wilt not leave my soul in the mansion of +the dead, nor permit that Holy One of thine to see corruption. +<sup>28</sup>Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou +shalt fill me with delight by thy countenance<sup><a href="#n25" +id="f25" title="see footnote" name="f25">26</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>Men and brethren, permit me to speak +with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he hath +been both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us to this +day. <sup>30</sup>Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God +had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, +according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah to sit upon +his throne; <sup>31</sup>he, foreseeing this, spake of the +resurrection of the Messiah, that his soul should not be left in +the mansion of the dead, and that his flesh should not see +corruption. <sup>32</sup>This very Jesus hath God raised up, of +which we all are witnesses. <sup>33</sup>He therefore being +exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the +Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, hath poured out this, +which ye now see and hear. <sup>34</sup>For David is not ascended +into the heavens: for he saith himself, “The Lord said unto my +Lord, Sit on my right hand, <sup>35</sup>until I make thine +enemies a footstool for thy feet<sup><a href="#n26" id="f26" +title="see footnote" name="f26">27</a></sup>.” <sup>36</sup>Let +all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath +made him Lord and Messiah, even that very Jesus whom ye +crucified.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>Now when they heard this, they were +cut to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the +apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>38</sup>Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and +be baptised every one of you into the name of Jesus Christ for +the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy +Ghost. <sup>39</sup>For the promise is to you, and to your +children, and to all that are afar off; even as many as the Lord +our God shall call. <sup>40</sup>And with many other words he +testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this untoward +generation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>They therefore who gladly received his +discourse were baptised: and there were added to them that day +about three thousand souls. <sup>42</sup>And they persevered +stedfastly in the doctrine of the apostles, and in communion, and +in breaking bread, and in prayers. <sup>43</sup>And on every soul +there was an awe: and many miracles and signs were done by the +apostles. <sup>44</sup>Now all who believed were together, and +had all things common; <sup>45</sup>and sold their possessions +and goods, and divided them among all, as every one had need. +<sup>46</sup>And daily continuing with one mind at the temple, +and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their +food with great joy and simplicity of heart, +<sup>47</sup>praising God, and having favour with all the people. +And the Lord added the saved ones daily to the church.</p> + +<h2><a name="act3" id="act3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW at that time Peter and +John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the +ninth; <sup>2</sup>when a certain man who was lame from his +mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of +the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were +entering into the temple; <sup>3</sup>who seeing Peter and John +just going into the temple, asked to receive alms.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Then Peter fixing his eves stedfastly +on him with John, said, Look on us. <sup>5</sup>So he attentively +regarded them, expecting to receive something from them. +<sup>6</sup>Then said Peter, I have neither silver nor gold; but +what I have, that I give thee: By the name of Jesus Christ the +Nazarean, arise, and walk! <sup>7</sup>And taking him by the +right hand, he raised him up: and immediately his feet and ancles +were restored to strength. <sup>8</sup>And springing up he stood +on his feet, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, +walking, and leaping, and praising God. <sup>9</sup>And all the +people beheld him walking and praising God: <sup>10</sup>and they +took notice of him, that it was the same person who had sat for +alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled +with astonishment and amazed at what had happened to him. +<sup>11</sup>But as the lame man that was cured held fast Peter +and John, all the people ran together unto them into the portico +called Solomon’s, in vast amazement.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then Peter observing it, addressed +himself to the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? +or why gaze ye upon us, as if by our own power or piety we had +enabled this man to walk?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and +Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom +ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when +he had determined to release him. <sup>14</sup>But ye denied the +Holy One and the Just, and besought that a man, a murderer, might +as a favour be given unto you; <sup>15</sup>but ye slew the +Author of life, whom God raised from the dead: of which we are +witnesses. <sup>16</sup>And through faith in his name hath his +name restored this man to strength, whom ye behold and know: yea, +the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness +in the sight of you all. <sup>17</sup>And now, brethren, I know +that through ignorance ye did this deed, as did also your rulers. +<sup>18</sup>But the things which God before announced by the +mouth of all his prophets, that Messiah should suffer, he hath +thus fulfilled. <sup>19</sup>Repent ye therefore, and be +converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when refreshing +seasons shall come from the presence of the Lord; +<sup>20</sup>and he will send Jesus Christ, who was before +preached unto you: <sup>21</sup>whom the heaven indeed must +receive, until the times of restoration of all things, which God +hath spoken of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the +beginning of the world. <sup>22</sup>For Moses truly said unto +the fathers, “A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you +from among your brethren, like myself; him shall ye hear in all +things whatsoever he shall speak to you. <sup>23</sup>But it +shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hearken to +that prophet, shall be utterly exterminated from amidst the +people<sup><a href="#n27" id="f27" title="see footnote" name="f27">28</a></sup>.” <sup>24</sup>And all the prophets indeed +from Samuel, and those who succeeded him, as many as have spoken, +have also foretold those days. <sup>25</sup>Ye are the children +of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our +fathers, saying unto Abraham, And “in thy seed shall all the +nations of the earth be blessed<sup><a href="#n28" id="f28" +title="see footnote" name="f28">29</a></sup>.” <sup>26</sup>Unto +you in the first instance, hath God, after raising up his Son +Jesus, sent him to bless you, to the end that every one of you +should turn away from your iniquities.</p> + +<h2><a name="act4" id="act4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND as they were thus +speaking, the priests, and the captain of the temple-guard, and +the Sadducees, came upon them, <sup>2</sup>worn down with +vexation, because they taught the people, and preached by Jesus +the resurrection of the dead. <sup>3</sup>And they laid hands on +them, and committed them to prison till the next day: for it was +then evening.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>But many of those who heard the word +believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. +<sup>5</sup>Now it came to pass that the next morning, their +rulers, and elders, and scribes, were assembled at Jerusalem, +<sup>6</sup>and Annas the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, +and Alexander, and as many as were the high-priest’s relations. +<sup>7</sup>And placing them in the midst, they interrogated +them, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this +thing?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, +said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, +<sup>9</sup>if we are this day examined relative to the good deed +done to the infirm man, by what means he was restored; +<sup>10</sup>be it known unto you all, and to all the people of +Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean, whom ye +crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him doth this man +stand here sound in your presence. <sup>11</sup>This is the stone +which, though set at nought by you builders, is become the head +of the corner<sup><a href="#n29" id="f29" title="see footnote" +name="f29">30</a></sup>. <sup>12</sup>And there is no salvation +in any other person: for there is no other name under heaven +given unto men, whereby we must be saved.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Attentively regarding then the noble +confidence of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were men +unlettered, and destitute of education, they were astonished; and +they recollected them, that they had been with Jesus. +<sup>14</sup>But seeing the man who was healed standing with +them, they had not a word to reply in contradiction. +<sup>15</sup>But bidding them retire out of the council-chamber, +they conferred among themselves, <sup>16</sup>saying, What shall +we do with these men? for that an acknowledged miracle hath been +wrought by them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; +and we cannot deny it. <sup>17</sup>But that it be no farther +spread among the people, we will menace them with threats, no +more to speak in this name to any man. <sup>18</sup>So calling +them in, they charged them not to speak in any manner, nor to +teach, in the name of Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>But Peter and John, answering them, +said, If it be right in the sight of God to obey you rather than +God, be yourselves the judges. <sup>20</sup>For we cannot refrain +from speaking the things which we have seen and heard. +<sup>21</sup>Then they with many additional threatenings +dismissed them, finding no pretext how they might punish them, +because of the people: for all men glorified God for what had +been done. <sup>22</sup>For the man was more than forty years of +age, upon whom this miracle of healing was performed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>But they being dismissed, came unto +their own friends, and told them all things which the +high-priests and elders had said. <sup>24</sup>Now when they +heard it, they lifted up their united voice to God, and said, +Lord, thou art the God which made the heaven, and the earth, and +the sea, and all things which are in them: <sup>25</sup>who by +the mouth of David thy servant saidst, Why do the heathen so +furiously rage, and the people meditate vain things? +<sup>26</sup>The kings of the earth rose up, and the rulers were +gathered together against the Lord and against his +Messiah<sup><a href="#n30" id="f30" title="see footnote" name="f30">31</a></sup>. <sup>27</sup>For they have been in truth +collected together against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast +anointed, even Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and +the people of Israel, <sup>28</sup>to do all that thy hand and +thy counsel predestined should come to pass. <sup>29</sup>And as +to the present transactions, Lord, look upon their threatnings: +and grant thy servants power with all boldness to speak thy word, +<sup>30</sup>by stretching out thy hand for healing; and that +signs and miracles may be performed by the name of thy holy child +Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>And while they were praying, the place +in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled +with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with +boldness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And in the multitude of those that +believed there was one heart and soul: and not one person said, +that any part of his substance was his peculiar property; but all +things were in common among them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>And with great power bore the apostles +witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace +was upon them all. <sup>34</sup>Neither was there any person in +want among them: for as many as were possessors of fields or +houses disposed of them, and brought the prices of the things +sold, <sup>35</sup>and laid them at the apostles’ feet: and a +distribution was made to every one according as he had need. +<sup>36</sup>And Joses, who was surnamed Barnabas by the +apostles, (which is, being interpreted, A son of consolation,) a +Levite, a Cyprian by birth, <sup>37</sup>having a field belonging +to him, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the +apostles’ feet.</p> + +<h2><a name="act5" id="act5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW a certain man named +Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, had sold an estate, +<sup>2</sup>and secreted a part of the price paid, his wife also +being privy to the transaction, and he brought a part, and laid +it at the apostles’ feet. <sup>3</sup>But Peter said, O Ananias! +why hath Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldst lie to the +Holy Ghost, and secrete something from the price of the estate? +<sup>4</sup>it remained unsold, was it not vested in thee? and +when sold, was it not in thine own power? why then hast thou +determined in thine heart to do this deed? thou hast not lied +unto men, but unto God. <sup>5</sup>Then Ananias, hearing those +words, sunk down and expired: and great dread fell upon all who +heard these things. <sup>6</sup>Then the young men arose, and +swathed him up, and carrying him out, buried him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Now it came to pass at the distance of +about three hours, his wife also, not knowing what had passed, +came in. <sup>8</sup>And Peter addressed her, Tell me, if ye sold +the estate for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then Peter said unto her, How is it +that ye have conspired together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? +see, the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the +door, and shall carry thee out. <sup>10</sup>Then she fell +instantly at his feet, and expired: and the young men entering, +found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her with her +husband. <sup>11</sup>And great awe fell on all the Church, and +on all who heard these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But by the hands of the apostles were +many signs and miracles done among the people; (and they were all +with one accord in the portico of Solomon. <sup>13</sup>But of +the rest no man had the courage to unite himself with them: +though the people extolled them. <sup>14</sup>But believers on +the Lord were abundantly added to them, multitudes, both of men +and women.) <sup>15</sup>Insomuch that they carried out into the +streets the sick, and laid them on beds and couches, that when +Peter was coming by, if but even his shadow might pass over some +of them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Then came together also a multitude +from the neighbouring cities to Jerusalem, bringing the sick, and +those who were disturbed by unclean spirits; who were healed +universally.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then arose the high-priest, and all +those who were connected with him, (which was the sect of the +Sadducees,) and were filled with zeal, <sup>18</sup>and laid +their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. +<sup>19</sup>But the angel of the Lord by night opened the doors +of the prison, and conducting them forth, said, <sup>20</sup>Go, +and taking your station in the temple, speak to the people all +the words of this life. <sup>21</sup>Having heard this therefore, +they entered very early in the morning into the temple, and +taught. But when the high-priest came, and those who were with +him, they convoked the sanhedrim, and all the assembly of elders +of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring them. +<sup>22</sup>But the officers, on their arrival, found them not +in the prison: and returning, informed them, <sup>23</sup>saying; +The prison indeed found we fast locked with all security, and the +guards standing without, before the door: but when we opened it, +we found no person within.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now when they heard these words, both +the priest and captain of the temple and the chief priests were +in the utmost perplexity concerning these things, what could be +the meaning of it. <sup>25</sup>Then came a person and informed +them, saying, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the +temple, and teaching the people. <sup>26</sup>Then went the +captain, with the officers, and brought them; not forcibly, for +they were afraid of the people, lest they should stone them. +<sup>27</sup>But when they had conducted them, they placed them +in the sanhedrim: and the high-priest interrogated them, +<sup>28</sup>saying, Did we not lay our strict injunction upon +you, that you should not teach in this name? and, lo, ye have +filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would fain bring this +man’s blood upon us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>Then Peter and the apostles answering +said, We must obey God rather than men. <sup>30</sup>The God of +our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom ye had killed, suspending +him on a tree. <sup>31</sup>Him hath God exalted at his right +hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto +Israel, and remission of sins. <sup>32</sup>And we are witnesses +of these things; and the Holy Ghost also, which God hath given to +those who obey him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>But when they heard this, they were +cut asunder as with a saw, and took counsel how to make away with +them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Then arose a certain Pharisee, in the +sanhedrim, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, held in high +esteem by all the people, and ordered the apostles to be taken +out for a little space; <sup>35</sup>and he said unto them, Men +of Israel, take heed to yourselves respecting these men, what ye +mean to do to them. <sup>36</sup>For before these days arose +Theudas, saying that he himself was a singular personage: to whom +a number of men, about four hundred, attached themselves: who was +taken off; and as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to +nothing. <sup>37</sup>And after him arose Judas the Galilean, in +the days of the enrolment, and drew away a multitude of the +populace after him: he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed +him, were dispersed. <sup>38</sup>And as to the matters now +before you, I say unto you, Abstain from these men, and leave +them to themselves: for if this design or this work be of men, it +will come to nothing: <sup>39</sup>but if it be of God, ye cannot +overthrow it; and in that case would be found fighters against +God. <sup>40</sup>And to him they assented: and calling in the +apostles, after scourging them, they commanded them not to speak +in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>Then they went rejoicing from the +presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name’s sake, they had +been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment. +<sup>42</sup>And all the day long in the temple, and from house +to house, they never ceased teaching and preaching Jesus +Christ.</p> + +<h2><a name="act6" id="act6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW in those days, when +the disciples were multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the +Grecian proselytes against the Hebrews, because their widows were +overlooked in the daily distribution. <sup>2</sup>Then the twelve +assembling the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not fit +that we should leave the word of God, to make distribution to the +tables. <sup>3</sup>Therefore, brethren, do ye look out for seven +men from among yourselves, the best approved, full of the Holy +Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint to superintend this +business. <sup>4</sup>But we will devote ourselves constantly to +prayer, and to the ministry of the word.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And this saying was very agreeable to +all the multitude: and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith +and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, +and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas a proselyte a man of +Antioch: <sup>6</sup>whom they presented before the apostles: and +having prayed, they laid their hands upon them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And the word of God increased: and the +number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplied greatly; and +a vast body of the priests were obedient to the faith.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Now Stephen, full of faith and of +power, wrought great miracles and signs among the people. +<sup>9</sup>Then rose up certain men of the synagogue of the +freed-men, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of +those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. +<sup>10</sup>And they could not resist the wisdom and the spirit +with which he spoke. <sup>11</sup>Then they suborned men to say, +We heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses, and against +God. <sup>12</sup>And they stirred up the people, and the elders, +and the scribes, and coming upon him, they seized him together, +and dragged him to the sanhedrim; <sup>13</sup>and they set up +false witnesses, saying, This man doth not cease speaking +blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: +<sup>14</sup>for we have heard him affirm, that Jesus the +Nazarean, even he, will destroy this place, and change the +accustomed ordinances which Moses delivered to us. +<sup>15</sup>And fixing their eyes upon him, all who sat in the +sanhedrim, beheld his face as the face of an angel.</p> + +<h2><a name="act7" id="act7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN said the high-priest, +Are these things so?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>He replied, Men, brethren, and fathers, +hear me:</p> + +<p class="pn">The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, +when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, +<sup>3</sup>and said to him, Go forth out of thy country, and +from among thy relations, and come hither to a land which I will +shew thee<sup><a href="#n31" id="f31" title="see footnote" name="f31">32</a></sup>. <sup>4</sup>Then he went out from the country +of the Chaldeans, and, dwelt in Charran: and from thence, after +his father was dead, God removed him as a sojourner into this +very country, in which we now dwell. <sup>5</sup>Yet he gave him +no inheritance in it, not so much as the print of his foot: yet +he promised to give it for a possession to him and to his seed +after him, when he had no son. <sup>6</sup>Then spake God to him +thus, That his seed should sojourn in a foreign land: and that +they should enslave it, and grievously afflict it, four hundred +years. <sup>7</sup>And the nation by which they shall be enslaved +will I judge, said God: and after these things they shall come +out, and shall worship me in this place<sup><a href="#n32" id="f32" title="see footnote" name="f32">33</a></sup>. +<sup>8</sup>And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so +he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac +Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. <sup>9</sup>And the +patriarchs, envious, sold Joseph into Egypt: yet God was with +him, <sup>10</sup>and delivered him out of all his afflictions, +and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and +he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his house. +<sup>11</sup>Then came a famine upon all the land of Egypt and +Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no provisions. +<sup>12</sup>But when Jacob heard that there were provisions in +Egypt, he sent our fathers, the first time. <sup>13</sup>And the +second time Joseph was made known unto his brethren; and Joseph’s +family was made known unto Pharaoh. <sup>14</sup>Then sent +Joseph, and invited his father Jacob to come to him, and all his +kindred, consisting of seventy-five persons. <sup>15</sup>So +Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, himself, and our fathers, +<sup>16</sup>and they removed him to Sychem, and laid him in the +sepulchre which Abraham had bought, at a price paid in silver, of +the sons of Emmor, the father of Shechem. <sup>17</sup>But as the +time of the promise which God had with an oath confirmed unto +Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, +<sup>18</sup>until another king arose, who knew not Joseph. +<sup>19</sup>This man, forming crafty designs against our nation, +grievously treated our fathers, so as to cause them to expose +their children, in order to exterminate the race. <sup>20</sup>At +which time Moses was born, and was endued with singular beauty +from God, who was brought up three months in the house of his +father: <sup>21</sup>and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter +took him home, and brought him up for herself, as a son. +<sup>22</sup>And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt, +and was mighty in words and actions. <sup>23</sup>But when he had +completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his +brethren the children of Israel. <sup>24</sup>And seeing one of +them treated injuriously, he defended him, and executed vengeance +for him who had suffered the outrage, smiting the Egyptian. +<sup>25</sup>For he thought that his brethren would understand +that God by his hand would give them deliverance: but they +understood not. <sup>26</sup>And the following day he shewed +himself to them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, +saying, My friends, ye are brethren; wherefore do ye ill treat +one another? <sup>27</sup>Then he who did his neighbour wrong +thrust him from him, saying, Who appointed thee a ruler and a +judge over us? <sup>28</sup>Wilt thou kill me, as thou killedst +the Egyptian yesterday? <sup>29</sup>Then fled Moses at this +saying, and was a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat +two sons.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>And when forty years were completed, +there appeared to him in the desert of mount Sinai the angel of +the Lord, in a flame of fire in a bush. <sup>31</sup>But when +Moses saw it, he marvelled at the sight: and as he was drawing +nearer to observe it, a voice from the Lord came to him, +<sup>32</sup>“I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, +and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob<sup><a href="#n33" id="f33" title="see footnote" name="f33">34</a></sup>.” Then Moses +trembling, dared not to look farther.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Then the Lord said unto him, “Loose +the sandal from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is +holy ground. <sup>34</sup>Attentive I have beheld the evil +treatment of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, +and I am come down to deliver them. And now come hither, I will +send thee into Egypt<sup><a href="#n34" id="f34" title="see footnote" name="f34">35</a></sup>.” <sup>35</sup>This very +Moses whom they had rejected, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a +judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and redeemer by the +hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. +<sup>36</sup>He brought them forth, after performing miracles and +signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the +wilderness forty years. <sup>37</sup>This is the Moses who said +unto the children of Israel, “A prophet shall the Lord your God +raise up for you from among your brethren, as myself; him shall +ye hear<sup><a href="#n35" id="f35" title="see footnote" name="f35">36</a></sup>.” <sup>38</sup>This is he, who was with the +church in the wilderness with the angel who spake to him in the +mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the oracles of +life to give unto us: <sup>39</sup>to whom our fathers would not +be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their +hearts unto Egypt, <sup>40</sup>saying to Aaron, Make us gods who +shall go before us: for this Moses, who brought us out of the +land of Egypt, we know not what hath happened to him. +<sup>41</sup>And they made a calf in those days, and brought a +sacrifice for the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own +hands.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>42</sup>Then God turned, and gave them up to +worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the +prophets, Have ye offered me slain beasts and sacrifices forty +years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? <sup>43</sup>Yet have +ye taken up the tabernacle of Moloc, and the star of your god +Remphan, those figures which ye made to pay adoration to them: +and I will transport you beyond Babylon<sup><a href="#n36" id="f36" title="see footnote" name="f36">37</a></sup>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>44</sup>The tabernacle of the testimony was +with our fathers in the wilderness, as he that spake to Moses +commanded, that he should make it according to the model which he +had seen. <sup>45</sup>Which also our fathers having received, +brought in with Joshua into the place possessed by the Gentiles, +whom God drove out from before the presence of our fathers, unto +the days of David; <sup>46</sup>who found favour before God, and +sought to procure an habitation for the God of Jacob. +<sup>47</sup>But Solomon built an house for him. +<sup>48</sup>Though the Most High dwelleth not in temples made +with hands; as the prophet saith, <sup>49</sup>“Heaven is my +throne, and earth the footstool for my feet: what kind of house +will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what place is there for my +repose? <sup>50</sup>hath not my hand made all these +things<sup><a href="#n37" id="f37" title="see footnote" name="f37">38</a></sup>?”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>51</sup>Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in +heart and in ears, ye do always oppose yourselves against the +Holy Ghost: as your fathers, so are ye. <sup>52</sup>Which of the +prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they killed those +who before published the tidings of the coming of that Righteous +Person; of whom ye have now been the betrayers and murderers: +<sup>53</sup>who have received the law through arrangements of +angels, yet have not observed it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>54</sup>Now when they heard these things, they +were cut through their hearts as with a saw, and gnashed upon him +with their teeth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>55</sup>But he being full of the Holy Ghost, +and looking up stedfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and +Jesus standing at the right hand of God; <sup>56</sup>and he +said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man +standing at the right hand of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>57</sup>Then they screamed out with a great +cry, and stopped their ears, and rushed all together upon him, +<sup>58</sup>and dragging him out of the city, stoned him: and +the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young +man, named Saul. <sup>59</sup>And they stoned Stephen, in the act +of prayer, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! +<sup>60</sup>Then falling on his knees, he cried with a loud +voice, Lord, impute not to them this sin! And thus speaking, fell +asleep.</p> + +<h2><a name="act8" id="act8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT Saul was delighted +with his execution.</p> + +<p class="pn">Now on that very day commenced a great persecution +against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all, besides the +apostles, were dispersed through the regions of Judea and +Samaria.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>Then some pious men assembling, carried +Stephen to his grave, and made great lamentation over him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>But Saul ravaged the church, entering +into the houses, and dragging men and women, cast them into +prison.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Those therefore who were dispersed, +travelled through the country, preaching the word. +<sup>5</sup>But Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached +Christ unto them. <sup>6</sup>And the multitudes with united +minds were very attentive to the things spoken by Philip, when +they heard him, and saw the miracles which he did. +<sup>7</sup>For the unclean spirits, roaring with great cries, +came forth out of many who were possessed: and many who were +paralytic and lame were healed. <sup>8</sup>And there was great +joy in that city.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>But a certain man, named Simon, lived +previously in that city, who practised magic, and astonished the +nation of Samaria, giving out himself as an extraordinary great +personage: <sup>10</sup>to whom all gave heed from the small to +the great, saying, This man is the great power of God. +<sup>11</sup>And to him they attended, because he had of a +considerable time astonished them by his magical tricks. +<sup>12</sup>But when they believed Philip, who preached the glad +tidings of the things which related to the kingdom of God, and +the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised both men and women. +<sup>13</sup>Then Simon also himself believed: and being +baptised, he attached himself to Philip, and beholding the signs +and great miracles which were performed, he was astonished.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>But when the apostles who were at +Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they +sent unto them Peter and John: <sup>15</sup>who, when they were +come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy +Ghost: <sup>16</sup>for as yet he had not fallen on any one of +them: only they had been baptised into the name of the Lord +Jesus. <sup>17</sup>Then they laid their hands upon them, and +they received the Holy Ghost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Now when Simon saw, that by the +imposition of the apostles’ hands, the Holy Ghost was given, he +offered them money, <sup>19</sup>saying, Confer on me also this +power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, they may receive the +Holy Ghost. <sup>20</sup>But Peter said unto him, May thy silver +with thyself go into perdition, because thou hast imagined that +the gift of God can be purchased with money. <sup>21</sup>There +is for thee neither part nor lot in this word: for thy heart is +not right before God. <sup>22</sup>Repent therefore of this thy +wickedness, and pray to God, if haply this thought of thy heart +may be forgiven thee. <sup>23</sup>For I see that thou art in the +gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity. <sup>24</sup>Then +Simon answering said, Pray ye for me unto the Lord, that none of +the things which ye have spoken may come upon me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Then they, after bearing their +testimony, and speaking the word of the Lord, returned towards +Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the +Samaritans.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Now the angel of the Lord spake to +Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south, on the road +which leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza: it is a wilderness. +<sup>27</sup>And he arose and went: and lo! an Ethiopian man, an +eunuch, a person in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, +who was over all her treasury; he had gone to worship unto +Jerusalem, <sup>28</sup>and was returning, and sitting in his +chariot, was reading the prophet Isaiah. <sup>29</sup>Then said +the Spirit to Philip, Go up, and approach close to that chariot. +<sup>30</sup>Then Philip running up to him, heard him reading the +prophet Isaiah; and he said, Well! but dost thou understand what +thou art reading? <sup>31</sup>He replied, How indeed can I, +except some person guide me in the way? And he besought Philip to +come up and sit with him. <sup>32</sup>The portion of scripture +which he had been reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to the +slaughter; and as a lamb before him who sheareth it is dumb, so +he opened not his mouth: <sup>33</sup>in his humiliation his +judgment was taken away: but his generation who can describe? for +his life was taken away from the earth<sup><a href="#n38" id="f38" title="see footnote" name="f38">39</a></sup>.” +<sup>34</sup>Then the eunuch addressing himself to Philip, said, +I pray thee, of whom doth the prophet thus speak? of himself, or +of some other person? <sup>35</sup>Then Philip opening his mouth, +and beginning from that scripture, preached to him Jesus. +<sup>36</sup>But as they went on the road, they came to some +water: and the eunuch said, Here is water, what forbids my being +baptised? <sup>37</sup>And Philip said, If thou believest with +the whole heart, it is allowable. Then he answered and said, I +believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. <sup>38</sup>And he +bid the carriage stop: and they went down both into the water, +both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptised him. <sup>39</sup>But +when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord +caught up Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more: then he went on +his way rejoicing. <sup>40</sup>But Philip found himself at +Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel in all the +cities, until he came to Cæsarea.</p> + +<h2><a name="act9" id="act9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT Saul, still breathing +out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, +applying to the high-priest, <sup>2</sup>besought of him letters +for the synagogues at Damascus, that if he should find any +persons of this way, whether men or women, he might bring them in +chains to Jerusalem. <sup>3</sup>So advancing on his journey, he +was drawing nigh to Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him +a light from heaven: <sup>4</sup>and falling on the ground, he +heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou +me? <sup>5</sup>Then said he, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord +said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting: It is difficult for +thee to kick against the goads. <sup>6</sup>And trembling and +amazed he said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord +said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told +thee what thou must do.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And the men who travelled with him +stood astonished, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no man. +<sup>8</sup>Then Paul arose from the earth; and when his eyes +were opened, he saw no man: but leading him by the hand, they +brought him into Damascus. <sup>9</sup>And he was three days +seeing nothing, and did neither eat nor drink.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Now there was a certain disciple at +Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, +Ananias! And he said, Here I am, Lord. <sup>11</sup>Then the Lord +said to him, Arise, go into the street called Strait, and inquire +at the house of Judas for one named Saul a man of Tarsus: for, +behold, he is praying, <sup>12</sup>and hath seen in a vision a +man named Ananias coming to him, and laying his hand upon him, +that he may recover his sight. <sup>13</sup>But Ananias answered, +Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evils he hath +inflicted on thy saints at Jerusalem: <sup>14</sup>and here he +hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon +thy name. <sup>15</sup>But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this +man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, +and kings, and the children of Israel: <sup>16</sup>for I will +shew him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Then went Ananias, and entered into +the house; and laying his hands upon him, said, Brother Saul, the +Lord Jesus, who was seen by thee in the way that thou camest, +hath sent me, that thou mightest recover thy sight, and be filled +with the Holy Ghost. <sup>18</sup>And directly there fell from +his eyes as it were scales: and he recovered sight instantly, and +arose, and was baptised. <sup>19</sup>And when he had taken +nourishment, he regained his strength. And Saul continued with +the disciples who were at Damascus several days. <sup>20</sup>And +immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the +Son of God. <sup>21</sup>And all who heard him were amazed, and +said, Is not this the man who made havoc at Jerusalem, among +those who called on this name? and hither he came for this +purpose, that he might carry them in chains unto the chief +priests? <sup>22</sup>But Saul was endued with still greater +power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, +conclusively evincing that this person is the Messiah.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>But when many days were fulfilled, the +Jews consulted together how to kill him: <sup>24</sup>but their +design was discovered to Saul. And they kept guard at the gates +of the city day and night, that they might kill him. +<sup>25</sup>But the disciples taking him by night, got him off +through the wall, letting him down in a basket.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>But when Saul was come to Jerusalem, +he attempted to join the disciples: and they were all afraid of +him, not crediting that he was a disciple. <sup>27</sup>Then +Barnabas taking him by the hand, 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 boldly he had preached at Damascus in +the name of Jesus. <sup>28</sup>And he was with them coming in, +and going out at Jerusalem: <sup>29</sup>and speaking boldly in +the name of the Lord Jesus. And he talked and disputed with the +Grecian proselytes: but they made an attempt to murder him. +<sup>30</sup>Then the brethren, when they knew it brought him +down to Cæsarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Then had the churches peace through +all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified; and walking in +the fear of God, and in the consolation of the Holy Ghost, were +multiplied.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Now it came to pass, as Peter was +passing through all parts, that he went down also to the saints +which dwelt at Lydda. <sup>33</sup>And found there a certain man +named Æneas, during six years stretched on a bed, who was +paralytic. <sup>34</sup>And Peter said to him, Æneas, Jesus the +Messiah maketh thee whole: arise, and make thine own bed. And he +arose immediately. <sup>35</sup>And all who dwelt at Lydda and +Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>But there was at Joppa a woman, a +disciple, named Tabitha, (which by interpretation is called +Dorcas:) this woman was full of good works and of alms which she +did. <sup>37</sup>But it came to pass that in those days she +sickened and died: having then washed her, they laid her out in +an upper room. <sup>38</sup>And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the +disciples hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, +entreating him without delay to come over to them. +<sup>39</sup>Then Peter arose and went with them. And they +carried him, on his arrival, into the upper room: and all the +widows stood round him weeping, and shewing the coats and +garments which Dorcas had made, whilst she was with them. +<sup>40</sup>But Peter putting them all out, fell upon his knees, +and prayed; and turning to the body, said, Tabitha, arise! And +she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. +<sup>41</sup>Then he gave her his hand, and raised her up; and +calling in the saints and the widows, presented her to them +alive. <sup>42</sup>And it was known through all Joppa; and many +believed on the Lord. <sup>43</sup>Then it came to pass, that he +abode many days at Joppa with one Simon a tanner.</p> + +<h2><a name="act10" id="act10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW there was a man at +Cæsarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the +Italic, <sup>2</sup>a man of piety, and who feared God with all +his house, giving much alms to the people, and praying to God +continually. <sup>3</sup>He saw in a vision evidently about the +ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him, and saying +to him, Cornelius. <sup>4</sup>Then looking stedfastly on him, +and being terrified, he said, What means this, Lord? And he said +unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial +before God. <sup>5</sup>And now send men to Joppa, and inquire +for Simon, who is surnamed Peter: <sup>6</sup>he lodgeth with one +Simon a tanner, whose house is near the sea: this man will tell +thee what thou must do. <sup>7</sup>But when the angel departed +who spake to Cornelius, he called two of his domestics, and a +pious soldier, persons who constantly were in attendance upon +him; <sup>8</sup>and relating all things to them, sent them to +Joppa.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then the next morning, as they were on +their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up to the +flat roof to pray about the sixth hour: <sup>10</sup>and he grew +very hungry, and desired something to eat: but whilst they were +getting it ready, a sacred ecstacy fell upon him. +<sup>11</sup>And he saw heaven opened, and there descended to him +a certain vessel, as a great sheet with chains at the four +corners, and resting upon the earth: <sup>12</sup>in which were +all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, +and birds of the air. <sup>13</sup>And there came a voice to him, +Rise, Peter; slay and eat. <sup>14</sup>But Peter said, By no +means, Lord for I have never at any time eaten of any thing +common or unclean. <sup>15</sup>And the voice again a second time +came to him, What God hath cleansed, call not thou unclean. +<sup>16</sup>This was thrice repeated: and the vessel was again +taken up into heaven.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>But while Peter was perplexed in +himself what was meant by the vision which he had seen, then, +behold! the men which had been sent by Cornelius having inquired +out the house of Simon, stood before the door, <sup>18</sup>and +calling, asked if Simon, surnamed Peter, lodged there. +<sup>19</sup>But while Peter was musing upon the vision, the +Spirit said to him, Lo! three men are inquiring after thee. +<sup>20</sup>Arise then, and go down, and go with them, +entertaining no doubt, for I have sent them. <sup>21</sup>Then +Peter went down to the men who were sent by Cornelius to him; and +said, Lo! I am the person that ye ask for: what is the business +on which ye are come hither? <sup>22</sup>Then they said, +Cornelius a centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and +of good report with all the nation of the Jews, has been divinely +admonished by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, to hear +words from thee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Then inviting them in, he lodged them +there. And the next morning Peter went with them, and some of the +brethren from Joppa accompanied him. <sup>24</sup>And the next +day they entered into Cæsarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them, +having called together his relations and nearest friends. +<sup>25</sup>And as Peter was entering, Cornelius met him, and +falling at his feet, paid him homage. <sup>26</sup>But Peter +raised him up, saying, Arise; I also myself am a man. +<sup>27</sup>And conversing with him, he entered, and found many +assembled together.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And he said unto them, Ye know how +contrary it is to established usage, for a man who is a Jew to +associate with or visit one of another nation; but God hath +shewed me to call no man common or unclean. +<sup>29</sup>Wherefore also without a word, I came when invited: +I beg to know therefore for what purpose ye have sent for me?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>Then Cornelius said, Four days ago I +was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour I was praying +in my house, and, lo! a man stood before me in shining apparel, +<sup>31</sup>and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy +alms are remembered before God. <sup>32</sup>Send therefore to +Joppa, and invite Simon, whose surname is Peter, to come to thee; +he lodgeth in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea: who, +when he is come will talk with thee. <sup>33</sup>Immediately +therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast done well in coming. Now +therefore are all we here present before God, to hear all things +that are given in charge to thee from God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Then Peter opening his mouth, said, In +truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons: +<sup>35</sup>but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh +righteousness, is acceptable to him. <sup>36</sup>The word which +he sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus +Christ, (he is Lord of all,) ye know: <sup>37</sup>even that +which was the common talk through all Judea, beginning from +Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; +<sup>38</sup>respecting Jesus, who was of Nazareth, how God had +anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about +doing good, and healing all that were tyrannically oppressed of +the devil; for God was with him. <sup>39</sup>And we are +witnesses of all things which he did both in the region of the +Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they killed suspending him on a +tree: <sup>40</sup>him God raised up the third day, and ordained +that he should be visibly manifested; <sup>41</sup>not to all the +people, but to witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who +did eat and drink with him after he was arisen from the dead. +<sup>42</sup>And hath commanded us to proclaim to the people, and +to bear our testimony that this is the person who is ordained of +God the Judge of the living and the dead. <sup>43</sup>To him +bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one +who believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>44</sup>While Peter was yet speaking these +words, the Holy Ghost fell on all who heard the discourse. +<sup>45</sup>And they of the circumcision who were believers, as +many as came with Peter, were amazed, because even on the +Gentiles the gift of the holy Ghost was poured out. +<sup>46</sup>For they heard them speaking in different languages, +and magnifying God. Then Peter addressed them, <sup>47</sup>Can +any one forbid the water for baptising these persons, who have +received the Holy Ghost as well as we? <sup>48</sup>So he +commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they +entreated him to tarry there some days.</p> + +<h2><a name="act11" id="act11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW the apostles and +brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had +received the word of God. <sup>2</sup>And when Peter went up to +Jerusalem, they of the circumcision disputed with him, +<sup>3</sup>saying, Thou hast gone in to men holding +uncircumcision, and hast eaten with them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Then Peter taking up the matter from +the beginning, explained it to them regularly, saying, +<sup>5</sup>I was in the city of Joppa praying and I saw in a +trance a vision, a certain vessel descending as a vast sheet let +down from heaven by its four corners; and it came close to me: +<sup>6</sup>on which looking attentively, I perceived, and saw +the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the +reptiles, and the birds of the air. <sup>7</sup>Then I heard a +voice saying to me, Rise, Peter; slay and eat. <sup>8</sup>But I +said, By no means, Lord: for never yet hath any thing common or +unclean entered into my mouth. <sup>9</sup>But the voice replied +the second time from heaven, What God hath cleansed, call not +thou common. <sup>10</sup>Now this was repeated thrice: and the +whole withdrawn again into heaven. <sup>11</sup>And, lo! +immediately three men stood before the house where I was, sent +from Cæsarea unto me. <sup>12</sup>And the Spirit bade me go with +them, making no hesitation. But with me went also these six +brethren, and we entered into the man’s house: <sup>13</sup>and +he informed us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing +and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and invite Simon, who is +surnamed Peter; <sup>14</sup>who will speak words to thee, by +which thou mayest be saved, and thy house. <sup>15</sup>So when I +had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, just as on us at +the beginning. <sup>16</sup>Then I recollected the word of the +Lord, how he had said, John indeed baptised with water; but ye +shall be baptised with the Holy Ghost. <sup>17</sup>If God then +gave an equal gift to them even as to us, on believing on the +Lord Jesus Christ; I, indeed, who was I, that I should be able to +restrain God?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>So when they heard these things they +were satisfied, and glorified God, saying, Well! then hath God +even to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now those also who were dispersed by +the persecution which arose on account of Stephen passed on as +far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no +man except the Jews only. <sup>20</sup>And some of them were men +of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they arrived at Antioch, spake to +the Grecian proselytes, preaching the Lord Jesus. +<sup>21</sup>And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a vast +multitude believing, turned to the Lord. <sup>22</sup>And the +report concerning them was heard in the ears of the church which +was at Jerusalem: and they dispatched Barnabas, to go as far as +Antioch. <sup>23</sup>Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the +grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose +of heart to adhere to the Lord. <sup>24</sup>For he was a good +man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and a great +multitude was added to the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Then went forth Barnabas to Tarsus, in +search of Saul: <sup>26</sup>and having found him, he brought him +to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they +were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast +multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the +disciples Christians. <sup>27</sup>Now there came down in those +days prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch. <sup>28</sup>And one of +them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a +great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which +also came in the reign of Claudius Cæsar. <sup>29</sup>Then the +disciples, as everyman had ability, determined every individual +of them to send a sum to be distributed among the brethren who +dwelt in Judea: <sup>30</sup>which also they did, sending it off +to the presbyters by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.</p> + +<h2><a name="act12" id="act12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW at that time Herod the +king stretched forth his hand to treat cruelly certain persons +belonging to the church. <sup>2</sup>And he slew James the +brother of John with a sword. <sup>3</sup>And seeing how +agreeable this was to the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. +(Then were the days of unleavened bread.) <sup>4</sup>Whom having +apprehended, he put him in prison, delivering him to four +quaternions of soldiers to keep guard over him; intending after +the Passover to bring him forth to the people <i>for +execution</i>. <sup>5</sup>So then Peter was kept in prison: but +fervent prayer was offered up by the church to God for him. +<sup>6</sup>Now when Herod was going to bring him forth, the same +night was Peter fast asleep between the two soldiers, fastened to +them with two chains: and the guards before the door kept the +prison. <sup>7</sup>And, lo! an angel of the Lord stood there, +and light glared through the apartment: then with a stroke on +Peter’s side, he roused him up, and said, Arise quickly. And his +chains fell from his hands. <sup>8</sup>And the angel said to +him, Gird thyself up, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And +he said unto him, Wrap thyself in thy mantle, and follow me. +<sup>9</sup>And going out, he followed him; and knew not that it +was a reality which was done by the angel; but he supposed he saw +a vision. <sup>10</sup>So passing through the first ward and the +second, they came to the iron door which leads into the city, +which opened to them spontaneously: and being come out, they +walked forward through one street; and immediately the angel +departed from him. <sup>11</sup>And Peter coming to himself, +said, Now I know assuredly, that the Lord hath sent his angel, +and hath delivered me from the hand of Herod, and all the eager +expectation of the people of the Jews. <sup>12</sup>And after +considering with himself, he went to the house of Mary the mother +of John, who is surnamed Mark; where many were thronged together, +and praying. <sup>13</sup>Peter then knocking at the door of the +gateway, there came a damsel to ask who was there, named Rhoda. +<sup>14</sup>And well knowing Peter’s voice, she opened not the +door for joy; but running in, told that Peter was standing before +the door. <sup>15</sup>But they said, Thou art raving. But she +confidently persisted that it was so. Then they said, It is his +angel. <sup>16</sup>But Peter continued knocking: and they opened +the door and saw him, and were astonished. <sup>17</sup>Then +beckoning with the hand that they should be silent, he informed +them in what manner the Lord had brought him out of the prison. +And he said, Tell James and the brethren these things. And +departing thence he went into another place.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Now when the day broke, there was no +small stir among the soldiers, what could possibly become of +Peter. <sup>19</sup>And Herod sought him out earnestly, but not +being able to find him, after having examined the guards +strictly, he commanded them to be executed. And going down from +Jerusalem to Cæsarea, took up his abode there.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Now Herod was fiercely bent on war +against the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they presented themselves +unanimously before him, and ingratiating themselves with Blastus +who was over the king’s bedchamber, they begged for peace; +because their country received all their supply of provisions +from the king’s territories. <sup>21</sup>Then on a day +appointed, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, and seated on his +throne, made an harangue unto them. <sup>22</sup>And the populace +shouted, It is the voice of a god, and not a man. +<sup>23</sup>But instantly the angel of the Lord smote him, +because he gave not the glory to God: and being devoured with +worms, he expired.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>But the word of the Lord increased, +and was widely diffused. <sup>25</sup>Then Barnabas and Saul +departed from Jerusalem, having completed the distribution <i>of +the sum entrusted with them</i>; and they took with them John, +whose surname was Mark.</p> + +<h2><a name="act13" id="act13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW there were at Antioch, +according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such +as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a +Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch’s foster-brother, and +Saul. <sup>2</sup>And as they were employed in the ministry, and +kept a fast, the Holy Ghost said, Set apart for me now both +Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. +<sup>3</sup>Then having kept a fast and prayed, and laid their +hands on them, they sent them out. <sup>4</sup>They then being +sent forth indeed by the Holy Ghost, went down to Seleucia; and +from thence sailed to Cyprus. <sup>5</sup>And being at Salamis, +they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and +they had John also as their attendant. <sup>6</sup>Now as they +travelled through the island as far as Paphos, they found a +certain person who professed magic, a false prophet, a Jew, whose +name was Bar-jesus: <sup>7</sup>who was with the proconsul +Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; he inviting to his house +Barnabas and Saul, desired earnestly to hear the word of God. +<sup>8</sup>But Elymas the magician (for such is his name when +interpreted) opposed them, seeking to pervert the proconsul from +the faith. <sup>9</sup>Then Saul (now Paul), filled with the Holy +Ghost, and fixing his eyes upon him, <sup>10</sup>said, O thou +full of all guile and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou +enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the +strait ways of the Lord? <sup>11</sup>And now, behold, the hand +of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, seeing the sun +no more for a season. And instantly there fell on him a thick +mist and darkness; and groping about he sought some to lead him +by the hand. <sup>12</sup>Then when the proconsul saw what was +done, he believed, being struck with the doctrine of the +Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Hereupon sailing from Paphos, they who +were about Paul came to Perga in Pamphylia: but John departing +from them returned to Jerusalem. <sup>14</sup>And they departed +from Perga, and came to Antioch in Pisidia, and entering into the +synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down. <sup>15</sup>Then +after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the +synagogues sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if ye are +disposed to give a word of exhortation to the people, speak.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Then Paul arose, and waving his hand, +said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hear me. +<sup>17</sup>The God of this people Israel selected our fathers, +and exalted the people during their abode in the land of Egypt, +and with a mighty arm brought he them out of it. <sup>18</sup>And +about the space of forty years he bore with their behaviour in +the wilderness. <sup>19</sup>And destroying seven nations in the +land of Canaan, he distributed their territory to them by lot. +<sup>20</sup>And after these things, during a space of about four +hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges until Samuel the +prophet. <sup>21</sup>And from that time they desired a king: and +God gave them Saul the son of Kis, a man of the tribe of +Benjamin, during forty years. <sup>22</sup>And removing him, he +raised up unto them David to be king; respecting whom also he +spake testifying, “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man +after my own heart, who shall perform all my +intentions<sup><a href="#n39" id="f39" title="see footnote" name="f39">40</a></sup>.” <sup>23</sup>From this man’s seed according +to the promise hath God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus: +<sup>24</sup>John having preached before his first coming the +baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. +<sup>25</sup>But as John was finishing his course, he said, Whom +do ye suppose me to be? I am not <i>the Messiah</i>. But, behold! +he is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy +to loose. <sup>26</sup>Men and brethren, children of the race of +Abraham, and all among you who fear God, to you is the word of +this salvation sent. <sup>27</sup>For they who dwell at +Jerusalem, and their rulers, being ignorant of him, and the words +of the prophets that are read every sabbath-day, by condemning +him have fulfilled them. <sup>28</sup>And though they found no +cause of death in him, they besought Pilate that he might be +killed. <sup>29</sup>But when they had finished all things that +were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid +him in a sepulchre. <sup>30</sup>But God raised him from the +dead: <sup>31</sup>and he was seen many days by those who went up +with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the +people. <sup>32</sup>And we preach to you the promise made to our +fathers; <sup>33</sup>for this hath God fulfilled to their +children, even to us, in raising up Jesus: as it is also written +in the second Psalm, “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten +thee<sup><a href="#n40" id="f40" title="see footnote" name="f40">41</a></sup>.” <sup>34</sup>But that he raised him from the +dead, no more in future to return to corruption, he hath thus +spoken, “I will give you the holy things of David, which are +sure<sup><a href="#n41" id="f41" title="see footnote" name="f41">42</a></sup>.” <sup>35</sup>Wherefore also he saith in +another place, “Thou wilt not permit thy Holy One to see +corruption<sup><a href="#n42" id="f42" title="see footnote" name="f42">43</a></sup>.” <sup>36</sup>For David indeed, after having +served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and +was placed with his fathers, and saw corruption. <sup>37</sup>But +he, whom God raised up, saw no corruption. <sup>38</sup>Be it +therefore known unto you, men and brethren, that through this man +remission of sin is proclaimed to you: <sup>39</sup>and by this +man shall every one who believeth be justified from all things, +from which it was not possible that he should be justified by the +law of Moses. <sup>40</sup>Take heed then, that this come not +upon you, which is spoken by the prophets; <sup>41</sup>“Behold, +ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I do a work in your +days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though one +declare it unto you<sup><a href="#n43" id="f43" title="see footnote" name="f43">44</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>42</sup>But when the Jews were going out of +the synagogue, the Gentiles entreated that these words might be +spoken to them the following sabbath. <sup>43</sup>And when the +synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout +proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, exhorting them, +persuaded them to abide stedfast in the grace of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>44</sup>And on the next sabbath almost all the +city thronged together to hear the word of God. <sup>45</sup>But +the Jews seeing the multitude, were filled with envy, and opposed +the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling. +<sup>46</sup>Then Paul and Barnabas speaking with undaunted +boldness, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be +first spoken unto you: but since ye have thrust it from you, and +judged yourselves not worthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to the +Gentiles. <sup>47</sup>For so hath the Lord enjoined us, “I have +set thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mightest be for +salvation unto the extremity of the earth<sup><a href="#n44" id="f44" title="see footnote" name="f44">45</a></sup>.” +<sup>48</sup>Now when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced, and +glorified the word of the Lord: and they believed, even as many +as were ordained to life eternal. <sup>49</sup>So the word of the +Lord was diffused through the whole region.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>50</sup>Then the Jews stirred up the devout +women, and those who were respectable, and the principal persons +of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and +Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders. <sup>51</sup>But +they, shaking off the dust of their feet against them, came to +Iconium. <sup>52</sup>And the disciples were filled with joy, and +with the Holy Ghost.</p> + +<h2><a name="act14" id="act14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW it came to pass at +Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, +and spake in such a manner, as that a vast multitude both of the +Jews and Greek proselytes believed. <sup>2</sup>But the +unbelieving Jews stirred up, and maliciously prejudiced the +spirits of the Gentiles against the brethren. <sup>3</sup>A long +space therefore continued they there speaking boldly in the Lord, +who bore witness to the word of his grace, and granted signs and +miracles to be wrought by their hands. <sup>4</sup>So the +multitude was divided: some indeed were with the Jews, but others +with the apostles. <sup>5</sup>And when there was a strong effort +made both by the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to ill-treat +and stone them, <sup>6</sup>conscious of their danger, they fled +unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the +circum-jacent country: <sup>7</sup>and there they preached the +gospel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And there was a certain man at Lystra, +who having lost the use of his feet was sitting, being lame from +his mother’s womb, and who had never been able to walk: +<sup>9</sup>this person heard Paul speaking; who fixing his eyes +on him, and discovering that he had faith to be healed, +<sup>10</sup>said with a loud voice, Stand up firm on thy feet! +And he leaped and walked. <sup>11</sup>But when the multitudes +beheld what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, in the +dialect of Lycaonia, saying, The gods in the form of mortals are +come down to us. <sup>12</sup>And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; +and Paul, Mercury, because he principally led the discourse.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then the priest of Jupiter, who was +the presiding deity of their city, brought bulls and garlands +unto the gates of the city, and intended to offer a sacrifice +with the people. <sup>14</sup>But when the apostles, Barnabas and +Paul, heard it, they rent their garments, and rushed into the +crowd, crying out, <sup>15</sup>and saying, Sirs, why do ye these +things? We too are mortals subject to the same infirmities with +you; preaching to you the gospel, that ye should turn from these +vain things unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and +the sea, and all things which are therein: <sup>16</sup>who in +the past generations hath suffered all nations to walk in their +own ways. <sup>17</sup>Although indeed he left not himself +untestified of, doing us good, giving us from heaven showers, and +fruitful seasons, replenishing our hearts with food and gladness. +<sup>18</sup>And thus speaking, scarce restrained they the +multitudes from offering the sacrifice to them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Then came the Jews from Antioch and +Iconium, and gaining over the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and +dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. +<sup>20</sup>But as the disciples stood around him, he arose, and +entered into the city: and on the morrow he departed with +Barnabas for Derbe. <sup>21</sup>And after preaching the gospel +in that city, and bringing many to become disciples, they +returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch; +<sup>22</sup>strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting +them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many +afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven. +<sup>23</sup>Then appointing them presbyters in every city, by +prayer with fastings they commended them to the Lord, on whom +they had believed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Then passing through Pisidia, they +came unto Pamphylia. <sup>25</sup>And having spoken the word in +Perga, they went down to Attalia: <sup>26</sup>and thence sailed +for Antioch, from whence they had been commended to the grace of +God for the service which they had performed. <sup>27</sup>So +when they arrived they called the church together, and related +what great things God had done by them, and that he had opened to +the heathen the door of faith.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>And there they abode no inconsiderable +time with the disciples.</p> + +<h2><a name="act15" id="act15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND certain persons coming +down from Judea taught the brethren, That if ye are not +circumcised according to the ordinances of Moses, ye cannot be +saved. <sup>2</sup>There being therefore no small contention and +dispute maintained by Paul and Barnabas against them, they +determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of their +body, should go up to the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem, +for the decision of this question. <sup>3</sup>They therefore +being sent on their way by the church, passed through Phœnicia +and Samaria, giving a particular narrative of the conversion of +the Gentiles: and they gave great joy to all the brethren. +<sup>4</sup>Then when they arrived at Jerusalem, they were +cordially received by the church, and the apostles and +presbyters, and they related how great things God had done by +them. <sup>5</sup>But up rose some of the pharisaical sect, who +professed the faith, insisting, That it was necessary to +circumcise them, and to enjoin them to observe the law of Moses. +<sup>6</sup>Then the apostles and presbyters were assembled to +consider of this matter. <sup>7</sup>When after much dispute, +Peter arose, and said unto them,</p> + +<p class="pn">Men and brethren, ye know that a considerable time +ago God chose among us, by my mouth, that the Gentiles should +hear the gospel-word, and believe. <sup>8</sup>And God, who is +the discerner of the heart, bore them witness, giving them the +Holy Ghost, even as to us; <sup>9</sup>and made no difference +betwixt either us or them, purifying their hearts by faith. +<sup>10</sup>Why then now tempt ye God, by imposing a yoke on the +neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able +to bear? <sup>11</sup>But we believe that we shall be saved by +the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the same way as they. +<sup>12</sup>Then the whole multitude kept silence, and listened +to Barnabas and Paul, relating how great signs and miracles God +had wrought among the Gentiles by them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Now when they ceased speaking, James +replied, saying, Men and brethren, hear me: <sup>14</sup>Simon +hath fully related, how at first God graciously looked upon +<i>the Gentiles</i>, to take from them a people for his name. +<sup>15</sup>And in accord with this are the words of the +prophets; as it is written, <sup>16</sup>“After this will I +return, and build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen; +and re-edify what hath been dug up from the foundation, and will +set it upright again: <sup>17</sup>that the residue of men may +diligently seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles, among whom my +name is invoked, even among them, saith the Lord, who doth all +these things<sup><a href="#n45" id="f45" title="see footnote" +name="f45">46</a></sup>.” <sup>18</sup>Known unto God from the +beginning are all his works. <sup>19</sup>Therefore I am decided, +that we give no unnecessary disquietude to those who from the +heathen have turned to God: <sup>20</sup>but that we write to +them, that they abstain from pollutions of idol +<i>sacrifices</i>, and from whoredom, and from what is strangled, +and from blood. <sup>21</sup>For Moses for ages past in every +city hath those who preach him, being read in the synagogues +every sabbath-day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then it was determined by the apostles +and presbyters with the whole church, to send select men from +themselves unto Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas surnamed +Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren; +<sup>23</sup>writing a letter by their hand, in these words:</p> + +<p class="pn">The apostles and presbyters and the brethren, to +the brethren from among the Gentiles which are at Antioch, and in +Syria, and Cilicia, greeting: <sup>24</sup>Forasmuch as we have +heard, that certain persons who went out from us have disturbed +you with discourses, unsettling your minds, insisting, that you +should be circumcised, and observe the law: to whom we gave no +such charge: <sup>25</sup>it hath seemed fit to us, assembled +unanimously, to send unto you select men with our beloved +Barnabas and Paul, <sup>26</sup>men who have hazarded their lives +for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup>27</sup>We have sent +therefore Judas and Silas, and they by word of mouth will tell +you the same things. <sup>28</sup>For it hath seemed good to the +Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no other burden except +these things which are of absolute necessity; <sup>29</sup>that +ye abstain from eating whatever is sacrificed to idols, and from +blood, and from what is strangled, and from whoredom: from which +things carefully preserving yourselves, ye shall do well. +Farewell.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>They then being thus dispatched, came +to Antioch: and assembling the multitude, they delivered the +letter: <sup>31</sup>and when they had read it, they rejoiced in +the consolation <i>of it</i>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>Then Judas and Silas, being also +themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren, in many a discourse, +and established them. <sup>33</sup>And having stayed their time, +they were dismissed in peace from the brethren to the apostles. +<sup>34</sup>However Silas thought proper to abide there. +<sup>35</sup>Paul also and Barnabas abode at Antioch, teaching +and preaching, with many others also, the word of the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>Then after certain days said Paul to +Barnabas, Let us now return and visit our brethren in every city +among whom we have preached the word of the Lord, that we may see +how they hold on. <sup>37</sup>Now Barnabas had resolved to take +with him John, whose surname is Mark. <sup>38</sup>But Paul did +not think him a fit person to take with them, who had withdrawn +from them from Pamphylia, and no longer went with them to the +service. <sup>39</sup>So there grew up a sudden quarrel, insomuch +that they separated from each other: and Barnabas, taking Mark +with him, sailed away to Cyprus: <sup>40</sup>but Paul selecting +Silas, departed, being commended by the brethren to the favour of +God. <sup>41</sup>And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, +confirming the churches.</p> + +<h2><a name="act16" id="act16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN he came to Derbe and +Lystra: and, behold! a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, +the son of a certain Jewish woman, who believed; but his father +was a Greek: <sup>2</sup>who was highly spoken of by the brethren +at Lystra and Iconium. <sup>3</sup>Him Paul resolved to take out +with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews who +were in those places: for they all knew his father, that he was a +Greek. <sup>4</sup>So as they passed through the cities, they +delivered to them for their observance the ordinances decreed by +the apostles and presbyters that were at Jerusalem.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Then were the churches established +truly in the faith, and increased in number daily. <sup>6</sup>So +passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being +forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia, +<sup>7</sup>coming as far as Mysia, they made an effort to go +unto Bythinia: but the Spirit permitted them not. +<sup>8</sup>Whereupon passing by Mysia they went down to Troas. +<sup>9</sup>And a vision by night appeared to Paul; a certain +man, a Macedonian, stood by him, entreating him, and saying, Pass +over into Macedonia, and help us. <sup>10</sup>But when he saw +the vision, immediately we sought to go forth into Macedonia, +concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to +them. <sup>11</sup>Therefore sailing from Troas, we came in a +direct course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis; +<sup>12</sup>and from thence to Philippi, which is the first city +in that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we abode in that +city some days.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And on the sabbath-day we went forth +out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom +established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there +assembled. <sup>14</sup>And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a +seller of purple, from the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, +hearkened: whose heart the Lord thoroughly opened, to attend to +the words spoken by Paul. <sup>15</sup>So when she was baptised, +and her house, she entreated, saying, Since ye have judged that I +am faithful to the Lord, come and abide at my house. And she +constrained us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Now it happened as we were going to +the oratory, a certain damsel having a pythonic spirit met us, +who produced for her masters much gain as a fortuneteller: +<sup>17</sup>she following Paul and us, cried out, saying, These +men are the servants of the most high God, who preach to you the +way of salvation. <sup>18</sup>And this she did for several days. +Then Paul was wearied out, and turning, said to the spirit, I +command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And +he came out that very hour. <sup>19</sup>But when her masters saw +that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and +Silas, and dragged them into the forum before the chief rulers, +<sup>20</sup>and presenting them to the magistrates, they said, +These are the men that exceedingly disturb the peace of our city, +being Jews, <sup>21</sup>and enjoin customs which it is not +lawful for us to receive, or to practise, being Romans. +<sup>22</sup>And the populace stood up together against them: and +the magistrates, after having had their garments torn from their +backs, commanded them to be beaten with rods. <sup>23</sup>And +laying on them many stripes, cast them into prison, commanding +the jailor to keep them in safe custody: <sup>24</sup>who, +receiving such an injunction, thrust them into the inner prison, +and made their feet fast in the stocks. <sup>25</sup>But about +midnight Paul and Silas, after joining in prayer, sang hymns to +God: and the prisoners heard them. <sup>26</sup>And suddenly +there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the +prison were shaken: and instantly all the doors flew open, and +every man’s chains were loosed. <sup>27</sup>Then the jailor +being roused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, +drew his sword, going to destroy himself, supposing the prisoners +had escaped. <sup>28</sup>But Paul called out with a loud voice, +saying, Do thyself no injury: for we are all here. +<sup>29</sup>Thereupon calling for a light, he rushed in, and +fell down trembling before Paul and Silas; <sup>30</sup>and +having first brought them out, said, Sirs! what must I do to be +saved? <sup>31</sup>And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus +Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou, and thy house. +<sup>32</sup>And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to +all who were in his house. <sup>33</sup>And taking them that same +hour of the night, he washed their stripes; and was baptised, +himself and all who belonged to him immediately. <sup>34</sup>And +when he had brought them into his house, he spread the table, and +greatly rejoiced with all his household, believing in God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>But when it was day, the magistrates +sent the lictors, saying, Set those men at large. +<sup>36</sup>Then the jailor told these words to Paul, That the +magistrates had sent to set them at liberty: now therefore, +<i>said he,</i> get ye out, and pursue your journey in peace. +<sup>37</sup>But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, +uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens, and have cast us into +prison; and would they now clandestinely send us away? no, +verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. +<sup>38</sup>Then the lictors reported all these words to the +magistrates: and they were terrified, when they heard they were +Roman citizens. <sup>39</sup>So they came and spoke kindly to +them, and fetching them out, besought them to depart from the +city. <sup>40</sup>Then leaving the prison, they went unto Lydia: +and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and +went their way.</p> + +<h2><a name="act17" id="act17">CHAP. XVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">S</span>O journeying through +Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there +was a synagogue of Jews: <sup>2</sup>And Paul, according to his +usual custom, went in to them, and for three sabbaths he reasoned +with them from the scriptures, <sup>3</sup>opening them clearly, +and laying it evidently down that the Messiah must suffer, and +rise again from the dead; and that this man is the Messiah, even +Jesus, whom I preach unto you. <sup>4</sup>And some of them +believed, and associated themselves with Paul and Silas; and of +the religious Greeks a vast multitude, and of the wives of the +first people not a few. <sup>5</sup>But the unbelieving Jews, +roused to a fit of zeal, and taking some of the lowest vulgar men +of vile characters, and raising a mob, set the city in an uproar, +and besetting the house of Jason, sought them to bring them unto +the people. <sup>6</sup>But not finding them there, they dragged +Jason and certain brethren to the city magistrates, roaring out, +These are the men who are movers of sedition through the world, +and are come in hither; <sup>7</sup>whom Jason has entertained in +his house: and the practice of all these fellows is in direct +opposition to all Cæsar’s ordinances, for they affirm that +another is king, one Jesus. <sup>8</sup>And they greatly agitated +the people and the city magistrates when they heard these things. +<sup>9</sup>So after taking sufficient security from Jason and +the rest, they dismissed them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Then the disciples immediately by +night sent off both Paul and Silas to Berea; who were no sooner +arrived, than they went into the synagogue of the Jews. +<sup>11</sup>Now these were more liberally minded men than those +of Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of +mind, daily, examining the Scriptures if these things were really +so. <sup>12</sup>Then many of them truly believed: and of the +Grecian proselyte women of respectability, and of the men not a +few.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew +that at Berea also the word of God was preached by Paul, they +came thither, and stirred up the populace. <sup>14</sup>Then +immediately on this the brethren sent off Paul, to go as if by +sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still. <sup>15</sup>And +those who conduced Paul brought him as far as Athens, and +receiving an injunction for Silas and Timothy that they should +come to him as speedily as possible, they departed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Now while Paul waited for them at +Athens, his spirit within him was greatly grieved, beholding the +city so devoted to idolatry. <sup>17</sup>Therefore he reasoned +in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped there, +and in the forum every day with those he happened to meet.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Then certain of the Epicurean and +Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this +chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of +foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the +resurrection. <sup>19</sup>So they took him and led him to the +hill of Mars, saying, May we know what this novel doctrine taught +by thee is? <sup>20</sup>For thou bringest some strange stories +to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. +<sup>21</sup>Now all the Athenians and the strangers who come to +sojourn there, take pleasure in spending their time in nothing +else but in talking, or hearing of some novelty.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then Paul standing in the midst of the +Areopagus said, Ye men of Athens, I observe that in all things ye +are too much devoted to the worship of dæmons. <sup>23</sup>For +as I walked about, and attentively viewed the objects of your +worship, I found even an altar on which was this inscription, TO +THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you in ignorance adore, him I +preach unto you. <sup>24</sup>The God who created the world, and +all things in it, he that is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth +not in temples of man’s construction; <sup>25</sup>nor is he +served by human hands, as if he needed any creature, himself +imparting to all beings life, and breath, and all things. +<sup>26</sup>And hath made from one man’s blood all the nations +of mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, fixing the +predetermined periods of their existence, and the boundaries of +their several abodes; <sup>27</sup>that they should seek the +Lord, if indeed they might haply grope him out, and find him, +though truly he is not far from any individual of us: +<sup>28</sup>for from him we derive life, and power of motion, +and existence; as also some of your own poets have said, “For we +are even his offspring.” <sup>29</sup>Being then the offspring of +God, we ought not to imagine that the Divinity is like to gold, +or silver, or stone sculptured by human art or contrivance. +<sup>30</sup>These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; +but he now commands all men in every place to repent: +<sup>31</sup>because he hath fixed the day in which he will judge +the whole world in righteousness by the man whom he hath +appointed; affording evidence of this to all, by raising him from +the dead.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>But when they heard of the +resurrection from the dead, Some scoffed: and others said, We +will hear thee again on this subject. <sup>33</sup>And so Paul +departed from the midst of them. <sup>34</sup>But certain persons +cleaving to him, believed: among whom was even Dionysius the +Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.</p> + +<h2><a name="act18" id="act18">CHAP. XVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND after these +transactions, Paul departing from Athens, came to Corinth; +<sup>2</sup>and finding a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of +Pontus, lately arrived from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, +(because Claudius had issued an order that all Jews should depart +from Rome,) he turned in to them. <sup>3</sup>And as he was of +the same occupation, he abode with them, and worked, (for by +trade they were tent-makers:) <sup>4</sup>and he discoursed in +the synagogue every sabbath-day, and persuaded both the Jews and +the Greek proselytes. <sup>5</sup>And when Silas and Timothy were +come from Macedonia, Paul felt a strong impulse on his spirit, +and forcibly testified to the Jews, that Jesus was the Messiah. +<sup>6</sup>But as they continued opposing and blaspheming, he +shook his garments, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your +own heads; I am pure from it: from this moment will I go to the +Gentiles. <sup>7</sup>And departing thence, he came to the house +of a person, called Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house +was contiguous to the synagogue. <sup>8</sup>But Crispus, the +ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house: +and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptised. +<sup>9</sup>Then spake the Lord in a vision by night to Paul, +Fear not, but speak; and hold not thy peace: <sup>10</sup>for I +am with thee, and no man shall set himself against thee to do +thee harm; because I have much people in this city. +<sup>11</sup>And he sat down there a year and six months, +teaching among them the word of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But when Gallio was the proconsul of +Achaia, the Jews, with one accord, rose up against Paul, and +brought him to the judgment-seat, <sup>13</sup>saying, This is +the fellow that earnestly persuades men to worship God contrary +to the law. <sup>14</sup>Then Paul being about to open his mouth, +Gallio said to the Jews, <sup>15</sup>If indeed this was now a +matter of injustice, or wicked knavery, with reason I should hear +you patiently; but if it be merely a controversy about the word, +and names, and a law peculiar to yourselves, settle it +yourselves: for I will be no judge of these matters. +<sup>16</sup>And he drove them from the judgment-seat. +<sup>17</sup>Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler +of the synagogue, and beat him before the tribunal. And Gallio +paid no regard to any of these things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Then Paul abode there yet many days, +and taking leave of the disciples, he set sail for Syria, and +with him Priscilla and Aquila; having cut off his hair at +Cenchrea: for he had a vow. <sup>19</sup>And he came to Ephesus, +and left them there: but he himself went into the synagogue, and +discoursed with the Jews. <sup>20</sup>But when they were +importunate with him to prolong his stay among them, he consented +not; <sup>21</sup>but took his leave of them, saying, I must by +any means keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem: but I mean to +return to you again, if God so please. So he sailed from Ephesus. +<sup>22</sup>And landing at Cesarea, he went up, and having +saluted the church <i>at Jerusalem</i>, he went down to Antioch. +<sup>23</sup>And after making some stay, he departed, passing in +regular order through the Galatian district, and Phrygia, +confirming all the disciples.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an +Alexandrian by birth, a man of eloquence, who was powerful in the +Scriptures, had come to Ephesus. <sup>25</sup>He was instructed +in the way of the Lord: and being fervent in spirit, he spake and +taught very diligently the things concerning the Lord, though +knowing only the baptism of John. <sup>26</sup>So this man began +to speak with great boldness in the synagogue: but when Aquila +and Priscilla heard him, they took him home with them, and more +accurately expounded to him the way of the Lord. <sup>27</sup>And +when he wished to pass over to Achaia, the brethren wrote, +exhorting the disciples to receive him; who arriving, contributed +much to <i>confirm</i> those who believed through grace. +<sup>28</sup>For he strenuously argued with the Jews in public, +demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.</p> + +<h2><a name="act19" id="act19">CHAP. XIX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW it came to pass that +during the time Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, after passing +through the upper provinces, came to Ephesus; and finding certain +disciples, <sup>2</sup>said unto them, Have ye received the Holy +Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not even +heard if the Holy Ghost is <i>given</i>. <sup>3</sup>And he asked +them, Into what then were ye baptised? And they replied, Into +John’s baptism. <sup>4</sup>Then said Paul, John indeed baptised +with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, That they +should believe on him who was coming after him, that is, in +Christ Jesus. <sup>5</sup>Now when they heard it, they were +baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus. <sup>6</sup>And Paul +laying on them his hands, the Holy Ghost came upon them; and they +spake with tongues, and prophesied. <sup>7</sup>And the men were +in all about twelve. <sup>8</sup>And entering into the synagogue, +he spake boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading the +things that concern the kingdom of God. <sup>9</sup>And when some +were hardened, and infidel, speaking evil of the way before the +people, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, +discoursing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. <sup>10</sup>And +this he did for two years; so that all who dwelt in Asia heard +the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. +<sup>11</sup>And God wrought by the hands of Paul extraordinary +miracles; <sup>12</sup>so that even from his skin there were +brought handkerchiefs and aprons unto the diseased, and their +disorders were chased from them, and the evil spirits came out of +them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then certain of the Jews, who went +about as exorcists, attempted to make mention of the name of the +Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, We adjure you +by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. <sup>14</sup>And they were seven +sons of Sceva a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. +<sup>15</sup>Then the evil spirit replied, Jesus I know, and Paul +I know; but who are ye? <sup>16</sup>And the man sprang upon +them, in whom was the evil spirit, and getting the mastery over +them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house +naked and wounded. <sup>17</sup>And this was known to all, both +Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all, +and they magnified the name of the Lord. <sup>18</sup>And many of +those who believed came, confessing and declaring their +practices. <sup>19</sup>And many of those who practised magical +arts brought the books, and burned them before all men; and they +calculated the prices of them, and found them worth fifty +thousand pieces of silver. <sup>20</sup>So mightily did the word +of God increase and prevail.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Now when these things were +accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirit, passing through +Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, That after I +have been there, I must see Rome also. <sup>22</sup>Then he +dispatched into Macedonia two of those who attended upon him, +Timothy and Erastus; while he himself continued a while longer in +Asia. <sup>23</sup>And there happened at that time no small +disturbance about this way. <sup>24</sup>For a person named +Demetrius, a silversmith, who made little temples in silver to +represent that of Diana, brought to the artificers no small gain; +<sup>25</sup>whom collecting together, with the workmen also of +such trinkets, he said, Sirs, ye know that by this employment we +make our advantageous livelihood: <sup>26</sup>and ye see and +hear how not only at Ephesus, but almost through all Asia, this +fellow Paul, by his persuasions, hath perverted a vast multitude, +affirming that they are not gods which are made with hands: +<sup>27</sup>so that not only is this our trade in danger of +falling into contempt, but also that this temple of the great +goddess Diana should be counted as nothing, and that henceforth +also her magnificence should be utterly destroyed, whom all Asia +and the whole world worshippeth. <sup>28</sup>On hearing this +then, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great +is Diana of the Ephesians. <sup>29</sup>And the whole city was +filled with confusion; and they rushed unanimously into the +theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, +Paul’s travelling companions. <sup>30</sup>But though Paul wished +to go in to the people, the disciples would not permit him. +<sup>31</sup>And some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, +sent unto him, admonishing him not to venture himself into the +theatre. <sup>32</sup>So they were crying out some one thing and +some another: for the assembly was a scene of confusion, and the +greater part knew not on what account they were collected +together. <sup>33</sup>Then out of the crowd they brought forward +Alexander, the Jews pushing him on: and Alexander, waving his +hand, would fain have addressed his apology to the people. +<sup>34</sup>But when they knew he was a Jew, one shout burst +from all, crying for about the space of two hours, Great is Diana +of the Ephesians.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>Then the recorder having quieted the +multitude, said, Men of Ephesus, who indeed is the man that doth +not know that the city of the Ephesians is wholly devoted to the +great goddess Diana, and to the image which fell down from +Jupiter? <sup>36</sup>These things being then incontrovertible, +it becomes you to be quiet, and to do nothing with precipitation. +<sup>37</sup>For ye have brought hither these men, neither +robbers of the temple, nor blasphemers of your goddess. +<sup>38</sup>If then indeed Demetrius and the artificers that are +with him have a charge against any man, the courts are held, and +there are proconsuls: let them implead one another. +<sup>39</sup>And if ye have any dispute about other matters, it +shall be terminated in a lawful assembly, <sup>40</sup>For we are +even in danger of being called to account for this day’s +insurrection, there being no cause on account of which we can +justify this tumultuary concourse: <sup>41</sup>and so saying, he +dissolved the assembly.</p> + +<h2><a name="act20" id="act20">CHAP. XX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN after the tumult was +quieted, Paul called to him the disciples, and taking his leave, +departed to go into Macedonia. <sup>2</sup>And passing through +those parts, and having exhorted them with much discourse, he +went into Greece. <sup>3</sup>And after three months stay, as the +Jews were lying in wait for him, when he was just embarking for +Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia. <sup>4</sup>And +there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater a Berean; and of +the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, +and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus, Asiatics. +<sup>5</sup>These going before tarried for us at Troas. +<sup>6</sup>And we sailed from Philippi after the days of +unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas after five days; +where we stayed seven days. <sup>7</sup>And on the first day of +the week, when the disciples were assembled to break bread, Paul +preached unto them (ready to depart on the morrow), and extended +his discourse until midnight. <sup>8</sup>Now there were many +lamps in the upper room, where they were assembled. +<sup>9</sup>And a certain youth named Eutytchus, who sat in the +window, fell into a profound sleep: as Paul discoursed much +longer than usual, quite overpowered with sleep, he fell down +from a third story, and was taken up dead. <sup>10</sup>But Paul +came down, and fell upon him, and taking him in his arms, said, +Trouble not yourselves, for his life is yet in him. +<sup>11</sup>And when he had gone up, and broken bread, and +eaten, and conversed a long time, even to the break of day, he +then departed. <sup>12</sup>And they brought the lad alive, and +were comforted exceedingly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Then we going before to the ship, +sailed for Assos, intending there to take in Paul: for so he had +ordered, meaning himself to walk thither. <sup>14</sup>And when +he met us at Assos, we took him up, and came to Mytelene. +<sup>15</sup>And sailing from thence, on the following day we +advanced over against Chios; and the next day we touched at +Samos, and staying at Trogyllium, the day following we came to +Miletus. <sup>16</sup>For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, +that he might not spend the time in Asia: for he hastened on, if +it was possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of +Pentecost. <sup>17</sup>So he sent to Ephesus from Miletus, and +called the presbyters of the church to attend him. +<sup>18</sup>And when they were come unto him, he said unto +them,</p> + +<p class="pn">Ye know, from the very first day in which I entered +into Asia, how I have been among you at every season, +<sup>19</sup>serving the Lord with all humility, and with many +tears and trials, which have befallen me through the lying in +wait of the Jews: <sup>20</sup>and that I have suppressed nothing +which could conduce to your profiting; not desisting from +preaching to you, and teaching you in public, and from house to +house, <sup>21</sup>repeatedly urging both on Jews and Greeks +repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>22</sup>And now behold I am going, bound by the Spirit, unto +Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall there befal me: +<sup>23</sup>only this, that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every +city, saying, that bonds and tribulation await thee. +<sup>24</sup>Yet I make no account of any <i>suffering</i>, nor +regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may +finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received +of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God. +<sup>25</sup>And now behold, I know that ye shall see my face no +more, even ye all, among whom I have gone in and out preaching +the kingdom of God. <sup>26</sup>Wherefore I appeal to you this +day as witnesses that I am pure from the blood of all men. +<sup>27</sup>For I have concealed nothing, so as not repeatedly +to declare to you the whole counsel of God. <sup>28</sup>Take +heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which +the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the +church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. +<sup>29</sup>For this I know, that after my departure there will +come among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock: +<sup>30</sup>Yea, from among yourselves shall men arise, speaking +perverting doctrines, to draw away disciples after them. +<sup>31</sup>Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, +by night and by day, I have never ceased with tears to admonish +every individual. <sup>32</sup>And now, brethren, I commit you to +God and to the word of his grace, which is able to finish the +superstructure, and to give you an inheritance among all those +who are sanctified. <sup>33</sup>The silver, or gold, or apparel +of no man have I coveted: <sup>34</sup>but ye yourselves know +that these hands have by labour furnished necessaries for my own +wants, and for those who were with me. <sup>35</sup>In all things +I have set you the example, that so labouring hard ye ought to +help the infirm, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, +because he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to +receive.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>36</sup>And when he had spoken these things, +he fell on his knees, and prayed with them all. <sup>37</sup>And +all of them shed floods of tears, and fell upon Paul’s neck, and +kissed him again and again, <sup>38</sup>most peculiarly +afflicted at that word which he had spoken, that they should see +his face no more: and they accompanied him unto the ship.</p> + +<h2><a name="act21" id="act21">CHAP. XXI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND tearing ourselves away +from them, when we had set sail, we came in a direct course to +Coos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara. +<sup>2</sup>And finding a ship passing over to Phenice, we went +on board and set sail: <sup>3</sup>and coming in sight of Cyprus, +and leaving it on the left, we sailed unto Syria, and landed at +Tyre; for there the ship was to discharge her cargo. +<sup>4</sup>And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: +and they said to Paul, by the Spirit, that he should not go up +unto Jerusalem. <sup>5</sup>But when we had stayed out those +days, we departed, and went on our journey, all of them attending +us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the +city: and kneeling down on the sea shore, we joined in prayer; +<sup>6</sup>and embracing one another, we went on ship-board, and +they returned to their own homes, <sup>7</sup>So completing our +voyage, we arrived from Tyre at Ptolemais, and saluting the +brethren, tarried with them one day. <sup>8</sup>And on the +morrow we who were Paul’s companions departed with him, and went +to Cæsarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist +(who was one of the seven deacons), we abode with him. +<sup>9</sup>Now this man had four maiden daughters endued with +the gift of prophecy. <sup>10</sup>And as we tarried there +several days, there came down a certain prophet from Judea named +Agabus. <sup>11</sup>And coming to us, he took Paul’s girdle, and +binding both his own hands and feet together, said, Thus saith +the Holy Ghost, The man, whose girdle this is, shall the Jews +bind in like manner at Jerusalem, and shall deliver him into the +hands of the Gentiles. <sup>12</sup>Then when we heard these +things, both we and all who were in the place, besought him not +to go up to Jerusalem. <sup>13</sup>But Paul replied, Why do ye +thus—weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be +bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. +<sup>14</sup>And when he could not be persuaded, we desisted, +saying, The will of the Lord be done.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Then after those days, packing up our +baggage, we went up to Jerusalem: <sup>16</sup>and there went +also with us some disciples from Cæsarea, bringing one Mnason a +Cyprian, an ancient disciple, at whose house we were to lodge. +<sup>17</sup>And when we arrived at Jerusalem, the brethren +received us with delight. <sup>18</sup>And on the morrow Paul +went in with us unto James: and all the presbyters were present. +<sup>19</sup>And after embracing them, he related every +particular of the things which God had done among the Gentiles by +his ministry. <sup>20</sup>And they, when they heard it, +glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how +many myriads there are of Jews who have believed; and they are +all zealots for the law: <sup>21</sup>And they have been informed +of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews, who are among the +Gentiles, apostacy from Moses, saying, That they should not +circumcise the children, nor walk after the usual practices. +<sup>22</sup>What then is to be done? The multitude must +certainly be assembled; for they will hear that thou art come. +<sup>23</sup>Do this therefore which we say to thee: we have four +men, who have a vow upon themselves; <sup>24</sup>them take with +thee, be purified with them, and be at the same expence as they, +that they may shave their heads: and all men will know that there +is no truth in the things reported of thee, but that thou thyself +walkest orderly and observest the law. <sup>25</sup>Concerning +the Gentiles who have believed, we have already written, deciding +that they should observe no such thing, except that they should +guard themselves from idol sacrifices, and blood, and what is +strangled, and from whoredom.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Then Paul took the men, and the +following day being purified with them, he entered into the +temple, declaring when the days of their purification would be +completed, in order whereunto an oblation was to be offered for +every one of them. <sup>27</sup>But as the seven days were now +drawing to their period, some Jews from Asia seeing him in the +temple, excited all the populace to tumult, and laid hands upon +him, <sup>28</sup>crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the +man, who, by his preaching, sets all men everywhere against the +people, and the law, and this place: yea and more still, hath +brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place: +<sup>29</sup>(for they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian in +the city with him, whom they imagined that Paul had introduced +into the temple.) <sup>30</sup>And the whole city was in motion, +and there was a concourse of people assembled: and laying hands +on Paul, they dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the +doors were shut. <sup>31</sup>And as they were attempting to +murder him, the report reached the military tribune of the band, +that all Jerusalem was in confusion. <sup>32</sup>Who instantly +taking soldiers and centurions ran down unto them: and when they +saw the tribune and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Then the tribune approaching him, laid +hold on him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and +asked who he was, and what he had done. <sup>34</sup>Then some +among the multitude bellowed out one thing, and some another: so +unable to know the certainty of the case because of the tumult, +he ordered him to be brought into the fortress. <sup>35</sup>But +when he was on the stairs, it happened that he was borne up by +the soldiers, because of the press of the crowd. <sup>36</sup>For +a multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him! +<sup>37</sup>And when he was just ready to be carried into the +fortress, Paul said to the military tribune, May I be permitted +to speak a word to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek? +<sup>38</sup>Art not thou certainly that Egyptian who some time +since raised a sedition, and led out into the desert four +thousand cutthroats? <sup>39</sup>But Paul replied, I am indeed a +Jew, a man of Tarsus, of Cilicia, a citizen of no contemptible +city: and, I entreat thee, permit me to speak to the people. +<sup>40</sup>So having his permission, Paul standing on the +stairs, waved his hand to the people. And profound silence being +obtained, he spake to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,</p> + +<h2><a name="act22" id="act22">CHAP. XXII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>EN, brethren, and +fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you. +<sup>2</sup>Then when they heard that he spoke unto them in the +Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence: and he said, +<sup>3</sup>I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, +but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed +accurately in the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as +ye all are this day: <sup>4</sup>so much so that I persecuted +this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both +men and women. <sup>5</sup>As also the high-priest will bear me +witness, and all the body of elders: from whom also having +received letters unto the brethren, I went unto Damascus, to +bring those who were there in chains unto Jerusalem, that they +might be punished. <sup>6</sup>But as I went and drew nigh to +Damascus, at noon-day, suddenly there shone a great light from +heaven around me. <sup>7</sup>And I fell to the ground, and heard +a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? +<sup>8</sup>And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to +me, I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest. +<sup>9</sup>Now they who were with me saw the light indeed, and +were terrified; but the voice of him that spake to me heard they +not. <sup>10</sup>Then I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the +Lord said to me, Arise, go into Damascus; and there information +shall be given thee of all things which are ordained for thee to +do.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Then as I could no longer see through +the dazzling brightness of that light, led by the hand of those +who were with me, I came to Damascus. <sup>12</sup>And one +Ananias, a religious man according to the law, and in high repute +with all the Jews dwelling there, <sup>13</sup>came to me, and +standing by me, said, Brother Saul, recover sight. And the same +hour I looked up at him. <sup>14</sup>And he said, The God of our +fathers hath predestinated thee to know his will, and to see the +Just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. <sup>15</sup>For +thou shalt be a witness for him to all men, of the things which +thou hast seen and heard. <sup>16</sup>And now why delay? arise, +to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of +the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Now it came to pass, that, when I had +returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was +in a trance; <sup>18</sup>and beheld him saying to me, Make +haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not +receive thy testimony of me. <sup>19</sup>And I said, Lord, they +know that I was imprisoning and scourging from synagogue to +synagogue those who believe on thee: <sup>20</sup>and when the +blood of Stephen thy martyr was shed, I myself even stood by, and +took delight in his execution, and guarded the garments of those +who slew him. <sup>21</sup>And he said to me, Go: for I will send +thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And they gave him audience to this +sentence, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a +fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. +<sup>23</sup>So when they began raising a vast clamour, and +stripping off their garments, and casting dust into the air, +<sup>24</sup>the military tribune commanded him to be brought +into the fortress, ordering that he should be put to the question +by scourging; that he might know for what cause they clamoured so +loudly against him. <sup>25</sup>So as they were tying him up for +the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by him, Is it +lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and +uncondemned? <sup>26</sup>And when the centurion heard this, he +came and told the military tribune, saying, Consider what you are +going to do: for this man is a Roman citizen. <sup>27</sup>Then +the tribune came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman +citizen? And he said, Yes. <sup>28</sup>And the tribune replied, +With a large sum of money I purchased this citizenship. And Paul +said, But I enjoy it as my birthright. <sup>29</sup>Immediately +then they who were about to put him to the question, withdrew +from him: and indeed the tribune dreaded the consequences, when +he knew that he was a Roman citizen, that he had even gone so far +as to bind him. <sup>30</sup>So on the morrow, desirous to know +of a certainty what it was of which he was accused by the Jews, +he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the high-priest and +all the sanhedrim to appear, and bringing Paul down, set him +before them.</p> + +<h2><a name="act23" id="act23">CHAP. XXIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN Paul, looking +earnestly at the sanhedrim, said, Men and brethren, I have lived +in all good conscience unto God even to this day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>Then the high-priest Ananias commanded +those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Then said Paul unto him, God is ready +to smite thee, thou whited wall: for art thou sitting to judge me +according to the law, and violating that law, commandest me to be +smitten?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Then they who stood by, said, Revilest +thou God’s high-priest? <sup>5</sup>And Paul said, I had not +observed, brethren, that he was high-priest: for it is written, +“Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people +<sup><a href="#n46" id="f46" title="see footnote" name="f46">47</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now when Paul perceived that the one +part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried in the +sanhedrim, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a +Pharisee: for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I brought +to this bar.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>So when he had said this, a great +dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the +multitude was divided. <sup>8</sup>For the Sadducees say indeed, +that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit: but the +Pharisees confess both. <sup>9</sup>And a great clamour arose: +and the scribes rising up who were of the party of the Pharisees, +contended stoutly, saying, We find no fault in this man: but if a +spirit have spoken to him, or an angel, let us not fight against +God. <sup>10</sup>Then a great tumult arising, the tribune, +apprehensive that Paul might be pulled in pieces by them, +commanded the guard to go down, and take him by force from the +midst of them, and bring him into the fortress.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And the night following the Lord stood +by him, and said, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast +borne testimony of the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so must +thou bear a testimony at Rome also.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Then as soon as it was day, some of +the Jews forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under the direst +imprecation, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink till +they had killed Paul. <sup>13</sup>Now there were more than forty +who had on oath formed this conspiracy. <sup>14</sup>So they came +to the high-priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves +by the direst imprecation, to taste nothing till we have killed +Paul. <sup>15</sup>Now therefore do ye with the sanhedrim give +notice to the military tribune, that to-morrow he bring him down +to you, as if intending to make more accurate inquiries into the +things concerning him: but we, ere he come nigh, are ready to +kill him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Now Paul’s sister’s son having heard +of their lying in wait, came, and entering into the fortress told +Paul. <sup>17</sup>Then Paul calling to him one of the +centurions, said, Carry this young man to the tribune: for he +hath something to communicate to him. <sup>18</sup>Then he took +him, and brought him to the tribune, and said, The prisoner Paul +calling me to him, entreated me to bring this young man to thee, +having something to say to thee. <sup>19</sup>Hereupon the +tribune taking him by the hand, and leading him aside, inquired, +What is it that thou hast to communicate to me? <sup>20</sup>And +he said, The Jews have agreed together to entreat thee that +to-morrow thou wouldest bring down Paul into the sanhedrim, as +about to make some more accurate inquiry concerning him. +<sup>21</sup>But do not thou consent to them: for more than forty +men of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves +under an anathema, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed +him: and now they are in readiness, waiting only to procure the +promise from thee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Hereupon the tribune dismissed the +youth, with an injunction, not to mention it to any body that +thou hast discovered these things to me. <sup>23</sup>And calling +to him two certain persons of the centurions, he said, Get ready +two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and seventy horsemen, and +two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night; +<sup>24</sup>and provide beasts, that setting Paul thereon, you +may convey him safely to Felix the governor.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>And he wrote a letter containing this +form of words:</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Claudius Lysias to his excellence the +governor Felix, greeting.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>This person had been seized by the +Jews, and was ready to be slain by them: but coming on them with +the guard, I rescued him out of their hands, having understood +that he was a Roman citizen. <sup>28</sup>And desirous of knowing +the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down into +their sanhedrim <sup>29</sup>and found him accused of some +disputed points of their law; but to have no charge laid against +him worthy of death or of bonds. <sup>30</sup>But it being +discovered to me that a design was forming against the man’s +<i>life</i> by the Jews, immediately I sent him to thee, +commanding his accusers also to produce what they have against +him before thee. Farewel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Hereupon then the soldiers, as it was +commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night unto +Antipatris. <sup>32</sup>And on the morrow, leaving the horsemen +to go on with him, they returned to the fortress. <sup>33</sup>So +when they came to Cæsarea, and had delivered the letter to the +governor, they presented Paul also to him. <sup>34</sup>Then when +the governor had read it, and asked of what province he was, and +understood he was of Cilicia; <sup>35</sup>I will give thee a +thorough hearing, said he, when thy accusers are also come +hither. And he commanded them to be kept under guard in Herod’s +prætorium.</p> + +<h2><a name="act24" id="act24">CHAP. XXIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">S</span>O after five days Ananias +the high-priest went down with the elders, and a certain +rhetorician, Tertullus, who made their appearance before the +governor against Paul. <sup>2</sup>And he being summoned, +Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,</p> + +<p class="pn">Since by thee we enjoy so much peace, and such +noble acts are happily performed for this nation by thy provident +administration, <sup>3</sup>always and in all places we +acknowledge it, most excellent Felix, with all gratitude. +<sup>4</sup>Now that I may not be unnecessarily tedious to thee, +I entreat thee to hear us briefly with thy wonted candour. +<sup>5</sup>For we found this fellow a pest <i>to society</i>, +and exciting sedition among all the Jews throughout the whole +world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazareans: +<sup>6</sup>who even attempted to profane the temple: we seized +him therefore, and intended to judge him according to our own +law. <sup>7</sup>But Lysias the tribune came, and with great +violence took him out of our hands, <sup>8</sup>commanding his +accusers to appear before thee: whereby thou mayest thyself be +able after examination to know the certainty of those things +whereof we accuse him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then the Jews also joined in affirming, +that these things were so.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>But Paul (the governor having made him +a sign to speak) replied,</p> + +<p class="pn">Knowing that for so many years thou hast been the +judge of this nation, I with the more confidence offer my defence +respecting the matters which concern me: <sup>11</sup>as thou +mayest be ascertained, that it is not more than twelve days ago +since I went up to worship in Jerusalem. <sup>12</sup>And neither +in the temple found they me disputing with any man, nor raising +any sedition among the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in +the city: <sup>13</sup>neither can they produce any proof of the +facts of which they accuse me. <sup>14</sup>But this I confess to +thee, that after the way which they call a sect, so worship I the +God of our ancestors, believing all things that are written in +the law, and in the prophets: <sup>15</sup>and having hope in +God, the same which they also profess to look for, that there +shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the +unjust. <sup>16</sup>For this cause indeed I exert my utmost care +to keep my conscience ever unoffending towards God and towards +man. <sup>17</sup>Now after many years absence I was returned +bringing alms to my countrymen, and oblations <i>to the +temple</i>. <sup>18</sup>In the discharge of which offices +certain Jews of Asia found me purified in the temple, neither +with a multitude, nor with any tumult. <sup>19</sup>Who ought to +have appeared before thee, and prefer their accusation, if they +had any thing against me. <sup>20</sup>Or let the persons +themselves here present say, if they found any thing criminal in +me, when I stood before the sanhedrim, <sup>21</sup>except for +this one sentence, which I uttered aloud when I was standing +among them, For the resurrection of the dead am I this day judged +by you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>When Felix then heard these things he +put them off, (for he knew very exactly all that related to that +way,) saying, When Lysias the tribune is come down, I will +inquire thoroughly into the matters between you. <sup>23</sup>And +he commanded the centurion that Paul should be safe kept, yet +have no close confinement, and not to hinder any of his friends +from supplying his wants, or visiting him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now after some days, Felix returning +with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, sent for Paul, and +heard him concerning the faith in Christ. <sup>25</sup>And as he +discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment +which is ready to be revealed, Felix being greatly terrified, +replied, Go, for the present, I will some time hence take another +opportunity of calling for thee. <sup>26</sup>Indeed he had also +entertained hope that money would be given him by Paul, in order +to release him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and +conversed with him. <sup>27</sup>But when two years were ended, +Felix had Portius Festus appointed for his successor: and willing +to curry favour with the Jews, Felix left Paul in chains.</p> + +<h2><a name="act25" id="act25">CHAP. XXV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HEN Festus then was come +into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from +Cæsarea. <sup>2</sup>And the high-priest and the principal +persons among the Jews informed him against Paul, and entreated +him, <sup>3</sup>begging it as a favour from him, that he would +send him back to Jerusalem, lying in wait for him to kill him on +the road. <sup>4</sup>Then Festus answered, that Paul should be +kept in custody at Cæsarea, and that he himself was going thither +shortly. <sup>5</sup>Let therefore, said he, those among you who +are able, go down with me, and accuse him, if there be anything +criminal in this man.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>And after staying with them more than +ten days, he went down to Cæsarea; and on the morrow seated on +the bench, commanded Paul to be brought. <sup>7</sup>And on his +appearing, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem surrounded him, +and laid many and heavy accusations against Paul, which they were +not able to prove. <sup>8</sup>But he pleaded in his defence, +That neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, +nor against Cæsar, have I committed the least offence.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Then Festus, desirous of ingratiating +himself with the Jews, replying to Paul, said, Wilt thou go up +unto Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before +me?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Then said Paul, I am standing before +the tribunal of Cæsar, where I have a right to be judged: against +the Jews I have committed no offence, as thou also clearly +perceivest. <sup>11</sup>For indeed if I have committed any +crime, or done aught worthy of death, I object not to be put to +death: but if there is nothing in those things whereof they +accuse me, no man dare gratify them by abandoning me to them. +<sup>12</sup>I appeal unto Cæsar.</p> + +<p class="pn">Then Festus, after conferring with the council, +answered, Hast thou appealed to Cæsar? to Cæsar shalt thou +go.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Now when some days were passed, +Agrippa and Bernice came to Cæsarea to salute Festus. +<sup>14</sup>And as their stay there was extended to a +considerable time, Festus communicated to the king Paul’s +affairs, saying, There is a certain man left by Felix, a +prisoner: <sup>15</sup>against whom when I was at Jerusalem, the +high-priest and the elders of the Jews appeared, desiring +judgment against him. <sup>16</sup>To whom I replied, That it was +not customary for Romans to give up any man gratuitously to +destruction, before that the person accused should have his +accusers produced face to face, and be allowed opportunity to +defend himself against the charge. <sup>17</sup>When therefore +they were come here together, making no demur, the very next day +I sat on the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought. +<sup>18</sup>Against whom his accusers standing forth, brought no +charge of such things as I expected: <sup>19</sup>but only +pleaded against him certain disputes about their own mode of +religious worship, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul +affirmed to be alive. <sup>20</sup>But being in doubt respecting +a question of this sort, I demanded if he would go to Jerusalem, +and there be judged of these things. <sup>21</sup>But Paul +appealing that he should be reserved for the cognizance of +Augustus, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I should send +him to Cæsar.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Then Agrippa said to Festus, I wish +also myself to hear the man. He said, To-morrow thou shalt hear +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>On the morrow therefore, when Agrippa +was come, and Bernice, with a very splendid retinue, and were +entered into the place of audience, with the military tribunes, +and the men of superior eminence in the city, then at the order +of Festus Paul was produced.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all +you, sirs, who are present with us, behold the man, concerning +whom the whole multitude of the Jews have set upon me, both at +Jerusalem and in this place, clamouring that he ought not to live +a moment longer. <sup>25</sup>But finding on inquiry that he had +done nothing worthy of death, and he himself indeed having +appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. +<sup>26</sup>Respecting whom I have nothing determinate to write +to my sovereign. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, +and especially before thee, king Agrippa, that on a fresh +examination taken, I might have something to write. +<sup>27</sup>For it appears to me highly unreasonable to send a +prisoner, and not also signify the charges against him.</p> + +<h2><a name="act26" id="act26">CHAP. XXVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN Agrippa said unto +Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul +stretching out his hand, began his defence: <sup>2</sup>I count +myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am about to address my defence +to thee this day concerning all the things of which I am accused +by the Jews: <sup>3</sup>especially as thou art skilled both in +all the customs, and questions which respect the Jews: wherefore +I beg the favour of thee to hear me patiently.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>The manner of my life even from my +youth, which from its beginning was spent amidst my own nation at +Jerusalem, know indeed all the Jews; <sup>5</sup>who previously +knew me a long while ago, (if they chose to bear testimony,) that +according to the most precise sect of our religion I lived a +Pharisee. <sup>6</sup>And this moment for the hope of the promise +made of God to our fathers am I standing here to be judged: +<sup>7</sup>which promise our twelve tribes, with fervour night +and day worshipping God, hope to attain. For which hope, king +Agrippa, I am criminated by the Jews.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>What! is it judged a thing incredible +by you, that God should raise the dead?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>I indeed then thought in myself, that I +ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the +Nazarean. <sup>10</sup>Which also I did at Jerusalem: and many of +the saints did I shut up in prisons, having received authority +from the chief priests; and when they were killed, I gave my vote +against them. <sup>11</sup>And in every synagogue oftentimes +punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being +exceedingly maddened with rage against them, I persecuted them +even to the cities that are without. <sup>12</sup>In which +pursuits, even as I was going to Damascus with authority and a +commission from the chief priests, <sup>13</sup>at midday, O +king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, beyond the splendour +of the sun, shining around myself and those who were travelling +with me. <sup>14</sup>And as we were all fallen prostrate on the +earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew +tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is difficult for +thee to kick against the goads. <sup>15</sup>Then I said, Who art +thou, Lord? And he replied, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting. +<sup>16</sup>Notwithstanding, arise, and stand on thy feet: for +to this end have I appeared to thee, to ordain thee both a +minister and a witness of the things which thou hast seen, and of +those which I will shew thee; <sup>17</sup>delivering thee both +from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee, +<sup>18</sup>to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to +light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may +receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are +sanctified by faith which is in me. <sup>19</sup>Whereupon, O +king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: +<sup>20</sup>but preached first to those at Damascus, and +Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, +that they should repent and turn to God, practicing works worthy +of repentance.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Because of these things, the Jews +seizing me in the temple, attempted to kill me on the spot. +<sup>22</sup>Having however obtained help from God, unto this +day, I stand witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing +but what both the prophets and Moses said should come to pass: +<sup>23</sup>that the Messiah should suffer, <i>and</i> that he +being the first who should rise from the dead, should display +light to the people, and to the Gentiles.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>As thus he was proceeding in his +defence, Festus with a loud voice said, Paul, thou art raving; +much reading hath driven thee to madness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>But he said, I am not mad, most noble +Festus; but utter words of truth and sobriety. <sup>26</sup>For +the king is well acquainted with these things, before whom also I +speak with the greatest freedom. For I am persuaded that none of +these events have escaped his notice; for this thing was not done +in a corner. <sup>27</sup>King Agrippa! believest thou the +prophets? I know that thou believest.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost thou +persuadest me to be a Christian. <sup>29</sup>And Paul replied, +would to God, that not only thou, but also that all who are +hearing me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I +am, except these chains.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>So when he had thus spoken, the king +arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who sat with him, +<sup>31</sup>and retiring, conversed together, saying, This man +hath done nothing worthy of death, or of chains.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And Agrippa said to Festus, This man +might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to Cæsar.</p> + +<h2><a name="act27" id="act27">CHAP. XXVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW as it was determined +that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain +other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan +cohort. <sup>2</sup>And embarking in a ship of Adrymittium, ready +to sail for the coast of Asia, we proceeded on our voyage, +Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. +<sup>3</sup>And the next day we arrived at Sidon: and Julius +treated Paul with the greatest humanity, and permitted him to go +to his friends, to enjoy the benefit of their care. +<sup>4</sup>And taking our departure from thence, we sailed under +Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. <sup>5</sup>And +traversing the sea opposite to Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived +at Myra, a city of Lycia. <sup>6</sup>And the centurion finding +there a ship of Alexandria bound for Italy, he put us on board of +it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Then for many days making very slow +way, and scarce reaching over against Knidos, the wind not +favouring us, we coasted Crete, opposite Cape Salmone: +<sup>8</sup>and weathering it with difficulty, we came to a +certain place called, The fair havens; near to which is the city +Lasea. <sup>9</sup>And much time being consumed, and sailing now +becoming dangerous, because the fast was already past, Paul +admonished them, <sup>10</sup>saying unto them, Sirs, I perceive +that this voyage will be attended with much damage and loss, not +only of the cargo and of the ship, but <i>danger</i> of our lives +also. <sup>11</sup>But the centurion paid more attention to the +master and to the pilot than to the things which were spoken by +Paul. <sup>12</sup>And the harbour not being well situated for a +winter station, the greater part advised to sail from thence, if +they possibly could reach as far as Phenice to pass the winter, a +harbour open to the south-west and north-west. <sup>13</sup>So +when the south wind blew softly, supposing they had obtained +their purpose, they weighed anchor, and kept near the coast of +Crete. <sup>14</sup>But not long after a hurricane wind, called +Euroclydon, drove us towards the island, <sup>15</sup>and the +ship becoming ungovernable, and unable to bear up in the eye of +the wind, we gave up the attempt, and let her drive. +<sup>16</sup>And running under a little island called Clauda, it +was with difficulty we were able to come at the boat: +<sup>17</sup>which when they had hoisted out, they used all +helps, carrying ropes round the ship’s bottom; and fearing lest +they should run on the quick-sands, they lowered the mast, and so +were driven. <sup>18</sup>And being exceedingly tossed with the +storm, we the next day threw out the cargo. <sup>19</sup>And the +third day with our own hands we threw overboard the tackling of +the vessel. <sup>20</sup>So when neither sun nor stars had +appeared for many days, and no small tempest beating on us, all +hope of our being preserved was entirely taken from us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Now after being a long while without +food, then stood up Paul in the midst of them, and said, Ye +ought, my friends, to have been persuaded by me, and not have +sailed from Crete, and got this loss and damage. <sup>22</sup>Yet +even now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there shall be +no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. <sup>23</sup>For +there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and +whom I serve, <sup>24</sup>saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must +stand before Cæsar: and behold! God hath graciously given thee +all who are sailing with thee. <sup>25</sup>Wherefore, sirs, +cheer up: for I believe God that it will be so, exactly as he +hath spoken to me. <sup>26</sup>But we must be cast on a certain +island.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>Now as the fourteenth night was +passing, whilst we were driving about in the Adriatic sea, about +midnight the sailors imagined that some land was near to them: +<sup>28</sup>and sounding, had twenty fathoms; then passing on a +little farther, and sounding again, they had fifteen fathoms. +<sup>29</sup>And fearing lest they might run on some rocky coast, +they cast out four anchors astern, and wished eagerly for the day +to break.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>Now as the sailors were seeking to +escape out of the ship, and had hoisted out the boat into the +sea, under pretence as if they were going to carry out anchors +a-head, <sup>31</sup>Paul said to the centurion and to the +soldiers, Except these men abide in the ship, ye cannot be +preserved. <sup>32</sup>Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of +the boat, and let her fall off.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>And while they waited until the day +should break, Paul exhorted them all to take some nourishment, +saying, To day, expecting the fourteenth day, ye are continuing +without food, taking nothing. <sup>34</sup>Wherefore I exhort you +to take some food, for this is for your preservation: for a hair +shall not fall from the head of any one of you. <sup>35</sup>And +so saying, and taking a loaf, he gave thanks to God before them +all, and breaking it, began to eat. <sup>36</sup>Then were they +all cheered up, and they too took refreshment.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>37</sup>Now all the souls which were in the +ship amounted to two hundred seventy-six: <sup>38</sup>and having +made a hearty meal, they lightened the vessel, throwing the wheat +into the sea. <sup>39</sup>And when the day broke, they knew not +the land: but they observed a certain creek with a beach, into +which they resolved, if they could, to run the vessel aground. +<sup>40</sup>And weighing the anchors, they committed her to the +sea, and loosing at the same time the chains of the rudders, and +hoisting the foresail to the breeze, they made for the beach. +<sup>41</sup>But falling on a shoal where two currents met, they +ran the ship aground; and the forecastle stuck fast, and remained +immoveable, but the stern was stove in by the violence of the +waves. <sup>42</sup>Then the soldiers’ design was to have +murdered the prisoners, lest any of them should swim ashore and +escape. <sup>43</sup>But the centurion, desirous to preserve +Paul, withheld them from their purpose, and commanded those who +were able to swim to jump overboard first, and reach the land: +<sup>44</sup>and that the rest should make the attempt, some on +planks, and some on the floating materials of the ship: and in +this manner so it was that they all safely reached the shore.</p> + +<h2><a name="act28" id="act28">CHAP. XXVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND being safe landed, we +then understood that the island was called Melita. +<sup>2</sup>And the rude people treated us with singular +humanity; for, lighting a fire, they received us all, because of +the violent rain, and because of the cold. <sup>3</sup>But as +Paul was gathering up a faggot of sticks, and laying them on the +fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his +hand.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Now when the rude people saw the +venomous animal hanging from his hand, they said one to another, +Surely this man is a murderer, whom though preserved from the +sea, righteous vengeance suffereth not to live. <sup>5</sup>But +he then shaking off the venomous animal into the fire, suffered +no manner of inconvenience. <sup>6</sup>Now they expected that a +violent inflammation would ensue, or that he would have fallen +suddenly dead: but when, after waiting a considerable time, they +saw no inconvenience arise to him, they changed their opinion, +and said that he was a divinity.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Now in the vicinity of that place was +the estate of the principal person on the island, named Publius, +who received us into his house, and lodged us with great humanity +three days. <sup>8</sup>And it so happened that the father of +Publius was then confined to his bed with an attack of fever and +dysentery: unto whom Paul went in, and after praying, laid his +hands upon him, and healed him. <sup>9</sup>This then being the +case, all the rest also who had diseases in the island came to +him, and were healed. <sup>10</sup>Then they honoured us with +many tokens of respect; and when we were about to sail, laid in +for us every necessary store. <sup>11</sup>And after three months +stay we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, from +Alexandria, whose sign was Castor and Pollux: <sup>12</sup>and +proceeding on our voyage to Syracuse, we tarried there three +days: <sup>13</sup>from whence we came round, and arrived +opposite to Rhegium; and after one day the south wind arising, we +came in two more to Puteoli: <sup>14</sup>where finding brethren, +we were solicited by them to tarry seven days; and so we went for +Rome. <sup>15</sup>And the brethren from thence, when they heard +of our motions, came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and the +Three Taverns: whom when Paul saw, he gave thanks to God, and +felt fresh courage.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>And when we were come to Rome, the +centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; +but he permitted Paul to have an apartment by himself, with a +soldier only who guarded him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Now it came to pass that after three +days Paul called together the principal persons of the Jews. And +when they were assembled, he said unto them, Men and brethren, +though I have done nothing contrary to the people and the customs +of our ancestors, yet have I been delivered up a prisoner into +the hands of the Romans. <sup>18</sup>Who, after a full +examination, would have discharged me, because there was not the +least cause found in me for death. <sup>19</sup>But when the Jews +opposed it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I +have any accusation to bring against my countrymen. +<sup>20</sup>For this cause therefore have I invited you hither, +to see and to converse with you; for on account of the hope of +Israel am I bound with this chain.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Then they said to him, We have neither +received letters concerning thee from Judea, nor hath any one of +the brethren who is arrived reported or spoken any thing evil of +thee. <sup>22</sup>But we think it highly proper to hear from +thee what thy sentiments are; for indeed as to this sect, it is +well known to us that everywhere it meets with opposition.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Then having fixed a day with him, +still more of them came to him at his lodging, to whom bearing +his testimony, he set forth the kingdom of God, and persuaded +them of the things relating to Jesus, both out of the law of +Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening: +<sup>24</sup>and some were convinced by the things which were +spoken, but others continued in their unbelief. <sup>25</sup>So +being divided in sentiment among themselves, they broke up, Paul +adding one word, That well had the Holy Ghost spoken by Isaiah +the prophet unto our fathers, <sup>26</sup>saying, Go to this +people, and say, “In hearing ye shall hear, and shall not +understand; and seeing ye shall see, yet in nowise perceive. +<sup>27</sup>For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and +with their ears they are thick of hearing, and their eyes have +they shut; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and +hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and +become converts, and I should heal them<sup><a href="#n47" id="f47" title="see footnote" name="f47">48</a></sup>.” +<sup>28</sup>Be it known therefore unto you, that to the Gentiles +is the salvation of God sent, and they will hear. +<sup>29</sup>And when he had thus spoken, the Jews went away, and +had much disputing among themselves.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>But Paul abode two whole years in his +own hired apartment, and received all who came to him, +<sup>31</sup>preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the +things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all freedom of +discourse, and without the least interruption.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:3em; margin-bottom:1.2em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="rom1" id="rom1">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.6em">ROMAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, a servant of Jesus +Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God, +<sup>2</sup>(which he had promised before by his prophets in the +holy scriptures,) <sup>3</sup>concerning his Son Jesus Christ our +Lord; made from the seed of David after the flesh, +<sup>4</sup>definitively marked out as the Son of God by miracle, +according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the +dead: <sup>5</sup>through whom we have received grace and +apostolic mission among all nations for his name, to bring them +to the obedience of faith: <sup>6</sup>among whom are ye also the +called of Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>To all that are at Rome, beloved of +God, called saints, grace unto you, and peace from God our +Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>First then I give thanks to my God, +through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is +proclaimed through the whole world. <sup>9</sup>For God is my +witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, +how incessantly I make mention of you, <sup>10</sup>always in my +prayers entreating that haply now at last I may have a prosperous +journey by the will of God, to come to you. <sup>11</sup>For I +long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, +in order that you may be established; <sup>12</sup>and that so I +may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of +you and of me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>But I would not that ye should be +unacquainted, brethren, that oftentimes I have been purposing to +come to you (and have been prevented until now), that I might +have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentile +nations. <sup>14</sup>Both to the Greeks and barbarians, both to +the wise and the ignorant am I a debtor. <sup>15</sup>So, as far +as is in my power, I am desirous to preach the Gospel to you that +are at Rome also. <sup>16</sup>For I am not ashamed of the Gospel +of Christ: for it is the power of God for salvation to every one +who believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. +<sup>17</sup>For the righteousness of God by faith is therein +revealed for belief; as it is written, “Now the just by faith +shall live<sup><a href="#n48" id="f48" title="see footnote" name="f48">49</a></sup>.” <sup>18</sup>For the wrath of God is +revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of +men, holding back the truth in unrighteousness. +<sup>19</sup>Because that which is capable of being known +relative to God, is evident among them; for God hath manifested +it to them. <sup>20</sup>For from the creation of the world his +invisible perfections, discoverable in the works that are made, +are clearly seen, even his eternal power and deity; so that they +are inexcusable: <sup>21</sup>because though they knew <i>there +was</i> a God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave him +thanks, but became triflers in their disputations, and their +stupid heart was darkened. <sup>22</sup>Affecting to be sophists, +they turned idiots, <sup>23</sup>and changed the glory of the +incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of a corruptible +man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles. +<sup>24</sup>Wherefore God abandoned them, through the lusts of +their own hearts, unto impurity, to dishonour their own bodies by +themselves: <sup>25</sup>who perverted the truth of God by +falsehood, and worshipped and paid divine honours to the thing +created instead of the Creator, who is blessed for evermore. +Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>For this cause God gave them up to +dishonourable passions. For even their women did change the +natural use into that which was contrary to nature; +<sup>27</sup>and likewise the men also, leaving the natural use +of the woman, burned in their lewdness one towards another; men +with men committing indecency, and receiving in themselves the +recompence of their delusion, which was meet. <sup>28</sup>And +since they thought not fit to hold the Deity in acknowledgment, +God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to practise deeds +unbecoming; <sup>29</sup>replete with all injustice, whoredom, +wickedness, covetousness, villany; full of envy, murder, +contention, deceit, evil habits; whisperers, +<sup>30</sup>backbiters, God-haters, contumelious, insolent, +boasters, inventors of wicked practices, disobedient to parents, +<sup>31</sup>unintelligent, unfaithful to engagements, unnatural, +implacable, unmerciful: <sup>32</sup>who, though they know the +righteous judgment of God, that they who live in such practices +are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also find pleasure +in the company of those who live in these practices.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom2" id="rom2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEREFORE thou art +inexcusable, O man, even every one that judgeth: for in the very +thing wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for +thou that judgest art living in the practices of the same things. +<sup>2</sup>But we know that the judgment of God is according to +truth, against those who practise such things. <sup>3</sup>For +thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest those who do such things, +and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? +<sup>4</sup>Or despisest thou the riches of his kindness and +patience and long-suffering, ignorant that this goodness of God +is leading thee to repentance? <sup>5</sup>But after thy obdurate +and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath at the day +of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, +<sup>6</sup>who will recompense to every man according to his +works; <sup>7</sup>to those who, in the patient practice of good +works, seek glory and honour and immortality—eternal life. +<sup>8</sup>But to those who are of a contentious spirit, and do +not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation, and +wrath; <sup>9</sup>tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man +that doeth wickedness, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek. +<sup>10</sup>But glory and honour and peace be to every man who +doeth that which is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek: +<sup>11</sup>for there is no acceptance of persons with God. +<sup>12</sup>For as many as have sinned without the law, shall +perish also without the law: and as many as have sinned under the +law shall be judged by the law; <sup>13</sup>for the hearers of +the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law +shall be counted righteous; <sup>14</sup>(for when the Gentiles, +who have not the law naturally, do the things of the law, these, +though not having the law, are a law unto themselves: +<sup>15</sup>which exhibit the practice of the law written on +their hearts, their conscience also bearing its testimony, and +their mutual reasonings at intervals bringing accusations or +forming excuses;) <sup>16</sup>in the day when God shall judge +the hidden things of men, according to my gospel by Jesus +Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Lo! thou art named a Jew, and restest +on the law, and boastest in God, <sup>18</sup>and knowest the +will of God, and bringest to the test the things that are +different, being instructed out of the law; <sup>19</sup>and hast +confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light +of those who are in darkness, <sup>20</sup>an instructor of the +uninformed, a teacher of babes, holding the form of knowledge and +of truth in the law. <sup>21</sup>Thou therefore who teachest +another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that proclaimest aloud +that a man should not steal, dost thou steal? <sup>22</sup>thou +that sayest, Do not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? +thou that holdest idols in abomination, dost thou commit +sacrilege? <sup>23</sup>thou who gloriest in the law, +dishonourest thou God by the transgression of the law? +<sup>24</sup>for the name of God is blasphemed through you among +the heathen, as it is written<sup><a href="#n49" id="f49" title="see footnote" name="f49">50</a></sup>. <sup>25</sup>For +circumcision indeed is advantageous, if thou practise the law: +but if thou art a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision +becomes uncircumcision, <sup>26</sup>If then the uncircumcision +observe the righteous judgments of the law, shall not his +uncircumcision be accounted for circumcision? <sup>27</sup>And +the uncircumcision by nature which fulfilleth the law shall +condemn thee, who through the letter and circumcision art a +transgressor of the law. <sup>28</sup>For not he who is outwardly +such, is the Jew; neither is that which is outward in the flesh, +circumcision. <sup>29</sup>But he is a Jew who is such inwardly; +and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose +praise is not from men, but from God.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom3" id="rom3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HAT then is the +superiority of the Jew? or what is the advantage of circumcision? +<sup>2</sup>Much in every view: the principal one indeed is, that +the oracles of God were entrusted to them. <sup>3</sup>For what +if some were unbelievers? shall their unbelief render the +faithfulness of God ineffectual? <sup>4</sup>God forbid: but let +God be true, though every man were a liar; as it is written, +“That thou mayest be acknowledged just in thy sayings, and +overcome when thou art judged<sup><a href="#n50" id="f50" title="see footnote" name="f50">51</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>But if our unrighteousness commend the +righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is not God unrighteous +in inflicting wrath? (I speak humanly).</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>God forbid: for how then shall God +judge the world? <sup>7</sup>For if the truth of God by my lying +hath more abundantly contributed to his glory; why am I +notwithstanding judged as a sinner? <sup>8</sup>And why not +admit, (as we are falsely reported of; and as some affirm we +say,) That we should do evil things, that good may come? whose +condemnation is just. <sup>9</sup>What then? have we +pre-eminence? Not at all: for we have before proved that both the +Jews and Greeks are all under sin; <sup>10</sup>as it is written, +“There is not a just person, no not one: <sup>11</sup>there is +none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. +<sup>12</sup>All are turned aside together, they are become +worthless; there is none that doeth good, there is not even one. +<sup>13</sup>Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their +tongues they have spoken craftily; the poison of asps is under +their lips: <sup>14</sup>whose mouth is full of cursing and +bitterness: <sup>15</sup>their feet are swift to shed blood: +<sup>16</sup>destruction and misery are in their ways. +<sup>17</sup>And they have not known the way of peace: +<sup>18</sup>there is not the fear of God before their +eyes<sup><a href="#n51" id="f51" title="see footnote" name="f51">52</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now we know that whatsoever things the +law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every +mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal +before God. <sup>20</sup>Wherefore by the works of the law shall +no flesh be justified before God: for by the law is the knowledge +of sin. <sup>21</sup>But now distinct from the law the +righteousness of God is manifest, receiving testimony from the +law and the prophets; <sup>22</sup>the righteousness of God +indeed by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all that +believe: for there is no difference: <sup>23</sup>for all have +sinned, and come short of the glory of God; +<sup>24</sup>justified freely by his grace through the redemption +which is in Christ Jesus: <sup>25</sup>whom God hath proposed as +the propitiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, in +demonstration of his justice for the remission of past sins, +through the patience of God; <sup>26</sup>for a demonstration of +his justice at this present time: that he might be just, though +justifying him who is of the faith of Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>Where then is boasting? It is +excluded. By what law? of works? No: but by the law of faith. +<sup>28</sup>We conclude therefore that by faith a man is +justified, without works of law. <sup>29</sup>Is he the God of +the Jews only, and is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, verily, +of the Gentiles also: <sup>30</sup>since it is one God who will +justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through +faith.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Do we then abolish the law through +faith? God forbid: but on the contrary, we give the law +stability.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom4" id="rom4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HAT then shall we say +that Abraham our father hath obtained by the flesh? +<sup>2</sup>For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath cause +for glorying; though not before God. <sup>3</sup>For what doth +the scripture say? Abraham truly believed God, and it was imputed +to him for righteousness<sup><a href="#n52" id="f52" title="see footnote" name="f52">53</a></sup>. <sup>4</sup>Now to him +that worketh, the reward is not brought to account as a favour, +but as a debt. <sup>5</sup>But to him who doth not work, but +believeth in him who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is +reckoned in account for righteousness. <sup>6</sup>As David also +describeth the blessedness of that man, to whom God imputeth +righteousness without works, <sup>7</sup>“Blessed are they whose +unrighteousnesses are forgiven, and whose sins are covered up. +<sup>8</sup>Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will in nowise +impute sin<sup><a href="#n53" id="f53" title="see footnote" name="f53">54</a></sup>.” <sup>9</sup>This blessedness then, <i>is +it</i> for the circumcision, or for the uncircumcision also? for +we say that faith was imputed to Abraham for righteousness. +<sup>10</sup>How then was it imputed to him? when circumcised, or +while uncircumcised? Not when circumcised, but whilst +uncircumcised. <sup>11</sup>And he received the sign of +circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which +he had when uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all +those who believe, though uncircumcised; that to them also the +righteousness might be imputed: <sup>12</sup>and the father of +circumcision, not to those who are of the circumcision merely, +but who also tread in the steps of the faith of our father +Abraham, which he exercised while uncircumcised. <sup>13</sup>For +not by the law <i>came</i> the promise to Abraham and his seed, +that he should be heir of the world, but by the righteousness of +faith. <sup>14</sup>For if they who are of the law are heirs, +faith becomes vain, and the promise is useless: <sup>15</sup>for +the law causeth wrath: for where there is no law, neither is +there transgression.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Therefore it is by faith, that it +might be of grace; in order that the promise might be secured to +all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that +which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, +<sup>17</sup>(as it is written “that I have constituted thee +father of many nations<sup><a href="#n54" id="f54" title="see footnote" name="f54">55</a></sup>,”) before God, in whom he +trusted, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth things that are not +as if existing. <sup>18</sup>Who contrary to hope, in hope +believed, that he should be the father of many nations, according +to what was said, “So shall thy seed be<sup><a href="#n55" id="f55" title="see footnote" name="f55">56</a></sup>.” +<sup>19</sup>And not being weak in faith, he regarded not his own +body now deadened, being about an hundred years old, nor the +deadness of Sarah’s womb: <sup>20</sup>for he disputed not +against the promise of God with unbelief; but was mighty in +faith, giving glory to God; <sup>21</sup>and enjoyed the fullest +assurance, that what he had promised, he was able also to +perform. <sup>22</sup>And therefore it was imputed to him for +righteousness. <sup>23</sup>Now it was not written for his sake +only, that it was imputed to him; <sup>24</sup>but also for our +sakes, to whom it will be imputed, if we believe in him who +raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; <sup>25</sup>who was +delivered up for our offences, and was raised again for our +justification.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom5" id="rom5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>EING justified therefore +by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: +<sup>2</sup>by whom also we have had an introduction through +faith into this grace in which we have stood fast, and are +rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>And not only so, but we glory also in +tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience; +<sup>4</sup>and patience, proof; and proof, hope; <sup>5</sup>and +hope doth not make us ashamed; because the love of God is poured +out into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us. +<sup>6</sup>For even then when we were without strength, Christ +died in due time for the ungodly. <sup>7</sup>For scarcely for a +righteous person will any one die: though for a good man perhaps +some one might even dare to die. <sup>8</sup>But God commendeth +his own love towards us, that, though we were yet sinners, Christ +died in our stead. <sup>9</sup>Therefore much more, being +justified already by his blood, shall we be saved by him from +wrath. <sup>10</sup>For if, being enemies, we have been +reconciled to God by the death of his son, much more, having been +reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And not so only, but we exult in God +through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom already we have +received reconciliation. <sup>12</sup>Therefore, as by one man +sin entered into the world, and by sin death; even so death +passed into all men through him, in whom all have sinned. +<sup>13</sup>For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is +not imputed if there be no law. <sup>14</sup>But death reigned +from Adam unto Moses, even over those who have not sinned after +the similitude of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of him +that was to come.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>But not as the transgression, so also +<i>is</i> the gift. For if by the transgression of one the many +became dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, +which is in that one man, Christ Jesus, hath abounded unto many. +<sup>16</sup>And the gift <i>is</i> not as for one who sinned: +for the judgment indeed <i>came</i> by one to condemnation, but +the free gift <i>leads</i> to justification from many offences. +<sup>17</sup>For if by the offence of one, death reigned by that +one; much more they who receive the abundance of grace, and of +the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Christ +Jesus. <sup>18</sup>Well then, as by the offence of one, +<i>judgment issued</i> against all men unto condemnation; so also +by the righteousness of one, <i>the gift came</i> to all men for +justification unto life. <sup>19</sup>For as by the disobedience +of one man the many were constituted sinners; so also by the +obedience of one shall the many be constituted righteous. +<sup>20</sup>But the law was introduced, that the offence might +be more abundant. But where sin had abounded, there hath grace +abounded more exceedingly: <sup>21</sup>that as sin had reigned +by death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto +life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom6" id="rom6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HAT then shall we say? +Shall we abide in sin, that grace may abound? <sup>2</sup>God +forbid. We who are dead to sin, how shall we still live therein? +<sup>3</sup>Do ye not know, that as many as have been baptised +into Christ Jesus have been baptised into his death? +<sup>4</sup>We have been buried therefore with him by baptism +into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory +of the Father, so also we should walk in newness of life. +<sup>5</sup>For if we have been planted with him in the likeness +of his death, so shall we be also of his resurrection: +<sup>6</sup>knowing this, that our old man hath been crucified +with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that we should +no longer be slaves to sin. <sup>7</sup>For he that is dead is +discharged from sin. <sup>8</sup>But if we have been dead with +Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: +<sup>9</sup>knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth +no more; death over him hath no more dominion. <sup>10</sup>For +in that he died, for sin he died once: but in that he liveth, he +liveth to God. <sup>11</sup>So also do ye account yourselves dead +indeed to sin, but living unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord. +<sup>12</sup>Let not therefore sin reign in your mortal body, +that you should obey it in the passions thereof. +<sup>13</sup>Neither present your members as weapons of +unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive +from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for +God. <sup>14</sup>For sin shall not hold dominion over you: for +ye are not under the law, but under grace. <sup>15</sup>What +then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under +grace? God forbid.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Do ye not know, that to whomsoever ye +present yourselves servants to obey, ye are his servants to whom +ye obey; if of sin unto death, or of obedience, unto +righteousness? <sup>17</sup>But thanks be to God, that though ye +were the servants of sin, ye have obeyed from the heart the model +of doctrine into which ye were delivered. +<sup>18</sup>Emancipated then from sin, ye became servants to +righteousness. <sup>19</sup>I speak humanly, because of the +infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have presented your members +servants to impurity and iniquity for iniquity; so now present +your members servants to righteousness for holiness. +<sup>20</sup>For when ye were the slaves of sin, ye were free +from righteousness. <sup>21</sup>What fruit therefore had ye then +in those things at which ye are now confounded? for the end of +those things is death. <sup>22</sup>But now being set at liberty +from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto +holiness, and at the end life eternal. <sup>23</sup>For the wages +of sin is death; but the gift of God is life eternal in Jesus +Christ our Lord.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom7" id="rom7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>RE you unacquainted, +brethren, (for I am speaking to those who know the law,) that the +law exercises dominion over a person for as long time as he +liveth? <sup>2</sup>For the woman who is subject to a husband, is +bound by the law to that husband during his life; but if the +husband be dead, she is discharged from that husband. +<sup>3</sup>She shall therefore certainly be counted an +adulteress, if, her husband being alive, she be for another man: +but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law; so that she +shall be no adulteress, though married to another husband. +<sup>4</sup>Wherefore, my brethren, ye also have become dead to +the law through the body of Christ; that ye might be for another, +who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit for +God. <sup>5</sup>For when we were in the flesh, the sinful +passions excited by the law, wrought powerfully in our members, +to bring forth fruit unto death. <sup>6</sup>But now we have been +discharged from the law, that being dead by which we were held +fast; that we should serve in renovation of spirit, and not in +the antiquity of the letter. <sup>7</sup>What then shall we say? +Is the law sin? God forbid. Yea, I had not known sin, but by the +law: for I had not even known concupiscence, unless the law had +said, Thou shalt not covet. <sup>8</sup>But sin, seizing the +opportunity by the law, wrought in me all concupiscence. For +without the law sin is dead. <sup>9</sup>For though I lived +without the law formerly; yet when the commandment came, sin +revived, but I died. <sup>10</sup>And the commandment, which +<i>was</i> for life, the same was found by me for death. +<sup>11</sup>For sin, seizing the occasion by the commandment, +deceived me, and thereby slew me. <sup>12</sup>So then the law +indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Did then that which is good become +fatal to me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin by +that which was good <i>in itself</i>, was the cause of death to +me; that sin through the commandment might become transcendantly +sinful. <sup>14</sup>For we know that the law is spiritual; but I +am fleshly, sold under sin. <sup>15</sup>For that which I am +doing I approve not: for not the thing which I wish, that do I +practise; but the very thing I hate, that I do. <sup>16</sup>But +if what I would not, that I do, I concur with the law that it is +excellent. <sup>17</sup>Now then no more I do this, but sin +dwelling in me. <sup>18</sup>For I know that there dwelleth not +in me (that is, in my flesh) any good thing: for to will is +present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find +not. <sup>19</sup>For I do not the good which I wish: but the +evil which I would not, that I do. <sup>20</sup>If then I do that +which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that +dwelleth in me. <sup>21</sup>I find then a law, that, when I wish +to do good, evil is presented to me. <sup>22</sup>For I am +delighted with the law of God, as respecting the inward man: +<sup>23</sup>but I see another law in my members, militating +against the law in my mind, and making me captive to the law of +sin which is in my members. <sup>24</sup>O wretched man, I! who +shall pluck me from the body of this death? <sup>25</sup>I give +thanks to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Well then, I myself +with my mind am servant to the law of God; but in my flesh to the +law of sin.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom8" id="rom8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HERE is therefore now no +condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after +the flesh, but after the Spirit. <sup>2</sup>For the law of the +Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath liberated me from the law of +sin and of death. <sup>3</sup>For that which was impossible by +the law, inasmuch as it was impotent through the flesh, God +having sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for +sin, condemned sin in that flesh: <sup>4</sup>that the +righteousness of the law might be fulfilled by us, who walk not +after the flesh, but after the Spirit. <sup>5</sup>For they who +are after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they who +are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. <sup>6</sup>For +to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is +life and peace. <sup>7</sup>Because the propensity of the flesh +is inimical against God: for it is not in subjection to the law +of God, neither indeed can it be. <sup>8</sup>They then who are +in the flesh, cannot please God. <sup>9</sup>But ye are not in +the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God +dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he +is not his. <sup>10</sup>But if Christ be in you, the body indeed +is dead on account of sin; but the Spirit is alive through +righteousness. <sup>11</sup>But if the Spirit of him who hath +raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he who raised Christ +from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his +indwelling Spirit in you. <sup>12</sup>Truly then we are debtors, +not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. <sup>13</sup>For if ye +live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit +ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. <sup>14</sup>For +as many as are guided by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of +God. <sup>15</sup>For ye have not received a spirit of bondage +again unto fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, by +which we cry, Abba, Father. <sup>16</sup>The same spirit beareth +witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. +<sup>17</sup>But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, +and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we +may also together with him be glorified. <sup>18</sup>For I +reckon that the sufferings of the present moment are not worthy +to be placed against the future glory that shall be revealed to +us. <sup>19</sup>For the eager expectation of the creation is +waiting for the revelation of the children of God. +<sup>20</sup>For the creation was made subject to vanity, not +voluntarily, but by him who made it subject, <sup>21</sup>in hope +that the same creation shall be emancipated from the bondage of +corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. +<sup>22</sup>For we know that the whole creation groaneth +together and travaileth in birth to this moment. <sup>23</sup>And +not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the +Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting the +adoption, the redemption of our body. <sup>24</sup>For by hope we +have been saved: now hope seen is not hope; for that which any +man seeth how doth he yet hope for? <sup>25</sup>But if we hope +for what we see not, we with patience expect it. <sup>26</sup>In +like manner also the Spirit affords assistance to our +infirmities: for even this, what we should pray for as we ought, +we know not: but the same Spirit more abundantly maketh +intercession for us with groanings unutterable. <sup>27</sup>Now +he that trieth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, +for he maketh intercession for the saints according to God’s +will. <sup>28</sup>But we know that to those who love God all +things work together for good, even to those who are called +according to his purpose. <sup>29</sup>For whom he foreknew, he +predestinated also to a conformity with the image of his Son, +that he might be the first-begotten among many brethren. +<sup>30</sup>But whom he predestinated, those also he called: and +whom he called, those also he justified: but whom he justified, +those also he glorified.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>What then shall we say to these +things? If God be for us, who <i>shall be</i> against us? +<sup>32</sup>He who even spared not his own Son, but freely +delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also, together with +him, freely give us all things? <sup>33</sup>Who shall put in an +accusation against the elect of God? God? He is their justifier. +<sup>34</sup>Who is he that condemneth? Christ? He died, yea, +rather, also is risen again, who is even at the right hand of +God, who also maketh intercession for us. <sup>35</sup>Who shall +separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of +circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, +or the sword? <sup>36</sup>As it is written, “That for thy sake +we have been put to death the whole day long; we have been +reckoned indeed as sheep for slaughter<sup><a href="#n56" id="f56" title="see footnote" name="f56">57</a></sup>.” +<sup>37</sup>But in all these things we are more than conquerors +through him that loved us. <sup>38</sup>For I am assured that +neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor +powers, nor things present, nor those to come, <sup>39</sup>nor +exaltation, nor deepest depression, nor any other creature, shall +be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ +Jesus our Lord.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom9" id="rom9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> SPEAK the truth in +Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in +the Holy Ghost,) <sup>2</sup>that great is my sorrow and +unceasing the anguish in my heart. <sup>3</sup>For could I myself +wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my +kinsmen according to the flesh? <sup>4</sup>who are Israelites; +whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the +gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises; +<sup>5</sup>of whom are the fathers, and from whom as respecting +the flesh Christ sprung, who is over all, the blessed God for +evermore. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now it is not supposable that the word +of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of +Israel: <sup>7</sup>nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, +are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called. +<sup>8</sup>That is, not the children of the flesh, these are the +children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted +for the seed. <sup>9</sup>For the word of promise is this, At +that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. +<sup>10</sup>And not only so; but when Rebecca also had +conception by one, even Isaac our father; <sup>11</sup>(though +the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or +evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might +abide, not from works, but from him who called;) <sup>12</sup>it +was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the +younger<sup><a href="#n57" id="f57" title="see footnote" name="f57">58</a></sup>.” <sup>13</sup>As it is written, “Jacob have I +loved, but Esau have I hated<sup><a href="#n58" id="f58" title="see footnote" name="f58">59</a></sup>.” <sup>14</sup>What shall +we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. +<sup>15</sup>For he saith to Moses<sup><a href="#n59" id="f59" +title="see footnote" name="f59">60</a></sup>, “I will have mercy +on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I +will have compassion.” <sup>16</sup>Well then, it is not of him +that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth +mercy.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>For the scripture saith<sup><a href="#n60" id="f60" title="see footnote" name="f60">61</a></sup> to +Pharaoh, “That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I +might display in thee my power, and that my name may be +proclaimed in all the earth.” <sup>18</sup>Well then, he hath +mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth. +<sup>19</sup>Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? +Who hath resisted his will? <sup>20</sup>Nay but, O man, who art +thou that disputest against God? Shall the thing fashioned say to +him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus? +<sup>21</sup>Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the +same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another +for a dishonourable? <sup>22</sup>But what if God, willing to +display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, +hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted +for perdition: <sup>23</sup>and that he might make known the +riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before +prepared for glory: <sup>24</sup>even us, whom he hath called, +not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles? +<sup>25</sup>As also he saith in Hosea<sup><a href="#n61" id="f61" title="see footnote" name="f61">62</a></sup>, “I will call +her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not +beloved, beloved. <sup>26</sup>And it shall be in the place where +it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be +called the sons of the living God.” <sup>27</sup>But +Isaiah<sup><a href="#n62" id="f62" title="see footnote" name="f62">63</a></sup> crieth concerning Israel, “Though the number +of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall +be saved: <sup>28</sup>for he will finish the account, and cut it +short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord +make on the earth.” <sup>29</sup>Even as Isaiah had said +before<sup><a href="#n63" id="f63" title="see footnote" name="f63">64</a></sup>, “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us +a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto +Gomorrha.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>What then shall we say? That the +Gentiles, who pursued not after righteousness, have attained unto +righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith. +<sup>31</sup>But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, +hath not come up to the law of righteousness. <sup>32</sup>And +why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of +the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling; +<sup>33</sup>as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of +stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in +him shall not be confounded<sup><a href="#n64" id="f64" title="see footnote" name="f64">65</a></sup>.”</p> + +<h2><a name="rom10" id="rom10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>RETHREN, the kind wish of +my heart indeed, and the prayer which I offer to God for Israel, +is for their salvation. <sup>2</sup>For I am a witness for them, +that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. +<sup>3</sup>For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of +God, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they +have not submitted to the righteousness of God. <sup>4</sup>For +Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that +believeth. <sup>5</sup>For Moses describeth the righteousness +which is by the law, “That the man who doeth these things shall +live by them<sup><a href="#n65" id="f65" title="see footnote" +name="f65">66</a></sup>.” <sup>6</sup>But the righteousness that +is by faith speaketh thus<sup><a href="#n66" id="f66" title="see footnote" name="f66">67</a></sup>, “Say not in thy heart, +Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:) +<sup>7</sup>or, Who shall descend into the abyss?” (that is, to +bring Christ up again from the dead.) <sup>8</sup>But what saith +it? “The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart:” that +is, the word of faith which we preach; <sup>9</sup>That if thou +shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in +thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. +<sup>10</sup>For with the heart faith is exercised unto +righteousness; and with the mouth is confession made unto +salvation. <sup>11</sup>For the scripture saith<sup><a href="#n67" id="f67" title="see footnote" name="f67">68</a></sup>, +“Every one who believeth in him shall not be confounded.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>For there is no difference between +either Jew or Greek: for the same Lord of all is rich to all that +call upon him. <sup>13</sup>“For every one shall be saved, +whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord<sup><a href="#n68" id="f68" title="see footnote" name="f68">69</a></sup>.” +<sup>14</sup>How then shall they call upon him in whom they have +not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have +not heard? but how shall they hear without a preacher? +<sup>15</sup>and how shall they preach unless they are sent? as +it is written<sup><a href="#n69" id="f69" title="see footnote" +name="f69">70</a></sup>, “How beautiful are the feet of those who +preach the gospel of peace, of those who preach the glad tidings +of good things!” <sup>16</sup>But they have not all obeyed the +gospel. For Isaiah saith, “Lord, who hath believed our +report<sup><a href="#n70" id="f70" title="see footnote" name="f70">71</a></sup>?” <sup>17</sup>Faith then cometh by report, +but the report by the word of God. <sup>18</sup>But I say, Have +they not heard? Yea verily, “the sound of their voice is gone +forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the +world<sup><a href="#n71" id="f71" title="see footnote" name="f71">72</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>But I say, Did not Israel know? Moses +first saith, “I will excite your jealousy by what is no nation, +and by an ignorant people will I provoke you to +wrath<sup><a href="#n72" id="f72" title="see footnote" name="f72">73</a></sup>.” <sup>20</sup>But Isaiah is very bold, and +saith<sup><a href="#n73" id="f73" title="see footnote" name="f73">74</a></sup>, “I have been found by those who sought me +not; I have become manifest to those who inquired not after me.” +<sup>21</sup>But unto Israel he saith, “All the day long have I +stretched out my hands unto a people disobedient and +contradicting.”</p> + +<h2><a name="rom11" id="rom11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> SAY then, Hath God +rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of +the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. <sup>2</sup>God +hath not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what +the scripture saith of Elias<sup><a href="#n74" id="f74" title="see footnote" name="f74">75</a></sup>? how he maketh +intercession with God against Israel, saying, <sup>3</sup>“Lord, +they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and +I only am left, and they seek my life.” <sup>4</sup>But what +saith the oracle of God to him? “I have left to myself seven +thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” <sup>5</sup>So +then at this present time also there is a remnant according to +the election of grace. <sup>6</sup>But if by grace, it is no more +by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if by works, it +is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>What then is the result? Israel hath +not obtained that which it seeketh; but the election hath +obtained it, and the rest were blinded, <sup>8</sup>as it is +written<sup><a href="#n75" id="f75" title="see footnote" name="f75">76</a></sup>, “God hath given them the spirit of slumber, +eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not +hear; unto this present day.” <sup>9</sup>And David +saith<sup><a href="#n76" id="f76" title="see footnote" name="f76">77</a></sup>, “Let their table be for a snare, and for a +trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompence unto them: +<sup>10</sup>let their eyes be blinded, that they may not see, +and bow down their back continually.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>I say then, Have they stumbled so as +to fall? God forbid: but by their stumbling salvation is come to +the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. <sup>12</sup>For if +their stumbling is the riches of the world, and their diminution +the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? +<sup>13</sup>For I address myself to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I +am indeed the apostle of the Gentiles, I exalt my ministry: +<sup>14</sup>if by any means I might provoke to jealousy my +flesh, and save some of them. <sup>15</sup>For if the rejection +of them is the reconciliation of the world, what shall their +recovery be, but life from the dead? <sup>16</sup>Now if the +first fruits be holy, so is the mass: and if the root be holy, so +are the branches. <sup>17</sup>But if some of the branches have +been broken off, and thou though a wild olive hast been grafted +in among them, and become a partaker of the root and fatness of +the olive tree; <sup>18</sup>boast not against the branches. But +if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Wilt thou say then, The branches were +broken off, that I might be grafted in? <sup>20</sup>Admitted; by +unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not +high minded, but fear: <sup>21</sup>for if God spared not the +native branches, tremble lest he spare not thee.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Behold therefore the kindness and +severity of God: to those indeed who fell, severity; but unto +thee, kindness, if thou continuest in that kindness: otherwise +thou also shalt be cut off. <sup>23</sup>But they also, if they +continue not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to +graft them in again. <sup>24</sup>For if thou hast been cut out +of the naturally wild olive, and contrary to nature hast been +grafted into the good olive: how much more shall these, which are +native branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? +<sup>25</sup>For I would not that you should be ignorant, +brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own +conceits; that blindness in part is come on Israel, until the +fulness of the Gentiles be come in. <sup>26</sup>And so all +Israel shall be saved: as it is written, “The Deliverer shall go +forth out of Sion, and shalt turn away ungodliness from Jacob; +<sup>27</sup>and this is my covenant with them, When I shall take +away their sins<sup><a href="#n77" id="f77" title="see footnote" name="f77">78</a></sup>.” <sup>28</sup>As concerning the gospel +indeed, they are now enemies for your sakes: as concerning the +election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake. +<sup>29</sup>For unchangeable are the gifts and the calling of +God. <sup>30</sup>For as ye also in times past did not believe in +God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief: +<sup>31</sup>so also these now have not believed in your mercy, +that they also might obtain mercy. <sup>32</sup>For God hath shut +up all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. +<sup>33</sup>O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and +knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and how +incomprehensible his ways! <sup>34</sup>For who hath known the +mind of the Lord, or who hath been admitted his counsellor? +<sup>35</sup>Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be +repaid him again? <sup>36</sup>Because by him, and through him, +and for him, are all things, to whom be glory for ever and ever. +Amen.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom12" id="rom12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> BESEECH you, therefore, +brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living +sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable +service. <sup>2</sup>And be not conformed to this world, but be +transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by +experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and +perfect. <sup>3</sup>For, I say, by the grace which is given unto +me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above +what he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has divided +to every one the measure of faith. <sup>4</sup>For as we have in +one body many members, but the members, though many, have not the +same function, <sup>5</sup>so we, being many, are one body in +Christ, and every one reciprocally members of each other. +<sup>6</sup>Having then different gifts according to the grace +which is given unto us, if it be prophecy, speak according to the +analogy of faith; <sup>7</sup>or if the deacon’s office, be +active in the service; or he that teacheth, in teaching; +<sup>8</sup>or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; he that +distributes, let him do it with simplicity; he that presideth, +with diligence; he that is employed in acts of mercy, with +cheerfulness. <sup>9</sup>Let love be undissembled. Abhor that +which is evil; cleave to that which is good. <sup>10</sup>In +brotherly affection be tenderly attached to each other; in honour +preferring one another: <sup>11</sup>not slothful in business; +fervent in spirit; serving the Lord: <sup>12</sup>rejoicing in +hope; patient in affliction; persevering in prayer: +<sup>13</sup>communicating to the wants of the saints; prompt to +hospitality. <sup>14</sup>Bless them who persecute you; bless, +and curse not. <sup>15</sup>Rejoice with those that rejoice, and +weep with those that weep. <sup>16</sup>Be of the same mind among +each other. Affect not high things, but be condescending to the +lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits. <sup>17</sup>Render to +no man evil for evil. Be provident of things laudable in the +sight of all men. <sup>18</sup>If possible, as far as you can, be +at peace with all men. <sup>19</sup>Avenge not yourselves, +beloved, but give place unto wrath: for it is written, “Vengeance +belongeth to me; I will recompence, saith the Lord<sup><a href="#n78" id="f78" title="see footnote" name="f78">79</a></sup>.” +<sup>20</sup>If therefore thine enemy hunger, give him food; if +he thirst, give him drink: for so doing, thou shalt heap up coals +of fire on his head. <sup>21</sup>Be not overcome of evil, but +overcome evil with good.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom13" id="rom13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>ET every soul be subject +to the superior powers: for there is no power but from God; the +existing powers are appointed by God. <sup>2</sup>Wherefore he +that sets himself against authority, resists the ordinance of +God: and they who resist shall receive to themselves +condemnation. <sup>3</sup>For rulers are not a terror to good +works, but to evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do +that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from it: +<sup>4</sup>for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But +if thou doest that which is evil, tremble! for he beareth not the +sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, an avenger to +inflict wrath on him that practises what is evil. +<sup>5</sup>Wherefore there is a necessity for being in +subjection, not only for fear of wrath, but also for conscience +sake. <sup>6</sup>For on this account pay ye taxes also: for they +are God’s ministers, continually employed on this very service. +<sup>7</sup>Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom +tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour +to whom honour. <sup>8</sup>Owe no man any thing, but to love one +another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. +<sup>9</sup>For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt +do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false +witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other +commandment, it is comprised in this word, even in this, Thou +shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. <sup>10</sup>Love doeth no +ill to a neighbour; the fulfilment therefore of the law is love. +<sup>11</sup>And thus do, knowing the time; for the hour is come +that we should awake from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer +than when we believed. <sup>12</sup>The night is far advanced, +the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of +darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. <sup>13</sup>Let +us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and +drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and +envy. <sup>14</sup>But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make +not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom14" id="rom14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">H</span>IM that is weak in faith +take by the hand, and enter not into niceties of disputes. +<sup>2</sup>One man indeed thinketh he may eat all meats; +another, who is weak, eateth vegetables. <sup>3</sup>Let not him +that eateth despise him that eateth not, and let not him that +eateth not judge him that eateth; for God hath accepted him. +<sup>4</sup>Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To +his own master he standeth or falleth; but he shall be +established: for God is able to establish him. <sup>5</sup>One +man judgeth one day different from another day: another judgeth +every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own +mind. <sup>6</sup>He that observeth a day, to the Lord he +observeth it; and he that observeth not a day, to the Lord he +doth not observe it. He that eateth, to the Lord he eateth, for +he giveth thanks to God; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he +eateth not, and giveth thanks to God. <sup>7</sup>For no one of +us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself. +<sup>8</sup>For whether we live, to the Lord we live, and whether +we die, to the Lord we die; whether therefore we live, or whether +we die, we are the Lord’s. <sup>9</sup>For to this end Christ +both died, and rose again, and revived, that he might be the Lord +both of the dead and of the living. <sup>10</sup>But thou, why +judgest thou thy brother? And thou, why dost thou disparage thy +brother? for we must all appear before the judgment-seat of +Christ. <sup>11</sup>For it is written, “As I live, saith the +Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall make +confession to God<sup><a href="#n79" id="f79" title="see footnote" name="f79">80</a></sup>.” <sup>12</sup>Assuredly +then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. +<sup>13</sup>Let us therefore no more judge one another; but +judge this rather, that no one put a stumbling-block or offence +before his brother. <sup>14</sup>I know, and am convinced by the +Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him +who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. +<sup>15</sup>But if by meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest +no more according to love. Do not by thy meat destroy him for +whom Christ died. <sup>16</sup>Let not therefore food, which is +good for you, give occasion of reproach. <sup>17</sup>For the +kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and +peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. <sup>18</sup>For he who in +these things is the servant of Christ, is acceptable to God, and +approved of men. <sup>19</sup>Well then, let us earnestly pursue +the things that conduce to peace, and the things which are for +mutual edification. <sup>20</sup>For the sake of meat destroy not +the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but it is an evil +thing for a man to eat, giving offence. <sup>21</sup>It is +laudable not to eat flesh, or to drink wine, nor to do any thing +whereby thy brother is stumbled, or scandalized, or weakened. +<sup>22</sup>Hast thou faith, exercise it before God within +thyself. Blessed is the man who condemneth not himself in that +which he alloweth. <sup>23</sup>But he that maketh a difference +between meats, if he eat is condemned, because he doth it not by +faith: for every thing which is not of faith, is sin.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom15" id="rom15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>E then that are strong, +ought to bear the infirmities of those who are feeble, and not to +gratify ourselves. <sup>2</sup>Let every one of us gratify his +neighbour in that which is good for his edification. +<sup>3</sup>For even Christ gratified not himself; but as it is +written, “The reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen +upon me<sup><a href="#n80" id="f80" title="see footnote" name="f80">81</a></sup>.” <sup>4</sup>For whatsoever things were +written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that by +patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we might have +hope. <sup>5</sup>Now the God of patience and consolation give +you to be like-minded among each other, according to Christ +Jesus: <sup>6</sup>that in one mind, with one mouth, ye may +glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>7</sup>Therefore help one another, as Christ also hath +helped us, for the glory of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Now I say that Jesus Christ was the +minister of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the +promises made unto the fathers: <sup>9</sup>and that the Gentiles +might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written<sup><a href="#n81" id="f81" title="see footnote" name="f81">82</a></sup>, +“For this cause will I confess unto thee among the Gentiles, and +sing unto thy name.” <sup>10</sup>And again he saith<sup><a href="#n82" id="f82" title="see footnote" name="f82">83</a></sup>, +“Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.” <sup>11</sup>And +again<sup><a href="#n83" id="f83" title="see footnote" name="f83">84</a></sup>, “Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and laud +him, all ye people.” <sup>12</sup>And again Isaiah saith, “There +shall be a root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to reign over the +Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust<sup><a href="#n84" id="f84" title="see footnote" name="f84">85</a></sup>.” +<sup>13</sup>Now the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace +in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of the Holy +Ghost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And I myself also am persuaded of you, +my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with +all knowledge, and able to admonish one another. <sup>15</sup>But +I have written to you, my brethren, in part, with greater +freedom, as refreshing your memory through the grace which is +given to me of God; <sup>16</sup>that I should be the minister of +Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God; +that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified +by the Holy Ghost.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>I have therefore cause to glory in +Christ Jesus with regard to the things of God. <sup>18</sup>For I +will not dare to say any thing of those things which Christ hath +not wrought by my ministry, to engage the obedience of the +Gentiles, by word and deed, <sup>19</sup>by the power of signs +and miracles, by the might of the Spirit of God; so that from +Jerusalem, and in a circle quite round unto Illyricum, I have +fully spread the gospel of Christ. <sup>20</sup>But I have in +such manner endeavoured to preach the gospel, not where Christ’s +name had been heard, lest I should build upon another man’s +foundation: <sup>21</sup>but as it is written<sup><a href="#n85" +id="f85" title="see footnote" name="f85">86</a></sup>, “To whom +the tidings concerning him have not reached, they shall see, and +they who have not heard, shall understand.” +<sup>22</sup>Wherefore also I have found many things to hinder me +from coming to you; <sup>23</sup>but now having no longer cause +to detain me in these regions, and having an earnest desire to +come unto you for many years past, <sup>24</sup>whenever I +proceed on my journey into Spain, I will come unto you: for I +hope on my journey to see you, and by you to be forwarded +thither, after I shall have first, in a measure, fully enjoyed +your society. <sup>25</sup>But I am now going to Jerusalem, to +carry alms to the saints. <sup>26</sup>For Macedonia and Achaia +have been pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of +the saints that are at Jerusalem. <sup>27</sup>They have been so +pleased indeed, and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles +have been admitted to a participation in their spiritual things, +they ought also to minister to them in carnal things. +<sup>28</sup>When therefore I have completed this work, and +sealed unto them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain. +<sup>29</sup>But I know that, when I come to you, I shall come +with the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. +<sup>30</sup>Now I exhort you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus +Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you wrestle earnestly +with me in prayers for me unto God; <sup>31</sup>that I may be +delivered from those who do not believe in Judea; and that my +service which regards Jerusalem may be kindly accepted by the +saints; <sup>32</sup>that I may come unto you with joy by the +will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>33</sup>Now the God of peace be with you all! +Amen.</p> + +<h2><a name="rom16" id="rom16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> NOW commend unto you +Phœbe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church which is at +Cenchrea: <sup>2</sup>that ye receive her in the Lord, as +becometh saints, and that you assist her in every matter wherein +she may have need of you: for she hath also been a succourer of +many, and of me myself.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Salute Priscilla and Aquila my +fellow-labourers in Christ Jesus: <sup>4</sup>(who for my life +have laid down their own neck: to whom not only I give thanks, +but also all the churches of the Gentiles:) <sup>5</sup>and the +church which is in their house.</p> + +<p class="pn">Salute Epinetus my beloved, who is the first-fruits +of Achaia unto Christ. <sup>6</sup>Salute Mary, who laboured in +many things to serve us. <sup>7</sup>Salute Andronicus and Junia, +my kinsmen, and fellow-prisoners, who are eminent among the +apostles, who also were in Christ before me. <sup>8</sup>Salute +Amplias my beloved in the Lord. <sup>9</sup>Salute Urban, our +fellow-labourer in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. +<sup>10</sup>Salute Apelles the approved in Christ. Salute those +who are of the family of Aristobulus. <sup>11</sup>Salute +Herodion my kinsman. Salute those which belong to the family of +Narcissus, who are in the Lord. <sup>12</sup>Salute Tryphena and +Tryphosa, who have laboured hard in the Lord. Salute Persis the +beloved, who laboured much in the Lord. <sup>13</sup>Salute Rufus +elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine. <sup>14</sup>Salute +Asyncritus, Phlegon, Dermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren +which are with them. <sup>15</sup>Salute Philologus, and Julia, +Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with +them. <sup>16</sup>Salute one another with the holy kiss. The +churches of Christ salute you. <sup>17</sup>Now I beseech you, +brethren, keep a sharp eye over those who cause divisions and +offences contrary to the doctrine ye have learned, and turn away +from them. <sup>18</sup>For such are not servants to our Lord +Jesus Christ, but to their own belly; and by smooth speeches and +flattering commendations deceive the hearts of the guileless. +<sup>19</sup>For your obedience is gone forth in report to all +men. I rejoice therefore on your account: but I wish you to be +wise indeed unto good, but harmless respecting evil. +<sup>20</sup>Now the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your +feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. +Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>There salute you Timothy, my +fellow-labourer, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my +kinsmen. <sup>22</sup>I Tertius, who have written this epistle, +salute you in the Lord. <sup>23</sup>Gaius mine host, and of the +whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city +saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you all. <i>Amen</i>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Now to him that is able to stablish +you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, +agreeable to the revelation of the mystery; which was concealed +from all former ages, <sup>26</sup>but is now made manifest, and +by the prophetical scriptures, according to the commandment of +the eternal God, notified to all the Gentiles to bring them to +the obedience of faith: <sup>27</sup>to the only wise God, +through Jesus Christ, be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">Written to the Romans, and sent by Phœbe, a +deaconess of the church in Cenchrea.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="font-size:125%"><a name="co11" id="co11"><span class="t3 ls1">THE FIRST EPISTLE</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt2">PAUL THE APOSTLE</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span class="ls4">CORINTHIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, a called apostle of +Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes a brother, +<sup>2</sup>to the church of God which is at Corinth, sanctified +in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, with all those who invoke +the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both their’s +and our’s: <sup>3</sup>grace be unto you, and peace, from God our +Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup>4</sup>I give thanks to +my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which hath +been given you in Christ Jesus; <sup>5</sup>that in every thing +ye have been enriched by him, in all utterance, and all +knowledge; <sup>6</sup>thus the testimony of Jesus hath been +confirmed among you: <sup>7</sup>so that ye have not been +deficient in any gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord +Jesus Christ: <sup>8</sup>who shall confirm you to the end +blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>9</sup>Faithful is God, by whom ye have been called into +communion with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Now I conjure you, brethren, by the +name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, +and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be perfectly +united together in the same mind and the same sentiment. +<sup>11</sup>For I have been informed concerning you, my +brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are +contentions among you. <sup>12</sup>Now this I observe, that one +and another of you saith, I am indeed of Paul; but I of Apollos; +but I of Cephas; but I am of Christ. <sup>13</sup>Is Christ +divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptised into the +name of Paul?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>I thank God that I baptised none of +you, except Crispus and Gaius; <sup>15</sup>that no man might +say, I baptised into my own name. <sup>16</sup>And I also +baptised the household of Stephanus: besides these, I know not if +I baptised any other person. <sup>17</sup>For Christ sent me not +to baptise, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of +discourse, lest the cross of Christ should be slighted. +<sup>18</sup>For the discourse, <i>the subject of which is</i> +the cross, is indeed to those who perish, folly; but to us who +are saved it is the power of God. <sup>19</sup>For it is written, +“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of +the intelligent will I make useless<sup><a href="#n86" id="f86" +title="see footnote" name="f86">87</a></sup>.” <sup>20</sup>Where +is the sophist? where is the scribe? where is the inquisitive +searcher after this world’s wisdom? hath not God turned into +folly the wisdom of this world? <sup>21</sup>for since in the +wisdom of God the world by its wisdom knew not God, it pleased +God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. +<sup>22</sup>For the Jews demand a miracle, and the Greeks seek +wisdom: <sup>23</sup>but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews +indeed an offence, and to the Greeks folly; <sup>24</sup>but to +those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ the power of +God, and the wisdom of God. <sup>25</sup>For this foolishness of +God is wiser than men; and this weakness of God is stronger than +men. <sup>26</sup>For ye see your calling, brethren, that not +many fleshly wise, not many men in power, not many men of high +birth, are called: <sup>27</sup>but the foolish things of this +world hath God elected, that he might confound the wise; and the +feeble things of the world hath God elected, that he might +confound the mighty; <sup>28</sup>and the ignoble things of the +world, and the despicable, hath God elected, and the things that +are not, to bring to nought the things which are, +<sup>29</sup>that no flesh should glory in his presence. +<sup>30</sup>But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who hath been +made to us of God wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, +and redemption: <sup>31</sup>that, as it is written, “He that +glorieth, let him glory in the Lord<sup><a href="#n87" id="f87" +title="see footnote" name="f87">88</a></sup>.”</p> + +<h2><a name="co12" id="co12">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I, when I came to you, +brethren, came not with superior excellence of discourse or +wisdom, preaching unto you the gospel of God. <sup>2</sup>For I +determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and +him crucified. <sup>3</sup>And in weakness, and in fear, and in +much timidity, was I among you. <sup>4</sup>And my conversation +and my preaching was not with persuasive words of human wisdom, +but with demonstration of the Spirit, and of power: +<sup>5</sup>that your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, +but on the power of God. <sup>6</sup>But we speak wisdom among +the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers +of this world, who are destroying themselves: <sup>7</sup>but we +speak the wisdom of God, which had been hid in mystery, which God +predestined before the worlds were, for our glory: +<sup>8</sup>which none of the rulers of this world have known: +for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord +of glory. <sup>9</sup>But, as it is written<sup><a href="#n88" +id="f88" title="see footnote" name="f88">89</a></sup>, “The +things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and that +have not entered into the heart of man, these hath God prepared +for those who love him.” <sup>10</sup>But to us hath God revealed +them by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth out all things, even +the depths of God. <sup>11</sup>For who among men knoweth the +things of man, save the spirit of man which is in him? so also +the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Now we have not received the spirit of +the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know +the things that are freely given to us of God. <sup>13</sup>Which +things also we speak, not in discourses framed by human wisdom, +but taught by the Spirit of God; comparing spiritual things with +spiritual.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>But the natural man receiveth not the +things of the Spirit of God: for they are folly to him: and he +cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned. +<sup>15</sup>But the spiritual man discerneth indeed all things, +though himself is discernible by no man. <sup>16</sup>For who +hath known the mind of the Lord? who will instruct him? But we +have the mind of Christ.</p> + +<h2><a name="co13" id="co13">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I, brethren, have been +unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, +even as to babes in Christ. <sup>2</sup>And I have given you milk +to drink, and not meat: for hitherto ye have not been capable of +it, yea, even to the present moment ye are not capable of it. +<sup>3</sup>For ye are still carnal: for since there are among +you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk +as <i>other</i> men? <sup>4</sup>For when one saith, I am indeed +of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? +<sup>5</sup>Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but the +ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each +<i>of us</i>? <sup>6</sup>I have planted, Apollos watered; but +God gave the increase. <sup>7</sup>So then neither is he that +planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God who giveth the +increase. <sup>8</sup>Now he that planteth and he that watereth +are one: but every one shall receive his own reward according to +his own labour. <sup>9</sup>For we are God’s fellowlabourers: ye +are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>According to the grace of God given +unto me, as a skilful architect, I have laid the foundation, and +another buildeth thereon. But let every one take heed how he +buildeth upon it. <sup>11</sup>For other foundation can no man +lay than that is laid, which is Jesus the Messiah. +<sup>12</sup>But if any man build upon this foundation gold, +silver, precious stones, timbers, hay, stubble; +<sup>13</sup>every man’s work shall be made manifest: for that +day shall declare it, for it shall be laid open by fire; and the +fire shall prove every man’s work of what sort it is. +<sup>14</sup>If any man’s work which he hath built abide <i>the +trial</i>, he shall receive a reward. <sup>15</sup>If any man’s +work be burnt up, he shall suffer loss: but himself shall be +saved; yet so as through the fire.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Know ye not that ye are the temple of +God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? <sup>17</sup>If +any man prophane the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the +temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Let no man deceive himself. If any man +among you thinketh himself a wise man in this world, let him +become a fool, that he may be wise. <sup>19</sup>For the wisdom +of this world is folly in the sight of God. For it is written, +“He entangleth the wise in their own craftiness<sup><a href="#n89" id="f89" title="see footnote" name="f89">90</a></sup>.” +<sup>20</sup>And again<sup><a href="#n90" id="f90" title="see footnote" name="f90">91</a></sup>, “The Lord knoweth the +reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.” +<sup>21</sup>Wherefore let no man glory in men. For all things +are your’s; <sup>22</sup>whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or +the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to +come; all things are your’s; <sup>23</sup>and ye are Christ’s; +and Christ is God’s.</p> + +<h2><a name="co14" id="co14">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>ET a man so account of +us, as the under servants of Christ, and stewards of the +mysteries of God. <sup>2</sup>Moreover it is expected of +stewards, that a man be found faithful. <sup>3</sup>But it is my +least consideration that I should be judged by you, or by human +opinion: yea I decide not respecting myself. <sup>4</sup>For +though I am not conscious to myself of any unfaithfulness, yet am +I not thereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. +<sup>5</sup>Wherefore judge nothing before the time until the +Lord come, who also will bring to light the hidden things of +darkness, and will manifest the counsels of men’s hearts; and +then shall praise be given to each from God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>But these things, brethren, I have +figuratively applied to myself, and Apollos for your sake; that +in us ye might learn not to be attached, beyond what is written, +lest one being for one <i>minister</i>, ye be puffed up <i>with +prejudice</i> against another. <sup>7</sup>For who distinguisheth +thee? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? But if +thou also hast received it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst +not received it?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Now ye are full, now ye have grown +rich, ye have reigned without us: and I wish indeed that you may +reign, that we also might reign together with you. +<sup>9</sup>For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the +last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to +the world, and to angels, and to men. <sup>10</sup>We are counted +fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, +but ye are mighty; ye are honourable persons, but we despised. +<sup>11</sup>For even to this present hour we undergo hunger and +thirst and nakedness, and are buffeted about, and have no settled +abode; <sup>12</sup>and work hard, labouring with our own hands: +being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; +<sup>13</sup>being injuriously spoken of, we entreat; we are made +as the ordures of the world, as the sweepings of all things unto +this day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>I write not these things to shame you, +but as my beloved children I admonish you. <sup>15</sup>For +though ye may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet not many +fathers: for in Christ Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten +you. <sup>16</sup>Now I conjure you, be followers of me. +<sup>17</sup>For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is +my son beloved and faithful in Christ, who will remind you of my +ways which are in Christ Jesus, as I teach every where in every +church.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Now some are puffed up, as though I +would not really come to you. <sup>19</sup>But I will come +shortly unto you, if the Lord please, and will know, not the +prating of them that are puffed up, but the power. +<sup>20</sup>For the kingdom of God is not in talk, but in power. +<sup>21</sup>What is your wish? That I should come unto you with +a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?</p> + +<h2><a name="co15" id="co15">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span>T is generally reported +that there is whoredom among you, and such whoredom as is not +even named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s +wife. <sup>2</sup>And ye are puffed up, though ought ye not +rather to be grieved? that he who hath done this deed might be +plucked from the midst of you. <sup>3</sup>For I indeed, as +absent in body, but present in spirit, have already, as present, +passed judgment on him who hath so done this thing; +<sup>4</sup>in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ye being +assembled together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus +Christ, <sup>5</sup>to deliver such a one over to Satan for the +destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day +of the Lord Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Your glorying is not good: know ye not +that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass? <sup>7</sup>Purge +out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new mass, as ye +are unleavened.</p> + +<p class="pn">For our passover hath been sacrificed for us, even +Christ. <sup>8</sup>Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old +leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with +the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>I have written unto you in an epistle +that you should not associate with fornicators. <sup>10</sup>Yet +not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or the +covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters: for then must ye indeed +go out of the world. <sup>11</sup>But now I have written unto you +not to associate with him, if any man, professing to be a +brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a +railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one not +even to eat. <sup>12</sup>For what call have I to judge those who +are without? Do not ye judge those who are within <i>the +church</i>? <sup>13</sup>But those who are without God judgeth. +Put then away that wicked man from among yourselves.</p> + +<h2><a name="co16" id="co16">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">D</span>ARE any of you, having a +matter of controversy with another, sue for judgment before the +unjust, and not before the saints? <sup>2</sup>Know ye not that +the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be +judged by you, are ye unworthy to be judges in the smallest +matters? <sup>3</sup>Know ye not that we shall judge angels, much +more things pertaining to this life?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>If then ye have disputes about the +things of this life, do you seat those on the bench who are least +esteemed in the church? <sup>5</sup>I speak to you to shame you. +Is it so, that there is not among you a wise man? Not so much as +one who is able to judge between one brother and another? +<sup>6</sup>But brother goes to law with brother, and this before +the unbelievers. <sup>7</sup>Now verily therefore there is +altogether a fault among you, because ye have law-suits one with +another. Why do ye not rather submit to the wrong? Why do ye not +rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? <sup>8</sup>But ye do +wrong and defraud, and that the brethren.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Know ye not that the unrighteous shall +not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither +fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor +sodomites, <sup>10</sup>nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor +drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the +kingdom of God. <sup>11</sup>Yet such were some of you: but ye +have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been +justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>All things are lawful for me, but all +things are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but I +will not put myself under the power of any. <sup>13</sup>Meats +are for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will destroy +both it and them. Now the body is not for whoredom, but for the +Lord, and the Lord for the body. <sup>14</sup>And God hath both +raised up the Lord, and will raise us up by his own power.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Know ye not that your bodies are the +members of Christ? Taking then the members of Christ, shall I +make them members of an harlot? God forbid.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Do you not know that he that is joined +to an harlot is one body with her? For they two, saith he, shall +be “one flesh<sup><a href="#n91" id="f91" title="see footnote" name="f91">92</a></sup>.” <sup>17</sup>But he that is joined to +the Lord is one spirit.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Flee whoredom. Every other sin which a +man may commit is without the body; but he who committeth +whoredom sinneth against his own body. <sup>19</sup>Do ye not +know that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in +you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own? +<sup>20</sup>For ye have been bought with a price: glorify then +God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.</p> + +<h2><a name="co17" id="co17">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW with regard to those +things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for +a man not to touch a woman. <sup>2</sup>But because of the +whoredoms, let every man have his own wife, and every wife her +own husband.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Let the husband render to the wife due +benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband. +<sup>4</sup>The wife hath not power over her own body, but the +husband: in like manner also the husband has not power over his +own body, but the wife. <sup>5</sup>Defraud not one another, +except it may be by consent occasionally, that ye may have more +leisure for fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest +Satan tempt you through your incontinence. <sup>6</sup>But in +this I speak my opinion only, not authoritatively. +<sup>7</sup>For I would that all men were even as myself: but +every man hath his peculiar gift from God, one of this sort, and +another of that. <sup>8</sup>I say then to the unmarried and the +widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am. +<sup>9</sup>But if they have not the gift of continence, let them +marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. <sup>10</sup>But +to the married not I command, but the Lord, That the wife be not +separated from the husband: <sup>11</sup>and even if she should +be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her +husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But to the others I speak, not the +Lord, If any brother hath a wife unbelieving, yet she chuseth to +dwell with him, let him not put her away. <sup>13</sup>And the +wife which hath a husband not a believer, and he chuses to dwell +with her, let her not put him away. <sup>14</sup>For the husband +that believeth not is sanctified by the wife, and the wife who +believeth not is sanctified by the husband: else indeed your +children were unclean, but now are they holy. <sup>15</sup>But if +the unbelieving person depart, let him depart. A brother or a +sister is not under bondage in these cases, but God hath called +us unto peace.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>For how knowest thou, O wife, but thou +shalt save thy husband? and how knowest thou, O husband, but thou +shalt save thy wife? <sup>17</sup>Nevertheless as God has +bestowed the gift on every man as the Lord hath called every man, +so let him walk, and so I give command in all the churches.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Is any man called being circumcised? +let him not affect uncircumcision. Is any man called in +uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. +<sup>19</sup>Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is +nothing, but the observance of the commandments of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Let every one abide in the calling in +which he is called. <sup>21</sup>Art thou called being a slave? +let it give thee no concern; but if thou canst also obtain thy +freedom, rather make use of it. <sup>22</sup>For he that is +called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord’s freed man: in +like manner also, he that is called, being a free man, is the +servant of Christ. <sup>23</sup>Have you been redeemed with a +price? become not the slaves of men. <sup>24</sup>Let every one, +brethren, in the vocation wherein he is called, therein abide +with God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Now concerning virgins, I have no +commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having +obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful. <sup>26</sup>I think +then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that +it is proper for a man to be thus. <sup>27</sup>Art thou bound to +a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek +not a wife. <sup>28</sup>But if thou shouldst marry, thou hast +not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; though +such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>Now this I say, brethren, that the +time is short. The conclusion is, that even they who have wives, +should be as though they had not; <sup>30</sup>and they who weep +as though they wept not; and they who rejoice as though they +rejoiced not; and they that purchase as though they possessed +not; <sup>31</sup>and they who use this world, as not abusing it: +for the fashion of this world passeth away. <sup>32</sup>But I +would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is +anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord: +<sup>33</sup>but he who is married is anxious about the things of +the world, how he shall please his wife. <sup>34</sup>A wife and +a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious +about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body +and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of +the world, how she shall please her husband. <sup>35</sup>Now I +say this for your own advantage, and not that I should lay a +snare in your way, but as what is seemly, and that you may wait +on the Lord without distraction. <sup>36</sup>But if a person +supposes it would be unseemly for a virgin of his if she should +pass the flower of her age <i>in celibacy</i>, and that duty +directs it should be so, let him do as he is inclined, he doth +not sin: let such marry. <sup>37</sup>But he that is stedfast in +his heart, not having any necessity, but retaineth power over his +own inclination, and hath determined this in his heart that he +will preserve his own virgin state, doeth well. +<sup>38</sup>Wherefore though he who giveth in marriage doeth +well, yet he who avoids a matrimonial connection, doeth +better.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>The wife is bound by the law as long +as her husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is free to +be married to whomsoever she will, but only in the Lord. +<sup>40</sup>But she is more blessed if she abide as she is, in +my opinion: and I think I have the spirit of God.</p> + +<h2><a name="co18" id="co18">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW concerning the things +sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. +Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. <sup>2</sup>But if any +man conceit that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as +he ought to know. <sup>3</sup>But if any man love God, the same +is known of him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Now concerning eating things sacrificed +unto idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and +that there is no other God but one. <sup>5</sup>For though there +are gods so called, whether celestial or terrestrial, (as <i>of +this sort</i> there are gods many, and lords many;) +<sup>6</sup>but to us there is one God, the Father; of whom are +all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom +are all things, and we by him. <sup>7</sup>Howbeit there is not +in all men this knowledge; but some having conscientious respect +for the idol to this moment, eat the meat as sacrificed to the +idol; and their conscience being weak, is defiled. +<sup>8</sup>But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither if we +eat are we the better, or if we eat not are we the worse. +<sup>9</sup>But take heed that this power of yours become not an +occasion of stumbling to the weak. <sup>10</sup>For if any man +see thee that hast knowledge, sitting in an idol’s temple, shall +not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat what +is sacrificed to idols? <sup>11</sup>And the weak brother will be +destroyed by thy knowledge, for whom Christ died. +<sup>12</sup>But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound +their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. +<sup>13</sup>Wherefore if meat give occasion of offence to my +brother, I will in no wise eat meat for ever, that I give no +cause of offence to my brother.</p> + +<h2><a name="co19" id="co19">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>M I not an apostle? am I +not a free man? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye +my work in the Lord? <sup>2</sup>If I am not an apostle unto +others, doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my +apostolic mission in the Lord. <sup>3</sup>My apology to those +who interrogate me is this, <sup>4</sup>Have we not power to eat +and drink? <sup>5</sup>Have we not power to carry about with us a +sister wife, as do also the other apostles, even the brethren of +the Lord, and Cephas? <sup>6</sup>or I alone and Barnabas, have +we not power to forbear labour? <sup>7</sup>Who goeth at any time +to war at his own expences? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth +not of the fruit of it? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of +the milk of the flock? <sup>8</sup>Speak I these things +<i>rationally</i> as a man, or doth not the law speak the same +things? <sup>9</sup>for in the law of Moses it is written, “Thou +shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox which treadeth out the +corn<sup><a href="#n92" id="f92" title="see footnote" name="f92">93</a></sup>.” Doth God take care for oxen? <sup>10</sup>or +saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes doubtless it +was written; because he who ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he +who soweth in hope should be partaker of his hope. +<sup>11</sup>If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a +great thing if we should reap your corporal things? +<sup>12</sup>if others partake of this power over you, ought not +we much more? But we have not used this power, and we suffer all +things, that we might not put any obstruction in the way of the +gospel of Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Know ye not that they who are employed +about the holy things, are fed from the temple? and they who +serve at the altar, partake with the altar? <sup>14</sup>So also +the Lord hath commanded to those who preach the gospel, that they +should live by the gospel. <sup>15</sup>But I have used nothing +of these things, nor have I written indeed these things, that it +should be so done respecting me; for it would become me to die +rather than that any man should make my glorying void. +<sup>16</sup>For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to +glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me +if I preach not the gospel. <sup>17</sup>For if I do this +willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted +with the dispensation <i>of it</i>. <sup>18</sup>What then is my +reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may put the gospel of +Christ to no expence, that I abuse not my power in the +gospel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>For though I be free from all men, I +have made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. +<sup>20</sup>And I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain +the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, that I might +gain those who are under the law; <sup>21</sup>to those who are +without law, as without law (not as being without law to God, but +under the law to Christ), that I might gain those who were +without law. <sup>22</sup>I became to the weak as weak, that I +might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by +every means I might save some. <sup>23</sup>And this I do for the +gospel’s sake, that I may be a partaker of it with you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Know ye not that they who run on the +course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the prize? So run, +that ye may obtain. <sup>25</sup>And every one who contendeth +<i>in the games</i> is temperate in all things: they indeed +therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we +an incorruptible. <sup>26</sup>I therefore so run not as +uncertainly; so do I exercise with my fists, not as striking the +air: <sup>27</sup>but I beat down my body, and bring it into +subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to +others, myself become reprobate.</p> + +<h2><a name="co110" id="co110">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT I would not that you +should be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the +cloud, and all passed through the sea; <sup>2</sup>and were all +baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; <sup>3</sup>and +did all eat the same spiritual meat; <sup>4</sup>and did all +drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual +rock which followed them; but that rock was Christ. +<sup>5</sup>Nevertheless with the most of them God was not well +pleased, for they were destroyed in the wilderness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now these things were examples for us, +that we might not be coveters of evil things, as they also +coveted. <sup>7</sup>Neither be ye idolaters as some of them; as +it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up +to sport themselves<sup><a href="#n93" id="f93" title="see footnote" name="f93">94</a></sup>.” <sup>8</sup>Neither let +us commit whoredom, as some of them also committed, and in one +day fell twenty-three thousand<sup><a href="#n94" id="f94" title="see footnote" name="f94">95</a></sup>. <sup>9</sup>Neither let +us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted<sup><a href="#n95" +id="f95" title="see footnote" name="f95">96</a></sup>, and were +destroyed by serpents. <sup>10</sup>Neither murmur ye, as some of +them also murmured, and perished by the destroyer<sup><a href="#n96" id="f96" title="see footnote" name="f96">97</a></sup>. +<sup>11</sup>Now all these things happened unto them as examples, +but they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the +ages are come. <sup>12</sup>Wherefore let him that thinketh he +standeth, take heed lest he fall.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>No temptation hath overtaken you, but +what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer +you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with +the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to +bear up under it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Wherefore, my beloved, flee from +idolatry. <sup>15</sup>I speak as unto wise men: judge ye what I +say. <sup>16</sup>The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not +the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, +is it not the communion of the body of Christ? <sup>17</sup>For +we, though many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of +that one loaf.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not +they who eat of the sacrifices partakers with the altar? +<sup>19</sup>What do I say then? that an idol is any thing, or +that which is sacrificed to an idol is any thing? +<sup>20</sup>But that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice +to dæmons, and not to God: and I would not have you in communion +with dæmons. <sup>21</sup>Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and +the cup of dæmons: ye cannot be partakers of the table of the +Lord, and the table of dæmons. <sup>22</sup>Do we provoke the +Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>All things are lawful for me, but all +things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but all +things edify not. <sup>24</sup>Let no man seek his own +gratification, but every one another’s good.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Every thing which is sold in the +shambles eat, asking no question for conscience sake; +<sup>26</sup>“for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness +thereof<sup><a href="#n97" id="f97" title="see footnote" name="f97">98</a></sup>.” <sup>27</sup>And if any one of those, who do +not believe, invite you, and ye incline to go, eat every thing +set before you, asking no question for conscience sake. +<sup>28</sup>But if any person say unto you, This is an idol’s +sacrifice, eat not of it, for his sake who pointed it out, and +for conscience sake. For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness +thereof. <sup>29</sup>Conscience indeed I say, not merely thine +own, but that of the other person.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>For why is my liberty abridged by +another’s conscience? If I truly with thanksgiving am a partaker, +why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or +whatsoever ye do, do all things to the glory of God. +<sup>32</sup>Give no occasion of stumbling either to the Jews or +the Gentiles, or the church of God: <sup>33</sup>even as I please +all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that +they may be saved.</p> + +<h2><a name="co111" id="co111">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>E ye imitators of me, as +I am of Christ. <sup>2</sup>Now I praise you, brethren, that ye +remember me in all things, and hold fast the injunctions as I +delivered them unto you. <sup>3</sup>But I desire you to take +notice that the head of every man is Christ; but the head of the +woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. +<sup>4</sup>Every man praying or prophesying, holding <i>a +veil</i> over his head, dishonoureth his head; <sup>5</sup>but +every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled, +dishonoureth her head; for it is one and the same thing, as if +she were shaven. <sup>6</sup>For if the woman be not veiled, let +her hair be clipped: but if it would be scandalous for a woman to +appear clipped or shaved, let her be veiled. <sup>7</sup>For a +man indeed ought not to veil his head, being the image and the +glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. +<sup>8</sup>For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from +the man. <sup>9</sup>Also the man was not created for the woman, +but the woman for the man. <sup>10</sup>Therefore ought the woman +to retain upon her head <i>this badge of authority</i>, because +of the angels <i>of the churches</i>. <sup>11</sup>Nevertheless +neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the +man in the Lord. <sup>12</sup>For as the woman was taken out of +the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of +God. <sup>13</sup>Judge among yourselves, is it decent for a +woman to be praying to God without a covering? <sup>14</sup>Does +not even nature itself teach you, that if a man wear long flowing +hair it is a dishonour to him? <sup>15</sup>But if a woman let +her hair flow, it is an ornament to her; for the hair was given +her for a covering, <sup>16</sup>But if any man mean to be +contentious about it, we have no such custom, nor the churches of +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>But in the matter I am going to +denounce, I do not commend you, that ye meet together not for the +better, but for the worse. <sup>18</sup>For in the first place, +when ye assemble in the church, I hear that there are divisions +among you; and I partly believe it. <sup>19</sup>For there must +be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, may be +made manifest among you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>When therefore ye assemble in the same +place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper. <sup>21</sup>For one +in the eating it taketh before another his own supper: and one is +hungry, and another drinks to excess. <sup>22</sup>What! have ye +not houses to eat in and to drink? or despise ye the church of +God, and make those ashamed who have none? What shall I say unto +you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. +<sup>23</sup>For I received of the Lord what also I delivered to +you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, +took a loaf: <sup>24</sup>and when he had blessed it, he brake +it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for +you: do this in remembrance of me. <sup>25</sup>In like manner +also he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is +the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, +in remembrance of me. <sup>26</sup>For as often as ye eat this +bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord +till he come. <sup>27</sup>Wherefore, whosoever eateth of this +bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he is guilty +of the body and blood of the Lord. <sup>28</sup>But let a man +examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of +the cup. <sup>29</sup>For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, +eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not distinguishing +the Lord’s body. <sup>30</sup>For this cause many are diseased +and infirm among you, and some asleep <i>in death</i>. +<sup>31</sup>For if we thoroughly judged ourselves, we should not +be judged of the Lord. <sup>32</sup>But being judged, we are +corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the +world. <sup>33</sup>Wherefore, when ye meet together to eat the +Lord’s supper, wait for one another. <sup>34</sup>And if any man +be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for +condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate when I +come.</p> + +<h2><a name="co112" id="co112">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW concerning spiritual +gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. <sup>2</sup>Ye +know that ye were Gentiles, drawn away after the idols that are +dumb, even as ye have been led. <sup>3</sup>Wherefore I advertise +you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, call Jesus +anathema: and no man can say, Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost. +<sup>4</sup>But there are diversities of gifts, though the same +Spirit. <sup>5</sup>And there are diversities of services, but +the same Lord. <sup>6</sup>And there are diversities of mighty +operations, but it is the same God who worketh all in all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Now to every one is given the +manifestation of the Spirit for usefulness. <sup>8</sup>For to +one man by the Spirit is given wise discourse; but to another +speech <i>communicative</i> of knowledge by the same Spirit; +<sup>9</sup>to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the +gifts of healing <i>diseases</i> by the same Spirit; +<sup>10</sup>to another miraculous powers; to another prophecy; +to another discernments of spirits; to another different kinds of +tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: +<sup>11</sup>but all these things worketh that one and the same +Spirit, distributing peculiar gifts to every one even as he +wills. <sup>12</sup>For as the body is one, and hath many +members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are +one body: so also is Christ. <sup>13</sup>For by one Spirit we +all have been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, +whether slaves or free men; and we have all been made to drink +into one Spirit. <sup>14</sup>For the body is not one member, but +many. <sup>15</sup>If the foot should say, Because I am not the +hand, I am not of the body; is it, on this account, not of the +body? <sup>16</sup>And if the ear should say, Because I am not +the eye, I am not of the body; is it not therefore of the body? +<sup>17</sup>If the whole body were eye, where were the hearing? +If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? +<sup>18</sup>But now hath God placed the members, every one of +them in the body, as he hath chosen. <sup>19</sup>But if the +whole were one member, where were the body? <sup>20</sup>But now +the members indeed are many, but the body one. <sup>21</sup>Nor +can the eye say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the +head to the feet, I have no need of you. <sup>22</sup>Yea, much +more the members of the body, which appear to be more feeble, are +necessary: <sup>23</sup>and those parts which we esteem as the +more dishonourable of the body, on them we bestow more abundant +honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. +<sup>24</sup>For our comely parts have no need: but God hath +tempered together the body, giving more abundant honour to that +part which lacked: <sup>25</sup>that there might be no schism in +the body; but that the members should have the same care one for +another. <sup>26</sup>And if one member suffer, all the members +suffer with it; and if one member be exalted, all the members +rejoice with it. <sup>27</sup>Now ye are the body of Christ, and +members in particular. <sup>28</sup>And these also hath God +placed in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly +teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, +directors, different kinds of tongues. <sup>29</sup>Are all +apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of +miracles? <sup>30</sup>have all gifts of healings? do all speak +with tongues? do all interpret? <sup>31</sup>But zealously seek +the gifts that are the best: and yet I shew unto you a more +transcendently excellent way.</p> + +<h2><a name="co113" id="co113">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HOUGH I speak with the +tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become as +sounding brass, and tinkling cymbal. <sup>2</sup>And though I +have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and all manner +of science; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove +mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. <sup>3</sup>And if I +deal out all my goods in alms, and deliver up my body that I +should be burned, but have not love, I am nothing advantaged by +it. <sup>4</sup>Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth +not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated <i>with pride</i>, +<sup>5</sup>doth not act unseemly, seeketh not her own advantage, +is not passionate, thinketh no evil; <sup>6</sup>rejoiceth not in +unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in the truth; <sup>7</sup>beareth +all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all +things. <sup>8</sup>Love never faileth: but if there be prophetic +gifts, they shall be no more; if tongues, they shall cease; if +science, it shall vanish away. <sup>9</sup>For we know partially, +and prophesy partially. <sup>10</sup>But when that which is +perfect cometh, then that which is in part shall be done away. +<sup>11</sup>When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as +a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away +childish things. <sup>12</sup>For now we see by reflected light, +indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but +then shall I know even as I am known. <sup>13</sup>But now +abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these +is love.</p> + +<h2><a name="co114" id="co114">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OLLOW earnestly after +love, and zealously seek spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may +prophesy. <sup>2</sup>For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, +speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man understandeth him; +although in spirit he speaketh mysterious truths. <sup>3</sup>But +he that prophesieth, addresseth men for edification, and +exhortation, and consolation. <sup>4</sup>He that speaketh in an +unknown tongue, edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth, +edifieth the church. <sup>5</sup>Now I could wish that you all +spake with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: for +greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with +tongues, except he interpret also, that the church may receive +edification. <sup>6</sup>Now I, brethren, if I should come unto +you, speaking in unknown languages, what should I profit you, +unless I should speak to you <i>intelligibly</i> by revelation, +or by science, or by prophecy, or by doctrine? <sup>7</sup>In +like manner things inanimate, giving sound, whether the pipe, or +the harp, unless they express a distinction in their tones, how +shall it be known what is piped, or what is harped? +<sup>8</sup>For if the trumpet also give an uncertain sound, who +will prepare himself for the battle? <sup>9</sup>So also ye, +unless with the tongue you speak an intelligible discourse, how +shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will speak to the air. +<sup>10</sup>For though there are so many different kinds of +languages in the world, yet is not one of them without its +meaning. <sup>11</sup>If therefore I know not the force of the +expression, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he +that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me. <sup>12</sup>So also +ye, if ye zealously affect spiritual gifts, seek that ye may +abound in them for the edification of the church. +<sup>13</sup>Therefore let him who speaketh in an unknown tongue, +pray that he may interpret also. <sup>14</sup>For if I pray in an +unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my mind produces no fruit. +<sup>15</sup>What then is my object? I will pray with the spirit, +and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing psalms +with the spirit, and I will sing psalms with the understanding +also. <sup>16</sup>Else, though thou bless God in spirit, how +shall he who filleth the place of an illiterate man, say Amen +after thy thanksgiving, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest? +<sup>17</sup>For thou indeed givest thanks to God well, but +another man is not edified by it. <sup>18</sup>I thank my God, +that I speak with different tongues more than you all: +<sup>19</sup>but in the church I had rather speak five words with +my understanding, that I may instruct others also, than ten +thousand words in an unknown tongue.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Brethren, be not children in your +minds: though in naughtiness be ye children, but in your minds be +men complete. <sup>21</sup>In the law it is written, “That with +other tongues, and with other lips, will I speak to this people: +and even thus will they not attend to me, saith the +Lord<sup><a href="#n98" id="f98" title="see footnote" name="f98">99</a></sup>.” <sup>22</sup>Wherefore tongues are for a +sign, not to those that believe, but to those who do not believe: +but the gift of prophecy is not for those who are infidels, but +for believers. <sup>23</sup>If then the whole church assemble +together in the same place, and all speak different tongues, and +there come in illiterate persons, or infidels, will they not say +ye are mad? <sup>24</sup>But if all prophesy, and any infidel or +illiterate person come in, he receives conviction from all, he is +judged of all: <sup>25</sup>and thus the secrets of his heart are +made manifest; and so falling down on his face, he will worship +God, declaring that God verily is among you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>How comes it then, brethren, that when +ye assemble together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a +doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an +interpretation? Let all things be done to edification. +<sup>27</sup>If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by +two, or at most by three, and one after another; and let one +interpret. <sup>28</sup>But if there be not an interpreter, let +him be silent in the church; but let him speak to himself and to +God. <sup>29</sup>Let the prophets two or three speak, and let +the others judge. <sup>30</sup>But if any thing should be +revealed to one sitting by, let the first be silent. +<sup>31</sup>For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may +learn, and all be comforted. <sup>32</sup>And the spirits of the +prophets are subject to the prophets. <sup>33</sup>For God is not +the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of +his saints.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>34</sup>Let your women be silent in the +churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak: but to be in +subjection, as also the law saith<sup><a href="#n99" id="f99" +title="see footnote" name="f99">100</a></sup>. <sup>35</sup>But +if they will learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at +home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. +<sup>36</sup>Went the word of God from you? or came it unto you +only? <sup>37</sup>If any man thinketh that he is a prophet, or +spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that the things which I +write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. <sup>38</sup>But +if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. +<sup>39</sup>Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to +prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. <sup>40</sup>Let +all things be done with propriety, and orderly.</p> + +<h2><a name="co115" id="co115">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW I make known unto you, +brethren, the gospel which I have preached unto you, and which ye +have received, in which also ye have stood fast; <sup>2</sup>by +which also ye are saved; if ye cleave to that word I have +preached to you, except haply ye have believed in vain. +<sup>3</sup>For I delivered to you among the first things that +which I also had received, that Christ died for our sins, +according to the scriptures; <sup>4</sup>and that he was buried, +and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: +<sup>5</sup>and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: +<sup>6</sup>afterwards he appeared before five hundred brethren +at once; of whom the greater number remain alive unto this hour, +but some also are gone to rest. <sup>7</sup>Afterwards he was +seen of James; then of all the apostles. <sup>8</sup>And last of +all he was seen also by me, who am but as an abortion. +<sup>9</sup>For I am the least of the apostles, who am not meet +to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. +<sup>10</sup>But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his +grace which was given to me was not in vain; but I laboured more +abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which +was with me. <sup>11</sup>Therefore whether I or they, so we +preach, and so ye believed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But if Christ be preached that he rose +from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no +resurrection of the dead? <sup>13</sup>But if there is no +resurrection of the dead, neither is Christ risen: +<sup>14</sup>and if Christ be not risen, vain indeed is our +preaching, and vain also your faith. <sup>15</sup>Yea, and we +also are found false witnesses for God; because we have testified +on the behalf of God, that he raised up Christ: whom he raised +not up, if indeed the dead are not raised. <sup>16</sup>For if +the dead are not raised, neither is Christ risen: +<sup>17</sup>and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain; ye +are yet in your sins. <sup>18</sup>Then also they who have fallen +asleep in Christ have perished. <sup>19</sup>If in this life only +we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all other +men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>But now is Christ risen from the dead, +and become the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep. +<sup>21</sup>For since by man came death, by man came also the +resurrection of the dead. <sup>22</sup>For as in Adam all are +dead, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. <sup>23</sup>But +every one in his own rank: Christ the first-fruit; afterwards +those that are Christ’s at his appearing. <sup>24</sup>Then +cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, and +the Father; when he shall have destroyed every dominion and every +authority and power. <sup>25</sup>For he must reign, until he +hath put all enemies under his feet. <sup>26</sup>The last enemy +shall be destroyed, death. <sup>27</sup>For he hath put all +things under his feet. But when he saith, that all things are put +under him, it is evident that there is an exception of him, who +subjected all things to him. <sup>28</sup>But when he shall have +put all things under him, then also the Son himself shall be +subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be +all in all. <sup>29</sup>Else what will they do who are baptised? +for the dead, if wholly dead they rise no more. Why are they then +baptised for the dead? <sup>30</sup>and why do we also expose +ourselves to danger every hour? <sup>31</sup>I solemnly declare +by all the joy over you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I +die daily. <sup>32</sup>If after the manner of men I have fought +with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, +if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because +to-morrow we die? <sup>33</sup>Be not deceived: evil +conversations corrupt good manners. <sup>34</sup>Awake as the +righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I +speak this to your shame.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>But will any man say, How are the dead +raised up? and with what body do they come? <sup>36</sup>Thou +fool! what thou sowest is not quickened except it die: +<sup>37</sup>and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body +which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, +or of some of the other seeds: <sup>38</sup>but God giveth it a +body as he pleaseth, and to each of the seeds its peculiar +body.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>39</sup>All flesh is not the same flesh: but +there is one kind of flesh of men, and another flesh of cattle, +and another of fishes, and another of birds. <sup>40</sup>Also +there are celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory +of the celestial is one, and that of the terrestrial another.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>41</sup>There is one glory of the sun; and +another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for +star differeth from star in glory. <sup>42</sup>So also is the +resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised +in incorruption: <sup>43</sup>it is sown in dishonour; it is +raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: +<sup>44</sup>it is sown an animal body; it is raised a spiritual +body. There is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body. +<sup>45</sup>And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a +living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit. <sup>46</sup>But +that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; +and afterward that which is spiritual. <sup>47</sup>The first man +was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from +heaven. <sup>48</sup>As is the earthly, so are they also that are +earthly: and as is the heavenly, such also are they that are +heavenly. <sup>49</sup>And as we have borne the image of the +earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>50</sup>But this I say, brethren, that flesh +and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth +corruption inherit incorruption. <sup>51</sup>Behold, I shew you +a mystery; we shall not indeed all sleep, but we shall all be +changed, <sup>52</sup>in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at +the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall +be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. +<sup>53</sup>For that which is corruptible must put on +incorruption, and that which is mortal must put on immortality. +<sup>54</sup>So when that which is corruptible shall have put on +incorruption, and that which is mortal shall have put on +immortality, then shall come to pass the saying which is written, +Death is swallowed up in victory. <sup>55</sup>O death, where is +thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? <sup>56</sup>The sting +of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. +<sup>57</sup>But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory +through our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup>58</sup>Wherefore, my beloved +brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work +of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the +Lord.</p> + +<h2><a name="co116" id="co116">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW concerning the +collection which is for the saints, as I have given an order to +the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. <sup>2</sup>On the first +day of the week let every one of you set apart with himself, +treasuring it up, whatsoever he may please to give, that when I +come there may be then no gatherings. <sup>3</sup>But when I +come, whosoever you shall approve by letters, those will I send +to carry your charity to Jerusalem. <sup>4</sup>But if it be of +importance that I should go also, they shall go with me. +<sup>5</sup>Now I will come unto you when I have passed through +Macedonia (for I am passing through Macedonia); <sup>6</sup>and +perhaps I shall abide with you, yea and winter with you, that you +may send me forward whithersoever I go. <sup>7</sup>For I will +not see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some +considerable time with you if the Lord permit. <sup>8</sup>But I +shall abide at Ephesus until the Pentecost: <sup>9</sup>for there +is opened to me a great door, and effectual, and there are many +adversaries.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>But if Timothy come, see that he may +be among you without fear: for he worketh the Lord’s work, as I +also do. <sup>11</sup>Let no man therefore treat him with +disrespect; but forward him on his way in peace, that he may come +to me; for I expect him with the brethren.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>As concerning brother Apollos, I +besought him much that he would come to you with the brethren; +but it was not at all his wish to come at this time: but he will +come when he can find a good opportunity.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, be +manful, be strong. <sup>14</sup>Let all your concerns be +transacted in love.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Now I exhort you, brethren, (ye know +the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, +and they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints:) +<sup>16</sup>wherefore submit yourselves to such, and to every +one that worketh with us and laboureth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>I rejoice in the arrival of Stephanas, +and Fortunatus, and Achaicus; because what was lacking from you, +they have supplied. <sup>18</sup>For they have refreshed my +spirit and yours; respect therefore such men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>The churches of Asia salute you. +Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church +which is in their house. <sup>20</sup>All the brethren salute +you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>The salutation of Paul with mine own +hand. <sup>22</sup>If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let +him be Anathema, Maranatha.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you. <sup>24</sup>My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. +Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">The first epistle to the Corinthians was written +from Philippi by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and +Timothy.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="font-size:125%"><a name="co21" id="co21"><span class="t3 ls1">THE SECOND EPISTLE</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt2">PAUL THE APOSTLE</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span class="ls4">CORINTHIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL an apostle of Jesus +Christ by the will of God, and Timothy a brother, to the church +of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all +Achaia: <sup>2</sup>grace unto you, and peace from God our +Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Blessed be the God and Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all +consolation; <sup>4</sup>who comforteth us in all our +tribulation, that we might be able to comfort those who are in +all tribulation, by the consolation with which we ourselves are +comforted of God. <sup>5</sup>Because as the sufferings of Christ +abound in us, so through Christ aboundeth also our consolation. +<sup>6</sup>But whether we be afflicted, it is for your +consolation and salvation, which is effectually wrought by +patient endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or +if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. +<sup>7</sup>And our hope of you is sure, knowing that as ye are +partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>For we would not have you ignorant, +brethren, of the tribulation which came to us in Asia, that above +measure we have been burdened beyond our strength, so that we +despaired even of life: <sup>9</sup>for we ourselves, in +ourselves have received the sentence of death, that we should +have no confidence in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead. +<sup>10</sup>Who from so imminent a prospect of death hath +delivered us, and still delivers: in whom we trust also that he +will yet deliver us: <sup>11</sup>ye also labouring together for +us in prayer, that from many persons thanks may be given on our +behalf for the gifts bestowed on us by many.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>For our glorying is this, the +testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly +sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we +have conducted ourselves in the world, and peculiarly towards +you. <sup>13</sup>For we write no other things to you than those +which you know and acknowledge; and I trust also ye will +acknowledge them even to the end. <sup>14</sup>As also ye have +acknowledged us in part, that we are your glory, as also ye are +ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>And in this confidence I was intending +to come unto you a second time, that ye might receive a second +blessing; <sup>16</sup>and through you to pass into Macedonia, +and again from Macedonia return unto you, and by you to be +forwarded on my journey towards Judea. <sup>17</sup>Such then +being my intention, did I indeed change it with levity? or the +things which I purpose, do I purpose after the flesh, that with +me there should be yea, yea, and nay, nay? <sup>18</sup>But as +sure as God is true, our word to you was not yea and nay. +<sup>19</sup>For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached +among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timotheus—was not yea and +nay, but there was yea in him; <sup>20</sup>for all the promises +of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, to the glory of God by +us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Now he that confirmeth us with you in +Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; <sup>22</sup>who also hath +put his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in +our hearts.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>But I appeal to God as a witness unto +my soul, that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth: +<sup>24</sup>not that we have dominion over your faith, but are +fellow-helpers of your joy; for by faith ye stand.</p> + +<h2><a name="co22" id="co22">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT I prescribed to myself +this rule, not to come again to you with sorrow. <sup>2</sup>For +if I make you sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that +is made sorrowful by me? <sup>3</sup>And I have written unto you +for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have +sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence +in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. <sup>4</sup>For +out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with +many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know +the love which I have more abundantly towards you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Now if any person hath given cause for +grief, he hath not grieved me <i>merely</i>, but partly all of +you; that I may add no farther burden. <sup>6</sup>Sufficient for +such person is that chastisement which hath been inflicted by the +majority of you. <sup>7</sup>Wherefore, on the contrary, ye +rather ought to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be +swallowed up with excess of sorrow. <sup>8</sup>Wherefore I +exhort you to confirm your love towards him. <sup>9</sup>For to +this end also have I written, that I may know by this proof of +you if ye are obedient in all things. <sup>10</sup>But to +whomsoever ye forgive any thing, so do I; and if I forgive any +thing, to whom I forgive, for your sakes I do it, in the person +of Jesus Christ, <sup>11</sup>that no advantage be gained over us +by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But when I came to Troas to preach the +Gospel of Christ, though a door was opened unto me by the Lord, +<sup>13</sup>I had no test in my spirit on my not finding there +Titus my brother: so taking my leave of them I went forth unto +Macedonia. <sup>14</sup>But thanks be to God, who causeth us +always to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of +his knowledge by us in every place. <sup>15</sup>For we are a +sweet odour of Christ to God in those who are saved, and in those +who perish. <sup>16</sup>To the one we are the odour of death +unto death, to the other the odour of life unto life: and who is +sufficient for these things? <sup>17</sup>For we are not as the +many, adulterating the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as +of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.</p> + +<h2><a name="co23" id="co23">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">D</span>O we begin again to +commend ourselves? or need we, as some, commendatory letters to +you, or commendatory letters from you? <sup>2</sup>Ye are our +letter written in our hearts, acknowledged and read of all men: +<sup>3</sup>because ye are manifestly seen to be the letter of +Christ, of which we have been the secretaries, written not with +ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, +but on the fleshly tables of the heart. <sup>4</sup>And such +confidence have we through Christ towards God: <sup>5</sup>not +that we are sufficient of ourselves to account any thing of +ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. <sup>6</sup>Who hath +made us also able ministers of the new testament, not of the +letter but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit +giveth life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>For if the ministry of death in letters +graven on stone, was attended with glory, so that the children of +Israel could not keep their eyes fixed upon the countenance of +Moses, because of the glory of his countenance, though +<i>soon</i> evanescent; <sup>8</sup>how much more will not the +ministry of the Spirit be attended with glory? <sup>9</sup>For if +the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more doth the +ministry of righteousness excel in glory. <sup>10</sup>For that +which was glorious hath no glory, comparatively, because of the +glory which excelleth. <sup>11</sup>For if that which was +abolished came in a glorious manner, much more is that which +remaineth glorious.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Having therefore such a hope, we use +much freedom of speech. <sup>13</sup>And <i>act</i> not as Moses +who spread a veil over his face, in order that the children of +Israel might not look stedfastly to the end of that which should +be abolished. <sup>14</sup>But their understandings were +darkened: for unto this day the same veil in their reading the +old testament abideth unremoved; which veil is taken away by +Christ. <sup>15</sup>For unto this day, when Moses is read, the +veil is spread over their hearts. <sup>16</sup>Nevertheless, when +Israel shall turn unto the Lord, the veil shall be taken +away.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where +the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. <sup>18</sup>And we +all with face unveiled, beholding the glory of the Lord +<i>reflected</i> as in a mirror, according to the same image, +receive a transformation from glory into glory, as by the Lord, +the Spirit.</p> + +<h2><a name="co24" id="co24">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEREFORE having this +ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not; +<sup>2</sup>but have renounced all shameful secret practices, not +conducting ourselves with artifice, nor deceitfully disguising +the word of God, but by clear manifestation of the truth, +commending ourselves to every man’s conscience as in the presence +of God. <sup>3</sup>And if now our gospel be hid, it is hid from +those who are lost: <sup>4</sup>among whom the god of this world +hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the +gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should +not dart its bright beams upon them. <sup>5</sup>For we preach +not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your +servants for Jesus’ sake. <sup>6</sup>For the God who commanded +the light to shine out of darkness, he hath shined into our +hearts, to give illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God +in the face of Jesus Christ. <sup>7</sup>But we have this +treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent excellence of +the power might be of God, and not of us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>We are afflicted on every side, yet not +reduced to extremities; under difficulties, yet not in despair; +<sup>9</sup>persecuted, yet not abandoned; cast down, but not +destroyed; <sup>10</sup>always bearing about in the body the +death pangs of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be +manifested in our body. <sup>11</sup>For we who are yet alive are +continually delivered up to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life +also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh. +<sup>12</sup>Wherefore death indeed is working in us, but life in +you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Having then the same spirit of faith, +according as it is written, I believed, and therefore I have +spoken<sup><a href="#n100" id="f100" title="see footnote" name="f100">101</a></sup>, we also believe, and therefore speak; +<sup>14</sup>knowing that he who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ, +will raise up us also through Jesus, and present us together with +you. <sup>15</sup>For all things are for your sakes, that the +abundant grace, through the thanksgiving of more persons, may +more abound to the glory of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Therefore we never faint; for though +our outward man decay, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. +<sup>17</sup>For our momentary light affliction worketh for us a +transcendently far more exceeding eternal weight of glory; +<sup>18</sup>whilst we direct our aim not to the things which are +seen, but to the things which are not seen: for the things which +are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are +eternal.</p> + +<h2><a name="co25" id="co25">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR we know that if our +earthly house of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a +building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the +heavens. <sup>2</sup>For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to +be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven; +<sup>3</sup>that so invested, we may not be found naked. +<sup>4</sup>For we which are in this tabernacle, groan, being +burdened; wherein we desire not to be unclothed, but clothed +upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>But he that hath wrought us for this +very thing is God, who also hath given us the earnest of the +spirit. <sup>6</sup>Therefore we have always confidence, and know +that whilst we are indwelling in the body, we are absent from the +Lord: <sup>7</sup>(for we walk by faith, not by sight.) +<sup>8</sup>We are confident indeed, and with pleasure expect to +go out from the body, and to dwell within with the Lord: +<sup>9</sup>wherefore also our ambition is, that whether dwelling +in the body, or out of the body, we may be acceptable to him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>For we must all appear before the +judgment-seat of Christ, that each may receive the things done in +the body according to what he hath done, whether it be good, or +whether it be evil. <sup>11</sup>Knowing therefore the terror of +the Lord, we persuade men; but we have been made manifest to God, +and I hope also have been made manifest in your consciences.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>For we commend not ourselves again +unto you, but give you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that +ye may have an answer for those who glory in countenance, and not +in heart. <sup>13</sup>For if we are transported out of +ourselves, it is for God; or if we are sober-minded, it is for +your sake. <sup>14</sup>For the love of Christ constraineth us, +because we judge thus, that if one died for all, then were all +dead: <sup>15</sup>and he died for all, that they who live should +not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him that died for +them, and rose again.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Wherefore from the present moment know +we no man after the flesh: yea though we have also known Christ +after the flesh, yet so henceforth know we him no more. +<sup>17</sup>Wherefore if any person be in Christ, he is a new +creation: the old things are passed away; behold, all things are +become new. <sup>18</sup>But all things are of God, who hath +reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us +the ministry of reconciliation; <sup>19</sup>namely, that God was +in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing to +them their offences: and hath committed to us the word of +reconciliation. <sup>20</sup>Therefore we are ambassadors for +Christ, as though God exhorted you by us; we entreat you for +Christ’s sake, be ye reconciled to God. <sup>21</sup>For he hath +made him, who knew no sin, to be a sin offering for us, that we +might become the righteousness of God in him.</p> + +<h2><a name="co26" id="co26">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>E then as labourers with +him, exhort you also that ye receive not the grace of God in +vain: <sup>2</sup>for he saith, “In an acceptable time have I +heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succoured thee +<sup><a href="#n101" id="f101" title="see footnote" name="f101">102</a></sup>.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, +now is the day of salvation. <sup>3</sup>Giving no offence in any +thing, that the ministry be not blamed: <sup>4</sup>but in every +thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, +in afflictions, in necessities, in straits, <sup>5</sup>in +stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, +in fastings, <sup>6</sup>in purity, in knowledge, in +long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love +unfeigned, <sup>7</sup>by the word of truth, by the power of God, +with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left, +<sup>8</sup>through honour and dishonour, through evil report and +good report: as deceivers, yet true men; <sup>9</sup>as unknown, +though well known; as dying, and lo! we live; as chastened, yet +not given over to death; <sup>10</sup>as sorrowful, yet always +rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and +yet possessing all things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Our mouth is opened unto you, O +Corinthians! our heart is enlarged. <sup>12</sup>Ye are not +straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. +<sup>13</sup>Let us have a like return; I speak as unto children; +be ye also enlarged.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Be not unequally yoked with infidels; +for what participation hath righteousness with unrighteousness? +and what fellowship <i>is there</i> between light and darkness? +<sup>15</sup>and what concord of Christ with Belial? or what +share hath he that believeth with an infidel? <sup>16</sup>or +what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the +temple of the living God; as God hath said, “I will inhabit in +them, and walk about in them; and I will be their God, and they +shall be for me a people<sup><a href="#n102" id="f102" title="see footnote" name="f102">103</a></sup>.” +<sup>17</sup>“Wherefore go forth from the midst of them, and be +ye separated, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I +will receive you<sup><a href="#n103" id="f103" title="see footnote" name="f103">104</a></sup>, <sup>18</sup>and I will +be as a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and +daughters, saith the Lord Almighty<sup><a href="#n104" id="f104" title="see footnote" name="f104">105</a></sup>.”</p> + +<h2><a name="co27" id="co27">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">H</span>AVING therefore these +promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement +of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. +<sup>2</sup>Give us a favourable reception: we have injured no +man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. +<sup>3</sup>I speak not for your condemnation, for I have already +said, that ye are in our hearts to die and live together. +<sup>4</sup>Great is my freedom of speech to you, great is my +glorying over you: I am filled with consolation, I overflow with +joy in all our tribulation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>For when we were come into Macedonia, +our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; +without were fightings; within were fears. <sup>6</sup>But God +that comforteth the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus: +<sup>7</sup>and not by his coming only, but also by the +consolation wherewith he had been comforted among you, declaring +to us your fervent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so +that I rejoiced the more.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>For if I grieved you by a letter, I do +not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that this letter +made you sorry, though but for a season. <sup>9</sup>Now I +rejoice, not that ye have been made sorrowful, but that ye have +sorrowed unto repentance; for ye have been made sorry in a godly +manner, that ye might receive damage from us in nothing. +<sup>10</sup>For sorrow of a godly sort worketh repentance unto +salvation never to be repented of, but worldly sorrow worketh +death. <sup>11</sup>For behold this very thing, that ye were made +sorry after a godly manner, how great diligence did it produce in +you! yea, what apologizing! yea, what indignation! yea, what +fear! yea, what earnest desire! yea, what zeal! yea, what +vengeance! In every step ye have approved yourselves as pure in +this affair.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And indeed though I wrote unto you, I +did it not <i>merely</i> for his cause that had done the wrong, +nor for his cause who had suffered the injury, but that our +diligent attention for you might be more abundantly manifested to +you in the presence of God. <sup>13</sup>Therefore we were +comforted in your consolation; and exceeding abundantly the more +rejoiced we in the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed +by you all. <sup>14</sup>For if I have boasted of you to him in +any thing, I am not ashamed; but as we have spoken all things to +you in truth, so our boasting of you to Titus hath been found +truth. <sup>15</sup>And his bowels more abundantly yearn over +you, when he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear +and trembling ye received him. <sup>16</sup>I rejoice therefore +that in every thing I have confidence in you.</p> + +<h2><a name="co28" id="co28">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW we inform you, +brethren, of the grace of God which hath been bestowed on the +churches of Macedonia; <sup>2</sup>that in a great trial of +affliction the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, +hath more abounded to the riches of their liberality. +<sup>3</sup>For unto their power, I bear them witness, and above +their power, they were voluntarily ready <i>to give</i>: +<sup>4</sup>with much entreaty praying us that we would receive +the gift, and <i>undertake</i> the communication of the +contribution for the saints. <sup>5</sup>And not <i>merely</i> as +we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us +according to the will of God. <sup>6</sup>So that we exhorted +Titus, that as he had been active before, so also he would +perfect in you this grace also. <sup>7</sup>So as ye abound in +every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all +diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this +grace also.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>I speak not by commandment, but because +of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of +your love. <sup>9</sup>For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus +Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, +that ye by his poverty should be made rich. <sup>10</sup>And in +this I give my opinion: for this is expedient for you, who have +before begun not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago. +<sup>11</sup>Now then accomplish also the doing it, that as there +was a readiness to will, so there may be also to perform out of +that which ye have. <sup>12</sup>For if there is first a ready +mind, a man is acceptable according to what he hath, and not +according to what he hath not. <sup>13</sup>For I mean not that +there should be ease for others and a burden on you; +<sup>14</sup>but that according to equality, your abundance on +the present occasion should afford a supply for their deficiency, +that their abundance also may supply your deficiency, that there +may be equality. <sup>15</sup>According as it is written, “He +that <i>gathered</i> much had no more than others, and he who +<i>gathered</i> little, had no less<sup><a href="#n105" id="f105" +title="see footnote" name="f105">106</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>But thanks be to God, who put the same +solicitude for you into the heart of Titus. <sup>17</sup>For he +received in deed the exhortation, but being more diligent, of his +own ready mind he went unto you. <sup>18</sup>We have sent with +him also a brother, whose praise in the gospel is <i>spread</i> +through all the churches; <sup>19</sup>and not only so, but who +was chosen by the churches as my fellow-traveller with this +charity, ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and +<i>to shew</i> your ready mind. <sup>20</sup>Avoiding this, that +no man should lay any blame to us in this abundance which is +administered by us: <sup>21</sup>providing what is fair, not only +before the Lord, but also before men. <sup>22</sup>And we have +sent with him our brother, whom we have often experienced in many +things to be a man of diligence, but now much more diligent, +through the great confidence which I have in you. <sup>23</sup>If +<i>any inquire</i> concerning Titus, he is my companion and +fellow-labourer to you; or our brethren <i>be inquired of</i>, +they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. +<sup>24</sup>Therefore shew unto them, and in the presence of the +churches, a proof of your love, and of our <i>just</i> boasting +in you.</p> + +<h2><a name="co29" id="co29">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW concerning the +contribution for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write +unto you. <sup>2</sup>For I know your readiness of mind, for +which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia had made +preparation a year ago; and your zeal hath stirred up very many. +<sup>3</sup>But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying in +you might not be vain in this matter; that as I have said, ye may +be prepared. <sup>4</sup>Lest haply if the Macedonians come with +me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say, you) may be +confounded in this confidence of boasting. I <sup>5</sup>have +thought it necessary therefore to exhort the brethren, that they +would go before unto you, and prepare before your promised +bounty, that it may be ready as a matter of bounty, and not as +<i>extorted</i> of covetousness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>But this I add, He that soweth +sparingly, shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth +bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. <sup>7</sup>Let every +man, as he hath purposed in heart, give, not with reluctance or +of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. <sup>8</sup>And +God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that in every +case having always all sufficiency, ye may abound unto every good +work: <sup>9</sup>as it is written, “He hath scattered abroad, he +hath given to the poor, his righteousness abideth for +ever<sup><a href="#n106" id="f106" title="see footnote" name="f106">107</a></sup>.” <sup>10</sup>Now he that supplieth seed to +the sower, shall also supply bread for food, and multiply your +seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, +<sup>11</sup>being in every thing enriched unto all liberality, +which <i>causeth</i> by us thanksgiving to God. <sup>12</sup>For +the ministration of this <i>charitable</i> service not only +abundantly supplies the deficiencies of the saints, but also +overflows with many thanksgivings to God; <sup>13</sup>(while by +the evidence of this ministration they glorify God for your +professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your +liberality towards them, and towards all men;) <sup>14</sup>and +with their prayers for you, greatly longing after you, on account +of the transcendent grace of God in you. <sup>15</sup>Thanks be +to God for his inexpressible gift.</p> + +<h2><a name="co210" id="co210">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW I Paul myself exhort +you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who, when present, +am indeed lowly among you, but being absent, am bold towards you. +<sup>2</sup>But I pray, that when I am present I may not be bold +with the confidence with which I purpose to act resolutely +against some who think of us, as if we walked after the flesh. +<sup>3</sup>For though we walk in the flesh, we war not after the +flesh: <sup>4</sup>for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, +but mighty through God for the casting down the strong holds +<i>of corruption</i>; <sup>5</sup>laying low proud reasonings, +and every high thing which exalteth itself against the knowledge +of God, and making every thought captive to the obedience of +Christ: <sup>6</sup>and holding ourselves ready to avenge every +act of disobedience, when your obedience is fully proved. +<sup>7</sup>Regard ye the things that are personal? If any man is +confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him reflect again +in himself, that as he is Christ’s, so are we Christ’s. +<sup>8</sup>Yea, and if I should boast somewhat more highly of +our authority, which the Lord hath given us for your edification, +and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed; +<sup>9</sup>that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by +letters. <sup>10</sup>For his letters indeed, say they, are +weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is feeble, and his +speech contemptible. <sup>11</sup>Let such a man be assured of +this, that such as we are by word in our letters when absent, +such also will we be in deed when we are present. +<sup>12</sup>For we will not presume to put ourselves on the +level, or compare ourselves with some who vaunt themselves; but +they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves +with themselves, have no understanding. <sup>13</sup>But we will +not glory in things beyond our measure, but according to the +measure of the rule which God hath marked out for us—a measure +that hath reached even unto you. <sup>14</sup>For we stretch not +our pretensions beyond bounds, as though we reached not unto you; +for we have advanced even unto you in the gospel of Christ: +<sup>15</sup>not boasting ourselves unmeasurably in other men’s +labours; but having hope that when your faith is increased, we +shall be enlarged by you according to our rule for more abundant +usefulness, <sup>16</sup>to preach the gospel in the regions +beyond you, and not to arrogate glory in another man’s line for +things already prepared. <sup>17</sup>But he that glorieth, let +him glory in the Lord. <sup>18</sup>For not he who commendeth +himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.</p> + +<h2><a name="co211" id="co211">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> WISH ye would bear with +me a little in my foolishness, yea indeed bear with me. +<sup>2</sup>For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I +have espoused you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin +to Christ. <sup>3</sup>But I fear lest as the serpent beguiled +Eve by his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the +simplicity which belongs to Christ. <sup>4</sup>For if he indeed +that cometh preach another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or +ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another +gospel, which ye have not embraced, ye might well bear with him. +<sup>5</sup>For I reckon myself to be nothing inferior to the +very chief of the apostles. <sup>6</sup>For though I may be rude +in speech, yet not in knowledge; but on every occasion we have +been made manifest in all things among you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Am I chargeable with a fault (humbling +myself that you might be exalted), that I preached to you the +gospel of God freely? <sup>8</sup>I plundered other churches, +receiving a provision from them, in order to minister to you. +<sup>9</sup>And when I was with you, and in want, I was +burdensome to no man; for my want the brethren who came from +Macedonia supplied; and on every occasion I have kept myself from +being burdensome, and will keep myself. <sup>10</sup>I protest, +by the truth of Christ in me, that from this boasting no man +shall seal up my lips in the regions of Achaia. +<sup>11</sup>Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth. +<sup>12</sup>But what I do, I will do also, that I may cut off +occasion from those who desire occasion, that wherein they boast, +they may be found even as we. <sup>13</sup>For such are fake +apostles, deceitful labourers, transforming themselves into +apostles of Christ. <sup>14</sup>And no marvel! For Satan himself +is transformed into an angel of light. <sup>15</sup>It is no +wonder therefore if his ministers also be transformed as +ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their +works. <sup>16</sup>I repeat it again, Let no man suppose that I +am a fool; but if otherwise, then as a fool receive me, that I +too may boast myself a little. <sup>17</sup>What I speak, I speak +not after the Lord, but as it were in folly in this confidence of +boasting. <sup>18</sup>Seeing many boast themselves after the +flesh, I will boast also. <sup>19</sup>For ye bear with fools +easily when you are wise yourselves. <sup>20</sup>For ye bear if +a man enslave you, if a man eat you up, if a man receive from +you, if a man is insolent, if a man smite you on the face. +<sup>21</sup>I speak with reference to the reproach <i>cast on +me</i>, as though we were feeble; but wherein any man is bold (I +speak in foolishness), I am bold also. <sup>22</sup>Are they +Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed +of Abraham? so am I. <sup>23</sup>Are they the ministers of +Christ? (I speak foolishly) I am above <i>them</i>: in labours +more abundantly, in stripes exceedingly more, in prisons more +frequently, in the most immediate danger of death often. +<sup>24</sup>Of the Jews five times I have received forty stripes +save one. <sup>25</sup>Thrice I have been scourged with rods, +once I have been stoned, thrice I have suffered shipwreck, a +whole night and day I have passed in the deep; <sup>26</sup>in +journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in +perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the heathen, in +perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the +sea, in perils among false brethren; <sup>27</sup>in labour and +travail, in watchings often, in fastings frequently, in hunger +and thirst, in cold and nakedness; <sup>28</sup>and beside all +these things from without, that accumulated burden which cometh +on me daily, the care of all the churches. <sup>29</sup>Who is +feeble, and am I not feeble? Who is offended, and am I not on +fire? <sup>30</sup>If I must glory, I will glory in the things +which respect my infirmities. <sup>31</sup>The God and Father of +our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that +I lie not. <sup>32</sup>In Damascus the governor under Aretas the +king guarded the city of the Damascenes, intending to seize me; +<sup>33</sup>and through a window in a basket I was let down by +the wall, and escaped out of his hands.</p> + +<h2><a name="co212" id="co212">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span>T is not expedient +doubtless for me to boast. I will yet come to visions and +revelations of the Lord. <sup>2</sup>I knew a man in Christ above +fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or whether +out of the body I know not: God knoweth;) such a one was caught +up unto the third heavens. <sup>3</sup>And I knew such a man, +(whether in the body or out of the body I know not: God knoweth,) +<sup>4</sup>that he was caught up into paradise, and heard +ineffable words, which it is not permitted to man to speak. +<sup>5</sup>Of such a one will I boast; but in myself will I not +boast, save in my infirmities. <sup>6</sup>For though I should be +disposed to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I shall speak +truth: but I desist, lest any man think of me above what he seeth +me to be, or what he heareth of me. <sup>7</sup>And that I might +not be lifted up above measure by the transcendent greatness of +the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the +angel Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be lifted up above +measure. <sup>8</sup>For this thrice I besought the Lord, that he +might depart from me. <sup>9</sup>And he said unto me, My grace +is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in +weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my +infirmities, that the power of Christ may fix its residence in +me. <sup>10</sup>Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in +reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for +Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Have I become a fool in boasting? ye +have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for +in nothing have I been inferior to the very chief apostles, +though I be nothing. <sup>12</sup>The signs indeed of an apostle +have been wrought among you in all patience, in miracles, and +wonders, and mighty deeds. <sup>13</sup>For what is there wherein +ye have been inferior to the other churches, except that I have +not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. +<sup>14</sup>Lo! I hold myself ready the third time to come unto +you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours but you: for +the children ought not to lay up treasure for their parents, but +the parents for the children. <sup>15</sup>And I will most +cheerfully spend and be spent for your souls, though the more +abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>But admit it, I was not burdensome to +you: but being crafty, I caught you with guile. <sup>17</sup>Did +I make a gain of you by any one individual whom I sent unto you? +<sup>18</sup>I entreated Titus <i>to go to you</i>, and with him +I sent a brother. Did Titus make any advantage of you? walked we +not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Think ye that we are again making an +apology to you? In the sight of God speak we in Christ: but all +things, beloved, for your edification. <sup>20</sup>For I am +afraid that when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and +that I shall be found of you such as ye would not: lest haply +there be contentions, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, +backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: <sup>21</sup>and +lest when I come to you again, my God should bow me down, and I +should lament over many who have sinned before, and have not +repented of the impurities, and whoredom, and lasciviousness +which they have committed.</p> + +<h2><a name="co213" id="co213">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HIS third time I am +coming to you: by the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every +charge be established. <sup>2</sup>I have told you before, and I +repeat it, as when I was present the second time, and now absent, +I write to those who have sinned already, and to all the rest, +that if I come again, I will not spare you: <sup>3</sup>since ye +demand a proof that Christ speaketh in me, who to you-ward is not +weak, but is mighty in you. <sup>4</sup>For though he was +crucified in weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God: for we +also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of +God <i>displayed</i> towards you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Examine yourselves, whether ye are in +the faith; prove your ownselves: know ye not your ownselves, that +Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobate? <sup>6</sup>But I +hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate. +<sup>7</sup>Now I pray unto God that ye do no evil, not that we +should appear approved, but that you may do that which is +laudable, though we should be as reprobates. <sup>8</sup>For we +can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. +<sup>9</sup>For we rejoice when we are weak, but ye are strong: +and this also we pray for, even your perfect establishment. +<sup>10</sup>For this cause, though absent, I have written these +things, that when I am present I may not use severity, according +to the power which the Lord hath given me for edification, and +not for destruction.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Finally, brethren, rejoice: be +perfectly united together, be comforted, be of one mind, live in +peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. +<sup>12</sup>Salute one another with a holy kiss. +<sup>13</sup>All the saints salute you. <sup>14</sup>The grace of +the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of +the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">The second epistle to the Corinthians was written +from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Luke.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:1.2em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="gal1" id="gal1">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.3em">GALATIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL the apostle (not +<i>sent</i> from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and our +Father who raised him from the dead), <sup>2</sup>and all the +brethren with me, to the churches of Galatia: <sup>3</sup>grace +unto you, and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus +Christ; <sup>4</sup>who gave himself for our sins, that he might +pluck us out of this present wicked world, according to the will +of God and our Father: <sup>5</sup>to whom be glory for ever and +ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>I marvel that ye are so quickly +departed from him that called you, by the grace of Christ into +another gospel <sup>7</sup>which is not another; but there are +certain persons who trouble you, and desire to pervert the gospel +of Christ. <sup>8</sup>But though even we, or an angel from +heaven, preach unto you another gospel, different from that which +we have preached to you, let him be an anathema. <sup>9</sup>As +we have before spoken, and I now repeat it again, If any man +preach a gospel different from that ye have received, let him be +anathema. <sup>10</sup>For do I now use persuasions from men, or +from God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I +should not be the servant of Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>But I give you to understand, +brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not a +merely human ministry. <sup>12</sup>For I neither received it +from man, nor was taught, but by immediate revelation from Jesus +Christ. <sup>13</sup>For ye have heard of my former manner of +life, when I professed Judaism, that in the most outrageous +manner I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: +<sup>14</sup>and signalized myself in Judaism above many of those +of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly a +zealot for the traditions of my fathers. <sup>15</sup>But when it +pleased God, who selected me from my mother’s womb, and called me +by his grace, <sup>16</sup>to reveal his Son in me, that I might +preach the glad tidings of him to the nations, immediately I +conferred not with flesh and blood, <sup>17</sup>nor went up to +Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away +into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. +<sup>18</sup>Afterwards at the expiration of three years I went +up unto Jerusalem to pay a visit to Peter, and I abode with him +fifteen days. <sup>19</sup>But I saw no other of the apostles +except James, the Lord’s brother. <sup>20</sup>Now respecting the +things which I write unto you, behold, in the presence of God, I +lie not. <sup>21</sup>Afterwards I went into the regions of Syria +and Cilicia; <sup>22</sup>and I was personally unknown to the +churches of Judea, which are in Christ: <sup>23</sup>only they +had heard, that he who persecuted us in time past, now preaches +the faith which he once laid waste. <sup>24</sup>And they +glorified God on my behalf.</p> + +<h2><a name="gal2" id="gal2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OURTEEN years afterwards +I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also +along with us. <sup>2</sup>And I went up then by revelation, and +laid before them that gospel which I preach among the Heathen, +but in private conference with those who were of the first +importance, that haply I might not run, nor had run in vain. +<sup>3</sup>And even Titus, who was with me, though a Greek, was +not compelled to be circumcised: <sup>4</sup>but this I did +because of false brethren artfully introduced, who came to pry +into our liberty which we hold in Christ Jesus, that they might +bring us into bondage: <sup>5</sup>to whom not even for an hour +have we yielded subjection, that the truth of the gospel might +abide with you. <sup>6</sup>But from those who appeared men of +the greatest importance, (what sort of men soever they were it +maketh no difference to me: God accepteth not a man’s person;) +for these important personages in conference added nothing to me; +<sup>7</sup>but contrariwise when they saw that I was entrusted +with the gospel to the uncircumcision, as Peter was to the +circumcision: <sup>8</sup>(for he that wrought powerfully by +Peter in his apostolic mission to the circumcision, wrought +mightily also by me among the Gentiles.) <sup>9</sup>And when +they knew the grace which was bestowed on me, James and Cephas +and John, who appeared to be the pillars <i>of the church</i>, +gave unto me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we +should go unto the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision: +<sup>10</sup>only desiring that we would remember the poor—the +very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>But when Peter came to Antioch I +withstood him to his face, because he was blameable. +<sup>12</sup>For before certain persons came from James, he did +eat with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew, and +separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision. +<sup>13</sup>And the other Jews were guilty of the same +dissimulation with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by +their hypocrisy. <sup>14</sup>But when I saw that they walked not +directly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter +before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the Gentiles, +and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to +judaize? <sup>15</sup>We who are Jews by descent, and not sinners +sprung from Gentiles, <sup>16</sup>knowing that a man is not +justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus +Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be +justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law; +because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. +<sup>17</sup>For if seeking to be justified by Christ, we also +ourselves should be found sinners, is Christ then a minister of +sin? God forbid. <sup>18</sup>For if I build up again the very +same things which I have pulled down, I stamp myself a +transgressor.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>For I through the law am dead to the +law, that I should live unto God. <sup>20</sup>I am crucified +with Christ, yet I live; though no more I, but Christ liveth in +me: and my present life in the flesh, is a life by faith in the +Son of God, who hath loved me, and delivered up himself for me. +<sup>21</sup>I do not set at nought the grace of God; for if +righteousness came by the law, truly Christ hath died in +vain.</p> + +<h2><a name="gal3" id="gal3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">O</span> INFATUATED Galatians, +who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the truth? To whom +Jesus Christ has been described, as before your eyes, crucified +among you. <sup>2</sup>This only would I learn of you, Received +ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or from hearing of the +faith? <sup>3</sup>Are ye so senseless? having begun in the +Spirit, are ye now made perfect in the flesh? <sup>4</sup>have ye +suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>He therefore who ministereth to you a +supply of the Spirit, and powerfully worketh miracles among you, +doth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of the +faith? <sup>6</sup>as Abraham believed in God, and it was imputed +to him for righteousness. <sup>7</sup>Know then that they who are +of faith, these are the children of Abraham. <sup>8</sup>And the +scripture foreseeing that by faith God would justify the +Gentiles, preached the gospel before unto Abraham, saying, that +“In thee shall all the nations be blessed<sup><a href="#n107" id="f107" title="see footnote" name="f107">108</a></sup>.” +<sup>9</sup>Wherefore they who are of faith are blessed with +believing Abraham.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>For as many as are of the works of the +law, are under a curse: for it is written, “Cursed is every one +who continueth not in all the things written in the book of the +law to do them<sup><a href="#n108" id="f108" title="see footnote" name="f108">109</a></sup>.” <sup>11</sup>But that by the law no +man is justified before God is evident: because “The just by +faith shall live<sup><a href="#n109" id="f109" title="see footnote" name="f109">110</a></sup>.” <sup>12</sup>Now the +law is not by faith: but “The man that doeth these things shall +live by them<sup><a href="#n110" id="f110" title="see footnote" +name="f110">111</a></sup>.” <sup>13</sup>Christ hath redeemed us +from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is +written, “Cursed is every one who is hanged on a +tree<sup><a href="#n111" id="f111" title="see footnote" name="f111">112</a></sup>:” <sup>14</sup>that unto the Gentiles the +benediction pronounced on Abraham might come by Jesus Christ, +that we might receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Brethren, I speak humanly; to use a +similitude, a man’s testament, if it be passed in legal form, no +man can vacate, or add thereunto. <sup>16</sup>But to Abraham +were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, To +seeds, as unto many persons; but as to an individual, and to thy +seed, which is Christ. <sup>17</sup>Now this I say, the covenant +confirmed of God to Christ, the law, which was given three +hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, so as to vacate +the promise. <sup>18</sup>For if the inheritance is of the law, +it is no more by promise; but to Abraham God gave it freely by +promise.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>To what end then was the law given? It +was given on account of transgressions, until that seed should +come to whom the promise was made, being delivered through the +ministry of angels into the hand of a mediator. <sup>20</sup>But +the mediator of the one <i>seed</i> he is not, though God is +one.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Is the law then contrary to the +promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given +which was capable of procuring life, verily righteousness would +have been by the law. <sup>22</sup>But the scripture hath shut up +all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ +might be given to those who believe.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>But before the faith came, we were in +ward under the law, shut up together for the faith that should be +revealed. <sup>24</sup>Wherefore the law was our conductor, as of +children, to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. +<sup>25</sup>But when faith was come, we were no longer under a +pædagogue. <sup>26</sup>For ye are all the sons of God through +faith in Christ Jesus. <sup>27</sup>For as many of you as have +been baptised into Christ, have been invested with Christ. +<sup>28</sup>There is no more Jew or Gentile, there is no more +slave or freeman, there is no more male or female: but ye are all +one in Christ Jesus. <sup>29</sup>But if ye are Christ’s, then +are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.</p> + +<h2><a name="gal4" id="gal4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW I affirm, that as long +as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a servant, +though he be master of all; <sup>2</sup>but is under tutors and +trustees until the time fixed by his father. <sup>3</sup>So we +also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first +elementary principles of the world: <sup>4</sup>but when the +fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, +born under the law, <sup>5</sup>that he might redeem those who +were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. +<sup>6</sup>But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the +Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father! +<sup>7</sup>Therefore thou art no more a slave, but a son, and if +a son, an heir also of God through Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>But at that time when ye knew not God, +ye served those who by nature are not gods. <sup>9</sup>But now +after having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye +back again to those weak and beggarly elements, to which again a +second time ye desire to be in bondage? <sup>10</sup>Ye observe +days, and months, and times, and years. <sup>11</sup>I am afraid +for you, lest haply I have bestowed on you labour in vain.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Be as I am, for I also am as ye are, +brethren—this is my request to you: ye have not injured me in the +least. <sup>13</sup>Ye know that with infirmity of flesh I +preached to you the gospel at the first. <sup>14</sup>And my +temptation, which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected +with disgust; but as an angel of God ye received me, even as +Christ Jesus himself. <sup>15</sup>What then was your +blessedness, for I bear witness to you that, if it were possible, +ye would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me. +<sup>16</sup>Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you +the truth?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>They affect zeal for you, not +honourably; but they wish to exclude us, that you may be +zealously attached to them. <sup>18</sup>It is good indeed to be +zealously affected in a good cause always, and not only when I am +present with you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>My little children of whom I travail +in birth again, until Christ be formed in you, <sup>20</sup>I +wish I could be with you now, and change my address; for I am in +doubt about you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Tell me, ye that desire to be under +the law, do ye not hear the law? <sup>22</sup>For it is +written<sup><a href="#n112" id="f112" title="see footnote" name="f112">113</a></sup> that Abraham had two sons, the one by a +bondwoman, and the other by a free. <sup>23</sup>Now the son of +the bond-maid was born after the flesh, but that by the free +woman was by promise. <sup>24</sup>Which things are allegorical; +for these are the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, +gendering unto bondage, which is represented by Agar. +<sup>25</sup>For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and +corresponds with Jerusalem that now is, and is in bondage with +her children. <sup>26</sup>But the Jerusalem above is free, which +is the mother of us all. <sup>27</sup>For it is written, +“Rejoice, thou barren who bearest not, cry out and shout for joy, +thou that travailest not, for more are the children of her that +was desolate, than of her which had an husband<sup><a href="#n113" id="f113" title="see footnote" name="f113">114</a></sup>.” <sup>28</sup>So we, brethren, as Isaac, +are the children of the promise. <sup>29</sup>But as then he that +was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the +Spirit, even so is it now. <sup>30</sup>But what saith the +scripture? “Cast out the bond-woman and her son for the son of +the bond-maid shall in no wise inherit with the son of the free +woman<sup><a href="#n114" id="f114" title="see footnote" name="f114">115</a></sup>.” <sup>31</sup>So then, brethren, we are not +the children of the bondwoman, but of the free.</p> + +<h2><a name="gal5" id="gal5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">S</span>TAND fast therefore in +the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again +held under a yoke of bondage. <sup>2</sup>Behold, I Paul declare +to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will be of no advantage +to you. <sup>3</sup>And again, I testify to every man who is +circumcised, that he is under an obligation to keep the whole +law. <sup>4</sup>Ye have vacated all expectations from Christ, as +many of you as are justified by the law; ye are fallen from +grace. <sup>5</sup>For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of +righteousness. <sup>6</sup>For in Christ Jesus neither +circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith +exerting its energy by love. <sup>7</sup>Ye were running well: +who hath hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? +<sup>8</sup>This persuasion cometh not from him who called you. +<sup>9</sup>A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass. +<sup>10</sup>I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye +will be no otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear +condign punishment whosoever he be.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>But I, brethren, if I yet preach +circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then indeed the offence +of the cross is at an end. <sup>12</sup>I wish that they who +trouble you were cut off from you. <sup>13</sup>For ye have been +called unto liberty, brethren; only use not that liberty as a +pretext for carnality, but in love be subject one to another. +<sup>14</sup>For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in +this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. <sup>15</sup>But +if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not +consumed by one another.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>But I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye +will not fulfil the lust of the flesh. <sup>17</sup>For the flesh +hath appetites contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to +the flesh, and these act in opposition the one to the other: so +that ye do not the things which ye would. <sup>18</sup>But if ye +are under the conduct of the Spirit, ye are not under the +law.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Now the works of the flesh are +evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, +lasciviousness, <sup>20</sup>idolatry, magical charms, enmities, +strifes, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, divisions, heresies, +<sup>21</sup>envyings, murders, drunkenness, revels, and the like +of these, concerning which I tell you now, as I have told you +already, that they who live in such practices shall not inherit +the kingdom of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>But the fruit of the Spirit is love, +joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, +<sup>23</sup>meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. +<sup>24</sup>But they who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh +with its passions and irregular appetites. <sup>25</sup>If we +live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. +<sup>26</sup>Let us not be vain-glorious, irritating one another, +envying one another.</p> + +<h2><a name="gal6" id="gal6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>RETHREN, if a man also be +surprised into any act of offence, ye that are spiritual, replace +such a one in the spirit of meekness; keeping an attentive eye on +thyself, lest thou also be tempted. <sup>2</sup>Bear ye one +another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. +<sup>3</sup>For if any man conceits that he is something when he +is nothing, he deceiveth himself. <sup>4</sup>But let every man +bring his own work to the test, and then shall he have glorying +in himself alone, and not <i>by comparison</i> with another. +<sup>5</sup>For every man shall bear his own burden.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Let him who is a learner of the word +communicate to his instructor in all good things. <sup>7</sup>Be +not deceived; God is not to be trifled with: for whatsoever a man +soweth, that shall he also reap. <sup>8</sup>For he that soweth +unto his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption, and he that +soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. +<sup>9</sup>Let us not then be weary of well-doing; for in due +time we shall reap, if we faint not. <sup>10</sup>Well then, +whilst we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men, but +especially unto those who are of the household of faith.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Ye see in how many words I have +written unto you with my own hand. <sup>12</sup>As many as wish +to make a fair appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be +circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the +cross of Christ. <sup>13</sup>For even they who are themselves +circumcised do not keep the law, but desire you to be +circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. <sup>14</sup>But +God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord +Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto +the world, <sup>15</sup>For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision +availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. +<sup>16</sup>And as many as shall walk after this rule, peace be +upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Henceforth let no man trouble me; for +I bear the marks of our Lord Jesus Christ in my body.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with your spirit, brethren. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">To the Galatians, written from Rome.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:1.2em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="eph1" id="eph1">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2em">EPHESIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, an apostle of Jesus +Christ, by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, +and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: <sup>2</sup>grace be unto +you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus +Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Blessed be the God and Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual +blessing in heavenly things in Christ; <sup>4</sup>as he hath +elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we +should be holy and blameless before him in love: +<sup>5</sup>having predestinated us for his adopted children by +Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his +will, <sup>6</sup>to the praise of the glory of his grace, +whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one; +<sup>7</sup>in whom we have redemption through his blood, even +the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; +<sup>8</sup>wherein he hath abounded towards us with all wisdom +and intelligence, <sup>9</sup>having made known to us the mystery +of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in +himself; <sup>10</sup>at the dispensation of the fulness of the +appointed times to gather together under one head all things in +Christ, whether they be things in heaven or things in earth, in +him: <sup>11</sup>in whom also we have obtained our inheritance, +predestinated according to the purpose of him who effectually +worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will: +<sup>12</sup>that we should be to the praise of his glory, who +first had hope in Christ. <sup>13</sup>In whom ye also +<i>trusted</i> after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel +of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been +sealed with the holy Spirit of promise, <sup>14</sup>which is the +earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired +by him, come, to the praise of his glory.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>For this cause I also, since I heard +of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love ye have to all +saints, <sup>16</sup>have not ceased offering up my praises for +you, making mention of you in my prayers, <sup>17</sup>that the +God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you +the spirit of wisdom and revelation by the knowledge of him; +<sup>18</sup>the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, +that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, +and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the +saints, <sup>19</sup>and what the transcendent greatness of his +power in us, who believe, according to the energy of his mighty +strength <sup>20</sup>which he displayed in Christ when he raised +him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the +heavenly regions, <sup>21</sup>far above all principality, and +authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, +not only in this world, but also in that which is to come; +<sup>22</sup>and hath put all things under his feet, and hath +appointed him head over all to the church, <sup>23</sup>which is +his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.</p> + +<h2><a name="eph2" id="eph2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND you hath he quickened, +who were dead in trespasses and sins, <sup>2</sup>wherein in +times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the +prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with +energy in the children of disobedience: <sup>3</sup>among whom +also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts +of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the +mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest. +<sup>4</sup>But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love +with which he hath loved us, <sup>5</sup>though we were dead in +sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are +saved,) <sup>6</sup>and hath raised us up together with him, and +made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ +Jesus. <sup>7</sup>That he might shew forth in the ages to come +the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to +us in Christ Jesus. <sup>8</sup>For by grace ye are saved through +faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: +<sup>9</sup>not by works, lest any man should boast; +<sup>10</sup>for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus +unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we +should walk therein.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Wherefore remember that ye in time +past were Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by +that called circumcision made by hands in the flesh; +<sup>12</sup>that ye were at that time without Christ, alienated +from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants +of promise, having no hope, and atheists in the world: +<sup>13</sup>but now in Christ Jesus, ye who formerly were far +off, are become nigh by the blood of Christ. <sup>14</sup>For he +is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the +middle wall of separation, <sup>15</sup>destroying the enmity in +his flesh, even the law of precepts, in ordinances, that he might +from the two create in himself one new man, making peace, +<sup>16</sup>and might reconcile them both in one body to God by +the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; <sup>17</sup>and +coming, hath preached peace to you who were afar off, and to +those who were nigh: <sup>18</sup>for through him we both have +access by one Spirit unto the Father. <sup>19</sup>So then ye are +no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the +saints, and of the household of God; <sup>20</sup>built up on the +foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being +the chief corner stone; <sup>21</sup>in whom the whole building +exactly cemented together groweth into a holy temple in the Lord: +<sup>22</sup>by whom also ye have been built up together for an +habitation of God through the Spirit.</p> + +<h2><a name="eph3" id="eph3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR this cause <i>am</i> I +Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, +<sup>2</sup>if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of +the grace of God which was given to me for you: <sup>3</sup>that +by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto +you before briefly; <sup>4</sup>wherein when ye read, ye may be +able to perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, +<sup>5</sup>which in other generations was not made known to the +children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy +apostles and prophets by the Spirit; <sup>6</sup>that the +Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of the same body, and sharers +with them of his promise in Christ by the Gospel: <sup>7</sup>of +which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of +God, which was given unto me by the effectual working of his +power. <sup>8</sup>To me, who am less than the least of all +saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the +Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; <sup>9</sup>and to +make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, +which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things +by Jesus Christ: <sup>10</sup>that now to the principalities and +powers in the heavenly regions, the manifold wisdom of God might +be made known by the church, <sup>11</sup>according to the +purpose from everlasting, which he formed in Christ Jesus our +Lord: <sup>12</sup>in whom we have boldness and access with +confidence to God by the faith of him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Wherefore 1 beseech you, that ye faint +not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. +<sup>14</sup>For this end I bow my knees to the Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ, <sup>15</sup>of whom the whole family in +heaven and earth is named; <sup>16</sup>that he would give you +according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with +might by his spirit in the inner man; <sup>17</sup>that Christ +may dwell by faith in your hearts; that rooted and grounded in +love, <sup>18</sup>ye may be strengthened to comprehend with all +saints, what is the breadth and length, and height and depth; +<sup>19</sup>and to know the love of Christ, transcendently +surpassing knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fulness +of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Now to him that is able to do above +all things, exceeding abundantly, beyond what we ask or think, +according to the power which effectually worketh in us; +<sup>21</sup>to him be glory in the church, in Christ Jesus, unto +all generations for ever and ever. Amen.</p> + +<h2><a name="eph4" id="eph4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> THEN, the prisoner of +the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with +which ye are called, <sup>2</sup>with all humility and meekness, +with long suffering, forbearing one another in love; +<sup>3</sup>careful to preserve unity of spirit, in the bond of +peace. <sup>4</sup>There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye +have been called to one hope of your calling; <sup>5</sup>one +Lord, one faith, one baptism, <sup>6</sup>one God, and father of +all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>But to every one of us hath the grace +been given, according to the measure of the gift of Christ. +<sup>8</sup>Wherefore the Scripture saith, “When he ascended up +on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto +men<sup><a href="#n115" id="f115" title="see footnote" name="f115">116</a></sup>.” <sup>9</sup>Now this, that he ascended, +what does it imply? but that he also first descended into the +more internal parts of the earth? <sup>10</sup>He that descended +is the same also, who ascended above all the heavens, that he +might fill all things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And he himself appointed, some indeed +apostles, and some prophets; and others preachers of the Gospel; +and others pastors and teachers; <sup>12</sup>for the perfecting +the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of +the body of Christ: <sup>13</sup>until we all attain in the unity +of the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a state +of complete manhood, unto the measure of the stature of the +fulness of Christ: <sup>14</sup>that we should be no longer +infants, floating on the waves, and carried about with every wind +of novel doctrine, by the juggling of men, by their craftiness +after the delusive wiles of error; <sup>15</sup>but, speaking the +truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the +head, even Christ: <sup>16</sup>From whom the whole body nicely +joined together, and firmly connected by every joint of exact +proportion, according to the energy exerted in the measure of +every several part, causeth the increase of the body unto the +edification of itself in love.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>This then I urge and testify in the +Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk in the +vanity of their mind, <sup>18</sup>darkened in understanding; +alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in +them; through the blindness of their hearts: <sup>19</sup>who +insensible to remorse, have delivered themselves over in +lasciviousness, to the practice of all impurity, with insatiable +avidity. <sup>20</sup>But ye have not so learned Christ; +<sup>21</sup>if indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by +him, as the truth is in Jesus: <sup>22</sup>that ye put off +respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt +according to the deceitful passions; <sup>23</sup>but be renewed +in the spirit of your minds; <sup>24</sup>and put on the new man, +which is created godlike, in righteousness and true holiness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Wherefore putting away lying, speak +truth, every one with his neighbour: for we are members one of +another.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>Are ye provoked; and do you not sin? +let not the sun go down upon your wrath: <sup>27</sup>nor give +place to the devil.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Let him that stole steal no more; but +rather labour hard, working with his hands that which is good, +that he may have something to give to him that is in want.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>Let no loose discourse proceed out of +your mouth, but whatever is good for useful edification, that it +may communicate grace to the hearers. <sup>30</sup>And grieve not +the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye have been sealed unto the day +of redemption. <sup>31</sup>Let all bitterness, and wrath, and +anger, and clamour, and scandal, be removed from you, with all +malice: <sup>32</sup>but be ye kind one to another, full of +sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath +forgiven you.</p> + +<h2><a name="eph5" id="eph5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>E ye therefore imitators +of God, as beloved children; <sup>2</sup>and walk in love as +Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation +and sacrifice to God, for an odour of a sweet smell. +<sup>3</sup>But fornication and all impurity, or insatiable +desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints; +<sup>4</sup>or obscenity, or foolish talk, or loose witticisms; +things which become not <i>a Christian</i>, but rather +thanksgiving. <sup>5</sup>For this ye know, that no whoremonger, +or impure person, or avaricious, who is an idolater, hath an +inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. <sup>6</sup>Let +no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things, +the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. +<sup>7</sup>Be not ye therefore partakers with them. +<sup>8</sup>For ye were formerly darkness, but now are ye light +in the Lord: walk as children of light; <sup>9</sup>(for the +fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and +truth;) <sup>10</sup>proving what is acceptable to the Lord. +<sup>11</sup>And have no society with the unfruitful works of +darkness, but rather rebuke them. <sup>12</sup>For it is +scandalous but to mention the things done of them in secret. +<sup>13</sup>But all things which are rebukeable are made +manifest by the light; for it is the light, by which every thing +is made manifest. <sup>14</sup>Wherefore he saith, “Awake thou +that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give +thee light<sup><a href="#n116" id="f116" title="see footnote" +name="f116">117</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Take heed, then, that ye walk +circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, <sup>16</sup>redeeming +the time, because the days are evil. <sup>17</sup>Therefore be +not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the +Lord. <sup>18</sup>And be not drunk with wine, in which there is +sottishness, but be filled with the Spirit; <sup>19</sup>speaking +one to another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual canticles, +singing and making melody in the heart to the Lord; +<sup>20</sup>giving thanks always for all things in the name of +our Lord Jesus Christ, to God even the Father; <sup>21</sup>being +subject one to another in the fear of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Wives, be in subjection to your own +husbands, as to the Lord. <sup>23</sup>For the husband is the +head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; and +is himself the saviour of the body. <sup>24</sup>As then the +church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their +own husbands in every thing.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Husbands, love your own wives, as +Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; +<sup>26</sup>that he might sanctify it, purifying it in the laver +of water by the word, <sup>27</sup>that he might present it to +himself a glorious church, not having blemish, nor wrinkle, nor +any such things; but that it may be holy and unblameable. +<sup>28</sup>So ought husbands to love their own wives as their +own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself. +<sup>29</sup>For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth +and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: <sup>30</sup>for +we are the members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. +<sup>31</sup>For this reason shall a man forsake his father and +mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as +one flesh. <sup>32</sup>This mystery is great: but I am speaking +with regard to Christ, and with regard to the church. +<sup>33</sup>Nevertheless let every one of you individually see +that each love his own wife even as himself; but the wife that +she stand in awe of the husband.</p> + +<h2><a name="eph6" id="eph6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">C</span>HILDREN, obey your +parents in the Lord: for this is right. <sup>2</sup>“Honour thy +father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a +promise;) <sup>3</sup>that it may be well with thee, and that +thou mayest be long-lived upon earth<sup><a href="#n117" id="f117" title="see footnote" name="f117">118</a></sup>.” +<sup>4</sup>And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but +educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Servants, be obedient to your masters +after the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your +heart as unto Christ; <sup>6</sup>not with eye-service, as +men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God +from the soul; <sup>7</sup>with good will doing service as to the +Lord, and not unto men: <sup>8</sup>knowing that whatsoever good +a man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he +be a bondman, or whether he be free.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And ye masters, do the same things to +them, avoiding menacing language: knowing that you also +yourselves have a master in heaven; and there is no respect of +persons with him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Finally, brethren, be strong in the +Lord, and in the power of his might. <sup>11</sup>Be clothed in +the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the +wiles of the devil. <sup>12</sup>For our conflict is not merely +against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against +powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and +against wicked spirits in the aerial regions. +<sup>13</sup>Therefore take the whole armour of God, that ye may +be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things +to stand. <sup>14</sup>Stand therefore, girded about your loins +with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness; +<sup>15</sup>and underneath your feet shod with the preparation +of the gospel of peace; <sup>16</sup>and over all lifting up the +shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the +fiery darts of the wicked one. <sup>17</sup>And take the helmet +of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of +God: <sup>18</sup>praying at every opportunity with all prayer +and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose +with perseverance and intercession for all the saints; +<sup>19</sup>and for me that there may be given unto me utterance +to open my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the +gospel, <sup>20</sup>for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that +therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>But that ye also may know the things +which concern me, and what I am doing, Tychicus will inform you +of the whole, a beloved brother, and faithful in the Lord: +<sup>22</sup>whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, +that ye may know our affairs, and that he might comfort your +hearts.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Peace be to the brethren, and love +with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>24</sup>Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus +Christ in sincerity.</p> + +<p class="p1">Written to the Ephesians from Rome by Tychicus.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:1.2em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="phi1" id="phi1">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2em">PHILIPPIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL and Timothy, +servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which +are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: <sup>2</sup>grace +be unto you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus +Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>I give thanks to my God on every +remembrance of you, <sup>4</sup>always in every prayer of mine +for you all, making request with joy, <sup>5</sup>for your +fellowship in the gospel from the first day even until now; +<sup>6</sup>being confident of this very thing, that he who hath +wrought in you the good work will perfect it until the day of +Jesus Christ: <sup>7</sup>as it is right for me to think this of +you all, because I bear you on my heart, both in my bonds and in +my defence and the confirmation of the gospel, as being all of +you sharers in my grace. <sup>8</sup>For God is my witness, how +earnestly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. +<sup>9</sup>And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more +and more in knowledge and all understanding; <sup>10</sup>that ye +may prove the things that are excellent, in order that ye may be +sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ; +<sup>11</sup>filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus +Christ are to the glory and praise of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Now I wish you, brethren, to know, +that the things which have befallen me have rather conduced to +the progress of the gospel; <sup>13</sup>so that my bonds are +manifest in Christ through the whole palace, and all other +places; <sup>14</sup>and very many of our brethren in the Lord, +assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, +fearlessly to preach the word. <sup>15</sup>Some indeed do it in +a spirit of envy and strife; but some also preach Christ with +cordial good-will: <sup>16</sup>the one indeed preach Christ out +of contention, not with purity of intention, thinking to add +affliction to my bonds: <sup>17</sup>but the others of love, +knowing that I am exposed for the defence of the gospel. +<sup>18</sup>What then? if Christ is preached in whatever manner +it be, whether in pretext or reality, even in this do I rejoice, +yea, and will rejoice. <sup>19</sup>For I know that this shall +issue in my salvation through your prayers, and the supply of the +Spirit of Jesus Christ, <sup>20</sup>according to my firm +expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but +that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also +be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death. +<sup>21</sup>For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. +<sup>22</sup>But if it be his will, that I should live in the +flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know +not. <sup>23</sup>For I am in a strait between the two, having an +earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this +is far, far better: <sup>24</sup>but to abide in the flesh may be +more necessary for you. <sup>25</sup>And being so persuaded, I +know that I shall stay and continue with you all for your +progress and joy of faith; <sup>26</sup>that your glorying may +abound in Christ Jesus for me by my coming again unto you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>Only conduct yourselves worthily as +becometh the gospel of Christ; that whether I come and see you, +or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast +in one spirit, with one soul wrestling together in the faith of +the gospel; <sup>28</sup>and not dismayed on any occasion by your +adversaries; which is indeed the proof of perdition to them, but +of salvation to you, and that from God. <sup>29</sup>For this +favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye +should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his +sake; <sup>30</sup>experiencing the same conflict which ye have +seen in me, and now hear to be in me.</p> + +<h2><a name="phi2" id="phi2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span>F there be then any +consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion +of spirit, if any bowels and compassions, <sup>2</sup>fulfil ye +my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, having the same love, +of one soul, of one mind. <sup>3</sup>Let nothing be done +contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning +others superior to yourselves. <sup>4</sup>Let not each aim at +their own particular interests, but every man at those of +others.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Let the same sentiment of mind be in +you, which was also in Christ Jesus: <sup>6</sup>who being in the +form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God: +<sup>7</sup>but emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, +made after the similitude of mortal men; <sup>8</sup>and found in +fashion as man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, +even to the death of the cross. <sup>9</sup>Wherefore God also +hath transcendently exalted him, and bestowed on him a name which +is above every name: <sup>10</sup>that to the name of Jesus every +knee should bow, of beings celestial and terrestrial, and +infernal; <sup>11</sup>and every tongue should confess that the +Lord Jesus <i>is</i> Messiah, to the glory of God the Father.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have +always been obedient, not only during my presence with you, but +now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out +your own salvation. <sup>13</sup>For it is God who worketh +effectually in you both to will and to perform of his good +pleasure.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Do all things without murmurings or +disputes: <sup>15</sup>that ye may be blameless and harmless, the +children of God, inoffensive, in the midst of an untoward and +perverse generation, among whom ye shine as luminaries in the +world; <sup>16</sup>holding up the word of life, that I may glory +in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured +in vain. <sup>17</sup>Yea, and should I become the victim, in the +sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you +all. <sup>18</sup>In like manner do ye also joy and rejoice with +me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send +Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be refreshed in spirit, +when I know your affairs. <sup>20</sup>For I have no one like +minded with him, who will genuinely care for your affairs. +<sup>21</sup>For all seek their own interests, not those of +Christ Jesus. <sup>22</sup>But ye have known the trial of him, +that, as a son with a father, he hath served with me in the +gospel. <sup>23</sup>Him therefore I hope to send immediately as +soon as I see clearly what will become of me. <sup>24</sup>But I +have confidence in the Lord that I myself shall come shortly. +<sup>25</sup>But I have thought it necessary to send unto you +Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-labourer, and +fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and the minister who supplied +my want. <sup>26</sup>For indeed he greatly longed after you all, +and was very sorry that ye had heard that he had been sick. +<sup>27</sup>For sick indeed he was, nigh unto death: but God had +mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might +not have sorrow upon sorrow. <sup>28</sup>I have sent him +therefore the more diligently, that seeing him once more ye may +rejoice, and I be less sorrowful. <sup>29</sup>Receive him +therefore in the Lord with all joy, and honourably treat those +that are such: <sup>30</sup>for in the work of Christ he was nigh +unto death indifferent about life, that he might afford me that +service which it was not in your power to render me.</p> + +<h2><a name="phi3" id="phi3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>OREOVER, brethren, +rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me +indeed is not irksome, but is safe for you. <sup>2</sup>Beware of +dogs, beware of the malicious labourers, beware of the concision. +<sup>3</sup>For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, +and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh. +<sup>4</sup>Though I too might have confidence in the flesh; if +any other man thinks that he may have confidence in the flesh, I +may claim more: <sup>5</sup>circumcised the eighth day, of the +race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; +<sup>6</sup>respecting the law, a Pharisee; with regard to zeal, +persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is by +the law, blameless. <sup>7</sup>But what things were gain to me, +these have I counted loss for Christ. <sup>8</sup>Yea doubtless, +and I count all things but loss for the transcendently excellent +knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the +loss of all things, and count them but as offals of ordure, that +I may gain Christ, <sup>9</sup>and be found in him, not having +mine own righteousness, which is by the law, but that which is +through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by +faith: <sup>10</sup>that I may know him, and the virtue of his +resurrection, and communion with his sufferings, being conformed +to his death; <sup>11</sup>if haply I may attain unto the +resurrection of the dead. <sup>12</sup>Not that I have already +attained, or am now perfect: but I pursue, that I may overtake +that for which also by his apprehension of me I am destined by +Christ Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Brethren, I count not myself to have +overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things +which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before, +<sup>14</sup>I press towards the mark for the prize of the divine +calling from on high in Christ Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Let as many of us therefore as are +perfect, be thus minded: and if ye entertain any other sentiment, +God also will unveil this unto you. <sup>16</sup>Nevertheless, so +far as we have advanced, be it our care to walk by the same rule, +to mind the same thing.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Be ye imitators, brethren, of me, and +eye attentively those who walk so as ye have us for an example. +<sup>18</sup>For many walk, whom I have often mentioned to you, +and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the +cross of Christ: <sup>19</sup>whose end is perdition, whose God +is their belly, and their glory in their shame, whose minds are +occupied with earthly things. <sup>20</sup>But our conversation +is in heaven as its citizens, from whence also we are expecting +the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, <sup>21</sup>who shall +transform our body of humiliation, that it may be conformed to +his body of glory, according to the effectual working of him who +is able to subdue even all things to himself.</p> + +<h2><a name="phi4" id="phi4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HEREFORE, my brethren, +beloved, and very dear to me, my joy and crown, so stand fast in +the Lord, O beloved.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>I beseech Euodias, and I beseech +Syntiche to be of one mind in the Lord. <sup>3</sup>And I beseech +thee also, my genuine associate, assist those women who laboured +with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and my other +fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Rejoice in the Lord always; again I +say, Rejoice.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Let your moderation be known unto all +men.</p> + +<p class="pn">The Lord is at hand. <sup>6</sup>Be not anxious +about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, +with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God. +<sup>7</sup>And the peace of God which surpasseth all +comprehension, shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ +Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Finally, brethren, whatsoever things +are true, whatsoever things are serious, whatsoever things are +just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, +whatsoever things are laudable, if there be any virtue, or any +thing praise-worthy, pay attention to these things. +<sup>9</sup>Whatsoever things also ye have learned, and received, +and heard, and seen in me, these practise, and the God of peace +shall be with you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>Now I rejoiced greatly in the Lord, +that now once more your thoughtful attention about me hath again +sprung up, to which also your mind had been disposed, but ye had +not found the opportunity. <sup>11</sup>Not that I mention this +with a view to my indigence: for I have learned in whatever +circumstances I am, to be content. <sup>12</sup>I know how to be +abased, and I know how to abound; in every state and in all +situations I am instructed either to be full or famishing, either +to enjoy abundance, or to suffer want: <sup>13</sup>I am enabled +for all things by Christ who strengtheneth me. +<sup>14</sup>Nevertheless ye have done nobly in your +communications to me during my affliction.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>But know also, Philippians, that at my +first preaching the gospel, when I went from Macedonia, no church +communicated to me in the way of giving and receiving but ye +alone. <sup>16</sup>For in Thessalonica also ye sent me once, yea +twice, a supply for my want. <sup>17</sup>Not that I am anxious +for a gift; but I am anxious to see fruit abounding on your +account. <sup>18</sup>But I have now all things, and abound: I am +full, having received from Epaphroditus your bounty, an odour of +sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. +<sup>19</sup>But my God will fully supply all your want, +according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus. +<sup>20</sup>Now to God, even our Father, be glory for ever and +ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. +The brethren that are with me salute you. <sup>22</sup>All the +saints salute you, specially those who are of Cæsar’s +household.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you all. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">Unto the Philippians, written from Rome by +Epaphroditus.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:3em; margin-bottom:1.2em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="col1" id="col1">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2em">COLOSSIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, an apostle of Jesus +Christ by the will of God, and Timothy a brother, <sup>2</sup>to +the saints at Colosse, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: +grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord +Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>We give thanks to the God and Father of +our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you, <sup>4</sup>having +heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all +the saints; <sup>5</sup>because of the hope laid up for you in +the heavens, which ye have heard before in the word of truth, the +gospel, <sup>6</sup>which is come unto you, as it is also unto +all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day +that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth; +<sup>7</sup>even as ye have learned from Epaphras our beloved +fellow-labourer, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you; +<sup>8</sup>who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. +<sup>9</sup>For this cause we also from the day we heard it have +not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be +filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and +spiritual understanding; <sup>10</sup>that ye may walk worthy of +the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work +fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God; +<sup>11</sup>strengthened with all might, according to his +glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy; +<sup>12</sup>giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made +us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light; +<sup>13</sup>who hath plucked us out from the dominion of +darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his +love: <sup>14</sup>in whom we have redemption through his blood, +and forgiveness of sins. <sup>15</sup>Who is the image of the +invisible God, the prime author of all creation: <sup>16</sup>for +by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, +visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or +principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him: +<sup>17</sup>and he is before all, and by him all things subsist. +<sup>18</sup>And he is the head of the body, the church; he is +the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, that he might be +in all things pre-eminent. <sup>19</sup>For it hath pleased the +Father that in him all fulness should dwell; <sup>20</sup>and by +him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace by the blood +of his cross: by him, I say, whether they be things on earth, or +things in the heavens. <sup>21</sup>And you who in time past were +all aliens, and enemies in mind by wicked works, hath he now +reconciled, <sup>22</sup>by the body of his flesh, through death, +to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his +presence: <sup>23</sup>if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, +and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have +heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which +is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now I rejoice in my sufferings for +you, and fill up in my flesh the measure of afflictions for +Christ which remains to be endured for his body, which is the +church, <sup>25</sup>of which I am a minister, according to the +dispensation of God, which was given me for you to fulfil the +ministry of the word of God—<sup>26</sup>the mystery which was +hid from ages and from generations, but is now unveiled to his +saints; <sup>27</sup>to whom God would make known what is the +riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is +Christ in you, the hope of glory: <sup>28</sup>whom we preach, +warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we +may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus; <sup>29</sup>for +which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his +might, which worketh in me powerfully.</p> + +<h2><a name="col2" id="col2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR I wish you to know how +great a struggle I sustain for you, and those at Laodicea, and as +many as have not seen my face in the flesh; <sup>2</sup>that +their hearts may be comforted, firmly united together in love, +and unto all riches of full assurance of understanding, in the +knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of +Christ; <sup>3</sup>in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom +and knowledge.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Now this I say, lest any man pervert +you with specious discourse. <sup>5</sup>For though I am absent +from you in person, yet I am present with you in spirit, +rejoicing and beholding your regular order, and the stedfastness +of your faith in Christ. <sup>6</sup>As therefore ye have +received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him: <sup>7</sup>rooted +and built up on him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye have been +taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. <sup>8</sup>Beware +that no man make a prey of you by means of philosophy and vain +delusion, after the tradition of men, after the principles of the +world, and not after Christ: <sup>9</sup>for in him dwelleth all +the fulness of the Godhead bodily; <sup>10</sup>and ye are +complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power: +<sup>11</sup>in whom also ye have been circumcised with the +circumcision not made with hands, by the putting off the body of +the sins of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ: +<sup>12</sup>buried with him in baptism, in which also ye have +been raised up together with him by faith, the energy of God, who +raised him from the dead.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And you, who were dead in sins and in +the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him, +freely forgiving you all trespasses; <sup>14</sup>and hath +blotted out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, +which was the obstacle to us, and took it from the midst, nailing +it to the cross; <sup>15</sup>spoiling principalities and powers, +he exposed them to view openly, triumphing over them on it. +<sup>16</sup>Let no man therefore judge you concerning what you +eat, or what you drink, or the observance of a feast, or new +moon, or the sabbaths; <sup>17</sup>which are <i>merely</i> +shadows of things to come: but the body is Christ’s. +<sup>18</sup>Let no man juggle you out of your prize, voluntary +in <i>his</i> humility and the worship of angels, intruding into +things which he never saw, vainly puffed up by his carnal +imagination; <sup>19</sup>and not firmly attached to the head, +from which the whole body, by joints and ligaments, harmoniously +adjusted and closely compacted, increaseth with increase from +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>If then ye have been dead with Christ +from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the +world, are ye dogmatically taught, <sup>21</sup>eat not, nor +talk, nor touch, <sup>22</sup>(all which things tend to +corruption by abuse) according to the injunctions and doctrines +of men? <sup>23</sup>Which things indeed hold forth an appearance +of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and bodily +mortification, <i>though</i> not of any value, <i>but</i> a +gratification to the flesh.</p> + +<h2><a name="col3" id="col3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span>F ye then be risen with +Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is seated +at the right hand of God. <sup>2</sup>Fix your minds on things +above, not on things on the earth. <sup>3</sup>For ye are dead, +and your life is hid with Christ in God. <sup>4</sup>When Christ +shall appear, who is our life, then shall you also with him be +manifested in glory. <sup>5</sup>Mortify therefore your members +which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, +evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry: +<sup>6</sup>for which things the wrath of God cometh upon the +children of disobedience; <sup>7</sup>in which ye also walked +formerly when ye lived among them: <sup>8</sup>but now ye have +put away all these things, anger, asperity, malice, scandal, +obscenity, out of your mouth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Lie not one to another, seeing ye have +put off the old man with his practices; <sup>10</sup>and have put +on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of +him that created him. <sup>11</sup>Where there is no difference +whether a man be Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, +barbarian or Scythian, slave or freeman: but Christ is all and in +all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Put on therefore, as the elect of God, +holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, +meekness, long-suffering; <sup>13</sup>forbearing one another, +and freely forgiving one another, if any man hath a complaint +against another: even as Christ hath freely forgiven you, so also +do ye. <sup>14</sup>But above all these things put on love, which +is the bond of perfection. <sup>15</sup>And let the peace of God +set up its throne in your hearts, whereunto also ye have been +called in one body; and be ye thankful.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Let the word of Christ dwell in you +richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in +psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in +your heart unto the Lord. <sup>17</sup>And everything that ye do +in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving +thanks to God and the Father by him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Wives be subject to your own husbands, +as is fit in the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Husbands, love your wives, and use no +asperity against them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Children, be obedient to your parents +in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Parents, irritate not your children, +lest their spirit be broken.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Servants, obey in all things your +masters after the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, +but, in simplicity of heart, fearing God. <sup>23</sup>And in +every thing that ye do, labour from the soul, as for the Lord, +and not man; <sup>24</sup>knowing that from the Lord ye shall +receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye are servants to the +Lord Christ. <sup>25</sup>But he that is guilty of injustice +shall receive punishment for the wrong he hath done: and there is +no respect of persons.</p> + +<h2><a name="col4" id="col4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>ASTERS, afford to your +servants that which is just, and an equivalent, knowing that ye +also have a Master in the heavens.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>Persevere in prayer, watching therein +with thanksgiving; <sup>3</sup>praying also at the same time for +us, that God may open to us a door for the word, that I may speak +the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains: +<sup>4</sup>that I may make it evident, as I ought to speak.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Walk wisely with regard to those +without, redeeming the time. <sup>6</sup>Let your discourse be +always gracious, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye +ought to reply to every man.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>All my affairs will Tychicus make known +unto you, a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and +fellow-servant in the Lord: <sup>8</sup>whom I have sent unto you +for this very purpose, that he might know your affairs, and +comfort your hearts; <sup>9</sup>with Onesimus, that faithful and +beloved brother, who is one of you: they will make known unto you +all things that have passed here.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>There salute you Aristarchus my +fellow-prisoner, and Mark nephew to Barnabas, concerning whom ye +have received injunctions; if he come unto you, receive him, +<sup>11</sup>and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the +circumcision. These only are my fellow-labourers for the kingdom +of God, who have been a comfort to me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Epaphras, one of you, saluteth you, a +servant of Christ, always wrestling for you in prayers, that ye +may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. +<sup>13</sup>For I bear him witness that he hath great zeal for +you, and for those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Luke, the beloved physician, saluteth +you, and Demas.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Salute the brethren that are in +Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is at his house. +<sup>16</sup>And when this epistle hath been read among you, +cause that it also be read in the church of the Laodiceans, and +that ye also read that from Laodicea. <sup>17</sup>And say to +Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received +from the Lord, that thou fulfil it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>The salutation of Paul with mine own +hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">Written to the Colossians from Rome by Tychicus and +Onesimus.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.8em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="th11" id="th11"><span class="t3 ls1">THE FIRST +EPISTLE</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt2">PAUL THE APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2em">THESSALONIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, and Silvanus, and +Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father, +and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace from God +our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. <sup>2</sup>We give thanks +to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; +<sup>3</sup>without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, +and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus +Christ, before our God and Father; <sup>4</sup>knowing, brethren, +beloved of God, your election. <sup>5</sup>For our gospel came +not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, +and in great fulness of assurance; as ye know what manner of men +we have been among you for your sakes. <sup>6</sup>And ye became +imitators of us, and of the Lord, receiving the word in much +affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost; <sup>7</sup>so that ye +became models for all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. +<sup>8</sup>For from you sounded forth the word of the Lord, not +only into Macedonia and Achaia, but into every region also your +fidelity towards God is gone out, so that we have no need to say +any thing. <sup>9</sup>For they publish concerning you what +manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God +from idols, to serve the living and true God, <sup>10</sup>and to +wait for his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, +even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.</p> + +<h2><a name="th12" id="th12">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR ye yourselves, +brethren, know our entrance in to you, that it was not in vain. +<sup>2</sup>But though we had suffered before, and were +infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our +God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict. +<sup>3</sup>And our exhortation originated not from delusion, or +impurity, or from guile; <sup>4</sup>but as we have been approved +of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as +pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts. <sup>5</sup>For +neither at any time used we insinuating language, as ye know, nor +a pretext for covetousness; God is witness: <sup>6</sup>not +seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, though +we might have been burdensome, as apostles of Christ. +<sup>7</sup>But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse +cherisheth her own infants. <sup>8</sup>So, tenderly affected +towards you, we could with pleasure have imparted to you not the +gospel of God only, but our own lives also, because ye were +beloved by us. <sup>9</sup>For ye remember, brethren, our labour +and toil: for night and day working hard, that we might be no +burden to any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. +<sup>10</sup>Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and +justly, and faultlessly we conducted ourselves among you that +believe: <sup>11</sup>as ye know how <i>we treated</i> every one +of you, as a father doth his children, exhorting you, and +admonishing, and conjuring you, <sup>12</sup>that ye should walk +worthy of God, as calling you into his kingdom and glory.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>For this cause do we also give thanks +to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by +us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is +in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you +that believe. <sup>14</sup>For ye, brethren, became imitators of +the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for ye +suffered the same things also yourselves from your own +countrymen, as they too have of the Jews; <sup>15</sup>who both +murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have +persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all +mankind; <sup>16</sup>forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, +that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their +iniquities always: but wrath is coming upon them to the +extremity.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>But we, brethren, bereaved of you for +a short moment, in person, not in heart, have more abundantly +longed to see your face with great desire. <sup>18</sup>Therefore +we wished to have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but +Satan prevented us. <sup>19</sup>For what is our hope, or joy, or +crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord +Jesus Christ at his coming? <sup>20</sup>For ye are our glory and +joy.</p> + +<h2><a name="th13" id="th13">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HEREFORE when we could no +longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone: +<sup>2</sup>and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, +and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, that he might +stablish you, and comfort you concerning your faith: +<sup>3</sup>that no man might be shaken by these tribulations; +for ye yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed. +<sup>4</sup>For when we were with you, we told you before that we +were about to suffer tribulation; as also it came to pass, and ye +know. <sup>5</sup>For this cause also, when I could no longer +forbear, I sent to know your fidelity, lest by any means the +tempter had tempted you, and our labour should be in vain. +<sup>6</sup>But now when Timothy returned to us from you, and +brought us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye +retain a kind remembrance of us always, earnestly desirous to see +us, as we are also to see you: <sup>7</sup>for this cause we have +felt consolation, brethren, in you under all our tribulation and +distress, because of your fidelity. <sup>8</sup>For now we live, +if ye stand fast in the Lord. <sup>9</sup>For what sufficient +thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which +we rejoice on your account before our God, <sup>10</sup>night and +day most fervently praying that we may see your face, and amply +supply the deficiencies of your faith?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Now God himself, and our Father, and +the Lord Jesus Christ direct our way unto you. <sup>12</sup>And +the Lord cause you to abound and overflow with love one to +another, and towards all men, as we also do to you: +<sup>13</sup>to the end that your hearts may be established +blameless in holiness before God and our Father, at the coming of +our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.</p> + +<h2><a name="th14" id="th14">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>INALLY, brethren, we +beseech you therefore, and conjure you by the Lord Jesus, that as +ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and please God, so +ye would abound more and more. <sup>2</sup>For ye know what +commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. <sup>3</sup>For this +is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should +abstain from whoredom; <sup>4</sup>that every one of you may know +how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour, +<sup>5</sup>not in the vile passion of lewdness, as the Gentiles +which know not God; <sup>6</sup>that no man transgress against, +or act dishonestly to his brother in this matter because the Lord +is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, +and testified. <sup>7</sup>For God hath not called us unto +impurity, but unto holiness. <sup>8</sup>Therefore he that +despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto +us his Holy Spirit.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Now concerning brotherly love, I have +no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught +to love one another. <sup>10</sup>And indeed ye practise it +towards all the brethren that are throughout Macedonia: but we +conjure you, brethren, to abound more and more; <sup>11</sup>and +that you make it your study to live peaceably, and to do your own +business, and to work with your own hands, even as we have +enjoined you; <sup>12</sup>that ye walk becomingly towards those +without, and need no assistance from any person.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Now I would not have you ignorant, +brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not +afflicted, as the rest <i>of mankind</i> who have no hope. +<sup>14</sup>For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, +so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring +with him. <sup>15</sup>For this I say unto you by the word of the +Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the +Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep. +<sup>16</sup>For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with +a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of +God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: <sup>17</sup>then +we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with +them into the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall +we be ever with the Lord. <sup>18</sup>Wherefore comfort one +another with these words.</p> + +<h2><a name="th15" id="th15">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW concerning the times +and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I should write to +you: <sup>2</sup>for yourselves know precisely that the day of +the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. <sup>3</sup>For when +they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction rusheth upon +them, as travail on a woman with child, and they shall in no wise +escape. <sup>4</sup>But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that +the day should overtake you as a thief. <sup>5</sup>Ye are all +the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the +children of night, nor of darkness. <sup>6</sup>Let us not then +sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober. +<sup>7</sup>For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who +are drunken, are drunken in the night; <sup>8</sup>but let us who +are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and +love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. <sup>9</sup>For God +hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through +our Lord Jesus Christ, <sup>10</sup>who died for us, that whether +we sleep, or whether we wake, we may live together with him. +<sup>11</sup>Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one +another, as also ye do.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Now we entreat you, brethren, to know +those who labour among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and +admonish you; <sup>13</sup>and to account of them very highly in +love for their work’s sake. And live in peace among +yourselves.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Now we conjure you, brethren, admonish +the unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be +patient with all men. <sup>15</sup>See that no man return evil +for evil to any man; but always pursue that which is good, both +towards one another, and towards all men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Rejoice evermore. <sup>17</sup>Pray +without ceasing. <sup>18</sup>In every thing give thanks: for +this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-wards. +<sup>19</sup>Quench not the Spirit. <sup>20</sup>Despise not +prophesyings. <sup>21</sup>Prove all things; hold fast that which +is good. <sup>22</sup>Abstain from all appearance of evil.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Now the God of peace himself sanctify +you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be +preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>24</sup>Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do +it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Brethren, pray for us. +<sup>26</sup>Salute all the brethren with an holy kiss.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>27</sup>I conjure you by the Lord, that this +epistle be read to all the holy brethren.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">The first epistle to the Thessalonians was written +from Athens.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.8em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="th21" id="th21"><span class="t3 ls1">THE SECOND +EPISTLE</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt2">PAUL THE APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2em">THESSALONIAN</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, and Silvanus, and +Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and +in the Lord Jesus Christ: <sup>2</sup>grace unto you and peace, +from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>3</sup>We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, +brethren, as it is fit, because your faith groweth exceedingly, +and the love of every one of you all towards each other +aboundeth: <sup>4</sup>so that we ourselves make our boast of you +among the churches of God, for your patience and fidelity under +all your persecutions and afflictions which ye endure: +<sup>5</sup>which is a manifest proof of the righteous judgment +of God, that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, +for which ye also suffer: <sup>6</sup>seeing it is a righteous +thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble +you; <sup>7</sup>and to you who are troubled, rest with us, at +the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with his +mighty angels, <sup>8</sup>in a flame of fire, taking vengeance +of them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord +Jesus Christ: <sup>9</sup>who shall receive punishment, even +eternal perdition, from the presence of the Lord, and from the +glory of his power: <sup>10</sup>when he shall come to be +glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all those who +believe; because our testimony was believed among you in that +day. <sup>11</sup>Wherefore also we pray continually for you, +that our God would count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil +all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with +power: <sup>12</sup>that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be +glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our +God and Lord, Jesus Christ.</p> + +<h2><a name="th22" id="th22">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW we entreat you, +brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and +our gathering together unto him: <sup>2</sup>that ye be not +hastily agitated with apprehension, nor troubled, neither by +spirit, nor by discourse, nor by letter, as coming from us, as +though the day of the Lord was instantly approaching. +<sup>3</sup>Let no man deceive you in any way: because that +cannot be till the apostasy come first, and the man of sin +appear, the son of perdition, <sup>4</sup>who opposeth himself +against, and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or is +the object of adoration; so that he in the temple of God sitteth +as God, exhibiting himself in public that he is God. +<sup>5</sup>Do ye not remember that when I was yet with you, I +told you these things? <sup>6</sup>And now ye know what +withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his own time. +<sup>7</sup>For the mystery of iniquity is already powerfully +working; only he that withholdeth hitherto, will do so till he is +removed. <sup>8</sup>And then that lawless person will appear, +whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and +shall destroy with the brightness of his coming; +<sup>9</sup>whose appearing is known by fanatical energy, +displayed in all power, and signs, and lying miracles, +<sup>10</sup>and in every unrighteous delusion among those who +perish: in consequence of which things they received not the love +of the truth, that they might be saved. <sup>11</sup>And for this +cause God shall send unto them the energy of delusion, that they +should believe a lie: <sup>12</sup>that they all might be damned +who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in +unrighteousness. <sup>13</sup>But we are bound to give thanks +always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God +hath elected you from the beginning unto salvation, by +sanctification of the Spirit, and faith in the truth: +<sup>14</sup>whereunto also he called you by our gospel, in order +to your acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. +<sup>15</sup>Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and firmly hold the +injunctions delivered to you, as ye have been taught, whether by +our discourse, or by letter.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and +our God, and Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting +consolation, and good hope through grace, <sup>17</sup>comfort +your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.</p> + +<h2><a name="th23" id="th23">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>INALLY, brethren, pray +for us, that the word of the Lord may run, and be glorified, even +as among you; <sup>2</sup>and that we may be delivered from +unreasonable and wicked men: for there is not faith in all. +<sup>3</sup>But the Lord is faithful, who will stablish you, and +keep you from the wicked one. <sup>4</sup>But we have confidence +in the Lord towards you, that the things which we have enjoined +you, ye both do, and will do. <sup>5</sup>And the Lord direct +your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of +Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>Now we command you, brethren, in the +name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every +brother who walketh disorderly, and not according to the +injunction which he hath received from us. <sup>7</sup>For ye +yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us; for we behaved not +ourselves disorderly among you, <sup>8</sup>neither did we eat +bread with any man unpaid for, but with labour and toil worked +night and day, that we might be burdensome to none of you: +<sup>9</sup>not that we have not such power, but that we might be +ourselves an example for you to imitate. <sup>10</sup>For when we +were with you, this we enjoined you, that if a man would not +work, neither should he eat. <sup>11</sup>For we hear that there +are some among you who walk disorderly, doing no work, but being +busy-bodies. <sup>12</sup>Now such we command, and conjure, by +our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they labour, and eat +their own bread.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>But ye, brethren, be not weary of well +doing. <sup>14</sup>And if any man obey not our word by letter, +mark that man, and maintain no society with him, that he may be +ashamed. <sup>15</sup>Yet regard him not as an enemy, but +admonish him as a brother. <sup>16</sup>And the Lord of peace +himself give you peace, by every means, in every situation.</p> + +<p class="pn">The Lord be with you all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>The salutation of Paul with my own +hand, which is my sign in every letter: so I write.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you all. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">The second epistle was written to the Thessalonians +from Athens.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1.0em; margin-bottom:0.1em; font-size:125%"><a name="ti11" id="ti11"><span class="t3 ls1">THE FIRST +EPISTLE</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt2">THE APOSTLE PAUL</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.6em">TIMOTH</span>Y.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, an apostle of Jesus +Christ, by the order of God, our Saviour, and Lord, Jesus Christ, +who is our hope; <sup>2</sup>to Timothy, my genuine son in faith: +grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our +Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>As I exhorted thee to abide at Ephesus +when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin certain +persons to introduce no different doctrine, <sup>4</sup>nor to +attend to fables and endless genealogies, which give occasion to +disputes rather than godly edification, which is by faith; <i>so +do</i>. <sup>5</sup>For the end of the commandment is love out of +a clean heart, and good conscience, and faith unfeigned: +<sup>6</sup>from which some, having swerved, have turned aside to +vain babbling; <sup>7</sup>affecting to be doctors of the law, +though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they +affirm. <sup>8</sup>But we know that the law is good if a man use +it according to its institution; <sup>9</sup>knowing this, that +the law is not made for the just man, but for the lawless and +disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and +profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for +men-slayers, <sup>10</sup>for whoremongers, for sodomites, for +stealers of men, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be +any other thing which is contrary to sound doctrine, +<sup>11</sup>according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, +with which I have been put in trust. <sup>12</sup>And I render +thanks to him who hath strengthened me, even to Christ Jesus our +Lord, that he hath counted me faithful, putting me into the +ministry; <sup>13</sup>who was before a blasphemer, and a +persecutor, and insolently violent, But I was admitted to mercy, +for I did it ignorantly in unbelief; <sup>14</sup>but the grace +of our Lord hath exceedingly abounded with faith and love, which +is in Christ Jesus. <sup>15</sup>It is a faithful saying, and +worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world +to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. <sup>16</sup>But for +this end obtained I mercy, that in me, the chief, Jesus Christ +might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to those who +should after believe in him unto eternal life. <sup>17</sup>Now +to the king eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be +honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>This commandment, son Timothy, I give +thee, according to the prophecies which were before delivered +concerning thee, that by them thou mightest war a good warfare; +<sup>19</sup>holding faith and a good conscience, which some +having renounced, as touching the faith, have been shipwrecked: +<sup>20</sup>of whom are Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have +delivered over unto Satan, that they may be corrected, so as to +blaspheme no more.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti12" id="ti12">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> EXHORT therefore, first +of all, that there be offered supplications, prayers, +intercessions, thanksgivings for the whole race of mankind: +<sup>2</sup>for kings, and all that are in a state of eminence, +that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and +seriousness. <sup>3</sup>For this is becoming, and acceptable +before God our Saviour; <sup>4</sup>who wills all men to be +saved, and come to the acknowledgment of truth. <sup>5</sup>For +there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man +Christ Jesus; <sup>6</sup>who gave himself a ransom for all, the +testimony to be born in his appointed times; <sup>7</sup>of which +I am ordained a preacher and apostle, (I speak the truth in +Christ, I lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and +truth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>I will then that men pray in every +place, lifting up holy hands without wrath or doubting: +<sup>9</sup>in like manner also that the women dress themselves +in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with plaited +tresses, or gold, or pearls, or very costly clothing, +<sup>10</sup>but as becometh women professing godliness, with +good works.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Let the woman learn in silence with +all subjection: <sup>12</sup>for I permit not a woman to teach in +public, or to assume authority over the man, but to abide in +silence. <sup>13</sup>For Adam was first formed, Eve afterwards. +<sup>14</sup>And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being +deceived, by transgression fell. <sup>15</sup>But she shall be +saved through childbearing, if they abide in faith, and love, and +holiness with sobriety.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti13" id="ti13">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span>T is a true saying, If a +man seeks the office of a bishop, he desireth a laudable +employment. <sup>2</sup>A bishop then must be irreprehensible, +the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, +hospitable, well qualified for teaching; <sup>3</sup>not addicted +to wine, not using hard words or blows, not greedy of base gain; +but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money; +<sup>4</sup>presiding over his own family with propriety, having +his children under subjection with all gravity of behaviour: +<sup>5</sup>for if a man knoweth not how to order his own family, +how shall he take proper care of the church of God? +<sup>6</sup>Not a new convert, lest he be puffed up, and fall +into the devil’s crime. <sup>7</sup>He must also have a fair +character from those who are without, that he may not fall into +reproach, and into the snare of the devil.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>The deacons also in like manner must be +grave, not doubletongued, not addicting themselves to much wine, +not greedy of filthy lucre; <sup>9</sup>holding the mystery of +the faith with a pure conscience. <sup>10</sup>And let these also +be first proved, and if found blameless, then let them enter on +the deacon’s office.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Their wives in like manner must be +grave women, not addicted to scandal, sober, faithful in all +things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Let the deacons be the husbands of one +wife, ordering well their children and their own families. +<sup>13</sup>For they who discharge the office of a deacon with +propriety, acquire to themselves a respectable station <i>in the +church</i>, and great boldness in the faith which is in Jesus +Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>These things I write to thee, hoping +to come unto thee shortly: <sup>15</sup>but should I be delayed, +that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in +the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the +pillar and the pedestal of truth. <sup>16</sup>And confessedly +great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the +flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among +the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into +glory.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti14" id="ti14">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW the Spirit speaketh +expresly, that in the latter days some will apostatise from the +faith, giving heed to spirits of delusion, and doctrines of +devils; <sup>2</sup>men who teach lies with hypocrisy; and have +their own consciences cauterised; <sup>3</sup>prohibiting +marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which +God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and +those who acknowledge the truth. <sup>4</sup>For every creature +of God is good, and none to be rejected, if used with +thanksgiving: <sup>5</sup>for it is sanctified by the word of God +and prayer. <sup>6</sup>If thou suggest these truths to the +brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, +nourished up in the words of faith and sound doctrine, whereunto +thou hast attained. <sup>7</sup>But profane and antiquated fables +reject, but exercise thyself unto godliness. <sup>8</sup>For +bodily exercise is of little advantage, but godliness is +profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which +now is, and of that which is to come. <sup>9</sup>This is a +faithful saying, and deserving all acceptance. <sup>10</sup>For +therefore do we labour and are exposed to abuse, because we have +hoped in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, +especially of the faithful. <sup>11</sup>Announce and teach these +things. <sup>12</sup>Let no man despise thy youth; but be a +pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in +spirit, in faith, in purity. <sup>13</sup>Till I come, apply to +reading, to exhortation, to teaching. <sup>14</sup>Neglect not +the gift which is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with +imposition of the hands of the presbytery. <sup>15</sup>Let these +things be thy care; be wholly devoted to them; that thy progress +may be evident to all men. <sup>16</sup>Take heed unto thyself, +and to thy doctrine; abide in them: for so doing thou shalt both +save thyself, and those who hear thee.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti15" id="ti15">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">R</span>EBUKE not harshly an aged +man, but admonish him as a father; the younger men as brethren; +<sup>2</sup>the aged women as mothers; the younger as sisters, +with all purity. <sup>3</sup>Honour the widows, that are widows +indeed. <sup>4</sup>But if any widow has children or +grandchildren, let them learn as their first duty to shew their +piety towards their own family, and make a grateful return to +their progenitors: for this is becoming and acceptable before +God. <sup>5</sup>But she who is a widow indeed, and abandoned to +solitude, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and +prayers night and day. <sup>6</sup>But she who lives voluptuously +is dead, though she liveth. <sup>7</sup>And these things +inculcate, that they may be blameless. <sup>8</sup>But if any man +provide not for his own relations, and especially for those more +immediately of his own family, he hath denied the faith, and is +worse than an infidel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Let no widow be put on the list under +sixty years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband, +<sup>10</sup>bringing attestation of her good works; that she +hath well educated her children, that she hath been hospitable to +strangers, that she hath washed the saints feet, that she hath +assisted the afflicted, that she hath followed diligently every +good work. <sup>11</sup>But the younger widows reject: for when +they give themselves to wantonness contrary to Christ, they will +marry; <sup>12</sup>incurring censure, for having violated their +former engagement. <sup>13</sup>And at the same time also they +learn to be idle, visiting about in the houses; and not merely +idle, but talkative and inquisitive, speaking things they ought +not. <sup>14</sup>I would therefore have the younger widows to +marry, bear children, govern their house, give no occasion to the +adversary to bring a reproach on them. <sup>15</sup>For some are +already turned aside after Satan. <sup>16</sup>But if any man or +woman who believes hath widows their relations, let him provide +for them, and let not the church be burdened; that there may be a +sufficiency for the real widows.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Let the elders who preside properly be +counted worthy of double honour, especially those who are +laborious in preaching and teaching. <sup>18</sup>For the +Scripture saith, “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox while he treadeth +out the corn<sup><a href="#n118" id="f118" title="see footnote" +name="f118">119</a></sup>.” And again, “The labourer is worthy of +his hire.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Against a presbyter receive not an +accusation, except it be from two or three witnesses. +<sup>20</sup>Those who sin rebuke before all, that the rest also +may tremble.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>I adjure thee before God, and the Lord +Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these +things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>Lay hands hastily on no man, nor share +another’s sins: keep thyself pure; <sup>23</sup>confine thyself +no longer to water-drinking; but use a little wine for thy +stomach’s sake, and thy frequent indispositions. +<sup>24</sup>Some men’s sins are glaringly manifest, going before +to judgment; and after others also they follow <i>to +detection</i>. <sup>25</sup>In like manner also the good works +<i>of some</i> are previously manifest; and it is not possible +that what they have besides should be concealed.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti16" id="ti16">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>ET as many slaves as are +under the yoke account their own masters worthy of all honour, +that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. +<sup>2</sup>But they who have believing masters, let them not +think less of them, because they are brethren; but serve them the +rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who have equally +partaken of the benefit. These things teach and enjoin. +<sup>3</sup>If any man teach another doctrine, and attend not to +the sound words, which are those of Jesus Christ our Lord, and to +the doctrine which is according to godliness; <sup>4</sup>he is +conceited, knowing nothing, but delirious with disputes and +quarrels about words, from whence come wrath, contentions, evil +speakings, wrong suspicions, <sup>5</sup>perverse wranglings of +men corrupt in mind, and destitute of truth, who think to make +gain of godliness; depart from such men. <sup>6</sup>But +godliness with contentment is great gain. <sup>7</sup>For that we +brought nothing into the world is evident, neither can we carry +any thing out of it. <sup>8</sup>Having then food and raiment, +let us be therewith content. <sup>9</sup>For they who will be +rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and +hurtful passions, which sink men in the abyss of destruction and +perdition. <sup>10</sup>For the love of money is the root of all +evils, which some coveting, have wandered away from the faith, +and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>But thou, O man of God, flee from +these things; but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, +patience, meekness. <sup>12</sup>Strain every nerve in the noble +conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also +thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession +before many witnesses.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>I conjure thee in the presence of God, +who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who witnessed +that noble confession before Pontius Pilate; <sup>14</sup>that +thou observe this injunction spotless, irreproachable, unto the +appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: <sup>15</sup>which in his own +appointed times he will shew forth, who is the blessed and only +Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; <sup>16</sup>who +alone possesseth immortality, inhabiting light inaccessible, whom +no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and glory +eternal. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Charge the rich in this world not to +be lifted up with pride, nor to trust on the stability of wealth, +but on the living God, who giveth us richly all things for our +enjoyment; <sup>18</sup>to do good, to be rich in generous +actions, to take pleasure in liberality, ready to distribute; +<sup>19</sup>laying up treasure for themselves a noble foundation +against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal +life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>O Timothy, guard the sacred deposit, +avoiding profane trifling talk, and antitheses of misnamed +science: <sup>21</sup>which some affecting have erred concerning +the faith.</p> + +<p class="pn">Grace be with thee.—Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">The first epistle was written from Laodicea, which +is the metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:133%"> +<a name="ti21" id="ti21">THE SECOND EPISTLE</a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt2">PAUL THE APOSTLE</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.6em">TIMOTH</span>Y.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, an apostle of Jesus +Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of the life +which is in Christ Jesus, <sup>2</sup>to Timothy, my beloved son: +grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our +Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>I thank God, whom I serve from my +forefathers with a pure conscience, that I keep up a constant +remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; +<sup>4</sup>earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy +tears, that I might be filled with joy; <sup>5</sup>recalling to +my memory the unfeigned faith which was in thee, which dwelt +first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice; and I am +persuaded that <i>it is</i> in thee also. <sup>6</sup>For which +cause I remind thee that thou fan into a flame the divine gift, +which is in thee by the imposition of my hands. <sup>7</sup>For +God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of courage, and of +love, and of sobriety.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Be not thou therefore ashamed of the +testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer +affliction with me in the gospel, supported by the power of God; +<sup>9</sup>who hath saved us, and called us with an holy +calling, not according to our works, but according to his own +purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before time +had a beginning; <sup>10</sup>but is now made manifest by the +appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, +and brought to light life and immortality by the gospel: +<sup>11</sup>whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, +and a teacher of the Gentiles. <sup>12</sup>For which cause also +I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know on whom I +have placed my confidence, and am persuaded that he is mighty to +guard my deposit unto the great day.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Model thy teaching according to the +pattern of the sound discourses, which thou hast heard from me, +in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. <sup>14</sup>The +glorious deposit committed to thy trust, guard by the Holy Ghost +who dwelleth in us.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Knowest thou this, that all those of +Asia have deserted me? among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. +<sup>16</sup>The Lord grant mercy unto the household of +Onesiphorus because he frequently was a refreshment to my soul, +and was not ashamed of my chain: <sup>17</sup>but, when he was at +Rome, he sought me out diligently, and found me. <sup>18</sup>The +Lord grant that he may find mercy with the Lord in the great day; +and how liberally he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest +better than any other person.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti22" id="ti22">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HOU therefore, my son, be +mighty in the grace which is in Jesus Christ. <sup>2</sup>And the +things which thou hast heard of me before many witnesses, these +commit to faithful men, who shall be qualified to teach others +also. <sup>3</sup>Thou therefore endure hardships, as a brave +soldier of Jesus Christ. <sup>4</sup>No man who enters the army +involves himself with secular affairs; that he may please the +person who hath enlisted him. <sup>5</sup>And if a man contend in +the public games, he is not crowned victor, unless he contend +according to the laws. <sup>6</sup>The husbandman who toils is +the first who ought to partake of the fruits. +<sup>7</sup>Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee +understanding in all things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed +of David was raised from the dead, according to my gospel: +<sup>9</sup>for which I suffer affliction, even unto chains as a +malefactor; but the word of God is not bound. +<sup>10</sup>Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the +elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Jesus +Christ with eternal glory.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>It is a faithful saying: for if we be +dead with him, we shall also live with him: <sup>12</sup>if we +suffer with him, we shall also reign with him: if we renounce +him, he also will renounce us: <sup>13</sup>if we are +unbelieving, he abideth faithful; he cannot contradict himself. +<sup>14</sup>Put them in mind of these things, adjuring them +before the Lord not to quarrel about words of no use, but tending +to the perversion of the audience.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Be diligent to present thyself before +God approved, a workman that need not blush, rightly dividing the +word of truth. <sup>16</sup>But profane vain bablings avoid: for +they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety. <sup>17</sup>And +their discourse will eat like as a gangrene; of whom are Hymeneus +and Philetus; <sup>18</sup>who with respect to the truth have +erred, saying that the resurrection hath been already; and +pervert the faith of some. <sup>19</sup>Nevertheless the stable +foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, the Lord +knoweth those who belong to him. And, let every man who mentions +the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>But in a great house there are not +only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and pottery; +and some for an honourable use, and others for baser service. +<sup>21</sup>If therefore a man preserve himself pure from these +things, he shall be a vessel for honour, sanctified and highly +useful to the master, ready for every good work.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>But flee youthful passions, and pursue +righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the +Lord out of a pure heart. <sup>23</sup>But foolish and +uninstructive disputes avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels. +<sup>24</sup>And a servant of the Lord ought not to quarrel; but +to be gentle to all men, apt to teach, forbearing, +<sup>25</sup>with meekness correcting those who are opposers, if +at last God may give unto them repentance so as to submit to the +conviction of the truth; <sup>26</sup>and that they may escape +out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for +his will.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti23" id="ti23">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT this know, that in the +last days distressing times will come. <sup>2</sup>For men will +be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, vainglorious, +blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, +<sup>3</sup>unnatural, implacable, slanderers, intemperate, +inhuman, averse to goodness, <sup>4</sup>treacherous, wilful, +puffed up <i>with pride</i>, lovers of pleasure more than lovers +of God; <sup>5</sup>holding the form of godliness, but denying +the power of it: from these men turn with aversion. +<sup>6</sup>For such are they who insinuate themselves into +houses, and captivate weak women laden with accumulated sins, and +actuated by a variety of passions, <sup>7</sup>always learning, +yet never able to attain unto the knowledge of truth. +<sup>8</sup>But in the same manner as Jannes and Jambres opposed +Moses, so do these also set themselves in opposition to the +truth; men corrupt in mind, reprobate respecting the faith. +<sup>9</sup>But they shall not proceed to the uttermost; for +their infatuation shall be evident to all men, as theirs also +was.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>But thou hast fully known my doctrine, +conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience, +<sup>11</sup>the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at +Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet +out of them all the Lord delivered me. <sup>12</sup>And all +indeed who will live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. +<sup>13</sup>But wicked men and impostors will proceed from bad +to worse, deceiving and deceived. <sup>14</sup>But abide thou in +the things which thou hast learned and believed, knowing of whom +thou hast learned them; <sup>15</sup>and that from a child thou +hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise +unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ. +<sup>16</sup>All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, +and advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for +instruction in righteousness <sup>17</sup>that the man of God may +be properly furnished, fully qualified for every good work.</p> + +<h2><a name="ti24" id="ti24">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">I</span> ADJURE thee therefore +before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living +and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; <sup>2</sup>preach +the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, +exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. <sup>3</sup>For the +time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but +after their own inclinations will set up a herd of teachers for +themselves, having the itch of hearing; <sup>4</sup>and will turn +away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables. +<sup>5</sup>But watch thou in all things, endure hardship, do the +work of an evangelist, fully discharge thy ministry. +<sup>6</sup>For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of +my dissolution approaches. <sup>7</sup>I have struggled hard in +the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the +faith: <sup>8</sup>henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of +righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me +at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved +his appearing.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Hasten to come to me shortly: +<sup>10</sup>for Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this +present world, and is gone unto Thessalonica; Crescens to +Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia. <sup>11</sup>Luke alone is with me. +Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is very useful to me +in the ministry. <sup>12</sup>But Tychicus I have sent to +Ephesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>The cloke which I left behind me at +Troas with Carpus, when thou comest bring, and the books, +especially the parchments.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Alexander the brazier did me many ill +offices: the Lord repay him according to his works: +<sup>15</sup>against whom be thou also on thy guard, for he hath +greatly resisted our words.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>At my first apology no man stood by +me, but all forsook me: (may it not be imputed to them!) +<sup>17</sup>but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that +by me the preaching might be fully discharged, and that all the +Gentiles might hear; and I was snatched out of the lion’s mouth. +<sup>18</sup>And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, +and preserve me for his celestial kingdom: to whom be glory for +ever and ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Salute Priscilla and Aquila, and the +house of Onesiphorus. <sup>20</sup>Erastus hath abode at Corinth: +but Trophimus I left behind me at Miletum sick.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>Hasten to come before winter. Eubulus +greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the +brethren.</p> + +<p class="pns"><sup>22</sup>The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy +spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">The second epistle to Timothy, appointed the first +bishop of the Ephesian church, was written from Rome, when the +second time Paul stood before the Cæsar Nero.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2.5em; margin-bottom:1.8em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="tit1" id="tit1">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.8em">TITU</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, a servant of God, +and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the +elect of God, and the knowledge of truth which leads to +godliness; <sup>2</sup>in hope of life eternal, which God, who +cannot lie, hath promised before time had a being; +<sup>3</sup>but hath manifested in his own appointed season his +word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, +according to the command of our Saviour God; <sup>4</sup>to +Titus, my genuine son after the common faith, be grace, mercy, +peace, from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ our +Saviour.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>For this purpose I left thee behind me +at Crete, that thou mightest direct the regulations which +remained to be executed, and that thou shouldest appoint +presbyters in every city, as I charged thee to do: <sup>6</sup>if +there be a man blameless, the husband of one wife, having +children who believe, not under an accusation or debauchery, or +disorderly conduct. <sup>7</sup>For a bishop ought to be +irreproachable, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not +irritable, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of +filthy lucre; <sup>8</sup>but the stranger’s host, the good man’s +friend, grave, just, holy, temperate; <sup>9</sup>firmly attached +to the faithful word, according to the doctrine delivered, that +he may be able to exhort with sound instruction and to confute +the opposers. <sup>10</sup>For there are many disorderly persons +vainly talkative, and under a spirit of delusion, especially some +of the circumcised; <sup>11</sup>whose mouths ought to be +muzzled, who pervert whole families, teaching things which they +ought not, for the sake of base gain. <sup>12</sup>One of them, a +poet of their own nation, hath said, The Cretans are always +liars, wicked beasts, slothful gluttons. <sup>13</sup>This +testimony is true. For which cause rebuke them with severity, +that they may be sound in the faith; <sup>14</sup>not attending +to Jewish fables, and injunctions of men, who have turned away +from the truth. <sup>15</sup>All things indeed are clean to the +clean: but to the defiled and to the unbelievers there is nothing +clean; but their very mind and conscience are defiled. +<sup>16</sup>They profess to know God; but in works deny him, +being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work +reprobate.</p> + +<h2><a name="tit2" id="tit2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT speak thou the things +which become sound doctrine: <sup>2</sup>that the elder men be +sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience. +<sup>3</sup>That the elder women also be sacredly becoming in +their behaviour, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, +teachers of propriety; <sup>4</sup>that they instruct the young +women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their +children, <sup>5</sup>to be sober, domestic, good, obedient to +their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill reported of. +<sup>6</sup>The younger men in like manner exhort to be sober +minded. <sup>7</sup>In all things approving thyself as a pattern +of good works: in thy teaching, shewing integrity, gravity, +incorruptibility, <sup>8</sup>sound discourse, incapable of +confutation; that he who is in opposition may be confounded, +having nothing faulty to say of you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Let servants be subject to their own +masters, in all things to be agreeable to them; not +contradicting; <sup>10</sup>not embezzling their property, but +demonstrating all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine +of God our Saviour in all things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>For the grace of God which leads to +salvation hath appeared unto all men, <sup>12</sup>instructing +us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should +live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day; +<sup>13</sup>expecting the blessed hope, and glorious appearing +of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; <sup>14</sup>who gave +himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and +purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. +<sup>15</sup>These things speak and enjoin, and reprove with all +authority. Let no man despise thee.</p> + +<h2><a name="tit3" id="tit3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">R</span>EMIND them to be subject +to princes and those invested with authority, to obey +magistrates, to be ready for every good work, <sup>2</sup>to +slander no man, to be inoffensive, gentle, shewing all meekness +to all men. <sup>3</sup>For we ourselves also in time past were +thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions +and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one +another. <sup>4</sup>But even then the kindness and love of God +our Saviour to man shone forth, <sup>5</sup>not for works of +righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy he +saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and by renovation of the +Holy Spirit; <sup>6</sup>which he poured out upon us richly +through Jesus Christ our Saviour; <sup>7</sup>that justified by +his grace, we might become heirs in hope of eternal life.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Faithful is the saying, and of these +things I wish thee firmly to testify, that they who have believed +in God be careful to be pre-eminent in good works. These are +becoming and advantageous to men. <sup>9</sup>But foolish +disquisitions, and genealogies, and disputes, and contentions +about the law avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>An heretical person after a first and +second admonition reject; <sup>11</sup>knowing that such a one is +perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>When I shall send Artemas unto thee, +or Tychicus, hasten to come to me unto Nicopolis: for there I +have determined to pass the winter.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Send forward diligently Zenas the +lawyer and Apollos, that nothing may be wanting for them. +<sup>14</sup>And let those who belong to us learn also to be +pre-eminent in good works for all necessary calls, that they be +not without fruits.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>All that are with me salute thee. +Salute those who love us with fidelity.</p> + +<p class="pn">Grace be with you all. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">This epistle was written to Titus appointed by +suffrage first bishop of the church of Crete, from Nicopolis in +Macedonia.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2.5em; margin-bottom:1.8em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="phm" id="phm">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE,</p> + +<p class="pt1">TO</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25em">PHILEMO</span>N.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>AUL, a prisoner of +Christ Jesus, and Timothy a brother, to Philemon the beloved, and +our fellow-labourer, <sup>2</sup>and to Apphia the beloved, and +to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church at thy house: +<sup>3</sup>grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and +the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>I thank my God always, making mention +of thee in my prayers, <sup>5</sup>hearing of thy love and faith +which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and unto all the saints; +<sup>6</sup>that there may be an operative communication of thy +faith made known by every good thing, which is in you towards +Jesus Christ. <sup>7</sup>For we have great joy and consolation +in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed +by thee, brother. <sup>8</sup>Wherefore, though I have in Christ +great liberty to enjoin thee what is becoming, <sup>9</sup>I +rather for love’s sake entreat, being such as Paul the aged, and +now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ. <sup>10</sup>I entreat thee +for my son, whom I have begotten during my bonds, Onesimus: +<sup>11</sup>who in time past hath been an unprofitable servant +to thee, but now very profitable to thee and to me: +<sup>12</sup>whom I have sent back; thou therefore receive him, +even as my own bowels: <sup>13</sup>whom I wished to detain about +myself, that in thy stead he might have waited upon me during my +bonds for the gospel: <sup>14</sup>but without thy consent would +I do nothing; that this good deed of thine might not be as of +necessity, but from thy own choice. <sup>15</sup>For to this end +perhaps was he separated from thee for a season, that thou +mightest receive him for ever; <sup>16</sup>no longer as a slave, +but above a slave, as a brother beloved, especially by me, but +how much more by thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? +<sup>17</sup>If therefore thou holdest me a sharer with thee, +receive him as myself. <sup>18</sup>If he hath injured thee or +oweth thee ought, put that to my account; <sup>19</sup>I Paul +have given it under my own hand, I will repay it, not to say to +thee, that thou owest even thine own self unto me. +<sup>20</sup>Yea, brother, I wish to have joy in thee in the +Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. <sup>21</sup>Having +confidence in thy obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing +that thou wilt do more than I say. <sup>22</sup>But at the same +time prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your +prayers I shall be given unto you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>There salute thee Epaphras, my +fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus; <sup>24</sup>Mark, Aristarchus, +Demas, Luke, my fellow-labourers.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with thy spirit. Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">Written to Philemon from Rome, by Onesimus one of +his household.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.8em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="heb1" id="heb1">THE EPISTLE</a></h1> +<p class="pt1">TO THE</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.3em">HEBREW</span>S.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">G</span>OD, who spake to the +fathers of old at various times, and in different manners by the +prophets, <sup>2</sup>in these last days hath spoken to us by a +Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he +made the worlds; <sup>3</sup>who being the splendour of his +glory, and the very impress of his substance, and upholding all +things with his powerful word, by himself having effected the +cleansing of our sins, he sat down at the right hand of Majesty +on high; <sup>4</sup>made as much superior to the angels, as he +hath inherited a more distinguished name than they. +<sup>5</sup>For to which of the angels ever said he, “My Son art +thou, I have to-day begotten thee<sup><a href="#n119" id="f119" +title="see footnote" name="f119">120</a></sup>?” And again, “I +will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son<sup><a href="#n120" id="f120" title="see footnote" name="f120">121</a></sup>?” <sup>6</sup>And again, when he introduces +the first-begotten into the world, he saith, “Let all the angels +of God also worship him<sup><a href="#n121" id="f121" title="see footnote" name="f121">122</a></sup>.” <sup>7</sup>And +concerning the angels indeed he thus speaks: “Who maketh his +angels spirits, and his ministering servants a flame of +fire<sup><a href="#n122" id="f122" title="see footnote" name="f122">123</a></sup>.” <sup>8</sup>But to the Son, “Thy throne, O +God, is unto eternity; a sceptre of rectitude is the sceptre of +thy kingdom. <sup>9</sup>Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated +iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil +of exultation above those who partake with thee<sup><a href="#n123" id="f123" title="see footnote" name="f123">124</a></sup>.” <sup>10</sup>“And thou from the beginning, +O Lord, hast founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of +thine hands. <sup>11</sup>They will be destroyed, but thou +remainest; and they all will grow old as a garment, +<sup>12</sup>and as a cloak thou wilt wrap them up, and they will +undergo a change: but thou art the same, and thy years will never +end<sup><a href="#n124" id="f124" title="see footnote" name="f124">125</a></sup>.” <sup>13</sup>Unto which indeed of the +angels said he ever, “Sit at my right hand until I put thine +enemies for a footstool of thy feet<sup><a href="#n125" id="f125" +title="see footnote" name="f125">126</a></sup>?” <sup>14</sup>Are +they not all ministerial spirits, sent to perform service on +account of those who are about to inherit salvation?</p> + +<h2><a name="heb2" id="heb2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR this reason we ought +to attend more diligently to the things which have been heard, +lest by any means we let them flow by us. <sup>2</sup>For if the +discourse spoken by angels was confirmed, and every transgression +and disobedience received a just punishment as its due, +<sup>3</sup>how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, +which, commencing at the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was +confirmed unto us by those who had heard him; <sup>4</sup>God +superadding his testimony with them, by signs, and wonders, and +various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his +own will?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>For he hath not subjected the future +world, of which we are speaking, to the angels. <sup>6</sup>But +one in a certain passage testifieth, saying, “What is man, that +thou rememberest him, or a son of man, that thou regardest him?” +<sup>7</sup>“Thou hast made him for a little while lower than +angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast +placed him over the works of thy hands: <sup>8</sup>thou hast +subjected all things under his feet<sup><a href="#n126" id="f126" +title="see footnote" name="f126">127</a></sup>.” Now in +subjecting all things to him, he left nothing unsubjected to him; +but at present we see not yet all things subjected to him. +<sup>9</sup>But we see Jesus for a little while made lower than +angels, by the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, +that, by the grace of God, he might taste of death for every +one.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>For it became him, for whom are all +things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto +glory, to perfect the Author of their salvation by sufferings. +<sup>11</sup>For both he that sanctifies, and they who are +sanctified, are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to +call them brethren, <sup>12</sup>saying, “I will declare thy name +to my brethren, in the midst of the church I will sing hymns to +thee<sup><a href="#n127" id="f127" title="see footnote" name="f127">128</a></sup>.” <sup>13</sup>And again, “I will place my +confidence in him<sup><a href="#n128" id="f128" title="see footnote" name="f128">129</a></sup>.” And again, “Behold! +Here am I, and the children which God hath given me<sup><a href="#n129" id="f129" title="see footnote" name="f129">130</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Seeing therefore that the children +have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself, in exact +resemblance, partook of the same, that by death he might destroy +him who held the power of death, that is, the devil; +<sup>15</sup>and deliver those, even as many as through their +whole life were subjects of bondage to the fear of death. +<sup>16</sup>For he verily took not on him the angelic nature, +but assumed that of the seed of Abraham. <sup>17</sup>Wherefore +he ought in all things to be made like to his brethren, in order +to become a merciful and faithful high-priest in those things +which relate to God, to make a propitiation for the sins of the +people: <sup>18</sup>for inasmuch as he hath himself suffered, +having been tempted, he is able to succour those who are +tempted.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb3" id="heb3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HEREFORE, holy brethren, +partakers of the heavenly calling, contemplate the apostle and +high-priest whom ye confess, Jesus Christ; <sup>2</sup>who was +faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his +house. <sup>3</sup>For this personage hath been counted worthy of +higher glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built it, hath +greater honour than the house. <sup>4</sup>For every house is +built by some person; but he who is the architect of all things +is God. <sup>5</sup>And Moses indeed was faithful in all that +house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which +should be after spoken; <sup>6</sup>but Christ as a son over his +own house: whose house are we, if we hold firmly the confidence +and glorying of hope stedfast unto the end. +<sup>7</sup>Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith<sup><a href="#n130" id="f130" title="see footnote" name="f130">131</a></sup>, +To day if ye will hear his voice, <sup>8</sup>harden not your +hearts, as in that bitter provocation, at the day of the +temptation in the wilderness; <sup>9</sup>when your fathers +tempted me, proved me, and saw my works during forty years. +<sup>10</sup>Wherefore I was provoked against that generation, +and said, They are always deluded in heart, and they have not +known my ways: <sup>11</sup>so I swore in my wrath that they +shall not enter into my rest. <sup>12</sup>Take heed, brethren, +that there be not in any one of you a wicked heart of infidelity, +<i>evident</i> in departure from the living God: <sup>13</sup>but +exhort one another daily, whilst to-day remains, that no one of +you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. <sup>14</sup>For we +are partakers with Christ, if we hold the beginning of our +confidence firm unto the end; <sup>15</sup>while it is said, +To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in +the provocation. <sup>16</sup>For some, though they had heard, +provoked him; yet not all who came out of Egypt by Moses. +<sup>17</sup>But against whom was he incensed forty years? Was it +not against those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the +wilderness? <sup>18</sup>And to whom did he swear that they +should not enter into his rest, but to those who did not believe? +<sup>19</sup>So we see that they could not enter in because of +unbelief.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb4" id="heb4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>ET us fear then lest, +though a promise be left of entering into his rest, any one of +you should appear to fail of obtaining it. <sup>2</sup>For we are +hearing the same gospel preached as they did; but the word heard +did not profit them, not being incorporated by faith with those +who heard it. <sup>3</sup>For we who have believed, have entered +into the rest, even as he said, “So, I sware in my wrath, that +they shall not enter into my rest;” and that notwithstanding the +works were done from the foundation of the world. <sup>4</sup>For +he said in a certain passage concerning the seventh day to this +purport, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his +works<sup><a href="#n131" id="f131" title="see footnote" name="f131">132</a></sup>.” <sup>5</sup>And in this passage again, +“They shall not enter into my rest.” <sup>6</sup>Forasmuch +therefore as it remaineth for some to enter into it, and they who +first had the gospel preached to them entered not in because of +unbelief; <sup>7</sup>again he limiteth a certain day, saying by +David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, “To-day if ye +will hear his voice harden not your hearts.” <sup>8</sup>For if +Joshua had given them the rest, he would not afterwards have +spoken of another day. <sup>9</sup>A sabbatical rest then still +remaineth for the people of God. <sup>10</sup>For he that is +entered into his rest, he also hath rested from his works, as God +did from his own. <sup>11</sup>Let us then earnestly endeavour to +enter into that rest, lest any person fall after the same example +of unbelief. <sup>12</sup>For the word of God is quickening, and +energetic, and sharper than every two-edged sword, and piercing +through and through, so as to divide both soul and spirit, both +joints and spinal marrow, and critically judges the thoughts and +intents of the heart. <sup>13</sup>Even creation is not invisible +before him, but all things are naked, and fully displayed before +his eyes, to whom we must give our account.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Having then a great high-priest passed +through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the +confession. <sup>15</sup>For we have not an high-priest incapable +of a fellow-feeling with our infirmities, but one tempted in all +points, in exact resemblance with ourselves, sin excepted. +<sup>16</sup>Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne +of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for +seasonable help.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb5" id="heb5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR, every high-priest +taken from among men, is constituted on behalf of men for those +services which relate to God, that he should offer both gifts and +sacrifices for sins: <sup>2</sup>being able to feel tenderly for +the ignorant and erroneous; forasmuch as he is himself +encompassed with infirmity. <sup>3</sup>And on this account he +ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice +for sins. <sup>4</sup>And no man assumes to himself this honour, +but he who is called of God, even as Aaron was. <sup>5</sup>So +Christ also did not himself assume the glory to become +high-priest, but <span class="sc">he</span> <i>gave it</i> who +spake to him, “Thou art my Son; I have this day begotten thee.” +<sup>6</sup>As he saith also in another passage, “Thou art priest +forever after the order of Melchisedec<sup><a href="#n132" id="f132" title="see footnote" name="f132">133</a></sup>;” +<sup>7</sup>who in the days of his flesh, with strong crying and +tears, having offered up prayers and supplications to him who was +able to save him from death, and being heard for his reverential +awe, <sup>8</sup>though he was a son, he learned obedience from +the things which he suffered: <sup>9</sup>and complete himself, +he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him; +<sup>10</sup>publicly proclaimed of God high-priest after the +order of Melchisedec.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Concerning whom we have much to +discourse, and of difficult interpretation to explain, seeing ye +are dull of hearing. <sup>12</sup>For though ye ought for the +time to be teachers of others, ye have again need that some one +teach you the leading principles of the oracles of God; and are +become as those who need milk, and not solid food. +<sup>13</sup>For every one who useth milk is inexperienced in the +word of righteousness: for he is an infant. <sup>14</sup>But +solid nourishment is proper for grown men, even as many as by +habit have their organs of perception exercised for the +discernment both of good and evil.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb6" id="heb6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HEREFORE, desisting from +initiatory discourse respecting Christ, let us advance towards +perfection; not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead +works, and faith in God, <sup>2</sup>of the doctrine of +ablutions, and of imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of +the dead, and of eternal judgment. <sup>3</sup>And so we will do, +if God permit. <sup>4</sup>For it is not possible to renew again +unto repentance those who have been once illuminated, and have +tasted the celestial gift, and have been made partakers of the +Holy Ghost, <sup>5</sup>and have tasted the good word of God, and +the powers of the world to come, <sup>6</sup>and yet have fallen +away: for they crucify again to themselves the Son of God, and +expose him to public infamy. <sup>7</sup>For the earth which +imbibes the rain which often falls upon it, and bringeth forth +herbage suitable for those by whom it is cultured, receiveth a +blessing from God; <sup>8</sup>but if it produceth thorns and +thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse <i>of +barrenness</i>, whose end will be for burning.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>But, beloved, we are persuaded +concerning you that things are better, and connected with +salvation, though we thus speak. <sup>10</sup>For God is not +unjust, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have +demonstrated in his name, having ministered assistance to the +saints, and still ministering. <sup>11</sup>But we earnestly +desire that every one of you do manifest the same diligence, in +order to obtain the full assurance of hope unto the end: +<sup>12</sup>that ye be not slothful, but imitators of those who, +by faith and long suffering, are inheriting the promises. +<sup>13</sup>For God when he gave the promise to Abraham +forasmuch as he had nothing greater to swear by, sware by +himself, <sup>14</sup>saying, “Verily, blessing, I will bless +thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee<sup><a href="#n133" +id="f133" title="see footnote" name="f133">134</a></sup>.” +<sup>15</sup>And so after long patient waiting he obtained the +promise. <sup>16</sup>For men indeed swear by something greater +than themselves; and an oath for confirmation is with them +conclusive in all disputes. <sup>17</sup>And thus God, designing +more abundantly to demonstrate to the heirs of promise the +immutability of his will, pledged himself by oath, +<sup>18</sup>that by two immutable things, in which it was +impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who +have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us; +<sup>19</sup>which, as an anchor for our soul, we hold both sure +and stedfast, and entering into the sanctuary within the vail, +<sup>20</sup>into which the forerunner for us is entered, even +Jesus, made after the order of Melchisedec an high-priest for +ever.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb7" id="heb7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>OR this Melchisedec, king +of Salem, a priest of God most high, who met Abraham returning +from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; <sup>2</sup>to +whom also Abraham gave a tenth share of all the spoil: being, as +the interpretation of his name imports, first, King of +righteousness, and then also King of Salem, that is, King of +peace: <sup>3</sup>without father, without mother, without +genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but +in exact resemblance with the Son of God, abideth a priest for +ever. <sup>4</sup>Now observe how great is this +<i>Melchisedec</i>, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave the +tenth of the spoils. <sup>5</sup>For they indeed of the sons of +Levi, who are admitted to priesthood, have an order to receive +tithes from the people according to the law, that is, of their +brethren, though also sprung from the loins of Abraham. +<sup>6</sup>But he who derived not his genealogy from them, +received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the +promises; <sup>7</sup>but without all dispute the inferior +receives benediction from the superior. <sup>8</sup>And here +indeed dying men receive the tithes, but there he hath a +testimony borne to him that he liveth. <sup>9</sup>And, if I may +so say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid +tithes. <sup>10</sup>For he was as yet in the loins of his father +when Melchisedec met him. <sup>11</sup>If therefore there was +perfection by the Levitical priesthood (for under that the people +had the law given to them), what farther need was there that +another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec, and +not be called after the order of Aaron? <sup>12</sup>For the +priesthood being transferred, there is of necessity an abrogation +of the law also. <sup>13</sup>For he to whom these things are +spoken belonged to another tribe, in which no man approached the +altar. <sup>14</sup>For it is evident that our Lord sprang from +Judah; to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning the +priesthood; <sup>15</sup>and it is yet more abundantly evident, +that there should arise another priest after the likeness of +Melchisedec, <sup>16</sup>who was not made such by the law of a +carnal commandment, but by the power of a life indissoluble. +<sup>17</sup>For the testimony is, Thou art a priest for ever +after the order of Melchisedec. <sup>18</sup>For there is indeed +an abrogation of the preceding command, because of its weakness +and inutility. <sup>19</sup>For the law led to no perfection, but +was an introduction to a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Moreover, forasmuch as he was not +<i>made priest</i> without an oath, <sup>21</sup>(for they indeed +were made priests without an oath; but he with an oath, by him +who said unto him, “The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, +Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:”) +<sup>22</sup>by so much is Jesus become the surety of a better +testament.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>And they indeed are many who were made +priests, because by death they were prevented from abiding <i>in +their office</i>: <sup>24</sup>but this person, because he +abideth for ever, hath a priesthood that passeth not over to +another. <sup>25</sup>Wherefore also he is able to save to the +uttermost those who come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth +to make intercession for them. <sup>26</sup>For such an +high-priest was suitable to us, holy, inoffensive, spotless, +separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens: +<sup>27</sup>who hath not daily need, as the high-priests, first, +to offer sacrifice for their own sins, afterwards, for those of +the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up +himself. <sup>28</sup>For the law constitutes men high-priests, +though they have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is +since the law, constitutes the Son, unto eternity completely +perfect.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb8" id="heb8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW the summary of the +things spoken is this: we have such an high-priest, who hath +taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the +heavens; <sup>2</sup>a minister of the holies, and of the true +tabernacle which the Lord hath pitched, and not man. +<sup>3</sup>For every high-priest is appointed to offer both +gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this person +also have somewhat to offer. <sup>4</sup>For if he were on earth, +he would not be a priest, there being priests who offer gifts +according to the law; <sup>5</sup>who perform the service after +the figure and shadow of things in the heavens, as Moses was +divinely instructed, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. +“For see,” saith God, “that thou make all things according to the +model shewed thee on the mount<sup><a href="#n134" id="f134" title="see footnote" name="f134">135</a></sup>.” <sup>6</sup>But +now hath Christ obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as +he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been +established on better promises.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>For if that first covenant had been +faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second. +<sup>8</sup>For finding fault with them, he saith, “Behold, the +days are coming, saith the Lord; and I will accomplish for the +house of Israel and for the house of Judah a new covenant: +<sup>9</sup>not according to that covenant which I made with +their fathers, in the day when I laid hold upon their hand to +lead them up out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not +in my covenant, and I took no longer care of them, saith the +Lord. <sup>10</sup>For this is the covenant which I will make +with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; giving +my laws to their understanding, even on their hearts will I +inscribe them: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to +me a people. <sup>11</sup>And they shall no more teach every man +his neighbour, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: +for all shall know me from the mean man of them unto the great +among them. <sup>12</sup>For I will be placable to their +unrighteousnesses and their sins, and their iniquities I will +never more remember<sup><a href="#n135" id="f135" title="see footnote" name="f135">136</a></sup>.” <sup>13</sup>In +calling it a new covenant, he hath made the first antiquated. Now +what is antiquated and grown aged, is near evanescence.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb9" id="heb9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEN also the first +tabernacle had indeed regulations for the divine service, and a +sanctuary furnished. <sup>2</sup>For the tabernacle was prepared; +the first part, in which was both the candlestick, and the table, +and the shew-bread, which is called <span class="sc">the +holy</span>. <sup>3</sup>But behind the second vail was the +tabernacle, called <span class="sc">the holy of holies:</span> +<sup>4</sup>having the golden censer, and the coffer of the +covenant, overlaid with gold within and without, in which were +the golden urn containing the manna, and Aaron’s rod which had +budded, and the stone tables of the covenant; <sup>5</sup>and +above, over it the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the +propitiatory. <sup>6</sup>Now when these things were thus +disposed, the priests entered continually into the first +tabernacle indeed, performing the divine services: +<sup>7</sup>but into the second once in every year entered the +high-priest alone, not without blood, which he offered for his +own inadvertencies, and for those of the people: <sup>8</sup>the +Holy Ghost thus signifying, that the way into <span class="sc">the holies</span> was not yet made manifest, whilst the +first tabernacle held its station; <sup>9</sup>which figurative +representation <i>continues</i> unto the present time, according +to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which cannot, +with respect to conscience, make him perfect who performs the +services, <sup>10</sup>as they consist only of meats, and drinks, +and different ablutions, and corporal services, until the +appointed time of perfect reformation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>But Christ becoming the high-priest of +future good things, through a better and more perfect tabernacle, +not made with hands, that is, not of this creation; +<sup>12</sup>nor by the blood of goats and of calves, but by his +own blood, he entered once for all into <span class="sc">the +holies</span>, having obtained eternal redemption.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>For if the blood of bulls, and of +goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the defiled +sanctifieth to corporal purification, <sup>14</sup>how much more +shall the blood of Christ, who, by the eternal Spirit, offered up +himself in sacrifice without blemish to God, cleanse our +conscience from dead works, that we may perform divine service to +the living God?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>And for this cause he is the mediator +of the new testament, that, death being suffered for the +redemption of transgressions committed against the first +testament, they who are called might receive the promise of an +eternal inheritance. <sup>16</sup>For where a testament is, of +necessity the death of the testator is implied. <sup>17</sup>For +a testament is valid when men are dead; for else it is of no +efficacy whilst the testator is alive. <sup>18</sup>Wherefore +also that first testament was not consecrated without blood. +<sup>19</sup>For when every command according to the law had been +spoken by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of calves and +of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled +both the book itself and all the people, <sup>20</sup>saying, +This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto +you. <sup>21</sup>And the tabernacle also, and all the vessels +employed in the divine service, he in like manner sprinkled with +blood. <sup>22</sup>And almost all things are purified by blood +according to the law, and without effusion of blood there is no +remission of sin. <sup>23</sup>There was a necessity therefore +that the representations of the things in heaven should be +purified by these; but the celestial things themselves with +better sacrifices than these. <sup>24</sup>For Christ is not +entered into <span class="sc">the holies</span> made with hands, +the antitypes of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear +before the presence of God for us: <sup>25</sup>and not that he +should often offer up himself in sacrifice, as the high-priest +enters every year into <span class="sc">the holies</span> with +blood not his own, <sup>26</sup>(for in that case he must have +suffered often since the foundation of the world:) but now once +for all at the consummation of the ages hath he been manifested +for the abolishing sin by the sacrifice of himself. +<sup>27</sup>And forasmuch as it is appointed to men once to die, +but after this the judgment, <sup>28</sup>so Christ having been +once offered in sacrifice to bear the sins of men, will appear +the second time without sin, to those who expect him, for their +salvation.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb10" id="heb10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW the law, having a +shadow of the good things which were to come, not the very +substance of the things, cannot possibly, by the same sacrifices +which they offer year by year continually, make those perfect who +approach <i>God</i>; <sup>2</sup>else they would have +discontinued to make the offering, because they who performed the +service being once made clean, would have had no more sense of +sins on their conscience. <sup>3</sup>But in these +<i>sacrifices</i> there is a commemoration of sins every year. +<sup>4</sup>For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and +goats should take away sin. <sup>5</sup>Wherefore, coming into +the world, he saith, “Sacrifice and oblation thou hast not +chosen, but thou hast exactly fashioned a body for me: +<sup>6</sup>thou hast had no delight in whole burnt-offerings and +sacrifices for sin: <sup>7</sup>then I said, Here am I; (in the +volume of the book it is written of me) I come to do thy will, O +God<sup><a href="#n136" id="f136" title="see footnote" name="f136">137</a></sup>.” <sup>8</sup>Having said before that +sacrifice, and oblation, and whole burnt-offerings and +sin-offerings thou hast not chosen, nor takest pleasure in, +(which are offered according to the law,) <sup>9</sup>he then +added, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He abolishes the first +that he may establish the second. <sup>10</sup>By the which will +we are sanctified through the oblation of the body of Jesus +Christ, once for all.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And every priest standeth indeed daily +performing the divine service, and frequently offering the same +sacrifices, which cannot possibly take away sins: +<sup>12</sup>but this person, having offered one sacrifice for +sins, for ever hath seated himself at the right hand of God; +<sup>13</sup>henceforth waiting till his enemies be put as a +footstool for his feet. <sup>14</sup>For by one oblation he hath +made those perfect for ever who are sanctified.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Now the Holy Ghost also beareth this +testimony to us: for after declaring before, <sup>16</sup>“This +is the testament which I will appoint to them after those days, +saith the Lord; giving my laws to their hearts, even on their +minds will I inscribe them;” <sup>17</sup><i>he adds,</i> “and +their sins and their iniquities I will in no wise remember any +more.” <sup>18</sup>Now where there is remission of these, no +more offering for sin <i>is needed</i>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Having therefore, brethren, entire +liberty of entrance into <span class="sc">the holies</span> by +the blood of Jesus—<sup>20</sup>a way, which he hath consecrated +for us, newly opened, and giving life, through the vail, that is, +his flesh; <sup>21</sup>and having a great priest over the house +of God, <sup>22</sup>let us come to him with a true heart, in +full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil +conscience, and the body washed with pure water: <sup>23</sup>let +us hold fast the profession of hope unwavering, (for he who +promises is faithful.) <sup>24</sup>and let us attentively +observe one another, to excite an ardour of love and of good +works: <sup>25</sup>not deserting the assembling of ourselves +together, as is the custom with some, but exhorting to it; and so +much the more, as ye see the day approaching.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>For if we sin wilfully after we have +received the knowledge of the truth, no more sacrifice for sins +remaineth; <sup>27</sup>but a certain terrible expectation of +judgment, and a burning indignation, ready to devour these +enemies.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Any man who treated the law of Moses +with neglect, was put to death, without mercy, on the deposition +of two or three witnesses: <sup>29</sup>by how much, think ye, +shall he be counted worthy of more condign punishment who hath +trampled on the Son of God, and regarded the blood of his +testament, by which he was sanctified, as an unclean thing, and +hath treated the gracious Spirit contumeliously? <sup>30</sup>For +we know him who declares, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith +the Lord<sup><a href="#n137" id="f137" title="see footnote" name="f137">138</a></sup>.” And again, “The Lord will judge his +people.” <sup>31</sup>It is a fearful thing to fall into the +hands of the living God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>But remember the past days in which, +after ye had been illuminated, ye endured a great conflict of +sufferings; <sup>33</sup>partly while publicly exposed to +revilings and tribulations, partly as being in communion with +those who were treated in this manner. <sup>34</sup>For ye have +been fellow-sufferers with my bonds, and received with joy the +plundering of your properties, knowing in yourselves that you +have in the heavens a better substance, and permanent.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>35</sup>Recede not therefore from your +boldness of profession, which brings a great recompence of +reward. <sup>36</sup>For ye have need of patience, that after ye +have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. +<sup>37</sup>For yet a little, very little while, and he that is +coming will come, and will not delay. <sup>38</sup>“The just man +then will live by faith<sup><a href="#n138" id="f138" title="see footnote" name="f138">139</a></sup>;” and if he draw back, +my soul shall have no delight in him. <sup>39</sup>But we are not +of those who turn back unto perdition; but of those who believe +to the salvation of the soul.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb11" id="heb11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">N</span>OW faith is the realizing +confidence of the things hoped for, and the demonstration of +things unseen: <sup>2</sup>for thereby the ancients obtained a +testimony of approbation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>By faith we understand that the worlds +were exactly formed by the word of God, so that the visible +objects were not made out of things which now appear.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>By faith Abel offered unto God a +sacrifice of more excellence than Cain, by which he received a +testimony that he was a righteous man, God bearing witness upon +his gifts: and by this, though dead, he still speaketh.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>By faith Enoch was translated, so as +not to see death; and was not found, because God had translated +him: for before his translation he was recorded to have been +acceptable to God. <sup>6</sup>But without faith it is impossible +to be acceptable; for he must believe, who cometh unto God, that +he exists, and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek +him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>By faith Noah, being divinely warned +respecting things not yet seen, filled with reverential awe, +prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he +condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which +is by faith.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>By faith Abraham, called to go forth +unto a place which he should in future obtain as an heritage, +obeyed; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going. +<sup>9</sup>By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a +foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the +co-heirs of the same promise. <sup>10</sup>For he expected a city +having foundations, of which God is the planner and +architect.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>By faith also that very Sarah, who was +barren, received ability for the conception of seed, and past the +usual time of life brought forth a child, because she accounted +that he who promised it, would be true to his promise. +<sup>12</sup>Wherefore even from one person, and he become dead +in respect to these matters, there sprang a race, as the stars of +heaven for multitude, and as the sand, which is on the shore of +the sea, innumerable. <sup>13</sup>All these died in faith, not +having received the promises, but beholding them at a great +distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing +that they were strangers and sojourners in the land. +<sup>14</sup>Now they who speak thus, shew evidently that they +are in earnest search of their native country. <sup>15</sup>And +if indeed they had fixed their minds on that from whence they had +gone forth, they might have had opportunity to go back to it +again. <sup>16</sup>But now their longing desires are after a +better country, that is, the heavenly one: wherefore God is not +ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared a +city for them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>By faith Abraham, when tried, offered +up Isaac; and he who had received the promise, presented in +sacrifice his only begotten son, <sup>18</sup>unto whom it had +been said, “That by Isaac shall there be a seed bearing thy +name<sup><a href="#n139" id="f139" title="see footnote" name="f139">140</a></sup>:” <sup>19</sup>reasoning that God was able +to raise him up again, even from the dead; from whence also +figuratively he had received him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau +with regard to future things.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>By faith, dying Jacob blessed each of +the sons of Joseph, and bowed down in adoration upon the top of +his staff.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>By faith Joseph, approaching his end, +made mention of the children of Israel’s departure thence; and +gave a charge respecting his bones.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>By faith Moses, after he was born, was +hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child +singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the +command of the king.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>By faith Moses, when he became a grown +man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; +<sup>25</sup>choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the +people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; +<sup>26</sup>esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than +the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence +of reward. <sup>27</sup>By faith he forsook Egypt, not +intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as +seeing the invisible <i>Jehovah</i>. <sup>28</sup>By faith he +kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the +destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>29</sup>By faith they passed through the Red +sea, as on dry ground; which the Egyptians attempting to do were +swallowed up.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>30</sup>By faith the walls of Jericho fell, +after being circled round seven days.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>31</sup>By faith Rahab the harlot perished not +with those who were infidels, having received the spies in +peace.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>32</sup>And what more shall I say: for the +time would fail me if I should make a narration concerning +Gideon, and Barac, and Sampson, and Jephtha, and David, and +Samuel, and the prophets: <sup>33</sup>who by faith vanquished +kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the +mouths of lions, <sup>34</sup>extinguished the force of fire, +escaped the edge of the sword, they were made strong out of +weakness, became mighty in battle, routed the armies of aliens. +<sup>35</sup>Women received by a resurrection their dead: but +others were tortured, not accepting a release; that they might +obtain a better resurrection: <sup>36</sup>and others had trials +of mockeries and whippings, yea and farther of chains and +imprisonment: <sup>37</sup>they were stoned, they were sawn +asunder, they experienced the severest trials, they were slain by +the edge of the sword: they went about wrapped in skins of sheep +and goats, destitute of all things, pressed down with +afflictions, suffering all kind of misery; <sup>38</sup>of whom +the world was not worthy: they wandered up and down in deserts, +and in mountains, and in dens, and caverns of the earth. +<sup>39</sup>And these all though having obtained a testimony by +faith, received not the promise: <sup>40</sup>God having provided +for us something better, that without us they should not attain +to perfection.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb12" id="heb12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HEREFORE also seeing we +have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside +every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with +patience the race lying before us, <sup>2</sup>earnestly looking +up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the +joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath +sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. +<sup>3</sup>Consider then attentively him that endured from +sinners such opposition against himself, that ye be not wearied +out, fainting in your souls. <sup>4</sup>As yet ye have not +resisted unto blood, struggling against sin. <sup>5</sup>And have +you forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you, as +children, “My son, count not lightly of the Lord’s childlike +correction, nor faint when under his rebuke: <sup>6</sup>for whom +the Lord loveth he correcteth, and scourgeth every son whom he +receiveth<sup><a href="#n140" id="f140" title="see footnote" name="f140">141</a></sup>.” <sup>7</sup>If ye patiently endure +correction, God carries himself towards you as his children: for +who is the son whom the father doth not correct? <sup>8</sup>If +then ye are without correction, of which all are partakers, then +are ye bastards, and not children.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>If then we have had the fathers of our +flesh for correctors, and reverenced them; shall we not much more +be under subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? +<sup>10</sup>For they indeed for a few days as seemed proper to +themselves corrected us; but he for our own advantage, that we +might be partakers of his holiness. <sup>11</sup>Now all +correction at the moment seemeth not to be cause for joy, but for +sorrow; but after a while it produceth peaceable fruit of +righteousness to those who have thereby been disciplined.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Wherefore stretch out again the hands +that hang down, and the paralytic knees; <sup>13</sup>and make +strait paths for your feet, that what is halting may not be +turned out of the way; but that it may rather be healed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Earnestly seek peace with all men, and +holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: +<sup>15</sup>carefully observing lest any of you fail of +attaining the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing +up trouble you, and by it many be defiled; <sup>16</sup>lest +there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one +morsel of bread parted with his birthrights. <sup>17</sup>For ye +know, that when afterwards he wished to inherit the blessing, he +was rejected: for he found no place for a change of <i>his +father’s</i> mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears. +<sup>18</sup>For ye have not approached the mountain that could +only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick +cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest, <sup>19</sup>and the +sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, +earnestly begged that the discourse might not be directed to +them: <sup>20</sup>for they could not bear the charge given, and +“If but a beast touch the mountain he shall be stoned, or shot +through with a dart<sup><a href="#n141" id="f141" title="see footnote" name="f141">142</a></sup>:” <sup>21</sup>and so +terrible was the appearance, that Moses said, I am exceedingly +afraid and trembling: <sup>22</sup>but ye are come unto mount +Sion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly +Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, <sup>23</sup>and to the +general assembly and church of the first-born registered in the +heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just +men perfected, <sup>24</sup>and to Jesus the mediator of the new +testament, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better +things than that of Abel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>25</sup>Beware that ye reject not him that +speaketh: for if they escaped not, who rejected him, that upon +earth spake by divine influence, much more shall not we escape, +if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven: +<sup>26</sup>whose voice then shook the earth, but now he hath +promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but +also the heaven<sup><a href="#n142" id="f142" title="see footnote" name="f142">143</a></sup>.” <sup>27</sup>Now this +word yet once more manifests the removal of the things shaken, as +of things formed, that the things not shaken may endure.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>28</sup>Wherefore receiving a kingdom that +cannot be shaken, may we hold fast the grace, by which we can +offer to God acceptably divine service, with reverence and pious +awe: <sup>29</sup>for our God is a devouring fire.</p> + +<h2><a name="heb13" id="heb13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>ET brotherly love +continue. <sup>2</sup>Forget not to exercise hospitality: for +thereby some have entertained angels unawares.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Remember those who are in chains, as in +chains with them; and those who are suffering afflictions, as +being yourselves also in the body.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Marriage is honourable for all persons, +and the marriage bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers +God will judge.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Let the tenor of your life be divested +of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for +he hath said, “I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in +any case forsake thee<sup><a href="#n143" id="f143" title="see footnote" name="f143">144</a></sup>.” <sup>6</sup>So that we +may with confidence say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not +fear what man shall do unto me.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Remember your presidents, who have +spoken to you the word of God: the ultimate issue of whose +conduct attentively observing, be imitators of their +fidelity.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Jesus Christ <i>is</i> the same +yesterday, to-day, and for ever. <sup>9</sup>Be not tossed about +by various and strange doctrines: for it is good to have the +heart firmly established by grace, not by meats, in which +observances they who have walked have found no manner of +advantage. <sup>10</sup>We have an altar, of which they have no +right to eat, who perform the service in the tabernacle. +<sup>11</sup>For the bodies of those beasts are burnt without the +camp, whose blood for a sin offering is brought into the holy of +holies by the high-priest. <sup>12</sup>Wherefore Jesus also, +that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered +without the gate.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Therefore let us go forth to him +without the camp, bearing his reproach. <sup>14</sup>For we have +not here an abiding city, but we earnestly seek that which is to +come. <sup>15</sup>By him therefore let us offer a sacrifice of +praise perpetually to God, that is the fruit of our lips +confessing his name. <sup>16</sup>But of beneficence, and liberal +distribution, be not unmindful: for such sacrifices God accepts +with delight.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Obey your presidents, and be subject +to them: for they are vigilant for your souls, as being to render +an account, that they may do it with joy, and not groaning: for +that would be disadvantageous for you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Pray for us: for we have confidence +that we maintain a good conscience, in all things desirous to +conduct ourselves with propriety.—<sup>19</sup>But I entreat you +the rather to do this, that I may the more speedily be restored +to you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Now the God of peace, who brought +again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great pastor of the +sheep, by the blood of the everlasting testament, +<sup>21</sup>make you fit for every good work to do his will, +producing in you that which is acceptable in his sight, through +Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the everlasting ages. +Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>But I entreat you, brethren, suffer +the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in few +words.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>23</sup>Know that our brother Timothy is set +at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Salute all your presiding ministers, +and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.</p> + +<p class="pns"><sup>25</sup>Grace be with you all.—Amen.</p> + +<p class="p1">Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1.5em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:125%"> +<a name="jam1" id="jam1">THE EPISTLE GENERAL</a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.03em">JAMES THE +APOSTL</span>E.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">J</span>AMES, a servant of God +and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are +dispersed, greeting.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>2</sup>My brethren, count it all joy when ye +fall into various trials; <sup>3</sup>knowing that the proof of +your faith produceth patience. <sup>4</sup>But let patience have +its work perfected, that ye may be perfect and complete, +deficient in nothing. <sup>5</sup>But if any man of you be +deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men +liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him. +<sup>6</sup>But let him ask in faith, harbouring no doubt: for he +who is doubtful is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, +and in constant agitation. <sup>7</sup>For let not that man think +that he shall receive any thing from the Lord. <sup>8</sup>A +double-minded man is unsteady in all his ways.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Let the brother low in station rejoice +in his elevation: <sup>10</sup>but the rich, in his abasement: +for as the flower of grass he shall pass away. <sup>11</sup>For +the sun arose with fervour, and burnt up the grass, and the +flower of it fell off, and the beauty of its appearance was lost: +just so the rich man in his course of life shall wither away. +<sup>12</sup>Blessed is the man who patiently supports +temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of +life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him. +<sup>13</sup>Let no man under temptation say, I am tempted of +God: for God is incapable of temptation from evils, and he +tempteth no man: <sup>14</sup>but every person is tempted, when +by his own peculiar passion he is born away, and ensnared. +<sup>15</sup>Then passion impregnated, bringeth forth sin, and +sin reaching its consummation, bringeth forth death. +<sup>16</sup>Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>Every good gift, and every perfect +gift, is from above, descending from the father of illuminations, +with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of change. +<sup>18</sup>Of his own choice he produced us by the word of +truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his +creatures.—<sup>19</sup>Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every +man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. +<sup>20</sup>For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness +of God. <sup>21</sup>Wherefore laying aside all vicious +pollution, and the abundance of iniquity, receive with meekness +the ingrafted word, which hath power to save your souls. +<sup>22</sup>But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, +deceiving yourselves by false reasoning. <sup>23</sup>For if any +man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man +that looks at his natural face in a glass; <sup>24</sup>for he +beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what sort +of person he was. <sup>25</sup>But he that looketh into the +perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, this man not being a +forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in +his practice.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>If any man thinks he is a religious +character among you, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth +his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. <sup>27</sup>Pure +religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, To pay +diligent attention to the orphans and widows in their affliction, +and to preserve himself spotless from the world.</p> + +<h2><a name="jam2" id="jam2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>Y brethren, hold not the +faith of our glorious Lord Jesus shewing a respect for persons. +<sup>2</sup>For if there come into your congregation a man with a +gold ring, and in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor +man in a sordid garb; <sup>3</sup>and ye fix your eyes upon him +who bears the splendid robe, and say to him, Sit thou here in an +honourable place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, +or sit here under my footstool: <sup>4</sup>are you not thus +partial among yourselves, and form your decision from bad +reasonings? <sup>5</sup>Hear me, my beloved brethren. Hath not +God elected the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs +of the kingdom which God hath promised to those who love him; +<sup>6</sup>but ye have put contempt on the poor man? Do not the +rich men tyrannize over you? and they drag you to the tribunals. +<sup>7</sup>Do they not blaspheme that honourable name by which +ye are called? <sup>8</sup>If indeed ye fulfil the royal law +according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as +thyself, ye do well: <sup>9</sup>but if ye have respect of +persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as +transgressors. <sup>10</sup>For whosoever shall keep the whole +law, but offendeth in a single particular, he is chargeable with +the breach of all. <sup>11</sup>For he that said, Thou shalt not +commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not commit murder. Now if +thou dost not commit adultery, yet dost commit murder, thou art a +transgressor of the law.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>So speak, and so act, as those who +shall be judged by the law of liberty. <sup>13</sup>For judgment +without mercy shall be on him who shewed no mercy, and mercy +glorieth against judgment.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>What is the advantage, my brethren, if +a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save +him? <sup>15</sup>Now if a brother or sister be naked, and +destitute of daily food, <sup>16</sup>and should one of you say +to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if +ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it +avail? <sup>17</sup>So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead +itself.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Perhaps a man will say, Thou hast +faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I +will shew thee by my works my faith. <sup>19</sup>Thou believest +that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe +and tremble. <sup>20</sup>But wilt thou know, O vain man, that +faith without works is dead? <sup>21</sup>Was not our father +Abraham justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son upon +the altar? <sup>22</sup>Thou seest that faith wrought with his +works, and by works was faith consummated. <sup>23</sup>And the +scripture was fulfilled, which saith, “Abraham believed God, and +it was imputed to him for righteousness<sup><a href="#n144" id="f144" title="see footnote" name="f144">145</a></sup>;” and he +was called “the friend of God<sup><a href="#n145" id="f145" +title="see footnote" name="f145">146</a></sup>.” +<sup>24</sup>Observe therefore that by works a man is justified, +and not by faith merely. <sup>25</sup>But was not Rahab the +harlot in like manner justified by works, when she entertained +the messengers, and sent them away by a different road? +<sup>26</sup>For as the body without breath is dead, so faith +without works is dead also.</p> + +<h2><a name="jam3" id="jam3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>Y brethren, be not many +teachers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment. +<sup>2</sup>For in many things we all offend. If any man offend +not in word, he is a perfect man, and capable of reining in the +whole body. <sup>3</sup>Behold, we put bits into the horses’ +mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole +body. <sup>4</sup>Behold also the ships, though so great, and +driven by tempestuous winds, are turned about by the smallest +rudder, whithersoever the inclination of the pilot pleaseth. +<sup>5</sup>So also the tongue is a little member, and proudly +vaunts. Behold how great a pile of wood, a little fire kindleth! +<sup>6</sup>And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in +such manner is the tongue placed among our members, that it +defileth all the body, and setteth on fire the circle of nature; +and is set on fire of hell. <sup>7</sup>For every species of wild +beasts, and also of birds, of reptiles, and even of fishes, is +tamed, and hath also been tamed by human ingenuity: +<sup>8</sup>but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, +full of deadly poison. <sup>9</sup>With it we bless God even the +Father; and with the same we curse men, though after the +likeness of God. <sup>10</sup>Out of the same mouth goeth forth +blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be +thus. <sup>11</sup>Doth a fountain from the same aperture spout +forth sweet water and bitter? <sup>12</sup>Can a fig-tree, my +brethren, produce olives; or a vine figs? so also can no fountain +send forth salt water and sweet.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Who is a wise man and intelligent +among you, let him shew in a becoming conduct his works with the +meekness of wisdom. <sup>14</sup>But if ye have bitter envy and +contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the +truth. <sup>15</sup>This is not the wisdom which cometh from +above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical. <sup>16</sup>For +where envy and contention dwell, there is tumult and every vile +deed. <sup>17</sup>But the wisdom from above is first pure, then +peaceable, meek, easily persuadable, full of mercy and good +fruits, impartial, and void of dissimulation. <sup>18</sup>But +the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are +peacemakers.</p> + +<h2><a name="jam4" id="jam4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">F</span>ROM whence come wars and +conflicts among you? spring they not from hence, even from your +passions, which war in your members? <sup>2</sup>Ye eagerly +covet, yet have not: ye murder, and are envious, yet cannot +obtain <i>your object</i>; ye wage war, but have not, because ye +pray not. <sup>3</sup>Ye ask, and receive nothing, because ye ask +vilely, in order to consume it on your sensual appetites.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye +not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? +whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an +enemy to God. <sup>5</sup>Think ye that the scripture saith +without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges +to envy? <sup>6</sup>But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he +saith, “God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to +the lowly<sup><a href="#n146" id="f146" title="see footnote" +name="f146">147</a></sup>.”</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Be in subjection then to God. Resist +the devil, and he will fly from you. <sup>8</sup>Draw nigh to +God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye +sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. <sup>9</sup>Be +bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let +your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into +dejection. <sup>10</sup>Be humbled in the presence of God, so he +will exalt you.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Traduce not one another, brethren. He +that traduceth his brother, and judgeth his brother, traduceth +the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou +art not a doer of the law, but as judge. <sup>12</sup>There is +one lawgiver, who can save or destroy: who art thou that judgest +another man?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Come now, ye that talk, To-day or +to-morrow we will go to such a town, and do business there during +one year, and traffic, and make great profits: +<sup>14</sup>though ye know nothing of what shall be to-morrow. +For what is your life? It is but a vapour which appeareth for a +little while, and then vanishes away. <sup>15</sup>Instead of +your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will +do this or that thing. <sup>16</sup>But now ye glory in your +proud boastings: all such glorying is wicked. +<sup>17</sup>Therefore if a man knoweth how to act properly, and +doth not, he is criminal.</p> + +<h2><a name="jam5" id="jam5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">C</span>OME now, ye rich men, let +your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming +upon you. <sup>2</sup>Your wealth is corrupted, and your robes +are moth-eaten. <sup>3</sup>Your gold and silver is cankered with +rust; and the rust upon them is a testimony against you, and +shall eat into your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasures in +the last days. <sup>4</sup>Behold, the wages of the workmen who +have mowed down your fields, which is kept back by you from them, +crieth out: and the loud moans of the reapers are entered into +the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Ye have gormandized upon the earth, and +lived in every luxury: ye have pampered your hearts, as in a day +of feasting on the victim slain. <sup>6</sup>Ye have falsely +condemned, ye have murdered the just man; nor doth he resist you. +<sup>7</sup>Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of +the Lord. See, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the +earth, in patient expectation for it, till it receives the former +and the latter rain. <sup>8</sup>Be ye also patient; stablish +your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Grudge not one against another, +brethren, lest be ye condemned: lo! the judge standeth at the +gates. <sup>10</sup>My brethren, take a pattern for suffering +affliction, and patience from the prophets, who have spoken to +you in the name of the Lord.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Behold, we esteem those blessed who +patiently endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have +seen the end of the Lord; for the Lord is full of bowels of +mercy, and tenderly compassionate.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>But above all things, my brethren, +swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other +oath: but let your yea be yea, and your no, no; that ye fall not +under condemnation.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Is any man among you under +afflictions? let him pray. Is any man happy in mind? let him sing +psalms. <sup>14</sup>Is any man sick among you? let him send for +the presbyters of the church; and let them pray over him, +anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: <sup>15</sup>and +the prayer of faith shall recover the sick man, and the Lord will +raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they shall be +forgiven him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>Confess your offences one to another, +and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The energetic +prayer of a righteous man is mightily prevalent. +<sup>17</sup>Elias was a man of like feelings with us, and he +prayed fervently that it should not rain; and there fell no rain +on the earth during three years and six months. <sup>18</sup>And +he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth shot up +its fruit.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>Brethren, if any man among you should +have erred from the truth, and one convert him; <sup>20</sup>let +him know, that he that converteth a sinner from the error of his +way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of +sins.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2.8em; margin-bottom:1.5em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="pe11" id="pe11">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL</p> + +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.1em">PETER THE +APOSTL</span>E.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">P</span>ETER, an apostle of +Jesus Christ, to the sojourners, dispersed through Pontus, +Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, <sup>2</sup>elect +according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by +sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be brought to the +obedience, and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ: grace +unto you and peace be multiplied.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Blessed be the God and Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath +begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection +of Jesus Christ from the dead, <sup>4</sup>for an inheritance +incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the +heavens for you, <sup>5</sup>who are guarded by the omnipotence +of God, through faith to obtain the salvation which is ready to +appear at the last time. <sup>6</sup>Wherein ye exult, though yet +for a little space, (if it must be so,) ye are in sorrow through +various trials: <sup>7</sup>that the test of your faith (much +more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, +though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and +glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: <sup>8</sup>whom though +ye have not seen, ye love; on whom, though ye have not as yet +gazed, yet believing, ye exult with joy unutterable and glorious: +<sup>9</sup>receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of +your souls. <sup>10</sup>Concerning which salvation the prophets +eagerly sought and diligently inquired, who prophesied of the +grace which is come to you: <sup>11</sup>investigating to what +time and to what conjuncture the Spirit of Christ in them +pointed, when predicting the sufferings coming upon Christ, and +the glories subsequent thereto. <sup>12</sup>To whom it was +revealed, that not for themselves, but for us were their +ministrations employed in the things which are now declared unto +you by those who have preached the gospel unto you by the Holy +Ghost sent down from heaven; on which things the angels bending +forwards eagerly desire to gaze.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Wherefore girding up the loins of your +mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall +be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; +<sup>14</sup>as obedient children, not conformed to the former +passions of the days of your ignorance: <sup>15</sup>but as he +who hath called you is holy, be ye holy also in all your conduct: +<sup>16</sup>because it is written, “Be ye holy; for I am +holy<sup><a href="#n147" id="f147" title="see footnote" name="f147">148</a></sup>.” <sup>17</sup>And if ye invoke him as +Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every +man’s work, conduct yourselves during the time of your sojourning +with <i>jealous</i> fear: <sup>18</sup>knowing that ye have not +been redeemed out of your vain manner of life, derived +traditionally from your fathers, by the corruptible things, +silver and gold, <sup>19</sup>but by the precious blood of +Christ, as the unblemished and spotless lamb: <sup>20</sup>who +was indeed predestined before the foundation of the world, but +manifested in these last times for us, <sup>21</sup>who by him +believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him +glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. +<sup>22</sup>Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth +through the Spirit unto fraternal affection undissembled, love +each other intensely out of a pure heart: <sup>23</sup>born +again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the +quickening word of God, and which abideth for ever. +<sup>24</sup>“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of +man, as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower +of it falleth off<sup><a href="#n148" id="f148" title="see footnote" name="f148">149</a></sup>:” <sup>25</sup>but the +word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word which by +the gospel is preached unto you.</p> + +<h2><a name="pe12" id="pe12">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">W</span>HEREFORE putting far away +wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and +envyings, and all backbitings, <sup>2</sup>as new-born babes +desire earnestly the unadulterated milk of the word, that ye may +grow thereby: <sup>3</sup>if so be ye have tasted that the Lord +is gracious. <sup>4</sup>Whom approaching, as the living stone, +rejected indeed of men, but elect of God, and honourable, +<sup>5</sup>ye also, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual +house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well +pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. <sup>6</sup>Wherefore also +it is contained in the scripture, “Behold, I lay in Sion a +cornerstone, elect, precious, and the believer on him shall never +be confounded<sup><a href="#n149" id="f149" title="see footnote" +name="f149">150</a></sup>.” <sup>7</sup>By you therefore who +believe is he honoured: but respecting the disobedient, “the +stone which the builders rejected, this very stone is become the +head of the corner, <sup>8</sup>and a stone of stumbling, and +rock of offence<sup><a href="#n150" id="f150" title="see footnote" name="f150">151</a></sup>,” to those who stumble +at the word, disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed. +<sup>9</sup>But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy +nation, a people acquired by purchase; that ye should publish +abroad the excellencies of him, who hath called you out of +darkness into his marvellous light: <sup>10</sup>who in time past +were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not +obtained mercy, but are now the objects of mercy.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers +and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the +soul; <sup>12</sup>having your conduct ornamental among the +Gentiles: that, whereas they malign you as wicked doers, they +may, being eye-witnesses of your good works, glorify God in the +day when he visits them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Be subject therefore to every human +constitution for the Lord’s sake; whether to a king as the +supreme magistrate; <sup>14</sup>or to governors, as sent by him +for the punishment of wicked doers, but the praise of those who +do well. <sup>15</sup>For such is the will of God, that by well +doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men: +<sup>16</sup>as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for wicked +practices; but as being servants of God. <sup>17</sup>Honour all +men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>Servants, be in subjection to your +masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but even +to the froward. <sup>19</sup>For this is gracious conduct, if for +conscience towards God, any man undergo sorrows, suffering +wrongfully. <sup>20</sup>For what glory would there be, if +committing faults, and being buffeted, ye suffered patiently? but +if, when ye behave well, yet suffer, ye bear it patiently, this +is graciously accepted of God. <sup>21</sup>For hereunto have ye +been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving +you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps; <sup>22</sup>who +did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: +<sup>23</sup>who, when reviled, reviled not again; when he +suffered, he used no menaces; but referred himself to him who +judgeth righteously: <sup>24</sup>who himself bore our sins in +his own body on the tree, that we, being dead unto sins, might +live unto righteousness; “by whose stripes, <i>even</i> his, ye +were healed<sup><a href="#n151" id="f151" title="see footnote" +name="f151">152</a></sup>.” <sup>25</sup>For ye were as sheep +wandering astray; but are now returned unto the pastor and bishop +of your souls.</p> + +<h2><a name="pe13" id="pe13">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">L</span>IKEWISE, ye wives, be in +subjection to your own husbands; that, even if some obey not the +word, by their wives’ conduct without the word, they may be won +over; <sup>2</sup>being eye-witnesses of your chaste behaviour +with timidity. <sup>3</sup>Whose adorning let it not be that +exterior one of braided locks, and golden trimmings, and dresses +put on with nicety; <sup>4</sup>but let it be the hidden man of +the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet +spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable. +<sup>5</sup>For so in times of old the holy women also, who hoped +in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own +husbands; <sup>6</sup>as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: +whose children ye are, if ye do well, and are not affrighted with +any terror.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with +them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the +weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your +prayers may meet no interruption.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Finally, be all like-minded, +sympathizing, loving fraternally, compassionate, friendly +hearted, <sup>9</sup>not returning evil for evil, or railing for +railing; but, contrariwise, wishing men every blessing; knowing +that hereunto ye have been called, that ye should inherit the +<i>divine</i> benediction. <sup>10</sup>“For he that would love +life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, +and his lips from speaking guile. <sup>11</sup>Let him depart +from every wicked thing, and do good; let him seek peace, and +pursue it<sup><a href="#n152" id="f152" title="see footnote" +name="f152">153</a></sup>.” <sup>12</sup>For the eyes of the Lord +are upon the just, and his ears open to their prayers: but the +face of the Lord is against those who practise wicked things. +<sup>13</sup>And who will do you harm if ye be imitators of him +that is good? <sup>14</sup>But if ye should even suffer for +righteousness, blessed are ye: be not afraid of their terror, +neither be troubled, <sup>15</sup>but sanctify the Lord God in +your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who +demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you with +meekness and fear: <sup>16</sup>keeping a good conscience; that +whereas they malign you, as evil doers, they may be confounded +who take pleasure in ridiculing your good conduct in Christ. +<sup>17</sup>For it is better (if it be God’s will) to suffer as +well doers than as evil doers. <sup>18</sup>For Christ also +suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might +bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to +life by the Spirit: <sup>19</sup>by which also he went and +preached to those spirits imprisoned; <sup>20</sup>who in time of +old were disobedient, when the long suffering of God in the days +of Noe waited, while the ark was preparing, in which a few, that +is, eight persons, were preserved through the water. +<sup>21</sup>The antitype to which baptism now saveth us (not the +mere removal of filth from the flesh, but the engagement of a +good conscience to God), by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: +<sup>22</sup>who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, +angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under +him.</p> + +<h2><a name="pe14" id="pe14">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">C</span>HRIST then having +suffered for us in the flesh, be ye also in mind armed for the +same conflict: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased +from sinning; <sup>2</sup>that he might not spend the remaining +space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine +will. <sup>3</sup>For the time past of life is enough for us to +have wrought the will of the heathen, when we walked in all +impurities, lewd appetites, excess of wine, revels, +drinking-bouts, and abominable idolatries; <sup>4</sup>wherein +they think it a strange thing, that you are not running with them +into the same gulph of profligacy, spreading every scandalous +report of you: <sup>5</sup>who shall give an account to him, who +holds himself ready to judge the living and the dead. +<sup>6</sup>For to this end was the gospel preached to those that +are dead, that they might be judged indeed in the flesh according +to the will of men, but live in spirit according to the will of +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>But the end of all things is near: be +ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers. +<sup>8</sup>But above all things have fervent love towards each +other: for love will conceal a multitude of faults.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>Exercise hospitality one towards +another without grudgings. <sup>10</sup>Let every one, according +as he hath received a gift, minister it to others, as good +stewards of the manifold grace of God. <sup>11</sup>If any man +speak, let it be agreeably to the oracles of God; if any man act +as a deacon, let it be from the strength which God supplieth: +that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to +whom be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Beloved, be not amazed at the fiery +trial among you which is to bring you to the test, as though +something strange happened to you; <sup>13</sup>but as ye share +in the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that at the revelation of +his glory also ye may hail him with exultations. <sup>14</sup>If +ye suffer reproach for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for +the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: by them indeed +he is blasphemed, but by you he is glorified. <sup>15</sup>Let no +one of you then suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an +evil-doer, or a meddler in other persons’ business. +<sup>16</sup>But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be +ashamed; but let him give glory to God on this very account. +<sup>17</sup>For now is the time when judgment is commencing at +the house of God; and if it begin with us, what will be the end +of those who obey not the gospel of God? <sup>18</sup>And if the +righteous man is hardly saved, where shall the ungodly and the +sinner appear? <sup>19</sup>Wherefore let those who suffer +according to the will of God commit their souls to him in +well-doing as to the faithful Creator.</p> + +<h2><a name="pe15" id="pe15">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HE presbyters among you I +exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of +Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed: +<sup>2</sup>feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising +your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for +base gain, but with alacrity of mind; <sup>3</sup>not as +domineering over your allotted congregations, but as being +examples of the flock. <sup>4</sup>And when the arch Shepherd +shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never +fade away.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>In like manner, ye who are younger +persons, be in subjection to your elders: but all of you be +subject one to another, and be clothed from head to foot with +humility: for God sets himself in opposition to the proud, but he +giveth grace to the lowly. <sup>6</sup>Humble yourselves +therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you +in due season: <sup>7</sup>casting all your anxiety upon him; for +he careth for you. <sup>8</sup>Be sober, be vigilant; for your +adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, prowleth around, seeking +whom he may devour: <sup>9</sup>against whom stand fast, firm in +the faith, knowing that the very same sufferings are fully +endured by the brotherhood which is in the world. +<sup>10</sup>But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his +eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered a little +while, himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. +<sup>11</sup>To him be glory and might for ever and ever. +Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I +think, I have written to you a few words, exhorting, and +testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye are +standing fast. <sup>13</sup>She who is co-elect at Babylon, +saluteth you, and my son Mark.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Salute one another with a kiss of +love. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:1.8em; margin-bottom:1.5em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="pe21" id="pe21">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">SECOND GENERAL EPISTLE</p> + +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.1em">THE APOSTLE +PETE</span>R.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">S</span>IMON Peter, the servant +and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained with us +the same precious faith by the righteousness of our God and +Saviour Jesus Christ: <sup>2</sup>grace unto you and peace be +multiplied through the knowledge of God, even Jesus our Lord, +<sup>3</sup>as his divine power hath freely given us all things +tending to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him +who hath called us to glory and fortitude: <sup>4</sup>whereby +superlatively great and precious promises are freely given to us: +that by these ye might become partakers of a divine nature, +having fled far away from the corruption that is in the world +through inordinate concupiscence.—<sup>5</sup>And for this very +purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of +your faith courage; and with courage intelligence; +<sup>6</sup>and with intelligence moderation; and with moderation +patience; and with patience piety; <sup>7</sup>and with piety +fraternal affection; and with fraternal affection love. +<sup>8</sup>For if these things are in your possession, and +abounding, they will render you neither inactive nor unfruitful +in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup>9</sup>But he +that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, +sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his +former days. <sup>10</sup>Wherefore the rather, brethren, give +diligence to make sure your calling and election: for by doing +these things, ye shall never at any time stumble: +<sup>11</sup>but an entrance will thus be richly afforded you +into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus +Christ.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Wherefore I will not be negligent +continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, +and are established in the present truth. <sup>13</sup>Indeed, I +think it right, as long as I am in this frail tabernacle, to +rouse up your attention by reminding you: <sup>14</sup>knowing +that the deposition of this frail tabernacle of mine is hastily +approaching, as our Lord Jesus Christ hath made evident to me. +<sup>15</sup>I will endeavour then that even after my decease, ye +may always have wherewith to preserve the remembrance of these +things. <sup>16</sup>For we have not followed artfully devised +fables, when we made known to you the power and advent of our +Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty. +<sup>17</sup>For he received from God the Father honour and +glory, when such a voice was sent forth to him from the +transcendently magnificent glory, This is my beloved son, in whom +I am well pleased. <sup>18</sup>And this voice we heard coming +out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain. +<sup>19</sup>And we hold the prophetic word more confirmed, to +which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark +passage, until the day dawn, and the morning-star arise upon your +hearts. <sup>20</sup>Knowing this in the first place, that all +scriptural prophecy is not from any man’s own suggestions. +<sup>21</sup>For prophecy in old time came not by the will of +man: but the holy men of God spake under the impulse of the Holy +Ghost.</p> + +<h2><a name="pe22" id="pe22">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>UT there were false +prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also +among you, who wickedly introduce damnable heresies, and deny the +sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift +destruction. <sup>2</sup>And many will go out of the way after +their fatal errors; by means of whom the way of truth will be +injuriously reviled. <sup>3</sup>And with plausible speeches will +they avariciously make gain of you whose condemnation from of old +lingereth not, and their perdition doth not slumber. +<sup>4</sup>For if God spared not the angels when they sinned, +but casting them bound in chains of darkness into hell, delivered +them to be kept fast until the judgment; <sup>5</sup>and spared +not the old world, but guarded safely Noah the eighth person, the +preacher of righteousness, when he brought a deluge on the world +of the ungodly: <sup>6</sup>and reducing the cities of Sodom and +Gomorrah to ashes, condemned them to final destruction, making +them an example for all who in future should live ungodly; +<sup>7</sup>but righteous Lot, afflicted grievously with the +infamously impure conduct of those lawless men, he plucked out: +<sup>8</sup>for by seeing and hearing, that righteous man whilst +sojourning among them, suffered torment day by day in his +righteous soul from their lawless doings; <sup>9</sup>the Lord +knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, but to +reserve the wicked unto the day of judgment to be punished: +<sup>10</sup>especially such as walk after the flesh in the eager +pursuit of defilement, and despise government. Daring, +self-sufficient, they tremble not at dignities, railing against +them. <sup>11</sup>Whereas the angels, though so much greater in +might and power, bring not a reviling accusation against them +before the Lord. <sup>12</sup>But these men, as the naturally +irrational brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speaking +evil of the things of which they are ignorant, will perish by +their own corruption; <sup>13</sup>receiving the recompence of +iniquity, counting daily luxury their pleasure; spots and +blemishes, when they feast together with you; riotously indulging +in their own delusions: <sup>14</sup>having eyes full of +adultery, and insatiable of sin; ensnaring souls of no stability; +having a heart practised in all the wiles of covetousness; +children for a curse: <sup>15</sup>who forsaking the strait road +are gone out of the way, following the path of Balaam the son of +Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity. <sup>16</sup>But received +a reproof for his peculiar transgression: the dumb ass +articulating with a human voice restrained the perverseness of +the prophet.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>These are fountains without water, +clouds driven by a hurricane; for whom the blackness of darkness +for ever is reserved. <sup>18</sup>Uttering pompous discourses of +inanity, ensnaring by the lusts of the flesh, by lascivious +impurities, those who had truly escaped from such as live in a +course of delusion. <sup>19</sup>Preaching liberty to them, while +they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for by whatever a +man is overcome, by that also he is enslaved. <sup>20</sup>For if +having escaped from the defilements of the world by the knowledge +of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again enveloped by +them and overcome, their last deeds are worse than the first. +<sup>21</sup>For it had been better for them never to have been +acquainted with the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, +to have turned aside from the holy commandment delivered unto +them. <sup>22</sup>But the true proverb is verified in them, The +dog hath returned to his own vomit; and the sow which was washed +to its wallowing in the mire.</p> + +<h2><a name="pe23" id="pe23">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>HIS second epistle, +beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I rouse up your +sincere mind by awakening your recollection <sup>2</sup>to +remember the words, that have been spoken aforetime by the holy +prophets, and the injunction of us the apostles of the Lord and +Saviour: <sup>3</sup>knowing this principally, that in the last +of the days there will come scoffers, walking after their own +lewd passions, <sup>4</sup>and saying, Where is the promise of +his coming? for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things +continue in the same state as from the beginning of the creation. +<sup>5</sup>For this they chuse to keep out of sight, that by the +word of God the heavens were created of old, and the earth rising +out of the water and subsisting amidst the water; +<sup>6</sup>whence the world then existing, being deluged by +water, was destroyed; <sup>7</sup>but the present heavens and +earth by the same word are treasured up, reserved for fire at the +day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>But let not this particular be +concealed from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a +thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. <sup>9</sup>The +Lord doth not delay the promise (as some count it delay); but is +longsuffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but +that all should have space for repentance. <sup>10</sup>But the +day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the +heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first +principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all +the works upon it be burnt up. <sup>11</sup>Seeing then that all +these things must be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we +to be in a course of holy conduct and acts of piety, +<sup>12</sup>expecting and hastening towards the coming of God’s +day, at which the heavens on fire shall be dissolved, and the +elements in flames be melted as wax? <sup>13</sup>But we expect +according to his promise new heavens and a new earth in which +dwelleth righteousness. <sup>14</sup>Wherefore, beloved, seeing +ye are expecting these things, be diligent to be found of him in +peace, spotless and blameless. <sup>15</sup>And account the long +suffering of our Lord conducive to salvation; as our beloved +brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath +written unto you; <sup>16</sup>as also in all his epistles, +speaking in them of these things, of which some are difficult to +be understood, which the uninstructed and the unstable torture, +as indeed they do the rest of the scriptures unto their own +destruction. <sup>17</sup>Ye therefore, beloved, knowing this +before, be on your guard, that ye be not carried away with the +delusion of these lawless men, and fall from your own +stedfastness. <sup>18</sup>But grow in grace, and in the +knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory +now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:2.8em; margin-bottom:1.5em; font-size:67%"> +<a name="jo11" id="jo11">THE</a></h1> +<p class="pt3">FIRST GENERAL EPISTLE</p> + +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.03em">THE APOSTLE +JOH</span>N.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">T</span>HAT which was from the +beginning, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed +upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life; +<sup>2</sup>(for the life was manifested, and we have beheld it, +and bear testimony, and declare unto you that life eternal, which +was with the Father, and was manifested to us;) <sup>3</sup>that +which we have seen and heard, declare we to you, that ye also may +have communion with us: and indeed our communion is with the +Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. <sup>4</sup>And these +things write we unto you, that your joy may be complete.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And this is the promise which we have +heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that +darkness in him there is none. <sup>6</sup>If we say that we have +communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and practise +not the truth: <sup>7</sup>but if we walk in the light, as he is +himself in the light, we have communion with each other, and the +blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. +<sup>8</sup>If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, +and the truth is not in us. <sup>9</sup>If we confess our sins, +faithful is he and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to +cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <sup>10</sup>If we say that +we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in +us.</p> + +<h2><a name="jo12" id="jo12">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">M</span>Y dear children, these +things I write to you, that ye should not sin. And if any of us +sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the +righteous: <sup>2</sup>and he himself is the propitiatory victim +for our sins: and indeed not for ours only, but for the whole +world. <sup>3</sup>And hereby we know that we know him, if we +keep his commandments. <sup>4</sup>He that saith, I know him, and +keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and in him the truth is +not. <sup>5</sup>But whosoever keepeth his word, verily in him is +the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him. +<sup>6</sup>He who saith that he abideth in him, ought as he +walked, even so himself to walk.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Brethren, I write not a new commandment +unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: +the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the +beginning.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Again, a new commandment I write unto +you, which is a true thing in him, and in you, because the +darkness is past, and the true light is now shining. +<sup>9</sup>He who saith, that he is in the light, yet hateth his +brother, is in darkness even until now. <sup>10</sup>He that +loveth his brother is in the light, and occasion of stumbling in +him there is none. <sup>11</sup>But he that hateth his brother is +in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he +is departing, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>I write unto you, little children, +because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. +<sup>13</sup>I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him +that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because +ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little +children, because ye have known the Father. <sup>14</sup>I have +written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him, who is from +the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are +strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome +the wicked one.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Love not the world, neither the things +which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of +the Father is not in him. <sup>16</sup>For every thing which is +in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, +and the pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. +<sup>17</sup>And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof, +but he who doeth the will of God abideth for ever.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>My dear children, it is the last hour; +and as ye have heard that antichrist is coming, even now there +are many antichrists: by which we know it is the last hour. +<sup>19</sup>They went out from us, but they were not of us; for +if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but +they departed, that they might be made manifest that they are not +all of us: <sup>20</sup>though ye have an unction from the Holy +One, and know all things. <sup>21</sup>I have not written to you +because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that +no lie is of the truth. <sup>22</sup>Who is the liar, but he that +denieth that Jesus is the Messiah? This man is the antichrist, +who denieth the Father and the Son. <sup>23</sup>Every one that +denieth the Son, neither doth he hold the Father; but he that +acknowledgeth the Son, holdeth the Father also. <sup>24</sup>Let +that abide in you therefore which ye have heard from the +beginning. If that abide in you which ye heard from the +beginning, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. +<sup>25</sup>And this is the promise which he hath promised to +us, even life eternal.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>26</sup>These things have I written unto you +concerning those who are leading you astray. <sup>27</sup>But the +unction which ye have received from him abideth in you; and ye +need not that any person should instruct you. But as the same +unction teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is +no lie; and as it hath taught you, abide in him. <sup>28</sup>And +now, my dear children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, +we may have confidence, and not be put to shame by him at his +coming. <sup>29</sup>If ye know that he is righteous, know that +every one who practises righteousness is born of him.</p> + +<h2><a name="jo13" id="jo13">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>EHOLD, what manner of +love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called +children of God! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it +knew him not. <sup>2</sup>Beloved, now are we the children of +God, and it is not yet evident what we shall be: but we know that +when he shall appear, we shall be like him; because we shall see +him as he is. <sup>3</sup>And every one who hath this hope in him +purifieth himself, even as he is pure.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>Every one who committeth sin, +committeth also a transgression of the law: for sin is the +transgression of the law. <sup>5</sup>And ye know that he was +manifested, that he might take away our sins; and in him there is +no sin. <sup>6</sup>Every one who abideth in him, doth not sin; +every one who sinneth hath not seen him, nor known him. +<sup>7</sup>My dear children, let no man deceive you: he who +doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: +<sup>8</sup>he that practises sin is of the devil; for from the +beginning the devil sinneth. For this purpose the Son of God was +manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. +<sup>9</sup>Every one who is born of God, doth not practise sin, +because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is +born of God. <sup>10</sup>By this the children of God are +manifestly seen, and the children of the devil. Every one that +doth not practise righteousness, is not of God, and he that +loveth not his brother.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>For this is the commandment which ye +have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. +<sup>12</sup>Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his +brother: and wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works +were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>Marvel not, my brethren, if the world +hate you. <sup>14</sup>We know that we are passed out of <i>a +state of</i> death into life, because we love the brethren: he +that loveth not his brother abideth in death. <sup>15</sup>Every +one who hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no +murderer hath life eternal abiding in him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>By this we have known the love <i>of +Christ</i>, because for us he laid down his own life: and we +ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. <sup>17</sup>But +whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under +necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how +dwelleth the love of God in him? <sup>18</sup>My dear children, +let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth; +<sup>19</sup>and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and in +his presence have this persuasion in our hearts. <sup>20</sup>For +should our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and +knoweth all things. <sup>21</sup>Beloved, if our heart condemn us +not, we have confidence towards God. <sup>22</sup>And whatsoever +we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, +and do the things which are pleasing in his sight. +<sup>23</sup>And this is his commandment, that we should believe +in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he +gave us commandment. <sup>24</sup>And he that keepeth his +commandments abideth in him, and he in him; and by this we know +that he abideth in us, from the Spirit which he hath given +us.</p> + +<h2><a name="jo14" id="jo14">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">B</span>ELOVED, believe not every +pretender to inspiration, but bring these spirits to the trial +whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone +forth into the world. <sup>2</sup>By this ye know the Spirit of +God: every spirit who confesseth that Jesus the Messiah is come +in the flesh, is from God. <sup>3</sup>And every spirit who +confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah is come into the world, is +not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist which ye have +heard that it is coming, and now is already in the world. +<sup>4</sup>Ye are of God, my dear children, and have overcome +them; because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the +world. <sup>5</sup>They are of the world, therefore speak they as +of the world, and the world heareth them. <sup>6</sup>We are of +God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God +heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth and the +spirit of delusion.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Beloved, let us love one another; +because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of +God, and knoweth God. <sup>8</sup>He that loveth not, never knew +God; for God is love. <sup>9</sup>By this was the love of God +manifested to us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the +world, that we might have life by him. <sup>10</sup>Herein is +love, not that we have loved God, but that he hath loved us, and +sent his Son to be the propitiatory sacrifice for our sins. +<sup>11</sup>Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love +one another.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>No man hath seen God at any time. If +we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected +in us. <sup>13</sup>By this we know that we abide in him, and he +in us, because he hath given us of his own Spirit. +<sup>14</sup>And we have seen and bear testimony, that the Father +sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is +the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. +<sup>16</sup>And we have known and believed the love which God +hath towards us. God is love; and he that abideth in love, +abideth in God, and God in him. <sup>17</sup>By this is his love +towards us perfected, that we might have confidence at the day of +judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world. +<sup>18</sup>Fear is not in this love; but the perfect love +casteth out fear: for fear hath anguish. He that is afraid is not +made perfect in love.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>We love him, because he first loved +us. <sup>20</sup>If any person say, I love God, yet hateth his +brother, he is a liar; for he who loveth not his brother whom he +hath seen, how can he love the God whom he hath not seen? +<sup>21</sup>So this commandment have we from him, that he who +loveth God love also his brother.</p> + +<h2><a name="jo15" id="jo15">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">E</span>VERY one who believeth +that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God; and every one who +loveth him that begat, loveth him also who is begotten by him. +<sup>2</sup>Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when +we love God, and keep his commandments. <sup>3</sup>For this is +the love of God, that we should keep his commandments: and his +commandments are not burdensome. <sup>4</sup>Because every one +that is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory +which overcometh the world, <span class="sc">our faith</span>. +<sup>5</sup>Who is he that overcometh the world, except he that +believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>This is he who came by water and blood, +Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and +the blood: and the Spirit is the witnessing person, because the +Spirit is the truth. <sup>7</sup>For they are three who bear +witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and +these, even the three, are one. <sup>8</sup>And there are three +which bear witness upon earth, the spirit, and the water, and the +blood, and the three are for the same one object.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>If we receive the testimony of man, the +testimony of God is stronger: for this is the testimony of God +which he testified concerning his Son. <sup>10</sup>He that +believeth on the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he +that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, because he hath not +believed on the testimony which God testified of his Son. +<sup>11</sup>And this is the testimony, that God hath given life +eternal to us; and this life is in his Son. <sup>12</sup>He that +hath the Son, hath this life; and he that hath not the Son of +God, hath not this life. <sup>13</sup>These things have I written +to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may +know that ye have life eternal, and that ye may believe on the +name of the Son of God. <sup>14</sup>And this is the confidence +that we have towards him, that whatsoever we ask according to his +will, he heareth us. <sup>15</sup>And if we know that he heareth +us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we receive the petitions, +which we have requested, from him.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>If any person see his brother +committing a sin not unto death, he shall request, and God will +grant him life for those that sin not unto death. There is a sin +unto death: I say not that he should request for that. +<sup>17</sup>All unrighteousness is sin; and there is sin not +unto death.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>We know that every one who is born of +God sinneth not; but he that is born of God preserveth himself, +and the wicked one toucheth him not. <sup>19</sup>We know that we +are of God, and the whole world is under the power of that wicked +one. <sup>20</sup>But we know that the Son of God hath come, and +hath given to us understanding, that we might know the true God; +and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. HE +is the true God, and the life eternal.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>My dear children, guard yourselves +against idols. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.7em; margin-bottom:0.5em; font-size:133%"><a name="jo2" id="jo2">THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL</a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4">THE APOSTLE JOHN.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">T</span>HE presbyter to the +elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I +only, but also all who have known the truth: <sup>2</sup>because +of the truth which abideth in us, and shall be with us for ever: +<sup>3</sup>grace, mercy, peace be with you from God the Father, +and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth +and love.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>I rejoiced greatly that I found thy +children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from +the Father. <sup>5</sup>And now I beseech thee, lady, not as +writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had +from the beginning, that we should love one another. +<sup>6</sup>And this is love, that we should walk after his +commandments. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the +beginning, That ye should walk in it. <sup>7</sup>For many +deceivers are gone out into the world, who do not confess Jesus +the Messiah as come in the flesh. Such a one is a deceiver and an +antichrist.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>Take heed to yourselves that we lose +not the things which we have wrought, but receive a full reward. +<sup>9</sup>Every one that transgresseth and abideth not in the +doctrine of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the doctrine +of Christ, this man holdeth both the Father and the Son. +<sup>10</sup>If any person come unto you, and bring not this +doctrine, receive him not into the house, nor say to him, +Welcome. <sup>11</sup>He that biddeth him welcome, takes part in +his wicked works.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Having many things to write unto you, +I would not do it with paper and ink; but I hope to come unto +you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be complete.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>The children of thy elect sister +salute thee. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.7em; margin-bottom:0.5em; font-size:133%"><a name="jo3" id="jo3">THE THIRD GENERAL EPISTLE</a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4">THE APOSTLE JOHN.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">T</span>HE presbyter to the +beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. <sup>2</sup>Beloved, +above all things I pray that thou mayest prosper, and be in sound +health of body, even as thy soul prospereth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>I rejoiced greatly when the brethren +came, and bore witness to thy truth, even as thou walkest in the +truth. <sup>4</sup>I have no greater joy than these tidings, that +I hear my own children are walking in the truth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>Beloved, thou doest faithfully +whatsoever services thou performest for the brethren, and for +strangers; <sup>6</sup>who have borne testimony to thy love +before the church; to whom thou wilt perform a good act of +service in forwarding them on their journey, in a manner worthy +of God. <sup>7</sup>For on account of his name they went forth, +receiving nothing from the heathen. <sup>8</sup>We therefore +ought to assist such men, that we may become fellow-labourers in +the truth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>I wrote unto the church: but +Diotrephes, who affects pre-eminence over them, receiveth us not. +<sup>10</sup>Therefore if I come I will remember his works which +he doth, with wicked words prating against us; and not content +with these things, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, +and those who are willing he hindereth, and casteth them out of +the church. <sup>11</sup>Beloved, be not an imitator of what is +evil, but of that which is good. He that doeth good is of God, +but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>Demetrius hath a good testimony from +all men, and from the truth itself: and we also bear our +testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>I had many things to write; but I +would not write to thee with ink and pen: <sup>14</sup>but I hope +shortly to see thee, and we shall speak mouth to mouth.</p> + +<p class="pn">Peace be to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute +the friends by name.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.7em; margin-bottom:0.5em; font-size:133%"><a name="jud" id="jud">THE EPISTLE GENERAL</a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt4">THE APOSTLE JUDE.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">J</span>UDE a servant of Jesus +Christ, and brother of James, to those who are sanctified in God +the Father, and preserved by Jesus Christ, the called: +<sup>2</sup>mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>Beloved, when I gave all diligence to +write unto you concerning the common salvation, I held it +necessary to write unto you, exhorting you to contend earnestly +for the faith once delivered unto the saints. <sup>4</sup>For +certain men have craftily introduced themselves, who were from of +old proscribed for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the +grace of God into impurity, and denying our only sovereign God +and Lord, Jesus Christ. <sup>5</sup>But I would remind you, +though ye once knew this, that the Lord, though he delivered the +people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed those who +believed not. <sup>6</sup>And the angels who preserved not their +own primitive state, but deserted their proper abode, hath he +reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment +of the great day. <sup>7</sup>As Sodom and Gomorrha and the +surrounding cities, in like manner with them abandoned to +whoredom, and going after other flesh, are set forth an example, +suffering the judicial punishment of eternal fire.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>In like manner also do these men, even +when they dream, defile indeed the flesh, despise sovereignty, +and revile dignities. <sup>9</sup>Though Michael the archangel, +when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of +Moses, dared not to produce a railing accusation, but said, The +Lord rebuke thee. <sup>10</sup>But these men speak evil even of +the things of which they have no knowledge: but such things as +they know naturally, as the brute beasts, in these they corrupt +themselves.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>Wo unto them! for they have walked in +the way of Cain, and have eagerly run in Balaam’s erroneous path +of hire, and have perished in opposition, like Corah. +<sup>12</sup>These are in your feasts of love, as sunken rocks; +though joining in your banquet, they feed themselves fearlessly; +clouds without water carried about by the winds; trees untimely +withering, fruitless, twice dead, rooted up; <sup>13</sup>raging +billows of the sea foaming out their own infamies; stars +wandering from their courses, for whom the blackness of darkness +for ever is reserved.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, +prophesied also of these men, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh +with myriads of his saints, <sup>15</sup>to execute judgment +against all men, and to convict all the ungodly of all their +deeds of ungodliness which they have impiously committed, and of +all the bitter words which impious offenders have spoken against +him. <sup>16</sup>These men are murmurers, complainers at their +lot in life, walking after their own corrupt passions; and their +mouth utters hyperbolically pompous expressions, pretending high +personal admiration, in order to make their advantage.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>But ye, beloved, remember the words +which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus +Christ, <sup>18</sup>how they told you that in the last time +there will be scoffers, walking after their own ungodly passions. +<sup>19</sup>These are the men who separate themselves, sensual, +destitute of the Spirit.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>But ye, beloved, building yourselves +up on your most holy faith, praying by the Holy Ghost, +<sup>21</sup>preserve yourselves in the love of God, waiting for +the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. +<sup>22</sup>And of some have compassion, distinguishing their +case; <sup>23</sup>and others save with trembling, snatching them +out of the fire; though hating even the garment spotted by the +flesh.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>24</sup>Now to him who is able to guard you +from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence +of his glory with exultation, <sup>25</sup>to the only wise God +our Saviour, be glory and majesty, might and dominion, both now +and unto all eternity. Amen.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="margin-top:0.3em; margin-bottom:0; font-size:177%"> +<a name="rev1" id="rev1"><span class="ls1">THE +REVELATION</span></a></h1> +<p class="pt1">OF</p> + +<p class="pt3">JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2>CHAP. I.</h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dcc">T</span>HE revelation of Jesus +Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his servants the things +which must shortly come to pass; and sending by his angel, he +shewed them to his servant John: <sup>2</sup>who was a witness +for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ, and +for the things which he saw. <sup>3</sup>Blessed is he that +readeth, and they who hear the words of this prophecy, and +observe the things which are written therein: for the time is at +hand.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>John to the seven churches which are in +Asia: Grace be with you, and peace from him, who is, and who was, +and who is coming; and from the seven spirits which are before +the throne of God, <sup>5</sup>and from Jesus Christ, the +faithful witness, and first-born from the dead, and the prince of +the kings of the earth: to him who loved us, and washed us from +our sins by his blood, <sup>6</sup>and made us kings and priests +to his God and Father; to him be glory and might for ever and +ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Behold! he is coming with clouds, and +every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all +the tribes of the earth shall lament bitterly, smiting their +bosoms, because of him: even so! Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and +the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is +coming—the Almighty.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>I John, your brother and companion also +with you in the tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of +Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, for the +word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. +<sup>10</sup>I was <i>rapt</i> in spirit on the Lord’s day, and +heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet, +<sup>11</sup>saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and +the last; and what thou seest write in a book, and send to the +churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to +Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, +and to Laodicea. <sup>12</sup>And I turned to see what voice +spake to me. And when I turned round I saw seven lamps of gold; +<sup>13</sup>and in the midst of the seven lamps one like unto a +son of man, clothed to the very feet, and girded about the +breasts with a golden zone; <sup>14</sup>his head and flowing +locks white as a white fleece of wool, even as the snow; and his +eyes as a flame of fire; <sup>15</sup>and his feet resembled +molten brass, as though they glowed in the furnace; and his voice +was as the roar of many waters. <sup>16</sup>And he held in his +right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp +two-edged sword; and his countenance was as when the sun shineth +in his meridian lustre. <sup>17</sup>And when I beheld him, I +fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, +saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last, +<sup>18</sup>and I am the living one, though I was dead and lo! I +am alive for evermore, Amen; and I hold the keys of hell and of +death. <sup>19</sup>Write the things which thou seest, and the +things which are, and the things which shall be in future after +these, <sup>20</sup>the mystery of the seven stars which thou +seest in my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. The seven +stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamps +which thou seest are the seven churches.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev2" id="rev2">CHAP. II.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">T</span>O the angel of the +Ephesian church write; These things saith he who grasps the seven +stars in his right hand, who walketh round in the midst of the +seven golden lamps; <sup>2</sup>I know thy works, and thy +travail, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear the +wicked; and hast tried those who give themselves out as apostles, +yet are not, and hast found them liars; <sup>3</sup>and hast +borne, and hast exercised patience, and for my name sake hast +endured great toil, and hast not fainted. <sup>4</sup>Yet have I +a charge against thee, that thou art gone back from thy first +love. <sup>5</sup>Remember then from whence thou hast fallen, and +repent, and practise thy first works; but if not, I am coming to +thee quickly, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except +thou repent. <sup>6</sup>But this thou holdest, that thou +abhorrest the deeds of the Nicolatans, which I also abhor. +<sup>7</sup>He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith +to the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the +tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And to the angel of the church of the +Smyrnians write, These things saith the first and the last, who +was dead, and is alive: <sup>9</sup>I know thy works, and thy +tribulation, and thy poverty (though thou art rich), and the +calumnies of those who say they are Jews, yet are not, but are +Satan’s synagogue. <sup>10</sup>Fear nothing from the things +which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into +prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day’s +tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a +crown of life. <sup>11</sup>He that hath an ear, let him hear +what the Spirit saith unto the churches. He that overcometh shall +receive no injury from the second death.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And to the angel of the church at +Pergamos write, These things saith he who holdeth the sharp +two-edged sword; <sup>13</sup>I know thy works and where thou +hast thy abode, even where Satan’s throne <i>is erected</i>: and +thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in +those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was put to +death among you, where Satan dwelleth. <sup>14</sup>Yet I have a +few things against thee, that thou hast there some who hold the +doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to lay a stumbling-block +before the children of Israel, to eat of idol sacrifices, and to +commit whoredom. <sup>15</sup>Thou hast also some who hold the +doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which I abhor. <sup>16</sup>Repent! +but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and will war against +them with the sword of my mouth. <sup>17</sup>He that hath an +ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, To him +that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and I +will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name +inscribed, which no man knoweth except the person who receiveth +it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>And to the angel of the church which +is at Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, who hath +his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like the molten brass; +<sup>19</sup>I know thy deeds, and thy love, and thy charity to +the poor, and thy faith, and thy patience, and thy works, and +that the last are more abundant than the first. <sup>20</sup>Yet +I have a few things against thee, because thou hast suffered that +woman Jezabel, calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to +lead my servants into error, to commit whoredom, and eat the idol +sacrifices. <sup>21</sup>And I gave her a space that she should +repent of her whoredom, and she hath not repented. +<sup>22</sup>Behold, I am about to cast her on a bed, and those +who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they +repent of their deeds. <sup>23</sup>And I will slay her children +by death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who +searcheth the reins and the hearts: and I will give to you, even +to every one, according to your works. <sup>24</sup>But to you I +say, and to the rest that are at Thyatira, as many as do not hold +this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as +they speak, I will lay upon them no other burden. +<sup>25</sup>Nevertheless that which you have, hold fast till I +come. <sup>26</sup>And he who overcometh, and perseveres in my +works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the +nations; <sup>27</sup>he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as a +potter’s vessels they shall be broken in pieces, even as I have +received authority from my Father: <sup>28</sup>and I will give +him the star of the morning. <sup>29</sup>He that hath an ear, +let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev3" id="rev3">CHAP. III.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND to the angel of the +church in Sardis write, These things saith he that hath the seven +spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, and that +thou hast a name, as though thou wert alive, yet art dead. +<sup>2</sup>Be vigilant and strengthen the things which remain, +which are ready to die; for I have not found thy works complete +before God. <sup>3</sup>Remember therefore how thou hast received +and heard, and observe, and repent. If then thou art not found +watching, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt in no +wise know at what hour I will come upon thee. <sup>4</sup>Thou +hast a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their +garments; and they shall walk with me in white robes, for they +are worthy. <sup>5</sup>He that overcometh, this man shall be +clothed in white robes; and I will in no wise blot his name out +of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my +Father, and before his angels. <sup>6</sup>He that hath an ear, +let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And to the angel of the church in +Philadelphia write, These things saith the Holy One, he that is +true, who hath the key of David, who openeth, and none shutteth, +and shutteth, and no man openeth. <sup>8</sup>I know thy works: +behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut +it; because thou hast but little strength, yet hast thou kept my +word, and hast not denied my name. <sup>9</sup>Behold, I give +thee out of Satan’s synagogue those who say they are Jews, yet +they are not, but do lie. Lo! I will make them that they shall +come and prostrate themselves at thy feet, and they shall know +that I have loved thee. <sup>10</sup>Because thou hast keep the +word of my patience, I also will preserve thee from the hour of +temptation, which is coming upon the whole habitable globe to try +the dwellers upon earth. <sup>11</sup>Behold, I come quickly: +hold fast that thou hast, that no man take thy crown. +<sup>12</sup>He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the +temple of my God, and he shall never more go out from thence: and +I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the +city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of +heaven from my God, and my own new name. <sup>13</sup>He that +hath an ear to hear, let him ear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And to the angel of the church of the +Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and +true witness, the origin of the creation of God; <sup>15</sup>I +know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: +<sup>16</sup>I wish thou wert cold or hot. So because thou art +lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my +mouth: <sup>17</sup>because thou sayest, I am rich, and wallow in +wealth, and have no want unsupplied; yet thou knowest not that +thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked. +<sup>18</sup>I advise thee to buy of me gold purified by the +fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white robes, that thou mayest +be completely clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may +not appear; and anoint thine eyes with a collyrium, that thou +mayest see. <sup>19</sup>As many as I love, I rebuke and correct: +be zealous then, and repent. <sup>20</sup>Lo! I stand at the +door, and knock: if any person hear my voice, and open the door, +I will come in to him, and I will sup with him, and he with me. +<sup>21</sup>He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit on my +throne, as I also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father +on his throne. <sup>22</sup>He that hath an ear, let him hear +what the Spirit saith unto the churches.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev4" id="rev4">CHAP. IV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>FTER these things I +beheld, and, lo! a door was opened in heaven, and a voice, the +first which I heard, as of a trumpet, speaking to me, said, Come +up hither, and I will shew thee what things will be after these. +<sup>2</sup>And immediately I was <i>rapt</i> in spirit: and, lo! +a throne was placed in heaven, and upon the throne a person +sitting. <sup>3</sup>And he that sat was in appearance like a +stone of jasper and sardine: and a rainbow encircled the throne, +like in hue to an emerald. <sup>4</sup>And around the throne were +twenty-four thrones; and upon these thrones I saw twenty-four +presbyters seated, clothed in white robes; and they had on their +heads golden crowns. <sup>5</sup>And out of the throne issued +forth lightnings, and thunder, and loud voices; and seven lamps +of fire burned before the throne, which are the seven spirits of +God. <sup>6</sup>And before the throne was a sea of glass like +crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and within the circle of +the throne, were four living beings full of eyes before and +behind. <sup>7</sup>And the first living being was like a lion, +and the second living being was like a calf, and the third living +being had a face as a man, and the fourth living being was like +an eagle with wings expanded. <sup>8</sup>And the four living +beings had each for himself six wings encircling him, and within +they were full of eyes; and they never cease day and night, +saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, +and who is coming. <sup>9</sup>And when these living beings give +glory, and honour, and thanksgiving to him that sitteth on the +throne, to him who liveth for ever and ever, <sup>10</sup>the +four and twenty presbyters prostrate themselves before him who is +Seated on the throne, and worship him who liveth for ever and +ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, +<sup>11</sup>Worthy art thou, O Lord, to receive glory, and +honour, and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thy +will they exist, and were created.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev5" id="rev5">CHAP. V.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw on the right +hand of him who was seated on the throne a <i>volume of a</i> +book written within, and on the back sealed with seven seals. +<sup>2</sup>And I saw mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, +Who is worthy to open the book, and to break the seals thereon? +<sup>3</sup>And no man was able in heaven, nor upon earth, nor +under the earth, to open the book, nor to look into it.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>And I wept much because no man was +found worthy either to open or read the book, or even to look +upon it. <sup>5</sup>And one of the presbyters said unto me, Weep +not: behold the lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of +David, hath prevailed, to open the book, and to break the seven +seals upon it. <sup>6</sup>And I beheld, and lo! in the midst of +the throne, and of the four living beings, and in the midst of +the presbyters, stood a lamb as just slaughtered, having seven +horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that are +sent forth into all the world: <sup>7</sup>and he came and took +the book out of the right hand of him that was seated upon the +throne. <sup>8</sup>And when he had taken the book, the four +living beings and the four and twenty presbyters prostrated +themselves before the lamb, having each harps, and vases of gold, +full of perfumes smoaking, which are the prayers of the saints. +<sup>9</sup>And they sung a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to +take the book, and to open the seals thereon; because thou hast +been slaughtered, and hast redeemed us for God by thy blood, out +of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; +<sup>10</sup>and hast made us for our God kings and priests, and +we shall reign upon the earth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And I looked, and heard the voice of +many angels around the throne, and the living beings, and the +presbyters, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands +of thousands, <sup>12</sup>crying with a loud voice, Worthy is +the slaughtered lamb to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, +and might, and honour, and glory, and blessing. <sup>13</sup>And +every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under +the earth, and those who are on the sea, and all things which are +therein, heard I, saying, To him who is seated on the throne, and +to the lamb, be blessing, and honour, and glory, and might for +ever and ever. <sup>14</sup>And the four living beings said, +Amen. And the four and twenty presbyters prostrated themselves, +and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev6" id="rev6">CHAP. VI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw when the lamb +opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living +beings, saying, as with a voice of thunder, Come, and see. +<sup>2</sup>And I looked, and lo! a white horse; and he who sat +on it held a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went forth +conquering and to conquer.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>And when he opened the second seal, I +heard the second living being say, Come and see. <sup>4</sup>And +there went out another horse flame-coloured; and to him who sat +thereon there was power given to take peace from the earth, and +that men should kill each other; and there was given to him a +great sword.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And when he opened the third seal, I +heard the third living being say, Come and see. And I saw, and +lo! a black horse; and he that sat upon it had a pair of scales +in his hand. <sup>6</sup>And I heard a voice from amidst the four +living beings saying, A chœnix<sup><a href="#n153" id="f153" +title="see footnote" name="f153">154</a></sup> of wheat for a +denarius<sup><a href="#n154" id="f154" title="see footnote" name="f154">155</a></sup>, and three chœnixs of barley for a denarius; +yet to the oil and the wine do no injury.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And when he opened the fourth seal, I +heard the voice of the fourth living being saying, Come and see. +<sup>8</sup>And I looked, and lo! a pale coloured horse, and one +sat on it, whose name was Death, and the grave followed after +him: and power was given to them to kill the fourth part of the +earth with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and with +the wild beasts of the earth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And when he opened the fifth seal I saw +underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for +the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained. +<sup>10</sup>And they cried with a loud voice, How long will it +be, O sovereign, the holy one and the true, ere thou judge and +avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? +<sup>11</sup>And to each of them were given white robes, and it +was told them that they should wait yet a little longer space, +until the number of their fellow-servants and their brethren, who +should be slain as well as they, should be completed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And I saw when he opened the sixth +seal, and lo! there was a great earthquake, and the sun became +black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; +<sup>13</sup>and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as the +fig-tree sheddeth her early ripe figs when shaken by a mighty +wind: <sup>14</sup>and the heaven was removed away as a volume +rolled up and every mountain and island were removed out of their +places: <sup>15</sup>and the kings of the earth, and the +grandees, and the rich, and the military commanders, and the men +in power, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in +the caves, and in the rocks of the mountains; <sup>16</sup>and +said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us +from the face of him who sitteth on the throne, and from the +wrath of the Lamb: <sup>17</sup>for the great day of his wrath is +come, and who is able to stand?</p> + +<h2><a name="rev7" id="rev7">CHAP. VII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND after these things I +saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, to +hold back the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not +blow on the earth, neither on the sea, nor on any tree. +<sup>2</sup>And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of +the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a +loud voice to the four angels to whom power was given for them to +hurt the earth and the sea, <sup>3</sup>saying, Hurt not the +earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the +servants of our God in their foreheads. <sup>4</sup>And I heard +the number of those who were sealed; one hundred and forty and +four thousand were sealed out of every tribe of the children of +Israel. <sup>5</sup>Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve +thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of +the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. <sup>6</sup>Of the +tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of +Nephtalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh +were sealed twelve thousand. <sup>7</sup>Of the tribe of Simeon +were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed +twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve +thousand. <sup>8</sup>Of the tribe of Zebulon were sealed twelve +thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of +the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>After these things I looked, and beheld +a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every +nation, and tribe, and people, and tongue, standing before the +throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm +branches in their hands <sup>10</sup>and crying with a loud +voice, saying, Salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne, +and to the Lamb. <sup>11</sup>And all the angels stood in a +circle about the throne, and the presbyters and the four living +beings, and fell on their faces before the throne, and worshipped +God, <sup>12</sup>saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, +and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might be to our God +for ever and ever. Amen.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And one of the presbyters addressed +me, saying, Who are these persons who are clothed in white robes? +and from whence came they? <sup>14</sup>And I said to him, Sir, +thou knowest. And he said to me, These are persons who are come +out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made +their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. +<sup>15</sup>Therefore are they before the throne of God, and +serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the +throne shall dwell among them. <sup>16</sup>They shall hunger no +more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun scorch them, +nor any burning heat. <sup>17</sup>Because the Lamb who is in the +midst of the throne will feed them, as a shepherd, and lead them +unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every +tear from their eyes.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev8" id="rev8">CHAP. VIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND when he opened the +seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour. +<sup>2</sup>And I saw the seven angels which stood before God, +and there were given to them seven trumpets. <sup>3</sup>And +another angel came, and stood by the altar, holding a golden +censer; and there were given to him many perfumes, to offer with +the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was +before the throne. <sup>4</sup>And the smoke of the perfumes went +up with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel’s hand before +God. <sup>5</sup>And the angel took the censer, and filled it +from the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there +were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>And the seven angels holding the seven +trumpets prepared themselves to sound.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>And the first angel blew the trumpet, +and there were hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were +cast on the earth; and a third part of the trees was burnt up, +and all green grass was burnt up.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And the second angel sounded, and there +was cast into the sea as it were a vast mountain burning with +fire: and the third part of the sea became blood; <sup>9</sup>and +a third part of the creatures having life, which are in the sea, +died; and a third part of the ships was destroyed.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And the third angel blew the trumpet, +and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and +it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains +of water; <sup>11</sup>and the name of the star is called +Wormwood: and the third part of the waters was turned into +wormwood, and multitudes of men died of the waters, because they +were made bitter.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And the fourth angel sounded, and a +third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, +and a third part of the stars; so that a third part of them was +darkened, and the day had no light during a third part of it, and +the night likewise.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And I saw and heard one angel flying +in the mid-heavens, saying with a loud voice, Wo, wo, wo, to the +dwellers upon earth, because of the remaining blasts of the +trumpet of the three angels, which are ready to sound.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev9" id="rev9">CHAP. IX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND the fifth angel +sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth; and to +him was given the key of the pit of the abyss <i>of hell</i>. +<sup>2</sup>And he opened the pit of the abyss; and a smoke +ascended out of the pit like the smoke of a vast furnace; and the +sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. +<sup>3</sup>And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the +earth; and power was given to them, such power as the scorpions +of the earth possess. <sup>4</sup>And it was told them, Hurt not +the grass of the earth, nor any herb, nor any tree, but only +those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. +<sup>5</sup>And it was given them in charge that they should not +kill these men outright, but that they should be tormented five +months: and their torment is as the torment of a scorpion when he +striketh a man. <sup>6</sup>And in those days shall men seek +death, and shall not find it; and shall earnestly desire to die, +and death shall fly from them. <sup>7</sup>And the figures of the +locusts were like horses equipped for war; and upon their heads +there were as crowns, like gold, and their faces were as the +faces of men. <sup>8</sup>And they had hair as the hair of women, +and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. <sup>9</sup>And +they had breastplates, as breastplates of iron: and the sound of +their wings was as the rumbling of chariots of many horses +rushing to battle. <sup>10</sup>And they had tails like +scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and they had +power to hurt men five months. <sup>11</sup>And they had over +them a king, the angel of the abyss <i>of hell</i>, whose name in +Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Appollyon. +<sup>12</sup>One woe is past; and, behold, there are coming yet +two woes after these.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And the sixth angel sounded, and I +heard a great voice from the four horns of the altar of gold +which is before God, <sup>14</sup>saying to the sixth angel who +held the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the +great river Euphrates. <sup>15</sup>And the four angels were +loosed, who were ready at the hour, and day, and month, and year, +to kill the third part of mankind. <sup>16</sup>And the number of +the armies of cavalry was two myriads of myriads and I heard the +number of them. <sup>17</sup>And in this manner saw I the horses +in the vision, and those who were mounted upon them, having +breastplates of the colour of fire, and jacinth, and sulphur; and +the horses’ heads were as the heads of lions; and out of their +mouths proceeded fire and smoke and brimstone. <sup>18</sup>By +these three were slain the third part of mankind, by the fire, +and by the smoke, and by the sulphur, which proceeded out of +their mouths. <sup>19</sup>For their powers are in their mouth, +and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having +heads, and with them they do hurt. <sup>20</sup>And the residue +of mankind, who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of +the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, +and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of wood, and +of stone: which can neither see nor hear, nor walk: +<sup>21</sup>and they repented not of their murders, nor of their +magical arts, nor of their whoredom, nor of their thefts.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev10" id="rev10">CHAP. X.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw another mighty +angel descending from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow +on his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as +pillars of fire: <sup>2</sup>and he held in his hand a little +book open; and he placed his right foot on the sea, and his left +on the land, <sup>3</sup>and cried with a loud voice, as a lion +roareth: and when he had cried, the seven thunders uttered their +voices. <sup>4</sup>And when the seven thunders had uttered their +voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven +saying to me, Seal up the things, which the seven thunders have +spoken, and write them not down.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And the angel which I saw standing upon +the sea and upon the land lifted up his hand towards heaven, +<sup>6</sup>and he swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, +who created the heaven and the things which are therein, and the +earth and the things which are in it, and the sea, and the things +which are therein, that time shall be no longer: <sup>7</sup>but +that in the days of the blast of the seventh angel, when he shall +sound, then shall the mystery of God be completed, as he spake by +his own servants the prophets.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And the voice which I heard out of +heaven again spoke to me, and said, Go take the little book which +is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and +upon the land. <sup>9</sup>And I went up to the angel, saying +unto him, Give me that little book. And he saith to me, Take it, +and eat it up; and it will make thy belly bitter, though in thy +mouth it will be sweet as honey. <sup>10</sup>And I took the +little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in +my mouth as honey sweet; yet when I had eaten it, my belly was +made bitter. <sup>11</sup>And he said to me, Thou must prophesy +again before many people, and nations, and tongues, and +monarchs.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev11" id="rev11">CHAP. XI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND there was given me a +cane like a measuring staff; and the angel stood by, saying, +Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those +who worship therein. <sup>2</sup>But the exterior court of the +temple leave out, and measure it not; because it is given to the +Gentiles: and they shall trample under foot the holy city +forty-two months. <sup>3</sup>And I will give charge to my two +witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and +sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. <sup>4</sup>These are the two +olive trees, and the two lamps which stand before the face of the +God of the earth. <sup>5</sup>And if any person attempts to hurt +them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their +enemies: and if any person attempts to injure them, he must thus +be slain. <sup>6</sup>These have power to shut up the heaven, +that no rain water the earth during 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. +<sup>7</sup>And when they shall have finished their testimony, +the beast which ascendeth out of hell shall make war with them, +and shall overcome them, and put them to death. <sup>8</sup>And +their corpses shall be exposed in the streets of the great city, +which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord +was crucified. <sup>9</sup>And they of the people and tribes and +tongues and nations will look upon their corpses three days and +half, and they will not permit their corpses to be laid in +sepulchres. <sup>10</sup>And the dwellers upon earth will rejoice +over them, and be very glad, and will send gifts to each other; +because these two prophets were a torment to those who dwell on +the earth. <sup>11</sup>And after three days and half, the spirit +of life from God entered into them, and they stood up on their +feet; and great terror fell on those who beheld them. +<sup>12</sup>And they heard a great voice out of heaven, saying +unto them, Ascend up hither. And they ascended into heaven in a +cloud: and their enemies beheld them. <sup>13</sup>And in the +same hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the +city fell, and there were slain in the earthquake seven thousand +men of note: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the +God of heaven. <sup>14</sup>The second woe is past; behold the +third woe is coming quickly.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>And the seventh angel sounded; and +there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the +world are become our Lord’s, and his Messiah’s, and he shall +reign for ever and ever. <sup>16</sup>And the four and twenty +presbyters, who were seated before God upon their thrones, fell +upon their faces, and worshipped God, <sup>17</sup>saying, We +give thanks to thee, Lord the Almighty God, who is and who was, +and who is coming, because thou hast assumed thy great power, and +hast set up the throne of thy kingdom. <sup>18</sup>Though the +nations were incensed, yet 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 to all who fear thy name, to the +small and to the great; and to destroy those who have destroyed +the earth.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>And the temple of God was opened in +the heaven, and there appeared the ark of his covenant in his +temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and +earthquake, and a great hail.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev12" id="rev12">CHAP. XII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND there appeared a great +sign in the heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon +under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: +<sup>2</sup>and being with child, she cried out in travailing +pain, and in anguish to be delivered.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>And there appeared another sign in the +heaven; and lo! a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten +horns, and upon his heads seven crowns. <sup>4</sup>And his tail +drew a third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them on the +earth: and the dragon placed himself before the woman who was +ready to be delivered, that when she should bring forth, he might +devour her babe. <sup>5</sup>And she brought forth a male child, +who should rule the nations with an iron sceptre: and her infant +was caught up to God, and his throne. <sup>6</sup>And the woman +fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, +that she might there be fed during a thousand two hundred and +sixty days.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>7</sup>Then was there war in the heaven: +Michael and his angels warred against the dragon; and the dragon +warred and his angels, <sup>8</sup>and they could not prevail; +neither was there any more place found for them in the heaven. +<sup>9</sup>And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, +who is called the Devil, and Satan, who deceiveth the whole +world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast +out with him. <sup>10</sup>And I heard a great voice saying in +the heaven, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the +kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the +accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our +God day and night. <sup>11</sup>And they have vanquished him by +the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and +they loved not their lives unto death. <sup>12</sup>Therefore be +exceeding glad ye heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Wo to the +inhabitants of the earth and the sea! for the devil is come down +unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short +time.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And when the dragon saw that he was +cast out into the earth, he persecuted the woman which had +brought forth the male child. <sup>14</sup>And there were given +to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she should fly into +the wilderness, unto her place, where she is supported there for +a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. +<sup>15</sup>And the serpent cast out after the woman, from his +mouth water, as a river, that he might sweep her away with the +flood. <sup>16</sup>And the earth helped the woman, and the earth +opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon +cast out of his mouth. <sup>17</sup>And the dragon was incensed +against the woman, and went forth to make war against the remnant +of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and hold the +testimony of Jesus Christ.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev13" id="rev13">CHAP. XIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I stood upon the sand +of the sea, and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having +seven heads and ten horns, and upon the horns ten diadems, and +upon the heads a title of blasphemy. <sup>2</sup>And the beast +which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the +feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the +dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority. +<sup>3</sup>And I saw one of his heads as if wounded unto death; +and his deadly wound was healed: and all the earth wondered after +the beast. <sup>4</sup>And they worshipped the dragon who had +given authority to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, +saying, Who is like to the beast? who is able to wage war with +him? <sup>5</sup>And there was given to him a mouth speaking +great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him +authority to make war forty-two months.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>And he opened his mouth in blasphemy +against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and those +who dwell in heaven. <sup>7</sup>And it was given to him to make +war with the saints, and to overcome them: and authority was +given to him over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. +<sup>8</sup>And all the inhabitants who dwell upon the earth +shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of +life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. +<sup>9</sup>He that hath an ear, let him hear. <sup>10</sup>If +any person leads <i>others</i> into captivity, he shall be led +into captivity; if any person kills with the sword, he must be +slain by the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the +saints.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And I saw another beast rising up out +of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, though he spake +as the dragon. <sup>12</sup>And he exerciseth all the authority +of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth, and those +who inhabit therein, to worship the first beast whose deadly +wound was healed. <sup>13</sup>And he performeth great signs, so +that he even causeth fire to come down from heaven to the earth, +in the sight of men, <sup>14</sup>and deceiveth the inhabitants +of the earth by the signs, which he is enabled to perform before +the beast, saying to the dwellers upon the earth, that they +should make an image for the beast who had the stroke of the +sword, and survived. <sup>15</sup>And he is enabled to impart +life to the image of the beast that even the image of the beast +should speak, and cause as many as will not worship the image of +the beast to be put to death. <sup>16</sup>And he causeth all the +small and the great, the rich and the poor, the freemen and the +slaves, to receive a brand upon their right hand, and upon their +foreheads: <sup>17</sup>and that no man may buy or sell, but he +that hath the mark impressed, or the name of the beast, or the +number of his name. <sup>18</sup>Here is wisdom. Let him that +hath understanding calculate the number of the beast: for it is +the number of a man; and his number is six hundred sixty-six.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev14" id="rev14">CHAP. XIV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw, and lo, a lamb +stood upon the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty-four +thousand, having the name of his Father inscribed on their +foreheads. <sup>2</sup>And I heard a voice from heaven, as the +sound of many waters, and as the roar of loud thunder; and I +heard the sound of harpers harping on their harps: +<sup>3</sup>and they sang as it were a new song before the +throne, and before the four living beings, and the presbyters: +and no person could learn that song, but the hundred forty-four +thousand, who were redeemed from the earth. <sup>4</sup>These are +they who have not defiled themselves with women; for they are +virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he +goeth: these have been redeemed among men, as first-fruits to +God, and to the Lamb. <sup>5</sup>And in their mouth no guile is +found; for they are blameless before the throne of God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>And I saw another angel flying in the +midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach the glad +tidings to the inhabitants of the earth, to every nation, and +tribe, and tongue, and people, <sup>7</sup>saying with a loud +voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment +is come; and worship him that made the heaven and the earth, and +the sea, and the fountains of waters.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And another angel followed, saying, +Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because all +nations have been made to drink of the wine of the wrath of her +whoredom.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And a third angel followed them, saying +with a loud voice, If any person worship the beast, and his +image, and receive the brand upon his forehead, and upon his +right hand, <sup>10</sup>he also shall drink of the wine of the +fury of God, which is mixed undiluted with water in the cup of +his wrath; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in +the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: +<sup>11</sup>and the smoke of their torment ascendeth for ever +and ever: and they have no respite day nor night, who worship the +beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the brand of his +name. <sup>12</sup>Here is the patience of the saints: here are +they who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. +<sup>13</sup>And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, +Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, from henceforward: yea, +saith the Spirit, that they may have rest from their labours; but +their works follow after them.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>14</sup>And I saw, and, lo! a white cloud, and +upon the cloud sat one like to a son of man, having on his head a +golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. <sup>15</sup>And +anther angel came forth out of the temple, crying with a loud +voice to him that sat upon the cloud, Put in thy sickle, and +reap: for the hour is come for thee to reap; because the harvest +of the earth is fully ripe. <sup>16</sup>And he who sat on the +cloud thrust in his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was +reaped.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And another angel came forth out of +the temple which is in heaven, having also himself a sharp +sickle. <sup>18</sup>And another angel came forth from the altar, +having authority over fire; and he cried with a loud voice to him +who held the sharp sickle, saying, Put in thy sharp sickle, and +gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her clusters are +ripe. <sup>19</sup>And the angel thrust in his sickle upon the +earth, and gathered the grapes of the vine of the earth, and cast +them into the great winepress of the wrath of God. +<sup>20</sup>And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and +blood issued from the wine-press, as high as the horses’ bridles, +for the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev15" id="rev15">CHAP. XV.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw another sign in +the heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels having the seven +last plagues because by them is the wrath of God completely +executed. <sup>2</sup>And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled +with fire; and those who had obtained the victory over the beast, +and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his +name standing upon the sea of glass, holding the harps of God. +<sup>3</sup>And they sung the sacred ode of Moses the servant of +the Lord, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous +are thy works, O Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy +ways, O King of saints. <sup>4</sup>Who should not fear thee, O +Lord, and glorify thy name? because thou only art holy: for all +nations shall come and worship before thee, because thy righteous +judgments are made evident. <sup>5</sup>And after these things I +beheld, and, lo! the temple of the tabernacle of witness in +heaven was opened: <sup>6</sup>and the seven angels having the +seven plagues came forth out of the temple, clothed in linen +white and shining, and girded about the breasts with golden +girdles. <sup>7</sup>And one of the four living beings gave unto +the seven angels seven golden vases full of the wrath of God, who +liveth for ever and ever. <sup>8</sup>And the temple was filled +with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no +person was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues +of the seven angels were completely executed.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev16" id="rev16">CHAP. XVI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I heard a loud voice +out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out +the vases of the wrath of God upon the earth. <sup>2</sup>And the +first angel went, and poured out his vase upon the earth; and +there came an ulcer malignant and painful upon the men that had +the brand of the beast, and upon those who worshipped his +image.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>And the second angel poured his vase +upon the sea and it became blood as of a dead man: and every +living creature died in the sea.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>And the third angel poured out his vase +upon the rivers and upon the fountains of waters; and they became +blood. <sup>5</sup>And I heard the angel of the waters saying, +Righteous art thou, O Lord, who art, and who wast, even the holy +one, because thou hast judged these things. <sup>6</sup>For they +have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given +them blood to drink; for they are worthy. <sup>7</sup>And I heard +another angel from the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true +and just are thy judgments.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And the fourth angel poured out his +vase upon the sun; and there was given to it a charge to burn men +with fire. <sup>9</sup>And the men were scorched with a fierce +heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who had power over +these plagues: and they repented not, to give him glory.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And the fifth angel poured out his +vase upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of +darkness, and they gnawed their own tongues from anguish, +<sup>11</sup>and they blasphemed the God of heaven, in the midst +of their anguish, and of their ulcers, and repented not of their +works.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>12</sup>And the sixth angel poured out his +vase upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was +dried up, that the way of the kings who come from the rising of +the sun might be prepared.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>13</sup>And I saw coming out of the mouth of +the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the +mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. +<sup>14</sup>For they are the spirits of demons doing wonders, +which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole +habitable globe, to gather them together unto the battle of that +great day of God Almighty. <sup>15</sup>Behold, I come as a +thief. Blessed is he who watcheth, and keepeth his garments, that +he walk not about naked, and men see his shame. <sup>16</sup>And +he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew, +Armageddon.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And the seventh angel poured out his +vase into the air; and a loud voice come out from the temple of +heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. <sup>18</sup>And +there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a +great earthquake, such as was not from the day that men were upon +the earth, an earthquake of such a kind, and so great. +<sup>19</sup>And the great city was cleft into three parts, and +the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great came in +remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of +the fury of his wrath. <sup>20</sup>And every island fled, and +the mountains were no more found. <sup>21</sup>And a great storm +of hail, each about a talent weight, fell from heaven upon men: +and men blasphemed God for the plague of hail: for great was the +plague of it, exceedingly great.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev17" id="rev17">CHAP. XVII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND one of the seven +angels who had the seven vases, came to me, and talked with me, +saying to me, Come hither, I will shew thee the judgment of the +great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters: <sup>2</sup>with whom +the kings of the earth have committed whoredom, and all the +inhabitants of the world have intoxicated themselves with the +wine of her whoredom. <sup>3</sup>And he bore me away in spirit +into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet +beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads, and ten +horns. <sup>4</sup>And the woman was clothed in purple and +scarlet, and all over decked with gold, precious stones, and +pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations +and of the impurity of her whoredom. <sup>5</sup>And upon her +forehead was there a name written, M<span class="sc">ystery, +Babylon the great, the mother of harlots, and of the abominations +of the earth</span>. <sup>6</sup>And I saw the woman drunk with +the blood of saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: +and when I saw her, I wondered with great amazement. +<sup>7</sup>And the angel said unto me, Wherefore dost thou +wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the +beast which carrieth her, which hath seven heads and ten horns. +<sup>8</sup>The beast which thou seest was, and is not; and shall +come up out of the abyss <i>of hell</i>, and shall go into +perdition: and the dwellers upon earth will wonder, (whose names +are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the +world,) when they shall see the beast which was, and is not, +though he is. <sup>9</sup>Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The +seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman is seated even +upon them. <sup>10</sup>And these are seven kings: five have +fallen, and the one exists, the other is not yet come; and when +he cometh, he must abide but a little while. <sup>11</sup>And the +beast which was, and is not, though he is himself the eighth, yet +is of the seven, and shall go away into perdition. +<sup>12</sup>And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten kings, +who have not yet received their kingdoms; but will receive +authority as kings for one hour with the beast. <sup>13</sup>They +hold one sentiment, and will give their own power and authority +to the beast. <sup>14</sup>They shall make war against the Lamb, +and the Lamb shall overcome them: because he is Lord of lords, +and King of kings and they that are with him, are called, and +elect, and faithful. <sup>15</sup>And he saith to me, The waters +which thou sawest, on which the whore sat, are people, and +multitudes, and nations, and tongues. <sup>16</sup>And the ten +horns which thou sawest upon the beast, they shall hate the +whore, and make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, +and shall burn her up with fire. <sup>17</sup>For God hath put it +into their hearts to do his will, to perform one purpose, even to +give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are +fulfilled. <sup>18</sup>And the woman which thou sawest is the +great city, which holds dominion over the kings of the earth.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev18" id="rev18">CHAP. XVIII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND after these things I +saw an angel descending from heaven, having great authority; and +the earth was enlightened by his glory. <sup>2</sup>And he cried +mightily with a great voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, +is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the hold +of every impure spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful +bird. <sup>3</sup>Because all nations have drunk of the wine of +the rage of her whoredom, and the kings of the earth have +committed whoredom with her, and the merchants of the earth have +been enriched by the excess of her profligate luxury.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>4</sup>And I heard another voice from heaven, +saying, Come forth out of her, my people, that ye have no share +in her sins, and that so ye may not receive of her plagues. +<sup>5</sup>For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath +remembered her iniquities. <sup>6</sup>Render to her as she also +hath done to you, and repay her double according to her works; in +the cup which she hath mingled mingle for her double. +<sup>7</sup>As much as she hath glorified herself, and rioted in +luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her: because she hath +said in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see +no sorrow. <sup>8</sup>Therefore in one hour shall all her +plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be +consumed with fire; because mighty is the Lord God, who judgeth +her.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And the kings of the earth who have +committed whoredom with her, and shared in her luxuries, shall +bewail her, and lament bitterly over her, when they see the smoke +of her burning, <sup>10</sup>standing afar off through terror of +her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that +strong city! how in one hour is thy judgment come upon thee!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And the merchants of the earth wept +and wailed over her: because no man buyeth their merchandise any +more: <sup>12</sup>the merchandise of gold and of silver, and of +precious stones, and of pearl, and of fine linen, and of purple, +and of silk, and of scarlet, and every sweet scented wood, and +every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and +of gold, and of iron, and of marble, <sup>13</sup>and cinnamon, +and perfumes, and myrrh, and libanum, and wine, and oil, and fine +flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of +chariots, and of bodies, and the souls of men. <sup>14</sup>And +the delicate autumnal fruit of thy soul’s earnest longing is gone +from thee, and all things that are dainty and that are splendid +are departed from thee, and never shalt thou find them any +more.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>15</sup>The merchants of these things who +enriched themselves by her, shall stand afar off through terror +of her torment, weeping and wailing, <sup>16</sup>and saying, +Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen, and +purple, and scarlet, and overlaid with gold, and precious stones, +and pearls! how in one hour is so great wealth laid waste!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And every pilot, and all the crew in +the ships, and the mariners, and as many as exercise their +labours on the sea, stood afar off, <sup>18</sup>and cried when +they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What is like that +great city! <sup>19</sup>And they cast dust upon their heads, and +cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, +by which all who occupied ships on the sea were enriched from her +opulence! how in one hour is she made desolate!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye +the holy apostles and prophets, for God hath adjudged her to +punishment, for the judgment inflicted on you by her. +<sup>21</sup>And a mighty angel took up a stone as a great +milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, So with rapidity +shall the great city Babylon be hurled into the deep, and never +shall be found more. <sup>22</sup>And the sound of harpers, and +musicians, and flute players, and trumpeters, shall never be +heard in thee more; and no artificer of whatever trade shall be +found in thee any more; and the sound of a milstone shall be +heard in thee no more; <sup>23</sup>and never shall the light of +a lamp shine in thee any more; and the voice of the bridegroom +and of the bride shall be heard in thee no more: because thy +merchants were the grandees of the earth; because all nations +were deluded by thy magical incantation. <sup>24</sup>And in her +was found the blood of prophets, and holy men, and of all who +have been slaughtered upon the earth.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev19" id="rev19">CHAP. XIX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND after these things I +heard a loud sound as of a vast multitude in heaven, saying, +Hallelujah: Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power be to the +Lord our God: <sup>2</sup>because true and righteous are his +judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, that corrupted +the earth with her whoredom, and hath avenged the blood of his +servants shed by her hand. <sup>3</sup>And the second time they +said, Hallelujah. And her smoke ascended up for ever and ever. +<sup>4</sup>And the four and twenty presbyters fell prostrate, +and the four living beings, and they worshipped God who was +seated on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>5</sup>And there came a voice out of the +throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye servants of his, and all +that fear him, both the small and the great. <sup>6</sup>And I +heard as it were the voice of a vast multitude, and as the noise +of many waters, and as the roar of mighty thunderings, saying, +Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. <sup>7</sup>Let +us rejoice and exult, and give him glory: because the marriage of +the Lamb is come, and his bride hath made herself ready. +<sup>8</sup>And it was granted her to be clothed in fine linen, +clean and splendid: for the fine linen is <i>the emblem of</i> +the righteousness of the saints. <sup>9</sup>And he said to me, +Write, Blessed are they that are invited to the marriage supper +of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of +God.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>10</sup>And I fell down before his feet to +worship him: and he said unto me, See thou dost not so: I am thy +fellow-servant, and of thy brethren who hold the testimony of +Jesus: worship God: for the spirit of prophecy is the testimony +of Jesus.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And I saw heaven opened, and lo a +white horse; and he that sat upon it, is called Faithful and +True, and with righteousness doth he judge and make war. +<sup>12</sup>And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and upon his +head were many diadems; and he hath a name inscribed which no man +knoweth but himself. <sup>13</sup>And he was clothed in a garment +dipt in blood, and his name is styled <span class="sc">the word +of God</span>. <sup>14</sup>And the hosts which are in heaven +followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and +clean. <sup>15</sup>And out of his mouth proceeded a sharp sword, +that therewith he may smite the heathen and he will rule them +with an iron sceptre: and he will tread the wine-press of the +fury and of the wrath of God Almighty. <sup>16</sup>And he hath +upon his vesture and upon his thigh this name written, +<span class="sc">king of kings, and lord of lords</span>.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>17</sup>And I saw an angel standing in the +sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls +which fly in the midst of heaven, Come hither and flock together +unto the supper of the great God: <sup>18</sup>that ye may eat +the carcasses of kings, and the carcasses of military commanders, +and the carcasses of mighty men, and the carcasses of horses, and +of those who ride upon them, and the carcasses of all, freemen +and slaves, both small and great.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>19</sup>And I saw the beast, and the kings of +the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war with +him that was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. +<sup>20</sup>And the beast was seized upon, and with him the +false prophet who performed the wonders before him, by which he +deceived those who received the brand of the beast, and those who +worshipped his image. They were both hurled alive into the lake +of fire which burneth with brimstone. <sup>21</sup>And all the +rest were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, +which issued from his mouth: and all the fowls were gorged with +their carcasses.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev20" id="rev20">CHAP. XX.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw an angel +descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss <i>of +hell</i>, and a great chain in his hand: <sup>2</sup>and he +seized on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and +Satan, and bound him a thousand years, <sup>3</sup>and cast him +into the abyss, and shut him up, and put a seal upon it, that he +might deceive the nations no more until the thousand years are +completed: and after that he must be loosed a short time. +<sup>4</sup>And I saw thrones, and persons were seated upon them, +and authority to judge was given to them: and I saw the souls of +those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for +the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his +image, and had not received the brand in their foreheads, and +upon their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a +thousand years. <sup>5</sup>But the rest of the dead lived not +again until the thousand years are completed. This is the first +resurrection. <sup>6</sup>Blessed and holy is he that hath part +in the first resurrection; over these the second death hath no +dominion: but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and +they shall reign with him a thousand years. <sup>7</sup>And when +the thousand years shall be completed, Satan shall be loosed out +of his prison; <sup>8</sup>and he shall go forth to deceive the +nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog, and +Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the +sand of the sea. <sup>9</sup>And they went up on the breadth of +the earth, and encircled the camp of the saints, and the beloved +city: and there came down fire from God out of heaven, and +devoured them up. <sup>10</sup>And the devil who deceived them +was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and +the false prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night +for ever and ever.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>11</sup>And I saw a great white throne, and +one sat upon it, from whose presence fled the earth and the +heaven, and no place was found for them. <sup>12</sup>And I saw +the dead, small and great, standing before God, and the books +were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of +life: and the dead were judged out of the things written in the +books according to their works. <sup>13</sup>And the sea gave up +the dead that were in it, and death and the grave gave up the +dead that were in them; and every one was judged according to his +works. <sup>14</sup>And death and the grave were cast into the +lake of fire: this is the second death. <sup>15</sup>And if any +one was not found inscribed on the book of life, he was cast into +the lake of fire.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev21" id="rev21">CHAP. XXI.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND I saw a new heaven and +a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed +away; and there was no more sea. <sup>2</sup>And I John saw the +holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, +prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <sup>3</sup>And I +heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of +God is with men, and he shall pitch his tent with them, and they +shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their +own God. <sup>4</sup>And God shall wipe away every tear from +their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor shall mourning, nor +crying, nor toil be any more: because the former things are +passed away. <sup>5</sup>And he that sat upon the throne said, +Lo! I make all things new: and he said unto me, Write that these +sayings are true and faithful. <sup>6</sup>And he said to me, It +is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; +I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water +of life freely. <sup>7</sup>He that overcometh shall inherit all +things, and I will be to him a God, and he shall be to me a son. +<sup>8</sup>But to those who shrink back through fear, and to the +infidels, and to the abominable, and to murderers, and to +whoremongers, and to those who use magical incantations, and to +idolaters, and to all liars, is their portion <i>appointed</i> in +the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the +second death.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>9</sup>And there came to me one of the seven +angels who held the seven vases full of the seven last plagues, +and he talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the +bride, the Lamb’s wife. <sup>10</sup>And he bore me away in +spirit unto a great and exceeding high mountain, and shewed me +the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven +from God, <sup>11</sup>having the glory of God: and her +brilliance was like the most precious gem, as a jasper stone, +transparent as crystal; <sup>12</sup>and she had a great wall and +lofty, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and +names inscribed on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of +the children of Israel. <sup>13</sup>From the east three gates; +from the north three gates; from the south three gates; from the +west three gates. <sup>14</sup>And the wall of the city had +twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles +of the Lamb. <sup>15</sup>And he that talked with me held a +golden cane to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the +wall thereof. <sup>16</sup>And the city is a quadrangle, and the +breadth of it is just as much as the length of it; and he +measured the city with the cane, twelve thousand furlongs: the +breadth, and the length, and the height of it, are exactly +proportioned. <sup>17</sup>He measured also the wall of it a +hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, +for such is that of an angel.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>18</sup>The structure of the wall of it was +jasper, and the city pure gold, like clear glass. +<sup>19</sup>And the foundations of the walls of the city were +adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation a jasper; +the second a sapphire; the third a chalcedony; the fourth an +emerald; <sup>20</sup>the fifth a sardonyx; the sixth a sardius; +the seventh a chrysolite; the eighth a beryl; the ninth a topaz; +the tenth a chrysoprasus; the eleventh a jacinth; the twelfth an +amethyst. <sup>21</sup>And the twelve gates were twelve several +pearls; every one of the gates was of one pearl; and the street +of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>22</sup>And I saw no temple therein; for the +Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof, even the Lamb. +<sup>23</sup>And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the +moon to shine upon it: for the glory of God illuminates it, and +the Lamb is the lamp thereof. <sup>24</sup>And the nations of +those that are saved shall walk about in the light thereof; and +the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and their honour +into it; <sup>25</sup>and her gates shall be never shut by day +(for there is no night there); <sup>26</sup>and they shall bring +the glory and the honour of the nations into it. <sup>27</sup>And +there shall no more enter into it any thing unclean, or that +practises abomination and lying; but only those who are written +in the book of life of the Lamb.</p> + +<h2><a name="rev22" id="rev22">CHAP. XXII.</a></h2> + +<p class="pnn"><span class="dc">A</span>ND he shewed me a clear +river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the +throne of God and of the Lamb. <sup>2</sup>In the midst of the +street of it, even on this side, and on that of the river, grew +the tree of life, producing twelve crops of fruit, and ripening +its fruit in succession every month; and the leaves of the tree +are for the healing of the nations.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>3</sup>And no accursed thing is there any +more; and the throne of God and of the Lamb are in it, and his +servants will pay divine worship to him. <sup>4</sup>And they +shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads. +<sup>5</sup>And there shall be no night there, and they have no +need of a lamp, or the light of the sun; because the Lord God +illumines them: and they shall reign for ever and ever.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>6</sup>And he said to me, These words are +faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets hath +sent his angel to shew to his servants the things which must +shortly come to pass. <sup>7</sup>Behold, I come quickly! blessed +is he that observeth the words of the prophecy of this book.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>8</sup>And I John saw and heard these things. +And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the +feet of the angel who shewed me these things. <sup>9</sup>And he +said to me, See thou do it not; for I am a fellow-servant of +thine, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those who observe +the words of this book: worship God. <sup>10</sup>And he said to +me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the +time is at hand. <sup>11</sup>He that is unjust, let him be +unjust still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and +he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is +holy, let him be holy still. <sup>12</sup>And behold, I come +quickly: and my reward is with me, to give to every man as his +work shall be. <sup>13</sup>I am the Alpha and the Omega, the +beginning and the end, the first and the last. +<sup>14</sup>Blessed are they who keep his commandments, that +they may have authority to approach unto the tree of life, and +that they may enter in by the gates into the city. +<sup>15</sup>But without are dogs, and sorcerers, and +whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one who +loveth and maketh a lie.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>16</sup>I Jesus have sent my angel to testify +unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the +offspring of David, the bright and morning star. <sup>17</sup>And +the spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, +Come. And let him who is athirst come: and whosoever is desirous, +let him take of the water of life freely. <sup>18</sup>For I +testify to every one who heareth the words of the prophecy of +this book, If any man add to these things, God will lay upon him +the plagues that are written in this book: <sup>19</sup>and if +any take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God +will take away his part from the book of life, and from the holy +city, and from the things which are written in this book.</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>20</sup>He that testifieth these things saith, +Verily, I come quickly. Amen. Yea come, Lord Jesus!</p> + +<p class="pn"><sup>21</sup>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be +with you all. Amen</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:7em;margin-bottom:1.5em"> +THE END.</p> + +<hr /> + +<h1 style="text-align:center;font-size:117%;margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:1em"> +<a name="Footnotes" id="Footnotes">FOOTNOTES</a></h1> +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f0" id="n0" name="n0">1</a></sup> +Isa. vii. 14</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f1" id="n1" name="n1">2</a></sup> +Micah, v. 2</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f2" id="n2" name="n2">3</a></sup> +Hos. ii. 1</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f3" id="n3" name="n3">4</a></sup> +Jer. xxxi. 15</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f4" id="n4" name="n4">5</a></sup> +Isa. xl. 3</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f5" id="n5" name="n5">6</a></sup> +Deut. viii. 3</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f6" id="n6" name="n6">7</a></sup> +Psal. xci. 11, 12</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f7" id="n7" name="n7">8</a></sup> +Deut. vi. 16</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f8" id="n8" name="n8">9</a></sup> +Deut. vi. 13</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f9" id="n9" name="n9">10</a></sup> +Isa. ix. 1, 2</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f10" id="n10" name="n10">11</a></sup> Mal. iii. 1. Isa. xl. 3.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f11" id="n11" name="n11">12</a></sup> Isa. xxix. 13.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f12" id="n12" name="n12">13</a></sup> Exod. xx. 52.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f13" id="n13" name="n13">14</a></sup> Levit. xx. 9.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f14" id="n14" name="n14">15</a></sup> Equal to sixty shekels, above seven of our +pounds.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f15" id="n15" name="n15">16</a></sup> Isaiah, lvi. 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f16" id="n16" name="n16">17</a></sup> Psalm cxviii. 22.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f17" id="n17" name="n17">18</a></sup> Deut. xxv. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f18" id="n18" name="n18">19</a></sup> Exod. iii. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f19" id="n19" name="n19">20</a></sup> Psalm cx. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f20" id="n20" name="n20">21</a></sup> Isa. liii. 12.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f21" id="n21" name="n21">22</a></sup> Their day commenced at sun-set.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f22" id="n22" name="n22">23</a></sup> Psalm lxix. 25.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f23" id="n23" name="n23">24</a></sup> Psalm cix. 8.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f24" id="n24" name="n24">25</a></sup> Joel, ii. 28, 32.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f25" id="n25" name="n25">26</a></sup> Psalm xvi. 8-11.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f26" id="n26" name="n26">27</a></sup> Psalm cx. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f27" id="n27" name="n27">28</a></sup> Deut. xviii. 18, 19.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f28" id="n28" name="n28">29</a></sup> Gen. xii. 3.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f29" id="n29" name="n29">30</a></sup> Psalm cxviii. 22.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f30" id="n30" name="n30">31</a></sup> Psalm ii. 1, 2.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f31" id="n31" name="n31">32</a></sup> Gen. xi. 31.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f32" id="n32" name="n32">33</a></sup> Gen. xv. 13, 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f33" id="n33" name="n33">34</a></sup> Exod. iii. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f34" id="n34" name="n34">35</a></sup> Exod. iii. 5-10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f35" id="n35" name="n35">36</a></sup> Deut. xviii. 15.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f36" id="n36" name="n36">37</a></sup> Amos, v. 25-27.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f37" id="n37" name="n37">38</a></sup> Isaiah, lxvi. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f38" id="n38" name="n38">39</a></sup> Isaiah, liii. 7, 8.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f39" id="n39" name="n39">40</a></sup> Sam. xiii. 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f40" id="n40" name="n40">41</a></sup> Psalm ii. 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f41" id="n41" name="n41">42</a></sup> Isa. lv. 3.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f42" id="n42" name="n42">43</a></sup> Psalm xvi. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f43" id="n43" name="n43">44</a></sup> Isa. xxix, 34.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f44" id="n44" name="n44">45</a></sup> Isa. xlix. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f45" id="n45" name="n45">46</a></sup> Amos, ix. 11, 12.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f46" id="n46" name="n46">47</a></sup> Exod. xxii. 28.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f47" id="n47" name="n47">48</a></sup> Isaiah, vi, 9. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f48" id="n48" name="n48">49</a></sup> Habb. ii. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f49" id="n49" name="n49">50</a></sup> Isaiah, lii. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f50" id="n50" name="n50">51</a></sup> Psalm, li. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f51" id="n51" name="n51">52</a></sup> Psa. xiv. 1-3. Psa. v. 9.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f52" id="n52" name="n52">53</a></sup> Gen. xv. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f53" id="n53" name="n53">54</a></sup> Psa. xxxii. 1, 2.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f54" id="n54" name="n54">55</a></sup> Gen. xvii. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f55" id="n55" name="n55">56</a></sup> Gen. xv. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f56" id="n56" name="n56">57</a></sup> Psalm, xliv. 22.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f57" id="n57" name="n57">58</a></sup> Gen. xxv. 23.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f58" id="n58" name="n58">59</a></sup> Mal. i. 2, 3.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f59" id="n59" name="n59">60</a></sup> Exod. xxxiii. 19.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f60" id="n60" name="n60">61</a></sup> Exod. ix. 16.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f61" id="n61" name="n61">62</a></sup> Hos. i. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f62" id="n62" name="n62">63</a></sup> Isa. x. 22, 23.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f63" id="n63" name="n63">64</a></sup> Isa. i. 9.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f64" id="n64" name="n64">65</a></sup> Isa. viii. 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f65" id="n65" name="n65">66</a></sup> Lev. xviii. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f66" id="n66" name="n66">67</a></sup> Deut. xxx. 12-14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f67" id="n67" name="n67">68</a></sup> Isa. xxviii. 16.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f68" id="n68" name="n68">69</a></sup> Joel, ii. 32.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f69" id="n69" name="n69">70</a></sup> Isa. lii. 7, 8.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f70" id="n70" name="n70">71</a></sup> Isa. liii. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f71" id="n71" name="n71">72</a></sup> Psa. xix. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f72" id="n72" name="n72">73</a></sup> Deut. xxxii. 21.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f73" id="n73" name="n73">74</a></sup> Isa. lxv. 1, 2.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f74" id="n74" name="n74">75</a></sup> 1 Kings, xix. 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f75" id="n75" name="n75">76</a></sup> Isa. xxix. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f76" id="n76" name="n76">77</a></sup> Psa. lxix. 22.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f77" id="n77" name="n77">78</a></sup> Isa. lix. 20.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f78" id="n78" name="n78">79</a></sup> Deut. xxxii. 35.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f79" id="n79" name="n79">80</a></sup> Isaiah, xlv. 23.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f80" id="n80" name="n80">81</a></sup> Psa. lxix. 9</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f81" id="n81" name="n81">82</a></sup> Psa. xviii. 49.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f82" id="n82" name="n82">83</a></sup> Deut. xxxii, 43.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f83" id="n83" name="n83">84</a></sup> Psa. cxvii. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f84" id="n84" name="n84">85</a></sup> Isaiah, xi. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f85" id="n85" name="n85">86</a></sup> Isaiah, lii. 15.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f86" id="n86" name="n86">87</a></sup> Isa. xxix. 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f87" id="n87" name="n87">88</a></sup> Jerem. ix. 24.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f88" id="n88" name="n88">89</a></sup> Isa. lxiv. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f89" id="n89" name="n89">90</a></sup> Job. v. 13.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f90" id="n90" name="n90">91</a></sup> Ps. xciv. 11.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f91" id="n91" name="n91">92</a></sup> Gen. ii. 24.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f92" id="n92" name="n92">93</a></sup> Deut. xxv. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f93" id="n93" name="n93">94</a></sup> Exod. xxxii. 6-19.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f94" id="n94" name="n94">95</a></sup> Num. xxv. 1-9.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f95" id="n95" name="n95">96</a></sup> Num. xxi. 16.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f96" id="n96" name="n96">97</a></sup> Num. xiv 37.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f97" id="n97" name="n97">98</a></sup> Psalm xxiv. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f98" id="n98" name="n98">99</a></sup> Isa. xxviii. 11.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f99" id="n99" name="n99">100</a></sup> Gen. iii. 16.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f100" id="n100" name="n100">101</a></sup> Psalm cxvi. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f101" id="n101" name="n101">102</a></sup> Isaiah, xlix. 8.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f102" id="n102" name="n102">103</a></sup> Lev. xxvi. 12.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f103" id="n103" name="n103">104</a></sup> Isai. lii. 11.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f104" id="n104" name="n104">105</a></sup> Jerem. xxxi. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f105" id="n105" name="n105">106</a></sup> Exod. xvi. 18.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f106" id="n106" name="n106">107</a></sup> Psalm cxii. 9.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f107" id="n107" name="n107">108</a></sup> Gen. xii. 3.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f108" id="n108" name="n108">109</a></sup> Deu. xxvii. 26.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f109" id="n109" name="n109">110</a></sup> Habb. ii.4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f110" id="n110" name="n110">111</a></sup> Lev. xviii. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f111" id="n111" name="n111">112</a></sup> Deut. xxi. 23.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f112" id="n112" name="n112">113</a></sup> Gen. xvi. 15.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f113" id="n113" name="n113">114</a></sup> Isa. liv. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f114" id="n114" name="n114">115</a></sup> Gen. xxi. 10.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f115" id="n115" name="n115">116</a></sup> Psa. lxviii. 18.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f116" id="n116" name="n116">117</a></sup> Isaiah, lx. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f117" id="n117" name="n117">118</a></sup> Exod. xx. 12.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f118" id="n118" name="n118">119</a></sup> Deut. xxvi. 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f119" id="n119" name="n119">120</a></sup> Psa. ii. 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f120" id="n120" name="n120">121</a></sup> 2 Sam. vii. 14.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f121" id="n121" name="n121">122</a></sup> Psa. xcvii. 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f122" id="n122" name="n122">123</a></sup> Psa. civ. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f123" id="n123" name="n123">124</a></sup> Psa. xlv. 6, 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f124" id="n124" name="n124">125</a></sup> Psa. cii. 26.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f125" id="n125" name="n125">126</a></sup> Psalm cx. 1.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f126" id="n126" name="n126">127</a></sup> Psalm viii. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f127" id="n127" name="n127">128</a></sup> Psalm xxii. 22.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f128" id="n128" name="n128">129</a></sup> Psalm xviii. 2.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f129" id="n129" name="n129">130</a></sup> Isai. viii. 18.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f130" id="n130" name="n130">131</a></sup> Psalm xcv. 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f131" id="n131" name="n131">132</a></sup> Gen. ii. 2.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f132" id="n132" name="n132">133</a></sup> Psalm cx. 4.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f133" id="n133" name="n133">134</a></sup> Gen. xxii. 16.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f134" id="n134" name="n134">135</a></sup> Exod. xxv. 40.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f135" id="n135" name="n135">136</a></sup> Jerem. xxxi. 31-34.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f136" id="n136" name="n136">137</a></sup> Psalm xl. 7.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f137" id="n137" name="n137">138</a></sup> Deut. xxxii. 35, 36</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f138" id="n138" name="n138">139</a></sup> Habb. ii. 3.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f139" id="n139" name="n139">140</a></sup> Gen. xxi. 12.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f140" id="n140" name="n140">141</a></sup> Prov. iii. 11, 12.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f141" id="n141" name="n141">142</a></sup> Exod. xix. 12, 13.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f142" id="n142" name="n142">143</a></sup> Haggai, ii. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f143" id="n143" name="n143">144</a></sup> Joshua, i. 5.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f144" id="n144" name="n144">145</a></sup> Gen. xv. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f145" id="n145" name="n145">146</a></sup> Isa. xli. 8.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f146" id="n146" name="n146">147</a></sup> Prov. iii. 34.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f147" id="n147" name="n147">148</a></sup> Levit. xi. 44.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f148" id="n148" name="n148">149</a></sup> Isaiah, xl. 6.</p> + +<p class="p0"><sup><a href="#f149" id="n149" name="n149">150</a></sup> Isa. xxviii. 16.</p> + +<p 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